1996 Oceania Athletics Championships

The 1996 Oceania Athletics Championships were held in Townsville, Australia, between November 28–30, 1996.

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
← 1994 Auckland 1998 Nuku'alofa →

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  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	French Polynesia (TAH)	0	0	1	1
	Micronesia (FSM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		42	38	33	113

Participation (unofficial)

The participation of athletes from 16 countries was reported by the Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics publication.^[2]

•  American Samoa
•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Guam
•  Micronesia
•  Nauru
•  New Zealand
•  Norfolk Island
•  Northern Mariana Islands
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
• / Tahiti
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu