Australian Aths History

Australian Open Track & Field Championships

Pole Vault - Men


Year   First    Second    Third
1893-94    J GLEESON (Vic) 9'10½"(3.01m) E GILCHRIST (Vic) 9'6"(2.895m) Oscar LEMPRIERE (Vic) 9'0"(2.745m)
1895-96    H KINGSLEY (NZL) 9'6"(2.895m)
(2) J GORMLEY (NSW) 9'1"(2.77m)
(3) James DOYLE (Vic) 8'7"(2.61m)
1897-98    Hori ERUERA (NZL) 10'6"(3.20m)
(2) J MCRAE (Vic) 9'6"(2.89m)
1899-00    James TE PAA (NZL) 10'11¾"(3.34m)
(2) Angus GREENFIELD (Vic) 10'0"(3.04m)
(3) F KINGSTON (Qld) 9'0"(2.74m)
(4) F GODBOLD (Qld) 8'6"(2.59m)
1901-02    Charles LAURIE (NZL) 10'0"(3.05m)
1903-04    Charles LAURIE (NZL) 10'3"(3.12m)
(2) W HARRINGTON (Vic) 10'1"(3.07m)
(3) Leslie MCPHERSON (Vic) 9'5"(2.87m)
(4) Roy PIPER (Vic) 9'1"(2.77m)
1905-06    R ADAMS (NSW) 9'4"(2.84m) J MOLLOY (Qld) 9'2"(2.79m)
1907-08    Len MCKAY (NZL) 11'1¼"(3.38m)
(2) Tim FRAWLEY (Qld) 11'0"(3.35m)
(3) Leo WALKER (Vic) 10'3"(3.12m)
(4) Tom MAHER (Qld) 9'3"(2.82m)
1909-10    Leo WALKER (Vic) 10'3"(3.12m)
Len MCKAY (NZL) 10'3"(3.12m)
(3) Tim FRAWLEY (Qld) 10'0"(3.04m)
1909-10    Len MCKAY (NZL) 10'3"(3.12m)
(3) Tim FRAWLEY (Qld) 10'0"(3.04m)
(3) M MOLLOY (Qld) 10'0"(3.04m)
1911-12    Jack BRAKE (Vic) 10'9"(3.27m) Len MCKAY (NZL) (3.20m) Leo WALKER (Vic) (3.12m)
1913-14    Ruric TEMPLETON (USA) 11'0"(3.35m)
Jack BRAKE (Vic) 11'0"(3.35m)
(3) M MOLLOY (Qld) 10'0" (3.05m)
(4) Carl FERGUSON (NSW) 9'0" (2.745m)
1913-14    Jack BRAKE (Vic) 11'0"(3.35m)
(3) M MOLLOY (Qld) 10'0" (3.05m)


(4) Carl FERGUSON (NSW) 9'0" (2.745m)
1919-20    George HARVEY (NZL) 10'9"(3.27m)
(2) G GORMAN (NSW) 10'8"(3.25m)
(3) Roy HARBISON (NSW) 10'3"(3.12m)
1921-22    Roy HARBISON (NSW) 10'6"(3.20m) Buz SUTHERLAND (NZL) 10'3" (3.12m)
(3) Ernest HARBISON (SA) 10'0"(3.04m)
1923-24    Roy HARBISON (NSW) 10'6"(3.20m) George HARVEY (NZL) 10'0"(3.04m) Nick WINTER (NSW) 10'0"(3.04m)
1925-26    Norman SHADDOCK (NSW) 10'9½"(3.29m) Max KROGER (Vic) (3.21m) Eino KESKINEN (Qld) (3.05m)
1927-28    Eino KESKINEN (Qld) 11'0¾"(3.37m) John BATSTONE (NZL) 10'9"(3.27m) Buz SUTHERLAND (NZL) 10'6"(3.20m)
1929-30    Gordon HARPER (Vic) 11'0 7/8"(3.37m) Fred WOODHOUSE (Vic) 10'9¼"(3.28m) Ted WINTER (NSW) 10'5"(3.17m)
Eldred DREVESON (Qld) 10'5"(3.17m)
1931-32    Fred WOODHOUSE (Vic) 12'0¼"(3.66m) Gordon HARPER (Vic) 11'8"(3.55m) Ted WINTER (NSW) 11'8"(3.55m)
