Australian Aths History

Australian Open Track & Field Championships

Shot Put - Men


Year   First    Second    Third
1893-94    Tim O'CONNOR (NZL) 38'4¾"(11.70m)
(2) Albert THURGOOD (Vic) 35'4¾"(10.79m)		 W MOIR (NZL) 34'1¼"(10.39m)
1895-96    W RHODES (NZL) 34'11"(10.64m) Charles LOUISSON (NZL) 34'4"(10.465m)
1897-98    Patrick ENGLISH (NSW) 37'9"(11.50m) J TAYLOR (NSW) 35'11"(10.94m) David BEVAN (Vic) 35'6"(10.82m)
1899-00    George HAWKES (Qld) 43'2"(13.15m) Bill O'REILLY (NSW) 41'1"(12.52m) William MADILL (NZL) 39'8½"(12.10m)
1901-02    Bill O'REILLY (NSW) 41'0"(12.49m)
1903-04    Bill O'REILLY (NSW) 39'2¾"(11.95m) William ROUSE (Vic) 37'7½"(11.46m) Leo MURPHY (Vic) 34'2¼"(10.42m)
1905-06    Bill O'REILLY (NSW) 40'10"(12.44m) William ROUSE (Vic) 39'8½"(12.10m) Pat CAREW (NSW) 39'0"(11.88m)
1907-08    Bill O'REILLY (NSW) 38'10"(11.83m) Jack KEARNEY (Qld) 35'1"(10.69m) Tom MAHER (Qld) 34'9"(10.59m)
1909-10    Bill O'REILLY (NSW) 39'5"(12.01m) Francis MORGAN (NSW) 37'9"(11.50m) Dan MCGRATH (Qld) 37'0½"(11.29m)
1911-12    Dan MCGRATH (Qld) 38'5"(11.71m) A REED (NZL) (11.57m)
(3) Denis LANE (NSW) (11.02m)
1913-14    Reginald CAUGHEY (USA) 43'5½"(13.24m)
(2) Dan MCGRATH (Qld) 40'6"(12.34m)
(3) Bill O'REILLY (NSW) (11.76m)
(4) Carl FERGUSON (NSW) (10.97m)
1919-20    Patrick MUNRO (NZL) 43'4"(13.20m)
(2) Kaarlo NAUKLER (NSW) 37'0½"(11.29m)
(3) Eric EDMUNDS (Vic) 35'11½"(10.96m)
(4) Carl FERGUSON (NSW) 32'2½"(9.82m)
1921-22    Leslie ROUSE (Vic) 38'2"(11.63m) Patrick MUNRO (NZL) 37'4"(11.39m) Geoff BUTLER (Vic) 36'3¼"(11.05m)
1923-24    Patrick MUNRO (NZL) 45'5"(13.84m)
(2) William PAYNE (NSW) 39'6½"(12.05m)
(3) Tom DODDS (Vic) 35'8"(10.87m)
1925-26    Alex MCINTOSH (Vic) 42'8"(13.00m) George LEWIS (Qld) (12.69m) Eino KESKINEN (Qld) (9.95m)
1927-28    Patrick MUNRO (NZL) 43'10½"(13.37m)
(2) Alex MCINTOSH (Vic) 41'3"(12.57m)
(4) Eino KESKINEN (Qld) 37'7¼"(11.46m)		 David BROWN (NZL) 37'11"(11.55m)
1929-30    Alex MCINTOSH (Vic) 42'11¾"(13.10m) George BRONDER (Vic) 42'9½"(13.04m) George LEWIS (Qld) 40'11¾"(12.49m)
1931-32    Alex MCINTOSH (Vic) 42'6¾"(12.97m) George BRONDER (Vic) 42'6½"(12.96m) William PLUMMER (NSW) 42'5"(12.93m)
1933-34    William MACKENZIE (NSW) 42'4¼"(12.91m) Albert BRUGGEMAN (SA) 41'2¼"(12.56m) George BRONDER (Vic) 41'0"(12.50m)
1935-36    Harry WILSON (Vic) 43'1¾"(13.15m) William MACKENZIE (NSW) 42'7¾"(13.00m) Francis DREW (WA) 42'3½"(12.89m)
1937-38    William MACKENZIE (NSW) 45'5½"(13.85m) William PLUMMER (NSW) 43'5½"(13.24m) Francis DREW (WA) 40'5½"(12.33m)
1946-47    Arch HOWIE (NSW) 42'4¾"(12.92m) Brian MANUEL (Vic) 42'4¼"(12.91m) Jack METCALFE (NSW) 40'0"(12.18m)
1947-48    Trevor EVANS (Vic) 46'0"(14.02m) Donald MCNIVEN (Qld) 44'1½"(13.45m) Fred EGGLETON (NSW) 43'3"(13.19m)
1948-49    Trevor EVANS (Vic) 45'3"(13.79m) John BUTTERS (NSW) 44'7"(13.59m) Peter MULLINS (NSW) 43'8"(13.30m)
1949-50    Peter MULLINS (NSW) 44'0"(13.41m) Trevor EVANS (Vic) 42'11"(13.08m) Brian MANUEL (Vic) 42'0"(12.80m)
