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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
| Name = 1999–2000 Australian Athletics Championships
| Host city = [[Sydney]], Australia
| Dates = 24–27 February 2000
| Stadium = [[Stadium Australia]]
| Stadium image = [[File:Womens-long-jump-final.jpg|200px]]
| Previous = [[1998–99 Australian Athletics Championships|1998–99]]
| Next = [[2000–01 Australian Athletics Championships|2000–01]]
}}

The '''1999–2000 Australian Athletics Championships''' was the 78th edition of the [[Australian Athletics Championships|national championship]] in outdoor [[track and field]] for [[Australia]]. It was held from 24 to 27 February 2000 at the [[Stadium Australia]] in [[Sydney]]. It served as a selection meeting for [[Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]. The [[10,000 metres]] events took place separately at the [[Melbourne Track Classic]] on 2 March 2000 in [[Melbourne]].<ref>[https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/new-junior-world-record New Junior World Record]. World Athletics (2000-02-25). Retrieved 2020-01-12.</ref><ref>[http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_m_1999-00.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 1999–00]. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-12</ref><ref>[http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_1999-00.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 1999–00]. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-12.</ref>

The competition was also a preparation event for the [[athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics]], which were held at the same venue.

==Medal summary==
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres<br>(Wind: -0.3 m/s)
|[[Matt Shirvington]]<br>New South Wales || 10.26
|[[Patrick Johnson (sprinter)|Patrick Johnson]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 10.32
|[[Damien Marsh]]<br>Queensland || 10.40
|-
|200 metres<br>(Wind: +0.4 m/s)
|[[Darryl Wohlsen]]<br>Queensland || 20.64
|[[Chris Donaldson]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 20.74
|[[Antoine Boussombo]]<br>{{flagteam|GAB}} || 20.90
|-
|400 metres
|[[Patrick Dwyer (sprinter)|Patrick Dwyer]]<br>New South Wales || 45.21
|[[Brad Jamieson]]<br>South Australia || 46.40
|[[Daniel Batman]]<br>New South Wales || 46.71
|-
|800 metres
|[[Djabir Saïd-Guerni]]<br>{{flagteam|ALG}} || 1:44.28
|[[David Lelei]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 1:44.58
|[[Kris McCarthy]]<br>Victoria || 1:45.91
|-
|1500 metres
|[[William Chirchir]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 3:38.51
|[[John Kosgei]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 3:39.60
|[[Nick Howarth]]<br>South Australia || 3:40.19
|-
|5000 metres
|[[Michael Power (athlete)|Michael Power]]<br>Victoria || 13:28.11
|[[Sisay Bezabeh]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 13:33.23
