Australian Open Track & Field Championships
Discus Throw - Men
| Year | First | Second | Third | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921-22 | A WEST (Vic) 107'4"(32.72m) | Alfred REID (NSW) 94'9"(28.87m) | Leslie ROUSE (Vic) 90'5"(27.56m) | |||
| 1923-24 | Patrick MUNRO (NZL) 132'6"(40.38m) (2) William PAYNE (NSW) 114'6"(34.90m) |
(4) Nick WINTER (NSW) (30.22m) |
Jack MCHOLM (NZL) 113'3"(34.52m) | |||
| 1925-26 | Roy THOMSON (NSW) 112'8½"(34.35m) | George LEWIS (Qld) (32.18m) | Eino KESKINEN (Qld) (30.73m) | |||
| 1927-28 | Patrick MUNRO (NZL) 125'8½"(38.31m) (3) Alex MCINTOSH (Vic) 116'10"(35.62m) |
Leonard HUNT (NZL) 120'4"(36.68m) | ||||
| 1929-30 | Joe WATSON (Vic) 124'10½"(38.06m) | Martin SAAR (NSW) 122'2"(37.23m) | Eric EDDY (Vic) 110'10"(33.78m) | |||
| 1931-32 | John WALLACE (Vic) 140'11"(42.96m) | Tom PAULING (NSW) 125'3"(38.18m) | Martin SAAR (NSW) 125'2"(38.16m) | |||
| 1933-34 | William MACKENZIE (NSW) 126'7"(38.58m) | Thomas CALLINAN (SA) 124'5"(37.92m) | Robin UPPMAN (Qld) 113'2½"(34.51m) | |||
| 1935-36 | Harry WILSON (Vic) 129'4¼"(39.43m) | William MACKENZIE (NSW) 118'4½"(36.09m) | Albert BRUGGEMAN (SA) 108'6"(33.08m) | |||
| 1937-38 | Keith PARDON (NSW) 129'0"(39.31m) | William MACKENZIE (NSW) | Clive O'NEILL (Qld) | |||
| 1946-47 | Keith PARDON (NSW) 138'3"(42.14m) | Ian REED (Vic) 130'8"(39.82m) | Trevor EVANS (Vic) 127'0"(38.72m) | |||
| 1947-48 | Ian REED (Vic) 142'9"(43.52m) | Zvonko MARIAN (WA) 139'9"(42.60m) | Keith PARDON (NSW) 137'9"(41.98m) | |||
| 1948-49 | Ian REED (Vic) 143'3"(43.68m) | Zvonko MARIAN (WA) 133'1"(40.56m) | Trevor EVANS (Vic) 126'4½"(38.53m) | |||
| 1949-50 | Ian REED (Vic) 149'5¼"(45.54m) | Kenneth DONALD (NSW) 131'11"(40.20m) | Zvonko MARIAN (WA) 127'6"(38.88m) | |||
| 1950-51 | Keith PARDON (NSW) 130'0"(39.62m) | Trevor EVANS (Vic) 129'2"(39.38m) | Janis RATAS (Vic) 128'7"(39.20m) | |||
| 1951-52 | Keith PARDON (NSW) 143'0"(43.59m) | Anthony KENK (NSW) 132'0½"(40.25m) | Reginald CARR (Vic) 129'3½"(39.41m) | |||
| 1952-53 | Keith PARDON (NSW) 143'6½"(43.75m) | Donald KIDD (WA) 137'11"(42.04m) | Zvonko MARIAN (WA) 137'3"(41.83m) | |||
| 1953-54 | Ian REED (Vic) 140'10"(46.93m) | Keith PARDON (NSW) 129'6"(39.47m) | Anthony KENK (NSW) 128'9"(39.24m) | |||
| 1954-55 | Anthony KENK (NSW) 132'10"(40.49m) | Reginald CARR (Vic) 129'11½"(39.61m) | Keith PARDON (NSW) 129'0"(39.32m) | |||
| 1955-56 | Charles RANN (Vic) 133'11½"(40.83m) | Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 130'11½"(39.92m) | Richard PROBERT (NSW) 129'4"(39.42m) | |||
| 1956-57 | Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 148'5"(45.24m) | Neil HAMPEL (SA) 133'5½"(40.68m) | Charles RANN (Vic) 132'3"(40.31m) | |||
| 1957-58 | Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 151'6"(46.18m) | Richard PROBERT (NSW) 141'8"(43.18m) | Peter STRANG (Vic) 128'9"(39.24m) | |||
| 1958-59 | Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 158'0"(48.16m) | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 145'10"(44.45m) | Harry MITSILIAS (Vic) 133'5½"(40.68m) | |||
| 1959-60 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 163'9"(49.91m) | Vesmonis BALODIS (Vic) 159'8½"(48.68m) | Len VLAHOV (WA) 136'6½"(41.62m) | |||
| 1960-61 | Harry MITSILIAS (Vic) 147'11"(45.08m) | Len VLAHOV (WA) 144'2½"(43.95m) | Barrie TUCKER (SA) 142'4½"(43.40m) | |||
| 1961-62 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 172'7"(52.60m) | Len VLAHOV (WA) 164'3"(50.06m) | Harry MITSILIAS (Vic) 154'0"(46.94m) | |||
| 1962-63 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 160'9"(49.00m) | Len VLAHOV (WA) 157'10"(48.11m) | Peter MISKOV (Vic) 153'4½"(46.75m) | |||
| 1963-64 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 179'9½"(54.80m) | Len VLAHOV (WA) 166'7"(50.77m) | Alan WAUGH (Vic) 154'11"(47.22m) | |||
| 1964-65 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 167'2"(50.95m) | Merv KEMP (SA) 147'7½"(45.00m) | Barrie TUCKER (SA) 146'7½"(44.69m) | |||
| 1965-66 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 54.14m | Len VLAHOV (WA) 49.32m | John SHELDRICK (WA) 47.87m | |||
