National Athletics Championships

Olympic Park Melbourne, 12-15 March 1998

Open Men's 5,000 metres Walk 1. Nick A'Hern (NSW) 19:12.92; 2. Dion Russell (VIC) 19:39.62; 3. Scott Nelson (NZL) 20:11.05; 4. Troy Sundstrom (NSW) 20:28.65; 5. Duane Cousins (VIC) 20:33.13; 6. Noel Wooler (QLD) 21:02.45; 7. Darren Bown (SA) 21:06.15; 8. Liam Murphy (SA) 21:13.06; 9. Mark Thomas (VIC) 21:33.56; 10. Marcus Dwyer (VIC) 21:40.57; 11. Michael Harvey (VIC) 21:56.10; 12. Jon Gawley (NSW) 22:08.28; 13. Paul Kennedy (VIC) 22:09.15; 14. Shane Pearson (QLD) 22:16.58; 15. Duncan Knox (VIC) 22:48.57; 16. Christian Bone (WA) 23:04.31; 17. David Smyth (NZL) 27:08.22; - Mark Blackwood (VIC) DQ; - Brent Vallance (NSW) DQ; - Mathew Golebiowski (NSW) DQ.

Open Men's 20km Walk Road 1. Nick A'Hern (NSW) 1:22:26.7h; 2. Dion Russell (VIC) 1:27:01.3h; 3. Duane Cousins (VIC) 1:28:22.1h; 4. Brent Vallance (NSW) 1:33:00.5h; 5. Brad Malcolm (VIC) 1:33:40.3h; 6. Michael Harvey (VIC) 1:35:51.5h; 7. Shane Pearson (QLD) 1:37:16.8h; 8. Mark Thomas (VIC) 1:39:24.1h; 9. Marcus Dwyer (VIC) 1:41:07.6h; 10. Christian Bone (WA) 1:45:46.3h; 11. Graham Watt (VIC) 2:04:56.8h; - Mark Donahoo (VIC) DNF; - Matthew Griggs (ACT) DNF; - Darren Bown (SA) DNF; - Noel Wooler (QLD) DNF; - Andrew Jamieson (VIC) DNF; - Damien O'Mara (NSW) DNF; - Luke Adams (NSW) DNF; - Anthony Miles (QLD) DNF; - Mark Blackwood (VIC) DQ; - Nathan Deakes (VIC) DQ; - Graig Barratt (NZL) DQ.


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