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Australia's Commonwealth Champs
In 1938, when Australia finally sent a women's team to the Games, Decima Norman won five Gold Medals - a record that still stands. Overall, Australia's women athletes have been far more successful than their male counterparts at the Commonwealth Games. Australia's Commonwealth Champions are listed by event: WOMEN 100m (100y to 1966) 1938 GOLD Decima Norman 1950 GOLD Marjorie Jackson 1954 GOLD Marjorie Jackson-Nelson 1958 GOLD Marlene Mathews-Willard 1966 GOLD Diane Burge 1970 GOLD Raelene Boyle 1974 GOLD Raelene Boyle 200m (220y to 1966) 1938 GOLD Decima Norman 1950 GOLD Marjorie Jackson 1954 GOLD Marjorie Jackson-Nelson 1958 GOLD Marlene Mathews-Willard 1966 GOLD Diane Burge 1970 GOLD Raelene Boyle 1974 GOLD Raelene Boyle 1978 GOLD Denise Robertson-Boyd 1994 GOLD Catherine Freeman 1998 GOLD Nova Peris-Kneebone 400m (440y to 1966) 1966 GOLD Judy Pollock 1982 GOLD Raelene Boyle 1986 GOLD Debbie Flintoff-King 1994 GOLD Catherine Freeman 800m (880y to 1966) 1974 GOLD Charlene Rendina 1978 GOLD Judy Canty-Peckham 1500m NIL 5000m (3000m to 1994) 1998 GOLD Kate Anderson-Richardson 10000m NIL Marathon 1986 GOLD Lisa Martin-Ondieki 1990 GOLD Lisa Martin-Ondieki 1998 GOLD Heather Turland 2002 GOLD Kerryn Hindmarsh-McCann 100m Hurdles (80m Hurdles to 1966) 1950 GOLD Shirley Strickland 1958 GOLD Norma Austin-Thrower 1962 GOLD Pam Kilborn 1966 GOLD Pam Kilborn 1970 GOLD Pam Kilborn-Ryan 400m Hurdles 1982 GOLD Debbie Flintoff 1986 GOLD Debbie Flintoff-King High Jump 1958 GOLD Michele Mason 1962 GOLD Robyn Woodhouse 1966 GOLD Michele Mason-Brown 1978 GOLD Katrina Gibbs 1986 GOLD Chris Annison-Stanton 1994 GOLD Alison Inverarity Pole Vault 1998 GOLD Emma George 2002 GOLD Tatiana Grigorieva Long Jump 1938 GOLD Decima Norman 1962 GOLD Pam Kilborn 1990 GOLD Jane Flemming 1994 GOLD Nicole Boegman Triple Jump NIL Shot Putt 1978 GOLD Gael Mulhall 1986 GOLD Gael Mulhall-Martin Discus 1990 GOLD Lisa-Marie Vizaniari 1994 GOLD Daniela Costian Javelin 1950 GOLD Charlotte MacGibbon-Weekes 1958 GOLD Anna Pazera 1966 GOLD Margaret Parker 1970 GOLD Petra Rivers 1974 GOLD Petra Rivers 1982 GOLD Sue Howland 1994 GOLD Louise McPaul 1998 GOLD Louise McPaul-Currey Hammer 1998 GOLD Debbie Sosimenko Heptathlon (Pentathlon to 1978) 1982 GOLD Glynis Nunn 1990 GOLD Jane Flemming 2002 GOLD Kylie Wheeler 20K Walk (10k Walk to 1998) 1990 GOLD Kerry Saxby-Junna 1994 GOLD Kerry Saxby-Junna 1998 GOLD Jane Saville 2002 GOLD Jane Saville 440y Relay (3 Person - 220y, 110y, 110y) 1938 GOLD Eileen Wearne, Joyce Walker, Decima Norman 1950 GOLD Verna Johnston, Shirley Strickland, Marjorie Jackson) 4x100m Relay (4x110y Relay to 1966) 1954 GOLD Nancy Fogarty, Winsome Cripps, Gwen Wallace, Marjorie Jackson 1962 GOLD Brenda Cox, Glenys Beasley, Joyce Bennett, Betty Cuthbert 1966 GOLD Jenny Lamy, Pam Kilborn, Joyce Bennett, Diane Burge 1970 GOLD Marion Hoffman, Pam Kilborn, Jenny Lamy, Raelene Boyle 1974 GOLD Jenny Lamy, Denise Rbertson, Robyn Boak, Raelene Boyle 1998 GOLD Tania Van Heer, Lauren Hewitt, Nova Peris, Sharon Cripps 660y Relay (4 Person - 220y, 220y, 110y, 110y) 1938 GOLD Decima Norman, Jean Coleman, Joan Woodland, Thelma Peake 1950 GOLD Shirley Strickland, Verna Johnston, Anne Shanley, Marjorie Jackson 4x400m Relay 1998 GOLD Tamsyn Lewis, Lee Naylor, Tania Van Heer 2002 GOLD Lauren Hewitt, Catherine Freeman, Tamsyn Lewis, Jana Pittman An unofficial, non-profit, just-for-fun, page but © 1995-2003 by Graham Thomas |
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Australian
Track and Field athletes have competed at every Empire Games, since 1930.
Women were first permitted to compete in athletics at the 1934 Games, but
Australia did not send any females, 'due to the cost'.