2017 Oceania Athletics Championships

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XVI Oceania Athletics Championships
DatesJune 28 – July 1
Host citySuva, Fiji Fiji
VenueANZ Stadium
LevelSenior
Events43
Participation21 + 1 nations
Records set6
2019

The 2017 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji between June 28 and July 1, 2017.[1] The event was held jointly with the Oceania under 18 and under 20 championships, including exhibition events for masters and for athletes with disabilities (parasports).[2]

Participating nations (Unofficial)[]

A total of 22 teams participated in the senior championships. There were 21 nations with 1 regional team from Australia. The regional Australian team (RAT) competed separately and not as Australia.[3][4]

Medal table (Unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Fiji)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia1114833
2 Papua New Guinea1012729
3 Fiji*86721
4 New Zealand62412
5 Samoa3025
6 New Caledonia2136
7 Solomon Islands1315
8Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia1023
9 American Samoa1001
10 Tonga0123
11 Cook Islands0112
12 French Polynesia0011
Totals (12 nations)434038121

Medal Summary[]

A total of 47 events were originally scheduled for the championships, however, 3 events for women were cancelled due to no entries, while medals for the men's 5000m race walk were never distributed because of both entries disqualified. Resulting in a total of 43 medal events.

Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.[5]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -2.4 m/s)
Jeremy Dodson
 Samoa
10.86 Nazmie-Lee Marai
 Papua New Guinea
10.88
 Australia
10.99
200 metres
(wind: -1.3 m/s)
Jeremy Dodson
 Samoa
20.80 Nazmie-Lee Marai
 Papua New Guinea
21.64
 Papua New Guinea
21.77
400 metres Murray Goodwin
 Australia
47.53
 Fiji
48.16 Theo Piniau
 Papua New Guinea
48.49
800 metres
 Australia
1:56.06
 Papua New Guinea
1:57.21 Alex Beddoes
 Cook Islands
2:01.46
1500 metres
 Australia
4:16.20
 Papua New Guinea
4:17.28
 Papua New Guinea
4:21.71
5000 metres
 Papua New Guinea
15:50.25
 Solomon Islands
16:04.12
 Australia
16:09.59
10,000 metres Avikash Lal
 Fiji
33:16.04
 Solomon Islands
33:46.88
 Papua New Guinea
33:56.83
5000 metres race walk All competitors disqualified
10,000 metres race walk
 Fiji
1:06:53.42
110 metres hurdles
(wind: -2.2 m/s)

 Australia
14.77
 Tonga
15.51
 Samoa
15.78
400 metres hurdles Ephraim Lerkin
 Papua New Guinea
51.71 Mowen Boino
 Papua New Guinea
53.57
 Australia
54.25
3000 metres steeplechase
 Fiji
11:15.27

4 × 100 metres relay  Australia



41.51  Papua New Guinea
Nelson Stone
Nazmie-Lee Marai

41.87  Samoa



Jeremy Dodson
41.88
4 × 400 metres relay  Fiji



3:17.83  Papua New Guinea


Ephraim Lerkin
3:18.30  Tonga



3:22.40
High jump
 Fiji
2.04m
 Australia
1.98m
 Fiji
1.90m
Pole vault
 New Caledonia
3.80m
Long jump
 Fiji
7.28m w(wind: +2.6 m/s)
 Australia
7.14 w (wind: +3.4 m/s) Waisale Dausoko
 Fiji
7.00m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Triple jump
 Papua New Guinea
14.56m (wind: -1.3 m/s)
 Fiji
13.66m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
 New Zealand
13.30m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
Shot put
 Fiji
15.68m
 Papua New Guinea
15.64m
 New Caledonia
13.10m
Discus throw Alexander Rose
 Samoa
61.12m CR
 Fiji
45.86m
 Papua New Guinea
44.40m
Hammer throw
 Fiji
55.17m
 Papua New Guinea
39.45m
Javelin throw
 New Zealand
78.10m CR
 New Zealand
65.79m
 Fiji
65.10m
Decathlon
 New Zealand
6975 pts
 Australia
6171 pts
 Australia
6031 pts

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -2.3 m/s)
Toea Wisil
 Papua New Guinea
11.63
 Australia
12.24
 Australia
12.27
200 metres
(wind: +0.4 m/s)
Toea Wisil
 Papua New Guinea
23.24 CR
 Australia
23.56
 Australia
24.06
400 metres
 Australia
57.70
 Papua New Guinea
58.35
 Fiji
58.70
800 metres
 Australia
2:12.49
 Australia
2:13.38 Poro Gahekave
 Papua New Guinea
2:20.71
1500 metres
 New Zealand
4:36.07
 Australia
4:43.54 Poro Gahekave
 Papua New Guinea
4:47.26
5000 metres
 New Zealand
17:08.47
 Australia
17:29.15 Sharon Firisua
 Solomon Islands
18:08.05
10,000 metres Sharon Firisua
 Solomon Islands
37:54.60 CR
 Solomon Islands
39:47.00
 French Polynesia
39:56.76
5000 metres race walk Cancelled due to no entries
10,000 metres race walk Cancelled due to no entries
110 metres hurdles
(wind: -2.2 m/s)

 New Zealand
14.37
 Australia
14.57
 Australia
14.82
400 metres hurdles
 Papua New Guinea
1:05.40
 Australia
1:07.35
 New Zealand
1:07.96
3000 metres steeplechase Cancelled due to no entries
4 × 100 metres relay  Australia



46.26  Fiji



47.88 Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia



49.07
4 × 400 metres relay  Australia



3:56.86  Papua New Guinea



4:05.11  Fiji



4:19.87
High jump Rellie Kaputin
 Papua New Guinea
1.65m
 Fiji
1.56m
 Fiji
1.53m
Pole vault
 Australia
4.00m CR
 Australia
3.60m
Long jump Rellie Kaputin
 Papua New Guinea
5.86m (wind: -1.1 m/s) Jessie Harper
 Australia
5.75m (wind: -1.1 m/s)
 New Zealand
5.66m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Triple jump Rellie Kaputin
 Papua New Guinea
13.05m CR (wind: +1.6 m/s)
 Australia
12.91m w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
 New Zealand
12.51m (wind: +1.8 m/s)
Shot put Maddison-Lee Wesche
 New Zealand
15.27m
 New Caledonia
14.68m ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva
 Tonga
14.07m
Discus throw
 American Samoa
45.48m Tereapii Tapoki
 Cook Islands
44.83m
 New Caledonia
41.68m
Hammer throw
Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia
46.63m
 Australia
44.80m
 New Caledonia
43.72m
Javelin throw
 New Caledonia
47.29m
 Papua New Guinea
43.54m
 Fiji
40.27m
Heptathlon Adrine Monagi
 Papua New Guinea
4639 pts
 New Zealand
4369 pts
 Australia
4136 pts

Mixed[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed 800m sprint medley relay  Australia


Jessica Payne
Murray Goodwin
1:33.94  Fiji



1:35.78 Northern Territory/Queensland Northern Australia



Jay Stone
1:38.76

References[]

  1. ^ Oceania Athletics Championships – Suva 2017 – Competition Manual (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, retrieved June 27, 2017
  2. ^ Oceania champs return to Fiji, Radio New Zealand, retrieved June 28, 2017
  3. ^ Oceania athletics centerstage - Fiji fields largest team, Fiji Sun, retrieved June 25, 2017
  4. ^ Biggest event, Fiji Times, archived from the original on June 28, 2017, retrieved June 28, 2017
  5. ^ Oceania Athletics Championships - Full Results, Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original on May 8, 2017, retrieved July 2, 2017
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