2009 Polynesian Championships in Athletics

The 2009 Polynesian Championships in Athletics took place between August 4–8, 2009. The event was held at the Griffith University in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, jointly with the OAA Grand Prix Series, and the OAA sub-regional Melanesian and Micronesian Championships. Many athletes utilised the competitions preparing for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[1] Detailed reports were given for the OAA.[2][3]

IV Polynesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	August 4–8
Host city	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Venue	Griffith University
Level	Senior
Events	32 (18 men, 14 women)
Participation	53 athletes from 8 nations
← 2007 Rarotonga 2016 Papeete →

A total of 32 events were contested, 18 by men and 14 by women.

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage,[4][5][6] and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com.[7][8][9]

In 100 metres, long jump and triple jump, as well as in shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Polynesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Clayton Mbofana  New Zealand	10.82 CR	Lagaua Patuavalu  Niue	11.04	Aisea Tohi  Tonga	11.28
100 metres Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Tiraa Arere  Cook Islands	11.52 (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Michael Jackson Jnr  Niue	11.93 (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Harry Ivaiti  Cook Islands	11.93 (wind: +0.0 m/s)
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Clayton Mbofana  New Zealand	22.03	Scott Burch  New Zealand	22.50	Lagaua Patuavalu  Niue	22.67
400 metres	Scott Burch  New Zealand	50.36	Jocelyn Muntaner  French Polynesia	51.00
800 metres	Michael Whitehead  New Zealand	1:55.79 CR	Iulio Lafai  Samoa	2:04.10
1500 metres	Michael Whitehead  New Zealand	4:07.61 CR	Pierre Bourret  French Polynesia	4:20.98
5000 metres	Francky Maraetaata  French Polynesia	16:24.66 CR
10000 metres	Francky Maraetaata  French Polynesia	34:06.17
3000 metres steeplechase	Pierre Bourret  French Polynesia	10:40.22
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Toriki Urarii  French Polynesia	15.03	Paseka Fangupo  Tonga	15.47	Michael Cochrane  New Zealand	15.47
400 metres hurdles	Michael Cochrane  New Zealand	56.16	Paseka Fangupo  Tonga	56.56	Inoke Finau  Tonga	60.04
High Jump	Regan Standing  New Zealand	1.96m CR	Raihau Maiau  French Polynesia	1.87m	Esau Vakameilalo  Tonga	1.81m
Long Jump	Raihau Maiau  French Polynesia	6.73m (wind: +1.4 m/s)	Okilani Tinilau  Tuvalu	6.62m w (wind: +3.3 m/s)	Michael Cochrane  New Zealand	5.91m (wind: +1.7 m/s)
Long Jump Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Okilani Tinilau  Tuvalu	6.36m (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Tiraa Arere  Cook Islands	6.05m (wind: +2.0 m/s)	David Pi  Cook Islands	4.50m (wind: -0.3 m/s)
Triple Jump	Raihau Maiau  French Polynesia	13.76m (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Esau Vakameilalo  Tonga	11.97m (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Tiraa Arere  Cook Islands	11.49m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Triple Jump Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Tiraa Arere  Cook Islands	12.68m (wind: -0.1 m/s)	David Pi  Cook Islands	10.29m (wind: -0.7 m/s)
Shot Put	Shaka Sola  Samoa	16.19m	Henry Satupai  Samoa	12.98m	Jeffrey Kalemani  Tonga	12.77m
Shot Put Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Shaka Sola  Samoa	16.18m	Henry Satupai  Samoa	12.79m
Discus Throw	Marshall Hall  New Zealand	45.47m	Shaka Sola  Samoa	45.14m	Henry Satupai  Samoa	39.10m
Discus Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Henry Satupai  Samoa	39.39m
Javelin Throw	Vaihau Bottari  French Polynesia	52.87m	Toriki Urarii  French Polynesia	49.14m
Javelin Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Vaihau Bottari  French Polynesia	54.18m	Toriki Urarii  French Polynesia	50.62m
4 x 100 metres relay	Tonga	43.28	New Zealand	43.64	Niue	44.51
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand	3:29.62	Tonga	3:29.88

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.0  m/s)	Latai Sikuvea  Tonga	12.74	Patiola Pahulu  Tonga	13.24	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	13.31
100 metres Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Maki Samantha Lockington  Cook Islands	13.58 (wind: +1.0  m/s)
200 metres (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Latai Sikuvea  Tonga	25.67 w	Rebecca Gibson  New Zealand	26.08 w	Patiola Pahulu  Tonga	26.50 w
400 metres	Rebecca Gibson  New Zealand	59.20 CR	Océane Lefranc  French Polynesia	60.96
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Terani Faremiro  French Polynesia	15.04 CR	Johanna Sui  French Polynesia	15.27
400 metres hurdles	Mele To'a  Tonga	71.53
High Jump	Johanna Sui  French Polynesia	1.64m CR	Terani Faremiro  French Polynesia	1.64m	Océane Lefranc  French Polynesia	1.50m
Long Jump	Terani Faremiro  French Polynesia	5.47m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Kalina Mama'o  Tonga	5.35m w (wind: +3.7 m/s)	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	5.09m w (wind: +5.1 m/s)
Triple Jump	Terani Faremiro  French Polynesia	11.08m (wind: +0.8 m/s) CR	Kalina Mama'o  Tonga	10.78m (wind: -1.0 m/s)
Shot Put	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	13.92m CR	Kaati Malua  Tonga	11.47m	Inara Lista Sioni  Tuvalu	9.65m
Shot Put Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	14.39m	Inara Lista Sioni  Tuvalu	9.42m
Discus Throw	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	45.69m CR	Patsy Akeli  Samoa	38.56m	Kaati Malua  Tonga	29.07m
Discus Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	44.13m
Hammer Throw	Siniva Marsters  Cook Islands	38.93m CR	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	37.91m
Javelin Throw	Patsy Akeli  Samoa	51.54m CR	Johanna Sui  French Polynesia	42.86m	Maki Samantha Lockington  Cook Islands	39.28m
Javelin Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Patsy Akeli  Samoa	50.03m
4 x 100 metres relay	Tonga	49.87 CR	French Polynesia	51.94
4 x 400 metres relay	Tonga	4:29.27

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	French Polynesia (PYF)	11	9	1	21
2	New Zealand (NZL)	10	3	2	15
3	Tonga (TON)	6	8	6	20
4	Samoa (SAM)	4	5	1	10
5	Cook Islands (COK)	1	0	4	5
6	Niue (NIU)	0	1	2	3
7	Tuvalu (TUV)	0	1	1	2
Totals (7 nations)		32	27	17	76

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 8 countries participated.

American Samoa (1)  Cook Islands (10)  French Polynesia (10)

New Zealand (7)  Niue (4)  Samoa (5)

Tonga (12)  Tuvalu (4)

References

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