2000 Polynesian Championships in Athletics

I Polynesian Championships in Athletics
Host city	Apia, Samoa
Level	Senior
Events	32 (18 men, 14 women)
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The 2000 Polynesian Championships in Athletics took place in 2000. The event was held in Apia, Samoa.

A total of 32 events were contested, 18 by men and 14 by women.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage.^[1]

Men[]

Event	First		Second		Third
100 metres	Kelsey Nakanelua  American Samoa	10.9	Samoa	10.9	Tonga	11.2
200 metres	Samoa	21.68	Kelsey Nakanelua  American Samoa	21.76	Ron Fanuatanu  Samoa	22.55
400 metres	Kelsey Nakanelua  American Samoa	49.60	Samoa	51.50	Samoa	51.56
800 metres	Samoa	2:00.3	Samoa	2:01.6	Setefano Mika  Samoa	2:03.6
1500 metres	Setefano Mika  Samoa	4:28.3	Samoa	4:28.4	French Polynesia	4:30.1
3000 metres	French Polynesia	8:14.3	Setefano Mika  Samoa	8:22.8	Samoa	8:24.1
110 metres hurdles	Tonga	15.76	Samoa	16.08	Tonga	16.18
400 metres hurdles	Tonga	54.92	Samoa	55.86	Samoa	56.19
High Jump	Samoa	1.75m	Samoa	1.75m	Samoa	1.75m
Pole Vault	Tonga	3.50m	Samoa	2.90m	Samoa	2.70m
Long Jump	Tonga	6.94m	Samoa	6.85m	Samoa	6.74m
Triple Jump	Samoa	14.44m	Chris ?.  Samoa	13.56m	Samoa	13.16m
Shot Put	French Polynesia	12.64m	Samoa	12.40m	French Polynesia	12.36m
Discus Throw	French Polynesia	40.82m	French Polynesia	39.68m	Tonga	36.74m
Hammer Throw	Samoa	39.88m	Tonga	28.28m	Samoa	20.94m
Javelin Throw	Samoa	51.92m	Samoa	49.20m	Samoa	48.66m
4 x 100 metres relay	Samoa A	42.72	Tonga	43.79	Samoa B	44.39
4 x 400 metres relay	Samoa A	3:26.6	Samoa B	3:30.?	Samoa C	3:31.9

Women[]

Event	First		Second		Third
100 metres	Tonga	12.8	Cook Islands	13.2	Samoa	13.8
200 metres	Tonga	25.75	Cook Islands	27.12	Samoa	27.59
400 metres	Tonga	63.28	Samoa	64.07	Samoa	64.26
800 metres	French Polynesia	2:24.3	Samoa	2:41.3	Samoa	2:42.3
1500 metres	French Polynesia	5:13.8	Samoa	5:55.5	Samoa	5:56.0
100 metres hurdles	Marilyn W.  Samoa	18.10	Diana T.  Samoa	18.31	Samoa	18.32
High Jump	Samoa	1.48m	Toefuataina F.  Samoa	1.42m	Samoa	1.35m
Long Jump	Loretta A.  Samoa	4.68m	Samoa	4.30m	Nele S.  Samoa	4.22m
Triple Jump	Samoa	9.74m	Samoa	9.64m	Loretta A.  Samoa	9.60m
Shot Put	Ana Po'uhila  Tonga	13.88m	Tonga	12.92m	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	12.36m
Discus Throw	Tonga	44.82m	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	40.38m	Siniva Marsters  Cook Islands	36.46m
Hammer Throw	Siniva Marsters  Cook Islands	38.10m	Tonga	37.40m	Ana Po'uhila  Tonga	29.68m
Javelin Throw	Iloai Suaniu  Samoa	40.86m	Ana Po'uhila  Tonga	40.84m	Samoa	38.10m
4 x 100 metres relay	Samoa A	53.16	Samoa B	53.68	Samoa C	54.34

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Samoa)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Samoa (SAM)*	15	20	21	56
2	Tonga (TON)	9	5	4	18
3	French Polynesia (TAH)	5	1	2	8
4	American Samoa (ASA)	2	1	0	3
5	Cook Islands (COK)	1	3	2	6
Totals (5 nations)		32	30	29	91

References[]