Australian Championships

Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
Australian Track & Field Championships 1967-68 E.S.Marks Field, Sydney, NSW, 23-26 March 1968

100 METRES Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
HEAT 1				Wind: 0.0m
1	Phil King	Vic	10.5
2	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	10.5
3	David Winter	NSW	10.7
4	J. Hendry	Qld	10.7
5	Murray Bird	Tas	10.8
6	Anthony Warrener	NSW	11.0
	Max Binnington	WA	DNS

HEAT 2				Wind: +0.7m
1	Mel Pender	USA	10.5
2	Peter Norman	Vic	10.7
3	Richard Gill	WA	10.8
4	A. Salzmann	Qld	10.9
5	R. Gillow	Tas	11.0
	Gary Eddy	Vic	DNS
	Boris Stcherbina	NSW	DNS

HEAT 3				Wind: +1.3m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	10.4
2	Bob Lay	NSW	10.5
3	Eddie Rutledge	Qld	10.6
4	Allen Crawley	Vic	10.6
5	Graham Haskell	SA	10.7
6	Graeme Richards	Vic	10.7
	B. Strickland	WA	DNS

FINAL				Wind: +2.8m
1	Mel Pender	USA	10.3
2	Greg Lewis	Vic	10.3
3	Bob Lay	NSW	10.4
4	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	10.4
5	Phil King	Vic	10.5
6	Peter Norman	Vic	10.5

200 METRES Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1				Wind: 0.0m
1	Bob Lay	NSW	21.7
2	Allen Crawley	Vic	21.8
3	Ivone Kirkpatrick	SA	22.1
4	Richard Gill	WA	22.2
	Dennis Meehan	Qld	DNS
	Mel Pender	USA	DNS

HEAT 2				Wind: 0.0m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	21.8
2	Jim Kemp	USA	21.8
3	Graham Haskell	SA	22.0
4	A. Salzmann	Qld	22.1
	Murray Bird	Tas	DNS
	Richard Gurr	NSW	DNS

HEAT 3				Wind: 0.0m
1	Boris Stcherbina	NSW	21.8
2	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	22.0
3	Stuart Laing	Qld	22.1
4	Neville Menlove	NSW	22.1
	Gary Eddy	Vic	DNS
	R. Gillow	Tas	DNS

HEAT 4				Wind: -2.5m
1	Peter Norman	Vic	21.8
2	Phil King	Vic	21.8
3	John Wall	NSW	22.2
4	J. Hendry	Qld	22.3
	Graeme Richards	Vic	DNS
	Max Binnington	WA	DNS

SEMIFINAL 1				Wind: 0.0m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	21.2
2	Bob Lay	NSW	21.2
3	Jim Kemp	USA	21.2
4	Allen Crawley	Vic	21.3
5	Ivone Kirkpatrick	SA	21.6
6	Graham Haskell	SA	21.7

SEMIFINAL 2				Wind: 0.0m
1	Peter Norman	Vic	21.1
2	Phil King	Vic	21.1
3	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	21.2
4	Boris Stcherbina	NSW	21.6
5	Stuart Laing	Qld	21.6
6	John Wall	NSW	22.1

FINAL				Wind: 0.0m
1	Peter Norman	Vic	20.5
2	Greg Lewis	Vic	20.5
3	Phil King	Vic	20.7
4	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	20.7
5	Bob Lay	NSW	20.8
6	Jim Kemp	USA	20.9

400 METRES Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Jim Kemp	USA	47.0
2	Ivone Kirkpatrick	SA	48.5
3	Boris Stcherbina	NSW	48.6
4	Jeff Westlake	Vic	49.0
5	Drew Hutton	Qld	49.1
	Gary Eddy	Vic	DNS

HEAT 2
1	Bill Hooker	Vic	48.1
2	David Metherall	Vic	48.2
3	Murray Bird	Tas	48.4
4	Dennis Payne	NSW	48.9
5	Peter Brebner	SA	50.0

FINAL
1	Jim Kemp	USA	46.4
2	Bill Hooker	Vic	47.0
3	Boris Stcherbina	NSW	47.8
4	David Metherall	Vic	48.7
5	Ivone Kirkpatrick	SA	49.3
6	Murray Bird	Tas	51.2

800 METRES Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Kevin Ross	NZL	1.52.1
2	Bob Smith	Vic	1.52.4
3	Graeme Gledhill	Vic	1.52.4
4	Noel Clough	Vic	1.52.5
5	Graeme Rootham	NSW	1.53.0
6	Peter Summerton	SA	1.55.4
	C. Peters	Qld	DNS

