The 2015 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the Barlow Park in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, between May 8–10, 2015. They were held together with the 2015 Oceania Area Championships.[1][2] Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.[3][4][5]
| XIII Oceania Youth Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 8–10 |
| Host city | Cairns, Queensland, Australia  |
| Venue | Barlow Park |
| Level | Youth |
| Events | 42 |
| Participation | 127 athletes from 16 nations |
Initially, a total of 44 events were scheduled.[1] However, results for girl's pole vault and mixed 800m sprint medley relay could not be retrieved. The events were most probably cancelled resulting in a total of 42 contested events, 22 by boys and 20 by girls.
Medal summary edit
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.[6][7]
Boys (U18) edit
Girls (U18) edit
Mixed edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 800m sprint medley relay | Most probably cancelled | |||||
Medal table (unofficial) edit
* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia* | 22 | 15 | 6 | 43 |
| 2 |  / Northern Australia | 8 | 8 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 |  New Zealand | 7 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 |  French Polynesia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 |  Fiji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 |  New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Guam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tonga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 42 | 38 | 34 | 114 | |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
Participation (unofficial) edit
According to an unofficial count, 127 athletes from 16 countries and territories participated. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" Northern Australia (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) comprising Australian athletes who either have their normal place of residence (defined as being a place where an athlete is resident and/or educated) in an "athletically remote area" of Australia (defined as a being a place more than 300km from any centre at which track and field competition is held on a regular basis i.e. basically weekly or fortnightly during the track season) or "Northern Australia" (defined as comprising the Northern Territory and any parts of Western Australia and North Queensland, north of 26th parallel south latitude).[8]
American Samoa (4)
Australia (29)
Cook Islands (4)
Fiji (1)
French Polynesia (10)
Guam (3)
Marshall Islands (2)
Micronesia (2)
New Caledonia (2)
New Zealand (18)
/
Northern Australia (39)
Northern Mariana Islands (4)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Samoa (2)
Tonga (3)
Vanuatu (2)
References edit
- ^ a b Oceania Athletics Championships – Cairns 2015 – Competition Manual (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-18, retrieved May 7, 2015
- ^ Athletes Roll into Cairns for the Oceania Championships, Oceania Athletics Association, 6 May 2015, retrieved May 7, 2015
- ^ Oceania Championships – Day 1, OAA, 8 May 2015, retrieved May 9, 2015
- ^ Oceania Championships – Day 2, OAA, 9 May 2015, retrieved May 10, 2015
- ^ Oceania Championships – Day 3, OAA, 10 May 2015, retrieved May 11, 2015
- ^ Oceania Area Championships 2015 – 8/05/2015 to 10/05/2015 – Barlow Park – Cairns – Results (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04, retrieved May 10, 2015
- ^ Oceania Area Championships 2015 – 8/05/2015 to 10/05/2015 – Barlow Park – Cairns – Results – Combined Events (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2015, retrieved May 10, 2015
- ^ REGIONAL AUSTRALIA Selection Policy – Oceania Senior and Youth Area Championships – Cairns, Australia, 8-10 May 2015 (PDF), Athletics North Queensland, 13 January 2015, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015, retrieved May 7, 2015