Athletics Papua New Guinea (''Athletics PNG'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. Current president is

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. He was re-elected in July 2009.

History

Athletics PNG was founded in 1961, and was affiliated to the

IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

in the year 1962.

Affiliations

World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

Oceania Athletics Association The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Oceania. The OAA head office is located in Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. History The OAA was founded as Oceania Amateur Athletic Orga ...

(OAA) Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations: *

Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (IOC code: PNG) is the National Olympic Committee representing Papua New Guinea. See also *Papua New Guinea at the Olympics *Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games References

National Olympic Comm ...

(PNGOC)

National records

Athletics PNG maintains the

Papua New Guinean records in athletics Papua most commonly refers to: * New Guinea, the world's second-largest island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean * Western New Guinea, the western half of the island of New Guinea, which is administered by Indonesia. ** Papua (province), an Indonesi ...

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{{National Members of the International Association of Athletics Federations

Sport in Papua New Guinea Athletics in Papua New Guinea National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1961 1961 establishments in Papua New Guinea