2008 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships

IX Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
Dates	June 25–28
Host city	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Venue	Oleai Sports Complex
Level	Youth
Events	37 (19 boys, 18 girls)
Participation	112 (65 boys, 47 girls) athletes from 21 nations
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The 2008 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Oleai Sports Complex in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, between June 25–28, 2008. They were held together with the 2008 Oceania Open Championships. A total of 37 events were contested, 19 by boys and 18 by girls.

Medal summary[]

Complete results can be found on the websites of the Oceania Athletics Association,^[1] and of the World Junior Athletics History.^[2]

Boys under 18 (Youth)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)	(NZL)	11.38	Andy Lui (TGA)	11.50	(AUS)	11.55
200 metres (wind: 0.4 m/s)	(NZL)	21.93	(AUS)	22.55	(PNG)	22.97
400 metres	(NZL)	49.53	(AUS)	50.32	(KIR)	52.10
800 metres	(AUS)	1:57.19	(NZL)	2:00.76	(PYF)	2:04.81
1500 metres	(NZL)	4:24.14	Douglas Schmidt (PLW)	4:28.68	(GUM)	4:30.89
3000 metres	(GUM)	9:51.88	(SOL)	9:51.98	(NMI)	11:10.92
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.6 m/s)	(AUS)	14.62	Andy Lui (TGA)	14.88	Michael Cochrane (NZL)	14.97
400 metres hurdles	Michael Cochrane (NZL)	54.69	Andy Lui (TGA)	54.75	(GUM)	1:05.67
High Jump	(NZL)	1.90	Michael Cochrane (NZL)	1.70	(NMI)	1.60
Long Jump	/  (NCL)	6.63	(NZL)	6.62	(NZL)	6.60
Triple Jump	(NZL)	13.36	(AUS)	13.29	(NZL)	13.06
Shot Put	(SAM)	15.49	(NZL)	14.26	(COK)	13.66
Discus Throw	(SAM)	46.83	(AUS)	43.05	(COK)	38.53
Hammer Throw	(PYF)	50.24	(NZL)	47.52	(AUS)	46.78
Javelin Throw	(COK)	52.76	(COK)	46.27
Octathlon	(TGA)	4288	(NMI)	3256	(GUM)	2891
6.0km Cross Country	(SOL)	10:16	(GUM)	10:20	(GUM)	10:54
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand Michael Cochrane	43.60	Australia	43.88

Girls under 18 (Youth)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s)	(NZL)	12.87	(GUM)	12.92	(TGA)	13.05
200 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s)	(FIJ)	25.74	(NZL)	26.40	(NZL)	27.08
400 metres	(FIJ)	57.81	(NZL)	57.83	(NZL)	59.00
800 metres	(NZL)	2:19.31	(VAN)	2:39.49	(GUM)	2:43.57
1500 metres	(NZL)	4:39.91	(NZL)	5:04.21	(VAN)	5:33.97
3000 metres	(NZL)	10:48.28	(SOL)	12:24.76	(GUM)	12:34.77
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s)	(NZL)	14.88	(NZL)	15.03	(TGA)	15.35
400 metres hurdles	(NZL)	67.88	(AUS)	74.21
High Jump	(NZL)	1.67	(AUS)	1.61	(NZL)	1.55
Long Jump	(NZL)	5.08	Patricia Taea (COK)	5.02	(NMI)	4.79
Triple Jump	(NZL)	11.07	(GUM)	10.02	(NMI)	9.66
Shot Put	Margaret Satupai (SAM)	14.27	(AUS)	12.71	(NMI)	9.53
Discus Throw	Margaret Satupai (SAM)	45.08	(NMI)	33.67	(PYF)	32.19
Hammer Throw	Margaret Satupai (SAM)	34.58	(PYF)	31.57	(NMI)	27.57
Javelin Throw	(PYF)	38.73	(NZL)	33.34	Patricia Taea (COK)	31.91
Heptathlon	(NMI)	3263	(TGA)	3369	(NMI)	2187
3.0km Cross Country	(NZL)	10:49	(NZL)	11:30	(NFK)	12:06
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand	50.76	Northern Mariana Islands	56.90

Mixed[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800 metres Medley relay (100m x 100m x 200m x 400m)	Australia	1:42.14	Papua New Guinea	1:43.07	Guam	1:47.48

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Northern Mariana Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand	19	11	6	36
2	Samoa	5	0	0	5
3	Australia	3	8	2	13
4	French Polynesia	2	1	2	5
5	Fiji	2	0	0	2
6	Tonga	1	4	2	7
7	Guam	1	3	7	11
	Northern Mariana Islands*	1	3	7	11
9	Cook Islands	1	2	3	6
10	Solomon Islands	1	2	0	3
11	/ New Caledonia	1	0	0	1
12	Papua New Guinea	0	1	1	2
	Vanuatu	0	1	1	2
14	Palau	0	1	0	1
15	Kiribati	0	0	1	1
	Norfolk Island	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		37	37	33	107

Participation (unofficial)[]

An unofficial count yields the number of about 112 athletes from 21 countries:

References[]