Australian Athletics Results

Australian Open Track & Field Championships

400 metres / 440 yards - Women

Year		First	Second	Third
1937-38	440y	Jean COLEMAN (NSW) 60.5	Irene TALBOT (Vic) 61.0(est)	Joy BARNETT (WA) 62.2(est)
1939-40	440y	Irene TALBOT (Vic) 59.2	Betty JUDGE (Beazley) (WA) 59.3(est)	Margaret ORR (Troode) (WA) 60.0(est)
1947-48	440y	Shirley MCCONNACHIE (Vic) 59.0	Yvonne GRANDEMANGE (NSW)	Betty WOODS (Vic)
1949-50	440y	Shirley DE LA HUNTY (Strickland) (WA) 57.4	Betty WOODS (Vic)	Joyce HANGER (Vic)
1951-52	440y	Shirley DE LA HUNTY (Strickland) (WA) 59.4	Berenice KEWMING (Vic) 59.7	Joyce HANGER (Vic)
1953-54	440y	Pam BRYANT (WA) 56.6	Daphne WELCH (Qld) 58.3	Berenice KEWMING (Vic) 59.2
1955-56	440y	Shirley DE LA HUNTY (Strickland) (WA) 60.0	Joyce HANGER (Vic) 60.8	Daphne WELCH (Qld) 61.2
1957-58	440y	Brenda CARR (Jones) (Vic) 57.0	Maureen LEEDHAM (SA) 57.3	Jan MCDONALD (Vic) 57.9
1959-60	440y	Dixie WILLIS (WA) 55.4	Madeline BERGMAN (NSW) 55.8	Pat DOWSING (Vic) 56.2
1961-62	440y	Dixie WILLIS (WA) 54.2	Madeline BERGMAN (NSW) 56.4	Jeanette STAPLETON (NSW) 57.0
1962-63	440y	Betty CUTHBERT (NSW) 53.3	Dixie WILLIS (WA) 53.4	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 54.8
1963-64	440y	Dixie WILLIS (WA) 53.7	Betty CUTHBERT (NSW) 54.3	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 54.3
1964-65	440y	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 52.4	Margaret BURVILL (WA) 55.1	Elaine FRAWLEY (Vic) 55.4
1965-66	440y	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 53.5	Joan HENDRICKSON (Qld) 54.8	Margaret BURVILL (WA) 55.7
1966-67	400m	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 54.0	Sandra BROWN (NSW) 56.4	Jackie BYRNES (NSW) 56.5
1967-68	400m	Sandra BROWN (NSW) 54.1	Joyce BENNETT (WA) 54.4	Kathleen HOLLAND (WA) 54.7
1968-69	400m	Elaine FRAWLEY (Vic) 56.1	Joyce BENNETT (WA) 56.7	Katrina GRAHAM (NSW) 57.1
1969-70	400m	Sandra BROWN (NSW) 52.4	Elaine FRAWLEY (Vic) 54.2	Cheryl PEASLEY (NSW) 54.3
1970-71	400m	Cheryl PEASLEY (NSW) 54.4	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 54.4	Sandra BROWN (NSW) 54.5
1971-72	400m	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 52.5	Allison ROSS-EDWARDS (NSW) 53.1	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 53.2
1972-73	400m	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 53.4	Judy PECKHAM (Canty) (Vic) 53.7	Allison ROSS-EDWARDS (NSW) 54.6
1973-74	400m	Margaret SARGANT (NSW) 53.4	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 53.8	Rosemary MITCHELL (NSW) 54.5
1974-75	400m	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 53.6	Beth NAIL (WA) 53.7	Judy PECKHAM (Canty) (Vic) 54.4
1975-76	400m	Beth NAIL (WA) 52.3	Judy PECKHAM (Canty) (Vic) 52.5	Verna BURNARD (SA) 53.3
1976-77	400m	Marian O'SHAUGHNESSY (Fisher) (Vic) 53.9	Beth NAIL (WA) 54.2	Verna BURNARD (SA) 54.3
1977-78	400m	Maxine CORCORAN (Johnson) (Vic) 52.2	Beth NAIL (WA) 52.5	Marian O'SHAUGHNESSY (Fisher) (Vic) 52.5
