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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
| Name = 2011–12 Australian Athletics Championships
| Host city = [[Melbourne]], Australia
| Dates = 13–15 April 2012
| Stadium = [[Lakeside Stadium]]
| Stadium image = [[File:Lakeside Stadium - Melbourne -01.jpg|200px]]
| Previous = [[2010–11 Australian Athletics Championships|2010–11]]
| Next = [[2012–13 Australian Athletics Championships|2012–13]]
}}

The '''2011–12 Australian Athletics Championships''' was the 90th edition of the [[Australian Athletics Championships|national championship]] in outdoor [[track and field]] for [[Australia]]. It was held from 13–15 April 2012 at the [[Lakeside Stadium]] in [[Melbourne]]. It served as a selection meeting for [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]. The [[10,000 metres]] event took place separately at the [[Zatopek 10K]] on 10 December 2011 at the same venue.<ref>[https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/samuels-mickle-and-harradine-show-class-aus Samuels, Mickle and Harradine show class - Australian Champs]. World Athletics (2012-04-15). Retrieved 2020-01-09.</ref><ref>[http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_m_2011-12.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Men 2011–2012]. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-09</ref><ref>[http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_2011-12.htm Australian Track & Field Championships - Women 2011–2012]. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2020-01-09.</ref>

==Medal summary==
===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres<br>(Wind: -0.4 m/s)
|[[Josh Ross (sprinter)|Josh Ross]]<br>Victoria || 10.23
|[[Tim Leathart]]<br>New South Wales || 10.48
|[[Joseph Millar (athlete)|Joseph Millar]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 10.49
|-
|200 metres<br>(Wind: +0.2 m/s)
|[[Joseph Millar (athlete)|Joseph Millar]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 21.27
|[[Tama Toki]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 21.43
|[[Sean Wroe]]<br>Victoria || 21.44
|-
|400 metres
|[[Steven Solomon]]<br>New South Wales || 45.54
|[[Alex Beck]]<br>Queensland || 46.30
|[[Ben Offereins]]<br>Western Australia || 46.30
|-
|800 metres
|[[Johnny Rayner]]<br>Victoria || 1:48.10
|[[Alexander Rowe (runner)|Alexander Rowe]]<br>Victoria || 1:48.49
|[[James Gurr]]<br>New South Wales || 1:48.51
|-
|1500 metres
|[[Jeff Riseley]]<br>Victoria || 3:47.78
|[[James Kaan (athlete)|James Kaan]]<br>New South Wales || 3:48.00
|[[Jeremy Roff]]<br>New South Wales || 3:49.40
|-
|5000 metres
|[[Harry Summers (runner)|Harry Summers]]<br>New South Wales || 14:03.84
|[[Liam Adams (runner)|Liam Adams]]<br>Victoria || 14:08.62
|[[Stephen Dinneen]]<br>Victoria || 14:39.84
|-
|10,000 metres
|[[Emmanuel Bett]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 27:39.33
|[[Bitan Karoki]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 27:40.11
|[[Micah Kogo]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 27:50.50
|-
|110 metres hurdles<br>(Wind: +0.2 m/s)
|[[Siddhanth Thingalaya]]<br>{{flagteam|IND}} || 13.66