HEAT 2
1	Peter Watson	WA	1.49.9
2	Preston Davis	USA	1.49.9
3	Robert Annels	Tas	1.50.8
4	Bob Falconer	Vic	1.52.3
5	Dave McGregor	Vic	1.53.4
6	Drew Hutton	Qld	1.53.6
	David Metherall	Vic	DNS
	John Hancock	NSW	DNS

HEAT 3
1	Ralph Doubell	Vic	1.49.9
2	Chris Woods	SA	1.50.1
3	Gareth Coburn	NSW	1.50.7
4	John Denholm	Tas	1.51.2
5	Ian Jones	Vic	1.51.4
6	Keith Wheeler	WA	1.51.5
7	Peter Moy	Qld
	John Harrowfield	Vic	DNS

FINAL
1	Preston Davis	USA	1.49.0
2	Ralph Doubell	Vic	1.49.3
3	Kevin Ross	NZL	1.49.7
4	Bob Smith	Vic	1.49.8
5	Chris Woods	SA	1.50.6
6	Peter Watson	WA	1.52.7

1,500 METRES Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Peter Watson	WA	3.39.9
2	Preston Davis	USA	3.40.0
3	Alan Robinson	NSW	3.41.3
4	Keith Wheeler	WA	3.50.0
5	John Denholm	Tas	3.50.7
6	David Sirl	NZL	3.53.3
	Peter Moy	Qld
	Bob Annels	Tas
	William Smallhorn	NSW
	Ian Jones	Vic
	Bob Falconer	Vic
	Kevin Francis	SA
	Ron Clarke	Vic	DNS
	Kerry O'Brien	SA	DNS
	Don Cox	Tas	DNS
	Tony Manning	NSW	DNS
	John Harrowfield	Vic	DNS

5,000 METRES Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Ron Clarke	Vic	13.49.4
2	Alan Robinson	NSW	13.56.6
3	Rex Maddaford	NZL	14.03.0
4	Tracey Smith	USA	14.05.2
5	Brendan Layh	Vic	14.35.6
6	Derek Clayton	Vic	14.38.4
7	Alan Harrison	Fiji	14.44.0
8	Don Cox	Tas	14.47.0
9	A. Blackburn	Vic	14.50.0
10	Ian Murray	Qld	14.58.0
11	Ron Irwin	Qld	15.01.0
12	Neil McLennan	Vic	15.28.0
13	K. Breen	Vic	15.32.0
	Dave Lotty	NSW	DNF
	Tony Benson	Vic	DNF
	Tim Walsh	WA	DNS
	Barry Tregenza	Vic	DNS

10,000 METRES Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Derek Clayton	Vic	30.21.6
2	Evan Maguire	NZL	30.31.6
3	Ron Irwin	Qld	31.37.0
4	Brendan Layh	Qld	31.37.0
5	Dave Lotty	NSW	31.51.2
6	John Coyle	Vic	32.14.8
7	Michael McKenna	Tas	32.39.0
8	A. Nowell	SA	32.51.0
9	Max Little	Tas	33.20.0
10	G. Claxton	Vic	33.37.0
	Tracey Smith	USA	DNF
	Alan Harrison	FIJ	DNF
	Tony Cook	Vic	DNF
	Kevin Brady	Vic	DNF
	Tim Walsh	WA	DNF
	Eric Sigmont	Vic	DNF
	Ray White	Vic	DNF
	Terry Phelan	Vic	DNF
	Peter Gallagher	Vic	DNF
	Barry Sawey	Vic	DNS
	Amor Nowell	SA	DNS

110 METRES HURDLES Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1				Wind: +1.3m
1	David James	Vic	14.5
2	Ivan Affleck	Qld	14.6
3	Max Binnington	WA	14.8
4	Mal Baird	Vic	14.8
5	John Hongell	NSW	14.9
6	Brian Carrigan	NSW	14.9
	Robert Moore	Vic

HEAT 2				Wind: +1.3m
1	Dave Prince	NSW	14.6
2	John Lane	Vic	14.6
3	Geoff Smith	NSW	14.7
4	Peter Morton	NSW	14.8
5	Bob Green	Vic	14.8
6	Tim Anderson	SA	15.1

