Australian Championships

Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
Australian Track & Field Championships 1977-78 QEII Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, 16-19 March 1978

100 METRES - Men - Saturday 18 March 1978
HEAT 1 - Saturday 18 March 1978				Wind: -1.5
1	Paul Narracott	Qld	10.6
2	Richard James	Vic	10.7
3	Peter Batten	Vic	10.7
4	Barry Besanko	Vic	10.9
5	Colin O'Sullivan	WA	10.9
6	Peter Donlon	Vic	11.1
7	Dan O'Sullivan	Qld	11.1
8	Stuart Parr	NSW	11.3

HEAT 2 - Saturday 18 March 1978				Wind: -2.0
1	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	10.7
2	Bruce Frayne	SA	10.7
3	Fred Lehmann	Vic	10.7
4	Peter van Miltenburg	Vic	10.8
5	Steve Humphries	Qld	10.8
6	Paul Blackaby	Tas	10.9
7	John Dubliewicz	NSW	11.0

HEAT 3 - Saturday 18 March 1978				Wind: -2.9
1	Tony McDonald	NSW	10.6
2	Colin McQueen	Vic	10.7
3	Michael Wrenn	WA	10.7
4	Ivan Coles	SA	10.8
5	Bill Hancock	Qld	10.8
6	Tony Robbins	Vic	10.9
7	Ted Sztefek	Vic	11.0

SEMIFINAL 1 - Sunday 19 March 1978				Wind: -0.7
1	Paul Narracott	Qld	10.5
2	Richard James	Vic	10.5
3	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	10.5
4	Ivan Coles	SA	10.6
5	Colin O'Sullivan	WA	10.6
6	Fred Lehmann	Vic	10.8
7	Michael Wrenn	WA	10.8
8	Steve Humphries	Qld	10.9
9	Tony Robbins	Vic	10.9

SEMIFINAL 2 - Sunday 19 March 1978				Wind: -1.2
1	Colin McQueen	Vic	10.5
2	Tony McDonald	NSW	10.5
3	Barry Besanko	Vic	10.5
4	Peter Batten	Vic	10.7
5	Peter van Miltenburg	Vic	10.7
6	Bruce Frayne	SA	10.8
7	Bill Hancock	Qld	10.8
8	Paul Blackaby	Tas	10.8

FINAL - Sunday 19 March 1978				Wind: +1.3
1	Paul Narracott	Qld	10.0
2	Colin McQueen	Vic	10.3
3	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	10.3
4	Richard James	Vic	10.3
5	Barry Besanko	Vic	10.3
6	Tony McDonald	NSW	10.5
7	Ivan Coles	SA	10.5
8	Colin O'Sullivan	WA	10.5

200 METRES - Men - Friday 17 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Friday 17 March 1978				Wind: -1.8
1	Paul Narracott	Qld	21.5
2	Peter van Miltenburg	Vic	21.8
3	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	21.8
4	Ivan Coles	SA	21.9
5	Brian Hutchins	NSW	22.1
6	John Van Stappen	NSW	23.1

HEAT 2 - Friday 17 March 1978				Wind: -2.0
1	Colin McQueen	Vic	21.6
2	Paul Blackaby	Tas	22.1
3	Colin O'Sullivan	WA	22.1
4	Dan O'Sullivan	Qld	22.1
5	Bill Liston	Vic	22.2
6	Ted Sztefek	Vic	22.4

HEAT 3 - Friday 17 March 1978				Wind: -2.9
1	Tony McDonald	NSW	21.6
2	Barry Besanko	Vic	21.7
3	Bruce Frayne	SA	21.9
4	Bill Hancock	Qld	22.1
5	John Dubliewicz	NSW	22.5
6	Peter Donlon	Vic	22.7

SEMIFINAL 1 - Friday 17 March 1978				Wind: -1.4
1	Paul Narracott	Qld	21.4
2	Barry Besanko	Vic	21.4
3	Bill Hancock	Qld	21.5
4	Colin O'Sullivan	WA	21.7
5	Paul Blackaby	Tas	21.8
6	Ted Sztefek	Vic	22.0
-	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	DNS
-	John Dubliewicz	NSW	DNS

