2002 Oceania Athletics Championships

VI Oceania Athletics Championships
VI Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	December 12–14
Host city	Christchurch, New Zealand
Venue	Queen Elizabeth II Park
Level	Senior
Events	39 (20 men, 19 women)
Participation	16 nations
Records set	6
	← 2000 Adelaide 2004 Townsville →

The 2002 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, between December 12–14, 2002.

A total of 39 events were contested, 20 by men and 19 by women.

Medal summary edit

Medal winners were published.^[1] Complete results can be found in the Cool Running New Zealand newsgroup.^[2]

Men edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s)	Peter Pulu (PNG)	10.66	Wagui Anau (AUS)	10.84	Justin Smith (AUS)	10.92
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Peter Pulu (PNG)	21.39 CR	Jeremy Dixon (NZL)	21.57	Craig Bearda (NZL)	21.61
200 metres (Invitation/Exhibition) (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Dallas Roberts (NZL)	22.06w	Hayden Fisher (NZL)	22.84w	Jarrod Adams (NZL)	22.91w
400 metres	Jeffrey Bai (PNG)	49.03	Hayden Fisher (NZL)	49.37	Moses Kamut (VAN)	49.88
400 metres (Invitation/Exhibition)	Jarrod Adams (NZL)	50.56	A. Crawford (NZL)	52.87
800 metres	Gareth Hyett (NZL)	1:51.12	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	1:54.11	Loresh Kumaran (FIJ)	1:57.82
1500 metres	Gareth Hyett (NZL)	3:53.64	Paul Hamblyn (NZL)	3:53.68	/ Kader Touati (TAH)	4:03.09
1500 metres (Invitation/Exhibition)	Mark Rodgers (CAN)	3:59.84	Clyde McIntosh (CAN)	4:00.52	Mark Bailey (CAN)	4:04.61
5000 metres	Ben Ruthe (NZL)	15:05.27	Terenzo Bozzone (NZL)	15:05.80	Neil Weare (GUM)	15:30.47
Half Marathon	/ Georges Richmond (TAH)	1:10:40 CR	Henry Foufaka (SOL)	1:13:41	Patrick Zambelli (NCL)	1:14:43
3000 metres steeplechase	Neville Smith (NZL)	9:47.07	Chris Votu (SOL)	10:09.86	Henry Foufaka (SOL)	10:31.35
110 metres hurdles (wind: -3.6 m/s)	Avele Tanielu (SAM)	15.18	Mowen Boino (PNG)	15.52	Maluai Penaia (SAM)	15.55
400 metres hurdles	Mowen Boino (PNG)	53.06	Matthew Stratton (NZL)	54.12	Gregory Hubbard (AUS)	54.44
High Jump	Grant Knaggs (NZL)	1.99	Sandy Katusele (PNG)	1.96	Antonio Rahiman Mohammed (FIJ)	1.96
Pole Vault	Jacobus Nel (NZL)	4.56 CR	Laurent Honoré (NCL) / Tamatoa Laibe (TAH)	4.30
Long Jump	Fagamanu Sofai (SAM)	6.83w (wind: +3.1 m/s)	Matthew Sullivan (NZL)	6.82 (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Harmon Harmon (COK)	6.76w (wind: +8.5 m/s)
Triple Jump	Tim Hawkes (NZL)	14.66w (wind: +4.2 m/s)	Fagamanu Sofai (SAM)	14.64w (wind: +4.6 m/s)	Sandy Katusele (PNG)	13.95w (wind: +2.8 m/s)
Shot Put	Chris Mene (SAM)	14.22	Sikipio Fihaki (FIJ)	14.03	Salesi Ahokovi (TGA)	13.96
Discus Throw	Chris Mene (SAM)	50.52 CR	Jean-Pierre Totélé (NCL)	49.03	/ Gilles Valdenaire (TAH)	48.24
Hammer Throw	Tane Edwards (NZL)	50.54	Jean-Pierre Totélé (NCL)	49.37	Motekiai Ta'ufa (TGA)	37.32
Javelin Throw	Scott McFarlane (NZL)	57.59	Nathan Baart (AUS)	49.66	Batchelor Tukumoeta (ASA)	45.48
5000 metres Track Walk	Dip Chand (FIJ)	28:27.76
4 x 100 metres relay (Invitation/Exhibition)	New Zealand "A" Todd Mansfield Jeremy Dixon Craig Bearda Adam Somerville	42.14	Australia "A" Peter Jackson Justin Smith Wagui Anau Otis Gowa	42.23	Solomon Islands "A"	43.26
800 metres Medley relay	Papua New Guinea Henry Ben Peter Pulu Jeffrey Bai Mowen Boino	1:31.17	New Zealand Adam Somerville Jeremy Dixon Craig Bearda Hayden Fisher	1:31.89	Fiji Meki Meli Henry Rogo Moape Vu Isireli Naikelekelevesi	1:34.38
4 x 400 metres relay (Invitation/Exhibition)	Australia "A" Gregory Hubbard Nathan Baart Anthony McCourt Joshua Brogan	3:27.34	Canterbury "A"	3:27.56	New Zealand "A" Matt Stratton Craig Bearda Ben Ruthe Gareth Hyett	3:28.04