|[[Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian]]<br>{{flagteam|MAS}} || 13.81
|[[Masayuki Iida]]<br>{{flagteam|JPN}} || 14.01
|-
|400 metres hurdles
|[[Tristan Thomas]]<br>Tasmania || 51.37
|[[Mowen Boino]]<br>{{flagteam|PNG}} || 51.59
|[[Cameron French]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 52.66
|-
|3000 metres steeplechase
|[[Peter Nowill]]<br>Queensland || 8:44.47
|[[James Nipperess]]<br>New South Wales || 8:48.45
|[[Chris Discombe]]<br>Victoria || 8:52.47
|-
|High jump
|[[Nick Moroney]]<br>New South Wales || 2.15 m
|[[Thomas Brennan (high jumper)|Thomas Brennan]]<br>Western Australia || 2.10 m
|[[Chris Armet]]<br>Victoria || 2.10 m
|-
|Pole vault
|[[Joel Pocklington]]<br>Victoria || 5.15 m
|[[James Filshie]]<br>Victoria || 4.90 m
|[[Max Mishchenko]]<br>Victoria || 4.75 m
|-
|Long jump
|[[Frederic Erin]]<br>{{flagteam|FRA}} || 7.70 m <br>(-0.3 m/s)
|[[Scott Crowe]]<br>Victoria || 7.69 m <br>(+0.2 m/s)
|[[Shaun Fletcher]]<br>Queensland || 7.42 m <br>(+1.3 m/s)
|-
|Triple jump
|[[Alwyn Jones (athlete)|Alwyn Jones]]<br>Victoria || 16.32 m<br>(0.0 m/s)
|[[Adam Rabone]]<br>Victoria || 15.94 m <br>(+1.4 m/s)
|[[Alex Lorraway]]<br>Victoria || 15.74 m <br>(+1.5 m/s)
|-
|Shot put
|[[Emanuele Fuamatu]]<br>New South Wales || 18.62 m
|[[Damien Birkinhead]]<br>Victoria || 18.14 m
|[[Chris Gaviglio]]<br>Queensland || 17.56 m
|-
|Discus throw
|[[Benn Harradine]]<br>Victoria || 63.58 m
|[[Scott Martin (thrower)|Scott Martin]]<br>Victoria || 59.41 m
|[[Aaron Neighbour]]<br>Victoria || 56.64 m
|-
|Hammer throw
|[[Tim Driesen (athlete)|Tim Driesen]]<br>Victoria || 70.55 m
|[[Hiroshi Noguchi (hammer thrower)|Hiroshi Noguchi]]<br>{{flagteam|JPN}} || 66.25 m
|[[Huw Peacock]]<br>Tasmania || 61.85 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|[[Joshua Robinson]]<br>Queensland || 78.31 m
|[[Hamish Peacock]]<br>Tasmania || 75.62 m
|[[Benjamin Baker (javelin thrower)|Benjamin Baker]]<br>New South Wales || 74.66 m
|-
|Decathlon
|[[Brent Newdick]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 8057 pts<ref>11.02(-0.7), 7.56 m(+1.6), 14.48 m, 1.95 m, 49.22, 14.55(0.0), 48.25 m, 4.70 m, 56.43 m, 4:46.21</ref>
|[[Franck Logel]]<br>{{flagteam|FRA}} || 7655 pts<ref>11.30(-0.7), 7.19 m(+1.3), 13.10 m, 2.01 m, 50.91, 14.56(0.0), 43.08 m, 4.80 m, 50.66 m, 4:42.45</ref>
|[[Jarrod Sims]]<br>South Australia || 7456 pts<ref>11.15(+0.7), 6.72 m(-0.8), 12.66 m, 1.95 m, 49.00, 15.12(0.0), 41.26 m, 4.60 m, 51.55 m, 4:38.77</ref>
|-
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres<br>(Wind: +0.5 m/s)
|[[Melissa Breen]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 11.41
|[[Charlotte van Veenendaal]]<br>Victoria || 11.79
|[[Hayley Butler]]<br>New South Wales || 11.80
|-
|200 metres<br>(Wind: -0.3 m/s)
|[[Melissa Breen]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 23.30
|[[Toea Wisil]]<br>{{flagteam|PNG}} || 23.69
|[[Monica Brennan]]<br>Victoria || 23.72
|-
|400 metres
|[[Joanne Cuddihy]]<br>{{flagteam|IRL}} || 51.69
|[[Caitlin Sargent]]<br>Queensland || 53.21
|[[Kristie Baillie]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 53.26
|-
|800 metres
|[[Tamsyn Manou]]<br>Victoria || 2:02.00
|[[Zoe Buckman]]<br>Victoria || 2:04.47
