1996–97 Australian Athletics Championships

1996–97 Australian Athletics Championships
Dates	27 February–2 March 1997
Host city	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Olympic Park Stadium
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The 1996–97 Australian Athletics Championships was the 75th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 27 February–2 March 1997 at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne. It served as a selection meeting for . The men's 10,000 metres event took place separately at the Adelaide Grand Prix on 1 February 1997 while the women's 5000 metres took place at the Melbourne Nike Classic on 20 February 1997. The combined track and field events took place at the Hobart Grand Prix from 14–16 February 1997.^[1][2]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +1.2 m/s)	Steve Brimacombe Queensland	10.31	Chris Donaldson  New Zealand (NZL)	10.32	Gus Nketia  New Zealand (NZL)	10.39
200 metres (Wind: +0.5 m/s)	Chris Donaldson  New Zealand (NZL)	20.42	Steve Brimacombe Queensland	20.44	Patrick Johnson Australian Capital Territory	20.54
400 metres	Brad Jamieson South Australia	45.94	Western Australia	46.20	Casey Vincent Victoria	46.31
800 metres	Kenya (KEN)	1:47.33	Victoria	1:47.78	Paul Byrne Victoria	1:47.87
1500 metres	Paul Bitok  Kenya (KEN)	3:41.56	Victoria	3:43.38	David Kibet  Kenya (KEN)	3:44.85
5000 metres	Paul Bitok  Kenya (KEN)	13:31.90	Julian Paynter Victoria	13:35.13	Lee Troop Victoria	13:36.69
10,000 metres	Julian Paynter Victoria	28:35.31	Lee Troop Victoria	29:16.03	Rod de Highden Victoria	29:27.56
110 metres hurdles (Wind: -2.5 m/s)	Kyle Vander-Kuyp Victoria	13.81	Western Australia	14.23	Jagan Hames South Australia	14.27
400 metres hurdles	Rohan Robinson Victoria	49.83	Zid Abou Hamed New South Wales	50.28	Matthew Beckenham New South Wales	51.21
3000 metres steeplechase	Chris Unthank Victoria	8:50.12	Martin Dent New South Wales	8:59.46	Victoria	9:06.04
4 × 100 m relay	New South Wales (NSW) Toluta'u Koula Matt Shirvington	40.49	South Australia (SA) Brad Jamieson	40.60	Victoria (VIC)	41.13
4 × 400 m relay	New South Wales (NSW) Patrick Dwyer	3:09.25	New Zealand (NZL) Henry Semiti Rogo	3:09.65	Victoria (VIC) Casey Vincent	3:09.72
5000 metres walk	Nicholas A'Hern New South Wales	19:24.31	Scott Nelson  New Zealand (NZL)	20:13.84	New South Wales	20:25.87
High jump	Tim Forsyth Victoria	2.36 m	Jagan Hames South Australia  New Zealand (NZL)	2.18 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	James Miller Western Australia	5.30 m	Paul Gibbons  New Zealand (NZL)	5.20 m	Paul Burgess Western Australia	5.00 m
Long jump	Shane Hair Western Australia	8.01 m (+2.8 m/s)	Jai Taurima Queensland	7.88 m (+2.9 m/s)	Jagan Hames South Australia	7.83 m (+1.3 m/s)
Triple jump	Andrew Murphy New South Wales	17.03 m (+4.1 m/s)	New South Wales	15.78 m (+4.2 m/s)	Queensland	15.71 m (+1.0 m/s)
Shot put	Clay Cross New South Wales	18.16 m	Justin Anlezark Queensland	18.00 m	Queensland	17.18 m
Discus throw	Australian Capital Territory	52.18 m	New South Wales	52.06 m	Queensland	51.66 m
Hammer throw	Stuart Rendell Australian Capital Territory	75.90 m	Western Australia	64.82 m	New Zealand (NZL)	63.44 m
Javelin throw	Adrian Hatcher Victoria	80.02 m	Queensland	73.82 m	New South Wales	69.98 m
Decathlon	New South Wales	7915 pts[3]	Matthew McEwen Queensland	7684 pts[4]	Northern Territory	7593 pts[5]

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: -0.7 m/s)	Melinda Gainsford New South Wales	11.25	Lauren Hewitt Victoria	11.43	Nova Peris-Kneebone Northern Territory	11.51
200 metres (Wind: +5.0 m/s)	Melinda Gainsford New South Wales	22.34	Cathy Freeman Victoria	22.50	Lauren Hewitt Victoria	22.66
400 metres	Cathy Freeman Victoria	52.09	Susan Andrews Tasmania	53.11	Tasmania	54.58
800 metres	Queensland	2:04.10	Australian Capital Territory	2:04.25	Sandra Dawson Queensland	2:05.10
1500 metres	Tasmania	4:17.30	Benita Willis Queensland	4:17.79	Susan Michelsson Victoria	4:20.93
5000 metres	Victoria	15:14.42	Kylie Risk Tasmania	15:31.93	Natalie Harvey Victoria	15:53.35
10,000 metres	Kylie Risk Tasmania	32:42.72	Victoria	33:34.06	Suzanne Malaxos Western Australia	33:52.83
100 metres hurdles (Wind: +2.8 m/s)	Jane Flemming New South Wales	13.58	New Zealand (NZL)	13.63	Victoria	13.80
400 metres hurdles	Victoria	57.64	Lauren Poetschka Western Australia	57.97	Queensland	58.92
4 × 100 m relay	New South Wales (NSW)	45.56	New Zealand (NZL) Chantal Brunner	46.14	Western Australia (WA) Jodi Lambert Kylie Reed	46.62
4 × 400 m relay	New South Wales (NSW) Rosemary Hayward	3:41.37	Queensland (QLD) Sandra Dawson	3:46.29	Victoria (VIC)	3:49.39
5000 metres walk	Jane Saville New South Wales	21:32.26	Natalie Saville New South Wales	21:34.23	Queensland	22:49.86
High jump	Alison Inverarity Western Australia	1.84 m	Victoria	1.81 m	Victoria	1.81 m
Pole vault	Emma George Victoria	4.30 m	Western Australia	3.80 m	Melina Hamilton  New Zealand (NZL)	3.80 m
Long jump	Chantal Brunner  New Zealand (NZL)	6.68 m (+1.0 m/s)	New South Wales	6.28 m (+1.4 m/s)	Kylie Reed Western Australia	6.23 m (+0.3 m/s)
Triple jump	Tania Dixon  New Zealand (NZL)	13.50 m (+1.4 m/s)	Western Australia	13.16 m (+4.5 m/s)	Tasmania	12.98 m (+4.3 m/s)
Shot put	Beatrice Faumuina  New Zealand (NZL)	15.68 m	Georgette Reed  Canada (CAN)	15.54 m	Queensland	15.38 m
Discus throw	Beatrice Faumuina  New Zealand (NZL)	68.28 m	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari Queensland	65.86 m	Alison Lever Queensland	53.40 m
Hammer throw	Deborah Sosimenko New South Wales	65.68 m	New South Wales	59.36 m	Karyne Perkins New South Wales	57.96 m
Javelin throw	Joanna Stone Queensland	63.78 m	Bina Ramesh  France (FRA)	54.06 m	South Australia	53.16 m
Heptathlon	Queensland	5534 pts[6]	Victoria	5229 pts[7]	Queensland	5044 pts[8]

References[]

External links[]

• Athletics Australia website