SEMIFINAL 2 - Friday 17 March 1978				Wind: -2.2
1	Colin McQueen	Vic	21.6
2	Tony McDonald	NSW	21.6
3	Bruce Frayne	SA	21.8
4	Peter van Miltenburg	Vic	22.1
5	Bill Liston	Vic	22.4
6	Dan O'Sullivan	Qld	22.5
-	Bill Hutchins	NSW	DNS
-	Ivan Coles	SA	DNS

FINAL - Friday 17 March 1978				Wind: -3.2
1	Colin McQueen	Vic	21.0
2	Paul Narracott	Qld	21.1
3	Barry Besanko	Vic	21.2
4	Tony McDonald	NSW	21.2
5	Bill Hancock	Qld	21.8
6	Bruce Frayne	SA	21.9
7	Colin O'Sullivan	WA	21.9
8	Paul Blackaby	Tas	21.9

400 METRES - Men - Friday 17 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Friday 17 March 1978
1	John Higham	Vic	47.0
2	Jim O'Sullivan	Qld	47.4
3	Paul Soanes	Vic	47.8
4	Steve Longden-Gee	NSW	47.8
5	Bill Liston	Vic	48.5
6	Alan Preiss	Vic	48.6

HEAT 2 - Friday 17 March 1978
1	Rick Mitchell	Vic	46.8
2	Chum Darvall	NSW	47.1
3	Tony Hodgins	SA	47.7
4	Chris Auld	Qld	47.8
5	Grant McAuliffe	NSW	48.3
6	Dan O'Sullivan	Qld	49.1
7	Neil Mickleborough	Tas	50.1

FINAL - Sunday 19 March 1978
1	John Higham	Vic	45.9
2	Rick Mitchell	Vic	46.2
3	Chum Darvall	NSW	46.5
4	Tony Hodgins	SA	46.9
5	Jim O'Sullivan	Qld	46.9
6	Steve Longden-Gee	NSW	47.0
7	Chris Auld	Qld	47.7
8	Paul Soanes	Vic	48.3

800 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Thursday 16 March 1978
1	John Higham	Vic	1.49.7
2	Stan Barwick	NSW	1.50.2
3	Andrew Currie	NSW	1.50.6
4	Bill Hooker	Vic	1.51.0
5	Jack Wetherell	SA	1.51.3
6	Jeff Tarrant	Qld	1.52.7
7	Peter Brasher	Tas	1.54.9
8	Alan Preiss	Vic	1.56.8

HEAT 2 - Thursday 16 March 1978
1	Chum Darvall	NSW	1.51.5
2	Peter Tippett	SA	1.51.6
3	Stan Bailey	Tas	1.51.6
4	Peter Hawes	Qld	1.52.0
5	Gary Eaton	NSW	1.52.7
6	Russell Morgan	Vic	1.52.7
7	Peter Dempsey	SA	1.53.8

FINAL - Friday 17 March 1978
1	John Higham	Vic	1.46.6
2	Chum Darvall	NSW	1.46.7
3	Peter Tippett	SA	1.48.3
4	Bill Hooker	Vic	1.49.3
5	Andrew Currie	NSW	1.50.0
6	Stan Barwick	NSW	1.50.5
7	Jack Wetherell	SA	1.51.5
8	Stan Bailey	Tas	1.51.8

1,500 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL - Sunday 19 March 1978
1	Graham Crouch	Vic	3.41.5
2	Ken Hall	Vic	3.43.4
3	Bruce Petts	Vic	3.44.3
4	Tim O'Shaughnessy	Vic	3.45.5
5	Alan Gibson	Vic	3.46.2
6	Neil Hawthorne	Qld	3.46.8
7	Steve Foley	Vic	3.47.5
8	Andrew Currie	NSW	3.48.8
9	Joe Murphy	Vic	3.49.0
10	Peter Larkins	Vic	3.50.0
11	Graeme Cook	NSW	3.54.0
12	Peter Hutton	NSW	3.55.0
13	Peter Brasher	Tas	4.03.0