|[[Shaun Creighton]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 13:42.68
|-
|10,000 metres
|[[Joseph Kimani]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 28:30.32
|[[Emerson Iser Bem]]<br>{{flagteam|BRA}} || 28:51.17
|[[Robbie Johnston]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 28:54.54
|-
|110 metres hurdles<br>(Wind: +1.5 m/s)
|[[Tim Ewen]]<br>South Australia || 13.87
|[[Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja]]<br>{{flagteam|MAD}} || 13.96
|[[Yasunori Yoshioka]]<br>{{flagteam|JPN}} || 14.13
|-
|400 metres hurdles
|[[Rohan Robinson]]<br>Victoria || 50.21
|[[Zid Abou Hamed]]<br>New South Wales || 50.45
|[[Blair Young]]<br>Queensland || 50.53
|-
|3000 metres steeplechase
|[[Chris Unthank]]<br>Victoria || 8:36.35
|[[Stephen Thurston]]<br>South Australia || 8:39.98
|[[Martin Dent]]<br>Victoria || 8:43.67
|-
|4 × 100 m relay
|{{flagteam|MAS}}<br>[[Kok Lim Tan]]<br>[[Nazmizan Mohamad]]<br>[[Azmi Ibrahim]]<br>[[Watson Nyambrk]] || 40.31
|Sydney Pacific<br>{{flagteam|New South Wales|code=NSW}}<br>[[Tristan Conn]]<br>[[Nathan Anderson]]<br>[[Stephen Hatch]]<br>[[Clayton Jones (sprinter)|Clayton Jones]] || 41.32
|Hastings<br>{{flagteam|NZL}}<br>[[Andrew Orme]]<br>[[Michael O'Connor (sprinter)|Michael O'Connor]]<br>[[Simon Maunder]]<br>[[William Trew]] || 41.99
|-
|4 × 400 m relay
|Pacific Athletics<br>{{flagteam|Queensland|code=QLD}}<br>[[David Cappellano]]<br>[[Anton Booth]]<br>[[Darryl Wohlsen]]<br>[[Blair Young]] || 3:07.05
|Sydney Pacific<br>{{flagteam|New South Wales|code=NSW}}<br>[[Daniel Stolp]]<br>[[Robert Medlicott]]<br>[[Fraser Dowling]]<br>[[Jason Kougellis]] || 3:08.91
|Sutherland District<br>{{flagteam|New South Wales|code=NSW}}<br>[[Matthew Masselos]]<br>[[Michael Crump]]<br>[[Jarret Titcombe]]<br>[[Paul Kelleher (athlete)|Paul Kelleher]] || 3:16.71
|-
|High jump
|[[Nick Moroney]]<br>New South Wales || 2.22 m
|[[Konstantin Matusevich]]<br>{{flagteam|ISR}} || 2.22 m
|[[Ronald Garlett]]<br>South Australia || 2.18 m
|-
|Pole vault
|[[Paul Burgess (athlete)|Paul Burgess]]<br>Western Australia || 5.50 m
|[[Dmitri Markov]]<br>Western Australia || 5.50 m
|[[Danny Krasnov]]<br>{{flagteam|ISR}} || 5.50 m
|-
|Long jump
|[[Peter Burge (long jumper)|Peter Burge]]<br>New South Wales || 8.28 m <br>(-0.4 m/s)
|[[Jai Taurima]]<br>Queensland || 8.09 m <br>(+0.7 m/s)
|[[Nabil Adamou]]<br>Victoria || 7.73 m <br>(+0.4 m/s)
|-
|Triple jump
|[[Rogel Nachum]]<br>{{flagteam|ISR}} || 16.80 m <br>(+0.2 m/s)
|[[Andrew Murphy]]<br>New South Wales || 16.56 m <br>(-1.0 m/s)
|[[Onochie Achike]]<br>{{flagteam|GBR}} || 16.28 m <br>(+2.3 m/s)
|-
|Shot put
|[[Justin Anlezark]]<br>Queensland || 19.24 m
|[[Clay Cross (athlete)|Clay Cross]]<br>New South Wales || 18.33 m
|[[John Minns]]<br>Victoria || 17.61 m
|-
|Discus throw
|[[Ian Winchester]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 58.66 m
|[[Chris Gaviglio]]<br>Queensland || 55.52 m
|[[Aaron Neighbour]]<br>Victoria || 53.44 m
|-
|Hammer throw
