Sydney Track Classic

The Sydney Track Classic is an annual outdoor track and field meeting held in February or March at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in the suburb of Homebush in Sydney, Australia. It is part of the national Australian Athletics Tour, alongside the Melbourne Track Classic.[1][2]

Sydney Track Classic
The Sydney Olympic Park complex which contains the meet venue
DateFebruary/March
LocationSydney, Australia
Event typeTrack and field
Official siteSydney Track Classic

The history of the event emerged from a series of major athletics meetings which were held in the 1990s.[3] The 1999 competition was the opening leg of the IAAF Grand Prix circuit and it formed part of the preparation towards the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[4] The meeting was abandoned in 2002, but events hosted by the Sydney University Athletics Club and Athletics New South Wales saw the Sydney Track Classic restored in 2006.[3]

By 2009 the competition was attracting top level domestic athletes (such as Steve Hooker and Sally McLellan) as well as a number of high-profile foreign athletes (including Asafa Powell, Melaine Walker, and Valerie Vili).[5] The meeting was ranked first domestically for the level of performances that year.[3] Hooker, Dani Samuels and Tero Pitkämäki provided the highlights of the 2010 edition,[6] while Mitchell Watt and David Rudisha topped the bill in 2011.[7]

In 2020 the meeting kicked off the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour.[8]

Meet Records

Men
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 9.94 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 1999
200 m 20.42 (+0.2 m/s) LaShawn Merritt  United States 15 March 2014 [9]
400 m 44.86 Ben Offereins  Australia 2010
800 m 1:43.15 David Rudisha  Kenya 2010
1500 m 3:32.55 William Chirchir  Kenya 2000
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
110 m hurdles 13.29 David Oliver  United States 2009
400 m hurdles 48.49 Bryan Bronson  United States 1998
3000 m steeplechase 8:19.14 Julius Kipchoge  Kenya 2012
High jump 2.31 m Charles Austin  United States 1998
Pole vault 5.95 m Steven Hooker  Australia 2009 [10]
Long jump
Triple jump 17.28 m Justin Anlezark  Australia 1996
Shot put
Hammer throw
Javelin throw 85.28 m Andrew Currey  Australia 2000
4 × 100 m relay

Women
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 11.21 Sally Pearson  Australia 2011
200 m 21.98 Marion Jones  United States 1998
400 m 50.43 Jana Pittman  Australia 2003
800 m 1:59.59 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 2008
1500 m 4:10.37 Heidi See  Australia 19 March 2016 [11]
Mile
3000 m 8:53.27 Linden Hall  Australia 17 March 2018 [12]
5000 m 15:04.07 Mercy Cherono  Kenya 15 March 2014 [13]
100 m hurdles
400 m hurdles 54.64 Jana Pittman  Australia 2003
High jump
Pole vault 4.60 m Emma George/Alana Boyd  Australia 2012
Long jump 6.76 m Nicole Boegman  Australia 1996
Triple jump 13.77 m Nicole Mladenis  Australia 2004
Shot put 20.67 m Valerie Adams  New Zealand 2012
Discus throw 66.21 m Dani Samuels  Australia 14 March 2015 [14]
Hammer throw 69.71 m Bronwyn Eagles  Australia 2003 [15]
Javelin throw 64.84 m Kathryn Mitchell  Australia 17 March 2018 [16]
4 × 100 m relay

References
  1. 2011 Australian Athletics Tour. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  2. Neville to test Australia’s 400m stocks in Sydney and Melbourne – IAAF World Challenge. IAAF (2010-01-27). Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  3. History. Sydney Track Classic. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  4. Grand Prix Calendar 2000. IAAF (1999-11-25). Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  5. Hurst, Mike (2009-02-29). Huge 400m PB for Powell, but local heroes by no means upstaged in Sydney. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  6. Hurst, Mike (2010-02-27).Hooker and Samuels and visitors Pitkämäki and Vili shine at high class Sydney Classic. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  7. Tarbotton, David & Green, Lloyd (2011-03-19). Watt sails 8.38m while Rudisha cruises in Sydney. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  8. "Inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour to kick off this weekend". World Athletics. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. "Sydney Track Classic 2014 Complete Results" (PDF). Athletics Australia. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  10. Sydney Track Classic Results. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2015-04-17.
  11. "Sydney Track Classic 2016 Complete Results" (PDF). Athletics Australia. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  12. "3000m Results". Athletics Australia. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  13. "Sydney Track Classic 2014 Complete Results" (PDF). Athletics Australia. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  14. Len Johnson (14 March 2015). "Rudisha opens with Impressive 1:45.01 in Sydney". IAAF. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  15. Sydney Track Classic Results. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2015-04-17
  16. "Javelin Throw Results". Athletics Australia. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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