Australian Aths History

Australian Track & Field Championships 1963-64

Olympic Park, Melbourne, 21-24 March 1964

 
100 YARDS - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1Wind: -1.8m
1Byron WilliamsVic9.9
2Bill EarleVic10.0
3Eric BigbyQld10.1
4Terry LancasterNSW10.3
5Charles McCuskerSA10.3
 Haydn FrisbyVicDNS
Stephen Warr NSWDNS
 
HEAT 2Wind: -3.8m
1Bob LayNSW9.9
2Roger HallidaySA10.0
3Bill UrquhartVic10.4
 Tony DavisVicDNS
 Stuart LaingQldDNS
 Jim McCannNSWDNS
 Barry BloodworthNSWDNS
 
HEAT 3Wind: -1.7m
1Gary HoldsworthVic9.9
2Graeme JohnstonVic10.0
3Vic BiffenWA10.4
4Rod ChristiansenQld10.4
 Alan CardyNSWDNS
 R. NaishNSWDNS
 Joe SerafiniSADNS
 
FINALWind: -2.7m
1Bob LayNSW9.7
2Gary HoldsworthVic9.7
3Byron WilliamsVic9.8
4Roger HallidaySA9.9
5Bill EarleVic10.1
6Graeme JohnstonVic10.1
 
220 YARDS - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1Wind: +2.7m
1Bob LayNSW21.7
2Vic BiffenWA21.9
3Peter BalthesQld22.3
Peter NormanVicDQ
 Tony DavisVicDNS
 Bruce RichterPNGDNS
 Stephen WarrNSWDNS
 
HEAT 2Wind: +2.7m
1Gary HoldsworthVic21.4
2Eric BigbyQld21.5
3Gary EddyVic21.7
4Terry LancasterNSW21.7
 Mike LevittQldDNS
 Dave PrinceNSWDNS
 
HEAT 3Wind: +1.0m
1Peter VassellaNSW21.6
2Byron WilliamsVic21.6
3Bill EarleVic21.8
4Roger HallidaySA21.8
 Alan CardyQldDNS
 R. NaishNSWDNS
 
FINALWind: 0.0m
1Gary HoldsworthVic21.5
2Bob LayNSW21.5
3Eric BigbyQld21.6
4Peter VassellaNSW21.8
5Byron WilliamsVic21.9
6Vic BiffenWA22.6
 
440 YARDS - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1David EvansVic48.5
2Brian WatersNSW49.1
3Andrew YoungSA50.4
 William UrquhartVicDNS
 John TaylorNZLDNS
 Terry LancasterNSWDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Peter VassellaNSW48.0
2Ken RocheVic48.1
3Dennis RandlesSA48.9
 Paul BowmanNSWDNS
 
HEAT 3
1Vic BiffenWA47.6
2Gary EddyVic48.0
3Chris WoodsSA48.5
4Graham BorchersVic48.6
 Gary KnokeNSWDNS
 
FINAL
1Ken RocheVic46.8(46.6 at 400m)
2Peter VassellaNSW47.0
3Gary EddyVic47.3
4Vic BiffenWA47.6
5Brian WatersNSW48.8
6David EvansVic48.8
 
880 YARDS - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Tony BlueQld1:51.3
2John DaviesNzl1:51.5
3Chris WoodsSA1:51.6
4Bob FalconerVic1:51.6
5Ken GilbertWA1:52.4
6Don BradenVic1:52.6
 William SmallhornNSWDNS
 G. PiggottNSWDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Greg BlakeTas1:53.4
2Peter WalshSA1:54.0
3Ralph DoubellVic1:54.2
4Vince BruceNSW1:54.5
5Jeff DuxburyNSW2:00.8
Keith WheelerWADQ
 William AllisonNZLDNS
 Bruce RichterPNGDNS
 Ian WheelerSADNS
 A. VincentNSWDNS
 
