Athletics at the 2019 Pacific Games

Athletics was one of the 26 sports contested at the 2019 Pacific Games hosted by Samoa. The track and field events were held at Apia Park on 15–20 July,^[1] with the half marathon staged on a course at the Apia waterfront on 20 July.^[2] Forty-nine athletics events were contested at the games, including six parasport events.^[3]

Athletics at the XVI Pacific Games
Dates	15–20 July
Host city	Apia, Samoa
Venue	Apia Park
Level	Senior
Events	49 (including 6 para events)
Participation	21 nations
← 2015 2023 → 2019 Pacific Games

Participating nations

A total of 21 countries, nineteen Pacific Games Association members plus Australia and New Zealand, competed in athletics at the 2019 games. It was the first Pacific Games where track and field athletes from Australia and New Zealand had participated.

•  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.^{[citation needed]}

Medal table

Papua New Guinea topped the medal table for athletics, retaining the position they won four years earlier. Fiji came in second while New Caledonia finished third. Host nation Samoa was ranked eighth with nine medals including one gold.

  *   Host nation (Samoa)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	14	20	17	51
2	Fiji (FIJ)	10	7	3	20
3	New Caledonia (NCL)	9	7	3	19
4	Australia (AUS)	5	0	0	5
5	Tonga (TGA)	3	1	2	6
6	Cook Islands (COK)	2	1	0	3
	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	2	1	0	3
8	Samoa (SAM)*	1	4	4	9
9	Tahiti (TAH)	1	3	6	10
	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	3	6	10
11	Solomon Islands (SOL)	1	1	5	7
12	Guam (GUM)	0	1	1	2
13	American Samoa (ASA)	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 entries)		49	50	47	146

Medal summary

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
100 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Banuve Tabakaucoro  Fiji	10.31 (GR)	Jeremy Dodson  Samoa	10.48	Kelvin Masoe  Samoa	10.56 (PB)	[4]
200 m (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Banuve Tabakaucoro  Fiji	20.87 (SB)	Jeremy Dodson  Samoa	20.91	Theo Piniau  Papua New Guinea	21.70 (SB)	[5]
400 m	Steven Solomon  Australia	45.62 (GR)	Daniel Baul  Papua New Guinea	47.31 (PB)	Benjamin Aliel  Papua New Guinea	47.63 (PB)	[6]
800 m	Alex Beddoes  Cook Islands	1:53.18	Ephraim Lerkin  Papua New Guinea	1:53.78	Petero Veitaqomaki  Fiji	1:54.72	[7]
1500 m	Alex Beddoes  Cook Islands	4:03.13	Messach Fred  Papua New Guinea	4:06.09	Petero Veitaqomaki  Fiji	4:07.10	[8]
