1990 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 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.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Joseph Onika Solomon Islands	10.75	Subul Babo Papua New Guinea	10.83	Jone Delai Fiji	10.92
200 metres	Subul Babo Papua New Guinea	21.60	Joseph Onika Solomon Islands	21.87	Peauope Suli Tonga	22.04
400 metres	Alex Soqosoqo Fiji	48.31	Braeman Yee Fiji	48.45	Philip Harrison New Zealand	49.36
800 metres	Derek Renz New Zealand	1:53.33	Lui Muavesi Fiji	1:54.03	David Savidan New Zealand	1:54.21
1500 metres	Derek Renz New Zealand	3:58.58	Jamie Strudley New Zealand	3:59.61	Wally Plath Australia	4:01.88
5000 metres	Duane Humphreys New Zealand	15:09.87	Paul Ashford Australia	15:17.87	Davendra Singh Fiji	15:19.53
10000 metres	Adrian Wellington Australia	32:08.46	Paul Ashford Australia	32:42.16	Aaron Dupnai Papua New Guinea	32:52.62
Marathon	Grant McEwen New Zealand	2:30:31	Adrian Wellington Australia	2:31:03	Mervyn Shields New Zealand	2:36:34
3000 metres steeplechase	Duane Humphreys New Zealand	9:12.83	Davendra Singh Fiji	9:21.80	Wayne Hellmuth Australia	9:29.97
110 metres hurdles†	Robert McNeill New Zealand	15.39	Johnathan Schmidt New Zealand	15.51	Homelo Vi Tonga	15.80
400 metres hurdles	Johnathan Schmidt New Zealand	52.83	Paeaki Tukaunove Kokohu Tonga	54.30	Joe Rodan Fiji	54.33
High Jump	Ray Featherstone New Zealand	2.06	Joe Ellul Australia	1.94	Jale Waivure Fiji	1.94
Pole Vault	Marcus Pointon New Zealand	4.40	Alona Finau Tonga Homelo Vi Tonga	2.70
Long Jump	Simon Raynes New Zealand	7.21	Gabriele Qoro Fiji	7.13	Aaron Langdon New Zealand	7.02
Triple Jump	Simon Raynes New Zealand	14.66	Scott Newman New Zealand	14.44	Shane Stuart Australia	14.21
Shot Put	Douglas Mace New Zealand	15.60	Cameron McLaughlan Australia	14.89	Kevin Galea Australia	14.86
Discus Throw	Ian Boller Australia	47.80	Chris Mene New Zealand	46.96	Nathan Tait New Zealand	44.04
Hammer Throw	Douglas Mace New Zealand	57.50	Patrick Hellier New Zealand	50.04	Vainga Tonga Cook Islands	28.74
Javelin Throw	James Goulding Fiji	71.54	Jioji Nadavo Fiji	63.14	Ian Swarbrick Australia	62.12
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Paul McElwee New Zealand	1:39:46	Dean Nipperess Australia	1:54:15	Caleb Maybir Fiji	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 Australia	12.17	Heather Shanks New Zealand	12.27	Vaciseva Tavaga Fiji	12.37
200 metres	Bindee Goonchew Australia	25.30	Chantal Brunner New Zealand	25.37	Heather Shanks New Zealand	25.40
400 metres	Kirsten Downie New Zealand	56.11	Melindy Smith Australia	56.35	Joanne Todd New Zealand	57.83
800 metres	Helen Hawley New Zealand	2:09.35	Sally Lee Australia	2:12.31	Manuela Primavera Australia	2:16.59
1500 metres	Helen Hawley New Zealand	4:33.17	Wendy Cottrell New Zealand	4:37.38	Manuela Primavera Australia	4:38.64
3000 metres	Wendy Cottrell New Zealand	10:01.72	Manuela Primavera Australia	10:18.74	Jen Allred Guam	10:20.88
20 Kilometres Road Race†	Lee-Ann McPhillips New Zealand	1:22:22	Jen Allred Guam	1:27:10	Carol Porter Australia	1:31:12
100 metres hurdles	Katie Ackerman Australia	14.67	Sarah Lynn New Zealand	15.26	Lillyanne Beining Papua New Guinea	15.49
400 metres hurdles	Lily Tua Papua New Guinea	64.31	Megan Minehane Australia	64.87	Janiene Ashbridge New Zealand	67.45
High Jump	Carmel Corbett New Zealand	1.77	Shelley Stoddart New Zealand	1.77	Katie Ackerman Australia	1.68
Long Jump	Katie Ackerman Australia	6.01	Chantal Brunner New Zealand	5.85	Shelley Stoddart New Zealand	5.46
Shot Put	Tania Lutton New Zealand	13.52	Iammo Launa Papua New Guinea	12.87	Elizabeth Binns New Zealand	12.33
Discus Throw	Jeanette Park New Zealand	47.02	Tania Lutton New Zealand	38.20	Mereoni Vibose Fiji	38.08
Javelin Throw (old implement)	Mereoni Vibose Fiji	48.70	Iammo Launa Papua New Guinea	48.02	Shane Edgerton Australia	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)

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