OLYMPICS & PARALYMPICS
At the Paris 2024 Games, 153 Oceania Athletes delivered an outstanding performance, securing 2 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals at the Olympics, while achieving 4 gold, 5 silver, and 8 bronze medals at the Paralympics. Stade de France was host to the Paralympic debut for Kiribati at the Paralympics. While Australia won Bronze in the inaugural Olympic Mixed Marathon Race Walk Relay on the roads of Paris. Athletes from across the area broke multiple Area and National Records on the track, field and road.
Gold Medallists:
- Nina Kennedy, Australia – Women’s Pole Vault
- Hamish Kerr, New Zealand – Men’s High Jump
- James Turner, Australia – T36 400m
- James Turner, Australia – T36 100m
- Vanessa Low, Australia – T63 Long Jump
- Anna Grimaldi, New Zealand – 200m T47
OFFICIALS AT PARIS OLYMPICS
Moana Kervella of French Polynesia and the French Athletics Federation was appointed as a Chief Judge at the 2024 Olympic Games. Moana becomes the first French Polynesian athletics referee to officiate at an Olympic Games. Paving the way for Pacific people to officiate at international events leading into an “Oceania” Games in Brisbane 2032.
Moana, a World Athletics Silver Referee, served as one of the Chief Judges in the horizontal jumps during the Olympic Games.
OCEANIA CUP – TONGA
Oceania Athletics is pleased to announce the Nuku’alofa, Tonga will be the host of the Major Oceania Athletics event in 2025. The competition will be held between 29 October 29th and run until 1 November.
The Oceania Cup is not only an opportunity for the athletes, but the coaches and the technical officials to step up to the next level of competition. Oceania Athletics looks forward to building on this rich tradition which is fast approaching the Centenary edition of Secondary School Athletics in Tonga.
The Oceania Cup is a teams-based competition, with athletes representing the regions of our Area, Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia as well as Australia, New Zealand and Tonga. Oceania Athletics will form a selection working group to select the three regional teams for the Oceania Cup. There will be an opportunity for athletes and coaches to nominate either via their Member Federation directly through OAA.
As with all Oceania Athletics events, the Oceania Athletics Masters Cup, will be held in Tonga. Any athlete over the age of 30 is invited to compete in the Oceania Athletics Masters Cup, with 5-year age categories from 30 years and above. Entries and entry costs will be made available early in 2025.
OAA will continue to work with the Oceania Paralympic Committee to include a range of para-events to be held in Nuku’alofa at the time of the Oceania Cup.
OCEANIA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – DARWIN
Oceania Athletics Association is pleased to announce the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships will be conducted in Darwin, Australia with the Championships to begin on Monday May 18th.
The Oceania Athletics Championships have grown significantly, with the most recent edition in Suva, being the largest ever with the first time over 1000 athletes competing. The Senior Championships will form a critical part of qualification for World Athletics Series Events and contributes heavily towards athletes World Rankings. The Championships will include Junior, Masters and Para categories with more information to come in 2025.