1950-51    Trevor EVANS (Vic) 44'1"(13.43m) Peter HANLIN (NSW) Keith ALLEN (WA) 35'8¾"(10.76m)
1951-52    Peter HANLIN (NSW) 46'0¼"(14.03m) Reginald CARR (Vic) 43'3½"(13.20m) Donald MCNIVEN (Qld) 41'1¼"(12.53m)
1952-53    Peter HANLIN (NSW) 46'9¼"(14.26m) Barry DONATH (Vic) 42'11½"(13.09m) Reginald CARR (Vic) 42'0"(12.80m)
1953-54    Peter HANLIN (NSW) 48'5½"(14.77m) Barry DONATH (Vic) 48'3½"(14.72m) Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 45'3½"(13.80m)
1954-55    Peter HANLIN (NSW) 47'5¾"(14.47m) Barry DONATH (Vic) 44'5¼"(13.54m) Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 43'7¾"(13.30m)
1955-56    Peter HANLIN (NSW) 50'11¾"(15.54m) Barry DONATH (Vic) 50'4½"(15.35m) Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 44'11¾"(13.71m)
1956-57    Peter HANLIN (NSW) 51'2½"(15.61m) Barry DONATH (Vic) 50'5½"(15.38m) Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 48'5"(14.76m)
1957-58    Peter HANLIN (NSW) 50'5¼"(15.37m) Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 49'11"(15.21m) Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 46'11½"(14.31m)
1958-59    James PENFOLD (NSW) 50'5¼"(15.37m) Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 50'1¼"(15.27m) Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 48'9¼"(14.86m)
1959-60    Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 53'7½"(16.34m) James PENFOLD (NSW) 52'1"(15.87m) Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 49'0¼"(14.94m)
1960-61    Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 51'9¼"(15.78m) Kenneth MOTTRAM (NSW) 47'8"(14.53m) Merv KEMP (SA) 47'2¾"(14.40m)
1961-62    Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 55'2¾"(16.83m) Merv KEMP (SA) 50'8½"(15.46m) Warren RYAN (NSW) 50'7½"(15.43m)
1962-63    Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 54'2½"(16.52m) Peter MISKOV (Vic) 52'8"(16.05m) Merv KEMP (SA) 49'6"(15.09m)
1963-64    Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 55'8"(16.97m) Merv KEMP (SA) 50'11¾"(15.54m) Len CHINNERY (NSW) 50'6¾"(15.41m)
1964-65    Merv KEMP (SA) 52'9"(16.08m) Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 51'11½"(15.83m) Robert VILLANI (Vic) 44'0"(13.41m)
1965-66    Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 16.92m Len CHINNERY (NSW) 15.55m Merv KEMP (SA) 15.35m
1966-67    Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 17.07m Walter GROB (Vic) 15.87m Merv KEMP (SA) 15.43m
1967-68    Jay SILVESTER (USA) 19.13m
(3) Peter PHILLIPS (Qld) 15.72m		 Leslie MILLS (NZL) 18.65m
(4) Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 15.69m
(5) Walter GROB (Vic) 15.62m
1968-69    Ray RIGBY (Vic) 16.34m Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 15.94m Len VLAHOV (WA) 15.43m
1969-70    Peter PHILLIPS (Qld) 16.78m Merv KEMP (SA) 16.66m Ray RIGBY (Vic) 15.89m
1970-71    Peter PHILLIPS (Qld) 17.08m Ray RIGBY (Vic) 15.83m Alex BROWN (WA) 15.66m
