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Below is a list of current Australian records in athletics as ratified by the national governing body, Athletics Australia.There are two types of Australian records. An Australian record is the best time recorded anywhere in the world by an athlete or team holding Australian citizenship whilst an Australian All Comers record is the best time recorded in Australia by an athlete or team.
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200m time trial: 10.487 Anna Meares: 7 December 2013 World Cup: Aguascalientes, Mexico [11]10.484 Stephanie Morton
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).
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed 7 times indoors by two different men since 2000, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2025 with a 6.27 m mark.
Pole Vaulter Emma George is the most successful female Australian record-breaker, setting eleven world records from 1995 to 1999. [27] Nathan Deakes set the most recent world record in Australia, at Geelong on 2 December 2006 when he recorded a time of 3-35.47 for the 50 km walk. [27] Other famous athletics world records set in Australia include:
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Melbourne, Australia [33] 3000 m walk (track) 10:54.70 Dane Bird-Smith Australia 11 February 2017 QA Norma Croker Shield Brisbane, Australia [34] 5000 m walk (track) 18:38.97 Dane Bird-Smith Australia 5 March 2016 Melbourne Track Classic: Melbourne, Australia [35] 18:24.50 Declan Tingay Australia 26 February 2022 Victoria Open Championships
Athletics Australia provided officials to conduct track and field events at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. 86 AA-registered athletes competed for Australia in the Games. [1] Australian Athletics is the national sporting organisation (NSO) recognised by Australian Sports Commission for the sport of athletics in Australia. Founded in 1897, the ...