Athletics at the 2019 Pacific Games

Athletics at the XVI Pacific Games
Dates	July 15–20
Host city	Apia, Samoa
Venue	Apia Park
Level	Senior
Participation	21 nations
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Athletics is one of the 26 sports that will be contested at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia on July 15–20 at the Apia Park. Forty nine events are scheduled for the games including four parasport events.

Participating nations

A total of 21 countries, nineteen Pacific Games Association members plus Australia and New Zealand, competed in athletics at the 2019 games.

• American Samoa (3)
• Australia (7)
• Cook Islands (3)
• Federated States of Micronesia (6)
• Fiji (26)
• Guam (13)
• Kiribati (4)
• Marshall Islands (1)
• Nauru (10)
• New Caledonia (17)
• New Zealand (5)
• Northern Mariana Islands (8)
• Palau (8)
• Papua New Guinea (48)
• Samoa (67)
• Solomon Islands (29)
• Tahiti (17)
• Tonga (18)
• Tuvalu (2)
• Vanuatu (20)
• Wallis and Futuna (13)

Note: A number shown in brackets is the size of the athletics contingent (excluding para-athletes) for each country.

Medal table

The progressive medal tally after day 2 of athletics.

  *   Host nation (Samoa)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia (NCL)	5	2	1	8
2	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	4	9	6	19
3	Fiji (FIJ)	2	2	2	6
4	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
	Tonga (TGA)	2	0	0	2
6	Cook Islands (COK)	1	0	0	1
	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	1	0	0	1
8	Samoa (SAM)*	0	2	1	3
	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	2	1	3
10	American Samoa (ASA)	0	1	0	1
11	French Polynesia (TAH)	0	0	3	3
12	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	0	2	2
Totals (12 entries)		17	18	16	51

Updated on 16 July 2019.

Medal summary

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m	Banuve Tabakaucoro (FIJ)	10.31 (GR)	Jeremy Dodson (SAM)	10.48	Kelvin Masoe (SAM)	10.56
100 m ambulant	Sylvain Bova (NCL) (T11)	11.86	Steven Abraham (PNG) (T46)	11.78	Falicien Siapo (NCL) (T44)	12.87
200 m
400 m
800 m	Alex Beddoes (COK)	1:53.18	Ephraim Lerkin (PNG)	1:53.78	Petero Peni Veitaqomaki (FIJ)	1:54.72
1500 m	Alex Beddoes (COK)	4:03.13	Messach Fred (PNG)	4:06.09	Petero Veitaqomaki (FIJ)	4:07.10
5000 m
10000 m	Simbai Kaspar (PNG)	33:34.90	Siune Kagl (PNG)	33:36.86	James Kuadua Gundu (PNG)	33:39.01
Half marathon
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeple chase	Simbai Kaspar (PNG)	9:37.14	Sapolai Yao (PNG)	10:14.17	Andipas Georasi (PNG)	10:16.44
4 × 100 m Relay
4 × 400 m Relay
High jump	Mosese Foliaki (TGA)	2.06m	Malakai Kaiwalu (FIJ) Peniel John Richard (PNG)	1.99m	not awarded
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Shot put seated
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	Felise Vahai Sosaia (WLF)	62.41m	Laurence Faapoi Tasi (SAM)	53.53m	Lakona Gerega (PNG)	52.72m
Javelin ambulant	Thierry Washetine (NCL) (20)	44.46m	Ken Kahu (VAN) (44)	46.61m	Iosefo Rakesa (FIJ) (F44)	31.90m
Decathlon	Florian Geffrouais (NCL)	7,419 pts	Karo Iga (PNG)	6,643 pts	Timona Poareu (PYF)	6,521

Women's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m	Toea Wisil (PNG)	11.56	Heleina Young (FIJ)	11.82	Leonie Beu (PNG)	11.94
100 m ambulant	Joanne Lhuillery (NCL) (46)	13.88	Rose Vandegou (NCL) (41)	21.69	Marcelline Moli (VAN) (F46)	15.26
200 m
400 m
800 m	Keely Small (AUS)	2:10.53	Donna Koniel (PNG)	2:14.17	Jenny Albert (PNG)	2:16.30
1500 m
5000 m	Poro Gahekave (PNG)	18:27.46	Mary Tenge (PNG)	19:14.50	Dianah Matekali (SOL)	19:31.38
10000 m
Half marathon
100 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeple chase
4 × 100 m Relay
4 × 400 m Relay
High jump	Shawntelle Lockington (FIJ)	1.68m	Rellie Kaputin (PNG)	1.65m	Candice Richer (PYF)	1.59m
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put	Ata Maama Tuutafaiva (TGA)	16.61m	Nuuausala Tuilefano (ASA)	13.12m	Vaihina Doucet (TAH)	12.63m
Shot put ambulant
Discus throw
Hammer throw	Alexandra Hulley (AUS)	64.37m	Ellise Takosi (NCL)	51.73m	Jacklyn Travertz (PNG)	47.99m
Javelin throw
Javelin ambulant	Rose Vandegou (NCL) (41)	22.14m	Elie Enock (VAN) (42)	13.56m	Jeminah Otoa (SOL) (46)	18.25m
Heptathlon

See also

• Athletics at the Pacific Games