2003 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

II Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	April 25–27
Host city	Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Level	Senior
Events	31 (18 men, 13 women)
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The 2003 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place between April 25–27, 2003. The event was held in Lae, Papua New Guinea in conjunction with the Papua New Guinea National Athletics Championships.^[1]

A total of 31 events were contested, 18 by men and 13 by women.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage.^[2] Full results can be found on the Athletics Papua New Guinea webpage.^[1]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Australia	10.5 CR	Fiji	10.6	Peter Pulu  Papua New Guinea	10.6
200 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Australia	21.2 CR	Fiji	21.4	Papua New Guinea	21.6
400 metres	Fiji	48.3 CR	Papua New Guinea	48.5	Fiji	49.6
800 metres	Papua New Guinea	1:58.5 CR	Vanuatu	1:59.2	Solomon Islands	1:59.2
1500 metres	Sapolai Yao  Papua New Guinea	4:04.8 CR	Vanuatu	4:07.6	Papua New Guinea	4:08.6
5000 metres	Solomon Islands	15:33.8 CR, NR	Papua New Guinea	15:40.8	Sapolai Yao  Papua New Guinea	15:49.2
10000 metres	Papua New Guinea	32:28.7 CR	Solomon Islands	32:44.0 NR	Vanuatu	34:25.5
3000 metres steeplechase	Papua New Guinea	9:52.2 CR	Solomon Islands	9:52.4	Papua New Guinea	10:29.3
110 metres hurdles	Ivan Wakit  Papua New Guinea	16.0	Papua New Guinea	19.5
400 metres hurdles	Fiji	53.8 CR	Ivan Wakit  Papua New Guinea	54.1	Papua New Guinea	57.4
High Jump	Papua New Guinea	1.95m	Jack Iroga  Solomon Islands	1.75m
Long Jump	Fiji	7.06m (wind: -1.5 m/s) CR	Papua New Guinea	6.83m (wind: -2.5 m/s)	Vanuatu	6.36m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
Triple Jump	Papua New Guinea	14.79m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Vanuatu	12.72m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
Shot Put	Solomon Islands	11.64m	Papua New Guinea	10.46m	Papua New Guinea	9.93m
Discus Throw	Solomon Islands	37.62m	Papua New Guinea	23.67m	Papua New Guinea	20.08m
Javelin Throw	Solomon Islands	53.90	Papua New Guinea	44.43	Papua New Guinea	37.77
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Wally Kirika Peter Pulu	41.4 CR	Fiji	41.8	Solomon Islands Francis Manioru Jack Iroga	42.6
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Ivan Wakit Peter Pulu Mowen Boino	3:20.4 CR	Solomon Islands	3:23.9	Vanuatu Moses Kamut	3:26.3

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.0 m/s)	Fiji	11.8 CR	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	12.0	Papua New Guinea	12.3
200 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Fiji	24.6 CR	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	25.2	Fiji	25.3
400 metres	Fiji	55.2 CR	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	58.1	Papua New Guinea	60.7
800 metres	Papua New Guinea	2:28.3	Papua New Guinea	2:30.4
1500 metres	Papua New Guinea	5:16.9 CR	Papua New Guinea	5:51.4
5000 metres	Papua New Guinea	22:17.3
400 metres hurdles	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	65.8	Fiji	68.0	Papua New Guinea	72.4
Long Jump	Fiji	5.17m CR
Triple Jump	Fiji	11.25m
Discus Throw	Papua New Guinea	21.42m	Papua New Guinea	18.47m	Papua New Guinea	16.60m
Javelin Throw	Papua New Guinea	28.83m
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	47.9 CR	Papua New Guinea Lae Team	55.9
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Way	4:19.2

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Papua New Guinea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea*	16	15	13	44
2	Fiji	9	4	2	15
3	Solomon Islands	4	4	2	10
4	Australia	2	0	0	2
5	Vanuatu	0	3	3	6
Totals (5 nations)		31	26	20	77

References[]