Australian Athletics Results

Australian Open Track & Field Championships

800 metres / 880 yards - Women

Year		First	Second	Third
1937-38	880y	Audrey BRADFIELD (Vic) 2:44.8	Ruby SWALWELL (Vic)	Kath FLANAGAN (Vic)
1939-40	880y	Betty JUDGE (Beazley) (WA) 2:26.8	Margaret ORR (Troode) (WA) 2:27.0(est)	Thelma PEAKE (Mason) (Qld)
1947-48	880y	Kit MEARS (Vic) 2:24.0	Yvonne GRANDEMANGE (NSW)	Dot EVANS (WA)
1949-50	880y	Margaret MONAGHAN (NSW) 2:26.3	Mavis PLYMTON (NSW)	Carol ADSETTS (WA)
1951-52	880y	Stella MASSEY (NSW) 2:27.8	Helen SPEARS (Vic)	Leila GEYLE (Vic)
1953-54	880y	Berris FOLLAND (WA) 2:20.7	Daphne WELCH (Qld) 2:22.2	Joy BURDETT (Brown) (SA) 2:22.5
1955-56	880y	Joyce HANGER (Vic) 2:16.9	Brenda CARR (Jones) (Vic) 2:17.0	Joy BURDETT (Brown) (SA) 2:18.2
1957-58	880y	Brenda CARR (Jones) (Vic) 2:16.5	Jan MCDONALD (Vic) 2:17.6	Pat DOWSING (Vic) 2:18.2
1959-60	880y	Dixie WILLIS (WA) 2:09.5	Brenda CARR (Jones) (Vic) 2:09.6	Pat DOWSING (Vic) 2:12.4
1961-62	880y	Dixie WILLIS (WA) 2:09.6	Brenda CARR (Jones) (Vic) 2:12.1	Joan BERETTA (Vic) 2:18.0
1962-63	880y	Dixie WILLIS (WA) 2:07.3	Rosalie MAHONEY (Dow) (Vic) 2:11.9	Joan BERETTA (Vic) 2:14.0
1963-64	880y	Dixie WILLIS (WA) 2:08.9	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 2:11.0	Rosalie MAHONEY (Dow) (Vic) 2:15.1
1964-65	880y	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 2:09.3	Beth HINE (WA) 2:12.8	Jackie BYRNES (NSW) 2:12.8
1965-66	880y	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 2:11.7	Jackie BYRNES (NSW) 2:13.6	Margaret RAMSAY (Clifford) (Qld) 2:14.7
1966-67	800m	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 2:04.4	Margaret RAMSAY (Clifford) (Qld) 2:09.2	Jackie BYRNES (NSW) 2:12.1
1967-68	800m	Sandra BROWN (NSW) 2:10.9	Jackie BYRNES (NSW) 2:12.4	Brenda CARR (Jones) (Vic) 2:13.4
1968-69	800m	Cheryl PEASLEY (NSW) 2:08.1	Jenny ORR (Vic) 2:11.1	Brenda CARR (Jones) (Vic) 2:11.3
1969-70	800m	Cheryl PEASLEY (NSW) 2:05.6	Judy HART (Tapfield) (SA) 2:07.4	Marea KENNEDY (Vic) 2:08.5
1970-71	800m	Cheryl PEASLEY (NSW) 2:05.3	Sue HADEN (NZL) 2:06.4 (3) Jenny ORR (Vic) 2:07.1	(4) Marea KENNEDY (Vic) 2:10.8
1971-72	800m	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 2:01.5	Cheryl PEASLEY (NSW) 2:03.3	Jenny ORR (Vic) 2:05.4
1972-73	800m	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 2:06.8	Angela COOK (NSW) 2:07.2	Jenny ORR (Vic) 2:09.6
1973-74	800m	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 2:05.9	Sue HADEN (NZL) 2:06.3 (3) Judy HART (Tapfield) (SA) 2:07.3	(4) Jenny ORR (Vic) 2:07.8
1974-75	800m	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 2:05.1	Phyllis LAZARAKIS (WA) 2:06.0	Angela COOK (NSW) 2:07.2
1975-76	800m	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 2:00.1	Judy POLLOCK (Amoore) (Vic) 2:02.7	Phyllis LAZARAKIS (WA) 2:06.4
