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.2011 Australian Athletics Tour. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.Neville to test Australia’s 400m stocks in Sydney and Melbourne – IAAF World Challenge. IAAF (2010-01-27). Retrieved on 2011-03-24.

The history of the event emerged from a series of major athletics meetings which were held in the 1990s.History. Sydney Track Classic. Retrieved 2011-03-24. 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.Grand Prix Calendar 2000. IAAF (1999-11-25). Retrieved on 2011-03-24. 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.

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).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. The meeting was ranked first domestically for the level of performances that year. Hooker, Dani Samuels and Tero Pitkämäki provided the highlights of the 2010 edition,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. while Mitchell Watt and David Rudisha topped the bill in 2011.Tarbotton, David & Green, Lloyd (2011-03-19). Watt sails 8.38m while Rudisha cruises in Sydney. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.

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

Editions

+Sydney Track Classic editions Year Title Venue Date Status1980Alcoa Challenge Series - SydneyES Marks Field30 December 19791981Alcoa Challenge Series - SydneyES Marks Field8 March 198119821983198419851986198719881989AIS Drug Offensive8 February 19891990Commonwealth Challenge14 January 19901991Mobil Grand Prix20 January 19911992Sugar Games25 January 19921993Sugar Games23 January 19931994Mars Challenge30 January 19941995Optus Grand Prix Final - Sydney21 March 19951996Optus Grand Prix - Sydney11 February 19961997Optus Grand Prix - SydneySydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre27 January 19971998Sydney Track TourSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre28 February 19981999Optus Grand Prix - SydneySydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre20 February 19992000Optus Grand Prix - SydneySydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre13 February 20002001Telstra Athletics Grand Prix - SydneySydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre16 February 200120022003Telstra A-series - SydneySydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre22 March 20032004200520062007Telstra A series - SydneySydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre17 February 20072008Sydney Athletics Grand PrixSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre12 January 2008(Sydney Track Classic?)16 February 20082009Sydney GP Series MeetSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre28 February 20092010Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre27 February 20102011Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre19 March 20112012Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre18 February 20122013Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre9 March 20132014Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre15 March 20142015Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre15 March 20152016Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre19 March 2016201720182019Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre23 February 20192020Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre22 February 2020Continental Tour Bronze2021Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre13 March 2021Continental Tour Bronze2022Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre12 March 2022Continental Tour Bronze2023Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre11 March 2023Continental Tour Challenger2024Sydney Track ClassicES Marks Field23 March 2024Continental Tour Challenger2025Sydney Track ClassicSydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre15 March 2025Continental Tour Challenger

Meeting records Men

+Men's meeting records of the Sydney Track Classic Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 100 m9.94Frankie Fredericks1999200 m20.42 LaShawn Merritt15 March 2014400 m44.65Fred Kerley11 March 2023800 m1:43.15David Rudisha20101500 m3:32.55William Chirchir20003000 m7:46.38Cameron Myers23 March 20245000 m13:29.99Matthew Ramsden13 March 2021110 m hurdles13.25 Rachid Muratake11 March 2023400 m hurdles48.49Bryan Bronson19983000 m steeplechase8:19.14Julius Kipchoge2012High jump2.31 mCharles Austin1998Pole vault5.95 mSteven Hooker2009Sydney Track Classic Results. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2015-04-17.Long jump7.88 Jalen Rucker11 March 2023Triple jump17.28 mJustin Anlezark1996Shot put17.77 mAiden Harvey11 March 2023Hammer throw68.44 mNed Weatherley11 March 2023Javelin throw85.28 mAndrew Currey20004 × 100 m relay37.87Lachlan KennedyJoshua AzzopardiChris IusCalab Law15 March 2025

Women

+Men's meeting records of the Sydney Track Classic Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 100 m10.97 Zoe Hobbs11 March 2023200 m21.98Marion Jones1998400 m50.43Jana Pittman2003800 m1:58.62Abbey Caldwell11 March 20231500 m4:10.37Heidi See19 March 20163000 m8:31.81Jessica Hull11 March 20235000 m15:04.07Mercy Cherono15 March 2014100 m hurdles12.70 Michelle Jenneke11 March 2023400 m hurdles54.64Jana Pittman2003High jump1.94 mNicola Olyslagers11 March 2023Pole vault4.82 mNina Kennedy13 March 2021Long jump6.76 mNicole Boegman1996Triple jump13.77 mNicole Mladenis2004Shot put20.67 mValerie Adams2012Discus throw66.21 mDani Samuels14 March 2015Hammer throw69.71 m Bronwyn Eagles2003 Sydney Track Classic Results. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2015-04-17Javelin throw64.84 m Kathryn Mitchell17 March 2018 4 × 100 m relay42.84Ella ConnollyBree RizzoKristie EdwardsChloe Mannix-Power15 March 2025

References

External links

at Athletics Australia Sydney Track Classic Results at Athletics Australia