1933-34    Fred WOODHOUSE (Vic) 12'6 7/8"(3.83m) Gordon HARPER (Vic) 12'0"(3.65m) Eldred DREVESON (Qld) 11'3"(3.43m)
1935-36    Fred WOODHOUSE (Vic) 12'8½"(3.87m) Bill CARTWRIGHT (NSW) 12'3"(3.73m)
1937-38    Les FLETCHER (NSW) 12'6"(3.81m) Ted WINTER (NSW) 12'6"(3.81m) Bill CARTWRIGHT (NSW) 12'3"(3.73m)
1946-47    Ted WINTER (NSW) 11'9¾"(3.60m) Peter MULLINS (NSW) 11'4"(3.45m) Peter HARBISON (SA) 11'4"(3.45m)
1947-48    Ted WINTER (NSW) 12'5"(3.78m) Clifford OATES (NSW) 12'0"(3.65m) Peter DENTON (NSW) 11'6"(3.50m)
1948-49    Peter DENTON (NSW) 12'0"(3.65m) Peter HARBISON (SA) 11'6"(3.505m) Clifford OATES (NSW) 11'6"(3.505m)
Talbot SMITH (WA) 11'6"(3.505m)
1949-50    Peter DENTON (NSW) 12'1"(3.68m) Talbot SMITH (WA) 12'1"93.68m) Bruce PEEVER (Qld) 11'10"(3.60m)
1950-51    Bruce PEEVER (Qld) 12'7"(3.83m) Peter DENTON (NSW) 12'5"(3.78m) Talbot SMITH (WA) 11'10"(3.60m)
1951-52    Peter DENTON (NSW) 11'6"(3.51m) Peter HARBISON (SA) 11'6"(3.51m) Alan BOWDEN (NSW) 11'0"(3.35m)
1952-53    Peter DENTON (NSW) 12'6"(3.81m) Peter HARBISON (SA) 12'3"(3.73m) Cecil WRIGHT (Vic) 11'6"(3.50m)
1953-54    Bruce PEEVER (Qld) 13'0"(3.96m) Peter DENTON (NSW) 12'6"(3.81m) Peter HARBISON (SA) 12'6"(3.81m)
1954-55    Bruce PEEVER (Qld) 13'4"(4.06m) Peter HARBISON (SA) 12'6"(3.81m) Cecil WRIGHT (Vic) 12'6"(3.81m)
1955-56    Bruce PEEVER (Qld) 12'4"(3.76m) Max GEE (Vic) 12'4"(3.76m) Ronald JACKSON (NSW) 12'0"(3.66m)
1956-57    Max GEE (Vic) 13'3"(4.04m) Peter DENTON (NSW) 12'10"(3.91m) Cecil WRIGHT (Vic) 12'4"(3.76m)
1957-58    Bruce PEEVER (Qld) 13'3"(4.04m) Max GEE (Vic) 13'0"(3.96m) Peter DENTON (NSW) 12'0"(3.66m)
1958-59    John PFITZNER (SA) 13'3"(4.04m) Ross FILSHIE (Vic) 13'0"(3.96m) John LITTLE (NSW) 12'6"(3.81m)
1959-60    Ross FILSHIE (Vic) 13'6"(4.11m) John PFITZNER (SA) 13'4"(4.06m) Alan WRIGHT (Vic) 13'0"(3.96m)
1960-61    John PFITZNER (SA) 13'10"(4.22m) Ross FILSHIE (Vic) 13'8"(4.16m) Glen GOWER (SA) 12'6"(3.81m)
1961-62    Ross FILSHIE (Vic) 14'4"(4.37m) John PFITZNER (SA) 14'0"(4.27m) Glen GOWER (SA) 13'0"(3.96m)
1962-63    Trevor BICKLE (WA) 14'6"(4.39m) Ross FILSHIE (Vic) 14'0"(4.27m) John PFITZNER (SA) 14'0"(4.27m)
1963-64    Ross FILSHIE (Vic) 15'0"(4.57m) Trevor BICKLE (WA) 14'0"(4.27m) John MARTIENSEN (Vic) 13'0"(3.96m)
1964-65    Ross FILSHIE (Vic) 13'6"(4.11m) David MCKAY (Vic) 13'0"(3.96m) John O'NEILL (Vic) 13'0"(3.96m)
1965-66    Trevor BICKLE (WA) 4.42m Ross FILSHIE (Vic) 4.27m Ian GOODWIN (WA) 3.81m
