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The Australian Athletics Championships or Australian Open Track and Field Championships are held annually to determine Australia's champion athletes in a range of athletics events. The championships are the primary qualification trial for athletes wishing to compete at the Olympic Games , Commonwealth Games or World Championships . [ 1 ]
The 2023 Australian Athletics Championships was the 100th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in Australia. The commercial name was "2023 Chemist Warehouse Australian Open and Under 20 Championships". It has been held between 30 March and 2 April at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane ...
The 2022 Australian Athletics Championships was the 99th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in Australia. It was held between 26 March and 3 April at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney. [1] [2]
The Australian Athletics Championships have been conducted since 1890. [1] The most successful athlete at the Championships has been thrower Warwick Selvey who won 19 championships events. [2] Below is a list of Australian champions in athletics by event. [1] [3] Through 1965, the distances run were in Imperial units (yards).
Sprinters Edith Robinson (left) and Eileen Wearne won Australian Championships in the 1930s. 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.
In 1932 an Australian Women's Amateur Athletics Union was formed which administered women's track and field in Australia and held its own national championships until 1978. An amalgamation of men's and women's bodies occurred in 1978 and, in 1989 this combined association was renamed as Athletics Australia. [3]
The 2018–19 Australian Athletics Championships was the 97th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 4–7 April 2019 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney. It served as the selection meeting for Australia at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
The main national championships for the 2019–20 season of outdoor track and field in Australia were not held due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but eight events were completed prior to the cancellation.