Athletics at the 2023 Pacific Games

Athletics at the 2023 Pacific Games
Athletics pictogram
Venue	Solomon Islands National Stadium
Location	Honiara, Solomon Islands
Dates	27 November – 2 December 2023
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Athletics at the 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands was held on 27 November until 2 December 2023. ^[1] The events will take place at the Solomon Islands National Stadium. ^[2]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Solomon Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	12	3	0	15
2	New Caledonia	11	11	10	32
3	Papua New Guinea	8	12	11	31
4	Tahiti	6	3	4	13
5	Fiji	5	4	8	17
6	New Zealand	3	6	2	11
7	Wallis and Futuna	3	2	2	7
8	Samoa	2	1	4	7
9	Northern Mariana Islands	2	0	0	2
10	Solomon Islands*	1	7	5	13
11	Vanuatu	1	2	3	6
12	Tonga	0	2	0	2
13	Guam	0	1	2	3
14	Cook Islands	0	0	1	1
	Nauru	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		54	54	53	161

Results summary

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
100 m	Calab Law   Australia	10.40	Lachlan Kennedy   Australia	10.49	Johnny Key   Samoa	10.72	[3]
200 m	Calab Law   Australia	20.60	Leroy Kamau   Papua New Guinea	21.24	Daniel Baul   Papua New Guinea	21.36 PB	[4]
400 m	Benjamin Aliel   Papua New Guinea	47.17 PB	Daniel Baul   Papua New Guinea	47.21 PB	Emmanuel Wanga   Papua New Guinea	48.43	[5]
800 m	Jack Lunn   Australia	1:48.43 GR	Jack Paine   New Zealand	1:51.72	Vishant Reddy   Fiji	1:51.80 PB	[6]
1500 m	Jack Paine   New Zealand	3:50.97	Liam O'Donnell   New Zealand	3:56.61	Alex Beddoes   Cook Islands	3:56.88 NR	[7]
5000 m	Yeshnil Karan   Fiji	15:14.89	Benjamin Zorgnotti   Tahiti	15:18.92	Siune Kagl   Papua New Guinea	15:30.02	[8]
10,000 m	Yeshnil Karan   Fiji	32:32.30	Hugh Kent   Guam	33:48.60	Dilu Goiye   Papua New Guinea	33:57.08	[9]
110 m hurdles	Mitchell Lightfoot   Australia	14.19 GR	Florient Girard   New Caledonia	14.61	Robert Oa   Papua New Guinea	14.81 PB	[10]
400 m hurdles	Daniel Baul   Papua New Guinea	52.75	William Peka   Papua New Guinea	52.86	Sialis Passinghan   Papua New Guinea	54.37	[11]
3000 m steeplechase	Yeshnil Karan   Fiji	9:18.48	Aquila Turalom   Papua New Guinea	9:26.10	Evueli Toia   Fiji	9:47.14	[12]
4 × 100 m relay	Papua New Guinea Emmanuel Anis Daniel Baul Pais Wisil Leroy Kamau	40.59	Fiji Ratu Penaia Ramasirai Waisake Tewa Jonacani Koroi Joshua Daudravuni	40.97	Vanuatu Toho Josuah Tickie Terry Mael Kieron Kapea Meake Obediah Timbaci	42.05	[13]
4 × 400 m relay	Papua New Guinea Daniel Baul Emmanuel Wanga Leroy Kamau Benjamin Aliel	3:13.53	Fiji Sailasa Moala Waisake Tewa Vishant Reddy Jonacani Koroi	3:15.80	Vanuatu Tickie Mael Obediah Timbaci Toho Josuah Rizon Rara	3:20.49	[14]
Half marathon	Benjamin Zorgnotti   Tahiti	1:11:17.00	Siune Kagl   Papua New Guinea	1:11:34.00	Hugo Tormento   New Caledonia	1:11:53.00	[15]
High jump	Rusiate Matai   Fiji	2.04 m	Mosese Foliaki   Tonga	2.02 m	Lataisi Mwea   Kiribati	1.90 m	[16]
Pole vault	Matheo Lada   Tahiti	4.70 m	Eric Reuillard   New Caledonia	4.30 m	Vadim Strougar   New Caledonia	4.30 m	[17]
Long jump	Raihau Maiau   Tahiti	7.44 m	Marvin Delaunay-Belleville   New Caledonia	6.96 m	Junior David   Solomon Islands	6.64 m	[18]
Triple jump	Connor Murphy   Australia	16.85 m w	Penisoni Tirau   Fiji	14.47 m w	Ratu Ramanu Serunituacoko   Fiji	14.29 m w	[19]
Shot put	Stephen Mailagi   Wallis and Futuna	17.63 m	Nathaniel Sulupo   Samoa	14.79 m	Jonathan-Deiwea Detageouwa   Nauru	14.68 m	[20]
Discus throw	Stephen Mailagi   Wallis and Futuna	48.69 m	Tapuakitau Lakalaka   Wallis and Futuna	47.20 m	Nathaniel Sulupo   Samoa	46.72 m	[21]
Hammer throw	Nils Poppe   New Caledonia	52.65 m	Maitoa Pito   Tahiti	45.93 m	Nathaniel Sulupo   Samoa	42.77 m	[22]
Javelin Throw	Nash Lowis   Australia	74.40 m	Felise Sosaia   New Caledonia	71.96 m	Donny Tuimaseve   Samoa	69.84 m	[23]
Decathlon	Karo Iga   Papua New Guinea	6761 pts =PB	Timona Poareu   Tahiti	6076 pts SB	Stephen Thorpe   New Zealand	5909 pts PB	[24]

