2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

I Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	April
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Level	Senior
Events	33 (20 men, 13 women)
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The 2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place in April, 2001. The event was held in Suva, Fiji, in conjunction with the Fiji national championships.

A total of 33 events were contested, 20 by men and 13 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Joseph Kembu Papua New Guinea	10.8	Andrew Konai Solomon Islands	10.8	Henry Ben Papua New Guinea Reuben Apuri Solomon Islands	10.9
200 metres	Sailasa Koroitamana Fiji	22.2	Reuben Apuri Solomon Islands	22.5	Henry Ben Papua New Guinea	22.6
400 metres	Remesio Namara Fiji	49.4	Meli Cama Fiji	51.2	David Thomas Vanuatu	51.7
800 metres	Loresh Kumaran Fiji	1:58.6	Peter Paul Enkae Vanuatu	1:59.5	Gerard Solomon Vanuatu	2:01.1
1500 metres	Esala Talebula Fiji	4:22.8	Gerard Solomon Vanuatu	4:23.6	Josaia Cavu Fiji	5:15.4
5000 metres	Henry Foufaka Solomon Islands	16:52.4	Aman Prasad Fiji	17:27.1	Josaia Cavu Fiji	18:58.8
10000 metres	Henry Foufaka Solomon Islands	35:12.7	Bimlesh Kumar Fiji	35:50.1	Abinesh Kumar Fiji	36:07.4
Half Marathon	Bimlesh Kumar Fiji	1:17:58	Parshottam Lal Fiji	1:19:18	Abinesh Kumar Fiji	1:20:17
3000 metres steeplechase	Esala Talebula Fiji	10:04.9	Peter Paul Enkae Vanuatu	11:05.0
400 metres hurdles	Meli Cama Fiji	57.2	Sunia Cama Fiji	60.3
High Jump	Lorima Vunisa Fiji	1.96m	Jone Kalouniviti Fiji	1.93m	Robert Elder Fiji	1.90m
Long Jump	Shaun Apisai Fiji	6.23m	Sepesa Leweniquila Fiji	6.22m	Hendricks Tari Vanuatu	6.15m
Triple Jump	Felix Rosa Fiji	13.37m	Simon Benari Papua New Guinea	13.01m	Lorima Vunisa Fiji	12.69m
Shot Put	Iosefo Vuloaloa Fiji	13.03m	Sikipio Fihaki Fiji	11.92m	James Dominiko Fiji	11.56m
Discus Throw	Sikipio Fihaki Fiji	44.35m	Sosefo Fonorito Fiji	41.44m	Iosefo Vuloaloa Fiji	34.24m
Hammer Throw	Brentt Jones Norfolk Island	51.21m	James Dominiko Fiji	31.10m	Sosefo Fonorito Fiji	29.51m
Javelin Throw	Iosefo Vuloaloa Fiji	58.98m	Simon Benari Papua New Guinea	48.14m	Tomasi Gonelevu Fiji	41.36m
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Rajeev Patel Fiji	1:56:04
4 x 100 metres relay	Solomon Islands	42.9	Papua New Guinea	43.0	Fiji	43.1
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	3:25.2	Vanuatu	3:29.6	Ratu Kadavulevu School Fiji	3:33.6

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.7 m/s)	Mae Koime Papua New Guinea	12.5	Vasiti Vatureba Fiji	12.7	Nessie Ogisi Papua New Guinea	12.9
200 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo Fiji	24.8	Vasiti Vatureba Fiji	25.8	Mary Estelle Kapalu Vanuatu	26.0
400 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo Fiji	58.3	Mary Estelle Kapalu Vanuatu	59.0	Vasiti Vatureba Fiji	60.9
800 metres	Sisilia Dauniwe Fiji	2:24.5
1500 metres	Jedda Fletcher Norfolk Island	6:15.9
400 metres hurdles	Mary Estelle Kapalu Vanuatu	65.5	Ledua Baker Fiji	86.2
High Jump	Tereima Rara Fiji	1.45m	Amelia R. Fiji	1.40m
Long Jump	Vasiti Vatureba Fiji	4.61m	Mere Gavidi Fiji	4.56m	Melissa Moli Vanuatu	4.48m
Shot Put	Sisilia Lau Fiji	9.62m	Sisilia Naqelo Fiji	9.52m
Discus Throw	Venina Rokowati Fiji	30.32m	Wila Nailatimate Fiji	27.63m
Javelin Throw	Sisilia Lau Fiji	41.20m	Mela Tabakiraka Fiji	30.03m	Milika Roko Fiji	26.26m
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	50.7
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	4:04.2

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Fiji)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji (FIJ)*	25	18	13	56
2	Solomon Islands (SOL)	3	2	1	6
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	2	3	3	8
4	Norfolk Island (NFK)	2	0	0	2
5	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	5	5	11
Totals (5 entries)		33	28	22	83