2000 Oceania Athletics Championships


The 2000 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Santos Stadium in Adelaide, Australia, between August 24–26, 2000.
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 in 4:03.11 running as a guest.
2.): The 5000 metres event was won by Job Sikoria from in 14:57.62 running as a guest.
3.): The half marathon event was won by Job Sikoria from in 1:09:10, 2nd was Lucky Bhembe from in 1:11:15.00, both running as guests.
4.): The 110 metres hurdles event was won by Moses Oyiki Orode from in 14.34w running as a guest.
5.): The pole vault event was won by Chris Lovell from in 4.90m, 2nd was Tom Lovell from in 4.90m, both competing as a guest.
6.): The long jump event was won by Idika Uduma from in 7.54m, 3rd was Ike Olekaibe from in 7.03m, both competing as a guest.
7.): The triple jump event was won by Oluyemi Sule from in 15.88m, 2nd was Ike Olekaibe from in 15.86m, both competing as guests.
8.): The shot put event was won by Chima Ugwu from in 19.53m competing as a guest.
9.): The discus throw event was won by Chima Ugwu from in 53.38m competing as a guest.

Women

1.): The 400 metres event was won by Kudirat Akhigbe from in 54.86 running as a guest.
2.): The 800 metres event was won by Léontine Tsiba from in 2:05.38, 2nd was Julia Sakara from in 2:09.53, and 3rd Dupe Osime from in 2:10.67, all running as guests.
3.): The 1500 metres event was won by Léontine Tsiba from in 4:23.12, 2nd was Catherine Webombesa from in 4:25.72, both running as guests.
4.): The 5000 metres event was won by Dorcus Inzikuru from in 16:12.0, 2nd was Samukeliso Moyo from in 17:21.79, and 3rd Priscilla Mamba from in 18:13.87, all running as a guest.
5.): The 100 metres hurdles event was won by Imeh Akpan from in 13.99 running as a guest.
6.): The 400 metres hurdles event was won by Esther Erharuyi from in 58.27 running as a guest.
7.): The long jump event was won by Chinedu Odozor from in 6.39m, 2nd was Oluchi Elechi from in 6.30m, both competing as guests.
8.): The triple jump event was won by Grace Efago from in 12.75m, 2nd was Jane Denning from in 12.56m, both competing as guests.
9.): The shot put event was won by Vivian Chukwuemeka from in 17.67m, 4th was Alifatou Djibril from in 12.87m, both competing as guests.
10.): In the discus throw event, Alifatou Djibril from was 2nd competing as a guest.
11.): The 4x100 metres relay event was won by in 45.57 running as guests.

Medal table (unofficial)

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:
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