FINAL				Wind: 0.0m
1	David James	Vic	14.5
2	John Lane	Vic	14.5
3	Ivan Affleck	Qld	14.6
4	Dave Prince	NSW	14.6
5	Max Binnington	WA	14.7
6	Geoff Smith	NSW	15.3

200 METRES HURDLES Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1				Wind: +0.7m
1	Steve Clark	NSW	24.0
2	Tim Anderson	SA	24.2
3	Ivan Affleck	Qld	24.3
4	Roger Hampson	Vic	24.6
	Vin Plant	Vic	DNS

HEAT 2				Wind: +1.9m
1	Wally Groom	WA	24.2
2	Dave Prince	NSW	24.2
3	Brian Carrigan	NSW	24.3
4	Peter Brebner	SA	24.3
	Neil Mickleborough	Tas	DNS
	Mal Baird	Vic	DNS

HEAT 3				Wind: +2.5m
1	Harry Giles	Qld	25.2
2	Max Binnington	WA	25.3
3	Bob McGuinness	Vic	28.3
	Peter Morton	NSW	DNS
	David James	Vic	DNS

HEAT 4				Wind: +1.3m
1	Geoff McNamara	Vic	24.0
2	Jim Coleborne	NSW	24.1
3	Peter Griffin	SA	24.2
4	I. Somerfield	Qld
	Robert Moore	Vic	DNS

SEMIFINAL 1				Wind: 0.0m
1	Steve Clark	NSW	23.4
2	Ivan Affleck	Qld	23.8
3	Brian Carrigan	NSW	23.8
4	Tim Anderson	SA	23.9
5	Wally Groom	WA
6	Dave Prince	NSW

SEMIFINAL 2				Wind: +1.6m
1	Geoff McNamara	Vic	23.2
2	Bob McGuinness	Vic	23.4
3	Max Binnington	WA	23.6
4	Jim Coleborne	NSW	23.8
5	Peter Griffin	SA	24.0
6	Harry Giles	Qld	24.2

FINAL				Wind: 0.0m
1	Steve Clark	NSW	23.1
2	Geoff McNamara	Vic	23.2
3	Bob McGuinness	Vic	23.4
4	Max Binnington	WA	23.5
5	Ivan Affleck	Qld	23.5
6	Brian Carrigan	NSW	23.9

400 METRES HURDLES Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Bill Hooker	Vic	52.8
2	Peter Griffin	SA	53.4
3	Wally Groom	WA	54.2
4	R. Silcock	Qld	54.7
5	Neil Mickleborough	Tas	55.9

HEAT 2
1	Jim Coleborne	NSW	52.5
2	Bob McGuinness	Vic	52.7
3	Harry Giles	Qld	53.0
4	Michael Johnson	NSW	53.8
5	Robert Moore	Vic	53.8
6	Roger Hampson	Vic	54.4

HEAT 3
1	Geoff McNamara	Vic	53.1
2	Steve Clark	NSW	53.6
3	Bob Green	Vic	54.2
4	Ivan Affleck	Qld	54.3

FINAL
1	Geoff McNamara	Vic	50.9
2	Steve Clark	NSW	51.4
3	Jim Coleborne	NSW	52.0
4	Bob McGuinness	Vic	52.8
5	Bill Hooker	Vic	53.7
6	Peter Griffin	SA	54.2

3,000 METRES STEEPLECHASE Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Peter Welsh	NZL	8.40.8
2	Tony Manning	NSW	8.45.8
3	Kerry O'Brien	SA	9.00.2
4	Ian Blackwood	Vic	9.04.5
5	Rob Hendy	Vic	9.05.8
6	Doug Worling	NSW	9.06.8
7	Kevin Brady	Vic
8	Dave Campbell	Vic
9	Russell Doney	Vic	9.19.0
10	Jeff Pentelow	SA	9.24.0
11	Bob Talay	NSW	9.28.0

3,000 METRES WALK Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Noel Freeman	Vic	12.39.6
2	Frank Clark	NSW	12.41.6
3	Peter McCullagh	NSW	13.31.4
4	Robin Whyte	NSW	13.41.0
5	Graeme Nicholls	Vic	14.00.2
6	John Croft	NSW	14.01.0
7	W. Melville	Tas	14.02.0
8	Peter Waddell	NSW	14.05.0
9	Ron Crawford	NSW	14.08.0
10	Robert Steadman	Vic	14.19.0
11	Logan Irwin	Qld	14.52.0
	Varel Newmark	Vic	DQ	(14.50.0)
	Brian Carman	Qld	DQ	(15.10.0)
	Ross Haywood	Vic	DQ
	Robert Sergeant	Tas	DNS
	Noel Norris	Qld	DNS