Women's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
100 m	Georgia Harris   Australia	11.70	Isila Apkup   Papua New Guinea	11.86	Regine Tugade-Watson   Guam	11.92	[25]
200 m	Esther Wejieme   New Caledonia	23.83	Leonie Beu   Papua New Guinea	24.22	Regine Tugade-Watson   Guam	24.24	[26]
400 m	Ellie Beer   Australia	52.67	Camryn Smart   New Zealand	55.30	Leonie Beu   Papua New Guinea	56.42	[27]
800 m	Tillie Hollyer   New Zealand	2:12.29	Peyton Leigh   New Zealand	2:13.79	Charlotte Michel   New Caledonia	2:14.73	[28]
1500 m	Tillie Hollyer   New Zealand	4:26.06 GR	Peyton Leigh   New Zealand	4:39.53	Angele Richard   Tahiti	4:43.18	[29]
5000 m	Nathania Tan   Northern Mariana Islands	18:08.69 GR	Scholastica Herman   Papua New Guinea	18:38.93	Deborah Kaboer   New Caledonia	19:03.46	[30]
10,000 m	Nathania Tan   Northern Mariana Islands	39:45.62	Dianah Matekali   Solomon Islands	40:16.42	Deborah Kaboer   New Caledonia	40:50.30	[31]
100 m hurdles	Imogen Breslin   Australia	13.81	Adrine Monagi   Papua New Guinea	14.29	Esther Wejieme   New Caledonia	14.39	[32]
400 m hurdles	Loan Ville   New Caledonia	57.26	Isabelle Guthrie   Australia	57.77	Hereiti Bernardino   French Polynesia	1:04.02	[33]
3000 m steeplechase	Amandine Matera   Tahiti	11:30.71	Lovelyn Kaba'a   Solomon Islands	12:08.49	Mary Tenge   Papua New Guinea	12:11.04	[34]
4 × 100 m relay	Papua New Guinea Adrine Monagi Isila Apkup Edna Boafob Leonie Beu	46.10	New Caledonia Ateliana Magoni Loan Ville Charlotte Michel Esther Wejieme	47.82	Fiji Domitila Naita Kesaia Boletakanakavu Melania Ranadi Braelynn Yee	47.94	[35]
4 × 400 m relay	Papua New Guinea Isila Apkup Edna Boafob Adrine Monagi Leonie Beu	3:49.11	New Caledonia Esther Wejieme Charlotte Michel Ateliana Magoni Loan Ville	3:53.73	New Zealand Jordan Evans-Tobata Peyton Leigh Tillie Hollyer Georgia Whiteman	3:57.17	[36]
Half marathon	Salome De Barthez De Marmorieres   Tahiti	1:23:39.00	Dianah Matekali   Solomon Islands	1:24:23.00	Sharon Firisua   Solomon Islands	1:24:54.00	[37]
High jump	Teanavai Perez   Tahiti	1.63 m	Rellie Kaputin   Papua New Guinea	1.60 m	Laisani Hacere   Fiji	1.60 m	[38]
Pole vault	Pascale Gacon   New Caledonia	3.00 m	Julian Sosimo   Solomon Islands	2.10 m	Ateliana Magoni   New Caledonia	1.80 m	[39]
Long jump	Samantha Dale   Australia	6.42 m	Katie Gunn   Australia	6.03 m	Rellie Kaputin   Papua New Guinea	5.89 m	[40]
Triple jump	Desleigh Owusu   Australia	13.23 m	Lyza Malres   Vanuatu	12.04 m	Rellie Kaputin   Papua New Guinea	11.90 m	[41]
Shot put	Nuuausala Tuilefano   Samoa	17.34 m GR	ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva   Tonga	16.37 m	Lesly Filituulaga   New Caledonia	14.50 m	[42]
Discus throw	Nuuausala Tuilefano   Samoa	49.07 m	Lesly Filituulaga   New Caledonia	47.49 m	Brieanna Rabakewa   Fiji	42.57 m	[43]
Hammer throw	Deborah Bulai   Fiji	58.33 m	Elizabeth Hewitt   New Zealand	53.79 m	Aneymone Talalua   Wallis and Futuna	53.68 m	[44]
Javelin Throw	Sharon Toako   Papua New Guinea	45.49 m	Lesly Filituulaga   New Caledonia	41.98 m	Stephany Sukeitaoha   Solomon Islands	39.35 m	[45]
Heptathlon	Mia Scerri   Australia	5624 pts	Edna Boafob   Papua New Guinea	4606 pts	Timeri Lamorelle   Tahiti	4109 pts	[46]

