2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

The 2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place in April, 2001. The event was held in Suva, Fiji, in conjunction with the Fiji national championships.[1]

I Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	April
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Level	Senior
Events	33 (20 men, 13 women)
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A total of 33 events were contested, 20 by men and 13 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage.[2]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Joseph Kembu  Papua New Guinea	10.8	Andrew Konai  Solomon Islands	10.8	Henry Ben  Papua New Guinea Reuben Apuri  Solomon Islands	10.9
200 metres	Sailasa Koroitamana  Fiji	22.2	Reuben Apuri  Solomon Islands	22.5	Henry Ben  Papua New Guinea	22.6
400 metres	Remesio Namara  Fiji	49.4	Meli Cama  Fiji	51.2	David Thomas  Vanuatu	51.7
800 metres	Loresh Kumaran  Fiji	1:58.6	Peter Paul Enkae  Vanuatu	1:59.5	Gerard Solomon  Vanuatu	2:01.1
1500 metres	Esala Talebula  Fiji	4:22.8	Gerard Solomon  Vanuatu	4:23.6	Josaia Cavu  Fiji	5:15.4
5000 metres	Henry Foufaka  Solomon Islands	16:52.4	Aman Prasad  Fiji	17:27.1	Josaia Cavu  Fiji	18:58.8
10000 metres	Henry Foufaka  Solomon Islands	35:12.7	Bimlesh Kumar  Fiji	35:50.1	Abinesh Kumar  Fiji	36:07.4
Half Marathon	Bimlesh Kumar  Fiji	1:17:58	Parshottam Lal  Fiji	1:19:18	Abinesh Kumar  Fiji	1:20:17
3000 metres steeplechase	Esala Talebula  Fiji	10:04.9	Peter Paul Enkae  Vanuatu	11:05.0
400 metres hurdles	Meli Cama  Fiji	57.2	Sunia Cama  Fiji	60.3
High Jump	Lorima Vunisa  Fiji	1.96m	Jone Kalouniviti  Fiji	1.93m	Robert Elder  Fiji	1.90m
Long Jump	Shaun Apisai  Fiji	6.23m	Sepesa Leweniquila  Fiji	6.22m	Hendricks Tari  Vanuatu	6.15m
Triple Jump	Felix Rosa  Fiji	13.37m	Simon Benari  Papua New Guinea	13.01m	Lorima Vunisa  Fiji	12.69m
Shot Put	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	13.03m	Sikipio Fihaki  Fiji	11.92m	James Dominiko  Fiji	11.56m
Discus Throw	Sikipio Fihaki  Fiji	44.35m	Sosefo Fonorito  Fiji	41.44m	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	34.24m
Hammer Throw	Brentt Jones  Norfolk Island	51.21m	James Dominiko  Fiji	31.10m	Sosefo Fonorito  Fiji	29.51m
Javelin Throw	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	58.98m	Simon Benari  Papua New Guinea	48.14m	Tomasi Gonelevu  Fiji	41.36m
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Rajeev Patel  Fiji	1:56:04
4 x 100 metres relay	Solomon Islands	42.9	Papua New Guinea	43.0	Fiji	43.1
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	3:25.2	Vanuatu	3:29.6	Ratu Kadavulevu School  Fiji	3:33.6

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.7 m/s)	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	12.5	Vasiti Vatureba  Fiji	12.7	Nessie Ogisi  Papua New Guinea	12.9
200 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji	24.8	Vasiti Vatureba  Fiji	25.8	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	26.0
400 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji	58.3	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	59.0	Vasiti Vatureba  Fiji	60.9
800 metres	Sisilia Dauniwe  Fiji	2:24.5
1500 metres	Jedda Fletcher  Norfolk Island	6:15.9
400 metres hurdles	Mary Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu	65.5	Ledua Baker  Fiji	86.2
High Jump	Tereima Rara  Fiji	1.45m	Amelia R.  Fiji	1.40m
Long Jump	Vasiti Vatureba  Fiji	4.61m	Mere Gavidi  Fiji	4.56m	Melissa Moli  Vanuatu	4.48m
Shot Put	Sisilia Lau  Fiji	9.62m	Sisilia Naqelo  Fiji	9.52m
Discus Throw	Venina Rokowati  Fiji	30.32m	Wila Nailatimate  Fiji	27.63m
Javelin Throw	Sisilia Lau  Fiji	41.20m	Mela Tabakiraka  Fiji	30.03m	Milika Roko  Fiji	26.26m
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	50.7
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	4:04.2

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Fiji)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji (FIJ)*	25	18	13	56
2	Solomon Islands (SOL)	3	2	1	6
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	2	3	3	8
4	Norfolk Island (NFK)	2	0	0	2
5	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	5	5	11
Totals (5 nations)		33	28	22	83

References

1. Squad named for championships, Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, April 9, 2001, archived from the original on July 31, 2001, retrieved December 8, 2015CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. MELANESIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved February 13, 2014