Australian Aths History

Australian Open Track & Field Championships

Javelin Throw - Women


Year   First    Second    Third
1932-33    Clarice KENNEDY (NSW) 104'11"(31.98m) Amy SMITH (NSW) 98'10¾"(30.15m) Cora HANNAN (NSW) 95'5¾"(29.09m)
1934-35    Clarice KENNEDY (NSW) 112'2"(34.20m) Edna BIDDLE (Vic) 105'9"(32.23m) Cora HANNAN (NSW) 97'5"(29.70m)
1935-36    Clarice KENNEDY (NSW) 117'11"(35.85m) Elsie JONES (Vic) 105'1"(32.03m) Dot HACKNEY (NSW) 97'8¾"(29.79m)
1937-38    Elsie JONES (Vic) 110'2"(33.58m) Lena MITCHELL (Vic) 109'4"(33.32m) Clarice KENNEDY (NSW) 103'0"(31.40m)
1939-40    Charlotte MACGIBBON-WEEKS (Vic) 120'8¾"(36.79m) Vera PEPPER (Askew) (Qld) (34.33m) Lena MITCHELL (Vic) (34.05m)
1947-48    Charlotte MACGIBBON-WEEKS (Vic) 129'8½"(39.52m) Joy BRADBURN (NSW) 35.73m Jean GULLAN (WA) 28.88m
1949-50    Charlotte MACGIBBON-WEEKS (Vic) 120'3¼"(36.67m) Vera PEPPER (Askew) (Qld) 107'5"(32.74m) Joy BRADBURN (NSW) 105'7"(32.18m)
1951-52    Charlotte MACGIBBON-WEEKS (Vic) 122'9½"(37.43m) Vera PEPPER (Askew) (Qld) 113'0"(34.44m) Beverley REA (Vic) 111'7"(34.01m)
1953-54    Vera PEPPER (Askew) (Qld) 123'11"(37.78m) Lorraine MURPHY (Vic) 35.32m Eha KITSAPEA (NSW) 33.67m
1955-56    Patricia O'NEILL (NSW) 136'4¾"(41.57m) June HEATH (NSW) 125'10½"(38.37m) Maureen WRIGHT (NSW) 120'7½"(36.77m)
1957-58    Anna BOCSON (Wojtaszek/Pazera) (SA) 161'10½"(49.34m) Maureen WRIGHT (NSW) 42.76m Heather INNES (Tas) 42.02m
1959-60    Anna BOCSON (Wojtaszek/Pazera) (SA) 161'7½"(49.27m) Maureen WRIGHT (NSW) 44.31m Judith MOGG (Vic) 42.35m
1961-62    Maureen WRIGHT (NSW) 140'8½"(42.89m) Heather DOHERTY (Qld) 41.96m Anna BOCSON (Wojtaszek/Pazera) (SA) 41.11m
1962-63    Anna BOCSON (Wojtaszek/Pazera) (SA) 167'6"(51.06m) Pam TELFER (Vic) 46.93m June HEATH (NSW) 42.14m
1963-64    Anna BOCSON (Wojtaszek/Pazera) (SA) 158'7½"(48.35m) June HEATH (NSW) 40.56m Margaret WESTON (Qld) 40.00m
1964-65    Pam TELFER (Vic) 139'4"(42.48m) Rhonda HALE (WA) 41.10m Christine HUNT (Thompson) (Vic) 41.04m
1965-66    Anna BOCSON (Wojtaszek/Pazera) (SA) 169'0"(51.52m) Margaret KOSCIK (Parker) (NSW) 46.86m Pam TELFER (Vic) 45.18m
1966-67    Anna BOCSON (Wojtaszek/Pazera) (SA) 168'3"(51.28m) Christine HUNT (Thompson) (Vic) 155'6"(47.39m) Mary THOMAS (NSW) 150'10"(45.97m)
1967-68    Barbara FRIEDRICH (USA) 170'5"(51.94m)
(2) Natasha URBANCIC (Vic) 166'4"(50.69m)
(3) Anna BOCSON (Wojtaszek/Pazera) (SA) 165'3"(50.36m)
(4) Mary THOMAS (NSW) 157'10"(48.10m)
1968-69    Mary THOMAS (NSW) 169'7"(51.68m) Christine HUNT (Thompson) (Vic) 167'7"(51.07m) Petra RIVERS (Vic) 165'11"(50.57m
1969-70    Petra RIVERS (Vic) 177'3"(54.02m) Natasha URBANCIC (Vic) 175'9"(53.56m) Janina RILEY (Hadjuczyk/Wojdanowska/Kennedy) (NSW) 159'1"(48.48m)
1970-71    Petra RIVERS (Vic) 186'9"(56.92m) Natasha URBANCIC (Vic) 183'0"(55.77m) Mary THOMAS (NSW) 152'10"(46.58m)
1971-72    Jenny SYMON (SA) 158'11"(48.43m) Margaret KOSCIK (Parker) (NSW) 156'7"(47.72m) Janina RILEY (Hadjuczyk/Wojdanowska/Kennedy) (NSW) 139'2"(42.41m)
1972-73    Jenny SYMON (SA) 49.36m Petra RIVERS (Vic) 47.92m Janina RILEY (Hadjuczyk/Wojdanowska/Kennedy) (NSW) 47.66m
1973-74    Petra RIVERS (Vic) 50.00m Janina RILEY (Hadjuczyk/Wojdanowska/Kennedy) (NSW) 45.26m Margaret PHILLPOTT (NSW) 42.28m
1974-75    Christine HUNT (Thompson) (Vic) 44.80m Petra RIVERS (Vic) 42.96m Janina RILEY (Hadjuczyk/Wojdanowska/Kennedy) (NSW) 47.54m