5000 m	Samuel Aragaw  Tahiti	15:45.54	Avikash Lal  Fiji	15:48.93	James Gundu  Papua New Guinea	14:57.00	[9]
10000 m	Simbai Kaspar  Papua New Guinea	33:34.90 (SB)	Siune Kagl  Papua New Guinea	33:36.86	James Gundu  Papua New Guinea	33:39.01	[10]
Half marathon	Avikash Lal  Fiji	1:12:06 (SB)	Samuel Aragaw  Tahiti	1:14:23 (SB)	Derek Mandell  Guam	1:15:05	[11]
110 m hurdles (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Mosese Foliaki  Tonga	14.52 (PB)	Talatala Po'oi  Tonga	14.55	Kolone Alefosio  Samoa	14.88	[12]
400 m hurdles	Ian Dewhurst  Australia	50.86 (GR)	Daniel Baul  Papua New Guinea	51.80 (PB)	Ephraim Lerkin  Papua New Guinea	52.82	[13]
3000 m steeplechase	Simbai Kaspar  Papua New Guinea	9:37.14	Sapolai Yao  Papua New Guinea	10:14.17	Andipas Georasi  Papua New Guinea	10:16.44	[14]
4 × 100 m relay	Fiji Albert Miller Jr Tony Lemeki Jim Colasau Banuve Tabakaucoro	40.18 (SB)	Samoa Shupeng Ah Vui Kelvin Masoe Kolone Alefosio Jeremy Dodson	40.26 (NR)	Papua New Guinea Linus Kuravi Thoa Ora Manoka John Michael Penny	41.34	[15]
4 × 400 m relay	Papua New Guinea Benjamin Aliel Emmanuel Wanga Shadrick Tansi Daniel Baul	3:13.06 (SB)	Fiji Meli Romuakalou Petero Veitaqomaki Samuela Railoa Kameli Ravuci	3:15.98	Vanuatu Tikie Mael Andrew Mahittatan Obediah Timbaci Nathan Kalman	3:17.90	[16]
High jump	Mosese Foliaki  Tonga	2.06 m (NR)	Malakai Kaiwalu  Fiji	1.99 m	shared silver		[17]
			Peniel Richard  Papua New Guinea	1.99 m (SB)
Pole vault	Éric Reuillard  New Caledonia	4.60 m	Timona Poareu  Tahiti	4.60 m	Kaisa Pakileata  Tonga	3.50 m	[18]
Long jump	Kelvin Masoe  Samoa	7.65 m (NR) (-2.2 m/s)	Marvin Delaunay-Belleville  New Caledonia	7.27 m (PB) (-2.0 m/s)	Peniel Richard  Papua New Guinea	7.01 m (-2.6 m/s)	[19]
Triple jump	Eugene Vollmer  Fiji	15.53 m (NWI)	Peniel Richard  Papua New Guinea	15.51 m (NR) (-0.3 m/s)	Ulric Buama  New Caledonia	14.45 m (NWI)	[20]
Shot put	Mustafa Fall  Fiji	17.75 m (NR)	Tumatai Dauphin  Tahiti	17.40 m (SB)	Nathaniel Sulupo  Samoa	16.07 m (SB)	[21]
Discus throw	Stephen Mailagi  Wallis and Futuna	50.03 m (PB)	Selevasio-Ryan Valao  Wallis and Futuna	49.54 m	Nathaniel Sulupo  Samoa	48.03 m	[22]
Hammer throw	Erwan Cassier a  New Caledonia	57.19 m (SB)	Petelo Toto  New Caledonia	54.85 m	Debono Paraka  Papua New Guinea	36.57 m	[23]
Javelin throw	Felise Vaha'i Sosaia  Wallis and Futuna	62.41 m (PB)	Laurence Faapoi Tasi  Samoa	53.53 m	Lakona Gerega  Papua New Guinea	52.72 m	[24]
Decathlon	Florian Geffrouais  New Caledonia	7419 pts (GR)	Karo Iga  Papua New Guinea	6643 pts	Timona Poareu  Tahiti	6521 pts	[25]

