The Oceania U20 Athletics Championships is an athletics competition organized by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) open to under-20 athletes from member and associate member associations. It was called the Oceania Junior Athletics Championships from 1994 to 2014. The competition is held biennially together with the Oceania Open Championships for the first time in 1994 until 1998, and again since 2010. In 2012, the new regional "East–West" format was applied with Medals now being awarded for athletes from both the Eastern and the Western Region by separating the results correspondingly. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Number | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events | No. of Athletes |
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1 | 1994 | Auckland | New Zealand | 23–26 February | 34 | 143 | |
2 | 1996 | Townsville | Australia | 28–30 November | 35 | 112 | |
3 | 1998 | Nuku'alofa | Tonga | 27–28 August | Teufaiva Stadium | 37 | 124 |
4 | 2010 | Cairns | Australia | 23–25 September | Barlow Park | 33 | 113 |
5 | 2012 | Cairns | Australia | 27–29 June | Barlow Park | 35 | 138 |
6 | 2014 | Rarotonga | Cook Islands | 24–26 June | BCI Stadium | 41 | 140 |
7 | 2017 | Suva | Fiji | 28 June – 1 July | National Stadium | ||
8 | 2019 | Townsville | Australia | 25–28 June | Townsville Sports Reserve |
The list of records was compiled from various sources. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
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100 m | 10.50 (+0.9 m/s) | Wagui Amau | Australia | 28 November 1996 | 1996 Championships | Townsville, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
200 m | 21.41 (+1.7 m/s) | Nicholas Bate | Australia | June 2014 | 2014 Championships | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||
400 m | 47.67 | Batinisavu Uluiyata | Fiji | June 2014 | 2014 Championships | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||
800 m | 1:52.92 | Adrien Kela | / New Caledonia | September 2010 | 2010 Championships | Cairns, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
1500 m | 4:02.09 | Nick Burrow | New Zealand | 26 November 1996 | 1996 Championships | Townsville, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
5000 m | 14:51.31 | Duncan Ross | New Zealand | 26 February 1994 | 1994 Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
10000 m | 34:02.75 | Matthew Dryden | New Zealand | June 2014 | 2014 Championships | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||
110 m hurdles (99/100 cm) | 14.74 (-2.0 m/s) | Larry Sulunga | Tonga | June 2017 | 2017 Championships | Suva, Fiji | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||
400 m hurdles | 53.69 | Zion Armstrong | New Zealand | 23 February 1994 | 1994 Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
3000 m steeplechase | 9:53.84 | Matthew Gluyas | Australia | June 2017 | 2017 Championships | Suva, Fiji | [14] | ||||||||||||||||||
High jump | 2.15 m | Glen Howard | New Zealand | 25 February 1994 | 1994 Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Pole vault | 3.80 m | Alani Hakalo | Tonga | February 1994 | 1994 Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Long jump | 7.21 m (-1.0 m/s) | Nicholas van Gelder | Australia | June 2014 | 2014 Championships | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||
Triple jump | 14.98 m (+1.8 m/s) | Phillip Wyatt | New Zealand | June 2012 | 2012 Championships | Cairns, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
Shot put (6 kg) | 17.23 m | Raiarii Thompson | French Polynesia | June 2017 | 2017 Championships | Suva, Fiji | [15] | ||||||||||||||||||
Discus throw (1.75 kg) | 52.90 m | Nathaniel Sulupo | Samoa | June 2017 | 2017 Championships | Suva, Fiji | [16] | ||||||||||||||||||
Hammer throw | 59.76 m | Alex Fafeita | New Zealand | 29 June 2012 | 2012 Championships | Cairns, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
Javelin throw | 66.55 m | Calum Dean | Australia | June 2017 | 2017 Championships | Suva, Fiji | [17] | ||||||||||||||||||
Octathlon | 5282 pts | Max Attwell | New Zealand | June 2014 | 2014 Championships | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |||||||||||||||||||
11.37 (+1.0 m/s)(100 m), 6.04m (+2.4 m/s)(long jump), 9.94m (shot put), 50.86 (400 m)/ 17.47 (+0.9 m/s)(110 m hurdles), 1.99m (high jump), 38.81m (javelin), 2:41.70 (1000 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Decathlon | 6485 pts | Felix McDonald | New Zealand | June 2017 | 2017 Championships | Suva, Fiji | [18] | ||||||||||||||||||
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4 × 100 m relay | 42.07 | New Zealand | 26 February 1994 | 1994 Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 400 m relay | 3:18.53 | Joshua Head Jared Micallef Benjamin MacKay Louis Stenmark | Australia | June 2017 | 2017 Championships | Suva, Fiji | [19] |
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