2001 Melanesian Championships in Athletics

I Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Date(s)	April
Level	Senior
Events	33 (20 men, 13 women)
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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]

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	1.96	Jone Kalouniviti  Fiji	1.93	Robert Elder  Fiji	1.90
Long Jump	Shaun Apisai  Fiji	6.23	Sepesa Leweniquila  Fiji	6.22	Hendricks Tari  Vanuatu	6.15
Triple Jump	Felix Rosa  Fiji	13.37	Simon Benari  Papua New Guinea	13.01	Lorima Vunisa  Fiji	12.69
Shot Put	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	13.03	Sikipio Fihaki  Fiji	11.92	James Dominiko  Fiji	11.56
Discus Throw	Sikipio Fihaki  Fiji	44.35	Sosefo Fonorito  Fiji	41.44	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	34.24
Hammer Throw	Brentt Jones  Norfolk Island	51.21	James Dominiko  Fiji	31.10	Sosefo Fonorito  Fiji	29.51
Javelin Throw	Iosefo Vuloaloa  Fiji	58.98	Simon Benari  Papua New Guinea	48.14	Tomasi Gonelevu  Fiji	41.36
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	1.45	Amelia R.  Fiji	1.40
Long Jump	Vasiti Vatureba  Fiji	4.61	Mere Gavidi  Fiji	4.56	Melissa Moli  Vanuatu	4.48
Shot Put	Sisilia Lau  Fiji	9.62	Sisilia Naqelo  Fiji	9.52
Discus Throw	Venina Rokowati  Fiji	30.32	Wila Nailatimate  Fiji	27.63
Javelin Throw	Sisilia Lau  Fiji	41.20	Mela Tabakiraka  Fiji	30.03	Milika Roko  Fiji	26.26
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji	50.7
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	4:04.2

Medal table (unofficial)

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji	25	18	13	56
2	Solomon Islands	3	2	1	6
3	Papua New Guinea	2	3	3	8
4	Norfolk Island	2	0	0	2
5	Vanuatu	1	5	5	11

References

1. Squad named for championships, Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, April 9, 2001, retrieved December 8, 2015
2. MELANESIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved February 13, 2014