Oceania Athletics Championships 1996

The third Oceania Athletics Championships took place from November 28 to 30, 1996 in the Australian city ​​of Townsville , Queensland . 42 competitions were held, 22 for men and 20 for women. The most successful nation was New Zealand (14 gold medals) for the third time in a row, ahead of Australia (12 gold medals); the most successful participant was the Tongan athlete Siulolo Liku with three gold and one silver medal. Four women's competitions were completed by just one participant, five other disciplines, including one for men, were only completed by two athletes.

List of medal winners

Men

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
100 m	Tuluta'u Koula	10.56 s	Justin Smith	10.61 s	Aminiasi Babitu	10.82 s
200 m	Soloveni Nakaunicina	21.54 s (w)	Laurence Jack	22.02 s (w)	Aminiasi Babitu	22.19 s (w)
400 m	Bjorn Jansen	47.43 s	Soloveni Nakaunicina	47.55 s	Baptiste Firiam	48.97 s
800 m	Mark Turner	1: 53.61 min	Sebastine Sena	1: 54.49 min	Andrew Keane	1: 55.67 min
1500 m	Mark Turner	3: 58.52 min	Mark McDonald	3: 59.69 min	Sebastine Sena	4: 00.82 min
5000 m	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	15: 54.65 min	Jonas Sumu	16: 10.76 min	Morris Manai	16: 17.81 min
10,000 m	Primo Higa	34: 04.45 min	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	35: 27.94 min	Rendelius Germinaro	38: 24.32 min
half marathon	Charles Martel	1:14:18 h	Primo Higa	1:15:28 h	Georges Richmond	1:16:54 h
110 m hurdles	Avele Tanielu	15.15 s	Graham Pether	15.37 s	Steven Heard	15.49 s
400 m hurdles	Callum Stuart	53.74 s	Brendan Mallyon	55.24 s	Avele Tanielu	1: 07.51 min
3000 m obstacle	Primo Higa	9: 41.87 min	Jonas Sumu	9: 48.30 min	Morris Manai	9: 48.31 min
4 × 100 m relay	Fiji	42.36 s	Vanuatu	42.39 s	Australia	42.75 s
4 × 400 m relay	Papua New Guinea	3: 21.51 min	Vanuatu	3: 22.34 min	Australia	3: 22.38 min
10 km walking	Nick McDonald	51:17 min	Dip Chand	54:30 min
high jump	Zane Dockray	2.07 m	Hapo Maliaki	1.99 m	Benetti Schwalger	1.96 m
Pole vault	Lee Brown	4.20 m	Latu Tufta	4.20 m	Steven May	4.00 m
Long jump	Robert Tubaga	6.99 m	Lee Brown	6.83 m	Colin Kerr	6.81 m
Triple jump	Clinton Joyce	15.20 m (w)	Josh Ferguson	15.10 m (w)	Avele Tanielu	13.31 m (w)
Shot put	Chris Gaviglio	15.92 m	Richard Thompson	15.89 m	Kevin Galea	15.17 m
Discus throw	Chris Boccalatte	49.90 m	Patrick Hellier	49.90 m	Chris Gaviglio	49.80 m
Hammer throw	Patrick Hellier	63.60 m	Brentt Jones	52.10 m	Daniel Goulding	41.26 m
Javelin throw	Andrew Harrison	65.26 m	Ian Swarbrick	60.36 m	Blair Stewart	59.64 m

Women

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
100 m	Siulolo Liku	12.26 s	Tasha Williams	12.27 s	Melissa Toigo	12.51 s
200 m	Renee Robson	24.51 s (w)	Anita Sutherland	25.13 s (w)	Rossa Maira	25.40 s (w)
400 m	Renee Robson	55.27 s	Rossa Maira	57.78 s	Rachael Savage	58.47 s
800 m	Vasa Tulahe	2: 23.37 min
1500 m	Salome taboo telling	4: 52.05 min	Vasa Tulahe	4: 54.25 min	Sieni Skelton	5: 51.48 min
5000 m	Salome taboo telling	19: 17.56 min	Vasa Tulahe	19: 34.12 min
half marathon	Marion Canute	1:21:43 h	Monique Greenoff-Gaffney	1:43:07 h	Sieni Skelton	1:59:15 h
100 m hurdles	Siulolo Liku	14.61 s (w)	Melina Hamilton	14.92 s (w)	Elaine Glen	15.88 s (w)
400 m hurdles	Megan Minehane	1: 05.15 min
4 × 100 m relay	New Zealand	47.67 s	Australia	49.84 s
4 × 400 m relay	New Zealand	3: 59.83 min	Australia	4: 07.35 min
Go	Angela Keogh	57:14 min
high jump	Belinda Lavarack	1.74 m	Vicki Collins	1.74 m
Pole vault	Melina Hamilton	3.60 m
Long jump	Melissa Toigo	6.11 m	Siulolo Liku	5.96 m	Anita Sutherland	5.79 m (w)
Triple jump	Siulolo Liku	12.29 m	Caryn Morris	11.91 m (w)	Megan Minehane	11.61 m (w)
Shot put	Raylene Bates	13.11 m	Maria Disolokai	12.18 m	Joanne Morris	12.17 m
Discus throw	Raylene Bates	42.08 m	Maria Disolokai	37.70 m	Helen Wallis	36.06 m
Hammer throw	Tasha Williams	53.24 m	Raylene Bates	46.36 m	Sharyn Tennent	39.80 m
Javelin throw	Hayley Wilson	45.68 m	Renee Jacobsen	40.86 m	Brooke Stevenson	38.50 m

statistics

Most successful participant

Listed are all participants who won more than one medal at the Oceania Championships in 1996. Medals from the relay competitions are not included.

Athlete	gold	silver	bronze	total
Siulolo Liku	3	1	0	4th
Raylene Bates	2	1	0	3
Renee Robson Salome Tabuatalei Mark Turner	2	0	0	2
Vasa Tulahe	1	2	0	3
Lee Brown Melina Hamilton Patrick Hellier Soloveni Nakaunicina Tasha Williams	1	1	0	2
Avele Tanielu	1	0	2	3
Chris Gaviglio Melissa Toigo	1	0	1	2
Maria Disolokai Jonas Sumu	0	2	0	2
Rossa Maira Sebastine Sena	0	1	1	2
Aminiasi Babitu Sieni Skelton	0	0	2	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	14th	8th	4th	26th
2.	Australia	12	11	15th	38
3.	Fiji	5	5	2	12
4th	Tonga	5	4th	0	9
5.	Solomon Islands	2	1	0	3
6th	Vanuatu	1	5	1	7th
7th	Papua New Guinea	1	3	4th	8th
8th.	Norfolk Island	1	1	0	2
9.	Western Samoa	1	0	3	4th
10.	American Samoa	0	0	2	2
11.	Micronesia Tahiti	0	0	1	1
13.	Cook Islands Guam Nauru Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0

Web links

• Oceania Championships , in: gbrathletics.com , accessed on August 6, 2013.
• Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics # 8/96 , in: sportingpulse.com , accessed August 6, 2013.