2000 Oceania Athletics Championships

The 2000 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Santos Stadium in Adelaide, Australia, between August 24–26, 2000.

A total of 40 events were contested, 21 by men and 19 by women.

In preparation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, athletes from 10 African countries participated as guests.

Medal summary
Medal winners were published. Complete results can be found on the webpages of the Cool Running New Zealand newsgroup.

Men
1.): The 1500 metres event was won by Michael Bond from 🇦🇺 in 4:03.11 running as a guest. 2.): The 5000 metres event was won by Job Sikoria from 🇺🇬 in 14:57.62 running as a guest. 3.): The half marathon event was won by Job Sikoria from 🇺🇬 in 1:09:10, 2nd was Lucky Bhembe from 🇸🇿 Swaziland in 1:11:15.00, both running as guests. 4.): The 110 metres hurdles event was won by Moses Oyiki Orode from 🇳🇬 in 14.34w (wind: +2.3 m/s) running as a guest. 5.): The pole vault event was won by Chris Lovell from 🇦🇺 in 4.90m, 2nd was Tom Lovell from 🇦🇺 in 4.90m, both competing as a guest. 6.): The long jump event was won by Idika Uduma from 🇳🇬 in 7.54m (wind: +0.6 m/s), 3rd was Ike Olekaibe from 🇳🇬 in 7.03m (wind: +1.5 m/s) , both competing as a guest. 7.): The triple jump event was won by Oluyemi Sule from 🇳🇬 in 15.88m (wind: +0.4 m/s), 2nd was Ike Olekaibe from 🇳🇬 in 15.86m (wind: +0.8 m/s) , both competing as guests. 8.): The shot put event was won by Chima Ugwu from 🇳🇬 in 19.53m competing as a guest. 9.): The discus throw event was won by Chima Ugwu from 🇳🇬 in 53.38m competing as a guest.

Women
1.): The 400 metres event was won by Kudirat Akhigbe from 🇳🇬 in 54.86 running as a guest. 2.): The 800 metres event was won by Léontine Tsiba from in 2:05.38, 2nd was Julia Sakara from  in 2:09.53, and 3rd Dupe Osime from 🇳🇬 in 2:10.67, all running as guests. 3.): The 1500 metres event was won by Léontine Tsiba from in 4:23.12, 2nd was Catherine Webombesa from 🇺🇬 in 4:25.72, both running as guests. 4.): The 5000 metres event was won by Dorcus Inzikuru from 🇺🇬 in 16:12.0, 2nd was Samukeliso Moyo from  in 17:21.79, and 3rd Priscilla Mamba from 🇸🇿 Swaziland in 18:13.87, all running as a guest. 5.): The 100 metres hurdles event was won by Imeh Akpan from 🇳🇬 in 13.99 running as a guest. 6.): The 400 metres hurdles event was won by Esther Erharuyi from 🇳🇬 in 58.27 running as a guest. 7.): The long jump event was won by Chinedu Odozor from 🇳🇬 in 6.39m (wind: +0.8 m/s), 2nd was Oluchi Elechi from 🇳🇬 in 6.30m (wind: +1.0 m/s) , both competing as guests. 8.): The triple jump event was won by Grace Efago from 🇳🇬 in 12.75m (wind: +0.4 m/s) , 2nd was Jane Denning from 🇦🇺 in 12.56m (wind: +1.6 m/s) , both competing as guests. 9.): The shot put event was won by Vivian Chukwuemeka from 🇳🇬 in 17.67m, 4th was Alifatou Djibril from 🇹🇬 in 12.87m, both competing as guests. 10.): In the discus throw event, Alifatou Djibril from 🇹🇬 was 2nd competing as a guest. 11.): The 4x100 metres relay event was won by 🇳🇬 in 45.57 running as guests.

Participation (unofficial)
The participation of athletes from 19 countries and 10 guest countries from Africa was reported. In addition, a couple of Australian athletes started as guests out of competition.


 * 🇦🇸 american samoa
 * 🇦🇺 australia
 * 🇨🇰 cook islands
 * 🇫🇯 fiji
 * 🇬🇺 guam
 * 🇰🇮 kiribati
 * undefined
 * 🇳🇷 nauru
 * 🇳🇨 new caledonia
 * 🇳🇿 new zealand
 * 🇳🇫 norfolk island
 * 🇲🇵 northern mariana islands
 * 🇵🇼 palau
 * 🇵🇬 papua new guinea
 * 🇼🇸 samoa
 * 🇸🇧 solomon islands
 * 🇵🇫/ Tahiti
 * 🇹🇴 tonga
 * 🇻🇺 vanuatu

African guest countries:


 * 🇨🇬 congo
 * 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire
 * 🇰🇪 kenya
 * 🇲🇱 mali
 * 🇳🇬 nigeria
 * 🇸🇱 sierra leone
 * 🇸🇿 swaziland
 * 🇹🇬 togo
 * 🇺🇬 uganda
 * 🇿🇼 zimbabwe