Para-events

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
100 m ambulant	Felicien Siapo (T/F44)   New Caledonia	11.93 (92.20%)	Steven Abraham (T46)   Papua New Guinea	11.63 (89.59%)	Tom Lulait (T/F13)   New Caledonia	11.96 (87.45%)	[47]
100 m wheelchair	Pierre Fairbank (T53)   New Caledonia	17.08 (82.55%)	Moffet Tolomae (F57)   Solomon Islands	23.55 (57.87%)	Christian Chee Ayee (F56)   Tahiti	28.49 (47.84%)	[48]
Shot put ambulant	Floyd Vari (F40)   Solomon Islands	10.58 m (96.09%)	Soane Meissonnier (F20)   Wallis and Futuna	15.39 m (89.01%)	Manako Aveuki (F44)   Wallis and Futuna	11.95 m (75.96%)	[49]
Shot put secured	Vitolio Kavakava (T54/F57)   New Caledonia	12.58 m (82.43%)	Marcelin Walico (F57)   New Caledonia	10.00 m (65.53%)	Morea Mararos (T/F34)   Papua New Guinea	7.70 m (63.27%)	[50]
Javelin throw ambulant	Soane Meissonnier (F20)   Wallis and Futuna	48.08 m (84.58%)	Ken Kahu (T/F44)   Vanuatu	53.29 m (80.52%)	Felicien Siapo (T/F44)   New Caledonia	51.91 m (78.43%)	[51]

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
100 m ambulant	Rose Vanedou (T/F41)   New Caledonia	18.70 (94.65%)	Jeminah Otoa (T47/F46)   Solomon Islands	14.76 (80.55%)	Marcelline Moli (T/F46)   Vanuatu	14.94 (79.58%)	[52]
100 m wheelchair	Anna Pipisega (T53/F55)   New Caledonia	25.23 (64.16%)	Noela Olo (T/F57)   Solomon Islands	32.48 (47.25%)	Not awarded		[53]
Shot put ambulant	Rose Vandegou (T/F41)   New Caledonia	7.52 m (72.16%)	Rose Welepa (T/F41)   New Caledonia	9.17 m (70.26%)	Naibili Vatunisolo (T/F41)   Fiji	7.97 m (68.47%)	[54]
Shot put secured	Elie Enock (F57)   Vanuatu	7.84 m (70.25%)	Anna Pipisega (T53/F55)   New Caledonia	5.77 m (63.68%)	Rose Lidia (T/F57)   Solomon Islands	5.82 m (52.15%)	[55]
Javelin throw ambulant	Rose Vandegou (T/F41)   New Caledonia	25.45 m (88.67%)	Selina Seau (F64)   Fiji	18.08 m (67.94%)	Naibili Vatunisolo (F42)   Fiji	20.97 m (66.55%)	[56]

Doping

In December 2024, the Pacific Games Council confirmed that Tumatai Dauphin was stripped of the men's shot put silver medal for inadvertently doping. Medals were reallocated respectively. ^[57]

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