Australian Championships

Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
Australian Track & Field Championships 1962-63 Thebarton Oval, Adelaide, 23-27 March 1963

100 YARDS - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
HEAT 1				Wind: +2.3m/s
1	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	9.8
2	Peter Vassella	NSW	10.2

HEAT 2				Wind: +3.6m/s
1	Bob Lay	NSW	9.7
2	Roger Halliday	SA	9.8
3	Tony Davis	Vic	9.8
4	Peter Redding	Vic	10.1

HEAT 3				Wind: +1.7m/s
1	Mike Cleary	NSW	9.9
2	Byron Williams	Vic	9.9
3	Steven Ward	Vic	9.9
4	K. James	NSW	10.0
5	P. McCusker	SA

FINAL				Wind: 0.0m/s
1	Bob Lay	NSW	9.5
2	Mike Cleary	NSW	9.6
3	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	9.6
4	Roger Halliday	SA	9.7
5	Peter Vassella	NSW
6	Byron Williams	Vic

220 YARDS - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1				Wind: -2.2m/s
1	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	22.5
2	Bob Lay	NSW	23.1
3	Ivone Kirkpatrick	SA	23.4

HEAT 2				Wind: -3.8m/s
1	Peter Vassella	NSW	22.0
2	Peter Norman	Vic	22.1
3	Byron Williams	Vic	23.0

HEAT 3				Wind: -3.6m/s
1	Mike Cleary	NSW	22.6
2	Roger Halliday	SA	22.9
3	Steven Ward	Vic	23.0
4	Tony Davis	Vic	23.1
5	Vic Biffen	WA

FINAL				Wind: -2.3m/s
1	Gary Holdsworth	Vic	21.9
2	Peter Vassella	NSW	21.9
3	Mike Cleary	NSW	21.9
4	Bob Lay	NSW	21.9
5	Peter Norman	Vic
6	Roger Halliday	SA

440 YARDS - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	John Randall	Vic	48.5
2	Denis Randles	SA	49.0
3	Geoff McNamara	Vic	49.1
4	Gary Knoke	NSW	50.3
5	Brendan McVeigh	Vic
6	Noel Clough	Vic

HEAT 2
1	Ken Roche	Vic	47.9
2	Vic Biffen	WA	48.6
3	Brian Waters	NSW	48.7
4	David Evans	Vic	48.7
5	Paul Bowman	NSW
6	Jeff Westlake	Vic

FINAL
1	Ken Roche	Vic	47.2
2	Brian Waters	NSW	47.5
3	Brian Randall	Vic	48.3
4	Vic Biffen	WA	48.9
5	Denis Randles	SA	49.2
6	Geoff McNamara	Vic

880 YARDS - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Tony Blue	Qld	1:52.0
2	Greg Blake	Tas	1:52.5
3	Keith Wheeler	WA	1:52.5
4	John Manuel	NSW	1:53.0
5	Stan Spittle	Vic	1:53.3
6	Ian Wheeler	SA

HEAT 2
1	John Denholm	Tas	1:54.6
2	Bob Smith	Vic	1:54.9
3	John Randall	Vic	1:55.0
4	William Smallhorn	NSW	1:55.1
5	Chris Woods	SA
6	Brendan McVeigh	Vic

FINAL
1	Tony Blue	Qld	1:49.4
2	Keith Wheeler	WA	1:49.4
3	Greg Blake	Tas	1:51.0
4	John Manuel	NSW	1:52.2
5	John Denholm	Tas
6	Bob Smith	Vic

1 MILE - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Albie Thomas	NSW	4:05.0
2	Trevor Vincent	Vic	4:05.3
3	Keith Wheeler	WA	4:06.8
4	Greg Blake	Tas	4:07.7
5	John Denholm	Tas
6	Tony Blue	Qld
	Stan Spittle	Vic
	Gordon Noble	Vic
	Graham Stark	Vic
	Ron Clarke	Vic
	Bruce Russell	Vic
	Ron Blackney	Vic
	William Smallhorn	NSW
	John Manuel	NSW

3 MILES - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Trevor Vincent	Vic	13:45.3
2	Albie Thomas	NSW	13:46.6
3	Ron Clarke	Vic	13:46.6
4	Tony Cook	Vic	13:47.6
5	Tim Walsh	WA	14:23.0
6	Gordon Noble	Vic	14:31.0
7	Peter Brownrigg	SA	14:44.0
8	Murray Edwards	SA	14:51.0

