The Australian Athletics Championships have been conducted since 1890. The most successful athlete at the Championships has been thrower Warwick Selvey who won 19 championships events. Below is a list of Australian champions in athletics by event. Through 1965, the distances run were in Imperial units (yards). 1966 saw a wholesale conversion to metric units.
Contents
100 metres
Note: 100 yards until 1966
200 metres
Note: 220 yards until 1966
400 metres
Note: 440 yards until 1966
800 metres
880 yards until 1965
800 metres starting 1966
1500 metres
The Mile run was held from 1930 until 1965, then was replaced by 1500. An additional mile championship returned between 1987 and 1993 (except 1990).
Mile run
1500 metres
References
List of Australian athletics champions (men) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA