Olympic Park Stadium Track Records

Track records for the old Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne. The venue was Melbourne’s main athletics track from 1951 to 2011.

 

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WOMEN

Event Name & Meet
100m
11.01
Marion Jones
1998 Melbourne Track Tour
200m
22.34w & 
22.53
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
1997 Australian Championships &
1998 Australian Championships
400m
49.85
Cathy Freeman
1996 NEC Classic
800m
1:59.0h
Charlene Rendina
1976 Victorian Championships
1000m
2:39.4h
Susie Power
7 January 1993
1500m
4:03.46
Violeta Szekely
2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Mile
4:22.66
Lisa Corrigan
2007 Telstra A-Series
3000m
8:43.51
Sonia O’Sullivan
2001 Telstra Melbourne Track Classic
5000m
15:03.28
Sonia O’Sullivan
1998 NEC Classic
10000m
31:26.34
Susie Power
2001 Zatopek Classic
100m H
12.82
Michelle Perry
2007 Telstra A-Series
400m H
54.58
Tonja Buford-Bailey
2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
3000m St
9:29.93
Donna MacFarlane
2008 Melbourne Grand Prix
4x100m
43.58
Australia
1994 NEC Classic

4x400m
3:32.41

Australia
1993 NEC Classic
5000m W
20:52.82
Kerry Saxby
1990 Australian Championships
Long Jump
7.00mm
Bronwyn Thompson
2002 Telstra A-Series
Triple Jump
14.77m
Tereza Marinova
2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
High Jump
1.98m
Hestrie Cloete
2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Pole Vault
4.55m
Emma George
1997 Nike Track Classic
Discus
68.28m
Beatrice Faumuina
1997 Australian Championships
Shot Put
20.13m
Valerie Adams
2011 IAAF Melbourne Grand Prix
Javelin
59.39m
Kim Mickle
2011 Australian Championships
Hammer
71.71m
Kamila Skolimowska
2001 Grand Prix Final
Heptathlon
5943 pt
Jane Jamieson
1998 Australian Championships
   

MEN

Event Name & Meet
100m
10.04
Asafa Powell
2008 Melbourne Grand Prix
200m
19.92
Frankie Fredericks
1999 Melbourne Track Classic
400m
44.82
Jeremy Wariner
2008 Melbourne Grand Prix
800m
1:43.15
David Rudisha
2010 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic
1000m
2:16.67
Michael Hillardt
14 January 1988
1500m
3:31.25
Hicham El Guerrouj
2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Mile
3:51.24
Simon Doyle
1991 NEC Classic 
2000m
4:50.76
Craig Mottram
2006 Telstra A-Series
3000m
7:45.20
Luke Kipkosgei
2000 Melbourne Track Classic
5000m
13:08.43
Bernard Lagat
2011 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic
10000m
27:22.54
Luke Kipkosgei
1998 Zatopek Classic
110m H
13.22
Anier Garcia
2011 IAAF Grand Prix Final
400m H
48.40
Bryan Bronson
1998 Melbourne Track Tour
3000m St
8:16.14
Brahim Boulami
2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
4x100m
38.72
Jamaica (Frater, Waugh, Smith, Powell)
2006 Telstra A-Series
4x400m
3:04.30
Australia (van Miltenberg, Minihan, Frayne, Mitchell)
1984 Australian Championships 
5000m W
18:45.19
Nathan Deakes
2006 Telstra A-Series
Long Jump
8.44m
Mitchell Watt
2011 Australian Championships

Triple Jump
17.04m

Andrew Murphy
1999 Australian Championships
High Jump
2.36m
Tim Forsyth
1997 Australian Championships
Pole Vault
5.82m
Steve Hooker
2008 Melbourne Grand Prix
Discus
63.02m
Werner Reiterer
1989 NEC Classic
Shot Put
21.27m
Scott Martin
2008 Melbourne Grand Prix
Javelin
88.98m
Jan Zelezny
2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
Hammer
78.91m
Stuart Rendell
2003 Telstra A-Series
Decathlon
7915 pt
Peter Banks
1997 Australian Championships