Sydney Track Classic Top-5s

3 March 2025

Sydney Track Classic Top-5s

Ahead of the Sydney Track Classic on March 15, we take a fun look at some top-5 facts.

Five Olympians/Paralympians who will be coaching at the 2025 Sydney Track Classic:

-Andrew Murphy

-Melinda Gainsford-Taylor

-Craig Mottram

-Louise Sauvage

-Ben St Lawrence

Five meet records that could be broken at the 2025 Sydney Track Classic:

-Women’s Triple Jump 13.52m (2016), Nneka Okpala (NZL)

-Men’s 3000m 7:39.22 (1999), Luke Kipkosgei (KEN)

-Men’s Javelin 85.28m (2000), Andrew Currey

-Men’s 4x100m 38.50 (2023), Australia

-Women’s 4x100m 42.94 (2024), Australia

Five sporting legends who have completed at the Sydney Track Classic

-Carl Lewis USA, 100m, 9-time Olympic gold medallist

-David Rudisha KEN, 800m, current 800m world record holder and Olympic gold medallist

-Valerie Adams NZL, shot put, 2-time Olympic gold medallist

-Louise Sauvage AUS, 800/1500m wheelchair, 10-time Paralympic champion

-Heike Drechsler GER, long jump, 2-time Olympic champion and former world record holder

Plus John Walker, Steve Scott, Grete Waitz, Javier Sotomayor, Uwe Hohn, Linford Christie, Henry Rono, Rod Dixon, Allan Wells and Steve Cram.

Five future sporting administrators who won an event at the Sydney Track Classic:

-Sebastian Coe GBR, 800m, World Athletics President

-Jane Flemming, 100m hurdles, Australian Athletics President AA

-Simon Hollingsworth, 400/400 hurdles, Australian Athletics CEO and former CEO of the Australian Sports Commission

-Rob de Castella, 5000m, former AIS Director

-Matt Favier, 800m, former AIS Director

-Gabrielle Harrison, 3000m, former NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation 

Five previous names of the Sydney Track Classic:

-Telstra A-series – Sydney

-KB Games

-MBF Commonwealth Challenge

-Sugar Games

-Sydney Track Tour

Five previous venues for the Sydney Track Classic:

-Sydney Cricket Ground, 1980 KB International Games

-Sydney Sports Ground, KB Games ‘70s

-Hensley Athletics Field

-ES Marks Athletics Field

-Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Homebush

David Tarbotton for Athletics NSW

Image: Carl Lewis at the 1997 Sydney Track Classic (image courtesy of David Tarbotton)

Chemist Warehouse Sydney Track Classic
-Saturday 15th March from 5.30pm
-Tickets & to register to volunteer etc https://www.nswathletics.org.au/events-page/sydney-track-classic
-Enter Sydney’s fastest kid competition https://www.nswathletics.org.au/events-page/sydney-track-classic