1998 Oceania Athletics Championships

IV Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	August 27–28
Host city	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Venue	Teufaiva Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	39 (21 men, 18 women)
Participation	15 nations
Records set	8
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The 1998 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, between August 27–28, 1998.

A total of 39 events were contested, 21 by men and 18 by women.

Medal winners were published.^[1] Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow from Athletics PNG.^[2]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Peter Pulu  Papua New Guinea	10.70	Gene Pateman  New Zealand	10.82	Tuluta'u Koula  Tonga	10.84
200 metres (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Peter Pulu  Papua New Guinea	21.22w	Gene Pateman  New Zealand	21.32w	Laurence Jack  Vanuatu	21.92w
400 metres	Jeffrey Bai  Papua New Guinea	48.36	Rusiate Matai  Fiji	50.26	Mark Gunther  Australia	51.06
800 metres	Mark Gunther  Australia	1:56.58	Sisari Vakasuka  Fiji	1:56.96	Selwyn Kole  Solomon Islands	1:57.32
1500 metres	Peter Paul Enkae  Vanuatu	4:08.84	Selwyn Kole  Solomon Islands	4:09.60	David Kanie  Papua New Guinea	4:11.02
5000 metres	David Kanie  Papua New Guinea	15:43.30	Peter Paul Enkae  Vanuatu	16:15.08	Andrew Keane  Australia	16:44.94
10000 metres	David Kanie  Papua New Guinea	33:21.19	Niteshwar Prasad  Fiji	38:32.50
3000 metres steeplechase	Medley Laban  Papua New Guinea	10:03.48	Sisari Vakasuka  Fiji	10:56.82	Niteshwar Prasad  Fiji	11:55.14
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Ivan Wakit  Papua New Guinea	15.10 CR	Taniela Lolohea  Tonga	15.12	Sesi Salt  Tonga	16.42
400 metres hurdles	Ivan Wakit  Papua New Guinea	55.98	Taniela Lolohea  Tonga	58.08	Sesi Salt  Tonga	60.20
High Jump	Benetti Schwalger  Samoa	1.95	Robert Elder  Fiji	1.95	Damien Daly  Australia	1.90
Pole Vault	Tokaikolo Latapu  Tonga	3.00
Long Jump	Gene Pateman  New Zealand	7.13	Edward Bai  Papua New Guinea	6.43	Benetti Schwalger  Samoa	6.40
Triple Jump	Edward Bai  Papua New Guinea	12.76
Shot Put	Tristan Mave  New Zealand	15.06	Kevin Galea  Australia	14.29	Mitchel Alatalo  Australia	13.91
Discus Throw	Tristan Mave  New Zealand	46.58	Charles Winchester  Cook Islands	43.13	Kevin Galea  Australia	40.16
Hammer Throw	Brentt Jones  Norfolk Island	53.50	Daniel Goulding  Australia	52.18	Charles Winchester  Cook Islands	40.15
Javelin Throw	Andrew Ratawa  Fiji	66.94	Sean Betland  Australia	60.00	Joshua Kuruyawa  Fiji	57.06
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Dip Chand  Fiji	54:41	Pradeep Chand  Fiji	62:49	Manohar Maharaj  Fiji	66:07
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Allan Akia Jeffrey Bai Edwin Bai Peter Pulu	42.22	Palau	44.56	Tonga	44.64
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Ivan Wakit Jeffrey Bai Peter Pulu Edwin Bai	3:22.84	Australia	3:26.30	Solomon Islands	3:27.38

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Nicola Kidd  New Zealand	12.22	Siulolo Liku  Tonga	12.36	Kelera Nacewa  New Zealand	12.62
200 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Anita Sutherland  New Zealand	23.74 CR	Marissa Stephen  New Zealand	24.50	Jennene Hansen  Australia	25.26
400 metres	Marissa Stephen  New Zealand	54.60 CR	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	55.06	Jennene Hansen  Australia	57.14
800 metres	Salome Tabuatalei  Fiji	2:21.44	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	2:23.94
1500 metres	Salome Tabuatalei  Fiji	4:50.52	Rebecca Rider  Australia	4:53.88	Rosemary Omundsen  Papua New Guinea	5:14.26
5000 metres	Rebecca Rider  Australia	18:06.84	Salome Tabuatalei  Fiji	18:56.78	Rosemary Omundsen  Papua New Guinea	19:28.46
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Nicola Kidd  New Zealand	14.36 CR	Siulolo Liku  Tonga	14.46	Anita Sutherland  New Zealand	14.82
400 metres hurdles	Nicola Kidd  New Zealand	58.80 CR	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	61.10
High Jump	Vicki Collins  Australia	1.70	Angela Way  Papua New Guinea	1.60
Long Jump	Siulolo Liku  Tonga	6.01	Kelera Nacewa  New Zealand	5.69	Marica Likulawedua  Fiji	5.32
Triple Jump	Kelera Nacewa  New Zealand	12.48	Sarah Sydney  Australia	12.10	Angela Way  Papua New Guinea	11.30
Shot Put	Maria Disolokai  Fiji	13.86 CR	Victoria Lowrie  New Zealand	13.10	Ana Niumataiwalu  Fiji	10.94
Discus Throw	Maria Disolokai  Fiji	40.75	Helen Wallis  Australia	40.50	Belinda King  New Zealand	39.76
Hammer Throw	Belinda King  New Zealand	49.60	Michelle Phillips  New Zealand	46.42	Sharyn Tennent  Australia	45.79
Javelin Throw (old implement)	Tiffany Dudman  Australia	42.87	Maria Disolokai  Fiji	41.49	Ariane Lusia Hema  Tonga	40.28
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Angela Keogh  Norfolk Island	58:00
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand Marissa Stephen Nicola Kidd Anita Sutherland Kelera Nacewa	47.02 CR	Papua New Guinea Alle Gagole Della Marava Angela Way Monica Jonathan	49.08	Australia	49.08
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand Marissa Stephen Nicola Kidd Anita Sutherland Kirsty Turnbull	3:51.14 CR	Australia	4:14.20

  *   Host nation (Tonga)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	12	6	3	21
2	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	11	3	4	18
3	Fiji (FIJ)	6	8	5	19
4	Australia (AUS)	4	8	9	21
5	Tonga (TON)*	2	4	5	11
6	Norfolk Island (NFK)	2	0	0	2
7	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	4	1	6
8	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	1	2
9	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	1	2	3
10	Cook Islands (COK)	0	1	1	2
11	Palau (PLW)	0	1	0	1
Totals (11 entries)		39	36	31	106

The participation of athletes from 15 countries was reported by the Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics publication.^[2]