2006 Oceania Athletics Championships

VIII Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	December 12–16
Host city	Apia, Samoa
Venue	Apia Park
Level	Senior
Events	38 (20 men, 17 women, 1 mixed)
Participation	20 nations
Records set	4
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The 2006 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Apia Park in Apia, Samoa, between December 12–16, 2006.

A total of 38 events were contested, 20 by men, 17 by women, and 1 mixed relay.

Except javelin thrower Victor Dao, athletes from New Caledonia were listed as guests,^{[1][2][3][4][5]} although they were reported as medal winners on the webpage of the Ligue de Nouvelle Calédonie Athlétisme (resulting in a total 7 medals in the open category, 3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze).^[6][7]

Key to tables:   Results not published on Oceania Athletics results document for 2006 Championships

Complete results can be found on the webpages of the Oceania Athletics Association,^[8] and Athletics Samoa.^[1][2][3] Athletics PNG,^[4] and Athletics Samoa.^[5]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Henry Ben  Papua New Guinea	10.75	Moses Kamut  Vanuatu Wally Kirika  Papua New Guinea	10.82
200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Peter Tuccandidgee  Australia	21.65	Moses Kamut  Vanuatu	21.73	Gabirieli Muatavola  Fiji Daniel Natusch  New Zealand	21.81
400 metres	Sam Rapson  New Zealand	48.03	Chris Walasi  Solomon Islands	48.62	Fabian Niulai  Papua New Guinea	49.16
800 metres	Aunese Curreen  Samoa	1:52.65	Isireli Naikelekelevesi  Fiji	1:55.30	Arnold Sorina  Vanuatu	1:55.57
1500 metres	Aunese Curreen  Samoa	4:04.09	Anthony McCourt  Australia	4:05.54	Derek Mandell  Guam	4:06.35
5000 metres	Brendan Whelan  Australia	16:01.97	Derek Mandell  Guam	16:18.83	Lavi Sam  Vanuatu	16:44.24
Half Marathon	Brendan Whelan  Australia	1:12:40	Sapolai Yao  Papua New Guinea	1:14:48	Philip Nausien  Vanuatu	1:16:57
3000 metres steeplechase	Tim Hodge  New Zealand	9:34.59	Sapolai Yao  Papua New Guinea	9:49.56	Om Halliday  Australia	9:55.16
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea	15.02	Avele Tanielu  Samoa	15.10	Inoke Finau  Tonga	16.72
400 metres hurdles	Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea	51.62	Wala Gime  Papua New Guinea	53.17	Nick Kalivati  New Zealand	53.70
High Jump	William Crayford  New Zealand Joshua Hall  Australia	2.07m =CR			Rajendra Prasad  Fiji	1.95m
Long Jump1.)	Daniel Natusch  New Zealand	7.14m (wind: NWI)	Jay Stone  Australia	6.88m (wind: NWI)	Nathaniel Franklin  Australia	6.84m (wind: NWI)
Triple Jump2.)	Charles Nicholson  New Zealand	13.56m (wind: NWI)	Kuripitone Betham  Samoa	13.38m (wind: NWI)	Buraieta Yeeting  Kiribati	13.30m (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Stephen Lasei  Samoa	14.39m	Justin Andre  Guam	13.76m	Tim Rozborski  Guam	13.18m
Discus Throw	Stephen Lasei  Samoa	45.75m	Marshall Hall  New Zealand	43.48m	Jerrod Avegalio  American Samoa	43.41m
Hammer Throw	Justin Andre  Guam	50.03m	Brentt Jones  Norfolk Island	49.25m	Gilles Valdenaire  French Polynesia	41.02m
Javelin Throw	Leslie Copeland  Fiji	67.28m	Victor Dao  New Caledonia	59.15m	Jerrod Avegalio  American Samoa	52.13m
Octathlon	Nathan Baart  Australia	5131pts	Rabangaki Nawai  Kiribati	4992pts	Inoke Finau  Tonga	4311pts
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji Matavesi Telawa Jone Wainiqolo Gabirieli Muatavola Filipo Delai	41.73	Papua New Guinea Fabian Niulai Wally Kirika Henry Ben Anton Lui	42.01	Australia Lars Hansen Otis Gowa Peter Tuccandidgee Daley Duan	42.11
6km Cross Country	Om Halliday  Australia	26:48	Brendan Whelan  Australia	27:07	Derek Mandell  Guam	27:12