HIGH JUMP Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Tony Sneazwell	Vic	2.11m	6'11"
2	Lawrie Peckham	Vic	2.06m	6'9"
3	Peter Wright	NSW	2.06m	6'9"
4	Bryan Burgess	Vic	1.98m	6'6"
5	Chris Daley	NSW	1.93m	6'4"
6	Kieran Cassidy	NSW	1.88m	6'2"
7	Ian Beltz	Tas	1.88m	6'2"

POLE VAULT Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Mike Sullivan	Vic	4.72m	15'6"
2	Ed Johnson	Vic	4.42m	14'6"
3	Ray Boyd	Vic	4.26m	14'0"
4	Ian Goodwin	WA	4.11m	13'6"
5	Don Baird	Vic	4.11m	13'5"
6	Michael Craig	NSW	3.52m	11'6"
-	Trevor Bickle	WA	NH

LONG JUMP Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Gayle Hopkins	USA	8.14m	26'8½"	wa
2	Allan Crawley	Vic	7.88m	25'10½"	+1.0
3	Dave Norris	NZL	7.81m	25'7½"	+2.8
4	Murray Tolbert	NSW	7.75m	25'5"	0.0
5	Phil May	WA	7.64m	25'0¾"	+0.7
6	Lawrie Walkley	NSW	7.52m	24'8"	+2.2
7	Peter Reece	SA	7.50m	24'7½"	0.0
8	Graham Taylor	Qld	7.49m	24'7"	+3.7
9	David Winter	NSW	7.46m	24'5¾"	+1.0
10	Bruce Field	Vic	7.31m	23'11¾"	+2.8
11	Anthony Hopkins	NSW	7.23m	23'8¾"	+2.2
12	Bob Thomas	NZL	7.19m	23'5½"	0.0
13	Peter Davis	Qld	7.10m	23'0"	+1.9
14	Bruce Strickland	WA	6.99m	22'11½"	+2.2
	John Baguley	WA	DNS
	Noel Jarvis	Vic	DNS

TRIPLE JUMP Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Phil May	WA	16.21m	53'2"	0.0
2	Graham Boase	SA	15.87m	52'0¾"	+1.0
3	Mick McGrath	Vic	15.73m	51'7¼"	0.0
4	John Baguley	WA	15.72m	51'7"	+2.8
5	Dave Norris	NZL	15.59m	51'1¾"	+1.3
6	Bob Thomas	NZL	15.29m	50'2"	+1.6
7	David Winter	NSW	14.82m	48'7¾"	+0.7
8	Maurie Drew	Vic	14.77m	48'5¾"	+1.6
9	Bruce Thomas	NSW	14.53m	47'8¼"	+0.3
10	Murray Tolbert	NSW	14.46m	47'5¼"	+0.7
11	Lawrie Walkley	NSW	14.09m	46'3"	0.0
12	Paul Dungan	Vic	13.99m	45'11"	+1.3
	Gayle Hopkins	NSW	DNS

SHOT PUT Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Jay Silvester	USA	19.13m	62'9"
2	Les Mills	NZL	18.65m	61'2¼"
3	Peter Phillips	Qld	15.72m	51'6¾"
4	Warwick Selvey	Vic	15.69m	51'5½"
5	Walter Grob	Vic	15.69m	51'3"
6	Len Vlahov	WA	14.64m	48'0¼"
7	Jim Penfold	SA	14.63m	48'0"
8	Kelev Wilding	NSW	14.61m	47'11¼"
9	Len Chinnery	NSW	14.44m	47'4½"
10	Terry Gadsby	Vic	14.41m	47'3¼"
	Merv Kemp	SA	DNS
	Ernst Alder	Vic	DNS
	Geoff Smith	NSW	DNS

DISCUS THROW Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Jay Silvester	USA	60.09m	197'2"
2	Robin Tait	NZL	56.69m	185'11"
3	Warwick Selvey	Vic	49.86m	163'7"
4	Ernst Alder	Vic	48.33m	158'6"
5	Peter Clark	Qld	46.45m	152'7"
6	Jens Pohl	NSW	46.25m	151'9"
7	Ian Cocks	NSW	45.47m	149'2"
8	Len Chinnery	NSW	45.38m	148'10"
9	Len Vlahov	WA	43.62m	143'1"
10	Mike Lutton	NSW	42.83m	140'6"
11	Ron Lunt	NSW	41.10m	134'10"
12	Attila Spaits	NSW	40.40m	132'6"
	Peter Miszkowski	Qld	NM	(3 Fouls)
	Merv Kemp	SA	DNS

