III Oceania Junior Athletics Championships | |
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Dates | August 27–28, 1998 |
Host city | Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
Venue | Teufaiva Stadium |
Level | Junior |
Events | 37 (19 men, 18 women) |
Participation | 124 athletes from 14 nations |
The 1998 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships were held at the Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, between August 27–28, 1998. They were held together with the 1998 Oceania Open Championships. A total of 37 events were contested, 19 by men and 18 by women.
Medal summary
Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow on the Athletics Papua New Guinea,[1] on the Athletics Weekly,[2] and on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.[3]
Boys under 20 (junior)
Girls under 20 (Junior)
Medal table (unofficial)
* Host nation (Tonga)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | New Zealand (NZL) | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
2 | Australia (AUS) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
3 | Fiji (FIJ) | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
4 | Tonga (TON)* | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
5 | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
6 | Samoa (SAM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
8 | French Polynesia (TAH) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
9 | Cook Islands (COK) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
10 | Vanuatu (VAN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Totals (10 entries) | 37 | 35 | 32 | 104 |
Participation (unofficial)
An unofficial count yields the number of about 124 athletes from 15 countries:
- Australia (13)
- Cook Islands (5)
- Fiji (19)
- Kiribati (1)
- Micronesia (6)
- Nauru (6)
- New Zealand (13)
- Norfolk Island (6)
- Palau (3)
- Papua New Guinea (8)
- Samoa (7)
- Solomon Islands (5)
- / Tahiti (8)
- Tonga (20)
- Vanuatu (4)
References
- ^ Snow, Bob (September 3, 1998), Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics #6/98, Athletics PNG, pp. 1–11, retrieved March 19, 2013
- ^ OCEANIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 19, 2013
- ^ WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), World Junior Athletics History ("WJAH"), retrieved March 19, 2013