| 1966-67 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 58.90m | Ernst ALDER (Vic) 48.85m | Merv KEMP (SA) 46.23m | |||
| 1967-68 | Jay SILVESTER (USA) 60.09m (3) Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 49.86m |
Robin TAIT (NZL) 56.69m (4) Ernst ALDER (Vic) 48.33m |
(5) Peter CLARK (Vic) 46.45m |
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| 1968-69 | Len VLAHOV (WA) 53.08m | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 52.54m | Peter CLARK (Vic) 46.66m | |||
| 1969-70 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 54.24m | Len VLAHOV (WA) 53.76m | Merv KEMP (SA) 49.54m | |||
| 1970-71 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 52.02m | Len VLAHOV (WA) 48.28m | Ron LUNT (NSW) 47.04m | |||
| 1971-72 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 52.12m | Len VLAHOV (WA) 50.62m | Zenon GRZES (Qld) 45.06m | |||
| 1972-73 | Warwick SELVEY (NSW) 52.08m | Ron LUNT (NSW) 50.58m | Len VLAHOV (WA) 50.52m | |||
| 1973-74 | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 48.04m | Len VLAHOV (WA) 47.90m | Ron LUNT (NSW) 47.52m | |||
| 1974-75 | Len VLAHOV (WA) 49.26m | Merv KEMP (SA) 49.08m | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 48.62m | |||
| 1976-77 | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 51.22m | Wayne MARTIN (NSW) 50.56m | Merv KEMP (SA) 48.74m | |||
| 1977-78 | Wayne MARTIN (NSW) 54.56m | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 52.70m | Rudy VILLANI (Vic) 51.82m | |||
| 1978-79 | James HOWARD (USA) 53.96m (2) Phil NETTLE (SA) 52.62m |
(3) Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 48.92m |
(4) Bob WILKS (Vic) 48.64m |
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| 1979-80 | Phil NETTLE (SA) 57.68m | Wayne MARTIN (NSW) 52.30m | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 52.20m | |||
| 1980-81 | Phil NETTLE (SA) 53.98m | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 52.42m | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 49.90m | |||
| 1981-82 | Vlad SLAVNIC (Vic) 56.88m | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 51.14m | Richard BROWN (WA) 49.38m | |||
| 1982-83 | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 56.36m | Vlad SLAVNIC (Vic) 55.02m | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 54.06m | |||
| 1983-84 | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 56.50m | Dick PRIMAN (Qld) 51.74m | Sam HAYS (NSW) 49.06m | |||
| 1984-85 | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 61.16m | Vlad SLAVNIC (Vic) 55.42m | Werner REITERER (Vic) 52.84m | |||
| 1985-86 | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 61.28m | Vlad SLAVNIC (Vic) 58.56m | Werner REITERER (Vic) 56.04m | |||
| 1986-87 | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 59.86m | Werner REITERER (Vic) 58.18m | Ben LAIDLER (WA) 53.58m | |||
| 1987-88 | Werner REITERER (Vic) 62.48m | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 55.14m | Vlad SLAVNIC (Vic) 53.28m | |||
| 1988-89 | Werner REITERER (Vic) 61.64m | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 59.40m | Joe QUIGLEY (Vic) 54.34m | |||
| 1989-90 | Werner REITERER (Vic) 60.24m | Paul NANDAPI (Vic) 59.04m | Vlad SLAVNIC (Vic) 54.10m | |||
| 1990-91 | Werner REITERER (Vic) 58.94m | John HANCY (WA) 57.24m | Peter LONSDALE (Qld) 53.76m | |||
| 1991-92 | Werner REITERER (Vic) 60.72m | John HANCY (WA) 56.70m | Peter LONSDALE (Qld) 52.86m | |||
| 1992-93 | Werner REITERER (Vic) 60.16m | Richard FEJER (Vic) 52.98m | Mark HENDERSON (Qld) 52.96m | |||
| 1993-94 | Werner REITERER (Vic) 59.14m | Peter LONSDALE (Qld) 53.66m | Benjamin JAANISTE (NSW) 52.94m | |||
| 1994-95 | Werner REITERER (Vic) 58.22m | Randal HUMICH (WA) 48.36m | Benjamin JAANISTE (NSW) 48.32m | |||
| 1995-96 | Justin ANLEZARK (Qld) 53.92m | Peter LONSDALE (Qld) 53.56m | Christopher MENE (NZL) 53.32m (4) Gerard DUFFY (Qld) 52.16m |
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| 1996-97 | Gerard DUFFY (Qld) 52.18m | Benjamin JAANISTE (NSW) 52.06m | Peter LONSDALE (Qld) 51.66m | |||
