Oceania Masters Athletics

Oceania Masters Athletics
Genre	Masters athletics sporting event
Frequency	biennial

Oceania Masters Athletics (OMA) is a regional body of World Masters Athletics, ^[1] responsible for organising masters athletics championship competitions for athletes from the countries of Oceania. It was founded in 1984 as Oceania Association of Veteran Athletes (OAVA) or Oceania Association of Masters Athletes (OAMA); ^[2] the name was formally changed to OMA in 2012. ^[3] All athletes 30 years of age or older are eligible to compete. The biennial Championships are held in alternate years with the WMA Outdoor Championships. ^{[4] [5]}

A new Oceania Masters Athletics Council was elected in June 2024, and will stage the official Oceania Masters Championships in Brisbane from 6-10 September 2025.

Championships

Edition	Year	Host city	Country	Dates
1	1982	Suva	Fiji	13 May – 17 May [5] [6] [7] [ usurped ]
2	1984	Canberra	Australia	April [5] [6] [7] [ usurped ]
3	1986	Apia	Samoa	5 September – 9 September [5] [6] [7] [ usurped ]
4	1988	Nouméa	New Caledonia	October [5] [6] [7]
5	1990	Auckland	New Zealand	2 November – 6 November [5] [6] [7] [ usurped ]
6	1992	Norfolk Island	Australia	30 November – 6 December [5] [6] [8] [ usurped ]
7	1994	Suva	Fiji	1 July – 9 July [5] [6] [8] [ usurped ]
8	1996	Papeete	Tahiti	6 July – 13 July [5] [6] [8] [ usurped ]
9	1998	Hastings, New Zealand	New Zealand	January [5] [6] [8] [ usurped ]
10	2000	Norfolk Island	Australia	16 January – 22 January [5] [6] [8] [ usurped ]
11	2002	Geelong	Australia	January [5] [6] [9] [ usurped ]
12	2004	Rarotonga	Cook Islands	21 October – 27 October [5] [6] [9] [ usurped ]
13	2006	Christchurch	New Zealand	14 January – 21 January [5] [6] [9] [ usurped ]
14	2008	Townsville	Australia	27 July – 3 August [5] [6] [9] [ usurped ]
15	2010	Papeete	Tahiti	July [5] [6] [9] [ usurped ]
16	2012	Tauranga	New Zealand	5 February – 12 February [5] [6] [10] [ usurped ]
17	2014	Bendigo	Australia	4 January – 12 January [5] [6] [10] [ usurped ]
18	2015	Rarotonga	Cook Islands	5 October – 10 October [5] [6] [10] [ usurped ]
19	2018	Dunedin	New Zealand	20 January – 27 January [5] [6] [11] [10] [ usurped ]
20	2019	Mackay, Queensland	Australia	31 August – 7 September [5] [6] [ usurped ]
21	2022	Norfolk Island	Australia	Cancelled [5] [12] [13] [14] [15]
22	2023	Saipan	Northern Mariana Islands	22–26 June
23	2024	Suva	Fiji	1–8 June
24	2025	Brisbane	Australia	6–10 September

References

1. "Oceania". WMA.
2. "Oceania Association of Master Athletes". Union of International Associations.
3. "History of Masters Athletics in the Oceania Region". OMA. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016.
4. "OMA Governance Documents". OMA. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016.
5. "Oceania Masters Championships". Wellington Masters Athletics.
6. "OMA Regional Championships Results". OMA. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016.
7. "Championship History from 1982 to 1990". OMA. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017.
8. "Championship History from 1992 to 2000". OMA. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017.
9. "Championship History from 2002 to 2010". OMA. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017.
10. "Championship History 2012 – present". OMA. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017.
11. "Oceania Masters Championship 2018, Dunedin - Results & Photo Montage". Queensland Masters Athletics.
12. "OMA Championships (Norfolk Island) - 10 to 14 January 2022". Tasmanian Masters Athletics.
13. "Oceania Masters Athletics Championships". Athletics Auckland.
14. "OCEANIA MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS NORFOLK ISLAND JAN 2022 (postponed from 2021)" (PDF). NZMA.
15. "Oceania Masters Athletics Championships CANCELLED". Athletics Norfolk Island.