Adelaide Invitational

The Adelaide Invitational (formerly Adelaide Track Classic) is an annual one-day outdoor track and field meeting held in Adelaide, Australia. It is part of the national Australian Athletics Tour alongside other competitions including the Sydney Track Classic. The Adelaide Invitational also features as part of the World Athletics Continental Tour, first featuring in the 2022 edition as a challenger level meet (also referred to as category D).^[1]

Editions

Adelaide Invitational editions

Year	Title	Venue	Date	Status
1980	Alcoa Challenge Series - Adelaide	Olympic Sports Field	25 January 1980
1981	Alcoa Challenge Series - Adelaide	Olympic Sports Field	14 December 1980
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987	Australia Day Invitational	Olympic Sports Field	26 January 1987
1988	Adelaide Games	Olympic Sports Field	9 February 1988
1989	Adelaide Games	Olympic Sports Field	1 February 1989
1990	Adelaide Games	Olympic Sports Field	14 March 1990
1991	Sugar Games	Olympic Sports Field	15 February 1991
1992	Sugar Games	Olympic Sports Field	16 February 1992
1993	Sugar Games	Olympic Sports Field	14 February 1993
1994	Mars Challenge	Olympic Sports Field	11 February 1994
1995	Optus Grand Prix - Adelaide	Olympic Sports Field	26 January 1995
1996	Optus Grand Prix - Adelaide	Olympic Sports Field	26 January 1996
1997	Optus Grand Prix - Adelaide		1 February 1997
1998	Optus Grand Prix - Adelaide	Mile End Athletics Stadium	26 January 1998
1999	Optus Grand Prix - Adelaide	Mile End Athletics Stadium	26 January 1999
2000	Optus Grand Prix Final - Adelaide	Mile End Athletics Stadium	8 March 2000
2001	not held
2002	Telstra A-series - Adelaide	Santos Stadium	23 March 2002
2003	Telstra A-series - Adelaide	Santos Stadium	6 February 2003	IAAF Areas Permit Meet
2004	not held
2005	Telstra A-series - Adelaide		19 February 2005
2006	not held
2007	not held
2008	not held
2009	not held
2010
2011
2012	Adelaide Track Classic	Santos Stadium	28 January 2012
2013	Adelaide Track Classic	Santos Stadium	16 February 2013
2014	Adelaide Track Classic	Santos Stadium	15 February 2014
2015	Adelaide Track Classic	Santos Stadium	21 February 2015
2016	Adelaide Track Classic	Santos Stadium	20 February 2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022	Adelaide Invitational	SA Athletics Stadium	12 February 2022	Continental Tour Challenger
2023	Adelaide Invitational	SA Athletics Stadium	11 February 2023	Continental Tour Challenger
2024	Adelaide Invitational	SA Athletics Stadium	10 February 2024	Continental Tour Bronze Meeting

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Adelaide Invitational

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 metres	10.12 (+0.9 m/s)	Rohan Browning	Australia	12 February 2022	[2]
200 metres	20.66 (+0.2 m/s)	Aidan Murphy	Australia	12 February 2022	[2]
400 metres	45.52	Thomas Jordier	France	10 February 2024	[3]
800 metres	1:45.15	William Chirchir	Kenya	2000	[2]
1500 metres	3:34.55	Cameron Myers	Australia	10 February 2024	[4]
3000 metres	7:45.57	Peter O'Donoghue	Australia	1993
5000 metres	13:23.07	Luke Kipkosgei	Kenya	1998	[2]
110 m hurdles
400 metres hurdles	49.29	Simon Hollingsworth	Australia	1996
3000 metres steeplechase	8:25.80	Ben Buckingham	Australia	11 February 2023	[5]
High jump
Pole vault	5.86 m	Dmitri Markov	Belarus	1997
Long jump
Triple jump	17.18 m	Andrew Murphy	Australia	1997	[2]
Shot put
Discus throw	65.93 m	Connor Bell	New Zealand	10 February 2024	[6]
Javelin throw
Hammer throw
4 × 100 metres relay	39.94		Australia	1995
4 × 400 metres relay	3:06.79		Australia	1996

Women

Men's meeting records of the Adelaide Invitational

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 metres	11.20	Gloria Kemasuode	Nigeria	2003	[2]
200 metres	22.73	Cathy Freeman	Australia	1993	[2]
400 metres
800 metres	2:00.81	Abbey Caldwell	Australia	10 February 2024	[7]
1500 metres	4:04.45	Claudia Hollingsworth	Australia	10 February 2024	[8]
3000 metres
5000 metres	15:13.35	Isobel Batt-Doyle	Australia	12 February 2022	[2]
100 m hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3000 m steeplechase	9:42.71	Cara Feain-Ryan	Australia	10 February 2024	[9]
High jump
Pole vault	4.61 m	Alana Boyd	Australia	2012	[2]
Long jump	6.67 m	Nicole Boegman	Australia	1998
Triple jump	14.42 m	Baya Rahouli	Algeria	2000	[2]
Shot put	16.50 m	Ana Po'uhila	Tonga	2005
Javelin throw	66.12 m	Kim Mickle	Australia	2014
Discus throw	65.20 m	Dani Samuels	Australia	2015
Hammer throw	71.12 m	Bronwyn Eagles	Australia	2003
4 × 100 metres relay	45.14		Australia	1991
4 × 400 metres relay	3:39.72		Australia	1995