1978-79	400m	Maxine CORCORAN (Johnson) (Vic) 52.04	Beth NAIL (WA) 52.28	Terri-Ann CATER (Wangman) (Vic) 52.63
1979-80	400m	Raelene BOYLE (Vic) 51.51	Terri-Ann CATER (Wangman) (Vic) 53.21	Sally OAKLEY (Whiteway) (Tas) 53.83
1980-81	400m	Terri-Ann CATER (Wangman) (Vic) 52.26	Leanne EVANS (Qld) 53.28	Lyn FOREMAN (Young) (WA) 53.44
1981-82	400m	Raelene BOYLE (Vic) 51.89	Leanne EVANS (Qld) 53.64	Sally OAKLEY (Whiteway) (Tas) 53.81
1982-83	400m	Denise BOYD (Robertson) (Qld) 51.48	Maxine CORCORAN (Johnson) (Vic) 53.03	Sally OAKLEY (Whiteway) (Tas) 53.16
1983-84	400m	Kim ROBERTSON (NZL) 52.54 (2) Maree HOLLAND (Chapman) (NSW) 52.99	(3) Leanne EVANS (Qld) 53.46	(4) Sally OAKLEY (Whiteway) (Tas) 53.54
1984-85	400m	Debbie FLINTOFF-KING (Flintoff) (Vic) 52.05	Maree HOLLAND (Chapman) (NSW) 53.05	Sandra SPEERS (Skeggs) (Tas) 54.55
1985-86	400m	Debbie FLINTOFF-KING (Flintoff) (Vic) 52.03	Maree HOLLAND (Chapman) (NSW) 53.28	Sharon STEWART (Vic) 53.47
1986-87	400m	Sally FLEMING (Hamilton) (WA) 53.30	Sharon ELLIS (Qld) 54.35	Sharon STEWART (Vic) 54.54
1987-88	400m	Maree HOLLAND (Chapman) (NSW) 52.04	Sue HOUGH (Alton) (NSW) 53.49	Sharon ELLIS (Qld) 53.86
1988-89	400m	Maree HOLLAND (Chapman) (NSW) 52.01	Susan ANDREWS (WA) 53.31	Kerrie BAUMGARTNER (Vic) 53.43
1989-90	400m	Sharon STEWART (Vic) 52.06	Lee NAYLOR (Vic) 52.43	Kerrie BAUMGARTNER (Vic) 53.14
1990-91	400m	Renee POETSCHKA (WA) 51.38	Sharon STEWART (Vic) 52.73	Gail LUKE (Millar) (Tas) 53.06
1991-92	400m	Sharon STEWART (Vic) 51.32	Michelle LOCK (Qld) 51.94	Cathy FREEMAN (Vic) 52.20
1992-93	400m	Renee POETSCHKA (WA) 51.00	Michelle LOCK (Qld) 52.08	Kylie HANIGAN (NSW) 52.35
1993-94	400m	Renee POETSCHKA (WA) 50.19	Kylie HANIGAN (NSW) 52.15	Lee NAYLOR (Vic) 53.11
1994-95	400m	Cathy FREEMAN (Vic) 50.94	Renee POETSCHKA (WA) 51.27	Kylie HANIGAN (NSW) 52.31
1995-96	400m	Renee POETSCHKA (WA) 50.60	Sandie RICHARDS (JAM) 51.41 (3) Lee NAYLOR (Vic) 52.11	(4) Kylie HANIGAN (NSW) 52.72
1996-97	400m	Cathy FREEMAN (Vic) 52.09	Susan ANDREWS (WA) 53.11	Kirilee BUONACCORSI (Tas) 54.58
1997-98	400m	Cathy FREEMAN (Vic) 51.26	Susan ANDREWS (WA) 51.55	Lee NAYLOR (Vic) 51.65
1998-99	400m	Cathy FREEMAN (Vic) 50.94	Tania VAN HEER-MURPHY (van Heer) (SA) 51.28	Susan ANDREWS (WA) 52.01
1999-00	400m	Cathy FREEMAN (Vic) 50.00	Ana GUEVARA (MEX) 50.84 (3) Lee NAYLOR (Vic) 51.37	(4) Jana RAWLINSON (Pittman) (NSW) 51.85
2000-01	400m	Nova PERIS (Peris-Kneebone) (NT) 52.49	Jane ARNOTT (NZL) 52.59 (4) Katerina DRESSLER (Vic) 53.66	Rebecca WARDELL (NZL) 52.67 (5) Renee ROBSON (Qld) 53.69
2001-02	400m	Catherine MURPHY (GBR) 52.18 (3) Katerina DRESSLER (Vic) 52.97	Jane ARNOTT (NZL) 52.73 (4) Rosemary HAYWARD (NSW) 53.20	(5) Amber DONNELLY (Menzies) (NSW) 53.79
2002-03	400m	Cathy FREEMAN (Vic) 51.66	Rosemary HAYWARD (NSW) 52.24	Makelesi BULIKIOBO (Qld/FIJ) 53.18 (4) Katerina DRESSLER (Vic) 53.26
2003-04	400m	Annabelle SMITH (NSW) 51.80	Makelesi BULIKIOBO (Qld/FIJ) 52.91	Katerina DRESSLER (Vic) 53.03
2004-05	400m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 52.44	Caitlin PINCOTT (Willis) (Qld) 53.00	Renee ROBSON (Qld) 53.86