FINAL
1John DaviesNzl1:51.7
2Chris WoodsSA1:52.0
3Tony BlueQld1:52.1
4Ralph DoubellVic1:52.9
5Greg BlakeTas1:54.0
6Peter WalshSA1:58.2
 
1 MILE - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Albie ThomasNSW3:58.3(3:42.6 at 1500m)
2John DaviesNZL3:58.9(3:42.9 at 1500m)
3Gordon NobleVic4:06.6
4John ManuelNSW4:06.9
5William AllisonNZL4:09.5
6Graham WiseVic4:15.5
Greg BlakeTas
Peter ManningNSW
Jeff DuxburyNSW
Ron ClarkeVicDNF
William SmallhornNSWDNF
 Tony BlueQldDNS
 Keith WheelerWADNS
 Ken GilbertWADNS
 
3 MILES - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Bill BaillieNZL13:20.0
2Albie ThomasNSW13:20.4
3Ron ClarkeVic13:21.8
4Dave PowerNSW14:20.6
5Peter BrownriggSA14:42.6
6Tim WalshWA14:51.6
Geoff WarrenVicDNF
Henley HarrisonNSWDNF
Alan HarrisonNSWDNF
 Bob VaggNSWDNS
 Tony CookVicDNS
 
6 MILES - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Tony CookVic28:22.8
2Dave PowerNSW28:48.4
3Dean ThackerayVic29:43.2
4Tim WalshWA29:54.6
5Alan HarrisonNSW29:59.4
6Geoff WarrenVic29:59.6
7Henley HarrisonNSW30:10.0
8Peter BrownriggSA30:54.0
Frank LarkinsVicDNF
Tom KellyVicDNF
 John HuntVicDNS
 Bob VaggNSWDNS
 Bill BaillieNZLDNS
 
120 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1Wind: -1.9m
=1John NeilVic14.9
=1Tony CashmanNSW14.9
3Peter BalthesQld15.2
4Berry PrimroseNSW15.3
 Trevor BickleWADNS
 
HEAT 2Wind: -1.8m
1Dave PrinceNSW14.6
2Mick DevlinVic15.1
3Russell DuiganQld15.8
 Tony PickettNSWDNS
 Murray WillisSADNS
 Roger NeedhamVicDNS
 
HEAT 3Wind: -1.9m
1Jack SumichWA14.7
2Michael RyanVic14.9
3Gary KnokeNSW15.0
4Richard MillardNSW15.5
5Peter MortonNSW16.0
 
FINALWind: -1.9m
1Dave PrinceNSW14.2
2Jack SumichWA14.6
3Michael RyanVic14.8
4Mick DevlinVic14.8
5John NeilVic15.0
6Tony CashmanNSW15.5
 
220 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Dave PrinceNSW24.7
2Mick DevlinVic25.0
3Don BrenenVic25.3
4Tony LewisSA25.5
5Tony CashmanNSW26.5
 Jack SumichWADNS
 Peter MortonNSWDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Tony PickettNSW24.1
2Michael RyanVic24.5
3Peter BalthesQld24.5
4Peter GriffinSA25.3
5Richard MillardNSW25.3
6Wally GroomWA25.7
 Noel GrayTasDNS
 
FINALWind: -1.6m
1Michael RyanVic23.7
2Dave PrinceNSW23.7
3Peter BalthesQld23.7
4Tony PickettNSW23.7
5Mick DevlinVic24.9
6Don BrenenVic25.0
 Noel GrayTasDNS
 
440 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Noel CloughVic51.7
2Gary KnokeNSW52.3
3Michael RyanVic52.4
4Peter DaySA52.5
5Tony PickettNSW53.9
6Peter GriffinSA56.8
 
HEAT 2
1Mick DevlinVic53.1
2Ken RocheVic53.5
3Wally GroomWA53.7
4Tony LewisSA55.4
5Noel GrayTas56.0
6Richard MillardNSW56.7
 Paul BowmanNSWDNS
 
