1996 Oceania Athletics Championships

III Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	November 28–30
Host city	Townsville, Australia
Level	Senior
Events	42 (22 men, 20 women)
Participation	16 nations
Records set	13
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The 1996 Oceania Athletics Championships were held in Townsville, Australia, between November 28–30, 1996.

A total of 42 events were contested, 22 by men and 20 by women.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners were published.^[1] Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow from Athletics PNG.^[2]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	(TGA)	10.56 CR	(AUS)	10.61	(FIJ)	10.82
200 metres (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Soloveni Nakaunicina (FIJ)	21.54w	Laurence Jack (VAN)	22.02w	(FIJ)	22.19w
400 metres	(NZL)	47.43	Soloveni Nakaunicina (FIJ)	47.55	Baptiste Firiam (VAN)	48.97
800 metres	(NZL)	1:53.61	(PNG)	1:54.49	(AUS)	1:55.67
1500 metres	(NZL)	3:58.52	(NZL)	3:59.69	(PNG)	4:00.82
5000 metres	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	15:54.65	(VAN)	16:10.76	(PNG)	16:17.81
10000 metres	Primo Higa (SOL)	34:04.45	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	35:27.94	(FSM)	38:24.32
Half Marathon	(AUS)	1:14:18 CR	Primo Higa (SOL)	1:15:28	/  (TAH)	1:16:54
3000 metres steeplechase	Primo Higa (SOL)	9:41.87	(VAN)	9:48.30	(PNG)	9:48.31
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s)	(SAM)	15.15 CR	(AUS)	15.37	(AUS)	15.49
400 metres hurdles	(NZL)	53.74	(AUS)	55.24	(SAM)	67.51
High Jump	(AUS)	2.07 CR	(PNG)	1.99	(SAM)	1.96
Pole Vault	(AUS)	4.20	(TGA)	4.20	(AUS)	4.00
Long Jump	(VAN)	6.99 (wind: +1.0 m/s)	(AUS)	6.83 (wind: +1.1 m/s)	(NZL)	6.81 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Triple Jump	(AUS)	15.20w (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Josh Ferguson (AUS)	15.10w (wind: +3.5 m/s)	(SAM)	13.31w (wind: +5.1 m/s)
Shot Put	(AUS)	15.92	(NZL)	15.89	(AUS)	15.17
Discus Throw	(AUS)	49.90 CR	(NZL)	49.90 CR	(AUS)	49.80
Hammer Throw	(NZL)	63.60 CR	(NFK)	52.10	(AUS)	41.26
Javelin Throw	(NZL)	65.26	(AUS)	60.36	(NZL)	59.64
10 Kilometres Road Walk	(NZL)	51:17 CR	(FIJ)	54:30
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	42.36	Vanuatu	42.39	Australia	42.75
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea	3:21.51	Vanuatu	3:22.34	Australia	3:22.38

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	12.26	Tasha Williams (NZL)	12.27	(AUS)	12.51
200 metres (wind: +2.6 m/s)	(AUS)	24.51w	(NZL)	25.13w	(PNG)	25.40w
400 metres	(AUS)	55.27 CR	(PNG)	57.78	(NZL)	58.47
800 metres	(TGA)	2:23.37
1500 metres	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	4:52.05	(TGA)	4:54.25	(ASA)	5:51.48
5000 metres	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	19:17.56	(TGA)	19:34.12
Half Marathon	(AUS)	1:21:43 CR	(AUS)	1:43:07	(ASA)	1:59:15
100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.6 m/s)	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	14.61w	Melina Hamilton (NZL)	14.92w	(AUS)	15.88w
400 metres hurdles	(AUS)	65.15
High Jump	(AUS)	1.74	(AUS)	1.74
Pole Vault	Melina Hamilton (NZL)	3.60 CR
Long Jump	(AUS)	6.11 (wind: +1.8 m/s) CR	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	5.96 (wind: +1.3 m/s)	(NZL)	5.79w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
Triple Jump	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	12.29 (wind: +1.5 m/s)	(AUS)	11.91w (wind: +2.5 m/s)	(AUS)	11.61w (wind: +2.4 m/s)
Shot Put	(NZL)	13.11	(FIJ)	12.18	Joanne Morris (AUS)	12.17
Discus Throw	(NZL)	42.08	(FIJ)	37.70	(AUS)	36.06
Hammer Throw	Tasha Williams (NZL)	53.24 CR	(NZL)	46.36	(AUS)	39.80
Javelin Throw (old implement)	Hayley Wilson (NZL)	45.68	(NZL)	40.86	(AUS)	38.50
10 Kilometres Road Walk	(NFK)	57:14
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand	47.67	Australia	49.84
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand	3:59.83	Australia	4:07.35

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	14	8	4	26
2	Australia (AUS)*	12	11	15	38
3	Fiji (FIJ)	5	5	2	12
4	Tonga (TON)	5	4	0	9
5	Solomon Islands (SOL)	2	1	0	3
6	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	5	1	7
7	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	3	4	8
8	Norfolk Island (NFI)	1	1	0	2
9	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	3	4
10	American Samoa (ASA)	0	0	2	2
11	French Polynesia (TAH)	0	0	1	1
	Micronesia (FSM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		42	38	33	113

Participation (unofficial)[]

The participation of athletes from 16 countries was reported by the Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics publication.^[2]

References[]