Athletics Venues in Australia
Athletics is conducted in most major centres in Australia, with a number of notable tracks:
- Lakeside Stadium - Melbourne's main venue for athletics
- Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (formerly QEII Stadium) - hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Sydney International Athletics Centre - the warm-up track for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and host of the World Junior Championships
- Santos Stadium - since 1998 the main venue for athletics in Adelaide, South Australia
A large number of tracks originally established for athletics have since been converted to use by other sports:
- Sydney Cricket Ground - main venue of the 1938 British Empire Games
- Melbourne Cricket Ground - main venue of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games athletics events.
- Perry Lakes Stadium - main venue of the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia
- Kensington Oval (formerly Olympic Sports Field) - from 1965 to 1998, the home of South Australian athletics
- Bruce Stadium - host to the 1985 IAAF World Cup in Athletics - where two world records were set that still stand in 2008.
- Stadium Australia - host of the 2000 Sydney Olympics athletics events
- Olympic Park Stadium - the home of athletics from 1956 to 2011 in Victoria and the site of numerous world records
Other significant former athletics venues in Australia include:
- Sydney Sports Ground, Moore Park and Pratten Park in Sydney
- Royal Park and St. Kilda Cricket Ground in Melbourne
- Adelaide Oval, Norwood Oval, and Wayville Showgrounds in Adelaide
- Exhibition Ground, Bowen Park, Brisbane and Lang Park in Brisbane
- Leederville Oval in Perth
- North Hobart Oval in Hobart
A specially constructed Cross country facility was opened at Canberra in November 2007. Named as the 'Stromlo Forest Park Robert de Castella cross-country track', this venue hosted the 2008 Australian Cross-Country trials.
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