Australian Aths History

Australian Track & Field Championships 1960-61

Lang Park, Brisbane, Queensland, 4 & 5 March 1961

The Steeplechase was conducted at Sydney on 21 January 1961
The Decathlon was conducted at Bathurst Sportsground on 11 & 12 March 1961

 
100 YARDS - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Gary HoldsworthVic9.7
2Jim McCannNSW9.9
3Bruce BarnettQld9.9
Dudley TowersNSW
John DalySA
 
HEAT 2
1Peter VassellaNSW9.7
2Byron WilliamsVic9.9
3Don BursillNSW9.9
4Allen CrawleyQld
 
HEAT 3
1Eric BigbyQld9.8
2Gavin CarragherNSW9.8
3Mike ClearyNSW9.9
4Bill EarleVic
 
FINAL
1Gary HoldsworthVic9.6
2Peter VassellaNSW9.8
3Gavin CarragherNSW9.8
4Eric BigbyQld9.8
5Byron WilliamsVic9.9
6Jim McCannNSW9.9
 
220 YARDS - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Peter VassellaNSW21.6
2Bruce BarnettQld21.9
3Bill EarleVic22.5
4Brian WatersNSW
 
HEAT 2
1Gary HoldsworthVic21.6
2Mike ClearyNSW22.0
3John dalySA22.3
Don BursillNSW
J. LeinsterQld
 
HEAT 3
1Eric BigbyQld21.9
2Gavin CarragherNSW21.9
3Dudley TowersNSW22.2
4Byron WilliamsVic
 
FINAL
1Gary HoldsworthVic20.9
2Peter VassellaNSW20.9
3Gavin CarragherNSW21.5
Bruce BarnettQld
Mike ClearyNSW
Eric BigbyQld
 
440 YARDS - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Mick MaloufQld48.5
2Mick ShannonVic49.2
3Brian WatersNSW49.4
4Doug BlackNSW
5D. SmithsonQld
 John RandallVicDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Barry StantonVic48.7
2Tony BlueQld49.0
3Alan BroadbentVic49.1
William WellbourneNSW
Greg BlakeTas
 
FINAL
1Brian WatersNSW47.9
2Barry StantonVic48.2
3Mick MaloufQld48.5
4Alan BroadbentVic48.9
5Mick ShannonVic49.0
6Tony BlueQld49.2
 
880 YARDS - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Ian WheelerSA1:52.4
2Greg BlakeTas1:52.7
3Laurie ElliottWA1:53.7
4Trevor VincentVic1:54.0
5David ClarkNSW
Moreland SmithQld
Peter HatcherNSW
 
HEAT 2
1Russell OakleyVic1:53.2
2Tony BlueQld1:53.6
3Graeme KellyVic1:53.8
4Eric OwersWA1:54.1
5John DenholmTas1:54.8
Chris WoodsSA
John BarrettNSW
Bill HowleyQld
 
FINAL
1Russell OakleyVic1:53.9
2Ian WheelerSA1:54.1
3Tony BlueQld1:54.6
4Greg BlakeTas
5Laurie ElliottWA
6Trevor VincentVic
Graeme KellyVic
Eric OwersWA
 
1 MILE - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Trevor VincentVic4:09.1
2Alan MuterNSW4:09.9
3Albie ThomasNSW4:09.9
4Moreland SmithQld
5Bruce RussellVic
6Laurie ElliottWA
David ClarkNSW
John DenholmTas
Bruce BurstonVic
Russell OakleyVic
Greg BlakeTas
Tony BlueQld
P. BiggsQld
 
3 MILES - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Dave PowerNSW13:50.2
2Albie ThomasNSW13:50.2
3Bob VaggNSW13:56.2
4Tony CookVic
5George BaleQld
P. BiggsQld
 Don BrainVicDNS
 Morton SmithQldDNS
 
6 MILES - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Bob VaggNSW28:39.6
2Dave PowerNSW29:18.6
3Tony CookVic30:11.8
4Keith OllerenshawNSW30:34.8
5George BaleQld
Don BrainVicDNS
 
120 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Berry PrimroseNSW14.6
2Ken RocheVic14.8
3John BradmanSA15.1
John HaskerVic
Ian WhiteNSW
Russell DuiganQld
 
HEAT 2
1Dave PrinceNSW14.5
2Mick DawsVic14.6
3Gary KnokeNSW14.8
Peter HallQld
Jeff CollinsQld
 
