Athletics in Australia athletics club was formed by Mrs Drennan, herself a sprinter, in 1913, and competitions, held under the auspices of the NSW men's association were conducted over the next five years. Professional races for women were also very popular during this time. From 1928, the Amateur Athletics Union of Australia, had responsibility for track and field in Australia, including women's athletics with women's events being held, for the first time, at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The first joint National Championships were conducted in Melbourne in 1930. In 1932 an Australian Women's Amateur Athletics Union was formed which administered women's track and
Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held between July 28th and August 11th, 2019 at the Athletics Stadium in the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster. A total of 48 events will be contested, equally divided among men and women. The women's 50 km walk was added for this edition, marking the first time men and women will compete in an equal number of events. A total of 740 athletes will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of two athletes in each