2008 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 [1] nations
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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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host)

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
	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		39	37	33	109

Medal summary

The results were published. ^[3]

Men

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

Women

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

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800 metres Medley relay	Fiji Makelesi Tumalevu Iowane Dovumatua Paulini Korowaqa Aporosa Tabulawaki	1:38.29	Papua New Guinea Shirley Vunatup Waname Egora Betty Burua Kevin Kapmatana	1:39.50	Solomon Islands Pauline Kwalea Jack Iroga Flory Liza Emmanuel Tautaumea	1:41.26

References

1. www.athletics-oceania.com/
2. https://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=9 About Us: The Oceania Athletics Association
3. Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 - U18/Open Area Championships - Oliea Park, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands - Results , retrieved April 22, 2013

External links

• Final Results: Final Results
• OAA Official website