Women edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Makelesi Bulikiobo (FIJ)	12.22	Latai Sikuvea (TGA)	12.49	Kate Schofield (NZL)	12.49
200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Makelesi Bulikiobo (FIJ)	24.21	Kate Schofield (NZL)	24.93	Latai Sikuvea (TGA)	25.03
200 metres (Invitation/Exhibition) (wind: +2.1 m/s)	Phillippa Duncan (CAN)	26.84w	Clare Hutchinson (CAN)	27.53w	Amy McKay (CAN)	27.54w
400 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo (FIJ)	56.67	Rachel Signal (NZL)	57.21	Sarah Johnston (NZL)	57.57
400 metres (Invitation/Exhibition)	Alice Webster (CAN)	63.12	Julia Averill (CAN)	63.49	Hannah Falvey (CAN)	63.69
800 metres	Liz Auld (NZL)	2:11.79	Hillary Bloomfield (AUS)	2:23.11	Miriam Goiye (PNG)	2:26.00
1500 metres	Liz Auld (NZL)	4:38.37	Melissa Thomas (NZL)	4:41.49	Hillary Bloomfield (AUS)	5:00.46
5000 metres	Brooke Eddy (NZL)	16:58.72	Sophie Joynes (AUS)	18:35.05	Banrenga Baikia (KIR)	23:10.46
Half Marathon	Kylie Colum (AUS)	1:18:57 CR	Ericka Ellis (NCL)	1:27:17	Sophie Joynes (AUS)	1:27:54
2000 metres steeplechase	Brooke Eddy (NZL)	6:56.52	Riana Dinsmore (AUS)	7:19.16	Rachel Pedersen (AUS)	8:00.16
100 metres hurdles (wind: -3.4 m/s)	Rachel Rogers (FIJ)	15.39	Marie Yongomene (NCL)	15.74	Melesia Mafile'o (TGA)	16.11
400 metres hurdles	Mae Koime (PNG)	69.15	Vikatolia Manumu'a (TGA)	70.37
High Jump	Elizabeth Murphy (AUS) Tiffany Pickford (NZL)	1.69			Sarah Johnston (NZL)	1.63
Pole Vault	Sophie Chiet (NZL)	3.61	Marion Becker (NCL)	2.80
Long Jump	Elizabeth Murphy (AUS)	5.78w (wind: +3.1 m/s)	Tatum Rickard (NZL)	5.64w (wind: +9.9 m/s)	Melesia Mafile'o (TGA)	5.62w (wind: +5.7 m/s)
Triple Jump	Melesia Mafile'o (TGA)	12.16w (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Marie Yongomene (NCL)	12.13w (wind: +3.2 m/s)	Tatum Rickard (NZL)	12.04w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
Shot Put	Ana Po'uhila (TGA)	15.66	Melehifo Uhi (TGA)	13.78	Joanne Morris (AUS)	13.05
Discus Throw	Melehifo Uhi (TGA)	51.01 CR	Ana Po'uhila (TGA)	45.11	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	40.87
Hammer Throw	Sharyn Tennent (AUS)	54.63	Debbie McCaw (NZL)	47.87	Amélia Tui (NCL)	46.85
Javelin Throw	Linda Selui (NCL)	47.90	Kate Smith (AUS)	45.72	Jennifer Greatbatch (NZL)	40.90
4 x 100 metres relay (Invitation/Exhibition)	New Zealand "A" Anne Marie Spragg Aimee Lynch Amber Grogan Sophie Chiet	48.12	Australia "A" Kimara Timms Elianna Suluvale Rachel Phillips Kate Smith	49.89	Canterbury "A"	50.01
800 metres Medley relay	Fiji Rachael Rogers Litiana Miller Makelesi Bulikiobo Mereoni Raluve	1:45.09	New Zealand Anne Marie Spragg Sarah Johnston Kate Schofield Rachel Signal	1:47.94	Australia Kate Smith Kimara Timms Rachel Phillips Nicole Burry	1:58.92
4 x 400 metres relay (Invitation/Exhibition)	Australia "A" Rachel Pederson Kimara Timms Rachel Phillips Nicole Burry	4:01.71	New Zealand "A" Rachel Signal Clare Goodwin Liz Auld Sarah Johnston	4:03.04	Canterbury "A"	4:15.41

Mixed edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3000 metres Track Walk	Kelly Shadbolt (CAN)	16:26.29	Keith Rutherford (CAN)	16:32.14	Patrick Enright (CAN)	17:51.82

Medal table (unofficial) edit

* Host nation (New Zealand)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)*	14	14	6	34
2	Fiji (FIJ)	6	2	3	11
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	6	2	2	10
4	Australia (AUS)	4	6	7	17
5	Samoa (SAM)	4	1	1	6
6	Tonga (TON)	3	4	5	12
7	New Caledonia (NCL)	1	7	2	10
8	French Polynesia (TAH)	1	1	2	4
9	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	2	1	3
10	Cook Islands (COK)	0	0	2	2
11	American Samoa (ASA)	0	0	1	1
	Guam (GUM)	0	0	1	1
	Kiribati (KIR)	0	0	1	1
	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		39	39	35	113

Participation (unofficial) edit

The participation of athletes from 16 countries could be determined from the Cool Running New Zealand newsgroup.^[2] Athletes from Canada and further athletes from New Zealand started as guests out of competition.

References edit

^ OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 4, 2013
^ ^a ^b Brown, Craig (December 19, 2002), 2002 Oceania Open and Under 18 Championships, Athletics New Zealand, archived from the original on April 12, 2013, retrieved March 4, 2013

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

[cool_01-2] Brown, Craig (December 19, 2002), 2002 Oceania Open and Under 18 Championships, Athletics New Zealand, archived from the original on April 12, 2013, retrieved March 4, 2013

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