2000 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships

V Oceania Youth Athletics Championships
Host city	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date(s)	August 24–26
Main stadium	Santos Stadium
Level	Youth
Participation	97 (51 boys, 46 girls) athletes from 18 nations
Events	33 (17 boys, 16 girls)
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The 2000 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Santos Stadium in Adelaide, Australia, between August 24–26, 2000. They were held together with the 2000 Oceania Open Championships. A total of 33 events were contested, 17 by boys and 16 by girls.

Medal summary

Medal winners can be found on the Athletics Weekly website.^[1] Complete results can be found on the webpages of the World Junior Athletics History,^[2] and the Cool Running New Zealand newsgroup.^[3][4][5]

Boys under 18 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 3.7 m/s)	Teina Teiti (COK)	11.01 w	Albert Thomas (AUS)	11.23 w	Eddie Matthies (PNG)	11.31 w
200 metres (wind: 0.5 m/s)	Teina Teiti (COK)	22.63	Albert Thomas (AUS)	22.70	Nathan Morath (NZL)	22.92
400 metres	Nathan Morath (NZL)	50.58	Dominique Bouillant (NCL)	52.15	/ Roger Lau Fat (TAH)	53.25
800 metres	Michael Stringer (NZL)	1:58.34	Setefano Mika (SAM)	2:01.14	Linton Mani Oeta (SOL)	2:01.55
1500 metres	Setefano Mika (SAM)	4:20.93	Henry Foufaka (SOL)	4:23.79	Satini Tyrell (SAM)	4:23.83
3000 metres	Henry Foufaka (SOL)	9:20.79	Bongi Maki (PNG)	10:09.11	Keith Sepety (FSM)	10:17.75
2000 metres steeplechase	Henry Foufaka (SOL)	6:41.89
110 metres hurdles (wind: 2.7 m/s)	Matt Stratton (NZL)	14.54 w	/ Matorai Dehors (TAH)	16.89 w	Satini Tyrell (SAM)	17.23 w
400 metres hurdles	Matt Stratton (NZL)	57.81	Darrell Bradford (GUM)	58.75	/ Roger Lau Fat (TAH)	1:00.54
High Jump	Glen Petersen (AUS)	2.01	Antonio Mohamed (FIJ)  Daniel Sandol (PNG)	1.95
Pole Vault	Warren Tavergeux (NCL)	4.00	Dominique Bouillant (NCL)	3.20
Long Jump	Eroni Tuivanuavou (FIJ)	7.06 (wind: 1.1 m/s)	Glen Petersen (AUS)	6.90 (wind: 1.8 m/s)	Albert Thomas (AUS)	6.80 (wind: 1.7 m/s)
Triple Jump	Simon Benari (PNG)	12.70 (wind: 0.7 m/s)	Taia Maerennang (KIR)	12.56 (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Alfred Reiher (KIR)	12.17 w (wind: 2.4 m/s)
Shot Put	David McGrath (NZL)	15.49	Sam Hanzel (AUS)	15.31	Rangi Ivaiti (COK)	14.87
Hammer Throw	Sam Hanzel (AUS)	42.71	Fereti Leavasa (SAM)	27.97
Javelin Throw	Jarrod Bannister (AUS)	66.15	Dale Morris (AUS)	51.88	Rangi Ivaiti (COK)	51.09
800 metres Medley relay (100m x 100m x 200m x 400m)	New Zealand	1:40.97	Australia	1:42.16	Papua New Guinea	1:44.23

