2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

I Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	April
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Level	Senior
Events	33 (20 men, 13 women)
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The 2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place in April, 2001. The event was held in Suva, Fiji, in conjunction with the Fiji national championships.^[1]

A total of 33 events were contested, 20 by men and 13 by women.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage.^[2]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Papua New Guinea	10.8	Solomon Islands	10.8	Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands	10.9
200 metres	Fiji	22.2	Solomon Islands	22.5	Papua New Guinea	22.6
400 metres	Fiji	49.4	Fiji	51.2	Vanuatu	51.7
800 metres	Fiji	1:58.6	Vanuatu	1:59.5	Vanuatu	2:01.1
1500 metres	Fiji	4:22.8	Vanuatu	4:23.6	Fiji	5:15.4
5000 metres	Solomon Islands	16:52.4	Fiji	17:27.1	Fiji	18:58.8
10000 metres	Solomon Islands	35:12.7	Fiji	35:50.1	Fiji	36:07.4
Half Marathon	Fiji	1:17:58	Fiji	1:19:18	Fiji	1:20:17
3000 metres steeplechase	Fiji	10:04.9	Vanuatu	11:05.0
400 metres hurdles	Fiji	57.2	Fiji	60.3
High Jump	Fiji	1.96m	Fiji	1.93m	Robert Elder  Fiji	1.90m
Long Jump	Fiji	6.23m	Fiji	6.22m	Vanuatu	6.15m
Triple Jump	Fiji	13.37m	Papua New Guinea	13.01m	Fiji	12.69m
Shot Put	Fiji	13.03m	Fiji	11.92m	Fiji	11.56m
Discus Throw	Fiji	44.35m	Fiji	41.44m	Fiji	34.24m
Hammer Throw	Norfolk Island	51.21m	Fiji	31.10m	Fiji	29.51m
Javelin Throw	Fiji	58.98m	Papua New Guinea	48.14m	Fiji	41.36m
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Fiji	1:56:04
4 x 100 metres relay	Solomon Islands	42.9	Papua New Guinea	43.0	Fiji	43.1
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	3:25.2	Vanuatu	3:29.6	Ratu Kadavulevu School  Fiji	3:33.6

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.7 m/s)	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	12.5	Fiji	12.7	Papua New Guinea	12.9
200 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji	24.8	Fiji	25.8	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	26.0
400 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji	58.3	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	59.0	Fiji	60.9
800 metres	Fiji	2:24.5
1500 metres	Norfolk Island	6:15.9
400 metres hurdles	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	65.5	Fiji	86.2
High Jump	Fiji	1.45m	Amelia R.  Fiji	1.40m
Long Jump	Fiji	4.61m	Fiji	4.56m	Vanuatu	4.48m
Shot Put	Fiji	9.62m	Fiji	9.52m
Discus Throw	Fiji	30.32m	Fiji	27.63m
Javelin Throw	Fiji	41.20m	Fiji	30.03m	Fiji	26.26m
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	50.7
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	4:04.2

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Fiji)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji (FIJ)*	25	18	13	56
2	Solomon Islands (SOL)	3	2	1	6
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	2	3	3	8
4	Norfolk Island (NFK)	2	0	0	2
5	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	5	5	11
Totals (5 nations)		33	28	22	83

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