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9th Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	June 25–28
Host city	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Venue	Oleai Sports Complex
Level	Open senior, U18
Type	Outdoor
Events	84 (21 men, 21 women for 2 age categories)
Participation	23 nations
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The 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships was the 9th edition of the Oceania Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the Oceania Athletic Association, in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands in June. Athletes competed at two age categories: Youth (U18) and open senior. New Caledonia competed as part of Oceania for the first time, having competed as a guest nation in past events. The four-day competition took place from 25 to 28 June

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji	9	9	3	21
2	Papua New Guinea	9	5	4	18
3	Australia	6	3	4	13
4	Samoa	5	3	1	9
5	New Caledonia	3	2	2	7
6	French Polynesia	2	5	3	10
7	Guam	2	4	4	10
8	Cook Islands	1	1	2	4
9	Kiribati	1	1	1	3
10	Norfolk Island	1	0	0	1
11	Tonga	0	2	3	5
12	Northern Mariana Islands*	0	2	2	4
13	Solomon Islands	0	0	2	2
14	Nauru	0	0	1	1
	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		39	37	33	109

Results

The results were published.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Iowane Dovumatua (FIJ)	10.92	Setareki Tikosaya (FIJ)	10.99	Jack Iroga (SOL)	11.07
200 m (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Isoa Me (FIJ)	21.93	Setareki Tikosaya (FIJ)	22.02	Jay Stone (AUS)	22.08
400 m	Joshua Ahwong (AUS)	48.26	Aporosa Tabulawaki (FIJ)	48.67	Isoa Me (FIJ)	48.75
800 m	Aunese Curreen (SAM)	1:51.16	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	1:53.48	Aporosa Tabulawaki (FIJ)	1:57.41
1500 m	Aunese Curreen (SAM)	3:58.76	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	4:03.79	Derek Mandell (GUM)	4:05.79
5000 m	Brendan Whelan (AUS)	16:02.19	Tupuhoe Tahi (PYF)	16:12.54	Teiva Izal (PYF)	16:13.00
110 m hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Toriki Urarii (PYF)	15.11	Kenneth Karosich (GUM)	15.50	Inoke Finau (TON)	15.54
400 m hurdles	Mowen Boino (PNG)	52.07	Jone Wainiqolo (FIJ)	55.79	Kenneth Karosich (GUM)	57.02
3000 m steeplechase	Tim Rogers (NFK)	12:18.36	Ketson Kabiriel (NMI)	12:20.07
4 × 100 m	Fiji Iowane Dovumatua Setareki Tikosaya Frank Louey Isoa Me	42.01	Papua New Guinea Reginald Worealevi Kupun Wisil Waname Egora Joe Matmat	42.71	Australia Jay Stone Duane Daley Joshua Ahwong Peter Tuccandidgee	42.84
High jump	David Birati [fr] (KIR)	1.92	Emori Sabua (FIJ)	1.86	Kristopher Williamson (COK)	1.83
Long jump	/ Frédéric Erin (NCL)	7.59 (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Jay Stone (AUS)	7.10 (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Sandy Katusele (PNG)	6.98 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Triple jump	Frank Louey (FIJ)	14.23 (wind: +0.1 m/s)	/ Kainric Ozoux (NCL)	14.05 (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Sandy Katusele (PNG)	13.99 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Shot put	/ Daniel Kilama (NCL)	16.76	Stephen Lasei (SAM)	14.44	/ Mathieu Roulet (NCL)	13.68
Discus throw	/ Daniel Kilama (NCL)	48.06	Rooarii Pito (PYF)	47.51	/ Yann Fuluhea (NCL)	45.04
Hammer throw	Thomas McGuire (AUS)	46.00	Rooarii Pito (PYF)	41.90
Javelin throw	Leslie Copeland (FIJ)	67.02	/ Mathieu Roulet (NCL)	66.08	Nick Gross (NMI)	52.43
Octathlon	Brendan Peeters (AUS)	4927	Rabangaki Nawai (KIR)	4901	Toriki Urarii (PYF)	4827
6 km Cross Country	Aunese Curreen (SAM)	21:05	Brendan Whelan (AUS)	21:09	Lavi Sam (VAN)	21:14
Half Marathon	Tutea Degage (PYF)	1:17:38.67	Teiva Izal (PYF)	1:19:58.75	Brendan Whelan (AUS)	1:24:27.83

