1990 Oceania Athletics Championships

The first Oceania Athletics Championships took place from July 11-14, 1990 in the national stadium of the Fijian capital Suva . 38 competitions were held, 22 for men and 16 for women. Athletes from the IAAF member states were entitled to start, so women and men from the French overseas territories were only allowed to start as guests.

List of medal winners

Men

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
100 m	Joseph Onika	10.75 s	Subul Babo	10.83 s	Jone Delai	10.92 s
200 m	Subul Babo	21.60 s	Joseph Onika	21.87 s	Peauope Suli	22.04 s
400 m	Alex Soqosoqo	48.31 s	Braeman Yee	48.45 s	Philip Harrison	49.36 s
800 m	Derek Renz	1: 53.33 min	Lui Muavesi	1: 54.03 min	David Savidan	1: 54.21 min
1500 m	Derek Renz	3: 58.58 min	Jamie Strudley	3: 59.61 min	Wally Plath	4: 01.88 min
5000 m	Duane Humphreys	15: 09.87 min	Paul Ashford	15: 17.87 min	Davendra Singh	15: 19.53 min
10,000 m	Adrian Wellington	32: 08.46 min	Paul Ashford	32: 42.16 min	Aaron Dupnai	32: 52.62 min
marathon	Grant McEwen	2:30:31 h	Adrian Wellington	2:31:03 h	Mervyn Shields	2:36:34 h
110 m hurdles A	Robert McNeill	15.39 s	Johnathan Schmidt	15.51 s	Homelo Vi	15.80 s
400 m hurdles	Johnathan Schmidt	52.83 s	Paeaki Tukaunove Kokohu	54.30 s	Joe Rodan	54.33 s
3000 m obstacle	Duane Humphreys	9: 12.83 min	Davendra Singh	9: 21.80 min	Wayne Hellmuth	9: 29.97 min
4 × 100 m relay	Fiji Tonga	41.97 s			Papua New Guinea	42.40 s
4 × 400 m relay	Fiji	3: 15.29 min	Papua New Guinea	3: 17.80 min	Tonga	3: 20.05 min
20 km walking	Paul McElwee	1:39:46 h	Dean Nipperess	1:54:15 h	Caleb Maybir	1:54:34 h
high jump	Ray Featherstone	2.06 m	Joe Ellul	1.94 m	Jale Waivure	1.94 m
Pole vault	Marcus Pointon	4.40 m	Alona Finau Homelo Vi	2.70 m
Long jump	Simon Raynes	7.21 m	Gabriele Qoro	7.13 m	Aaron Langdon	7.02 m
Triple jump B	Simon Raynes	14.66 m	Scott Newman	14.44 m	Shane Stuart	14.21 m
Shot put	Douglas Mace	15.60 m	Cameron McLaughlan	14.89 m	Kevin Galea	14.86 m
Discus throw	Ian Boller	47.80 m	Chris Mene	46.96 m	Nathan Tait	44.04 m
Hammer throw	Douglas Mace	57.50 m	Patrick Hellier	50.04 m	Vainga Tonga	28.74 m
Javelin throw	James Goulding	71.54 m	Jioji Nadavo	63.14 m	Ian Swarbrick	62.12 m
A.Guest starter Albert Chambonnier ( New Caledonia ) won the competition in a time of 15.35 s.  B.The competition was won by guest rider Steeve Druminy ( New Caledonia ) with a width of 15.37 m.

Women

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
100 m C	Bindee Goonchew	12.17 s	Heather Shanks	12.27 s	Vaciseva Tavaga	12.37 s
200 m	Bindee Goonchew	25.30 s	Chantal Brunner	25.37 s	Heather Shanks	25.40 s
400 m	Kirsten Downie	56.11 s	Melindy Smith	56.35 s	Joanne Todd	57.83 s
800 m	Helen Hawley	2: 09.35 min	Sally Lee	2: 12.31 min	Manuela Primavera	2: 16.59 min
1500 m	Helen Hawley	4: 33.17 min	Wendy Cottrell	4: 37.38 min	Manuela Primavera	4: 38.64 min
3000 m	Wendy Cottrell	10: 01.72 min	Manuela Primavera	10: 18.74 min	Jen Allred	10: 20.88 min
100 m hurdles	Katie Ackerman	14.67 s	Sarah Lynn	15.26 s	Lillyanne Beining	15.49 s
400 m hurdles	Lily Tua	1: 04.31 min	Megan Minehane	1: 04.87 min	Janiene Ashbridge	1: 07.45 min
4 × 100 m relay	New Zealand	47.92 s	Australia	48.56 s	Fiji	48.59 s
4 × 400 m relay	Australia	3: 55.73 min	New Zealand	3: 57.83 min	Fiji	4: 03.73 min
20 km walking D	Lee-Ann McPhillips	1:22:22 h	Jen Allred	1:27:10 h	Carol Porter	1:31:12 h
high jump	Carmel Corbett	1.77 m	Shelley Stoddart	1.77 m	Katie Ackerman	1.68 m
Long jump	Katie Ackerman	6.01 m	Chantal Brunner	5.85 m	Shelley Stoddart	5.46 m
Shot put	Tania Lutton	13.52 m	Iammo Launa	12.87 m	Elizabeth Binns	12.33 m
Discus throw	Jeanette Park	47.02 m	Tania Lutton	38.20 m	Mereoni Vibose	38.08 m
Javelin throw	Mereoni Vibose	48.70 m	Iammo Launa	48.02 m	Shane Edgerton	44.28 m
C.Guest starter Ghislaine Saint-Prix ( New Caledonia ) won the competition in a time of 12.05 s.  D.Guest starter Nadia Prasad ( New Caledonia ) won the competition in a time of 1:20:32 h.

statistics

Most successful participant

All participants who won more than one medal at the Oceania Championships in 1990 are listed. Medals from the relay competitions are not included.

Athlete	gold	silver	bronze	total
Katie Ackerman	2	0	1	3
Bindee Goonchew Helen Hawley Duane Humphreys Simon Raynes Derek Renz	2	0	0	2
Subul Babo Tania Lutton Joseph Onika Johnathan Schmidt Adrian Wellington	1	1	0	2
Paul Ashford Chantal Brunner	0	2	0	2
Manuela Primavera	0	1	2	3
Heather Shanks Shelley Stoddart	0	1	1	2

Medal table

The placements in the medal table are sorted according to the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals ( lexicographical order ). If two or more nations have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank.

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	New Zealand	23	13	10	46
2.	Australia	7th	11	10	28
3.	Fiji	5	5	9	16
4th	Papua New Guinea	2	4th	3	9
5.	Tonga	1	3	3	7th
6th	Solomon Islands	1	1	0	2
7th	Guam	0	1	1	2
8th.	Cook Islands	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Oceania Championships , in: gbrathletics.com , accessed August 3, 2013.