2008 Oceania Athletics Championships

9th Oceania Athletics Championships
9th Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	June 25–28
Host city	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Venue	Oleai Sports Complex
Level	Open senior, U18
Type	Outdoor
Events	84 (21 men, 21 women for 2 age categories)
Participation	23 nations
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DatesJune 25–28

Host citySaipan, Northern Mariana Islands

VenueOleai Sports Complex

LevelOpen senior, U18

The 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships was the 9th edition of the Oceania Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the Oceania Athletic Association, in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands in June. Athletes competed at two age categories: Youth (U18) and open senior. New Caledonia competed as part of Oceania for the first time, having competed as a guest nation in past events.^[2] The four-day competition took place from 25 to 28 June

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji	9	9	3	21
2	Papua New Guinea	9	5	4	18
3	Australia	6	3	4	13
4	Samoa	5	3	1	9
5	New Caledonia	3	2	2	7
6	French Polynesia	2	5	3	10
7	Guam	2	4	4	10
8	Cook Islands	1	1	2	4
9	Kiribati	1	1	1	3
10	Norfolk Island	1	0	0	1
11	Tonga	0	2	3	5
12	Northern Mariana Islands*	0	2	2	4
13	Solomon Islands	0	0	2	2
14	Nauru	0	0	1	1
14	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		39	37	33	109

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Iowane Dovumatua Fiji	10.92	Setareki Tikosaya Fiji	10.99	Jack Iroga Solomon Islands	11.07
200 m (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Isoa Me Fiji	21.93	Setareki Tikosaya Fiji	22.02	Jay Stone Australia	22.08
400 m	Joshua Ahwong Australia	48.26	Aporosa Tabulawaki Fiji	48.67	Isoa Me Fiji	48.75
800 m	Aunese Curreen Samoa	1:51.16	Isireli Naikelekelevesi Fiji	1:53.48	Aporosa Tabulawaki Fiji	1:57.41
1500 m	Aunese Curreen Samoa	3:58.76	Isireli Naikelekelevesi Fiji	4:03.79	Derek Mandell Guam	4:05.79
5000 m	Brendan Whelan Australia	16:02.19	Tupuhoe Tahi French Polynesia	16:12.54	Teiva Izal French Polynesia	16:13.00
110 m hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Toriki Urarii French Polynesia	15.11	Kenneth Karosich Guam	15.50	Inoke Finau Tonga	15.54
400 m hurdles	Mowen Boino Papua New Guinea	52.07	Jone Wainiqolo Fiji	55.79	Kenneth Karosich Guam	57.02
3000 m steeplechase	Tim Rogers Norfolk Island	12:18.36	Ketson Kabiriel Northern Mariana Islands	12:20.07
4 × 100 m	Fiji Iowane Dovumatua Setareki Tikosaya Frank Louey Isoa Me	42.01	Papua New Guinea Reginald Worealevi Kupun Wisil Waname Egora Joe Matmat	42.71	Australia Jay Stone Duane Daley Joshua Ahwong Peter Tuccandidgee	42.84
High jump	David Birati [fr] Kiribati	1.92	Emori Sabua Fiji	1.86	Kristopher Williamson Cook Islands	1.83
Long jump	/Frédéric Erin New Caledonia	7.59 (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Jay Stone Australia	7.10 (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Sandy Katusele Papua New Guinea	6.98 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Triple jump	Frank Louey Fiji	14.23 (wind: +0.1 m/s)	/Kainric Ozoux New Caledonia	14.05 (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Sandy Katusele Papua New Guinea	13.99 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Shot put	/Daniel Kilama New Caledonia	16.76	Stephen Lasei Samoa	14.44	/Mathieu Roulet New Caledonia	13.68
Discus throw	/Daniel Kilama New Caledonia	48.06	Rooarii Pito French Polynesia	47.51	/Yann Fuluhea New Caledonia	45.04
Hammer throw	Thomas McGuire Australia	46.00	Rooarii Pito French Polynesia	41.90
Javelin throw	Leslie Copeland Fiji	67.02	/Mathieu Roulet New Caledonia	66.08	Nick Gross Northern Mariana Islands	52.43
Octathlon	Brendan Peeters Australia	4927	Rabangaki Nawai Kiribati	4901	Toriki Urarii French Polynesia	4827
6 km Cross Country	Aunese Curreen Samoa	21:05	Brendan Whelan Australia	21:09	Lavi Sam Vanuatu	21:14
Half Marathon	Tutea Degage French Polynesia	1:17:38.67	Teiva Izal French Polynesia	1:19:58.75	Brendan Whelan Australia	1:24:27.83

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Mae Koime Papua New Guinea	11.66 CR	Toea Wisil Papua New Guinea	11.94	Makelesi Tumalevu Fiji	12.39
200 m (wind: -2.1 m/s)	Mae Koime Papua New Guinea	24.11	Toea Wisil Papua New Guinea	24.45	Betty Burua Papua New Guinea	25.05
400 m	Salome Dell Papua New Guinea	55.45	Betty Burua Papua New Guinea	55.80	Sharon Henry Papua New Guinea	58.00
800 m	Salome Dell Papua New Guinea	2:10.92	Salote Mereula Fiji	2:21.80	Nicole Layson Guam	2:39.63
1500 m	Salome Dell Papua New Guinea	4:40.39	Nicole Layson Guam	5:25.92	Malia’Aneta Patolo Tonga	5:45.27
5000 m	Nicole Layson Guam	21:11.76	Malia’Aneta Patolo Tonga	23:25.96	Luna Tuifutana Tonga	25:17.43
100 m hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Milika Tuivanuavou Fiji	16.22	Monique Lafaialii Samoa	16.34
400 m hurdles	Sharon Henry Papua New Guinea	61.83	Lata Tuifutuna Tonga	71.07	Kaitinano Mwemweata Kiribati	81.71
4 × 100 m	Papua New Guinea Sharon Henry Mae Koime Betty Burua Toea Wisil	47.27	Fiji Makelesi Tumalevu Paulini Korowaqa Salote Mereula Milika Tuivanuavou	49.24	Australia Emma-Rose Daby Sarah Busby Emily Keehn Narelle Long	49.92
Long jump	Makelesi Tumalevu Fiji	5.70 (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Maki Samanth Lockington Cook Islands	5.07 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Triple jump	Monique Lafaialii Samoa	10.20 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
Shot put	Margaret Satupai Samoa	13.94	Genie Gierardo Guam	9.79	Nina Grundler Nauru	9.66
Discus throw	Tereapii Tapoki Cook Islands	50.59	Margaret Satupai Samoa	46.57	Perle Buard French Polynesia	30.82
Hammer throw	Kelly Humphries Australia	45.57	Olivia Birkett Australia	38.33	Margaret Satupai Samoa	36.11
Javelin throw	Milika Tuivanuavou Fiji	39.36	Perle Buard French Polynesia	39.02	Maki Samanth Lockington Cook Islands	32.70
Heptathlon	Narelle Long Australia	3081
3 km Cross Country	Salome Dell Papua New Guinea	11:08	Marie Benito Guam	12:20	Nicole Layson Guam	12:31
Half Marathon	Marie Benito Guam	1:35:20.83	Mieko Carey Northern Mariana Islands	1:39:32.28	Mamiko Oshima Northern Mariana Islands	1:42:26.67

2008 Oceania Athletics Championships

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