Sydney Track Classic

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Sydney Track Classic
File:Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales (aerial view, 2010).jpg
The Sydney Olympic Park complex which contains the meet venue
DateFebruary/March
LocationSydney, Australia Australia
Event typeTrack and field
Official siteSydney Track Classic at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-12-26)

The Sydney Track Classic is an annual outdoor track and field meeting held in February or March at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia. It is part of the national Australian Athletics Tour, alongside the Melbourne Track Classic.[1][2]

The history of the event emerged from a series of major athletics meetings which were held in the 1990s.[3] The 1999 competition was the opening leg of the IAAF Grand Prix circuit and it formed part of the preparation towards the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[4] The meeting was abandoned in 2002, but events hosted by the Sydney University Athletics Club and Athletics New South Wales saw the Sydney Track Classic restored in 2006.[3]

By 2009 the competition was attracting top level domestic athletes (such as Steve Hooker and Sally McLellan) as well as a number of high-profile foreign athletes (including Asafa Powell, Melaine Walker, and Valerie Vili).[5] The meeting was ranked first domestically for the level of performances that year.[3] Hooker, Dani Samuels and Tero Pitkämäki provided the highlights of the 2010 edition,[6] while Mitchell Watt and David Rudisha topped the bill in 2011.[7]

In 2020 the meeting kicked off the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour.[8]

Editions

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Sydney Track Classic editions
Year Title Venue Date Status
1980 Alcoa Challenge Series - Sydney ES Marks Field 30 December 1979
1981 Alcoa Challenge Series - Sydney ES Marks Field 8 March 1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989 AIS Drug Offensive 8 February 1989
1990 Commonwealth Challenge 14 January 1990
1991 Mobil Grand Prix 20 January 1991
1992 Sugar Games 25 January 1992
1993 Sugar Games 23 January 1993
1994 Mars Challenge 30 January 1994
1995 Optus Grand Prix Final - Sydney 21 March 1995
1996 Optus Grand Prix - Sydney 11 February 1996
1997 Optus Grand Prix - Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 27 January 1997
1998 Sydney Track Tour Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 28 February 1998
1999 Optus Grand Prix - Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 20 February 1999
2000 Optus Grand Prix - Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 13 February 2000
2001 Telstra Athletics Grand Prix - Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 16 February 2001
2002
2003 Telstra A-series - Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 22 March 2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 Telstra A series - Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 17 February 2007
2008 Sydney Athletics Grand Prix Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 12 January 2008
(Sydney Track Classic?)
16 February 2008
2009 Sydney GP Series Meet Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 28 February 2009
2010 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 27 February 2010
2011 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 19 March 2011
2012 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 18 February 2012
2013 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 9 March 2013
2014 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 15 March 2014
2015 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 15 March 2015
2016 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 19 March 2016
2017
2018
2019 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 23 February 2019
2020 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 22 February 2020 Continental Tour Bronze
2021 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 13 March 2021 Continental Tour Bronze
2022 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 12 March 2022 Continental Tour Bronze
2023 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 11 March 2023 Continental Tour Challenger
2024 Sydney Track Classic ES Marks Field 23 March 2024 Continental Tour Challenger
2025 Sydney Track Classic Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre 15 March 2025 Continental Tour Challenger

Meeting records

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Men

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Men's meeting records of the Sydney Track Classic
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref.
100 m 9.94 Frankie Fredericks File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 1999
200 m 20.42 (+0.2 m/s) LaShawn Merritt File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 March 2014 [9]
400 m 44.65 Fred Kerley File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 March 2023 [10]
800 m 1:43.15 David Rudisha File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2010
1500 m 3:32.55 William Chirchir File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2000
3000 m 7:46.38 Cameron Myers File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 23 March 2024 [11]
5000 m 13:29.99 Matthew Ramsden File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 13 March 2021 [12]
110 m hurdles 13.25 (+0.3 m/s) Rachid Muratake File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 11 March 2023 [13]
400 m hurdles 48.49 Bryan Bronson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1998
3000 m steeplechase 8:19.14 Julius Kipchoge File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2012
High jump 2.31 m Charles Austin File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1998
Pole vault 5.95 m Steven Hooker File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2009 [14]
Long jump 7.88 (+0.4 m/s) Jalen Rucker File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 11 March 2023 [15]
Triple jump 17.28 m Justin Anlezark File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1996
Shot put 17.77 m Aiden Harvey File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 11 March 2023 [16]
Hammer throw 68.44 m Ned Weatherley File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 11 March 2023 [17]
Javelin throw 85.28 m Andrew Currey File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2000
4 × 100 m relay 37.87 Lachlan Kennedy
Joshua Azzopardi
Chris Ius
Calab Law 		File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 15 March 2025 [18]

Women

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Men's meeting records of the Sydney Track Classic
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref.
100 m 10.97 (+0.5 m/s) Zoe Hobbs File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 11 March 2023 [19]
200 m 21.98 Marion Jones File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1998
400 m 50.43 Jana Pittman File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2003
800 m 1:58.62 Abbey Caldwell File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 11 March 2023 [20]
1500 m 4:10.37 Heidi See File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 19 March 2016 [21]
3000 m 8:31.81 Jessica Hull File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 11 March 2023 [22]
5000 m 15:04.07 Mercy Cherono File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 15 March 2014 [23]
100 m hurdles 12.70 (+0.6 m/s) Michelle Jenneke File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 11 March 2023 [24]
400 m hurdles 54.64 Jana Pittman File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2003
High jump 1.94 m Nicola Olyslagers File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 11 March 2023 [25]
Pole vault 4.82 m Nina Kennedy File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 13 March 2021 [26]
Long jump 6.76 m Nicole Boegman File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1996
Triple jump 13.77 m Nicole Mladenis File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2004
Shot put 20.67 m Valerie Adams File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2012
Discus throw 66.21 m Dani Samuels File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 14 March 2015 [27]
Hammer throw 69.71 m Bronwyn Eagles File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2003 [28]
Javelin throw 64.84 m Kathryn Mitchell File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 17 March 2018 [29]
4 × 100 m relay 42.84 Ella Connolly
Bree Rizzo
Kristie Edwards
Chloe Mannix-Power 		File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 15 March 2025 [30]

References

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  1. ^ 2011 Australian Athletics Tour. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  2. ^ Neville to test Australia’s 400m stocks in Sydney and Melbourne – IAAF World Challenge. IAAF (2010-01-27). Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  3. ^ a b c History. Sydney Track Classic. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  4. ^ Grand Prix Calendar 2000. IAAF (1999-11-25). Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  5. ^ Hurst, Mike (2009-02-29). Huge 400m PB for Powell, but local heroes by no means upstaged in Sydney. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  6. ^ Hurst, Mike (2010-02-27).Hooker and Samuels and visitors Pitkämäki and Vili shine at high class Sydney Classic. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  7. ^ Tarbotton, David & Green, Lloyd (2011-03-19). Watt sails 8.38m while Rudisha cruises in Sydney. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
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  14. ^ Sydney Track Classic Results. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2015-04-17.
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  28. ^ Sydney Track Classic Results. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2015-04-17
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