1971-72    Ray RIGBY (Vic) 17.34m Alex BROWN (WA) 17.18m Peter PHILLIPS (Qld) 16.82m
1972-73    Ray RIGBY (Vic) 17.53m Alex BROWN (WA) 16.90m Mike BARRY (Qld) 16.30m
1973-74    Mike BARRY (Qld) 17.39m Alex BROWN (WA) 16.10m Wayne MARTIN (NSW) 14.88m
1974-75    Merv KEMP (SA) 15.40m Zenon GRZES (Qld) 14.84m Wayne MARTIN (NSW) 14.57m
1975-76    Alex BROWN (WA) 16.18m Merv KEMP (SA) 15.84m Keith FALLE (NZL) 15.72m
(4) Ian MOWATT (Qld) 15.32m
1976-77    Peter TAYLOR (NSW) 16.24m Merv KEMP (SA) 16.15m Ian MOWATT (Qld) 15.84m
1977-78    Wayne MARTIN (NSW) 16.38m Matthew BARBER (WA) 16.00m Alex BROWN (WA) 15.89m
1978-79    Ray RIGBY (Vic) 17.26m Alex BROWN (WA) 15.99m Matthew BARBER (WA) 15.85m
1979-80    Matthew BARBER (WA) 17.51m Richard BROWN (WA) 16.78m Ray RIGBY (Vic) 16.60m
1980-81    Phil NETTLE (SA) 17.56m Ray RIGBY (Vic) 17.33m Matthew BARBER (WA) 17.26m
1981-82    Matthew BARBER (WA) 17.93m Ray RIGBY (Vic) 17.81m Richard BROWN (WA) 16.35m
1982-83    Ray RIGBY (Vic) 17.85m Matthew BARBER (WA) 17.15m Phil NETTLE (SA) 16.93m
1983-84    Ray RIGBY (Vic) 17.92m Phil NETTLE (SA) 17.71m Stuart GYNGELL (NSW) 16.80m
1984-85    Stuart GYNGELL (NSW) 18.45m Wayne BARBER (WA) 16.92m Greg SEDGWICK (Qld) 16.56m
1985-86    Stuart GYNGELL (NSW) 18.52m John MINNS (Vic) 17.85m Joe QUIGLEY (Vic) 17.33m
1986-87    John MINNS (Vic) 18.64m John MCNAMARA (Qld) 17.65m Joe QUIGLEY (Vic) 17.39m
1987-88    John MINNS (Vic) 18.91m Joe QUIGLEY (Vic) 16.86m Craig WATSON (Tas) 16.04m
1988-89    John MINNS (Vic) 18.65m Werner REITERER (Vic) 17.13m Joe QUIGLEY (Vic) 16.85m
1989-90    Craig WATSON (Tas) 17.20m Werner REITERER (Vic) 17.14m John MCNAMARA (Qld) 16.33m
1990-91    Werner REITERER (Vic) 17.52m Craig WATSON (Tas) 17.10m John HANCY (WA) 16.95m
1991-92    Craig WATSON (Tas) 17.22m John HANCY (WA) 16.93m Peter LONSDALE (Qld) 16.83m
1992-93    John MINNS (Vic) 18.22m John MCNAMARA (Qld) 17.15m Jason IMPEY (NSW) 16.01m
1993-94    John MINNS (Vic) 18.30m Jason IMPEY (NSW) 17.66m John MCNAMARA (Qld) 17.65m
1994-95    John MINNS (Vic) 17.39m John MCNAMARA (Qld) 16.65m Jakob VUJCIC (NSW) 16.46m
1995-96    Pavol PANKUCH (SVK) 17.95m
(2) Clay CROSS (NSW) 17.53m
(3) John GORDDARD (WA) 17.50m
(4) John MCNAMARA (Qld) 16.87m
1996-97    Clay CROSS (NSW) 18.16m Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 18.00m Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 17.18m
1997-98    Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 18.73m Clay CROSS (NSW) 18.01m Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 17.43m
1998-99    Clay CROSS (NSW) 18.89m Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 18.26m Rhys JONES (Qld) 16.81m
1999-00    Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 19.24m Clay CROSS (NSW) 18.33m John MINNS (Vic) 17.61m
2000-01    Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 18.48m Scott MARTIN (Vic) 17.76m Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 17.65m