|[[Stuart Rendell]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 74.71 m
|[[Wataru Ebihara]]<br>{{flagteam|JPN}} || 65.08 m
|[[Zsolt Németh (hammer thrower)|Zsolt Németh]]<br>{{flagteam|HUN}} || 64.28 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|[[Andrew Currey]]<br>New South Wales || 81.81 m
|[[Adrian Hatcher]]<br>New South Wales || 80.03 m
|[[Terry McHugh]]<br>{{flagteam|IRL}} || 76.13 m
|-
|Decathlon
|[[Klaus Ambrosch]]<br>{{flagteam|AUT}} || 7892 pts<ref>(11.13 (-0.3), 7.02 m (+0.1), 14.37 m, 1.82 m, 50.28, 14.75 (0.0), 41.30 m, 4.90 m, 70.43 m, 4:37.24)</ref>
|[[Jagan Hames]]<br>South Australia || 7720 pts<ref>(11.20 (-1.3), 7.29 m (+0.5), 14.03 m, 2.09 m, 50.93, 14.76 (0.0), 45.68 m, 4.60 m, 56.44 m, 5:11.17)</ref>
|[[Matthew McEwen]]<br>Queensland || 7631 pts<ref>(11.11 (-0.3), 6.94 m (+0.6), 13.44 m, 2.03 m, 48.82, 15.27 (0.0), 42.30 m, 4.40 m, 58.02 m, 4:47.51)</ref>
|-
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres<br>(Wind: -1.1 m/s)
|[[Melinda Gainsford-Taylor]]<br>New South Wales || 11.53
|[[Jodi Lambert]]<br>Western Australia || 11.72
|[[Suzanne Broadrick]]<br>Victoria || 11.74
|-
|200 metres<br>(Wind: -2.3 m/s)
|[[Cathy Freeman]]<br>Victoria || 22.78
|[[Melinda Gainsford-Taylor]]<br>New South Wales || 22.80
|[[Nova Peris-Kneebone]]<br>Northern Territory || 23.51
|-
|400 metres
|[[Cathy Freeman]]<br>Victoria || 50.00
|[[Ana Guevara]]<br>{{flagteam|MEX}} || 50.84
|[[Lee Naylor (sprinter)|Lee Naylor]]<br>Victoria || 51.37
|-
|800 metres
|[[Tamsyn Lewis]]<br>Victoria || 1:59.29
|[[Toni Hodgkinson]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 1:59.39
|[[Susan Andrews]]<br>Western Australia || 2:00.37
|-
|1500 metres
|[[Naomi Mugo]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 4:10.27
|[[Georgie Clarke]]<br>Victoria || 4:10.59
|[[Sarah Jamieson]]<br>Victoria || 4:10.61
|-
|5000 metres
|[[Anne Cross]]<br>Victoria || 15:36.15
|[[Clair Fearnley]]<br>Victoria || 15:36.92
|[[Breda Dennehy-Willis]]<br>{{flagteam|IRL}} || 15:44.03
|-
|10,000 metres
|[[Sonia O'Sullivan]]<br>{{flagteam|IRL}} || 31:43.07
|[[Clair Fearnley]]<br>Victoria || 31:55.65
|[[Kylie Risk]]<br>Tasmania || 32:25.21
|-
|100 metres hurdles<br>(Wind: -0.3 m/s)
|[[Valerie Manning]]<br>{{flagteam|USA}} || 13.35
|[[Mame Tacko Diouf]]<br>{{flagteam|SEN}} || 13.35
|[[Sally Bult]]<br>Western Australia || 13.50
|-
|400 metres hurdles
|[[Lauren Poetschka]]<br>Western Australia || 56.03
|[[Stephanie Price (athlete)|Stephanie Price]]<br>New South Wales || 56.67
|[[Mame Tacko Diouf]]<br>{{flagteam|SEN}} || 57.30
|-
|3000 metres steeplechase
|[[Melissa Rollinson]]<br>Queensland || 10:10.73
|[[Leah Rogers]]<br>Victoria || 10:16.01
|[[Karen Murphy (runner)|Karen Murphy]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 10:21.48
|-
|4 × 100 m relay
|Ryde<br>{{flagteam|New South Wales|code=NSW}}<br>[[Merryn Aldridge]]<br>[[Rachael Massey]]<br>[[Vicki Piggin]]<br>[[Amy Winters]] || 46.73
