III Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	November 28–30
Host city	Townsville, Australia
Level	Senior
Events	42 (22 men, 20 women)
Participation	16 nations
Records set	13
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The 1996 Oceania Athletics Championships were held in Townsville, Australia, between November 28–30, 1996.

A total of 42 events were contested, 22 by men and 20 by women.

Medal winners were published.^[1] Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow from Athletics PNG.^[2]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Toluta'u Koula (TGA)	10.56 CR	Justin Smith (AUS)	10.61	Aminiasi Babitu (FIJ)	10.82
200 metres (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Soloveni Nakaunicina (FIJ)	21.54w	Laurence Jack (VAN)	22.02w	Aminiasi Babitu (FIJ)	22.19w
400 metres	Bjorn Jansen (NZL)	47.43	Soloveni Nakaunicina (FIJ)	47.55	Baptiste Firiam (VAN)	48.97
800 metres	Mark Turner (NZL)	1:53.61	Sebastine Sena (PNG)	1:54.49	Andrew Keane (AUS)	1:55.67
1500 metres	Mark Turner (NZL)	3:58.52	Mark McDonald (NZL)	3:59.69	Sebastine Sena (PNG)	4:00.82
5000 metres	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	15:54.65	Jonas Sumu (VAN)	16:10.76	Morris Manai (PNG)	16:17.81
10000 metres	Primo Higa (SOL)	34:04.45	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	35:27.94	Rendelius Germinaro (FSM)	38:24.32
Half Marathon	Charles Martel (AUS)	1:14:18 CR	Primo Higa (SOL)	1:15:28	/ Georges Richmond (TAH)	1:16:54
3000 metres steeplechase	Primo Higa (SOL)	9:41.87	Jonas Sumu (VAN)	9:48.30	Morris Manai (PNG)	9:48.31
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Avele Tanielu (SAM)	15.15 CR	Graham Pether (AUS)	15.37	Steven Heard (AUS)	15.49
400 metres hurdles	Callum Stuart (NZL)	53.74	Brendan Mallyon (AUS)	55.24	Avele Tanielu (SAM)	67.51
High Jump	Zane Dockray (AUS)	2.07 CR	Hapo Maliaki (PNG)	1.99	Benetti Schwalger (SAM)	1.96
Pole Vault	Lee Brown (AUS)	4.20	Latu Tufunga (TGA)	4.20	Steven May (AUS)	4.00
Long Jump	Robert Tubaga (VAN)	6.99 (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Lee Brown (AUS)	6.83 (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Colin Kerr (NZL)	6.81 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Triple Jump	Clinton Joyce (AUS)	15.20w (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Josh Ferguson (AUS)	15.10w (wind: +3.5 m/s)	Avele Tanielu (SAM)	13.31w (wind: +5.1 m/s)
Shot Put	Chris Gaviglio (AUS)	15.92	Richard Thompson (NZL)	15.89	Kevin Galea (AUS)	15.17
Discus Throw	Chris Boccalatte (AUS)	49.90 CR	Patrick Hellier (NZL)	49.90 CR	Chris Gaviglio (AUS)	49.80
Hammer Throw	Patrick Hellier (NZL)	63.60 CR	Brentt Jones (NFK)	52.10	Daniel Goulding (AUS)	41.26
Javelin Throw	Andrew Harrison (NZL)	65.26	Ian Swarbrick (AUS)	60.36	Blair Stewart (NZL)	59.64
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Nick McDonald (NZL)	51:17 CR	Dip Chand (FIJ)	54:30
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	42.36	Vanuatu	42.39	Australia	42.75
4 x 400 metres relay	Papua New Guinea	3:21.51	Vanuatu	3:22.34	Australia	3:22.38

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	12.26	Tasha Williams (NZL)	12.27	Melissa Toigo (AUS)	12.51
200 metres (wind: +2.6 m/s)	Renee Robson (AUS)	24.51w	Anita Sutherland (NZL)	25.13w	Rossa Maira (PNG)	25.40w
400 metres	Renee Robson (AUS)	55.27 CR	Rossa Maira (PNG)	57.78	Rachael Savage (NZL)	58.47
800 metres	Vasa Tulahe (TGA)	2:23.37
1500 metres	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	4:52.05	Vasa Tulahe (TGA)	4:54.25	Sieni Skelton (ASA)	5:51.48
5000 metres	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	19:17.56	Vasa Tulahe (TGA)	19:34.12
Half Marathon	Marion Canute (AUS)	1:21:43 CR	Monique Greenoff-Gaffney (AUS)	1:43:07	Sieni Skelton (ASA)	1:59:15
100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.6 m/s)	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	14.61w	Melina Hamilton (NZL)	14.92w	Elaine Glen (AUS)	15.88w
400 metres hurdles	Megan Minehane (AUS)	65.15
High Jump	Belinda Lavarack (AUS)	1.74	Vicki Collins (AUS)	1.74
Pole Vault	Melina Hamilton (NZL)	3.60 CR
Long Jump	Melissa Toigo (AUS)	6.11 (wind: +1.8 m/s) CR	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	5.96 (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Anita Sutherland (NZL)	5.79w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
Triple Jump	Siulolo Liku (TGA)	12.29 (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Caryn Morris (AUS)	11.91w (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Megan Minehane (AUS)	11.61w (wind: +2.4 m/s)
Shot Put	Raylene Bates (NZL)	13.11	Maria Disolokai (FIJ)	12.18	Joanne Morris (AUS)	12.17
Discus Throw	Raylene Bates (NZL)	42.08	Maria Disolokai (FIJ)	37.70	Helen Wallis (AUS)	36.06
Hammer Throw	Tasha Williams (NZL)	53.24 CR	Raylene Bates (NZL)	46.36	Sharyn Tennent (AUS)	39.80
Javelin Throw (old implement)	Hayley Wilson (NZL)	45.68	Renee Jacobsen (NZL)	40.86	Brooke Stevenson (AUS)	38.50
10 Kilometres Road Walk	Angela Keogh (NFK)	57:14
4 x 100 metres relay	New Zealand	47.67	Australia	49.84
4 x 400 metres relay	New Zealand	3:59.83	Australia	4:07.35

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	14	8	4	26
2	Australia (AUS)*	12	11	15	38
3	Fiji (FIJ)	5	5	2	12
4	Tonga (TON)	5	4	0	9
5	Solomon Islands (SOL)	2	1	0	3
6	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	5	1	7
7	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	3	4	8
8	Norfolk Island (NFI)	1	1	0	2
9	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	3	4
10	American Samoa (ASA)	0	0	2	2
11	French Polynesia (TAH)	0	0	1	1
	Micronesia (FSM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		42	38	33	113

The participation of athletes from 16 countries was reported by the Pacific Islands Athletics Statistics publication.^[2]