Oceania Championships Marathon

Dates/Venues (8 runnings, 5 runnings as a marathon)

Date	Men	Women	Venue
14 Dec 2002	half marathon	half marathon	Christchurch NZL
26 Aug 2000	half marathon	half marathon	Adelaide AUS
30 Nov 1996	half marathon	half marathon	Townsville AUS
26 Feb 1994	marathon	half marathon	Auckland NZL
14 Jul 1990	marathon	20 km	Suva FIJ
12 May 1984	marathon		Suva FIJ
31 Aug 1978	marathon		Pirae TAH
01 Sep 1976	marathon		Noumea NCL

Notes: 1976 was the inaugural year. Known as the South Pacific Championships thru 1984.

Medalists

2002

G	1:10:40	Georges Richmond (TAH)	1:18:57	Kylie Colum (AUS)
S	1:13:41	Henry Foufaka (SOL)	1:27:17	Erika Ellis (NCL)
B	1:14:43	Patrick Zambelli (NCL)	1:27:54	Sophie Joynes (AUS)

2000

G	1:12:43	David Kanie (PNG)
S	1:14:37	Darren Peacock (AUS)
B	1:14:55	Karl Bernard (NCL)

1996

G	1:14:18	Charles Martel (AUS)	1:21:43	Marion Canute (AUS)
S	1:15:28	Primo Higa (SOL)	1:43:07	Monique Greenoff-Gaffney (AUS)
B	1:16:54	Georges Richmond (TAH)	1:59:15	Sieni Skelton (ASA)

1994

G	2:33:16	Robert Holland (NZL)	1:25:38	Irene Wilson (NZL)
S	2:39:29	Mervyn Shields (NZL)	1:29:38	Catherine Gabel (AUS)
B	2:41:11	Ian Moore (AUS)	1:37:33	Alison McVie (AUS)

1990

G	2:30:31	Grant McEwen (NZL)	1:22:22	Lee-Ann Phillips (NZL)
S	2:31:03	Adrian Wellington (AUS)	1:27:10	Jen Allred (GUM)
B	2:36:34	Mervyn Shields (NZL)	1:31:12	Carol Porter (AUS)

1984

G	2:35:43	Shiri Chand (FIJ)
S	3:15:40	Muniam Mudaliear (FIJ)
B	4:01:42	Amzad Ali (FIJ)

1978

G	2:31:10	Alain Lazare (NCL)
S	2:34:57	Batum Makon (PNG)
B	3:03:52	Fernand Chavez (TAH)

1976

G	2:34:00	Alain Lazare (NCL)
S	2:37:09	Denis Alcade (NCL)
B	2:51:58	Yannick Moglia (NCL)

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B  Score
NCL    2   1   3    16
NZL    2   1   1    14
AUS    1   2   1    12
FIJ    1   1   1     9
PNG    1   1   0     8
TAH    1   0   2     7
SOL    0   2   0     6

Women
       G   S   B  Score
AUS    2   2   3    19
NZL    2   0   0    10
GUM    0   1   0     3
NCL    0   1   0     3
ASA    0   0   1     1

scoring is G = 5, S = 3, B = 1

Multiple Medal Winners

Men
10  Alain Lazare (NCL)          G (1976) G (1978) 
 6  Denis Alcade (NCL)          S (1981) S (1989)
 6  Georges Richmond (TAH)      B (1996) G (2002)
 4  Mervyn Shields (NZL)        B (1990) S (1994)

Women
    none

Quality Performances

Men
None under 2:20

Women
None under 2:50

Last Updated on 01 Feb 2005

Contributor: Tony Isaacs (50)