1976-77	800m	Penny GRAY (Tas) 2:05.5	Phyllis LAZARAKIS (WA) 2:06.7	Angela COOK (NSW) 2:07.7
1977-78	800m	Julie SCHWASS (NSW) 2:03.1	Judy PECKHAM (Canty) (Vic) 2:03.8	Beth NAIL (WA) 2:04.2
1978-79	800m	Charlene RENDINA (Neighbour) (Vic) 2:02.40	Verna BURNARD (SA) 2:03.44	Penny GRAY (Tas) 2:03.93
1979-80	800m	Terri-Ann CATER (Wangman) (Vic) 2:04.4	Julie SCHWASS (NSW) 2:05.9	Penny GRAY (Tas) 2:06.6
1980-81	800m	Terri-Ann CATER (Wangman) (Vic) 2:02.93	Heather BARRALET (Wright) (Qld) 2:03.28	Penny GRAY (Tas) 2:03.97
1981-82	800m	Heather BARRALET (Wright) (Qld) 2:03.58	Terri-Ann CATER (Wangman) (Vic) 2:03.63	Michelle BAUMGARTNER (Vic) 2:04.02
1982-83	800m	Heather BARRALET (Wright) (Qld) 2:01.50	Maxine CORCORAN (Johnson) (Vic) 2:02.48	Terri-Ann CATER (Wangman) (Vic) 2:02.75
1983-84	800m	Heather BARRALET (Wright) (Qld) 2:01.78	Terri-Ann CATER (Wangman) (Vic) 2:03.01	Kaylene COSTER (NSW) 2:03.85
1984-85	800m	Bronwyn FLEMING (Vic) 2:01.36	Gail LUKE (Millar) (Tas) 2:01.89	Wendy OLD (Oliver) (SA) 2:02.01
1985-86	800m	Wendy OLD (Oliver) (SA) 2:00.81	Julie SCHWASS (NSW) 2:02.07	Bronwyn FLEMING (Vic) 2:02.72
1986-87	800m	Sarah COLLINS (ACT) 2:05.92	Wendy OLD (Oliver) (SA) 2:05.94	Gail LUKE (Millar) (Tas) 2:07.69
1987-88	800m	Sharon STEWART (Vic) 2:02.36	Lyn FOREMAN (Young) (WA) 2:04.82	Gail LUKE (Millar) (Tas) 2:05.59
1988-89	800m	Sharon STEWART (Vic) 2:03.17	Sarah COLLINS (ACT) 2:04.14	Kerrie BAUMGARTNER (Vic) 2:04.34
1989-90	800m	Wendy OLD (Oliver) (SA) 2:00.68	Kerrie BAUMGARTNER (Vic) 2:01.49	Sarah COLLINS (ACT) 2:03.73
1990-91	800m	Sharon STEWART (Vic) 2:03.38	Sophie SCAMPS (NSW) 2:05.76	Nicole ROBINSON (Vic) 2:05.97
1991-92	800m	Jodie HEBBARD (Nykvist) (Qld) 2:04.35	Sophie SCAMPS (NSW) 2:04.73	Sandra DAWSON (Qld) 2:05.42
1992-93	800m	Narelle PARR (NSW) 2:03.92	Sandra DAWSON (Qld) 2:03.93	Melanie COLLINS (NSW) 2:05.10
1993-94	800m	Sandra DAWSON (Qld) 2:02.93	Melanie COLLINS (NSW) 2:04.11	Lisa LIGHTFOOT (O'Connell) (Vic) 2:04.51
1994-95	800m	Sandra DAWSON (Qld) 2:05.32	Melanie COLLINS (NSW) 2:05.47	Dawn GANDY (GBR) 2:06.29 (4) Lisa LIGHTFOOT (O'Connell) (Vic) 2:06.45
1995-96	800m	Lisa LIGHTFOOT (O'Connell) (Vic) 2:02.28	Sandra DAWSON (Qld) 2:02.50	Melanie COLLINS (NSW) 2:02.51
1996-97	800m	Saleena ROBERTS (Qld) 2:04.10	Melanie COLLINS (NSW) 2:04.25	Sandra DAWSON (Qld) 2:05.10
1997-98	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:02.93	Lyn SAINT-JOHN (Tas) 2:03.46	Melanie COLLINS (NSW) 2:04.16
1998-99	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:02.29	Georgie CLARKE (Vic) 2:02.49	Faith MACHARIA (KEN) 2:03.65 (4) Megan CHISHOLM (Vic) 2:04.17
1999-00	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 1:59.29	Toni HODGKINSON (NZL) 1:59.39 (3) Susan ANDREWS (WA) 2:00.37	(4) Georgie CLARKE (Vic) 2:02.59
