2024 Oceania Para Athletics Championships

The 2024 Oceania Para Athletics Championships were the second Oceania Para Athletics Championships for Oceania athletes with a disability. It was held at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva from 4 to 8 June 2024.[1][2]

2024 Oceania Para Athletics Championships
Host citySuva, Fiji
Nations8
Events22
Dates4 – 8 June 2022
Main venueHFC Bank Stadium
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They were staged concurrently with the 2024 Senior, U18, and Masters Championships.[1]

Classification

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All athletes are classified according to their impairment and competition is a combined format where athletes of multiple different classifications compete against each other. Each classification consists of a three character code, starting with a letter and followed by a two-digit number. The letter specifies the event type: T for track and jumping events, and F for throwing events. The first digit of the number specifies the type of impairment and the second digit the severity of the impairment; the lower the second number, the more impaired.

  • T/F11–13 (visual impairment)
  • T/F20 (intellectual impairment)
  • T/F31–34 (wheelchair events for athletes with a movement disorder, including cerebral palsy)
  • T/F35–38 (ambulant events for athletes with a movement disorder, including cerebral palsy)
  • T/F40–41 (short stature, including dwarfism)
  • T/F42–44 (leg impairment, lower limb affected by limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement)
  • T/F45–47 (arm impairment, upper limbs affected by limb deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement)
  • T/F51–57 (wheelchair events for athletes with a lower body impairment, including paraplegia)
  • T/F61-64 (Lower limb/s competing with prosthesis affected by limb deficiency and leg length difference)

Participating nations

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Eight Oceania Athletics member federations participated.[3] In addition, Regional Australia (an invitational team) competed but were ineligible for Championship medals. New Caledonia were initially scheduled to take part, however, due to a coinciding civil unrest in the territory, they were unable to send a team.

Invitational team.

  •   Regional Australia

Schedule

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Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
ambulatory
Jackson Love (T35)
  Australia
12.96
(90.82%)
Joe Smith (T37)
  New Zealand
12.24
(90.28%)
Alexander McKillop (T36)
  Australia
12.99
(90.22%)
200 m
ambulatory
Steven Abraham (T/F46)
  Papua New Guinea
23.60
(89.70%)
Joe Smith (T37)
  New Zealand
25.33
(89.18%)
James Tirado (T/F13)
  Australia
23.92
(88.00%)
400 m
ambulatory
Riley Mann (T20)
  Australia
53.13
(88.20%)
Cooper Robb-Jackson (T/F38)
  Australia
57.36
(86.00%)
Dillon Vidanapathirana (T/F20)
  Australia
59.41
(78.88%)
800 m
ambulatory
Dillon Vidanapathirana (T/F20)
  Australia
2:28.96
(83.90%)
Long jump
ambulatory
Joshua Lush (T20)
  New Zealand
5.99 m
(78.40%)
Jaxon Woolley (T38)
  New Zealand
5.00 m
(70.13%)
Jimi Onitoro (T46)
  Fiji
4.85 m
(63.98%)
Shot put
ambulatory
Todd Hodgetts (F20)
  Australia
14.67 m
(84.85%)
Semiti Matanitobua (F11)
  Fiji
10.00 m
(65.53%)
Sitiveni Konataci (F42)
  Fiji
9.97 m
(56.91%)
Shot put
secured
Jesse Wyatt (F33)
  Australia
9.20 m
(74.43%)
Matthew Sheppard (T54/F56)
  Australia
9.60 m
(71.16%)
Breeze Pita (F57)
  Solomon Islands
8.82 m
(70.73%)
Discus throw
ambulatory
Sam Paech (T/F37)
  Australia
33.92 m
(56.77%)
Zack Lappin (F37)
  New Zealand
32.64 m
(54.63%)
Sitiveni Konataci (F42)
  Fiji
25.95 m
(47.93%)
Discus throw
secured
Matthew Sheppard (T54/F56)
  Australia
25.38 m
(54.37%)
Jerome Bunge (F57)
  Papua New Guinea
24.56 m
(50.59%)
Mac Denniston (F34)
  New Zealand
19.72 m
(45.55%)
Javelin throw
ambulatory
Ken Kahu (F )
  Vanuatu
45.46 m
(72.30%)
Matthew Thompson (F46)
  Australia
44.41 m
(69.42%)
Junior Dennis (T47/F46)
  Papua New Guinea
42.19 m
(65.95%)
Javelin throw
secured
Jerome Bunge (F57)
  Papua New Guinea
29.93 m
(60.76%)
Morea Mararos (F34)
  Papua New Guinea
21.72 m
(56.18%)
Matthew Sheppard (T54/F56)
  Australia
22.17 m
(51.87%)

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
ambulatory
Akeesha Snowden (T37)
  Australia
14.57
(89.91%)
Sybella Warton (T37)
  Australia
15.13
(86.58%)
Niamh Mac Alasdair (T37)
  Australia
15.98
(81.91%)
200 m
ambulatory
Akeesha Snowden (T37)
  Australia
30.16
(89.89%)
Sybella Warton (T37)
  Australia
31.56
(85.90%)
Kate Danaher (T37)
  New Zealand
35.36
(76.67%)
400 m
ambulatory
Amelia Mazzei (T20)
  Australia
1:07.33
(-%)
Belinda Scott (T20)
  Australia
1:13.53
(-%)
800 m
ambulatory
1500 m
ambulatory
Belinda Scott (T20)
  Australia
5:53.67
(-%)
Long jump
ambulatory
Summer Giddings (T35)
  Australia
3.13 m
(92.88%)
Kailyn Joseph (T/F37)
  Australia
4.12 m
(78.93%)
Caytlyn Sharp (T/F20)
  Australia
4.68 m
(77.39%)
Shot put
ambulatory
Naibili Vatunisolo (F42)
  Fiji
9.05 m
(77.75%)
Regina Edward (F44)
  Papua New Guinea
8.82 m
(67.12%)
Selina Seau (F64)
  Fiji
7.38 m
(66.19%)
Shot put
secured
Ellie Enock (F57)
  Vanuatu
7.09 m
(-%)
Julie Charlton (T54/F57)
  Australia
6.71 m
(-%)
Rose Lidia (F57)
  Solomon Islands
5.78 m
(-%)
Discus throw
ambulatory
Sionann Murphy (F37)
  New Zealand
24.24 m
(63.31%)
Charli Gardiner-Hall (F37)
  New Zealand
23.15 m
(60.46%)
Naibili Vatunisolo (F42)
  Fiji
21.27 m
(58.18%)
Discus throw
secured
Milly Marshallkirkwood (F57)
  New Zealand
18.74 m
(73.15%)
Ellie Enock (F57)
  Vanuatu
16.60 m
(-%)
Julie Charlton (T54/F57)
  Australia
15.67 m
(-%)
Javelin throw
ambulatory
Selina Seau (F64)
  Fiji
19.22 m
(72.23%)
Naibili Vatunisolo (F42)
  Fiji
21.33 m
(67.69%)
Regina Edward (F44)
  Papua New Guinea
26.74 m
(62.01%)
Javelin throw
secured
Julie Charlton (T54/F57)
  Australia
12.45 m
(-%)
Rose Lidia (F57)
  Solomon Islands
11.78 m
(-%)

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Fiji)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia138728
2  New Zealand35210
3  Papua New Guinea2327
4  Fiji*2259
5  Vanuatu2103
6  Solomon Islands0123
Totals (6 entries)22201860

References

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  1. ^ a b "OAA Competition Circular" (PDF). OAA. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Oceania Athletics Championships 2024". Oceania Athletics. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Entries - Para Championships" (PDF). OAA. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.