Australian Athletics Championships for women have been conducted since 1930.[1]
At the first National Championships, only 3 events (100 yards, 80 metres hurdles, and High Jump) were contested, but the programme has since expanded to include the full track and field programme. Until 1963, championships were only held once every two years.[1]
The most successful athlete at the Championships has been thrower Gael Martin who won 20 events in the 1970s and 1980s.[2]
Australia's national champions in athletics are listed below, by event.[1][3]
100 metres
Note: 100 yards until 1967
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- 1940: Lola Forster
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Joyce King
- 1949: Not held
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200 metres
Note: 220 yards until 1967
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- 1940: Jean Coleman
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Joyce King
- 1949: Not held
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400 metres
Note: 440 yards until 1967
- 1930: Not held
- 1931: Not held
- 1932: Not held
- 1933: Not held
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Not held
- 1936: Not held
- 1937: Jean Coleman
- 1938: Not held
- 1939: Not held
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- 1940: Irene Talbot
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Shirley McConnachie
- 1949: Not held
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800 metres
Note: 880 yards until 1967
- 1930: Not held
- 1931: Not held
- 1932: Not held
- 1933: Not held
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Not held
- 1936: Not held
- 1937: Audrey Bradfield
- 1938: Not held
- 1939: Not held
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- 1940: Betty Judge
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Kit Mears
- 1949: Not held
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- 1950: Mavis Monaghan
- 1951: Not held
- 1952: Stella Massey
- 1953: Not held
- 1954: Beris Folland
- 1955: Not held
- 1956: Joyce Hanger
- 1957: Not held
- 1958: Brenda Jones
- 1959: Not held
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1500 metres
Note: One Mile until 1967
- 1960: Not held
- 1961: Not held
- 1962: Not held
- 1963: Not held
- 1964: Not held
- 1965: Beth Stanford
- 1966: Beth Stanford
- 1967: Margaret Clifford
- 1968: Brenda Carr
- 1969: Cheryl Peasley
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- 1980: Sue Muir
- 1981: Margaret Reddish
- 1982: Sharon Dalton
- 1983: Linda Gray (NZL)
- 1984: Anne McKenzie (NZL)
- 1985: Geng Ziunuan (CHN)
- 1986: Penny Just
- 1987: Jackie Perkins
- 1988: Marg Leaney
- 1989: Liz Miller
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3000 metres
- 1970: Not held
- 1971: Not held
- 1972: Not held
- 1973: Not held
- 1974: Jenny Orr
- 1975: Angela Cook
- 1976: Irene Cooke
- 1977: Phyllis Lazarakis
- 1978: Phyllis Lazarakis
- 1979: Rhonda Taylor
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- 2000: Not held
- 2001: Not held
- 2002: Not held
- 2003: Anna Thompson
- 2004: Not held
- 2005: Not held
- 2006: Not held
- 2007: Lauren Fleshman (USA)
- 2008: Chloe Tighe
- 2009: Melanie Daniels
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- 2010: Not held
- 2011: Not held
- 2012: Not held
- 2013: Not held
- 2014: Not held
- 2015: Bridey Delaney
- 2016: Not held
- 2017: Not held
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100 metres hurdles
Note: 90 yards or 80 metres Hurdles until 1967
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- 1940: Decima Norman
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Shirley Strickland
- 1949: Not held
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200 metres hurdles
- 1968: Not held
- 1969: Not held
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400 metres hurdles
- 1970: Not held
- 1971: Not held
- 1972: Not held
- 1973: Not held
- 1974: Not held
- 1975: Lyn Young
- 1976: Marian Fisher
- 1977: Marian Fisher
- 1978: Marian Fisher
- 1979: Lyn Foreman
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Marathon
- 1980: Jane Kuchins
- 1981: Rosemary Longstaff
- 1982: Barbara McKerrow (NZL)
- 1983: Annick Loir-Lebreton (FRA)
- 1984: Ngaire Drake (NZL)
- 1985: Ngaire Drake (NZL)
- 1986: Ngaire Drake (NZL)
- 1987: Tani Ruckle
- 1988: Ngaire Drake (NZL)
