2002 Oceania Athletics Championships

VI Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	December 12–14
Host city	Christchurch, New Zealand
Venue	Queen Elizabeth II Park
Level	Senior
Events	39 (20 men, 19 women)
Participation	16 nations
Records set	6
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The 2002 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, between December 12–14, 2002.

A total of 39 events were contested, 20 by men and 19 by women.

Medal winners were published.^[1] Complete results can be found in the Cool Running New Zealand newsgroup.^[2]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s)	Peter Pulu  Papua New Guinea	10.66	Wagui Anau  Australia	10.84	Justin Smith  Australia	10.92
200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Peter Pulu  Papua New Guinea	21.39 CR	Jeremy Dixon  New Zealand	21.57	Craig Bearda  New Zealand	21.61
200 metres (Invitation/Exhibition) (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Dallas Roberts  New Zealand	22.06w	Hayden Fisher  New Zealand	22.84w	Jarrod Adams  New Zealand	22.91w
400 metres	Jeffrey Bai  Papua New Guinea	49.03	Hayden Fisher  New Zealand	49.37	Moses Kamut  Vanuatu	49.88
400 metres (Invitation/Exhibition)	Jarrod Adams  New Zealand	50.56	A. Crawford  New Zealand	52.87
800 metres	Gareth Hyett  New Zealand	1:51.12	Isireli Naikelekelevesi  Fiji	1:54.11	Loresh Kumaran  Fiji	1:57.82
1500 metres	Gareth Hyett  New Zealand	3:53.64	Paul Hamblyn  New Zealand	3:53.68	/Kader Touati  French Polynesia	4:03.09
1500 metres (Invitation/Exhibition)	Mark Rodgers  Canada	3:59.84	Clyde McIntosh  Canada	4:00.52	Mark Bailey  Canada	4:04.61
5000 metres	Ben Ruthe  New Zealand	15:05.27	Terenzo Bozzone  New Zealand	15:05.80	Neil Weare  Guam	15:30.47
Half Marathon	/Georges Richmond  French Polynesia	1:10:40 CR	Henry Foufaka  Solomon Islands	1:13:41	Patrick Zambelli  New Caledonia	1:14:43
3000 metres steeplechase	Neville Smith  New Zealand	9:47.07	Chris Votu  Solomon Islands	10:09.86	Henry Foufaka  Solomon Islands	10:31.35
110 metres hurdles (wind: -3.6 m/s)	Avele Tanielu  Samoa	15.18	Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea	15.52	Maluai Penaia  Samoa	15.55
400 metres hurdles	Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea	53.06	Matthew Stratton  New Zealand	54.12	Gregory Hubbard  Australia	54.44
High Jump	Grant Knaggs  New Zealand	1.99	Sandy Katusele  Papua New Guinea	1.96	Antonio Rahiman Mohammed  Fiji	1.96
Pole Vault	Jacobus Nel  New Zealand	4.56 CR	Laurent Honoré  New Caledonia /Tamatoa Laibe  French Polynesia	4.30
Long Jump	Fagamanu Sofai  Samoa	6.83w (wind: +3.1 m/s)	Matthew Sullivan  New Zealand	6.82 (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Harmon Harmon  Cook Islands	6.76w (wind: +8.5 m/s)
Triple Jump	Tim Hawkes  New Zealand	14.66w (wind: +4.2 m/s)	Fagamanu Sofai  Samoa	14.64w (wind: +4.6 m/s)	Sandy Katusele  Papua New Guinea	13.95w (wind: +2.8 m/s)
Shot Put	Chris Mene  Samoa	14.22	Sikipio Fihaki  Fiji	14.03	Salesi Ahokovi  Tonga	13.96
Discus Throw	Chris Mene  Samoa	50.52 CR	Jean-Pierre Totélé  New Caledonia	49.03	/Gilles Valdenaire  French Polynesia	48.24
Hammer Throw	Tane Edwards  New Zealand	50.54	Jean-Pierre Totélé  New Caledonia	49.37	Motekiai Ta'ufa  Tonga	37.32
Javelin Throw	Scott McFarlane  New Zealand	57.59	Nathan Baart  Australia	49.66	Batchelor Tukumoeta  American Samoa	45.48
5000 metres Track Walk	Dip Chand  Fiji	28:27.76
4 x 100 metres relay (Invitation/Exhibition)	New Zealand "A" Todd Mansfield Jeremy Dixon Craig Bearda Adam Somerville	42.14	Australia "A" Peter Jackson Justin Smith Wagui Anau Otis Gowa	42.23	Solomon Islands "A"	43.26
800 metres Medley relay	Papua New Guinea Henry Ben Peter Pulu Jeffrey Bai Mowen Boino	1:31.17	New Zealand Adam Somerville Jeremy Dixon Craig Bearda Hayden Fisher	1:31.89	Fiji Meki Meli Henry Rogo Moape Vu Isireli Naikelekelevesi	1:34.38
4 x 400 metres relay (Invitation/Exhibition)	Australia "A" Gregory Hubbard Nathan Baart Anthony McCourt Joshua Brogan	3:27.34	Canterbury "A"	3:27.56	New Zealand "A" Matt Stratton Craig Bearda Ben Ruthe Gareth Hyett	3:28.04

