1996 Oceania Athletics Championships

III Oceania Athletics Championships
III Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	November 28–30
Host city	Townsville, Australia
Level	Senior
Events	42 (22 men, 20 women)
Participation	16 nations
Records set	13
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The 1996 Oceania Athletics Championships were held in Townsville, Australia, between November 28–30, 1996.

A total of 42 events were contested, 22 by men and 20 by women.

Medal summary

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

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Toluta'u Koula Tonga	10.56 CR	Justin Smith Australia	10.61	Aminiasi Babitu Fiji	10.82
200 metres (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Soloveni Nakaunicina Fiji	21.54w	Laurence Jack Vanuatu	22.02w	Aminiasi Babitu Fiji	22.19w
400 metres	Bjorn Jansen New Zealand	47.43	Soloveni Nakaunicina Fiji	47.55	Baptiste Firiam Vanuatu	48.97
800 metres	Mark Turner New Zealand	1:53.61	Sebastine Sena Papua New Guinea	1:54.49	Andrew Keane Australia	1:55.67
1500 metres	Mark Turner New Zealand	3:58.52	Mark McDonald New Zealand	3:59.69	Sebastine Sena Papua New Guinea	4:00.82
5000 metres	Isireli Naikelekelevesi Fiji	15:54.65	Jonas Sumu Vanuatu	16:10.76	Morris Manai Papua New Guinea	16:17.81
10000 metres	Primo Higa Solomon Islands	34:04.45	Isireli Naikelekelevesi Fiji	35:27.94	Rendelius Germinaro Federated States of Micronesia	38:24.32
Half Marathon	Charles Martel Australia	1:14:18 CR	Primo Higa Solomon Islands	1:15:28	/Georges Richmond French Polynesia	1:16:54
3000 metres steeplechase	Primo Higa Solomon Islands	9:41.87	Jonas Sumu Vanuatu	9:48.30	Morris Manai Papua New Guinea	9:48.31
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Avele Tanielu Samoa	15.15 CR	Graham Pether Australia	15.37	Steven Heard Australia	15.49
400 metres hurdles	Callum Stuart New Zealand	53.74	Brendan Mallyon Australia	55.24	Avele Tanielu Samoa	67.51
High jump	Zane Dockray Australia	2.07 CR	Hapo Maliaki Papua New Guinea	1.99	Benetti Schwalger Samoa	1.96
Pole vault	Lee Brown Australia	4.20	Latu Tufunga Tonga	4.20	Steven May Australia	4.00
Long jump	Robert Tubaga Vanuatu	6.99 (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Lee Brown Australia	6.83 (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Colin Kerr New Zealand	6.81 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Triple jump	Clinton Joyce Australia	15.20w (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Josh Ferguson Australia	15.10w (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Avele Tanielu Samoa	13.31w (wind: +5.1 m/s)
Shot put	Chris Gaviglio Australia	15.92	Richard Thompson New Zealand	15.89	Kevin Galea Australia	15.17
Discus throw	Chris Boccalatte Australia	49.90 CR	Patrick Hellier New Zealand	49.90 CR	Chris Gaviglio Australia	49.80
Hammer throw	Patrick Hellier New Zealand	63.60 CR	Brentt Jones Norfolk Island	52.10	Daniel Goulding Australia	41.26
Javelin throw	Andrew Harrison New Zealand	65.26	Ian Swarbrick Australia	60.36	Blair Stewart New Zealand	59.64
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Nick McDonald New Zealand	51:17 CR	Dip Chand Fiji	54:30
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	42.36	Vanuatu	42.39	Australia	42.75
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea	3:21.51	Vanuatu	3:22.34	Australia	3:22.38

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Siulolo Liku Tonga	12.26	Tasha Williams New Zealand	12.27	Melissa Toigo Australia	12.51
200 metres (wind: +2.6 m/s)	Renee Robson Australia	24.51w	Anita Sutherland New Zealand	25.13w	Rossa Maira Papua New Guinea	25.40w
400 metres	Renee Robson Australia	55.27 CR	Rossa Maira Papua New Guinea	57.78	Rachael Savage New Zealand	58.47
800 metres	Vasa Tulahe Tonga	2:23.37
1500 metres	Salome Tabuatalei Fiji	4:52.05	Vasa Tulahe Tonga	4:54.25	Sieni Skelton American Samoa	5:51.48
5000 metres	Salome Tabuatalei Fiji	19:17.56	Vasa Tulahe Tonga	19:34.12
Half Marathon	Marion Canute Australia	1:21:43 CR	Monique Greenoff-Gaffney Australia	1:43:07	Sieni Skelton American Samoa	1:59:15
100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.6 m/s)	Siulolo Liku Tonga	14.61w	Melina Hamilton New Zealand	14.92w	Elaine Glen Australia	15.88w
400 metres hurdles	Megan Minehane Australia	65.15
High jump	Belinda Lavarack Australia	1.74	Vicki Collins Australia	1.74
Pole vault	Melina Hamilton New Zealand	3.60 CR
Long jump	Melissa Toigo Australia	6.11 (wind: +1.8 m/s) CR	Siulolo Liku Tonga	5.96 (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Anita Sutherland New Zealand	5.79w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
Triple jump	Siulolo Liku Tonga	12.29 (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Caryn Morris Australia	11.91w (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Megan Minehane Australia	11.61w (wind: +2.4 m/s)
Shot put	Raylene Bates New Zealand	13.11	Maria Disolokai Fiji	12.18	Joanne Morris Australia	12.17
Discus throw	Raylene Bates New Zealand	42.08	Maria Disolokai Fiji	37.70	Helen Wallis Australia	36.06
Hammer throw	Tasha Williams New Zealand	53.24 CR	Raylene Bates New Zealand	46.36	Sharyn Tennent Australia	39.80
Javelin throw (old implement)	Hayley Wilson New Zealand	45.68	Renee Jacobsen New Zealand	40.86	Brooke Stevenson Australia	38.50
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Angela Keogh Norfolk Island	57:14
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand	47.67	Australia	49.84
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand	3:59.83	Australia	4:07.35

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Australia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	14	8	4	26
2	Australia (AUS)*	12	11	15	38
3	Fiji (FIJ)	5	5	2	12
4	Tonga (TON)	5	4	0	9
5	Solomon Islands (SOL)	2	1	0	3
6	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	5	1	7
7	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	3	4	8
8	Norfolk Island (NFI)	1	1	0	2
9	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	3	4
10	American Samoa (ASA)	0	0	2	2
11	Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)	0	0	1	1
11	French Polynesia (TAH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		42	38	33	113