Girls under 18 (Youth)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 3.3 m/s)	Rebecca James (AUS)	12.31 w	Erica Prescott (NZL)	12.66 w	Lynette Bureng (PNG)	12.74 w
200 metres (wind: 0.8 m/s)	Kate Johnstone (NZL)	25.62	Rebecca James (AUS)	25.89	Anna Spriggens (NZL)	26.47
400 metres	Kate Johnstone (NZL)	57.49	Anna Spriggens (NZL)	59.05	Jodie Parravicini (AUS)	59.87
800 metres	Melanie Aldridge (AUS)	2:23.63	Miriam Goiye (PNG)	2:28.97
1500 metres	Rowan Baird (AUS)	4:46.36	Riana Dinsmore (AUS)	4:50.42	Miriam Goiye (PNG)	5:15.28
3000 metres	Jacqui Falconer (NZL)	10:10.65	Rowan Baird (AUS)	10:10.81	Riana Dinsmore (AUS)	10:32.22
100 metres hurdles (wind: 1.7 m/s)	Sarah Cowley (NZL)	15.01	/ Vairea Burns (TAH)	16.03	/ Temoemoe Faremiro (TAH)	16.58
High Jump	Sarah Cowley (NZL)	1.71	Rebecca James (AUS)	1.66	/ Vaimiti Chonsui (TAH)	1.50
Pole Vault	Nikki Beckett (NZL)	3.40	/ Temoemoe Faremiro (TAH)	2.52	/ Lucie Tepea (TAH)	2.02
Long Jump	Kate Malcolm (NZL)	5.33 (wind: 0.4 m/s)	Melesia Mafile'o (TGA)	5.26 (wind: 0.9 m/s)	/ Temoemoe Faremiro (TAH)	5.18 (wind: 0.6 m/s)
Triple Jump	Kate Malcolm (NZL)	11.09 (wind: 0.3 m/s)	Melesia Mafile'o (TGA)	10.87 (wind: 0.3 m/s)	/ Vairea Burns (TAH)	10.44 (wind: 0.9 m/s)
Shot Put	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	12.57	Adituivuna Cula (FIJ)	11.88	Clara Planas (NMI)	8.45
Discus Throw	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	38.23	Clara Planas (NMI)	17.43
Hammer Throw	Clara Planas (NMI)	21.44
Javelin Throw	Tracey Hawken (AUS)	35.33	Melesia Mafile'o (TGA)	33.09	Illyana Tauarea (COK)	31.46
800 metres Medley relay (100m x 100m x 200m x 400m)	New Zealand	1:49.46	Australia	1:55.39	Papua New Guinea	1:55.83

Medal table (unofficial)

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand	15	2	2	19
2	Australia	7	11	3	21
3	Cook Islands	4	0	3	7
4	Solomon Islands	2	1	1	4
5	Papua New Guinea	1	3	5	9
6	Samoa	1	2	2	5
7	Fiji	1	2	0	3
	New Caledonia	1	2	0	3
9	Northern Mariana Islands	1	1	1	3
10	/ Tahiti	0	3	7	10
11	Tonga	0	3	0	3
12	Kiribati	0	1	1	2
13	Guam	0	1	0	1
14	F.S. Micronesia	0	0	1	1

Participation (unofficial)

An unofficial count yields the number of about 97 athletes from 18 countries:

American Samoa (4)  Australia (14)  Cook Islands (8)  Fiji (6)  Guam (1)  Kiribati (4)

Marshall Islands (3)  F.S. Micronesia (6)  Nauru (8)  New Caledonia (3)  New Zealand (11)  Northern Mariana Islands (3)

Palau (1)  Papua New Guinea (9)  Samoa (6)  Solomon Islands (2) / Tahiti (7)  Tonga (1)

References

1. OCEANIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 21, 2013
2. WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), World Junior Athletics History ("WJAH"), retrieved March 21, 2013
3. Oceania Athletic Championships-Adelaide, South Australia - ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA - INFORMATION RELEASE - OCEANIA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS-ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Santos Stadium, Mile End, South Australia - Day 1, August 24, 2000, retrieved March 5, 2013
4. Boswell, Ian (August 26, 2000), Oceania Athletics Championships-Day 2 Results - ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA - INFORMATION RELEASE - Athletics SA - OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS - Santos Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia - 24-08-00 - 26-08-00 - Day 2, retrieved March 5, 2013
5. Boswell, Ian (August 27, 2000), Oceania Athletic Championships- Day 3 - ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA - INFORMATION RELEASE - Athletics SA - OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS - Santos Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia - 24-08-00 - 26-08-00 - Day 3, retrieved March 5, 2013