The 1996
Oceania Junior Athletics Championships The Oceania U20 Athletics Championships is an athletics competition organized by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) open to under-20 athletes from member and associate member associations. It was called the Oceania Junior Athletics Championshi ...
were held in
Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, between November 28–30, 1996. They were held together with the
1996 Oceania Open Championships. A total of 35 events were contested, 18 by men and 17 by women.
Medal summary
Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow on the
Athletics Papua New Guinea
Athletics Papua New Guinea (''Athletics PNG'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Papua New Guinea. Current president is Tony Green.
He was re-elected in July 2009.
History
Athletics PNG was founded in 1961,
and was aff ...
,
[
] on the Athletics Weekly,
[
] and on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.
[
]
Boys under 20 (Junior)
Girls under 20 (Junior)
Medal table (unofficial)
Participation (unofficial)
An unofficial count yields the number of about 112 athletes from 16 countries:
* (5)
* (34)
* (5)
* (5)
* (1)
* (2)
* (6)
* (14)
* (4)
* (3)
* (11)
* (7)
* (7)
*/ (5)
* (1)
* (2)
References
{{Oceania Junior Athletics Championships
Oceania Junior Athletics Championships
International athletics competitions hosted by Australia
Oceanian U20 Championships
1996 in Australian sport
Youth sport in Australia
1996 in youth sport