1997 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships

The 1997 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the National Stadium in Suva, Fiji, between July 11–12, 1997. A total of 33 events were contested, 17 by boys and 16 by girls.

Medal summary
Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow on the Athletics Papua New Guinea, on the Athletics Weekly, and on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.

Participation (unofficial)
An unofficial count yields the number of about 170 athletes from 17 countries:


 * 🇦🇸 american samoa (6)
 * 🇦🇺 australia (12)
 * 🇨🇰 cook islands (7)
 * 🇫🇯 fiji (37)
 * 🇬🇺 guam (8)
 * undefined (6)
 * 🇳🇷 nauru (6)
 * 🇳🇿 new zealand (11)
 * 🇳🇫 norfolk island (4)
 * 🇲🇵 northern mariana islands (8)
 * 🇵🇼 palau (7)
 * 🇵🇬 papua new guinea (7)
 * 🇼🇸 samoa (19)
 * 🇸🇧 solomon islands (9)
 * 🇵🇫/ Tahiti (8)
 * 🇹🇴 tonga (7)
 * 🇻🇺 vanuatu (8)