| 1997-98 | Ian WINCHESTER (NZL) 58.77m (2) Gerard DUFFY (Qld) 53.08m |
(3) Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 51.02m |
(4) Scott YOUNG (Vic) 50.40m |
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| 1998-99 | Gerard DUFFY (Qld) 53.32m | Peter ELVY (NSW) 52.71m | Yohan AMERASEKERA (Vic) 51.81m | |||
| 1999-00 | Ian WINCHESTER (NZL) 58.66m (2) Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 55.52m |
(3) Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 53.44m |
(4) Matthew BROWN (Vic) 51.51m |
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| 2000-01 | Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 55.71m | Graham HICKS (Tas) 55.10m | Peter ELVY (NSW) 54.38m | |||
| 2001-02 | Peter ELVY (NSW) 57.75m | Chris GAVIGLIO (Qld) 56.23m | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 56.17m | |||
| 2002-03 | Peter ELVY (NSW) 58.42m | Scott MARTIN (Vic) 56.99m | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 55.25m | |||
| 2003-04 | Scott MARTIN (Vic) 59.40m | Graham HICKS (Tas) 58.68m | Bertrand VILI (FRA) 57.62m (4) Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 57.29m |
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| 2004-05 | Scott MARTIN (Vic) 59.20m | Graham HICKS (Tas) 57.99m | Tim DRIESEN (Vic) 57.55m | |||
| 2005-06 | Scott MARTIN (Vic) 62.08m | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 60.12m | Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 59.14m | |||
| 2006-07 | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 60.89m | Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 58.82m | Graham HICKS (Tas) 56.86m | |||
| 2007-08 | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 62.37m | Peter ELVY (NSW) 58.92m | Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 57.35m | |||
| 2008-09 | Bertrand VILI (FRA) 61.81m (2) Scott MARTIN (Vic) 59.10m |
(3) Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 55.98m |
(5) Dale STEVENSON (Vic) 55.01m |
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| 2009-10 | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 62.26m | Scott MARTIN (Vic) 60.25m | Julian WRUCK (Qld) 57.48m | |||
| 2010-11 | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 63.15m | Robert MELIN (SA) 52.96m | Graham HICKS (Tas) 52.51m | |||
| 2011-12 | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 63.58m | Scott MARTIN (Vic) 59.41m | Aaron NEIGHBOUR (Vic) 56.64m | |||
| 2012-13 | Julian WRUCK (Qld) 66.32m | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 56.91m | Robert MELIN (SA) 55.58m | |||
| 2013-14 | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 62.23m | Shane LOVERIDGE (NSW) 55.26m | Marshall HALL (NZL) 54.32m (4) Liam SPEERS (NSW) 53.78m |
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| 2014-15 | Julian WRUCK (Qld) 62.03m | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 58.16m | Matt STOPEL (Qld) 57.55m | |||
| 2015-16 | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 60.47m | Alex ROSE (SAM) 60.24m (3) Julian WRUCK (Qld) 58.74m |
(8) Michael VASSILOPOULOS (Vic) 51.36m |
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| 2016-17 | Julian WRUCK (Qld) 61.56m | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 61.28m | Yuji TSUTSUMI (JPN) 56.45m (6) Courtney HEINZE (WA) 51.76m |
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| 2017-18 | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 64.03m | Benn HARRADINE (NSW) 63.56m | Julian WRUCK (Qld) 60.96m | |||
| 2018-19 | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 65.28m | Mitchell COOPER (Qld) 59.75m | Lachlan PAGE (SA) 57.74m | |||
| 2019-20 | NOT HELD | |||||
| 2020-21 | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 63.88m | Lachlan PAGE (SA) 57.51m | Mitchell COOPER (Qld) 57.49m | |||
| 2021-22 | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 62.79m | Lachlan PAGE (SA) 57.56m | Nicholas DYSON (Vic) 51.29m | |||
| 2022-23 | Matthew DENNY (Qld) 63.20m | Lachlan PAGE (SA) 54.53m | Darcy MILLER (SA) 54.11m |
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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