Luke Boyes

Luke Boyes (born 5 November 2003) is an Australian middle-distance runner. Competing over 800 metres he won the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships and the silver medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Biography From Glenbrook, New South Wales, Boyes began to be coached by former Olympian Ben St Lawrence from the age of 15 years-old, and is a member of Run Crew, a running club in Sydney. He was a keen all-round sportsman, participating in sports such as cricket and football, before focusing fully on athletics during the COVID-19 pandemic when team sports were paused. He declined offers to enter the collegiate system in the United States to stay and train with St Lawrence in his home state.

Boyes won the Australian Athletics Championships over 800 metres in 2024 in Adelaide in April 2024 at the age of 20 years-old, beating Olympic finalist Peter Bol by 0.33 of a second and set a new championship record of 1:44.73.

In April 2025, he placed third over 800 metres at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth behind Bol and Craig, running a personal best 1:44.50 as Bol set a new Australian national record in a highly competitive race, with all three meeting the automatic qualifying standard for the upcoming World Championships. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 in the men's 800 metres.

Boyes ran 1:45.12 to finish behind training partners Bol and Bob Abdelrahim in the 800 metres at the Perth Track Classic in February 2025. The following month, he ran a personal best 1:44.38 at the Adelaide Invitational finishing runner-up to Daniel Williams. Also in March, he won the 800 metres ahead of Williams at the Maurie Plant Meet in 1:45.21. On 12 April, he was runner-up to Bol in the 800 metres final at the 2026 Australian Championships. Making his Diamond League debut the following month at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League, he finished in fourth place in the 800 metres with a new personal best of 1:44.16. He was selected as part of the Australian team to compete at the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships, winning the gold medal in Darwin, Northern Territory on 21 May. On 1 August, he won the silver medal behind Navasky Anderson of Jamaica in the 800 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.