2009 Micronesian Championships in Athletics

IV Micronesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	August 4–8
Host city	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Venue	Griffith University
Level	Senior
Events	34 (18 men, 16 women)
Participation	64 athletes from 7 nations
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The 2009 Micronesian Championships in Athletics took place between August 4–8, 2009. The event was held at the Griffith University in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, jointly with the OAA Grand Prix Series, and the OAA sub-regional Melanesian and Polynesian Championships. Many athletes utilised the competitions preparing for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany.^[1] Detailed reports were given for the OAA.^[2][3]

A total of 34 events were contested, 18 by men and 16 by women.

Medal summary[]

Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage,^[4][5][6] and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com.^[7][8][9]

In 100 metres, triple jump, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Micronesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days.

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Northern Mariana Islands	11.51	Kiribati	11.60	Nauru	11.78
100 metres Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Micronesia	12.07 (wind: +0.0 m/s)
200 metres (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Northern Mariana Islands	23.41 w	Kiribati	23.42 w	Kiribati	23.50 w
400 metres	Kiribati	51.98	Guam	52.60	Micronesia	54.42
800 metres	Guam	2:03.22 CR	Guam	2:04.87	Guam	2:08.66
1500 metres	Guam	4:19.91	Guam	4:27.94	Guam	4:34.53
5000 metres	Guam	17:11.03 CR	Northern Mariana Islands	19:09.81	Northern Mariana Islands	20:15.39
10000 metres	Northern Mariana Islands	40:08.84	Northern Mariana Islands	40:14.77	Palau	44:30.53
3000 metres steeplechase	Northern Mariana Islands	11:53.77	Northern Mariana Islands	12:20.40
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Palau	17.37 CR	Guam	17.45	Clayton Kenty  Northern Mariana Islands	20.76
400 metres hurdles	Northern Mariana Islands	64.87	Clayton Kenty  Northern Mariana Islands	66.73	Guam	68.95
High Jump	Kiribati	1.81m	Kiribati	1.75m	Northern Mariana Islands	1.60m
Long Jump	Nauru	6.21m w (wind: +4.3 m/s)	Kiribati	6.13m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Nauru	6.08m (wind: -1.0 m/s)
Triple Jump	Kiribati	13.17m (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Kiribati	13.16m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Nauru	12.61m (wind: -0.9 m/s)
Triple Jump Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Guam	12.22m	Nauru	11.82m
Shot Put	Kiribati	12.88m	Palau	8.18m
Discus Throw	Kiribati	38.81m	Palau	23.56m
Javelin Throw	Palau	56.46m	Kiribati	49.96m	Jesus Iguel  Northern Mariana Islands	38.04m
Javelin Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Palau	59.91m
4 x 100 metres relay	Kiribati	44.82	Nauru	45.79	Federated States of Micronesia	46.21
4 x 400 metres relay	Kiribati	3:38.62	Guam	3:39.73	Northern Mariana Islands	3:52.68

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Guam	13.39	Lovelite Detenamo  Nauru  Northern Mariana Islands	13.39
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Guam	27.37	Lovelite Detenamo  Nauru	27.44	Northern Mariana Islands	27.63
400 metres	Northern Mariana Islands	62.91 CR	Guam	63.96	Northern Mariana Islands	67.57
800 metres	Guam	2:38.77	Guam	2:46.08
1500 metres	Guam	5:29.57	Guam	5:46.81	Guam	5:57.99
5000 metres	Guam	20:42.75	Guam	21:52.51	Guam	22:17.85
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Northern Mariana Islands	18.31	Guam	18.88
400 metres hurdles	Northern Mariana Islands	1:12.97	Guam	1:27.58
Long Jump	Northern Mariana Islands	4.66m (wind: +2.0 m/s) CR	Northern Mariana Islands	4.41m w (wind: +3. m/s)	Kaitinano Mwemweata  Kiribati	4.22m w (wind: +2.6 m/s)
Triple Jump	Northern Mariana Islands	9.59m (wind: +1.3 m/s) CR	Kaitinano Mwemweata  Kiribati	9.10m (wind: +0.1 m/s)
Shot Put	Guam	9.75m	Nauru	8.90m	Nauru	8.55m
Discus Throw	Guam	27.95m	Nauru	27.38m	Guam	25.93m
Hammer Throw	Guam	31.82m CR	Nauru	19.56m	Nauru	17.84m
Javelin Throw	Northern Mariana Islands	30.15m	Kaitinano Mwemweata  Kiribati	27.92m	Guam	26.37m
4 x 100 metres relay	Northern Mariana Islands	53.00
4 x 400 metres relay	Northern Mariana Islands	4:29.31 CR	Guam	4:39.09

Medal table (unofficial)[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Northern Mariana Islands (NMI)	13	6	7	26
2	Guam (GUM)	11	12	7	30
3	Kiribati (KIR)	7	8	2	17
4	Palau (PLW)	2	2	1	5
5	Nauru (NRU)	1	6	5	12
6	Micronesia (FSM)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 nations)		34	34	24	92

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 64 athletes from 7 countries participated.

References[]