2000-01	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:02.95	Libby ALLEN (Vic) 2:05.09	Rikke ALBERTSEN (Roenholt) (ACT/DEN) 2:05.12 (4) Kate MYERS (Vic) 2:05.25
2001-02	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:00.88	Susan ANDREWS (WA) 2:02.40	Adrienne MCIVOR (Rainbird) (Qld) 2:03.25
2002-03	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:00.13	Susan ANDREWS (WA) 2:01.30	Debbie SAVAGE (NSW) 2:03.66
2003-04	800m	Rikke ALBERTSEN (Roenholt) (ACT/DEN) 2:01.68 (2) Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:02.24	(3) Libby ALLEN (Vic) 2:03.33	(4) Suzy WALSHAM (NSW) 2:03.94
2004-05	800m	Katherine KATSANEVAKIS (Vic) 2:04.72	Libby ALLEN (Vic) 2:05.61	Mieke FLORE (NSW) 2:05.94
2005-06	800m	Suzy WALSHAM (NSW) 2:01.85	Rikke ALBERTSEN (Roenholt) (ACT/DEN) 2:02.30	Libby ALLEN (Vic) 2:02.71
2006-07	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:00.71	Madeleine PAPE (Vic) 2:01.50	Zoe BUCKMAN (ACT) 2:03.94
2007-08	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:02.12	Madeleine PAPE (Vic) 2:03.52	Rikke ALBERTSEN (Roenholt) (ACT/DEN) 2:03.91
2008-09	800m	Madeleine PAPE (Vic) 2:02.57	Nikki HAMBLIN (NZL) 2:03.23 (3) Katherine KATSANEVAKIS (Vic) 2:05.91	(4) Holly NOACK (SA) 2:06.64
2009-10	800m	Katherine KATSANEVAKIS (Vic) 2:04.58	Madeleine PAPE (Vic) 2:04.82	Trychelle KINGDOM (NSW) 2:05.50
2010-11	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:00.80	Kelly HETHERINGTON (Vic) 2:03.58	Sianne TOEMOE (NSW) 2:03.59
2011-12	800m	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:02.00	Zoe BUCKMAN (ACT) 2:04.47	Rosie KELLY (SA) 2:05.03
2012-13	800m	Kelly HETHERINGTON (Vic) 2:01.22	Angela SMIT (NZL) 2:02.09 (3) Georgia WASSALL (NSW) 2:03.37	(4) Anna LAMAN (NSW) 2:05.34
2013-14	800m	Brittany MCGOWAN (Qld) 2:02.15	Selma KAJAN (NSW) 2:02.59	Georgia WASSALL (NSW) 2:02.82
2014-15	800m	Brittany MCGOWAN (Qld) 2:03.49	Abbey DE LA MOTTE (Tas) 2:04.81	Selma KAJAN (NSW) 2:05.43
2015-16	800m	Brittany MCGOWAN (Qld) 2:04.13	Selma KAJAN (NSW) 2:04.65	Tamsyn MANOU (Lewis) (Vic) 2:04.84
2016-17	800m	Lora STOREY (NSW) 2:05.56	Anneliese RUBIE (NSW) 2:05.93	Georgina GRIFFITH (Vic) 2:06.00
2017-18	800m	Brittany MCGOWAN (Qld) 2:00.24	Angela PETTY (NZL) 2:00.73 (3) Georgina GRIFFITH (Vic) 2:02.09	(5) Abbey DE LA MOTTE (Tas) 2:03.62
2018-19	800m	Catriona BISSET (Vic) 2:00.48	Georgina GRIFFITH (Vic) 2:01.26	Morgan MITCHELL (Vic) 2:01.60
2019-20	800m	NOT HELD
2020-21	800m	Catriona BISSET (Vic) 2:00.45	Claudia HOLLINGSWORTH (Vic) 2:01.75	Tess KIRSOPP-COLE (Vic) 2:03.83
2021-22	800m	Catriona BISSET (Vic) 1:59.83	Claudia HOLLINGSWORTH (Vic) 2:02.98	Tess KIRSOPP-COLE (Vic) 2:03.39
2022-23	800m	Catriona BISSET (Vic) 1:58.32	Ellie SANFORD (Vic) 2:00.50	Lora ROFF (NSW) 2:04.43
2023-24	800m	Claudia HOLLINGSWORTH (Vic) 1:58.40	Abbey CALDWELL (Vic) 1:59.01	Bendere OBOYA (NSW) 1:59.33

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.