1975-76    Christine HUNT (Thompson) (Vic) 57.84m Pam MATTHEWS (Vic) 51.50m Janina RILEY (Hadjuczyk/Wojdanowska/Kennedy) (NSW) 49.00m
1976-77    Pam MATTHEWS (Vic) 55.08m Terri WRENN (WA) 51.16m Janina RILEY (Hadjuczyk/Wojdanowska/Kennedy) (NSW) 50.74m
1977-78    Pam MATTHEWS (Vic) 55.72m Margaret PHILLPOTT (NSW) 54.76m Jeanette KIEBOOM (SA) 48.16m
1978-79    Pam MATTHEWS (Vic) 55.38m Mary THOMAS (NSW) 48.72m Terri WRENN (WA) 47.56m
1979-80    Pam MATTHEWS (Vic) 61.86m Petra RIVERS (Vic) 60.86m Jeanette KIEBOOM (SA) 53.24m
1980-81    Petra RIVERS (Vic) 61.86m Pam MATTHEWS (Vic) 59.06m Sue HOWLAND (Qld) 58.48m
1981-82    Petra RIVERS (Vic) 69.28m Pam MATTHEWS (Vic) 56.06m Sally WIJESUNDRA (WA) 45.60m
1982-83    Petra RIVERS (Vic) 64.18m Jeanette KIEBOOM (SA) 53.96m Mereoni VIBOSE (NSW) 50.04m
1983-84    Petra RIVERS (Vic) 62.66m Jeanette KIEBOOM (SA) 55.14m Mereoni VIBOSE (NSW) 52.64m
1984-85    Jeanette KIEBOOM (SA) 52.16m Pam MATTHEWS (Vic) 50.54m Tracey GRIFFIN (Vic) 46.34m
1985-86    Sue HOWLAND (Qld) 61.74m Petra RIVERS (Vic) 55.64m Jeanette KIEBOOM (SA) 54.56m
1986-87    Sue HOWLAND (Qld) 63.86m Cherry HARVEY (Qld) 49.24m Lyndall KENNEDY (NSW) 48.24m
1987-88    Kate FARROW (SA) 54.74m Cherry HARVEY (Qld) 50.60m Janne WARE (Tas) 48.64m
1988-89    Kaye NORDSTROM (NZL) 51.52m
(2) Janne WARE (Tas) 50.08m
(3) Kate FARROW (SA) 49.92m
(4) Sharon CLARKE (NSW) 47.32m
1989-90    Louise CURREY (McPaul) (NSW) 57.06m Kate FARROW (SA) 56.56m Janne WARE (Tas) 53.00m
1990-91    Louise CURREY (McPaul) (NSW) 60.20m Kirsten HELLIER SMITH (NZL) 56.30m
(3) Kate FARROW (SA) 55.32m
(4) Janne WARE (Tas) 50.52m
1991-92    Akiko MAYAJIMA (JPN) 58.88m
(3) Kate FARROW (SA) 54.08m		 Kirsten HELLIER SMITH (NZL) 57.62m
(5) Joanna STONE-NIXON (Stone) (Qld) 50.32m
(7) Fiona FEWTRELL (NSW) 45.10m
1992-93    Louise CURREY (McPaul) (NSW) 59.14m Sueli DOS SANTOS (BRA) 56.58m
(3) Joanna STONE-NIXON (Stone) (Qld) 56.00m
(5) Kate FARROW (SA) 54.54m
1993-94    Joanna STONE-NIXON (Stone) (Qld) 62.40m Louise CURREY (McPaul) (NSW) 61.44m Kate FARROW (SA) 56.74m
1994-95    Kirsten HELLIER SMITH (NZL) 60.10m
(2) Louise CURREY (McPaul) (NSW) 59.12m
(3) Kate FARROW (SA) 52.58m
(4) Lara WOODBURY (NSW) 50.38m
1995-96    Tanja DAMASKE (GER) 64.38m
(2) Joanna STONE-NIXON (Stone) (Qld) 62.78m
(3) Louise CURREY (McPaul) (NSW) 59.70m
(4) Kate FARROW (SA) 56.30m
1996-97    Joanna STONE-NIXON (Stone) (Qld) 63.78m Bina RAMESH (FRA) 54.06m
(3) Kate FARROW (SA) 53.16m
(7) Cecilia MCINTOSH (Vic) 48.48m
1997-98    Louise CURREY (McPaul) (NSW) 62.34m Bina RAMESH (FRA) 49.05m
(3) Cecilia MCINTOSH (Vic) 45.54m
(4) Lisa GARWOOD (Qld) 43.06m
1998-99    Hayley WILSON (NZL) 47.48m
(3) Jane JAMIESON (NSW) 45.10m		 Linda POLELEI (FRA) 46.75m
(4) Caroline JACKMAN (Perry) (SA) 44.49m
(5) Rishelle HUME (WA) 43.66m
1999-00    Sueli DOS SANTOS (BRA) 54.92m
(3) Stephanie HANCOCK (Qld) 49.58m		 Bina RAMESH (FRA) 50.61m
(5) Cecilia MCINTOSH (Vic) 48.58m
(7) Caroline JACKMAN (Perry) (SA) 46.26m
2000-01    Bina RAMESH (FRA) 54.54m
(2) Rosemary HOOPER (Vic) 53.88m
(4) Cecilia MCINTOSH (Vic) 50.77m		 Yayoi SHIBANO (JPN) 52.04m
(5) Stephanie HANCOCK (Qld) 49.78m
2001-02    Bina RAMESH (FRA) 56.93m
(3) Cecilia MCINTOSH (Vic) 53.87m		 Takako MIYAKE (JPN) 56.61m
(4) Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 52.13m
(5) Stephanie HANCOCK (Qld) 49.76m
2002-03    Bina RAMESH (FRA) 52.29m
(2) Rebecca NOY (NSW) 52.26m
(3) Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 50.98m