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Mae Koime (PNG)	11.66 CR	Toea Wisil (PNG)	11.94	Makelesi Tumalevu (FIJ)	12.39
200 m (wind: -2.1 m/s)	Mae Koime (PNG)	24.11	Toea Wisil (PNG)	24.45	Betty Burua (PNG)	25.05
400 m	Salome Dell (PNG)	55.45	Betty Burua (PNG)	55.80	Sharon Henry (PNG)	58.00
800 m	Salome Dell (PNG)	2:10.92	Salote Mereula (FIJ)	2:21.80	Nicole Layson (GUM)	2:39.63
1500 m	Salome Dell (PNG)	4:40.39	Nicole Layson (GUM)	5:25.92	Malia’Aneta Patolo (TON)	5:45.27
5000 m	Nicole Layson (GUM)	21:11.76	Malia’Aneta Patolo (TON)	23:25.96	Luna Tuifutana (TON)	25:17.43
100 m hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Milika Tuivanuavou (FIJ)	16.22	Monique Lafaialii (SAM)	16.34
400 m hurdles	Sharon Henry (PNG)	61.83	Lata Tuifutuna (TON)	71.07	Kaitinano Mwemweata (KIR)	81.71
4 × 100 m	Papua New Guinea Sharon Henry Mae Koime Betty Burua Toea Wisil	47.27	Fiji Makelesi Tumalevu Paulini Korowaqa Salote Mereula Milika Tuivanuavou	49.24	Australia Emma-Rose Daby Sarah Busby Emily Keehn Narelle Long	49.92
Long jump	Makelesi Tumalevu (FIJ)	5.70 (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Maki Samanth Lockington (COK)	5.07 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Triple jump	Monique Lafaialii (SAM)	10.20 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
Shot put	Margaret Satupai (SAM)	13.94	Genie Gierardo (GUM)	9.79	Nina Grundler (NRU)	9.66
Discus throw	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	50.59	Margaret Satupai (SAM)	46.57	Perle Buard (PYF)	30.82
Hammer throw	Kelly Humphries (AUS)	45.57	Olivia Birkett (AUS)	38.33	Margaret Satupai (SAM)	36.11
Javelin throw	Milika Tuivanuavou (FIJ)	39.36	Perle Buard (PYF)	39.02	Maki Samanth Lockington (COK)	32.70
Heptathlon	Narelle Long (AUS)	3081
3 km Cross Country	Salome Dell (PNG)	11:08	Marie Benito (GUM)	12:20	Nicole Layson (GUM)	12:31
Half Marathon	Marie Benito (GUM)	1:35:20.83	Mieko Carey (NMI)	1:39:32.28	Mamiko Oshima (NMI)	1:42:26.67

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800 metres Medley relay	Fiji Makelesi Tumalevu Iowane Dovumatua Paulini Korowaqa Aporosa Tabulawaki	1:38.29	Papua New Guinea Shirley Vunatup Waname Egora Betty Burua Kevin Kapmatana	1:39.50	Solomon Islands Pauline Kwalea Jack Iroga Flory Liza Emmanuel Tautaumea	1:41.26

References

1. www.athletics-oceania.com/
2. http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=9 About Us: The Oceania Athletics Association
3. Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 - U18/Open Area Championships - Oliea Park, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands - Results, retrieved April 22, 2013

External links

• Final Results: Final Results
• OAA Official website

• Oceania Athletics Championships
• Athletics in the Northern Mariana Islands
• 2008 in athletics (track and field)
• 2008 in Northern Mariana Islands sports
• 2008 in Oceanian sport
• International sports competitions hosted by the Northern Mariana Islands
• June 2008 sports events in Oceania