Oceania Area Championships in Athletics
The Oceania Area Championships in Athletics is an athletics event run by the Oceania Athletics Association which is held every year. In 1990 the Oceania Athletic Championships started as an area championships for the IAAF member countries of Oceania. Initially conceived as a quadrennial event, the championships change to a biennial format in 1996. The event had junior events until a merger with the Oceania Youth Championships occurred in 2000. Both senior and youth events are now held at the championships in a unified competition. Athletics New Zealand and Athletics Australia generally send weakened teams due to the small size of the other competing nations.[1]
After the year 2010, there were significant changes in the format of the competition being now held as Oceania Area Championships.
Summary of Oceania Athletics Championships
Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes | |
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1 | 1990 | Suva | Fiji | July 11-14 | National Stadium | 38 | |
2 | 1994 | Auckland | New Zealand | February 23-26 | 41 | ||
3 | 1996 | Townsville | Australia | November 28-30 | 42 | ||
4 | 1998 | Nuku'alofa | Tonga | August 27-28 | Teufaiva Stadium | 39 | |
5 | 2000 | Adelaide | Australia | August 24-26 | Santos Stadium | 40 | |
6 | 2002 | Christchurch | New Zealand | December 12-14 | Queen Elizabeth II Park | 39 | |
7 | 2004 | Townsville | Australia | December 16-18 | Townsville Sports Reserve | 38 | |
8 | 2006 | Apia | Samoa | December 12-16 | Apia Park | 38 | |
9 | 2008 | Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands | June 25 - 28 | Oleai Sports Complex | 42 | |
10 | 2010 | Cairns | Australia | September 23 - 25 | Barlow Park | 42 |
Oceania Area Championships in Athletics
In the year 2011, the sub-regional Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian Championships were replaced by the new Oceania Regional Championships, using the new "East–West" format. Medals are now awarded for athletes from both the Eastern and the Western Region by separating the results correspondingly (see here for the regional classification). From 2012 on, the format was also adopted for the Oceania Championships with a name change to Oceania Area Championships (resulting in doubling the number of medals), now being held annually.[2][3]
Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes | |
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1 | 2011 | Apia | Samoa | 21-23 June | Apia Park | 35 | |
2 | 2012 | Cairns | Australia | 27-29 June | Barlow Park | 40 | |
3 | 2013 | Papeete | French Polynesia | 3-5 June | Stade Pater Te Hono Nui | 44 | |
4 | 2014 | Rarotonga | Cook Islands | 24-26 June | BCI Stadium | 39 | 155 |
5 | 2015 | Cairns | Australia | 8-10 May | Barlow Park | 47 | |
6 | 2017 | Suva | Fiji | 29 June - 1 July | National Stadium |
Sub-Regional Championships
Between 2000 and 2009, sub-regional championships were held for three regions.[4][5][6][7]
Melanesian Championships
Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu competed for the Melanesian Championships.
Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes | |
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1 | 2001 | Suva | Fiji | April | |||
2 | 2003 | Lae | Papua New Guinea | 25–27 April | |||
3 | 2005 | Lae | Papua New Guinea | 22–24 April | Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium | ||
4 | 2007 | Cairns | Australia | 14–19 August | Barlow Park | ||
5 | 2009 | Gold Coast | Australia | 4–8 August | Griffith University | ||
6 | 2016 | Suva | Fiji | 7–9 July | ANZ Stadium |
Micronesian Championships
Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau competed for the Micronesian Championships.
Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes | |
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1 | 2003 | Koror | Palau | 25–26 April | |||
2 | 2005 | Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands | 14–15 December | Oleai Sports Complex | ||
3 | 2007 | Yona | Guam | 14–15 December | Leo Palace Resort | ||
4 | 2009 | Gold Coast | Australia | 4–8 August | Griffith University | ||
5 | 2016 | Kolonia | Federated States of Micronesia | 2–4 June | |||
Polynesian Championships
American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu competed for the Polynesian Championships.
Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2000 | Apia | Samoa | ||||
2 | 2005 | Papeete | French Polynesia | October | |||
3 | 2007 | Rarotonga | Cook Islands | October 16-17 | |||
4 | 2009 | Gold Coast | Australia | August 4-8 | Griffith University | ||
5 | 2016 | Papeete | French Polynesia | April 7 - 9 | Pater Stadium |
Oceania Cup
In addition, there was a short-lived Oceania Cup, where teams from Australia, New Zealand, and the respective host country competed with combined teams from Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.[4][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The Australian team recruited from the winner team of the Australian Clubs Championships, which was in both years the University of Queensland Athletic Club.[16][12]
Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2001 | Port Vila | Vanuatu | July 14 | |||
2 | 2003 | Apia | Samoa | June 26-27 | Apia Park |
References
- ↑ Australian Team for Oceania Championships Announced, Armidale Athletic Club, 26 October 2004, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ [http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1640&cHash=7460917e3c Oceania Regional Championships is only 115 days away!!], OAA, February 25, 2011, retrieved March 8, 2013
- ↑ Oceania Regional Championships Handbook - includes official program and athletes/federations competing. Updated 14 June 2011 (PDF), OAA, June 14, 2011, p. 23, retrieved March 8, 2013
- 1 2 Oceania Cup / Regional Championships, OAA, retrieved March 11, 2013
- ↑ MELANESIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 11, 2013
- ↑ MICRONESIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 11, 2013
- ↑ POLYNESIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 11, 2013
- ↑ Snow, Bob, PNG in International Competition: 2001 - 2005, Papua New Guinea Athletics Union, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ [http://athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[pS]=1051711200&tx_ttnews[pL]=2678399&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=383&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=980307a4d5 Micronesian Team for Oceania Cup Final], OAA, 28 May 2003, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ [http://hosting1.sportingpulse.com/www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[pS]=1287858186&tx_ttnews[pointer]=190&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=389&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=cac3e8454d Peter Pulu Heads Melanesian Team], OAA, 6 June 2003, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ [http://hosting1.sportingpulse.com/www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[pS]=1054389600&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[pointer]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=391&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=854586bdc5 Kiwis Ready for Oceania Cup Final], OAA, 9 June 2003, retrieved February 14, 2014
- 1 2 [http://athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[pS]=1054389600&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=399&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=c6b7ddaf49 Matt Back for Second Oceania Cup Final], OAA, 23 June 2003, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ [http://athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[pS]=1054389600&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=400&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=de1f631905 The 2003 Oceania Cup Final Competition was previewed at a special media launch in Apia, Samoa, last night.], OAA, 25 June 2003, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ [http://athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[pS]=1054389600&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=401&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=71da176f50 Oceania Cup Final - Results Days 1 and 2], OAA, 26 June 2003, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ Snow, Bob (7 July 2003), [http://athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=18&tx_ttnews[pS]=1056981600&tx_ttnews[pL]=2678399&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[pointer]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=403&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=41ef5cf3e3 National Records Galore at Oceania Cup], OAA, retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA - 2001 Australian Clubs Championships, CoolRunning Australia, 17 January 2001, retrieved February 14, 2014