(4) Rosemary HOOPER (Vic) 50.84m
2003-04    Bina RAMESH (FRA) 53.14m
(2) Rosemary HOOPER (Vic) 53.04m
(4) Cecilia MCINTOSH (Vic) 51.68m		 Serafina AKELI (SAM) 53.02m
(5) Zoe PELBART (NSW) 49.38m
2004-05    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 55.91m Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 52.10m Annabel THOMSON (NSW) 51.83m
2005-06    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 58.56m Rosemary HOOPER (Vic) 56.09m Joanna STONE-NIXON (Stone) (Qld) 53.97m
2006-07    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 57.24m Laura CORNFORD (NSW) 55.64m Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 53.41m
2007-08    Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 58.77m Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 55.78m Rosemary HOOPER (Vic) 51.99m
2008-09    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 60.69m Laura CORNFORD (NSW) 55.88m Kim KYUNG-AE (KOR) 53.02m
(4) Karen CLARKE (NSW) 48.13m
2009-10    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 60.66m Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 56.15m Karen CLARKE (NSW) 51.80m
2010-11    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 59.39m Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 57.72m Laura CORNFORD (NSW) 57.00m
2011-12    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 61.70m Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 59.23m Risa MIYASHITA (JPN) 54.16m
(4) Karen CLARKE (NSW) 52.10m
2012-13    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 62.26m Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 58.58m Karen CLARKE (NSW) 48.55m
2013-14    Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 64.28m Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 58.58m Risa MIYASHITA (JPN) 54.95m
(4) Mackenzie LITTLE (NSW) 54.61m
2014-15    Sunette VILJOEN (RSA) 63.29m
(2) Kimberly MICKLE (WA) 61.02m
(3) Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 58.61m
(6) Mackenzie LITTLE (NSW) 53.17m
2015-16    Lu HUIHUI (CHN) 61.93m
(4) Tianah LIST (Qld) 51.56m		 Li LINGWEI (CHN) 60.79m
(5) Monique CILIONE (Vic) 50.53m		 Risa MIYASHITA (JPN) 57.60m
(9) Karen CLARKE (NSW) 46.12m
2016-17    Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 61.40m Tori PEETERS (NZL) 56.74m
(4) Kathryn BROOKS (Vic) 53.50m		 Risa MIYASHITA (JPN) 54.07m
(7) Tori WEST (Qld) 46.55m
2017-18    Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 65.51m Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 62.21m Kathryn BROOKS (Vic) 51.31m
2018-19    Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 63.33m Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 62.78m Tori PEETERS (NZL) 56.49m
(4) Jess BELL (SA) 52.55m
2019-20    NOT HELD
2020-21    Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 63.34m Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 61.09m Mackenzie LITTLE (NSW) 60.90m
2021-22    Mackenzie LITTLE (NSW) 62.09m Alexandra ROBERTS (Qld) 55.61m Tori PEETERS (NZL) 52.62m
(4) Jess BELL (SA) 50.86m
2022-23    Mackenzie LITTLE (NSW) 61.46m Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 57.05m Katrina BLACKETT (NSW) 52.08m
2023-24    Mackenzie LITTLE (NSW) 61.85m Kathryn MITCHELL (Vic) 60.28m Kelsey-Lee BARBER (Roberts) (ACT) 55.13m

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.

 

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