2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

I Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	April
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Level	Senior
Events	33 (20 men, 13 women)
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The 2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place in April, 2001. The event was held in Suva, Fiji, in conjunction with the Fiji national championships. ^[1]

A total of 33 events were contested, 20 by men and 13 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage. ^[2]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Joseph Kembu   Papua New Guinea	10.8	Andrew Konai   Solomon Islands	10.8	Henry Ben   Papua New Guinea Reuben Apuri   Solomon Islands	10.9
200 metres	Sailasa Koroitamana   Fiji	22.2	Reuben Apuri   Solomon Islands	22.5	Henry Ben   Papua New Guinea	22.6
400 metres	Remesio Namara   Fiji	49.4	Meli Cama   Fiji	51.2	David Thomas   Vanuatu	51.7
800 metres	Loresh Kumaran   Fiji	1:58.6	Peter Paul Enkae   Vanuatu	1:59.5	Gerard Solomon   Vanuatu	2:01.1
1500 metres	Esala Talebula   Fiji	4:22.8	Gerard Solomon   Vanuatu	4:23.6	Josaia Cavu   Fiji	5:15.4
5000 metres	Henry Foufaka   Solomon Islands	16:52.4	Aman Prasad   Fiji	17:27.1	Josaia Cavu   Fiji	18:58.8
10000 metres	Henry Foufaka   Solomon Islands	35:12.7	Bimlesh Kumar   Fiji	35:50.1	Abinesh Kumar   Fiji	36:07.4
Half Marathon	Bimlesh Kumar   Fiji	1:17:58	Parshottam Lal   Fiji	1:19:18	Abinesh Kumar   Fiji	1:20:17
3000 metres steeplechase	Esala Talebula   Fiji	10:04.9	Peter Paul Enkae   Vanuatu	11:05.0
400 metres hurdles	Meli Cama   Fiji	57.2	Sunia Cama   Fiji	60.3
High Jump	Lorima Vunisa   Fiji	1.96m	Jone Kalouniviti   Fiji	1.93m	Robert Elder   Fiji	1.90m
Long Jump	Shaun Apisai   Fiji	6.23m	Sepesa Leweniquila   Fiji	6.22m	Hendricks Tari   Vanuatu	6.15m
Triple Jump	Felix Rosa   Fiji	13.37m	Simon Benari   Papua New Guinea	13.01m	Lorima Vunisa   Fiji	12.69m
Shot Put	Iosefo Vuloaloa   Fiji	13.03m	Sikipio Fihaki   Fiji	11.92m	James Dominiko   Fiji	11.56m
Discus Throw	Sikipio Fihaki   Fiji	44.35m	Sosefo Fonorito   Fiji	41.44m	Iosefo Vuloaloa   Fiji	34.24m
Hammer Throw	Brentt Jones   Norfolk Island	51.21m	James Dominiko   Fiji	31.10m	Sosefo Fonorito   Fiji	29.51m
Javelin Throw	Iosefo Vuloaloa   Fiji	58.98m	Simon Benari   Papua New Guinea	48.14m	Tomasi Gonelevu   Fiji	41.36m
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Rajeev Patel   Fiji	1:56:04
4 x 100 metres relay	Solomon Islands	42.9	Papua New Guinea	43.0	Fiji	43.1
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	3:25.2	Vanuatu	3:29.6	Ratu Kadavulevu School   Fiji	3:33.6

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.7 m/s)	Mae Koime   Papua New Guinea	12.5	Vasiti Vatureba   Fiji	12.7	Nessie Ogisi   Papua New Guinea	12.9
200 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo   Fiji	24.8	Vasiti Vatureba   Fiji	25.8	Mary Estelle Kapalu   Vanuatu	26.0
400 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo   Fiji	58.3	Mary Estelle Kapalu   Vanuatu	59.0	Vasiti Vatureba   Fiji	60.9
800 metres	Sisilia Dauniwe   Fiji	2:24.5
1500 metres	Jedda Fletcher   Norfolk Island	6:15.9
400 metres hurdles	Mary Estelle Kapalu   Vanuatu	65.5	Ledua Baker   Fiji	86.2
High Jump	Tereima Rara   Fiji	1.45m	Amelia R.   Fiji	1.40m
Long Jump	Vasiti Vatureba   Fiji	4.61m	Mere Gavidi   Fiji	4.56m	Melissa Moli   Vanuatu	4.48m
Shot Put	Sisilia Lau   Fiji	9.62m	Sisilia Naqelo   Fiji	9.52m
Discus Throw	Venina Rokowati   Fiji	30.32m	Wila Nailatimate   Fiji	27.63m
Javelin Throw	Sisilia Lau   Fiji	41.20m	Mela Tabakiraka   Fiji	30.03m	Milika Roko   Fiji	26.26m
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	50.7
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	4:04.2

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Fiji)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji  (FIJ)*	25	18	13	56
2	Solomon Islands  (SOL)	3	2	1	6
3	Papua New Guinea  (PNG)	2	3	3	8
4	Norfolk Island  (NFK)	2	0	0	2
5	Vanuatu  (VAN)	1	5	5	11
Totals (5 entries)		33	28	22	83

References

1. Squad named for championships, Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, April 9, 2001, archived from the original on July 31, 2001, retrieved December 8, 2015
2. MELANESIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved February 13, 2014