Date(s) August 24–26 Level Senior | Main stadium Santos Stadium Events 40 (21 men, 19 women) | |
Participation 19 + 10 guest nations nations | ||
The 2000 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Santos Stadium in Adelaide, Australia, between August 24–26, 2000.
Contents
A total of 40 events were contested, 21 by men and 19 by women.
In preparation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, athletes from 10 African countries participated as guests.
Medal summary
Medal winners were published. Complete results can be found on the webpages of the Cool Running New Zealand newsgroup.
Men
1.): The 1500 metres event was won by Michael Bond from Australia in 4:03.11 running as a guest.
2.): The 5000 metres event was won by Job Sikoria from Uganda in 14:57.62 running as a guest.
3.): The half marathon event was won by Job Sikoria from Uganda in 1:09:10, 2nd was Lucky Bhembe from Swaziland in 1:11:15.00, both running as guests.
4.): The 110 metres hurdles event was won by Moses Oyiki Orode from Nigeria in 14.34w (wind: +2.3 m/s) running as a guest.
5.): The pole vault event was won by Chris Lovell from Australia in 4.90m, 2nd was Tom Lovell from Australia in 4.90m, both competing as a guest.
6.): The long jump event was won by Idika Uduma from Nigeria in 7.54m (wind: +0.6 m/s), 3rd was Ike Olekaibe from Nigeria in 7.03m (wind: +1.5 m/s), both competing as a guest.
7.): The triple jump event was won by Oluyemi Sule from Nigeria in 15.88m (wind: +0.4 m/s), 2nd was Ike Olekaibe from Nigeria in 15.86m (wind: +0.8 m/s), both competing as guests.
8.): The shot put event was won by Chima Ugwu from Nigeria in 19.53m competing as a guest.
9.): The discus throw event was won by Chima Ugwu from Nigeria in 53.38m competing as a guest.
Women
1.): The 400 metres event was won by Kudirat Akhigbe from Nigeria in 54.86 running as a guest.
2.): The 800 metres event was won by Léontine Tsiba from Republic of the Congo in 2:05.38, 2nd was Julia Sakara from Zimbabwe in 2:09.53, and 3rd Dupe Osime from Nigeria in 2:10.67, all running as guests.
3.): The 1500 metres event was won by Léontine Tsiba from Republic of the Congo in 4:23.12, 2nd was Catherine Webombesa from Uganda in 4:25.72, both running as guests.
4.): The 5000 metres event was won by Dorcus Inzikuru from Uganda in 16:12.0, 2nd was Samukeliso Moyo from Zimbabwe in 17:21.79, and 3rd Priscilla Mamba from Swaziland in 18:13.87, all running as a guest.
5.): The 100 metres hurdles event was won by Imeh Akpan from Nigeria in 13.99 running as a guest.
6.): The 400 metres hurdles event was won by Esther Erharuyi from Nigeria in 58.27 running as a guest.
7.): The long jump event was won by Chinedu Odozor from Nigeria in 6.39m (wind: +0.8 m/s), 2nd was Oluchi Elechi from Nigeria in 6.30m (wind: +1.0 m/s), both competing as guests.
8.): The triple jump event was won by Grace Efago from Nigeria in 12.75m (wind: +0.4 m/s), 2nd was Jane Denning from Australia in 12.56m (wind: +1.6 m/s), both competing as guests.
9.): The shot put event was won by Vivian Chukwuemeka from Nigeria in 17.67m, 4th was Alifatou Djibril from Togo in 12.87m, both competing as guests.
10.): In the discus throw event, Alifatou Djibril from Togo was 2nd competing as a guest.
11.): The 4x100 metres relay event was won by Nigeria in 45.57 running as guests.
Participation (unofficial)
The participation of athletes from 19 countries and 10 guest countries from Africa was reported. In addition, a couple of Australian athletes started as guests out of competition.
African guest countries: