1998 Oceania Athletics Championships

International athletics championship event

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 summary

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

### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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|
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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  |  |

## Medal table (unofficial)

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* Host nation (Tonga)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

## Participation (unofficial)

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

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Micronesia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Norfolk Island
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* / Tahiti
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

## References

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1. ^ OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 4, 2013
2. ^ a b Snow, Bob (September 3, 1998), Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics #6/98, Athletics PNG, pp. 1–11, retrieved March 4, 2013

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