# Oceania Race Walking Championships

The Oceania Race Walking Championships is an annual race walking competition not only for athletes representing countries from Oceania, organized by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA). It was established in 2011 and has featured races for senior men and women (20 km), and for junior athletes (10 km). Until 2014, all events were held together with the Australian Race Walking Championships, and the senior 20 km events were part of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge.

## Editions

| | Year | City | Country | Date |
| I | 2011 | Hobart, Tasmania | Australia | 19 February |
| II | 2012 | Hobart, Tasmania | Australia | 25 February |
| III | 2013 | Hobart, Tasmania | Australia | 24 February |
| IV | 2014 | Hobart, Tasmania | Australia | 2 February |
| V | 2015 | Adelaide, South Australia | Australia | 22 February |
| VI | 2016 | Adelaide, South Australia | Australia | 21 February |
| VII | 2017 | Adelaide, South Australia | Australia | 19 February |
| VIII | 2018 | Adelaide, South Australia | Australia | 11 February |

## Results

Complete results can be found on the IAAF, the OAA, and the Athletics Australia webpages. Results for the juniors can be found on the World Junior Athletics History site.

### Men's Results
#### 20 kilometres

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2011 | Jared Tallent (AUS) | 1:20:19 | Luke Adams (AUS) | 1:21:00 | Adam Rutter (AUS) | 1:22:25 |
| 2012$^{1.)}$ | Jared Tallent (AUS) | 1:23:01 | Christopher Erickson (AUS) | 1:24:12 | Adam Rutter (AUS) | 1:26:04 |
| 2013 | Jared Tallent (AUS) | 1:22:10 | Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) | 1:22:27 | Luke Adams (AUS) | 1:23:48 |
| 2014 | Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) | 1:22:39 | Chris Erickson (AUS) | 1:25:23 | Rhydian Cowley (AUS) | 1:26:49 |
| 2015 | Jared Tallent (AUS) | 1:24:05 | Quentin Rew (NZL) | 1:25:22 | Chris Erickson (AUS) | 1:25:42 |
| 2016 | Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) | 1:20:04 | Lebogang Shange (RSA) | 1:20:06 | Rhydian Cowley (AUS) | 1:22:07 |
| 2017 | Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) | 1:19:37 | Lebogang Shange (RSA) | 1:21:00 | Quentin Rew (NZL) | 1:21:12 |
| 2018 | Quentin Rew (NZL) | 1:21:55 | Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) | 1:22:18 | Michael Hosking (AUS) | 1:23:10 |
$^{1.)}$: In 2012, Iñaki Gomez from Canada was 3rd in 1:24:46, and Evan Dunfee also from Canada was 4th in 1:25:17.

### Women's Results
#### 20 kilometres

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2011 | Claire Tallent (AUS) | 1:33:38 | Regan Lamble (AUS) | 1:35:08 | Nicole Fagan (AUS) | 1:35:55 |
| 2012$^{1.)}$ | Claire Tallent (AUS) | 1:32:58 | Regan Lamble (AUS) | 1:36:52 | Beki Lee (AUS) | 1:39:16 |
| 2013 | Tanya Holliday (AUS) | 1:34:32 | Cheryl Webb (AUS) | 1:35:46 | Rachel Tallent (AUS) | 1:36:50 |
| 2014 | Kelly Ruddick (AUS) | 1:34:44 | Stephanie Stigwood (AUS) | 1:37:39 | Rachel Tallent (AUS) | 1:38:38 |
| 2015 | Tanya Holliday (AUS) | 1:34:05 | Beki Lee (AUS) | 1:34:35 | Rachel Tallent (AUS) | 1:35:03 |
| 2016 | Rachel Tallent (AUS) | 1:31:33 | Tanya Holliday (AUS) | 1:32:15 | Beki Smith (AUS) | 1:32:49 |
| 2017$^{2.)}$ | Regan Lamble (AUS) | 1:29:58 | Beki Smith (AUS) | 1:31:23 | Jessica Pickles (AUS) | 1:37:56 |
| 2018 | Beki Smith (AUS) | 1:31:23 | Jemima Montag (AUS) | 1:31:26 | Claire Tallent (AUS) | 1:31:29 |
$^{1.)}$: In 2012, Zuzana Schindlerová from Czech Republic was 3rd in 1:37:34. $^{2.)}$: In 2017, Brigita Virbalyte-Dimšie from Lithuania was 2nd in 1:30:55.

### Junior (U-20) Boys' Results
#### 10 kilometres

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2011 (Exhibition) | Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) | 40:56 | Brad Aiton (AUS) | 44:09 | Nicholas Dewar (AUS) | 45:09 |
| 2012 | Blake Steele (AUS) | 43:46 | Nathan Brill (AUS) | 46:02 | Jesse Osborne (AUS) | 47:12 |
| 2013 | Brad Aiton (AUS) | 43:27 | Nathan Brill (AUS) | 43:46 | Harry Bates (AUS) | 47:46 |
| 2014 | Jesse Osborne (AUS) | 41:27 | Nathan Brill (AUS) | 42:46 | Tyler Jones (AUS) | 45:39 |
| 2015 | Tyler Jones (AUS) | 44:08 | Kyle Swan (AUS) | 44:20 | Adam Garganis (AUS) | 46:18 |
| 2016 | Tyler Jones (AUS) | 42:22 | Kyle Swan (AUS) | 42:48 | Adam Garganis (AUS) | 42:53 |

### Junior (U-20) Girls' Results
#### 10 kilometres

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2011 (Exhibition) $^{1.)}$ | Rachel Tallent (AUS) | 48:40 | Beth Alexander (AUS) | 49:48 | Amelia Finnegan (AUS) | 54:33 |
| 2012 | Rachel Tallent (AUS) | 49:28 | Jessica Pickles (AUS) | 52:45 | Shannon Jennings (AUS) | 54:25 |
| 2013 | Jessica Pickles (AUS) | 49:34 | Kirsty Klein (AUS) | 49:57 | Amy Bettiol (AUS) | 51:49 |
| 2014 | Jemima Montag (AUS) | 47:00 | Clara Smith (AUS) | 48:17 | Jasmine Dighton (AUS) | 49:11 |
| 2015 | Danielle Walsh (AUS) | 53:32 | Stephanie George (AUS) | 53:40 | Anna Cross (AUS) | 54:46 |
| 2016 | Zoe Hunt (AUS) | 46:29 | Clara Smith (AUS) | 46:42 | Tayla-Paige Billington (AUS) | 47:25 |
$^{1.)}$: In 2011, Lauren Whelan from United Kingdom was 3rd in 51:15.