The 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships was the 9th edition of the Oceania Athletics Championships

Oceania Athletics Championships

The Oceania Championships is an athletics event run by the Oceania Athletics Association which is held every two years. It began in 1990 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...

, organised under the supervision of the Oceania Athletic Association

Oceania Athletic Association

The Oceania Athletics Association is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Oceania. The OAA head office is located in Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast, Australia. More information can be obtained at Oceania Athletics Association's Official Website: http://www.athletics-oceania.com/-Member...

, in Saipan

Saipan

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, Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

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 in June. Athletes competed at two age categories: U18 and open senior. New Caledonia competed as part of Oceania for the first time, having competed as a guest nation in past events. The four-day competition took place from 25 to 28 June

Medal table

In medal tabel counted only events with 3 or more participants:

1	Papua New Guinea	9	4	4	17
2	Fiji	6	9	3	18
3	Australia	4	3	4	11
4	Samoa	4	2	1	7
5	New Caledonia	3	2	2	7
6	Guam	2	4	4	10
7	French Polynesia	2	4	3	9
8	Kiribati	1	1	1	3
9	Cook Islands	1	0	2	3
10	Tonga	0	2	3	5
11	Northern Mariana Islands	0	1	2	3
=12	Nauru	0	0	1	1
=12	Solomon Islands	0	0	1	1
=12	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1

Men

	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m		10.92		10.99		11.07
200 m		21.93		22.02		22.08
400 m		48.26		48.67		48.75
800 m		1:51.16		1:53.48		1:57.41
1500 m		3:58.76		4:03.79		4:05.79
5000 m		16:02.19		16:12.54		16:13.00
110 m hurdles		15.11		15.50		15.54
400 m hurdles		52.07		55.79		57.02
3000 m steeplechase		12:18.36		12:20.07
4x100 m	Fiji	42.01	Papua New Guinea	42.71	Australia Jay Stone Jay Stone Jay Stone was the 'Chief of the Correspondence Division' in the United States War Department in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In a period without 'Assistant Secretaries', this was the second highest-ranking civil service position in this cabinet-level department, under the... Duane Daley Joshua Ahwong Peter Tuccandidgee	42.84
High jump		1.92		1.86		1.83
Long jump		7.59		7.10		6.98
Triple jump		14.23		14.05		13.99
Shot put		16.76		14.44		13.68
Dicus throw		48.06		47.51		45.04
Hammer throw		46.00		41.90
Javelin throw		67.02		66.08		52.43
Octathalon		4927		4901		4827
6 km Cross Country		21:05		21:09		21:14
Half Marathon		1:17:38.67		1:19:58.75		1:24:27.83

Women

	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m		11.66		11.94		12.39
200 m		24.11		24.45		25.05
400 m		55.45		55.80		58.00
800 m		2:10.92		2:21.80		2:39.63
1500 m		4:40.39		5:25.92		5:45.27
5000 m		21:11.76		23:25.96		25:17.43
100 m hurdles		16.22		16.34
400 m hurdles		61.83		71.07		81.71
4x100 m	Papua New Guinea	47.27	Fiji	49.24	Australia	49.92
Long jump		5.70		5.07
Triple jump		10.20
Shot put		13.94		9.79		9.66
Discus throw		50.59		46.57		30.82
Hammer throw		45.57		38.33		36.11
Javelin throw		39.36		39.02		32.70
Heptathlon		3081
3 km Cross Country		11:08		12:20		12:31
Half Marathon		1:35:20.83		1:39:32.28		1:42:26.67

During championships athletes also competed in mixed medley relay events.