6 MILES - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Tony Cook	Vic	28:55.0
2	Ron Clarke	Vic	29:07.0
3	Tim Walsh	WA	30:04.4
4	Henley Harrison	NSW	30:17.8
5	Alan Harrison	NSW	31:04.0

120 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1				Wind: +2.3m/s
1	Mick Devlin	Vic	14.4
2	Peter Balthes	Qld	14.6
3	Gary Knoke	NSW	14.8
4	John Neil	Vic	15.0
5	John Bradman	SA
6	D. Grubb	Qld

HEAT 2				Wind: +3.6m/s
1	Dave Prince	NSW
2	Murray Willis	SA
3	Brian Neil	Vic

FINAL				Wind: +1.05m/s
1	Dave Prince	NSW	14.3
2	Peter Balthes	Qld	14.5
3	Murray Willis	SA	14.6
4	Gary Knoke	NSW	14.7
5	Mick Devlin	Vic
6	Brian Neil	Vic

220 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1				Wind: -1.0m/s
1	Don Brenen	Vic	24.6
2	Peter Griffin	SA	24.7
3	Dave Prince	NSW	24.8
4	Wally Groom	WA	25.3

HEAT 2				Wind: 0.0m/s
1	Peter Balthes	Qld	23.7
2	Mick Devlin	Vic	23.9
3	Tony Pickett	NSW	23.9
4	Michael Ryan	Vic	24.3
5	A. Lewis	SA
6	J. Mathieson	WA

FINAL				Wind: -2.6m/s
1	Dave Prince	NSW	23.4
2	Peter Balthes	Qld	23.7
3	Mick Devlin	Vic	24.1
4	Tony Pickett	NSW	24.4
5	Don Brenen	Vic
6	Peter Griffin	SA

440 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Ken Roche	Vic	53.4
2	Noel Clough	Vic	53.7
3	Gary Knoke	NSW	53.8
4	Wally Groom	WA	54.8
5	A. Lewis	SA
6	Jeff Westlake	Vic

HEAT 2
1	Mick Devlin	Vic	54.9
2	Dave Prince	NSW	55.4
3	Paul Bowman	NSW	55.9
4	P. Day	SA	56.6
5	J. Mathieson	WA
6	Geoff McNamara	Vic

FINAL
1	Ken Roche	Vic	52.0
2	Gary Knoke	NSW	52.3
3	Mick Devlin	Vic	52.9
4	Dave Prince	NSW	54.1
5	Noel Clough	Vic
6	Paul Bowman	NSW

3,000 METRES STEEPLECHASE - Men - Wednesday 2 January 1963 (in Melbourne)
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Ron Blackney	Vic	8:50.0
2	Trevor Vincent	Vic	8:50.2
3	Les Hillbrick	Vic	9:27.0
4	Dave Barlow	Vic	9:29.6
5	John Coyle	Vic	9:44.2

2 MILES WALK - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Noel Freeman	Vic	14:32.1
2	Frank Clark	NSW	14:50.7
3	Frank Leonard	SA	14:59.3
	Peter McCullagh	Vic	DQ
	Peter Witham	SA	DQ
	Barry Hodby	SA	DQ

HIGH JUMP - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Tony Sneazwell	Vic	2.08m
2	Percy Hobson	NSW	2.03m
3	Lawrie Peckham	Vic	1.98m
4	Peter Boyce	Vic	1.98m
5	Robert Warhurst	SA	1.83m
6	John Hunt	Vic	1.83m
7	Don Laing	Qld	1.83m

POLE VAULT - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Trevor Bickle	WA	4.42m
2	Ross Filshie	Vic	4.26m
3	John Pfitzner	SA	4.26m
4	Glen Gower	SA	4.16m
5	John Martienson	Vic	3.96m
6	John O'Neill	Vic	3.58m
7	Bill Robbins	Vic	3.58m
8	Richard Watson	Vic	3.58m