2001-02    Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 19.22m Clay CROSS (NSW) 18.96m Rhys JONES (Qld) 18.02m
2002-03    Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 20.96m Clay CROSS (NSW) 19.00m Scott MARTIN (Vic) 18.72m
2003-04    Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 20.72m Scott MARTIN (Vic) 19.53m Rhys JONES (Qld) 19.16m
2004-05    Clay CROSS (NSW) 18.78m Scott MARTIN (Vic) 18.65m Rhys JONES (Qld) 18.43m
2005-06    Scott MARTIN (Vic) 19.64m Clay CROSS (NSW) 18.77m Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 18.55m
2006-07    Christian CANTWELL (USA) 19.92m
(2) Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 18.55m
(3) Clay CROSS (NSW) 18.21m
(5) Stuart GYNGELL (NSW) 17.40m
2007-08    Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 20.21m Scott MARTIN (Vic) 20.19m Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 18.92m
2008-09    Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 20.03m Dale STEVENSON (Vic) 17.59m Stuart GYNGELL (NSW) 17.29m
2009-10    Scott MARTIN (Vic) 19.83m Dale STEVENSON (Vic) 19.67m Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 18.80m
2010-11    Dale STEVENSON (Vic) 19.24m Tom WALSH (NZL) 17.58m
(3) Stuart GYNGELL (NSW) 17.11m
(4) Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 16.51m
2011-12    Emanuele FUAMATU (NSW) 18.62m Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 18.14m Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 17.56m
2012-13    Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 19.27m Matthew COWIE (WA) 17.11m Adi Alifuddin HUSSIN (MAS) 16.48m
(4) Courtney HEINZE (WA) 16.23m
2013-14    Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 19.04m Dale STEVENSON (Vic) 17.93m Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 17.30m
2014-15    Jacko GILL (NZL) 20.75m
(2) Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 19.04m
(3) Matthew COWIE (WA) 16.59m
(4) Todd HODGETTS (Tas) 15.74m
2015-16    Matthew COWIE (WA) 16.98m Todd HODGETTS (Tas) 15.92m Shane CARSTAIRS (NSW) 15.40m
2016-17    Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 19.80m Aiden HARVEY (NSW) 17.16m Matthew COWIE (WA) 17.11m
2017-18    Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 20.02m Aiden HARVEY (NSW) 17.82m Matthew COWIE (WA) 17.70m
2018-19    Tom WALSH (NZL) 21.91m
(2) Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 19.79m
(5) Aiden HARVEY (NSW) 17.40m		 Jan JEUSCHEDE (GER) 18.39m
(6) Matthew COWIE (WA) 17.08m
2019-20    NOT HELD
2020-21    Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 19.50m Alexander KOLESNIKOFF (NSW) 19.22m Aiden HARVEY (NSW) 18.30m
2021-22    Aiden HARVEY (NSW) 18.47m Damien BIRKINHEAD (Vic) 18.33m Daniel GREEN (Qld) 16.76m
2022-23    Aiden HARVEY (NSW) 17.92m Daniel GREEN (Qld) 16.28m Liam NGCHOK-WULF (NZL) 15.88m
(4) Etienne ROUSSEAU (WA) 15.88m

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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