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 (PNG)	10.75	Moses Kamut (VAN)  Wally Kirika (PNG)	10.82
200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Peter Tuccandidgee (AUS)	21.65	Moses Kamut (VAN)	21.73	Gabirieli Muatavola (FIJ)  Daniel Natusch (NZL)	21.81
400 metres	Sam Rapson (NZL)	48.03	Chris Walasi (SOL)	48.62	Fabian Niulai (PNG)	49.16
800 metres	Aunese Curreen (SAM)	1:52.65	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	1:55.30	Arnold Sorina (VAN)	1:55.57
1500 metres	Aunese Curreen (SAM)	4:04.09	Anthony McCourt (AUS)	4:05.54	Derek Mandell (GUM)	4:06.35
5000 metres	Brendan Whelan (AUS)	16:01.97	Derek Mandell (GUM)	16:18.83	Lavi Sam (VAN)	16:44.24
Half Marathon	Brendan Whelan (AUS)	1:12:40	Sapolai Yao (PNG)	1:14:48	Philip Nausien (VAN)	1:16:57
3000 metres steeplechase	Tim Hodge (NZL)	9:34.59	Sapolai Yao (PNG)	9:49.56	Om Halliday (AUS)	9:55.16
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Mowen Boino (PNG)	15.02	Avele Tanielu (SAM)	15.10	Inoke Finau (TGA)	16.72
400 metres hurdles	Mowen Boino (PNG)	51.62	Wala Gime (PNG)	53.17	Nick Kalivati (NZL)	53.70
High Jump	William Crayford (NZL)  Joshua Hall (AUS)	2.07m =CR			Rajendra Prasad (FIJ)	1.95m
Long Jump1.)	Daniel Natusch (NZL)	7.14m (wind: NWI)	Jay Stone (AUS)	6.88m (wind: NWI)	Nathaniel Franklin (AUS)	6.84m (wind: NWI)
Triple Jump2.)	Charles Nicholson (NZL)	13.56m (wind: NWI)	Kuripitone Betham (SAM)	13.38m (wind: NWI)	Buraieta Yeeting (KIR)	13.30m (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Stephen Lasei (SAM)	14.39m	Justin Andre (GUM)	13.76m	Tim Rozborski (GUM)	13.18m
Discus Throw	Stephen Lasei (SAM)	45.75m	Marshall Hall (NZL)	43.48m	Jerrod Avegalio (ASA)	43.41m
Hammer Throw	Justin Andre (GUM)	50.03m	Brentt Jones (NFK)	49.25m	Gilles Valdenaire (PYF)	41.02m
Javelin Throw	Leslie Copeland (FIJ)	67.28m	Victor Dao (NCL)	59.15m	Jerrod Avegalio (ASA)	52.13m
Octathlon	Nathan Baart (AUS)	5131pts	Rabangaki Nawai (KIR)	4992pts	Inoke Finau (TGA)	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 (AUS)	26:48	Brendan Whelan (AUS)	27:07	Derek Mandell (GUM)	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 (PNG)	11.79 CR	Toea Wisil (PNG)	12.03	Latai Sikuvea (TGA)	12.28
200 metres (wind: 0.8 m/s)	Monique Williams (NZL)	23.72	Mae Koime (PNG)	24.29	Toea Wisil (PNG)	24.53
400 metres	Monique Williams (NZL)	55.21	Mae Koime (PNG)	56.75	Toea Wisil (PNG)	57.26
800 metres	Betty Burua (PNG)	2:18.35	Cecilia Kumalalamene (PNG)	2:19.05	Salome Dell (PNG)	2:21.68
1500 metres	Lucy van Dalen (NZL)	4:40.64
5000 metres	Holly van Dalen (NZL)	18:27.90	Faye Ondelacy (ASA)	23:19.45
Half Marathon	Faye Ondelacy (ASA)	1:19.35	Patricia Gauquelin (PYF)	1:52.52
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Terani Faremiro (PYF)	16.08	Monique Lafaialii (SAM)	18.66	Melina Malatai (SAM)	20.91
400 metres hurdles	Chloe Butler (AUS)	1:03.37	Alyssa Taylor (AUS)	1:06.47	Gemma Radford (NZL)	1:07.37
High Jump	Marissa Pritchard (NZL)  Casey Narrier (AUS)	1.70m			Véronique Boyer (PYF)	1.61m
Long Jump	Soko Salaniqiqi (FIJ)	5.59m (wind: NWI)	Terani Faremiro (PYF)	5.52m (wind: NWI)	Margaret Teiti (COK)	5.18m (wind: NWI)
Triple Jump	Nneka Okpala (NZL)	12.29m (wind: NWI)	Marissa Pritchard (NZL)	11.69m (wind: NWI)	Soko Salaniqiqi (FIJ)	11.66m (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Ana Po'uhila (TGA)	16.57m CR	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	14.81m	Margaret Satupai (SAM)	14.40m
Discus Throw1.)	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	52.83m	Ana Po'uhila (TGA)	52.48m	Margaret Satupai (SAM)	43.72m
Hammer Throw2.)	Jessica Charlesworth (NZL)	43.70m	Siniva Marsters (COK)	41.51m	Anna Harvey (NZL)	38.64m
Javelin Throw	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	45.85m	Tammy Baart (AUS)	40.40m	Vanessa Wanai (PYF)	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]}