1998 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships

III Oceania Junior Athletics Championships
Dates	August 27–28
Host city	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Venue	Teufaiva Stadium
Level	Junior
Events	37 (19 men, 18 women)
Participation	124 athletes from 14 nations
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The 1998 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships were held at the Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, between August 27–28, 1998. They were held together with the 1998 Oceania Open Championships. A total of 37 events were contested, 19 by men and 18 by women.

Medal summary[]

Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow on the Athletics Papua New Guinea,^[1] on the Athletics Weekly,^[2] and on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.^[3]

Boys under 20 (Junior)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s)	(FIJ)	10.86	(NZL)	11.00	(NZL)	11.00
200 metres (wind: +3.0 m/s)	(PNG)	21.46 w	(NZL)	21.50 w	(NZL)	21.96 w
400 metres	(FIJ)	48.82	(AUS)	48.84	(NZL)	50.02
800 metres	(NZL)	1:55.46	(VAN)	1:58.72	(SAM)	1:59.32
1500 metres	(NZL)	4:05.54	(VAN)	4:09.44	(SOL)	4:12.62
5000 metres	(SOL)	16:08.48	(PNG)	16:20.98	(SOL)	17:01.00
3000 metres steeplechase	(SOL)	10:27.34	(FIJ)	10:50.48	(COK)	13:14.72
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.4 m/s)	(SAM)	15.74 w	(PNG)	15.92 w	/  (TAH)	16.58 w
400 metres hurdles	(TGA)	55.34	/  (TAH)	57.32	(SAM)	58.44
High Jump	(NZL)	1.95	Robert Elder (FIJ)	1.95	(TGA)	1.95
Pole Vault	(TGA)	2.80
Long Jump	Harmon Harmon (COK)	6.54 (wind: +1.1 m/s)	(TGA)	6.53	(AUS)	6.52
Triple Jump	(TGA)	13.95	(PNG)	13.82 (wind: -1.5 m/s)	(FIJ)	13.74
Shot Put	(AUS)	14.10	(FIJ)	13.72	(TGA)	13.43
Discus Throw	(AUS)	40.45	(FIJ)	37.49	(FIJ)	37.25
Hammer Throw	(AUS)	53.32	(VAN)	29.62	(TGA)	25.48
Javelin Throw	(AUS)	60.31	(FIJ)	58.19	(TGA)	53.92
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand	42.40	Fiji	43.20	Papua New Guinea	43.48
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	3:22.20	New Zealand	3:29.82	Papua New Guinea	3:32.90

Girls under 20 (Junior)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	(NZL)	12.56	(AUS)	12.68	(NZL)	12.72
200 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s)	(NZL)	25.28	(PNG)	25.36	(FIJ)	25.78
400 metres	(FIJ)	60.02	(SOL)	61.70	(FIJ)	61.92
800 metres	(NZL)	2:15.60	(AUS)	2:20.74	(SOL)	2:36.50
1500 metres	(NZL)	4:37.14	(FIJ)	5:14.06
3000 metres	(NZL)	9:59.70	(FIJ)	11:42.26
100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.4 m/s)	/  (TAH)	15.96 w	(FIJ)	16.06 w	(TGA)	16.30 w
400 metres hurdles	(FIJ)	63.74	/  (TAH)	67.12	(TGA)	67.72
High Jump	(AUS)	1.80	(NZL)	1.55	(TGA)	1.50
Pole Vault	(TGA)	1.85
Long Jump	(SAM)	5.76	(AUS)	5.30	(SOL)	4.64
Triple Jump	(AUS)	12.43	(TGA)	10.71	(TGA)	10.60
Shot Put	(NZL)	12.94	/  (TAH)	12.23	(TGA)	11.46
Discus Throw	(AUS)	40.02	/  (TAH)	39.40	Siniva Marsters (COK)	38.12
Hammer Throw	(AUS)	47.97	(NZL)	47.84	(NZL)	42.20
Javelin Throw	(AUS)	42.87	(FIJ)	41.84	(TGA)	37.64
4 x 100 metres relay	Tonga	50.00	Australia	51.44	New Zealand	51.56
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	4:04.46	Tonga	4:19.94

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Tonga)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	10	5	6	21
2	Australia (AUS)	9	5	1	15
3	Fiji (FIJ)	6	10	4	20
4	Tonga (TON)*	5	3	10	18
5	Solomon Islands (SOL)	2	1	4	7
6	Samoa (SAM)	2	0	2	4
7	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	4	2	7
8	French Polynesia (TAH)	1	4	1	6
9	Cook Islands (COK)	1	0	2	3
10	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	3	0	3
Totals (10 nations)		37	35	32	104

Participation (unofficial)[]

An unofficial count yields the number of about 124 athletes from 15 countries:

References[]