^1.): The long jump event was won by Frédéric Erin from  New Caledonia (listed as guest athlete) in 7.55m.
^2.): The triple jump event was won by Frédéric Erin from  New Caledonia (listed as guest athlete) in 15.77m.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.2 m/s)	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	11.79 CR	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	12.03	Latai Sikuvea  Tonga	12.28
200 metres (wind: 0.8 m/s)	Monique Williams  New Zealand	23.72	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	24.29	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	24.53
400 metres	Monique Williams  New Zealand	55.21	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	56.75	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	57.26
800 metres	Betty Burua  Papua New Guinea	2:18.35	Cecilia Kumalalamene  Papua New Guinea	2:19.05	Salome Dell  Papua New Guinea	2:21.68
1500 metres	Lucy van Dalen  New Zealand	4:40.64
5000 metres	Holly van Dalen  New Zealand	18:27.90	Faye Ondelacy  American Samoa	23:19.45
Half Marathon	Faye Ondelacy  American Samoa	1:19.35	Patricia Gauquelin  French Polynesia	1:52.52
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Terani Faremiro  French Polynesia	16.08	Monique Lafaialii  Samoa	18.66	Melina Malatai  Samoa	20.91
400 metres hurdles	Chloe Butler  Australia	1:03.37	Alyssa Taylor  Australia	1:06.47	Gemma Radford  New Zealand	1:07.37
High Jump	Marissa Pritchard  New Zealand Casey Narrier  Australia	1.70m			Véronique Boyer  French Polynesia	1.61m
Long Jump	Soko Salaniqiqi  Fiji	5.59m (wind: NWI)	Terani Faremiro  French Polynesia	5.52m (wind: NWI)	Margaret Teiti  Cook Islands	5.18m (wind: NWI)
Triple Jump	Nneka Okpala  New Zealand	12.29m (wind: NWI)	Marissa Pritchard  New Zealand	11.69m (wind: NWI)	Soko Salaniqiqi  Fiji	11.66m (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Ana Po'uhila  Tonga	16.57m CR	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	14.81m	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	14.40m
Discus Throw1.)	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	52.83m	Ana Po'uhila  Tonga	52.48m	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	43.72m
Hammer Throw2.)	Jessica Charlesworth  New Zealand	43.70m	Siniva Marsters  Cook Islands	41.51m	Anna Harvey  New Zealand	38.64m
Javelin Throw	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	45.85m	Tammy Baart  Australia	40.40m	Vanessa Wanai  French Polynesia	36.32m
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Betty Burua Mae Koime Cecilia Kumalalamene Toea Wisil	48.30	Australia Sarah Busby Sarah Mackaway Bessie Hayes Jennifer Tagney	48.64	New Zealand Gemma Radford Nicola Hely Nneka Okpala Monique Williams	48.94

^1.): Glenda Polelei from  New Caledonia (listed as guest athlete) was 3rd in the discus throw event in 45.70m.
^2.): The hammer throw event was won by Elise Takosi from  New Caledonia (listed as guest athlete) in 46.19m.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800 metres Medley relay	New Zealand Nicola Hely Daniel Natusch Monique Williams Sam Rapson	1:35.62	Papua New Guinea Cecilia Kumalalamene Levi Albert Toea Wisil Wala Gime	1:37.95	Tonga Patiola Pahulu Aisea Tohi Latai Sikuvea Uikelotu Ki Onehunga Palu	1:38.06

  *   Host nation (Samoa)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	13	2	5	20
2	Australia (AUS)	7	5	3	15
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	6	10	4	20
4	Samoa (SAM)*	4	3	3	10
5	Fiji (FIJ)	3	1	3	7
6	Cook Islands (COK)	2	2	1	5
7	French Polynesia (PYF)	1	2	3	6
8	Guam (GUM)	1	2	2	5
9	Tonga (TON)	1	1	4	6
10	American Samoa (ASA)	1	1	2	4
11	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	2	3	5
12	Kiribati (KIR)	0	1	1	2
13	New Caledonia (NCL)	0	1	0	1
	Norfolk Island (NFK)	0	1	0	1
	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (15 entries)		39	35	34	108

The participation of athletes from 20 countries could be determined from the published results.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}