1966-67    Trevor BICKLE (WA) 4.65m Nick BIRKS (SA) 4.00m Ed JOHNSON (Vic) 4.00m
1967-68    Mike SULLIVAN (Vic) 4.72m Ed JOHNSON (Vic) 4.42m Ray BOYD (Vic) 4.26m
1968-69    Ed JOHNSON (Vic) 4.27m Ray BOYD (Vic) 3.96m Roy BEAL (Vic) 3.96m
1969-70    Ray BOYD (Vic) 4.90m Ed JOHNSON (Vic) 4.80m David STORER (SA) 4.05m
1970-71    Ed JOHNSON (Vic) 4.72m Ray BOYD (Vic) 4.57m David HARGREAVES (NSW) 3.96m
1971-72    Ray BOYD (Vic) 5.03m Sam CARUTHERS (USA) 4.87m
(3) Andrew STEWART (Vic) 4.27m
1972-73    Ray BOYD (Vic) 4.57m Dragan ARAPOVIC (NSW) 4.14m Steve DUNN (NSW) 3.96m
1973-74    Ray BOYD (Vic) 5.00m Andrew STEWART (Vic) 4.55m Robert HUDDLE (Vic) 4.25m
1974-75    Ray BOYD (Vic) 4.75m Andrew STEWART (Vic) 4.60m Robert HUDDLE (Vic) 3.80m
1975-76    Ray BOYD (Vic) 5.00m Robert HUDDLE (Vic) 4.65m Jim ENGLISH (Vic) 4.25m
1976-77    Robert HUDDLE (Vic) 4.80m Andrew STEWART (Vic) 4.80m Steve DUNN (NSW) 4.15m
1977-78    Ray BOYD (Vic) 5.05m Robert HUDDLE (Vic) 4.70m Kym SIMONS (SA) 4.15m
1978-79    Ray BOYD (Vic) 5.20m Andrew STEWART (Vic) 4.45m Kym SIMONS (SA) 4.15m
1979-80    Ray BOYD (Vic) 5.15m Andrew STEWART (Vic) 4.75m Terry HAND (Vic) 4.60m
1980-81    Ray BOYD (Vic) 5.10m Andrew STEWART (Vic) 4.90m Robert HUDDLE (Vic) 4.90m
1981-82    Ray BOYD (Vic) 5.00m Robert HUDDLE (Vic) 4.80m Brett RANDALL (Vic) 4.65m
1982-83    Ray BOYD (Vic) 4.90m Robert CHISHOLM (Vic) 4.90m Andrew STEWART (Vic) 4.65m
1983-84    Robert CHISHOLM (Vic) 4.90m Neil HONEY (Vic) 4.80m Kym SIMONS (SA) 4.80m
1984-85    Neil HONEY (Vic) 5.20m Robert HUDDLE (Vic) 4.80m Bruce BARBOUR (Qld) 4.70m
1985-86    Larry JESSEE (USA) 5.25m
(2) Neil HONEY (Vic) 5.15m
(3) Simon ARKELL (SA) 4.90m
(4) Steve WILSON (SA) 4.90m
1986-87    Neil HONEY (Vic) 5.25m Justin THOMAS (SA) 4.80m Steve WILSON (SA) 4.65m
1987-88    Neil HONEY (Vic) 5.15m Tim FOSTER (SA) 5.15m Adam STEINHARDT (SA) 5.15m
1988-89    Simon ARKELL (SA) 5.20m Tim FOSTER (SA) 5.00m Neil HONEY (Vic) 4.80m
1989-90    Tim FOSTER (SA) 5.15m Neil HONEY (Vic) 5.05m John MATTINSON (SA) 4.95m
1990-91    Simon ARKELL (SA) 5.55m Roman BOCHARNIKOV (URS) 5.30m
(3) Tim FOSTER (SA) 5.20m
(4) James MILLER (WA) 5.00m
(4) Mark JEFFREY (WA) 5.00m
1991-92    Simon ARKELL (SA) 5.55m Paul GIBBONS (NZL) 5.40m
(3) Tim FOSTER (SA) 5.30m
(6) Adam STEINHARDT (SA) 5.10m
