NSW Open Championships

  • Event Dates
    20 March 2025
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    23 March 2025
  • Profile

    The NSW Open Championships date back to 1888 and are the oldest athletics championship event in Australia.

    Women’s state championshis were first held in 1926, and then regularly from 1932 under the auspices of the NSW Women’s Athletics Association.

    The meet has been conducted at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre since 1995. Prior to that it was held at ES Mark Field from the 1980s, with Hensley Athletics Field playing host during the 1970s.

    The meet is conducted by Athletics NSW.

  • Venue
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      Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre

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      The Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre is Sydney’s premier athletics venue. It’s name is abbreviated as SOPAC, by which it is often referred. The venue was opened as the Sydney International Athletics Centre on 12 March 1994 at the Australian Championships by Betty Cuthbert, who the grandstand is named after. It has served as Sydney’s main athletics venue since. The Read more…




Upcoming Events

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    Australian All Schools Championships

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    4 December 2025
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    7 December 2025
    The Australian All Schools Championships are held in December each year and will be held in Melbourne in 2025. The Australian All Schools Championships currently features events in age groups from Under 14 to Under 18. The meet dates back to 1976. Competitors are chosen to compete for their state by their state athletics association, usually based on results from Read more…
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    Zatopek:10

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    13 December 2025
    The Zatopek:10 is an annual high performance meet in Melbourne, which features elite 10,000m races. The 10,000m races has traditionally incorporated the Australian Championship for the distance. The 2025 edition will be the 65th running of the meet, which is named in honour of Czech distance running icon Emil Zatopek. Zatopek won five Olympic gold medals over 5000m, 10000m and Read more…
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    Albie Thomas Mile

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    20 December 2025
    The Albie Thomas Mile was established in 2014 and named after the late Albie Thomas, who was a world record holder in the 2-miles and 3-miles in the 1950s and the first person to run a sub-four minute mile in NSW. The meet has incorporated the Australian Mile Championships and is conducted by Bankstown Sports Athletics Club, with the assistance Read more…

Nearby

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    Stadium Australia

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    Stadium Australia was the venue for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Construction of the venue was completed in March 1999, with the first sporting event at the venue seeing a world record crowd for a rugby league match. The 2000 Olympic Games were held at the venue from 22 September to 1 October. Amongst the highlights was Cathy Freeman winning Read more…
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    Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre

    0.31 km
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    The Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre is Sydney’s premier athletics venue. It’s name is abbreviated as SOPAC, by which it is often referred. The venue was opened as the Sydney International Athletics Centre on 12 March 1994 at the Australian Championships by Betty Cuthbert, who the grandstand is named after. It has served as Sydney’s main athletics venue since. The Read more…
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    Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre – Warm Up Track

    0.57 km
    1 Review
    The Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre Warm Up Track is adjacent to the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre and was opened at the same time in 1994. Following the 2000 Olympic Games, the Mondo athletics track from the Olympic Stadium was relaid on this track. The warm up track is used primarily as a training venue, with competition generally only Read more…