HAMMER THROW Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Walter Grob	Vic	60.27m	197'8"
2	Dick Leffler	Vic	60.20m	197'6"
3	Tom Mullins	NSW	53.72m	176'3"
4	Mike Edwards	Vic	52.59m	172'6"
5	Darryl Gilliland	NZL	52.41m	171'11"
6	Robert Frawley	Qld	50.11m	168'0"
7	Alex Tahmindjis	NSW	49.54m	162'6"
8	Graeme Braden	Vic	47.20m	154'9"
	Merv Kemp	SA	DNS
	Nick Regos	Vic	DNS

JAVELIN THROW Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ron Carlton	Vic	78.66m	258'0"
2	Nick Birks	SA	75.97m	249'2"
3	Reg Spiers	SA	74.45m	244'3"
4	Sig Koscik	NSW	72.77m	238'8"
5	Peter Lawler	NSW	72.60m	238'2"
6	Ray Seibokas	NSW	66.48m	218'1"
7	Barry Magnussen	Qld	66.12m	216'11"
8	Alex Gusbeth	Vic	61.27m	201'0"
9	Barry Glyde	Qld	56.21m	184'5"

DECATHLON - Men - Mon/Tues 25/26 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Geoff Smith	NSW	7,313pts
	(11.0(0.0), 6.80m(+1.3), 14.11m, 1.82m, 50.5, 14.7(-3.0), 41.76m, 3.35m, 57.96m, 4.36.4)
2	John Hamann	SA	7,272pts
	(11.2(0.0), 7.13m(+1.9), 12.66m, 1.79m, 48.9, 15.3(-3.0), 35.34m, 3.73m, 55.48m, 4.15.7)
3	Robin Fildes	Vic	6,621pts
	(11.0(0.0), 6.59m(+0.7), 12.59m, 1.68m, 51.5, 15.6(-2.4), 36.04m, 3.50m, 54.38m, 5.04.9)
4	Ian English	NSW	6,532pts
	(11.4(0.0), 6.83m(+1.6), 11.11m, 1.76m, 50.5, 15.6(-3.0), 34.96m, 3.20m, 48.26m, 4.43.2)
5	Tom Houghton	NSW	6,342pts
	(11.1(+1.6), 6.41m(+1.6), 12.00m, 1.76m, 52.4, 16.0(-2.7), 36.72m, 2.89m, 47.32m, 4.56.1)
6	Ed Johnson	Vic	6,143pts
	(11.5(+1.6), 6.45m(+0.7), 10.91m, 1.82m, 54.3, 18.2(-2.4), 35.24m, 4.33m, 53.12m, 5.49.3)
7	Ron Carlton	Vic	6,139pts
	(11.4(0.0), 6.44m(0.0), 11.62m, 1.68m, 55.3, 17.6(-2.7), 31.30m, 3.05m, 71.30m, 4.54.2)

4x100 METRES RELAY Men - Sunday 24 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	40.8
	Greg Lewis
	Gary Holdsworth
	Phil King
	Peter Norman
2	Queensland	Qld	41.4
	D. Meehan
	J. Hendry
	Stuart Laing
	Eddie Rutledge
3	New South Wales	NSW	41.6
	Bob Lay
	Anthony Warrener
	John Wall
	Boris Stcherbina
4	South Australia	SA	42.3
5	Tasmania	Tas	43.8
-	Western Australia	WA	DQ	(4th)

4x400 METRES RELAY Men - Saturday 23 March 1968
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	3.13.0
	Jeff Westlake
	Bob Smith
	Dave McGregor
	Noel Clough
2	New South wales	NSW	3.15.6
	P. Huggins
	Dennis Payne
	Richard Gurr
	Boris Stcherbina
3	Queensland	Qld	3.18.4
	C. Peters
	R. Silcock
	R. Burguez
	W. Evans
	Western Australia	WA	DNS
	South Australia	SA	DNS
	Tasmania	Tas	DNS

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Australian Track & Field Championships 1967-68

E.S.Marks Field, Sydney, NSW, 23-26 March 1968