1990 Oceania Athletics Championships

I Oceania Athletics Championships
I Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	July 11–14
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Venue	National Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	38 (22 men, 16 women)
	1994 Auckland →

The 1990 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the National Stadium^[1] in Suva, Fiji, between July 11–14, 1990.

A total of 38 events were contested, 22 by men and 16 by women.

Athletes from the French overseas territories in the South Pacific were only admitted as guests.

Medal summary

Medal winners were published.^[2]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Joseph Onika (SOL)	10.75	Subul Babo (PNG)	10.83	Jone Delai (FIJ)	10.92
200 metres	Subul Babo (PNG)	21.60	Joseph Onika (SOL)	21.87	Peauope Suli (TGA)	22.04
400 metres	Alex Soqosoqo (FIJ)	48.31	Braeman Yee (FIJ)	48.45	Philip Harrison (NZL)	49.36
800 metres	Derek Renz (NZL)	1:53.33	Lui Muavesi (FIJ)	1:54.03	David Savidan (NZL)	1:54.21
1500 metres	Derek Renz (NZL)	3:58.58	Jamie Strudley (NZL)	3:59.61	Wally Plath (AUS)	4:01.88
5000 metres	Duane Humphreys (NZL)	15:09.87	Paul Ashford (AUS)	15:17.87	Davendra Singh (FIJ)	15:19.53
10000 metres	Adrian Wellington (AUS)	32:08.46	Paul Ashford (AUS)	32:42.16	Aaron Dupnai (PNG)	32:52.62
Marathon	Grant McEwen (NZL)	2:30:31	Adrian Wellington (AUS)	2:31:03	Mervyn Shields (NZL)	2:36:34
3000 metres steeplechase	Duane Humphreys (NZL)	9:12.83	Davendra Singh (FIJ)	9:21.80	Wayne Hellmuth (AUS)	9:29.97
110 metres hurdles^†	Robert McNeill (NZL)	15.39	Johnathan Schmidt (NZL)	15.51	Homelo Vi (TGA)	15.80
400 metres hurdles	Johnathan Schmidt (NZL)	52.83	Paeaki Tukaunove Kokohu (TGA)	54.30	Joe Rodan (FIJ)	54.33
High Jump	Ray Featherstone (NZL)	2.06	Joe Ellul (AUS)	1.94	Jale Waivure (FIJ)	1.94
Pole Vault	Marcus Pointon (NZL)	4.40	Alona Finau (TGA) Homelo Vi (TGA)	2.70
Long Jump	Simon Raynes (NZL)	7.21	Gabriele Qoro (FIJ)	7.13	Aaron Langdon (NZL)	7.02
Triple Jump	Simon Raynes (NZL)	14.66	Scott Newman (NZL)	14.44	Shane Stuart (AUS)	14.21
Shot Put	Douglas Mace (NZL)	15.60	Cameron McLaughlan (AUS)	14.89	Kevin Galea (AUS)	14.86
Discus Throw	Ian Boller (AUS)	47.80	Chris Mene (NZL)	46.96	Nathan Tait (NZL)	44.04
Hammer Throw	Douglas Mace (NZL)	57.50	Patrick Hellier (NZL)	50.04	Vainga Tonga (COK)	28.74
Javelin Throw	James Goulding (FIJ)	71.54	Jioji Nadavo (FIJ)	63.14	Ian Swarbrick (AUS)	62.12
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Paul McElwee (NZL)	1:39:46	Dean Nipperess (AUS)	1:54:15	Caleb Maybir (FIJ)	1:54:34
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji Tonga	41.97			Papua New Guinea	42.40
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	3:15.29	Papua New Guinea	3:17.80	Tonga	3:20.05

^†: The 110 m hurdles event was won by Albert Chambonnier from New Caledonia in 15.35 s running as a guest.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Bindee Goonchew (AUS)	12.17	Heather Shanks (NZL)	12.27	Vaciseva Tavaga (FIJ)	12.37
200 metres	Bindee Goonchew (AUS)	25.30	Chantal Brunner (NZL)	25.37	Heather Shanks (NZL)	25.40
400 metres	Kirsten Downie (NZL)	56.11	Melindy Smith (AUS)	56.35	Joanne Todd (NZL)	57.83
800 metres	Helen Hawley (NZL)	2:09.35	Sally Lee (AUS)	2:12.31	Manuela Primavera (AUS)	2:16.59
1500 metres	Helen Hawley (NZL)	4:33.17	Wendy Cottrell (NZL)	4:37.38	Manuela Primavera (AUS)	4:38.64
3000 metres	Wendy Cottrell (NZL)	10:01.72	Manuela Primavera (AUS)	10:18.74	Jen Allred (GUM)	10:20.88
20 Kilometres Road Race^†	Lee-Ann McPhillips (NZL)	1:22:22	Jen Allred (GUM)	1:27:10	Carol Porter (AUS)	1:31:12
100 metres hurdles	Katie Ackerman (AUS)	14.67	Sarah Lynn (NZL)	15.26	Lillyanne Beining (PNG)	15.49
400 metres hurdles	Lily Tua (PNG)	64.31	Megan Minehane (AUS)	64.87	Janiene Ashbridge (NZL)	67.45
High Jump	Carmel Corbett (NZL)	1.77	Shelley Stoddart (NZL)	1.77	Katie Ackerman (AUS)	1.68
Long Jump	Katie Ackerman (AUS)	6.01	Chantal Brunner (NZL)	5.85	Shelley Stoddart (NZL)	5.46
Shot Put	Tania Lutton (NZL)	13.52	Iammo Launa (PNG)	12.87	Elizabeth Binns (NZL)	12.33
Discus Throw	Jeanette Park (NZL)	47.02	Tania Lutton (NZL)	38.20	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	38.08
Javelin Throw (old implement)	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	48.70	Iammo Launa (PNG)	48.02	Shane Edgerton (AUS)	44.28
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand	47.92	Australia	48.56	Fiji	48.59
4 x 400 metres relay	Australia	3:55.73	New Zealand	3:57.83	Fiji	4:03.73

^†: The women's 20 kilometres road race event was won by Nadia Prasad from New Caledonia in 1:20:32 running as a guest.

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Fiji)

References

^ ANZ National Stadium Upgrade, OAA, January 23, 2013, retrieved March 4, 2013
^ OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 4, 2013

[oaa_01-1] ANZ National Stadium Upgrade, OAA, January 23, 2013, retrieved March 4, 2013

[gbr-2] OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 4, 2013

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[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand	23	13	10	46
2	Australia	7	11	10	28
3	Fiji*	5	5	9	19
4	Papua New Guinea	2	4	3	9
5	Tonga	1	3	3	7
6	Solomon Islands	1	1	0	2
7	Guam	0	1	1	2
8	Cook Islands	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		39	38	37	114