Australian Aths History

Australian Road Walking Championships - 1978


The women's 5km Walk was conducted in Richmond, NSW on 3 September 1978
The men's 20km Walk was conducted in Bendigo, Victoria on 16 July 1978
 
5KM ROAD WALK - Women - Sunday 3 September 1978
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Lillian HarpurSA24:21.7
2Rachel ThompsonNSW24:55.4
3Lorraine YoungVic25:44.6
4Bronwyn ThompsonNSW25:57
5Frances BurkeNSW26:22
6Kerry RussellNSW26:34
7Karen IselinQld26:40
8Anne RyanNSW26:44
 
Teams
 
20KM ROAD WALK - Men - Sunday 16 July 1978
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Willi SawallVic1:29:31
2David SmithVic1:30:25
3Tim EricksonVic1:30:49
4Peter FullagerSA1:35:51
5John SheardVic1:37:00
6Robert MeeNSW1:37:51
7Rod HuxleyNSW1:38:37
8Robin WhyteNSW1:38:45
9John SmithNSW1:38:49
0Terry O’NeillVic1:39:09
11Colin DonaldVic1:39:54
12Peter BethuneVic1:40:40
13Bill DyerVic1:41:13
14Greg SockhillQld1:41:30
15Gregory O’NeillSA1:41:41
16Keith KnoxNSW1:41:56
17Joseph AndersonVic1:41:58
18Clarrie JackVic1:42:50
19Kenneth HallVic1:43:56
20Peter StubbsQld1:44:12
21Bruce DudonVic1:44:27
22Bruce CookQld1:45:02
23Stuart CooperVic1:45:05
24Ian JackVic1:45:17
25Philip HollisSA1:45:52
26Claude MartinVic1:47:01
27Mark WallVic1:48:11
28James BannanVic1:50:11
29John HarrisQld1:51:02
30Russell WillisSA1:53:30
31Mark KeastSA2:00:45
32Wayne FletcherTas2:06:22
Duncan KnoxVicDNF
Kevin GreenTasDNF
Stan MalbutSADNF
Peter VysmaVicDQ
 
Teams
1VictoriaVic16 pts
2New South WalesNSW26 pts
3South AustraliaSA44 pts
4QueenslandQld50 pts

 

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