5,000 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL - Thursday 16 March 1978
1	Dave Fitzsimons	SA	13.50.6
2	Gerard Barrett	Qld	13.52.8
3	Kent Rayner	Tas	13.57.4
4	John Andrews	NSW	14.00.2
5	Tony Bart	Vic	14.01.8
6	Rod Pitt	Vic	14.07.2
7	Rob McDonald	NSW	14.16.0
8	Brian Morgan	NSW	14.20.6
9	Ray Wilson	Vic	14.25.6
10	Rod Lyons	Vic	14.28.0
11	Phil Cook	Vic	14.39.0
12	Tau John	PNG	15.51.0
13	Batum Makon	PNG	16.05.0
14	Michael Sengi	PNG	17.48.0

10,000 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL - Sunday 19 March 1978
1	Dave Fitzsimons	SA	28.50.0
2	Gerard Barrett	Qld	28.54.6
3	Dave Chettle	Vic	29.19.4
4	Tony Bart	Vic	29.50.6
5	Rob de Castella	Vic	29.54.4
6	Kent Rayner	Tas	30.05.2
7	Lawrie Whitty	NSW	30.11.0
8	Steve Austin	Vic	30.29.0
9	Phil Cuffe	Vic	30.29.0
10	Ray Wilson	Vic	30.45.0
11	Jim Langford	WA	30.47.0
12	Bob Welsh	Vic	32.25.0
13	Andrew Lloyd	NSW	32.44.0
14	Batum Makon	PNG	32.50.0
-	Brian Morgan	NSW	DNF
-	Bruce Cook	Qld	DNF

110 METRES HURDLES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL - Saturday 18 March 1978				Wind: -3.2
1	Vin Plant	NSW	14.1
2	Warren Parr	NSW	14.2
3	Max Binnington	Vic	14.4
4	Adam Pedler	SA	14.8
5	John Kenny	NSW	14.8
6	John Sheridan	WA	15.1
7	Geoff Anderson	WA	15.8

400 METRES HURDLES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Thursday 16 March 1978
1	John Sheridan	WA	52.1
2	Gary Cox	NSW	52.6
3	Dave Robertson	Vic	52.6
4	Geoff Anderson	WA	52.8
5	Geoff James	Vic	54.2
6	Garry Brown	Qld	55.6

HEAT 2 - Thursday 16 March 1978
1	Harry Giles	Qld	52.1
2	Adam Pedler	SA	52.4
3	Steve Endean	NSW	52.5
4	Mike Ritterman	Vic	52.7
5	Neil Mickleborough	Tas	53.0
6	Mike Edwards	WA	54.5

FINAL - Thursday 16 March 1978
1	Gary Cox	NSW	51.2
2	John Sheridan	WA	51.3
3	Adam Pedler	SA	52.5
4	Dave Robertson	Vic	52.5
5	Steve Endean	NSW	53.2
6	Harry Giles	Qld	53.2
7	Geoff Anderson	WA	53.8
8	Mike Ritterman	Vic	54.3

3,000 METRES STEEPLECHASE - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL - Saturday 18 March 1978
1	Peter Larkins	Vic	8.43.2
2	Gary Zeuner	SA	8.48.2
3	Phil Cuffe	Vic	8.49.8
4	Neil Hawthorne	Qld	8.52.0
5	Ray Hardwick	SA	9.06.8
6	Rod Pitt	Vic	9.09.4
7	Denis French	NSW	9.17.4
8	Peter Flynn	Qld	9.17.8
9	David Smith	Vic	9.25.8
10	Finbarr Long	Vic	9.32.6
11	Richard Pickup	Tas	9.50.2
12	Tau John	PNG	10.18.8

