Oceania Area Championships in Athletics

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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
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
1 2011 Apia  Samoa June 21 - 23 Apia Park
2 2012 Cairns  Australia June 27 - 29 Barlow Park
3 2013 Papeete  French Polynesia June 3 - 5 Stade Pater Te Hono Nui
4 2014 Rarotonga  Cook Islands June 24 - 26 BCI Stadium 39 155
5 2015 Cairns  Australia May 8 - 10 Barlow Park

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
1 2001 Suva  Fiji April
2 2003 Lae  Papua New Guinea April 25-27
3 2005 Lae  Papua New Guinea April 22-24 Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium
4 2007 Cairns  Australia August 14-19 Barlow Park
5 2009 Gold Coast  Australia August 4-8 Griffith University

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
1 2003 Koror  Palau April 25-26
2 2005 Saipan  Northern Mariana Islands December 14-15 Oleai Sports Complex
3 2007 Yona  Guam December 14-15 Leo Palace Resort
4 2009 Gold Coast  Australia August 4-8 Griffith University

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

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

See also

References

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