FINAL
1Michael RyanVic50.9
2Ken RocheVic50.9
3Gary KnokeNSW51.3
4Noel CloughVic51.5
5Wally GroomWA52.8
6Mick DevlinVic53.1
 
3,000 METRES STEEPLECHASE - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Trevor VincentVic8:50.6
2Tony ManningNSW8:54.8
3Ian BlackwoodVic8:58.4
4John CoyleVic9:10.6
5Ron BlackneyVic9:15.4
6Kevin BradyTas9:19.8
7Tom BolandNSW9:21.0
8Bruce SimmonsVic9:26.0
 Doug WorlingNSWDNS
 
2 MILES WALK - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Noel FreemanVic13:58.6
2Bob GardinerVic14:36.6
3Frank ClarkNSW14:40.2
4Ted AllsoppVic15:03.0
Logan IrwinNSWDQ(15:10.8)
Kevin GreenTasDQ(15:41.4)
Gavan BreenVicDQ
 Bill KirbyNSWDNS
 
HIGH JUMP - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Tony SneazwellVic7'0"2.135m
2Lawrie PeckhamVic6'8"2.03m
3Peter BoyceVic6'8"2.03m
4Graeme MorrishVic6'6"1.98m
5John HuntVic6'6"1.98m
6Tony CallenderVic6'0"1.83m
Brenton ThompsonQldNH
Mark SkinnerSANH
 
POLE VAULT - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Ross FislhieVic15'0"4.57m
2Trevor BickleWA14'0"4.27m
3John MartiensenVic13'0"3.96m
4Dave McKayVic12'6"3.81m
 Russell PattersonSADNS 
 
LONG JUMP - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Murray TolbertNSW24'9¾"7.56m(wa)
2Ian WhittakerVic24'8¾"7.54m
3Phil MayWA24'4¼"7.42m(wa)
4Ian TomlinsonWA24'3¾"7.41m(wa)
5Graham BoaseSA24'3¼"7.40m(wa)
6John BaguleyWA24'2"7.365m
7Allen CrawleyVic23'7¾"7.21m(wa)
8David CollinsNSW23'2¼"7.07m(wa)
9Ian SharpeNSW22'9"6.935m
10Bill BrooksNSW22'8¼"6.915m(wa)
11Gary FriendNSW21'7½"6.59m(wa)
Pat GreeneNSWNM(3 Fouls)
 Kevin RuleVicDNS 
 John BlackmoreVicDNS 
 Jim McCannNSWDNS 
 
TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Ian TomlinsonWA53'3"16.23m
2Graham BoaseSA52'8"16.05m
3John BaguleyWA50'8¼"15.45m
4Kevin RuleVic50'4"15.34m
5Phil MayWA50'2¼"15.30m
6Clive RutherfordVic48'3¼"14.71m
7Maurie DrewVic48'2½"14.695m
8Don ParkerVic47'2½"14.39m
9Colin EvansNSW46'6"14.175m
10Clifford YoungberryNSW45'10"13.97m
11Murray TolbertNSW45'8¾"13.94m
12Brian ThomasNSW45'3¾"13.81m
13Bill BrooksNSW44'5"13.54m
 
SHOT PUT - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Warwick SelveyVic55'8"16.97m
2Merv KempSA50'11¾"15.54m
3Len ChinneryNSW50'6¾"15.41m
4Jim PenfoldNSW48'11¼"14.915m
5Hal WardQld48'9½"14.87m
6Bob VillaniVic48'3¾"14.725m
7Martin MullerVic47'0¾"14.345m
8Fred BangayQld44'11½"13.705m
 Reine TenderVicDNS 
 Len VlahovWADNS 
 