2005-06	400m	Jane ARNOTT (NZL) 51.98 (2) Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 52.36	(3) Rosemary HAYWARD (NSW) 52.79	(4) Jaimee-Lee STARR (Hoebergen) (NSW) 52.87
2006-07	400m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 51.71	Monique WILLIAMS (NZL) 52.74 (3) Trisha GREAVES (Holz) (NSW) 53.71	(4) Rosemary HAYWARD (NSW) 54.46
2007-08	400m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 51.44	Makelsi BATIMALA (FIJ) 52.76 (4) Jaimee-Lee STARR (Hoebergen) (NSW) 53.52	Monique WILLIAMS (NZL) 52.86 (5) Trisha GREAVES (Holz) (NSW) 53.80
2008-09	400m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 51.42	Monique WILLIAMS (NZL) 51.88 (3) Madeleine PAPE (Vic) 53.08	(5) Caitlin PINCOTT (Willis) (Qld) 53.86
2009-10	400m	Joanne CUDDIHY (IRL) 51.94 (2) Jody HENRY (WA) 52.20	(3) Pirrenee STEINERT (NSW) 52.78	(4) Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 53.13
2010-11	400m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 52.31	Caitlin JONES (Sargent) (Qld) 53.18	Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 53.31
2011-12	400m	Joanne CUDDIHY (IRL) 51.69 (2) Caitlin JONES (Sargent) (Qld) 53.21	(4) Caitlin PINCOTT (Willis) (Qld) 53.29	Kristie BAILLIE (NZL) 53.26 (5) Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 53.55
2012-13	400m	Caitlin JONES (Sargent) (Qld) 52.66	Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 52.80	Monique WILLIAMS (NZL) 53.23 (4) Jacinta DOYLE (NSW) 54.70
2013-14	400m	Morgan MITCHELL (Vic) 52.22	Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 52.35	Caitlin JONES (Sargent) (Qld) 52.77
2014-15	400m	Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 52.77	Morgan MITCHELL (Vic) 52.94	Caitlin JONES (Sargent) (Qld) 53.01
2015-16	400m	Morgan MITCHELL (Vic) 51.84	Jessica THORNTON (NSW) 52.33	Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 52.90
2016-17	400m	Morgan MITCHELL (Vic) 52.08	Olivia TAURO (NSW) 53.10	Lauren BODEN (Wells) (ACT) 53.84
2017-18	400m	Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 51.92	Bendere OBOYA (NSW) 51.94	Morgan MITCHELL (Vic) 52.69
2018-19	400m	Bendere OBOYA (NSW) 52.00	Caitlin JONES (Sargent) (Qld) 53.20	Angeline BLACKBURN (ACT) 53.36
2019-20	400m	NOT HELD
2020-21	400m	Bendere OBOYA (NSW) 52.20	Ellie BEER (Qld) 52.76	Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 53.45
2021-22	400m	Isabel NEAL (NZL) 52.86 (2) Ellie BEER (Qld) 53.30	(4) Jessica THORNTON (NSW) 54.48	Rosie ELLIOTT (NZL) 53.48 (5) Helen PRETORIUS (ACT) 54.91
2022-23	400m	Jessie ANDREW (Vic) 52.62	Ellie BEER (Qld) 53.16	Helen PRETORIUS (ACT) 54.11
2023-24	400m	Ellie BEER (Qld) 51.59	Mikeala SELAIDINAKOS (Vic) 53.33	Rebecca BENNETT (NSW) 53.60

The first three Australian athletes (as well as first three overall) are in the respective columns.
Rank in brackets ( ) indicate the overall rank of the Australian athlete where that athlete was beaten into that place by an international.