LONG JUMP - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ian Tomlinson	WA	7.57m
2	Graham Boase	SA	7.41m
3	Ian Sharpe	NSW	7.29m
4	Kevin Rule	Vic	6.90m
5	Percy Hobson	NSW	6.89m
6	Ian Whittaker	Vic	6.88m
7	Roy Williams	Vic-NZ	6.82m
8	Wally Amiott	Qld	6.74m
9	Glenn Parker	Vic	6.67m
10	David Banks	Vic	6.44m
11	Peter Davis	Qld	6.37m

TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Graham Boase	SA	16.31m	+2.8
2	Ian Tomlinson	WA	16.23m	+0.3
3	Maurie Drew	Vic	15.31m	+0.3
4	Denis Parker	Vic	15.02m	+1.6
5	Kevin Rule	Vic	14.57m	+1.9
6	Ian Whittaker	Vic	14.36m	+1.6
7	Murray Willis	SA	13.88m	+1.6
8	Percy Hobson	NSW	13.59m	+2.2

SHOT PUT - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Warwick Selvey	Vic	16.52m
2	Peter Miskov	Vic	16.05m
3	Merv Kemp	SA	15.09m

DISCUS THROW - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Warwick Selvey	Vic	49.00m
2	Len Vlahov	WA	48.12m
3	Peter Miskov	Vic	46.75m
4	Barrie Tucker	SA	43.26m
5	Brian Dyke	SA	42.91m
6	Merv Kemp	SA	42.87m
7	Michael Mannion	Vic	42.53m
8	Bob Brown	Qld	37.22m

HAMMER THROW - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Dick Leffler	Vic	58.49m
2	Bob Brown	Qld	54.22m
3	Mike Edwards	Vic	52.11m
4	Nick Regos	Vic	50.67m
5	Albert Magassy	NSW	49.28m
6	Brian Dyke	SA	41.98m

JAVELIN THROW - Men - Saturday 23 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Nick Birks	SA	76.67m
2	Richard Arnold	WA	70.00m
3	Bob Lacy	Vic	67.84m
4	Greg Glynn	NSW	65.10m
5	Robert Carey	Vic	63.14m
6	Michael Mannion	Vic	62.76m
7	Greg Nicol	NSW	59.50m
8	Barry Magnussen	Qld	59.42m
9	K. Beresford	Tas	56.84m
10	J. Zanker	SA	54.81m

DECATHLON - Men - Tue/Wed 26/27 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Roy Williams	Vic-NZ	6,358pts
	(11.1, 7.28m, 12.74m, 1.84m, 52.0, 15.2, 41.52m, 3.05m, 48.63m, 5.18.0)
2	John O'Neill	Vic	6,013pts
	(11.4, 6.61m, 12.19m, 1.70m, 51.8, 16.4, 37.17m, 3.70m, 55.77m, 4.55.5)
3	John Hamann	SA	5,752pts
	(11.3, 6.84m, 10.62m, 1.68m, 51.0, 16.5, 30.92m, 3.50m, 45.46m, 4.33.4)
	Greg Nicol	NSW	4,473pts
	(11.9, 5.97m, 11.41m, 1.68m, 56.6, 16.3, 30.10m, 2.75m, 52.10m)
-	Neil Brown	NSW	2,951pts
	(11.9, 6.16m, 9.79m, 1.80m, 53.7)

4x110 YARDS RELAY - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	New South Wales	NSW	41.1
	Bob Lay
	Brian Waters
	Peter Vassella
	Mike Cleary
2	Victoria	Vic	41.3
	Gary Holdsworth
	Byron Williams
	Tony Davis
	Steven Ward
3	South Australia	SA	42.4
	Charles McCusker
	Roger Halliday
	Alan Bradshaw
	D. Grant
4	Western Australia	WA	44.0

1 MILE MEDLEY RELAY - Men - Monday 25 March 1963
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Western Australia	WA	3:27.5
	Keith Wheeler
	Vic Biffen
	Wally Groom
	J. Mathieson
2	South Australia	SA	3:28.5
	M. Hodby
	Denis Randles
	Peter Griffin
	Roger Halliday
3	Queensland	Qld	3:30.5
	Tony Blue
	B. Duffy
	S. Laing
	P. Noulos
4	Victoria	Vic
-	New South Wales	NSW	DQ	(3:28.2)

Australian Track & Field Championships 1962-63

Thebarton Oval, Adelaide, 23-27 March 1963