3,000 METRES WALK - Men - Sunday 19 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Willi Sawall	Vic	12.27.4
2	Dave Smith	Vic	12.50.8
3	Tim Erickson	Vic	12.56.5
4	Bruce Cook	Qld	13.13.0
5	Peter Stubbs	Qld	13.20.6
6	Bill Dyer	Vic	13.31.5
7	Terry Jones	WA	13.33.0
8	Mike Woods	NSW	13.39.0
9	Barrie Birtchnell	Vic	13.42.0
10	Clark Stone	NSW	13.44.0
11	Jeff Phillips	NSW	13.47.0
12	John Sheard	Vic	13.50.0
13	Peter Bethune	Vic	14.19.0
14	Duncan Knox	Vic	14.33.0
15	Mark Donahoo	Vic	15.43.0
-	Peter Brann	NSW	DQ	(13:19.2)
-	Rod Huxley	NSW	DQ	(13:20.6)

HIGH JUMP - Men - Saturday 18 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Gordon Windeyer	NSW	2.20m
2	John Hunter	Vic	2.05m
3	Alan Powrie	NSW	2.05m
4	Bryan Burgess	Vic	2.00m
5	John Yaxley	Qld	2.00m
6	Mark Barratt	SA	2.00m
7	Sean Winterer	Qld	2.00m
8	Cplwyn Millard	SA	1.95m
9	Warren Bishop	Qld	1.95m
10	Robert Milner	Qld	1.90m
-	Mal MacFarlane	Vic	NH

POLE VAULT - Men - Sunday 19 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ray Boyd	Vic	5.05m
2	Rob Huddle	Vic	4.70m
3	Kym Simons	SA	4.15m
4	Tom Tandler	SA	4.00m
5	Brett Randall	Vic	4.00m
6	Steve Knott	Tas	4.00m
-	Terry Hand	Vic	NH
-	Errol Mustafa	Vic	NH
-	Andy Stewart	Vic	NH

LONG JUMP - Men - Friday 17 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Steve Knott	Tas	7.60m
2	Stuart Parr	NSW	7.49m
3	Geoff Frayne	SA	7.44m
4	Don Commons	Vic	7.35m
5	Warren Jones	Qld	7.26m
6	Lawrie Walkley	NSW	7.22m
7	Brendon Cain	SA	7.15m
8	Darryl Maher	Vic	7.11m
9	Clive Davies	Vic	7.06m
10	Mel Taylor	Vic	7.06m
11	Peter Szota	NSW	6.85m
12	John Davis	Qld	6.82m
13	G. Vavina	PNG	5.94m
14	Glenn Stewart	WA	5.94m
-	Gary Honey	Vic	NM	(3 fouls)

TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Sunday 19 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Mick McGrath	NSW	15.55m
2	Don Commons	Vic	15.48m
3	John Slaney	NSW	15.17m
4	Darryl Maher	Vic	15.05m
5	Glenn Stewart	WA	14.79m
6	Bohdan Babijczuk	Vic	14.63m
7	Geoff Frayne	SA	14.24m
8	Stephen Hooppell	NSW	14.08m

SHOT PUT - Men - Saturday 18 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Wayne Martin	NSW	16.38m
2	Matt Barber	WA	16.00m
3	Alex Brown	WA	15.89m
4	Peter Phillips	Qld	15.83m
5	Peter Taylor	NSW	15.74m
6	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	14.86m
7	Bill Meywes	NSW	14.67m
8	David Gallagher	NSW	13.61m

DISCUS THROW - Men - Sunday 19 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Wayne Martin	NSW	54.56m
2	Dick Priman	Qld	52.70m
3	Rudi Villani	Vic	51.82m
4	Phil Nettle	SA	48.92m
5	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	46.66m
6	Kent Svensson	Qld	43.78m
7	David Gallagher	NSW	43.66m
8	Craig Considine	Vic	43.14m
9	Ian Murray	Tas	33.42m

HAMMER THROW - Men - Sunday 19 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Gus Puopolo	Vic	61.54m
2	Loris Bertolacci	Vic	58.98m
3	Wal Jacenko	NSW	55.62m
4	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	51.60m
5	Alex Brown	WA	47.66m
6	Andrew Heyes	NSW	46.50m
7	Dave Huxley	Tas	45.98m
8	Ian MacArthur	Qld	41.38m