FINAL
1Dave PrinceNSW14.3
2Berry PrimroseNSW14.6
3Gary KnokeNSW14.6
4Mick DawsVic
5Ken RocheVic
6John BradmanSA
 
220 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Ian TemplemanWA24.1
2Ken RocheVic24.3
3Ian WhiteNSW24.8
Peter HallQld
 Neville FletcherNSWDNS
 Graham CrawfordSADNS
 
HEAT 2
1Dave PrinceNSW23.9
2John HaskerVic24.6
3Jeff CollinsQld24.7
Merton MilesNSW
John BradmanSA
 Merton MilesNSWDNS
 
HEAT 3
1Jim McCannNSW24.5
2Lance NicolQld24.6
3Wayne AthorneVic24.8
Don BrenenVic
Berry PrimroseNSW
 Mick DawsVicDNS
 
FINAL
1Dave PrinceNSW23.1
2Jim McCannNSW23.7
3Ken RocheVic24.1
4Ian TemplemanWA
5Lance NicolQld
6John HaskerVic
 
440 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1William WellbourneNSW56.0
2Barry StantonVic57.7
3John MontgomeryWA63.4
 Merton MilesNSWDNS
 Jeff CollinsQldDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Ken RocheVic54.4
2Gary KnokeNSW54.6
3Ian TemplemanWA56.0
Peter HallQld
Dave PrinceNSW
 
HEAT 3
1Irvin RockmanVic54.2
2Mick ShannonVic54.6
Graham CrawfordSA
Lance NicolQld
Jim McCannNSWDQ
 John RandallVicDNS
 
FINAL
1Barry StantonVic52.9
2Mick ShannonVic53.2
3Ken RocheVic53.3
4William WellbourneNSW
5Irvin RockmanVic
6Gary KnokeNSW
 
3,000 METRES STEEPLECHASE - Men - Saturday 21 January 1961 (in Sydney)
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Trevor VincentVic9:16.2
2Graham ThomasNSW9:22.0
3Stan ChorltonNSW9:25.0
4Les HillbrickVic9:26.6
5Eugene O'SullivanNSW9:40.4
 
2 MILES WALK - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Bob GardinerVic14:40.2
2Frank ClarkNSW14:44.8
3Peter WaddellNSW14:45.4
4Logan IrwinNSW15:02.4
Harry SummersVicDQ
K. JollyQldDQ
 Don KeaneVicDNS
 
HIGH JUMP - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Chilla PorterQld6'6"1.98m
2Tony SneazwellVic6'4"1.93m
3Graeme MorrishVic6'4"1.93m
4Graham BellQld6'2"1.88m
5Wayne AthorneVic6'2"1.88m
6N. QuinlanNSW6'0"1.83m
7Mark SkinnerSA6'0"1.83m
8Michael KainSA6'0"1.83m
9A. StevensNSW5'9"1.75m
10Don LaingQld5'9"1.75m
11R. BrownQld5'9"1.75m
12Percy HobsonNSW5'9"1.75m
 Ian TomlinsonWADNS
 
POLE VAULT - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1John PfitznerSA13'10"4.22m
2Ross FilshieVic13'8"4.16m
3Glen GowerSA12'6"3.81m
4Richard WatsonVic12'0"3.66m
5Trevor BickleWA12'0"3.66m
6John O'NeillVic12'0"3.66m
7G. Neville AlleySA11'6"3.50m
8Russell DuiganQld10'6"3.20m
 D. ShannonNSWDNS 
 
LONG JUMP - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Allan CrawleyVic24'11¾"7.61m
2Dave PrinceNSW24'8¾"7.54m
3John BaguleyWA24'8"7.52m
4Jim McCannNSW24'7"7.49m
5Ian TomlinsonWA24'2¾"7.38m
6John MontgomeryWA23'0¾"7.03m
7Maurie RichQld22'10¾"6.98m
8Graham BoaseSA22'9½"6.95m
9Kevin RuleVic22'5¾"6.85m
10Percy HobsonNSW22'3½"6.79m
11Pat GreeneNSW21'8½"6.61m
12Vic ReadingQld20'7¼"6.28m
Denis ErreySA
 Bill EarleVicDNS
 
TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1John BaguleyWA50'3¾"15.33m
2Ian TomlinsonWA49'10"15.19m
3Graham BoaseSA48'2½"14.69m
4Kevin RuleVic47'5"14.45m
5Maurie RichQld46'8"14.22m
6Denis JolliffeNSW45'6¾"13.89m
7Denis ErreySA44'10¾"13.68m
8Trevor BickleWA43'5¾"13.25m
9Kevin WhiteQld43'1"13.13m
Vic ReadingQld
A. SternbeckQld
 Berry PrimroseNSWDNS
 Joe HartNSWDNS
 Maurie DrewVicDNS
 
SHOT PUT - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Warwick SelveyVic51'9¼"15.78m
2Ken MottramNSW47'8"14.53m
3Merv KempSA47'2¾"14.40m
4Barrie TuckerSA46'9½"14.26m
5Bob LacyVic45'1¾"13.76m
6Ian MooreQld44'0¼"13.42m
7Peter PhillipsNSW43'4"13.21m
John PenfoldNSW
John KreiksbergsVicDNS
 
DISCUS THROW - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Harry MitsiliasVic147'11"45.08m
2Len VlahovWA144'2½"43.95m
3Barrie TuckerSA142'4½"43.40m
4Richard ProbertNSW140'1½"42.71m
5Attila SpaitsNSW139'6½"42.53m
6Bryan DykeSA136'2"41.50m
7Merv KempSA133'7½"40.73m
8Bob LacyVic120'4"36.68m
9Kevin WhiteQld115'3½"35.15m
10John FrawleyQld112'7½"34.33m
-John PenfoldNSWNM(3 fouls)
Ian MooreQld
 Ian CocksNSWDNS
John KreiksbergsVicDNS
 
HAMMER THROW - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Dick LefflerVic192'8½"58.74m
2Martin CroweWA163'4½"49.80m
3John FrawleyQld162'9"49.61m
4Nick RegosVic160'5½"48.91m
5Mike EdwardsVic153'9"46.86m
6Albert MagassyNSW153'1"46.66m
7Bob LacyVic152'6"46.48m
8Alex TahmindjisNSW143'2½"43.65m
9John SimmondsNSW140'11½"42.97m
 
JAVELIN THROW - Men - Saturday 4 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Nick BirksSA254'10½"77.69m
2Alf MitchellNSW249'10"76.15m
3Reg SpiersSA226'4"68.99m
4Bob LacyVic221'11½"67.65m
5Julas GuerassimoffQld191'3"58.30m
6Greg NicolNSW187'9½"57.24m
 Joe HartNSWDNS 
 
DECATHLON - Men - Sat 11 and Sun 12 March 1961 (at Bathurst Sportsground)
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Nick BirksSA5,908pts
11.8, 6.20m, 12.28m, 1.80m, 54.7, 16.5, 34.95m, 3.06m, 73.96m, 4.52.9
2John O'NeillVic5,814pts
11.7, 6.08m, 11.37m, 1.83m, 52.2, 16.3, 36.09m, 3.84m, 52.41m, 4.55.7
3John MontgomeryWA5,681pts
11.5, 6.74m, 9.73m, 1.73m, 52.4, 16.1, 32.38m, 3.21m, 48.16m, 4.23.4
4Jim McCannNSW5,444pts
10.9, 7.32m, 9.45m, 1.70m, 50.6, 16.1, 32.38m, 3.21m, 48.16m, 4.23.4
5Neil BrownNSW4,662pts
12.0, 6.41m, 10.36m, 1.72m, 53.2, 16.9, 27.93m, 2.75m, 43.58m, 4.46.1
6Greg NicolNSW4,461pts
12.0, 5.77m, 9.87m, 1.60m, 55.1, 16.4, 25.36m, 3.06m, 56.12m, 5.24.6
 
4x110 YARDS RELAY - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1New South WalesNSW41.9
Dudley Towers
Mike Cleary
Gavin Carragher
Peter Vassella
2QueenslandQld65.0
Bruce Barnett
Eric Bigby
Mick Malouf
Allan Crawley
-VictoriaVicDNF
 
1 MILE MEDLEY RELAY - Men - Sunday 5 March 1961
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1QueenslandQld3:24.5
Moreland Smith
Mick Malouf
J. Leinster
Eric Bigby
2South AustraliaSA3:30.9
Ian Wheeler
Chris Woods
John Bradman
John Daly
3New South WalesNSW3:31.0
Alan Muter
Brian Waters
Gavin Carragher
Peter Vassella
4VictoriaVic
Russell Oakley
Alan Broadbent

 

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