1998 Oceania Athletics Championships

IV Oceania Athletics Championships
IV Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	August 27–28
Host city	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Venue	Teufaiva Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	39 (21 men, 18 women)
Participation	15 nations
Records set	8
	← 1996 Townsville 2000 Adelaide →

The 1998 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, between August 27–28, 1998.

A total of 39 events were contested, 21 by men and 18 by women.

Medal summary edit

Medal winners were published.^[1] Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow from Athletics PNG.^[2]

Men edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Peter Pulu (PNG)	10.70	Gene Pateman (NZL)	10.82	Tuluta'u Koula (TGA)	10.84
200 metres (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Peter Pulu (PNG)	21.22w	Gene Pateman (NZL)	21.32w	Laurence Jack (VAN)	21.92w
400 metres	Jeffrey Bai (PNG)	48.36	Rusiate Matai (FIJ)	50.26	Mark Gunther (AUS)	51.06
800 metres	Mark Gunther (AUS)	1:56.58	Sisari Vakasuka (FIJ)	1:56.96	Selwyn Kole (SOL)	1:57.32
1500 metres	Peter Paul Enkae (VAN)	4:08.84	Selwyn Kole (SOL)	4:09.60	David Kanie (PNG)	4:11.02
5000 metres	David Kanie (PNG)	15:43.30	Peter Paul Enkae (VAN)	16:15.08	Andrew Keane (AUS)	16:44.94
10000 metres	David Kanie (PNG)	33:21.19	Niteshwar Prasad (FIJ)	38:32.50
3000 metres steeplechase	Medley Laban (PNG)	10:03.48	Sisari Vakasuka (FIJ)	10:56.82	Niteshwar Prasad (FIJ)	11:55.14
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Ivan Wakit (PNG)	15.10 CR	Taniela Lolohea (TGA)	15.12	Sesi Salt (TGA)	16.42
400 metres hurdles	Ivan Wakit (PNG)	55.98	Taniela Lolohea (TGA)	58.08	Sesi Salt (TGA)	60.20
High Jump	Benetti Schwalger (SAM)	1.95	Robert Elder (FIJ)	1.95	Damien Daly (AUS)	1.90
Pole Vault	Tokaikolo Latapu (TGA)	3.00
Long Jump	Gene Pateman (NZL)	7.13	Edward Bai (PNG)	6.43	Benetti Schwalger (SAM)	6.40
Triple Jump	Edward Bai (PNG)	12.76
Shot Put	Tristan Mave (NZL)	15.06	Kevin Galea (AUS)	14.29	Mitchel Alatalo (AUS)	13.91
Discus Throw	Tristan Mave (NZL)	46.58	Charles Winchester (COK)	43.13	Kevin Galea (AUS)	40.16
Hammer Throw	Brentt Jones (NFK)	53.50	Daniel Goulding (AUS)	52.18	Charles Winchester (COK)	40.15
Javelin Throw	Andrew Ratawa (FIJ)	66.94	Sean Betland (AUS)	60.00	Joshua Kuruyawa (FIJ)	57.06
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Dip Chand (FIJ)	54:41	Pradeep Chand (FIJ)	62:49	Manohar Maharaj (FIJ)	66:07
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Allan Akia Jeffrey Bai Edwin Bai Peter Pulu	42.22	Palau	44.56	Tonga	44.64
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Ivan Wakit Jeffrey Bai Peter Pulu Edwin Bai	3:22.84	Australia	3:26.30	Solomon Islands	3:27.38

Women edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Nicola Kidd (NZL)	12.22	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	12.36	Kelera Nacewa (NZL)	12.62
200 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Anita Sutherland (NZL)	23.74 CR	Marissa Stephen (NZL)	24.50	Jennene Hansen (AUS)	25.26
400 metres	Marissa Stephen (NZL)	54.60 CR	Mary Estelle Kapalu (VAN)	55.06	Jennene Hansen (AUS)	57.14
800 metres	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	2:21.44	Mary Estelle Kapalu (VAN)	2:23.94
1500 metres	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	4:50.52	Rebecca Rider (AUS)	4:53.88	Rosemary Omundsen (PNG)	5:14.26
5000 metres	Rebecca Rider (AUS)	18:06.84	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	18:56.78	Rosemary Omundsen (PNG)	19:28.46
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Nicola Kidd (NZL)	14.36 CR	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	14.46	Anita Sutherland (NZL)	14.82
400 metres hurdles	Nicola Kidd (NZL)	58.80 CR	Mary Estelle Kapalu (VAN)	61.10
High Jump	Vicki Collins (AUS)	1.70	Angela Way (PNG)	1.60
Long Jump	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	6.01	Kelera Nacewa (NZL)	5.69	Marica Likulawedua (FIJ)	5.32
Triple Jump	Kelera Nacewa (NZL)	12.48	Sarah Sydney (AUS)	12.10	Angela Way (PNG)	11.30
Shot Put	Maria Disolokai (FIJ)	13.86 CR	Victoria Lowrie (NZL)	13.10	Ana Niumataiwalu (FIJ)	10.94
Discus Throw	Maria Disolokai (FIJ)	40.75	Helen Wallis (AUS)	40.50	Belinda King (NZL)	39.76
Hammer Throw	Belinda King (NZL)	49.60	Michelle Phillips (NZL)	46.42	Sharyn Tennent (AUS)	45.79
Javelin Throw (old implement)	Tiffany Dudman (AUS)	42.87	Maria Disolokai (FIJ)	41.49	Ariane Lusia Hema (TGA)	40.28
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Angela Keogh (NFK)	58:00
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand Marissa Stephen Nicola Kidd Anita Sutherland Kelera Nacewa	47.02 CR	Papua New Guinea Alle Gagole Della Marava Angela Way Monica Jonathan	49.08	Australia	49.08
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand Marissa Stephen Nicola Kidd Anita Sutherland Kirsty Turnbull	3:51.14 CR	Australia	4:14.20

Medal table (unofficial) edit

* Host nation (Tonga)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	12	6	3	21
2	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	11	3	4	18
3	Fiji (FIJ)	6	8	5	19
4	Australia (AUS)	4	8	9	21
5	Tonga (TON)*	2	4	5	11
6	Norfolk Island (NFK)	2	0	0	2
7	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	4	1	6
8	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	1	2
9	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	1	2	3
10	Cook Islands (COK)	0	1	1	2
11	Palau (PLW)	0	1	0	1
Totals (11 entries)		39	36	31	106

Participation (unofficial) edit

The participation of athletes from 15 countries was reported by the Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics publication.^[2]

References edit

^ OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 4, 2013
^ ^a ^b Snow, Bob (September 3, 1998), Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics #6/98, Athletics PNG, pp. 1–11, retrieved March 4, 2013

[gbr-1] OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 4, 2013

[pacific_01-2] Snow, Bob (September 3, 1998), Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics #6/98, Athletics PNG, pp. 1–11, retrieved March 4, 2013

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