2005 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

The 2005 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place between April 22–24, 2005. The event was held at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae, Papua New Guinea, in conjunction with the Papua New Guinea National Athletics Championships.[1][2] Detailed reports were given for the OAA.[3][4]

III Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	April 22–24
Host city	Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Venue	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	31 (18 men, 13 women)
← 2003 Lae 2007 Cairns →

A total of 31 events were contested, 18 by men and 13 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage.[5] Complete results can be found on the Athletics Papua New Guinea[1] and for the first two days on the Oceania Athletics Association webpages.[6][7]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s)	Otis Gowa  Australia	10.81	Wally Kirika  Papua New Guinea	10.87	Anton Lui  Papua New Guinea	11.05
200 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Otis Gowa  Australia	21.94	Waisea Finau  Fiji	22.10	Fabian Nuilai  Papua New Guinea	22.45
400 metres	Waisea Finau  Fiji	48.98	Fabian Nuilai  Papua New Guinea	49.22	Peter Tuccandidgee  Australia	49.43
800 metres	Isireli Naikelekelevesi  Fiji	1:53.5 CR	Chris Bais  Papua New Guinea	1:53.9	Joe Sipo  Papua New Guinea	1:55.2
1500 metres	Isireli Naikelekelevesi  Fiji	4:08.47	Russel Hasu  Papua New Guinea	4:09.04	Joe Sipo  Papua New Guinea	4:09.24
5000 metres	Sapolai Yao  Papua New Guinea	16:00.29	Rodney Gabirongo  Solomon Islands	17:21.60	Skene Kiage  Papua New Guinea	18:05.86
10000 metres	Sapolai Yao  Papua New Guinea	34:25.10	Chris Votu  Solomon Islands	36:09.10	Aimo Marave  Papua New Guinea	40:09.20
3000 metres steeplechase	Sapolai Yao  Papua New Guinea	9:50.5 CR	Rodney Gabirongo  Solomon Islands	10:13.5	Russel Hasu  Papua New Guinea	10:16.4
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Ivan Wakit  Papua New Guinea	16.71	Diat Passinghan  Papua New Guinea	17.80	Jack Iroga  Solomon Islands	21.01
400 metres hurdles	John Wainiqolo  Fiji	54.87	Ivan Wakit  Papua New Guinea	54.97	Diat Passinghan  Papua New Guinea	62.61
High Jump	Hapo Maliaki  Papua New Guinea Rajendra Prasad  Fiji	2.00m CR			Sandy Katusele  Papua New Guinea	1.85m
Long Jump	Eroni Tuivanuavou  Fiji	7.07m CR	Sandy Katusele  Papua New Guinea	6.52m	Timon George  Papua New Guinea	6.30m
Triple Jump	Sandy Katusele  Papua New Guinea	13.61m CR	Noel Tamtu  Papua New Guinea	13.14m	Timon George  Papua New Guinea	12.52m
Shot Put	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	13.58m CR	Chris Johns  Papua New Guinea	10.10m
Discus Throw	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	36.42m	Jack Iroga  Solomon Islands	24.87m	Chris Johns  Papua New Guinea	21.32m
Javelin Throw	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	57.40	Simon Benari  Papua New Guinea	54.16	Chris Johns  Papua New Guinea	45.16
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Wally Kirika Anton Lui Edward Buidal Emmanuel Jarim	41.69	Fiji Waisea Finau Isireli Naikelekelevesi Eroni Tuivanuavou John Wainiqolo	41.94	Solomon Islands Jack Iroga Nelson Kabitana Francis Manioru Wycliff Osoa	42.68
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji Waisea Finau Isireli Naikelekelevesi Eroni Tuivanuavou John Wainiqolo	3:17.40 CR	Solomon Islands William Taloga Jonah Hone Wycliff Osoa Nelson Kabitana	3:25.97	Vanuatu Jean Marie Nikau Rinnie Tarie Thomas Jean Yves Kakasi Sam Kaiapam	3:30.25

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	11.96	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	12.42	Litiana Miller  Fiji	12.64
200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	24.99	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	25.70	Ulamila Racule  Fiji	26.07
400 metres	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	56.52	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	57.28	Maria Kaupa  Papua New Guinea	58.05
800 metres	Salome Dell  Papua New Guinea	2:20.0 CR	Cecilia Kumalalamene  Papua New Guinea	2:21.9	Miriam Goiye  Papua New Guinea	2:23.9
1500 metres	Salome Dell  Papua New Guinea	5:05.97 CR	Miriam Goiye  Papua New Guinea	5:12.68	Merolyn Auga  Papua New Guinea	5:14.45
400 metres hurdles	Ledua Baker  Fiji	69.33
Long Jump	Soko Salaqiqi  Fiji	5.38m CR	Serah Dowara  Papua New Guinea	4.62m	Rachel Surab  Papua New Guinea	4.51m
Triple Jump	Soko Salaqiqi  Fiji	11.48m CR	Betty Burua  Papua New Guinea	11.00m	Rachel Surab  Papua New Guinea	9.72m
Shot Put	Winnifred Gela  Papua New Guinea	9.20m	Maggie George  Papua New Guinea	8.51m	Elizabeth Gaobata  Solomon Islands	7.83m
Discus Throw	Winnifred Gela  Papua New Guinea	18.42m	Maggie George  Papua New Guinea	18.39m
Javelin Throw	Anike Gibson  Papua New Guinea	19.63m	Maggie George  Papua New Guinea	17.60m
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua New Guinea A Joyline Nason Mae Koime Jancinta Lange Toea Wisil	49.04	Papua New Guinea B	51.31	Papua New Guinea Lae Team	51.32
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea A Maria Kaupa Toea Wisil Salome Dell Cecelia Kumalalamene	3:57.01 CR	Papua New Guinea Simbu Team	4:01.85	Papua New Guinea B	4:11.54

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Papua New Guinea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea*	17	20	18	55
2	Fiji	13	2	2	17
3	Australia	2	0	1	3
4	Solomon Islands	0	5	3	8
5	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		32	27	25	84

References

1. 3rd MELANESIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS - 22/04/2005 to 24/04/2005 - SIR IGNATIUS KILAGE STADIUM , LAE PNG - Results, Papua New Guinea Athletics Union, retrieved February 14, 2014
2. Melanesian Championships Begin, OAA, 22 April 2005, retrieved February 14, 2014
3. Melanesian Championships off and Running, OAA, 22 April 2005, retrieved February 14, 2014
4. Records Tumble at Melanesian Championships, OAA, 24 April 2005, retrieved February 14, 2014
5. MELANESIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved February 13, 2014
6. Melanesian Championships Day 1 Results, OAA, 24 April 2005, retrieved February 14, 2014
7. Melanesian Championships Day 2 Results, OAA, 24 April 2005, retrieved February 14, 2014