DISCUS THROW - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Warwick SelveyVic179'9½"54.80m
2Len VlahovWA166'7"50.78m
3Alan WaughVic154'11"47.22m
4Len ChinneryNSW154'1"46.97m
5Reine TenderVic146'5"44.63m
6Bryan DykeSA142'1½"43.32m
7Barrie TuckerSA141'9½"43.22m
8John PohlVic139'9½"42.61m
9Peter FitzgeraldNSW138'4"42.17m
10Alan CardyNSW135'10"41.40m
11Fred BangayQld134'2"40.90m
 Mick MannionVicDNS 
 Merv KempSADNS 
 
HAMMER THROW - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Dick LefflerVic196'5"59.87m
2Tom MullinsNSW181'10"55.42m
3Mike EdwardsVic169'5"51.64m
4Albert MagassyNSW166'8½"50.81m
5Nick RegosVic159'2½"48.53m
 
JAVELIN THROW - Men - Saturday 21 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Nick BirksSA250'0"76.20m
2Alf MitchellNSW242'11"74.04m
3Greg NicolNSW211'3"64.39m
4Mick MannionVic206'1½"62.83m
5Reg SpiersSA196'3"59.82m
6Robert CareyVic195'1"59.46m
7Greg GlynnNSW184'11"56.36m
8Barry MagnussenQld181'6½"55.34m
 Bob LacyVicDNS 
 
DECATHLON - Men - Mon/Tue 23/24 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Nick BirksSA6,315pts
(12.0, 6.46m, 13.12m, 1.76m, 54.0, 15.9, 36.73m, 3.66m, 71.83m, 4.51.4)
2Jack SumichWA6,267pts
(11.2, 6.77m, 12.91m, 1.69m, 52.6, 15.2, 41.73m, 3.40m, 57.04m, 5.17.5)
3John O'NeillVic5,911pts
(12.0, 6.41m, 12.12m, 1.69m, 52.1, 16.0, 38.33m, 4.18m, 47.65m, 5.00.8)
4John HamannSA5,691pts
(11.7, 6.77m, 10.91m, 1.69m, 50.5, 15.9, 30.39m, 3.10m, 47.21m, 4.29.6)
5Bob VillaniVic5,409pts
(11.8, 6.04m, 13.67m, 1.55m, 53.6, 17.3, 40.30m, 3.20m, 52.42m, 4.43.0)
6Konrad GrimmVic5,153pts
(12.4, 6.16m, 11.59m, 1.83m, 53.6, 17.1, 37.97m, 3.00m, 50.12m, 4.58.2)
7Tom HoughtonNSW5,021pts
(12.2, 5.94m, 10.60m, 1.69m, 52.7, 16.2, 35.84m, 2.90m, 48.32m, 4.49.4)
8Greg NicolNSW4,649pts
(12.3, 6.02m, 12.93m, 1.66m, 57.2, 17.3, 30.55m, 2.59m, 64.35m, 5.28.1)
Peter HansenNSWDNF(2,022pts)
(12.8, 6.13m, 10.25m, 1.66m)
R. NeweyNSWDNS
 
4x110 YARDS RELAY - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1New South WalesNSW40.7
Brian Waters
David Prince
Peter Vassella
Bob Lay
2VictoriaVic40.7
G.Johnston
Gary Holdsworth
Bill Earle
Byron Williams
3QueenslandQld41.8
S. Laing
R.Christiansen
Peter Balthes
Eric Bigby
4South AustraliaSA42.3
R. Swayne
Alan Bradshaw
Peter Griffin
Charles McCusker
 
1 MILE MEDLEY RELAY - Men - Sunday 22 March 1964
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Western AustraliaWA3:23.7
Keith Wheeler
Vic Biffen
Trevor Bickle
John Baguley
2South AustraliaSA3:25.7
P. Wood
Dennis Randles
Peter Griffin
Alan Bradshaw
3VictoriaVic3:26.9
Bob Falconer
David Evans
Graeme Johnston
Gary Eddy
4QueenslandQld3:42.3
P.Maughan
H.Williams
S. Laing
Eric Bigby
-New South WalesNSWDQ
Peter Manning
Brian Waters
Peter Vassella
Bob Lay

 

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