1992-93    James MILLER (WA) 5.45m Simon ARKELL (SA) 5:45m Tosiyuki HASIOKA (JPN) 5.35m
(4) Greg HALLIDAY (SA) 5.25m
1993-94    James MILLER (WA) 5.45m
Scott HUFFMAN (USA) 5.45m
(3) Adam STEINHARDT (SA) 5.35m
(5) Robert HILL (Vic) 5.25m
1994-95    James MILLER (WA) 5.60m Simon ARKELL (SA) 5.50m Adam STEINHARDT (SA) 5.30m
1995-96    James MILLER (WA) 5.70m Simon ARKELL (SA) 5.40m Brett STYLES (WA) 5.40m
1996-97    James MILLER (WA) 5.30m Paul GIBBONS (NZL) 5.20m
(3) Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.00m
(4) Steven LEVITZKE (WA) 5.00m
1997-98    Dmitri MARKOV (SA) 5.50m James MILLER (WA) 5.50m Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.40m
1998-99    Viktor CHISTIAKOV (SA) 5.40m Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.30m David CARDONE (SA) 5.10m
1999-00    Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.50m Dmitri MARKOV (SA) 5.50m Danny KRASNOV (ISR) 5.50m
(4) Alex MIROSHNICHENKO (SA) 5.25m
2000-01    Dmitri MARKOV (SA) 5.65m Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.55m Viktor CHISTIAKOV (SA) 5.30m
2001-02    Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.55m Alex MIROSHNICHENKO (SA) 5.15m
Luke VEDELAGO (Qld) 5.15m
2002-03    Dmitri MARKOV (SA) 5.50m Viktor CHISTIAKOV (SA) 5.40m Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.20m
2003-04    Dmitri MARKOV (SA) 5.65m Steven HOOKER (Vic) 5.65m Viktor CHISTIAKOV (SA) 5.55m
2004-05    Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.60m Steven HOOKER (Vic) 5.50m Dmitri MARKOV (SA) 5.50m
2005-06    Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.80m Steven HOOKER (Vic) 5.75m Dmitri MARKOV (SA) 5.70m
2006-07    Brad WALKER (USA) 5.95m
(2) Steven HOOKER (Vic) 5.50m		 Toby STEVENSON (USA) 5.50m
(4) Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.35m


(5) Joel POCKLINGTON (Vic) 5.20m
2006-07    Brad WALKER (USA) 5.95m
(2) Steven HOOKER (Vic) 5.50m
 Toby STEVENSON (USA) 5.50m
(4) Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.35m
(5) Joel POCKLINGTON (Vic) 5.20m
2006-07    Brad WALKER (USA) 5.95m
(2) Steven HOOKER (Vic) 5.50m
Toby STEVENSON (USA) 5.50m
(4) Paul BURGESS (WA) 5.35m
(5) Joel POCKLINGTON (Vic) 5.20m
2007-08    Steven HOOKER (Vic) 5.55m Matthew BOYD (Qld) 5.35m James FILSHIE (Vic) 5.25m
2008-09    Blake LUCAS (NSW) 5.45m Joel POCKLINGTON (Vic) 5:20m Matthew BOYD (Qld) 4.90m