Para events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
100 m ambulant	Sylvain Bova (T11)  New Caledonia	11.86	Steven Abraham (T46)  Papua New Guinea	11.78	Falicien Siapo (T44)  New Caledonia	12.87	[26]
Shot put seated	Thierry Cibone (F37)  New Caledonia	9.45 m	Marcelin Walico (F57)  New Caledonia	11.12 m	Timothy Shadrack (F54)  Solomon Islands	6.74 m	[27]
Javelin ambulant	Thierry Washetine (T/F20)  New Caledonia	44.46 m	Ken Kahu (T/F44)  Vanuatu	46.61 m	Iosefo Rakesa (F44)  Fiji	31.90 m	[28]

Women's results

The pole vault event for women was not contested.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
100 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	11.56 b	Heleina Young  Fiji	11.82	Leonie Beu  Papua New Guinea	11.94	[29]
200 m (wind: 2.4 m/s)	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	23.45	Heleina Young  Fiji	24.01	Leonie Beu  Papua New Guinea	24.40	[30]
400 m	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	53.90	Leonie Beu  Papua New Guinea	55.71	Hereiti Bernardino  Tahiti	56.35	[31]
800 m	Keely Small  Australia	2:10.53 (GR)	Donna Koniel  Papua New Guinea	2:14.17	Jenny Albert  Papua New Guinea	2:16.30	[32]
1500 m	Poro Gahekave  Papua New Guinea	4:42.04 (PB)	Genina Criss  Guam	4:51.36	Lyanne Tibu  Papua New Guinea	4:52.04	[33]
5000 m	Poro Gahekave  Papua New Guinea	18:27.46 (PB)	Mary Tenge  Papua New Guinea	19:14.50	Dianah Matekali  Solomon Islands	19:31.38	[34]
10000 m	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	41:19.92	Margaret Kuras  Vanuatu	42:14.65	Dianah Matekali  Solomon Islands	42:27.90	[35]
Half marathon	Margaret Kuras  Vanuatu	1:29:55	Dianah Matekali  Solomon Islands	1:30:10	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	1:32:36	[36]
100 m hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Brianna Beahan  Australia	13.17 (GR)	Adrine Monagi  Papua New Guinea	13.99	Esther Wejieme  New Caledonia	14.25	[37]
400 m hurdles	Donna Koniel  Papua New Guinea	1:00.14	Ana Kaloucava Baleveicau  Fiji	1:01.01 (NR)	Annie Topal  Papua New Guinea	1:02.39	[38]
3000 m steeplechase	Poro Gahekave  Papua New Guinea	11:38.42	Mary Tenge  Papua New Guinea	11:59.25	Alison Bowman  Guam c	12:15.65	[39]
4 × 100 m relay	Fiji Younis Bese Elenani Tinai Makereta Naulu Heleina Young	45.76	Papua New Guinea Adrine Monagi Leonie Beu Nancy Malamut Toea Wisil	45.97 (NR)	Vanuatu Roslyn Nalin Lyza Malres Lesbeth Kalopong Nerry Bongnaim	50.34	[40]
4 × 400 m relay	Papua New Guinea Leonie Beu Isila Apkup Donna Koniel Toea Wisil	3:44.86	Fiji Heleina Young Ana Baleveicau Serenia Ragatu Elenani Tinai	3:46.72	Vanuatu Valentine Hello Lesbeth Kalopong Lyza Malres Roslyn Nalin	3:59.54	[41]
High jump	Shawntell Lockington  Fiji	1.68 m	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	1.65 m	Candice Richer  Tahiti	1.59 m	[42]
Long jump	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	6.15 m (+0.0 m/s)	Annie Topal  Papua New Guinea	5.68 m (+1.3 m/s)	Lyza Malres  Vanuatu	5.55 m (+0.7 m/s)	[43]
Triple jump	Annie Topal  Papua New Guinea	12.91 m (-3.7 m/s)	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	12.44 m (-2.5 m/s)	Candice Richer  Tahiti	11.45 m (-1.8 m/s)	[44]
Shot put	ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva  Tonga	16.61 m (PB)	Nuuausala Tuilefano  American Samoa	13.12 m	Vaihina Doucet  Tahiti	12.63 m	[45]
Discus throw	Lesly Filituulaga  New Caledonia	45.41 m	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	44.63 m	ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva  Tonga	40.39 m	[46]
Hammer throw	Alexandra Hulley  Australia	64.37 m (GR)	Ellise Takosi  New Caledonia	51.73 m	Jacklyn Travertz  Papua New Guinea	47.99 m (NR)	[47]
Javelin throw	Sharon Toako  Papua New Guinea	47.13 m	Linda Selui  New Caledonia	45.49 m	Gwoelani Patu  Tahiti	42.17 m	[48]
Heptathlon	Elenani Tinai  Fiji	4550 pts	Raylynne Kanam  Papua New Guinea	4101 pts	Edna Boafob  Papua New Guinea	3848 pts	[49]

Para events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
100 m ambulant	Joanne Lhuillery (T/F46)  New Caledonia	13.88	Rose Vandegou (T/F41)  New Caledonia	21.69	Marcelline Moli (T/F46)  Vanuatu	15.26	[50]
Shot put ambulant	Naibili Vatunisolo (F42)  Fiji	7.83 m	Rose Vandegou (T/F41)  New Caledonia	7.05 m	Elie Enock (T/F42)  Vanuatu	6.71 m	[51]
Javelin ambulant	Rose Vandegou (T/F41)  New Caledonia	22.14 m	Elie Enock (T/F42)  Vanuatu	13.56 m	Jeminah Otoa (T/F46)  Solomon Islands	18.25 m	[52]

Notes

^ a Erwan Cassier dedicated his win to his late father, Frédéric Cassier, who won the title in Apia, in 1983.

^ b Toea Wisil broke the women's 100 metre games record in her first round heat clocking 11.50 seconds. The previous record was 11.55 seconds.

^ c The women's 3000m steeplechase only had 3 entries. Therefore according to the Samoa 2019 Athletics technical manual section 9.3, only gold and silver will be awarded in events with such cases.^[3]

See also

• Athletics at the Pacific Games