Papua New Guinea at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022.^[1] It was the fifteenth time that Papua New Guinea competes at the Games.

Papua New Guinea at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Papua New Guinea
CGF code	PNG
CGA	Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Website	pngolympic.org
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	33 (21 men and 12 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	John Ume Rellie Kaputin
Medals Ranked =35th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Boxer John Ume and Track and field athlete Rellie Kaputin were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.^[2][3]

Medalists

Main article: 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Morea Baru	Weightlifting	Men's 61 kg	30 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	10	8	18
Boxing	6	0	6
Squash	2	1	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Total	21	12	33

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

On 6 July, 2022, Athletics Papua New Guinea announced a team of eighteen athletes (10 men and 8 women).^[4]

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leroy Kamau	100 m	10.68 PB	6	did not advance
Jonathan Dende	200 m	22.41 PB	6	did not advance
Leroy Kamau		21.67	3	did not advance
Shadrick Tansi	400 m	DQ		did not advance
Emmanuel Wanga		48.23	7	did not advance
Daniel Baul	400 m hurdles	DNF		—		did not advance
Ephraim Lerkin		52.43 SB	7	—		did not advance
	4 × 400 m relay	DNS		—		did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Peniel Richard	Triple jump	—		NM
De'bono Paraka	Discus throw	48.19	15	did not advance
Lakona Gerega	Javelin throw	—		63.46	12

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Karo Iga	Result	10.94	6.95	11.05	1.91	48.61	16.73	31.88	3.90	51.30	4:56.54	6761	7
	Points	874	802	549	723	880	653	502	590	608	580

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Toea Wisil	100 m	11.79 SB	5	did not advance
Isila Apkup	200 m	24.97	6	did not advance
Leonie Beu		25.29	4	did not advance
Toea Wisil		24.42	3 Q	24.43	8	did not advance
Adrine Monagi	100 m hurdles	13.84	6	did not advance
Adrine Monagi Toea Wisil Isila Apkup Leonie Beu	4 × 100 m relay	45.38 NR	6	—		did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Rellie Kaputin	Long jump	5.95	15	did not advance
Annie Topal	Triple jump	—		12.75	11
Sharon Toako	Javelin throw	—		39.34	8

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Edna Boafob	Result	16.42	1.51 m	10.14 m	26.15	4.77 m	32.22 m	2:53.05	4068 PB	8
	Points	664	632	539	784	498	519	432

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Charles Keama	Flyweight	—	Chinyemba (ZAM) L RSC	did not advance
Jamie Chang	Bantamweight	—	Bye	Harris-Allan (WAL) L 0–5	did not advance
Allan Oaike	Featherweight	Bye	Commey (GHA) L RSC	did not advance
John Ume	Light welterweight	Bonzo (MAW) W 4–1	Tyers (ENG) L RSC-1	did not advance
Neville Warupi	Welterweight	Bye	Lele (SOL) W 4–1	Jolly (SCO) L 0–5	did not advance
Arthur Lavalou	Heavyweight	—	Bye	Williams (ENG) L RSC	did not advance

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Feonor Siaguru	Men's singles	Chileshe (NZL) L 0–3	did not advance
Madako Suari		Kamal (MAS) L 0–3	did not advance
Amity Alarcos	Women's singles	Bye	Turmel (ENG) L 0–3	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Feonor Siaguru Madako Suari	Men's doubles	T.Chileshe & L.Chileshe (NZL) L 0–2	did not advance
Feonor Siagaru Amity Alarcos	Mixed doubles	Lobban & Pilley (AUS) L 0–2	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryan Maskelyne	50 m breaststroke	29.53	26	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:03.31	19	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:15.91	8 Q	—		2:16.98	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgia-Leigh Vele	50 m freestyle	27.80	36	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:01.60	42	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	36.51	25	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	30.34	39	did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Papua New Guinea qualified two players for the table tennis competitions.^[5]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Geoffrey Loi	Men's singles	Knight (BAR) L 0–4	Wong (MAS) L 0–4	3	did not advance
Tammi Agari	Women's singles	Edghill (GUY) L 0–4	Titana (FIJ) L 3–4	3	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tammi Agari Geoffrey Loi	Mixed doubles	Jarvis & Bardsley (ENG) L 0–3	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Papua New Guinea qualified two weightlifters (one man, one woman) via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List, which was finalised on 9 March 2022.^[6][5]

Athlete	Event	Weight lifted		Total	Rank
		Snatch	Clean & jerk
Morea Baru	Men's 61 kg	121	152	273
Dika Toua	Women's 49 kg	74	96	170	5