Australian Top Lists

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Top 5 performers in each event (6 for relay events) recorded by Australian athletes since 1 July 2021, which is when the qualifying period for the 2022 Commonwealth Games commenced.

Last updated 6pm AEST, 10 June 2022.

Commonwealth Games selections

The Commonwealth Games qualifying period ends on 12 June after the Oceania Championships. After the close of the qualifying period Athletics Australia’s selectors will select a team of just 68 athletes in able body events based on the quota provided by Commonwealth Games Australia, with the aim to “nominate the strongest possible team to produce the highest overall results at the Commonwealth Games.” Full detail of the nomination process is outlined in Athletics Australia’s Nomination Policy, last updated on 6 May, and includes processes for automatic selections, places for 6 developing athletes, and then final nominations to fill the team quota.

Some athletes have already been selected in the Commonwealth Games team and remaining selections are discretionary. Some athletes are seeking selection in both the Commonwealth Games team (28 July – 8 August) and World Championships (15-24 July), with the qualifying period for the latter closing on 26 June.

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Women’s Top Lists

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Performances in bold are those since 27 May, when we last updated this article.

Men’s Top Lists

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