|University of Queensland<br>{{flagteam|Queensland|code=QLD}}<br>[[Melanie Kleeberg]]<br>[[Melissa Moss ]]<br>[[Amy Harris (sprinter)|Amy Harris]]<br>[[Katrina Sendall]] || 47.41
|University of Melbourne<br>{{flagteam|Victoria|code=VIC}}<br>[[Cindy Gabbey]]<br>[[Brigitte Egan]]<br>[[Kelly Roberts (athlete)|Kelly Roberts]]<br>[[Rebecca O'Loughlin]] || 47.92
|-
|4 × 400 m relay
|Bankstown Sports<br>{{flagteam|New South Wales|code=NSW}}<br>[[Lauren Poetschka]]<br>[[Robyn Winn]]<br>[[Kate Huxtable]]<br>[[Amber Menzies]] || 3:45.37
|University of Queensland<br>{{flagteam|Queensland|code=QLD}}<br>[[Katrina Sendall]]<br>[[Caitlin Willis]]<br>[[Rebecca Sadler]]<br>[[Kristy Hodge]] || 3:48.99
|Sutherland<br>{{flagteam|New South Wales|code=NSW}}<br>[[Kylie Watkins]]<br>[[Lauren Pearson]]<br>[[Belinda Sanders]]<br>[[S. Warncken]] || 3:53.45
|-
|High jump
|[[Alison Inverarity]]<br>Western Australia || 1.85
|[[Lisa Bruty]]<br>Victoria || 1.82
|[[Karen Dickson]]<br>Western Australia || 1.82
|-
|Pole vault
|[[Emma George]]<br>Western Australia || 4.40 m
|[[Alejandra García]]<br>{{flagteam|ARG}} || 4.20 m
|[[Bridgid Isworth]]<br>Victoria || 4.10 m
|-
|Long jump
|[[Kylie Reed]]<br>Western Australia || 6.57 m <br>(-1.8 m/s)
|[[Bronwyn Thompson]]<br>Queensland || 6.33 m <br>(+0.2 m/s)
|[[Sharon Sutherland]]<br>Western Australia || 6.15 m <br>(-0.8 m/s)
|-
|Triple jump
|[[Nicole Mladenis]]<br>Western Australia || 13.59 m <br>(-0.0 m/s)
|[[Connie Henry]]<br>{{flagteam|GBR}} || 13.45 m <br>(-0.4 m/s)
|[[Mariklud Viduka]]<br>New South Wales || 13.05 m <br>(-0.4 m/s)
|-
|Shot put
|[[Helen Toussis]]<br>Queensland || 15.55 m
|[[Sumi Ichioka]]<br>{{flagteam|JPN}} || 15.25 m
|[[Tania Lutton-Senior]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 15.12 m
|-
|Discus throw
|[[Alison Lever]]<br>Queensland || 63.73 m
|[[Lisa-Marie Vizaniari]]<br>Queensland || 62.71 m
|[[Beatrice Faumuina]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 62.68 m
|-
|Hammer throw
|[[Lisa Misipeka]]<br>{{flagteam|ASA}} || 63.90 m
|[[Tasha Williams (athlete)|Tasha Williams]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 63.34 m
|[[Bronwyn Eagles]]<br>New South Wales || 62.77 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|[[Sueli dos Santos]]<br>{{flagteam|BRA}} || 54.92 m
|[[Bina Ramesh]]<br>{{flagteam|FRA}} || 50.61 m
|[[Stephanie Hancock]]<br>Queensland || 49.58 m
|-
|Heptathlon
|[[Sherryl Morrow]]<br>Victoria || 5817 pts<ref>(13.65 (+1.8), 1.85 m, 11.54 m, 25.63 (-1.9), 5.98 m (+1.0), 39.34 m, 2:22.55)</ref>
|[[Clare Thompson (heptathlete)|Clare Thompson]]<br>Queensland || 5751 pts<ref>(14.13, 1.73 m, 11.69 m, 25.31 (-1.9), 6.25 m (+0.7), 38.30 m, 2:18.92)</ref>
|[[Virginia Young (heptathlete)|Virginia Young]]<br>New South Wales || 5199 pts<ref>(14.80 (+1.8), 1.67 m, 11.13 m, 26.42 (-0.8), 5.72 m (+0.1), 34.13 m, 2:19.64)</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.athletics.com.au/home/ Athletics Australia website]

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