1969 Pacific Conference Games

The 1969 Pacific Conference Games was the first edition of the international athletics competition between five Pacific coast nations: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. It was held from 26–27 September at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.^[1][2] A total of 20 men's and 12 women's athletics events were contested.^[3]

I Pacific Conference Games
The host stadium
Dates	26–27 September
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	National Olympic Stadium
Events	32
1973 Toronto →

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ivory Crockett (USA)	10.4	Greg Lewis (AUS)	10.6	Masahide Jinno (JPN)	10.6
200 metres	Peter Norman (AUS)	21.0	Greg Lewis (AUS)	21.0	Ivory Crockett (USA)	21.3
400 metres	Len van Hofwegen (USA)	46.6	Jay Elbel (USA)	47.6	Tony Powell (CAN)	48.1
800 metres	Ralph Doubell (AUS)	1:48.0	Keith Wheeler (AUS)	1:48.9	Lowell Paul (USA)	1:48.9
1500 metres	Tony Benson (AUS)	3:43.8	Dick Tayler (NZL)	3:44.7	Norm Trerise (CAN)	3:45.4
5000 metres	Tracy Smith (USA)	13:40.2	Rex Maddaford (NZL)	13:45.8	John Coyle (AUS)	13:48.0
10,000 metres	Kenny Moore (USA)	29:01.2	Tsugumichi Suzuki (JPN)	29:01.4	Dave Lotty (AUS)	29:02.4
110 m hurdles	Gary Power (USA)	14.1	Mal Baird (AUS)	14.4	Dale Frederick (AUS)	14.5
400 m hurdles	Gary Knoke (AUS)	51.0	Bill Hooker (AUS)	52.7	Brian Donnelly (CAN)	52.9
3000 metres steeplechase	Kerry O'Brien (AUS)	8:35.4	Tony Manning (AUS)	8:35.6	Taketsugu Saruwatari (JPN)	8:35.8
4 × 100 m relay	Australia (AUS) Greg Lewis Phil May Peter Norman Murray Tolbert	40.8	Japan (JPN)	40.9	United States (USA)	41.2
4 × 400 m relay	United States (USA)	3:07.4	Canada (CAN)	3:12.7	Australia (AUS) Ralph Doubell Bill Hooker Phil King Gary Knoke	3:13.3
High jump	Lawrie Peckham (AUS)	2.14 m	Phil Shinnick (USA)	2.06 m	Hidehiko Tomizawa (JPN)	2.06 m
Pole vault	Kyoichiro Inoue (JPN)	5.10 m	Bob Seagren (USA)	4.90 m	Kiyoshi Niwa (JPN)	4.90 m
Long jump	Phil May (AUS)	7.74 m	Shinji Ogura (JPN)	7.58 m	Hiroomi Yamada (JPN)	7.56 m
Triple jump	Phil May (AUS)	16.53 m	Yukito Muraki (JPN)	16.36 m	Toshiaki Inoue (JPN)	15.88 m
Shot put	Les Mills (NZL)	18.90 m	Brian Oldfield (USA)	18.85 m	Dave Steen (CAN)	18.54 m
Discus throw	George Puce (CAN)	56.00 m	Tim Vollmer (USA)	54.96 m	Dave Steen (CAN)	54.94 m
Hammer throw	George Frenn (USA)	65.00 m	Yoshihisa Ishida (JPN)	64.74 m	Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)	63.32 m
Javelin throw	Milt Sonsky (USA)	80.36 m	Hisao Yamamoto (JPN)	75.34 m	Sig Koscik (AUS)	73.84 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Marion Hoffman (AUS)	11.7	Penny Haworth (NZL)	11.9	Stephanie Berto (CAN)	11.9
200 metres	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	23.9	Marion Hoffman (AUS)	24.1	Penny Haworth (NZL)	24.3
400 metres	Kathy Hammond (USA)	53.4	Lorraine Wilson (NZL)	54.5	Nancy Shafer (USA)	54.6
800 metres	Cheryl Peasley (AUS)	2:04.7	Doris Brown (USA)	2:05.4	Nancy Shafer (USA)	2:06.5
1500 metres	Doris Brown (USA)	4:19.9	Val Robinson (NZL)	4:23.0	Francie Larrieu (USA)	4:28.5
100 m hurdles	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	13.3	Penny McCallum (AUS)	14.0	Mamie Rallins (USA)	14.2
4 × 100 m relay	Australia (AUS) Raelene Boyle Marion Hoffman Jenny Lamy Diane Pease	45.1	Canada (CAN)	46.0	New Zealand (NZL)	46.4
High jump	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.71 m	Carolyn Wright (AUS)	1.71 m	Susan Baster (NZL)  Diane Jones (CAN)	1.60 m
Long jump	Willye White (USA)	6.26w m	Hiroko Yamashita (JPN)	6.11 m	Brenda Eisler (CAN)	5.98 m
Shot put	Barbara Poulsen (NZL)	14.90 m	Lynn Graham (USA)	14.84 m	Diane Charteris (NZL)	14.48 m
Discus throw	Jean Roberts (AUS)	51.14 m	Carol Martin (CAN)	45.72 m	Diane Charteris (NZL)	45.28 m
Javelin throw	Jay Dahlgren (CAN)	54.40 m	Petra Rivers (AUS)	52.58 m	Chris Thompson (AUS)	50.76 m

References

1. Canada Set To Propose. Winnipeg Free Press, pg. 34 (1969-09-26). Retrieved on 2015-01-15.
2. 5 Nations Agree to Have Track Meets. Chicago Tribune, Section 2, pg. 3 (1967-12-09). Retrieved on 2015-01-15.
3. Pacific Conference Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.

Medalists

• Pacific Conference Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-14.
• Australia at the Games Pacific Conference Games - 1969 Tokyo, Japan Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2015-01-15.