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji	12.22	Latai Sikuvea  Tonga	12.49	Kate Schofield  New Zealand	12.49
200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji	24.21	Kate Schofield  New Zealand	24.93	Latai Sikuvea  Tonga	25.03
200 metres (Invitation/Exhibition) (wind: +2.1 m/s)	Phillippa Duncan  Canada	26.84w	Clare Hutchinson  Canada	27.53w	Amy McKay  Canada	27.54w
400 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji	56.67	Rachel Signal  New Zealand	57.21	Sarah Johnston  New Zealand	57.57
400 metres (Invitation/Exhibition)	Alice Webster  Canada	63.12	Julia Averill  Canada	63.49	Hannah Falvey  Canada	63.69
800 metres	Liz Auld  New Zealand	2:11.79	Hillary Bloomfield  Australia	2:23.11	Miriam Goiye  Papua New Guinea	2:26.00
1500 metres	Liz Auld  New Zealand	4:38.37	Melissa Thomas  New Zealand	4:41.49	Hillary Bloomfield  Australia	5:00.46
5000 metres	Brooke Eddy  New Zealand	16:58.72	Sophie Joynes  Australia	18:35.05	Banrenga Baikia  Kiribati	23:10.46
Half Marathon	Kylie Colum  Australia	1:18:57 CR	Ericka Ellis  New Caledonia	1:27:17	Sophie Joynes  Australia	1:27:54
2000 metres steeplechase	Brooke Eddy  New Zealand	6:56.52	Riana Dinsmore  Australia	7:19.16	Rachel Pedersen  Australia	8:00.16
100 metres hurdles (wind: -3.4 m/s)	Rachel Rogers  Fiji	15.39	Marie Yongomene  New Caledonia	15.74	Melesia Mafile'o  Tonga	16.11
400 metres hurdles	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	69.15	Vikatolia Manumu'a  Tonga	70.37
High Jump	Elizabeth Murphy  Australia Tiffany Pickford  New Zealand	1.69			Sarah Johnston  New Zealand	1.63
Pole Vault	Sophie Chiet  New Zealand	3.61	Marion Becker  New Caledonia	2.80
Long Jump	Elizabeth Murphy  Australia	5.78w (wind: +3.1 m/s)	Tatum Rickard  New Zealand	5.64w (wind: +9.9 m/s)	Melesia Mafile'o  Tonga	5.62w (wind: +5.7 m/s)
Triple Jump	Melesia Mafile'o  Tonga	12.16w (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Marie Yongomene  New Caledonia	12.13w (wind: +3.2 m/s)	Tatum Rickard  New Zealand	12.04w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
Shot Put	Ana Po'uhila  Tonga	15.66	Melehifo Uhi  Tonga	13.78	Joanne Morris  Australia	13.05
Discus Throw	Melehifo Uhi  Tonga	51.01 CR	Ana Po'uhila  Tonga	45.11	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	40.87
Hammer Throw	Sharyn Tennent  Australia	54.63	Debbie McCaw  New Zealand	47.87	Amélia Tui  New Caledonia	46.85
Javelin Throw	Linda Selui  New Caledonia	47.90	Kate Smith  Australia	45.72	Jennifer Greatbatch  New Zealand	40.90
4 x 100 metres relay (Invitation/Exhibition)	New Zealand "A" Anne Marie Spragg Aimee Lynch Amber Grogan Sophie Chiet	48.12	Australia "A" Kimara Timms Elianna Suluvale Rachel Phillips Kate Smith	49.89	Canterbury "A"	50.01
800 metres Medley relay	Fiji Rachael Rogers Litiana Miller Makelesi Bulikiobo Mereoni Raluve	1:45.09	New Zealand Anne Marie Spragg Sarah Johnston Kate Schofield Rachel Signal	1:47.94	Australia Kate Smith Kimara Timms Rachel Phillips Nicole Burry	1:58.92
4 x 400 metres relay (Invitation/Exhibition)	Australia "A" Rachel Pederson Kimara Timms Rachel Phillips Nicole Burry	4:01.71	New Zealand "A" Rachel Signal Clare Goodwin Liz Auld Sarah Johnston	4:03.04	Canterbury "A"	4:15.41

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3000 metres Track Walk	Kelly Shadbolt  Canada	16:26.29	Keith Rutherford  Canada	16:32.14	Patrick Enright  Canada	17:51.82

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)*	15	13	6	34
2	Fiji (FIJ)	6	2	3	11
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	6	2	2	10
4	Australia (AUS)	4	6	7	17
5	Samoa (SAM)	4	1	1	6
6	Tonga (TON)	3	4	5	12
7	New Caledonia (NCL)	1	7	2	10
8	French Polynesia (TAH)	1	1	2	4
9	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	2	1	3
10	Cook Islands (COK)	0	0	2	2
11	American Samoa (ASA)	0	0	1	1
	Guam (GUM)	0	0	1	1
	Kiribati (KIR)	0	0	1	1
	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		40	38	35	113

The participation of athletes from 16 countries could be determined from the Cool Running New Zealand newsgroup.^[2] Athletes from  Canada and further athletes from  New Zealand started as guests out of competition.