2009-10    Steven HOOKER (Vic) 5.80m Blake LUCAS (NSW) 5.05m James FILSHIE (Vic) 5.05m
Tim MACDERMOT (SA) 5.05m
2010-11    Sergey KUCHERYANU (RUS) 5.40m
(2) Joel POCKLINGTON (Vic) 5.10m
(3) Stephen CAIN (Vic) 4.95m
(4) Matthew BOYD (Qld) 4.95m
2011-12    Joel POCKLINGTON (Vic) 5.15m James FILSHIE (Vic) 4.90m Max MISHCHENKO (Vic) 4.75m
2012-13    Joel POCKLINGTON (Vic) 5.20m Max MISHCHENKO (Vic) 5.10m Nick SOUTHGATE (NZL) 5.10m
(4) Matthew BOYD (Qld) 5.00m
2013-14    Joel POCKLINGTON (Vic) 5.25m Matthew BOYD (Qld) 5.15m Brodie CROSS (Vic) 5.15m
2014-15    Angus ARMSTRONG (NSW) 5.35m (jump-off) Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.20m (jump-off) Nick SOUTHGATE (NZL) 5.20m
(5) Matthew BOYD (Qld) 5.00m
2015-16    Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.55m Nick SOUTHGATE (NZL) 5.47m
(3) Max MISHCHENKO (Vic) 5.23m
(4) Angus ARMSTRONG (NSW) 5.23m
2016-17    Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.45m Nick SOUTHGATE (NZL) 5.30m
(3) Angus ARMSTRONG (NSW) 5.30m
(4) Stephen CLOUGH (WA) 5.15m
2017-18    Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.55m Declan CARRUTHERS (SA) 5.45m Nick SOUTHGATE (NZL) 5.25m
(4) Stephen CLOUGH (WA) 5.15m
2018-19    Angus ARMSTRONG (NSW) 5.50m James STEYN (NZL) 5.50m
(3) David THOMSON (Vic) 5.40m
(4) Stephen CLOUGH (WA) 5.30m
2019-20    NOT HELD
2020-21    Jack DOWNEY (SA) 5.40m Angus ARMSTRONG (NSW) 5.10m Triston VINCENT (Qld) 4.95m
2021-22    Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.60m Angus ARMSTRONG (NSW) 5.40m Dalton DI MEDIO (Vic) 5.25m
2022-23    Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.80m James STEYN (NZL) 5.40m
(4) Dalton DI MEDIO (Vic) 5.20m		 Nick SOUTHGATE (NZL) 5.30m
(5) Lachlan BURNS (Vic) 4.95m
2023-24    Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.62m Dalton DI MEDIO (Vic) 5.27m
Nick SOUTHGATE (NZL) 5.27m
(4) Jack DOWNEY (SA) 5.12m
2023-24    Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.62m Dalton DI MEDIO (Vic) 5.27m
 Nick SOUTHGATE (NZL) 5.27m
(4) Jack DOWNEY (SA) 5.12m
2024-25    Kurtis MARSCHALL (SA) 5.71m Benjamin CONACHER (WA) 5.51m Charlie MYERS (GBR) 5.51m
(4) Dalton DI MEDIO (Vic) 5.51m
2025-26    Jack DOWNEY (SA) 5.24m
Charlie MYERS (GBR) 5.24m
(3) Aiden PRINCENA-WHITE (NSW) 5.24m
(4) Alexander ARBUTHNOT (Qld) 5.24m

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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