2009 Polynesian Championships in Athletics

IV Polynesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	August 4–8
Host city	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Venue	Griffith University
Level	Senior
Events	32 (18 men, 14 women)
Participation	53 athletes from 8 nations
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The 2009 Polynesian 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 Micronesian 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 32 events were contested, 18 by men and 14 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, long jump and triple jump, as well as in shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Polynesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days.

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	New Zealand	10.82 CR	Niue	11.04	Aisea Tohi  Tonga	11.28
100 metres Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Cook Islands	11.52 (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Niue	11.93 (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Cook Islands	11.93 (wind: +0.0 m/s)
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	New Zealand	22.03	New Zealand	22.50	Niue	22.67
400 metres	New Zealand	50.36	French Polynesia	51.00
800 metres	New Zealand	1:55.79 CR	Samoa	2:04.10
1500 metres	New Zealand	4:07.61 CR	French Polynesia	4:20.98
5000 metres	French Polynesia	16:24.66 CR
10000 metres	French Polynesia	34:06.17
3000 metres steeplechase	French Polynesia	10:40.22
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s)	French Polynesia	15.03	Tonga	15.47	Michael Cochrane  New Zealand	15.47
400 metres hurdles	Michael Cochrane  New Zealand	56.16	Tonga	56.56	Tonga	60.04
High Jump	New Zealand	1.96m CR	Raihau Maiau  French Polynesia	1.87m	Tonga	1.81m
Long Jump	Raihau Maiau  French Polynesia	6.73m (wind: +1.4 m/s)	Okilani Tinilau  Tuvalu	6.62m w (wind: +3.3 m/s)	Michael Cochrane  New Zealand	5.91m (wind: +1.7 m/s)
Long Jump Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Okilani Tinilau  Tuvalu	6.36m (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Cook Islands	6.05m (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Cook Islands	4.50m (wind: -0.3 m/s)
Triple Jump	Raihau Maiau  French Polynesia	13.76m (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Tonga	11.97m (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Cook Islands	11.49m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Triple Jump Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Cook Islands	12.68m (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Cook Islands	10.29m (wind: -0.7 m/s)
Shot Put	Shaka Sola  Samoa	16.19m	Samoa	12.98m	Tonga	12.77m
Shot Put Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Shaka Sola  Samoa	16.18m	Samoa	12.79m
Discus Throw	New Zealand	45.47m	Shaka Sola  Samoa	45.14m	Samoa	39.10m
Discus Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Samoa	39.39m
Javelin Throw	French Polynesia	52.87m	French Polynesia	49.14m
Javelin Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	French Polynesia	54.18m	French Polynesia	50.62m
4 x 100 metres relay	Tonga	43.28	New Zealand	43.64	Niue	44.51
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand	3:29.62	Tonga	3:29.88

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.0  m/s)	Tonga	12.74	Tonga	13.24	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	13.31
100 metres Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Cook Islands	13.58 (wind: +1.0  m/s)
200 metres (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Tonga	25.67 w	New Zealand	26.08 w	Tonga	26.50 w
400 metres	New Zealand	59.20 CR	French Polynesia	60.96
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s)	French Polynesia	15.04 CR	French Polynesia	15.27
400 metres hurdles	Tonga	71.53
High Jump	French Polynesia	1.64m CR	French Polynesia	1.64m	French Polynesia	1.50m
Long Jump	French Polynesia	5.47m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Tonga	5.35m w (wind: +3.7 m/s)	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	5.09m w (wind: +5.1 m/s)
Triple Jump	French Polynesia	11.08m (wind: +0.8 m/s) CR	Tonga	10.78m (wind: -1.0 m/s)
Shot Put	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	13.92m CR	Tonga	11.47m	Tuvalu	9.65m
Shot Put Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	14.39m	Tuvalu	9.42m
Discus Throw	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	45.69m CR	Samoa	38.56m	Tonga	29.07m
Discus Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	44.13m
Hammer Throw	Siniva Marsters  Cook Islands	38.93m CR	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	37.91m
Javelin Throw	Samoa	51.54m CR	French Polynesia	42.86m	Cook Islands	39.28m
Javelin Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Samoa	50.03m
4 x 100 metres relay	Tonga	49.87 CR	French Polynesia	51.94
4 x 400 metres relay	Tonga	4:29.27

Medal table (unofficial)[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	French Polynesia (PYF)	11	9	1	21
2	New Zealand (NZL)	10	3	2	15
3	Tonga (TON)	6	8	6	20
4	Samoa (SAM)	4	5	1	10
5	Cook Islands (COK)	1	0	4	5
6	Niue (NIU)	0	1	2	3
7	Tuvalu (TUV)	0	1	1	2
Totals (7 nations)		32	27	17	76

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 8 countries participated.

References[]