JAVELIN THROW - Men - Saturday 18 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Manfred Rohkamper	Vic	74.14m
2	Reg Spiers	SA	71.04m
3	Dario Marini	Vic	66.16m
4	David Gallagher	NSW	64.72m
5	Mark Stevens	Qld	60.26m
6	Gary Calvert	SA	59.84m
7	Steve Trewin	NSW	58.78m
8	Colin Carbis	Vic	57.76m
9	Ron Perkins	NSW	54.32m
10	David Stanton	WA	53.88m

DECATHLON - Men - Fir/Sat 17/18 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Sanitesi Latu	Vic	6,939pts
	(11.5, 6.59m, 13.93m, 1.83m, 53.0, 15.2, 43.80m, 3.80m, 51.38m, 5.02.6)
2	Craig Considine	Vic	6,750pts
	(11.6, 6.75m, 13.18m, 1.86m, 50.6, 18.1, 47.16m, 3.30m, 49.22m, 4.41.7)
3	Robbie Goff	WA	6,569pts
	(11.5, 6.81m, 10.90m, 1.83m, 51.1, 16.1, 30.32m, 3.80m, 49.36m, 4.45.8)
4	Ian Murray	Tas	6,371pts
	(11.8, 6.38m, 12.39m, 1.65m, 52.6, 16.5, 43.10m, 3.40m, 54.00m, 4.57.5)
5	Peter Sugden	Vic	6,297pts
	(11.9, 6.37m, 9.54m, 1.70m, 52.2, 16.4, 32.48m, 3.60m, 58.24m, 4.27.9)
6	Paul Fitzgerald	NSW	6,048pts
	(12.4, 6.30m, 10.93m, 1.83m, 53.6, 17.2, 34.48m, 3.20m, 48.22m, 4.33.7)
7	Ray Mooney	Vic	5,914pts
	(12.4, 6.50m, 11.25m, 1.65m, 53.5, 18.3, 32.66m, 3.10m, 54.18m, 4.27.0)
-	Clay Tompkins	NSW	DNF	(2,638pts)
	(11.8, 6.52m, 10.94m, 1.90m)

4x100 METRES RELAY - Men - Saturday 18 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	39.8
	Fred Lehmann
	Peter van Miltenburg
	Barry Besanko
	Colin McQueen
2	New South Wales	NSW	40.3
	John Dubliewicz
	Vin Plant
	Andrew Ratcliffe
	Tony McDonald
3	Western Australia	WA	40.6
	John Sheridan
	Michael Wrenn
	Glenn Stewart
	Colin O'Sullivan
4	Queensland	Qld	40.9
	Steve Humphries
	Dan O'Sullivan
	Bill Hancock
	Jim O'Sullivan
5	South Australia	SA	40.9
	Jamie Kelly
	Tony Hodgins
	Ivan Coles
	Bruce Frayne
6	Tasmania	Tas	42.0
	P. Young
	Neil Mickleborough
	Steve Knott
	Paul Blackaby

4x400 METRES RELAY - Men - Sunday 19 March 1978
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	3.06.6
	Bill Liston
	Paul Soanes
	Colin McQueen
	John Higham
2	New South Wales	NSW	3.07.6
	Grank McAuliffe
	Chum Darvall
	Steve Longden-Gee
	D. Waller
3	Queensland	Qld	3.07.8
	Chris Auld
	Gary Brown
	Dan O'Sullivan
	Jim O'Sullivan
4	South Australia	SA	3.15.8
	Bruce Frayne
	Jack Wetherell
	Adam Pedler
	Tony Hodgins
5	Tasmania	Tas	3.17.8
	Geordie Clark
	Stan Bailey
	Neil Mickleborough
	Paul Blackaby

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Australian Track & Field Championships 1977-78

QEII Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, 16-19 March 1978