- 1989: Jan Fedrick
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- 2010: Roxie Fraser
- 2011: Kirsten Molloy
- 2012: Lauren Shelley
- 2013: Sharon Ryder
- 2014: Tarli Bird
- 2015: Kelly-Ann Varey
- 2016: Virginia Moloney
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High jump
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- 1940: Doris Carter
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Carole Stewart
- 1949: Not held
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- 1950: Jacqueline Baumann
- 1951: Not held
- 1952: Mary Grace
- 1953: Not held
- 1954: Carol Bernoth
- 1955: Not held
- 1956: Jan Cooper
- 1957: Not held
- 1958: Michele Mason
- 1959: Not held
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Long jump
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- 1940: Decima Norman
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Judy Canty
- 1949: Not held
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- 1950: Judy Canty
- 1951: Not held
- 1952: Verna Johnston
- 1953: Not held
- 1954: Valerie Schwarzinger
- 1955: Not held
- 1956: Erica Willis
- 1957: Not held
- 1958: Beverley Watson
- 1959: Not held
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Triple jump
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- 1994: Yoko Morioka (JPN)
- 1995: Mariklud Viduka
- 1996: Shelley Stoddart (NZL)
- 1997: Tania Dixon (NZL)
- 1998: Connie Henry (GBR)
- 1999: Carmen Miller
- 2000: Nicole Mladenis
- 2001: Nicole Mladenis
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- 2002: Nicole Mladenis
- 2003: Jeanette Bowles
- 2004: Nicole Mladenis
- 2005: Jeanette Bowles
- 2006: Linda Allen
- 2007: Jeanette Bowles
- 2008: Emma Knight
- 2009: Linda Allen
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Shot put
- 1930: Not held
- 1931: Not held
- 1932: Not held
- 1933: Cora Hannan
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Vera Cowan
- 1936: Vera Cowan
- 1937: Vera Cowan
- 1938: Not held
- 1939: Not held
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- 1940: Cora Hannan
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Pat Lucas
- 1949: Not held
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Discus
- 1930: Not held
- 1931: Not held
- 1932: Not held
- 1933: Cora Hannan
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Cora Hannan
- 1936: Doris Carter
- 1937: Cora Hannan
- 1938: Not held
- 1939: Not held
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- 1940: Doris Carter
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Not held
- 1943: Not held
- 1944: Not held
- 1945: Not held
- 1946: Not held
- 1947: Not held
- 1948: Charlotte MacGibbon
- 1949: Not held
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Hammer throw
- 1980: Not held
- 1981: Not held
- 1982: Not held
- 1983: Not held
- 1984: Not held
- 1985: Not held
- 1986: Not held
- 1987: Bernadette Serone
- 1988: Bernadette Serone
- 1989: Joanne Capper
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Pentathlon
Events: 80 metres hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, 200 m until 1970
Events: 100 metres hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, 200 m until 1977
Events: 100 metres hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, 800 m until discontinuation
- 1953: Not held
- 1954: Not held
- 1955: Not held
- 1956: Norma Rose
- 1957: Not held
- 1958: Marlene Middlemiss
- 1959: Not held
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Heptathlon
Events: 100 metres hurdles, shot put, high jump, 200 m, long jump, javelin, 800 m
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- 2010: Rebecca Robinson
- 2011: Lauren Foote
- 2012: Megan Wheatley
- 2013: Portia Bing (NZL)
- 2014: Sophie Stanwell
- 2015: Veronica Torr (NZL)
- 2016: Sophie Stanwell
- 2017: Alysha Burnett
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References
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Men's | |
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Women's |
- 100 m
- 200 m
- 400 m
- 800 m
- 1500 m
- 3000 m
- 5000 m
- 10,000 m
- 100 m hurdles
- 400 m hurdles
- 3000 m steeplechase
- Half marathon
- Marathon
- Cross country
- 10 km walk
- 20 km walk
- Long jump
- Triple jump
- High jump
- Pole vault
- Shot put
- Hammer throw
- Discus throw
- Javelin throw
- Heptathlon
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