|[[Rosie Kelly]]<br>South Australia || 2:05.03
|-
|1500 metres
|[[Kaila McKnight]]<br>Victoria || 4:18.02
|[[Bridey Delaney]]<br>New South Wales || 4:18.26
|[[Camille Buscomb]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 4:22.98
|-
|5000 metres
|[[Kaila McKnight]]<br>Victoria || 16:24.56
|[[Melanie Daniels (athlete)|Melanie Daniels]]<br>Tasmania || 16:32.95
|[[Belinda Martin]]<br>New South Wales || 16:50.55
|-
|10,000 metres
|[[Joyce Chepkirui]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 31:26.10
|[[Emily Chebet]]<br>{{flagteam|KEN}} || 31:30.22
|[[Emily Brichacek]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 33:02.55
|-
|100 metres hurdles
|[[Shannon McCann]]<br>Western Australia || 13.48
|[[Yuka Nomura (athlete)|Yuka Nomura]]<br>{{flagteam|JPN}} || 13.61
|[[Brianna Beahan]]<br>Western Australia || 13.78
|-
|400 metres hurdles
|[[Jess Gulli]]<br>Victoria || 57.96
|[[Lyndsay Pekin]]<br>Western Australia || 58.08
|[[Tessa Consedine]]<br>Victoria || 59.35
|-
|3000 metres steeplechase
|[[Milly Clark]]<br>New South Wales || 10:05.60
|[[Victoria Mitchell]]<br>Victoria || 10:08.91
|[[Eleanor Wardleworth]]<br>South Australia || 10:47.21
|-
|High jump
|[[Miyuki Fukumoto]]<br>{{flagteam|JPN}} || 1.86 m
|[[Ashleigh Reid]]<br>Queensland || 1.80 m
|[[Lauren Foote]]<br>South Australia || 1.75 m
|-
|Pole vault
|[[Vicky Parnov]]<br>Western Australia || 4.20 m
|[[Nina Kennedy]]<br>Western Australia || 4.00 m
|[[Pascale Gacon]]<br>{{flagteam|FRA}} || 3.90 m
|-
|Long jump
|[[Kerrie Perkins]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 6.70 m <br>(+3.1 m/s)
|[[Brooke Stratton]]<br>Victoria || 6.56 m <br>(+0.8 m/s)
|[[Jessica Penney]]<br>Australian Capital Territory || 6.43 m <br>(+1.6 m/s)
|-
|Triple jump
|[[Ellen Pettitt]]<br>Victoria || 13.66 m <br>(+2.4 m/s)
|[[Linda Allen (athlete)|Linda Allen]]<br>Victoria || 13.24 m <br>(+1.7 m/s)
|[[Nneka Okpala]]<br>{{flagteam|NZL}} || 12.97 m <br>(+0.6 m/s)
|-
|Shot put
|[[Dani Samuels]]<br>New South Wales || 16.65 m
|[[Ana Pouhila]]<br>{{flagteam|TGA}} || 15.97 m
|[[Margaret Satupai]]<br>{{flagteam|SAM}} || 15.92 m
|-
|Discus throw
|[[Dani Samuels]]<br>New South Wales || 62.34 m
|[[Kim Mulhall]]<br>Victoria || 56.02 m
|[[Alifatou Djibril]]<br>South Australia || 52.74 m
|-
|Hammer throw
|[[Gabrielle Neighbour]]<br>Victoria || 66.20 m
|[[Odette LaFourcade]]<br>{{flagteam|CHI}} || 57.73 m
|[[Natalie Debeljuh]]<br>Victoria || 57.52 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|[[Kim Mickle]]<br>Western Australia || 61.70 m
|[[Kathryn Mitchell]]<br>Victoria || 59.23 m
|[[Risa Miyashita]]<br>{{flagteam|JPN}} || 54.16 m
|-
|Heptathlon
|[[Megan Wheatley]]<br>Western Australia || 5832 pts<ref>13.80(+1.4), 1.66 m, 13.27 m, 25.00(+1.8), 6.02 m(+0.6), 39.12 m, 2:15.87</ref>
|[[Ellinore Hallin]]<br>{{flagteam|SWE}} || 5756 pts<ref>13.70(+1.4), 1.72 m, 13.48 m, 25.01(+1.8), 5.52 m(+0.3), 40.12 m, 2:19.19</ref>
|[[Veronica Torr]]<br>Queensland || 5590 pts<ref>13.76(+1.4), 1.69 m, 12.05 m, 24.89(+1.8), 5.72 m(+1.7), 37.34 m, 2:22.28</ref>
|-
|}

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

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