The AFL Grand Final sprint is an annual event which usually takes place at half-time of AFL Grand Final. It was first held in 1979. There has also been a kicking competition. Since 2021, there has also been a women's sprint event.
2019 Winner: Ben King (Gold Coast Suns)
This year's race only involved current AFL players (in 2018 the runners included two U/18 amateur AFL players). The on screen timer clocked King at 11.62 seconds for the 100m.
Final Placing
- Ben King (Gold Coast Suns)
- Sam Frost (Melbourne)
- Noah Balta (Richmond)
- Jake Tarca (Geelong Cats)
- Ed Richards (Western Bulldogs)
- Andrew Brayshaw (Fremantle)
- Noah Answerth (Brisbane)
- Paddy Dow (Carlton)
- Nick Hind (St Kilda)
Here is the full list of participants:
Adelaide: Jake Kelly
Brisbane: Noah Answerth
Carlton: Paddy Dow
Collingwood: Will Hoskin-Elliott
Essendon: Dylan Clarke
Fremantle: Andrew Brayshaw
Geelong: Jake Tarca
Gold Coast: Ben King
Greater Western Sydney: Dylan Buckley
Hawthorn: Changkuoth Jiath
Melbourne: Sam Frost
North Melbourne: Taylor Garner
Port Adelaide: Connor Rozee
Richmond: Noah Balta
St Kilda: Nick Hind
Sydney: James Rowbottom
West Coast: Jackson Nelson
Western Bulldogs: Ed Richards
See a video of the 2019 race
Related Pages
- AFL Sprint Winners List
- See all the videos of the races we could find.
- AFL half time mile race from 1977 & 1978
- AFL Grand Finalists
- Grand Final kicking competitions.
- About Sport in Australia in 2019
- Rugby League sprint race