List of Solomon Islands records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in the Solomon Islands maintained by the Solomon Islands' national athletics federation: Athletic Solomons (AS).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by AS  Not ratified or later rescinded by AS

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.75	Joseph Onika	11 July 1990	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[1] [2]
	10.6 h	Jim Marau	7 June 1975		Honiara, British Solomon Islands	[1]
200 m	21.85 (−0.7 m/s)	Chris Walasi	14 December 2005		Hamilton, New Zealand	[1]
400 m	47.76	Chris Walasi	27 January 2006		Christchurch, New Zealand	[1]
800 m	1:52.64	Charlie Oliver	5 October 1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	[1]
1500 m	4:00.95	Selwyn Kole	20 August 1997	South Pacific Mini Games	Tafuna, American Samoa	[1]
2000 m	6:43.1 h	Joe Tiba	2 December 1995		Honiara, Solomon Islands	[1]
3000 m	8:51.5 h	Chris Votu	23 May 1998		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
5000 m	15:33.8 h	Chris Votu	27 April 2003	Melanesian Regional Championships	Lae, Papua New Guinea	[1]
10,000 m	32:44.0 h	Chris Votu	26 April 2003	Melanesian Regional Championships	Lae, Papua New Guinea	[1]
Half marathon	1:13:41	Henry Foufaka	12 December 2002		Christchurch, New Zealand
	1:13:01	Henry Foufaka	12 July 2003	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
Marathon	2:36:16	Mackay Talasasa	8 October 1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	[1]
110 m hurdles	16.21 NWI	Alfred Selwyn	15 September 1971	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	15.6 h NWI	Alfred Selwyn	8 March 1969		Suva, Fiji	[1]
400 m hurdles	1:00.97	Frazer Kokomana	8 September 1983	South Pacific Games	Apia, Western Samoa	[1]
	57.0 h	Alfred Selwyn	13 September 1971	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
3000 m steeplechase	9:34.86	Primo Higa	16 August 1997	South Pacific Mini Games	Tafuna, American Samoa	[1]
High jump	1.90 m	Toswell Tahisu	1972		Honiara, British Solomon Islands	[1]
Pole vault	3.70 m	Leonard Nonifi	26 August 1989	South Pacific Mini Games	Nukuʻalofa, Tonga	[1]
Long jump	7.35 m NWI	Ian Chapangi	25 September 1993		Honiara, Solomon Islands	[1]
Triple jump	14.48 m NWI	George Fafale	18 August 1969	South Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua and New Guinea	[1]
Shot put	13.49 m	Michael Meone	1971		Honiara, British Solomon Islands	[1]
Discus throw	41.82 m	Ezekiel Rangi	20 March 1999		Honiara, Solomon Islands	[1]
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	60.58 m (new design)	Ezekiel Rangi	26 September 2013		Tulagi, Solomon Islands
	61.00 m (old design)	Sylvester Diake	31 August 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
Decathlon	5468 pts	Leonard Nonifi	25–26 August 1989	South Pacific Mini Games	Nukuʻalofa, Tonga	[1]
	11.90 (100 m), 6.27 m w (long jump), 8.60 m (shot put), 1.74 m (high jump), 52.89 (400 m) / 16.57 (110 m hurdles), 23.26 m (discus), 3.70 m (pole vault), 37.90 m (javelin), 5:04.31 (1500 m)
	5584 pts [a]	James Iroga	2 April 1983		Suva, Fiji
	100 m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m h (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	41.55	Solomon Islands Nelson Kabitana Jack Iroga Francis Manioru Chris Walasi	8 September 2007	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa	[1]
4 × 400 m relay	3:19.35	Solomon Islands Geoffrey Nimanima Aaron Hitu Frank Hana John Waokahi	8 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	12.64 (+0.3 m/s)	Jenny Keni	23 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	[1] [3]
	12.3 h NWI	Jenny Keni	3 August 2004		Cairns, Australia	[1]
200 m	26.35 NWI	Flory Liza	15 October 2008	Commonwealth Youth Games	Pune, India	[1]
	25.6 h NWI	Jenny Keni	1 August 2004		Cairns, Australia	[1]
400 m	58.88	Samantha Rofo	7 July 2016	Melanesian Championships	Suva, Fiji	[4]
800 m	2:19.94	Dorothy Daonanita	24 February 1994	Oceania Championships	Auckland, New Zealand	[1]
1000 m	3:25.2 h	Elsie Daiwo	29 May 1998		Suva, Fiji	[1]
1500 m	4:52.63	Sharon Firisua	31 October 2015		Melbourne, Australia
Mile	5:16.5 h	Sharon Firisua	23 February 2016	Victorian Mile Championship	Melbourne, Australia	[5]
3000 m	10:26.01	Sharon Firisua	23 February 2016	Shield Final	Melbourne, Australia	[6]
5000 m	18:01.62	Sharon Firisua	16 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[7]
10,000 m	37:54.60	Sharon Firisua	1 July 2017	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[8]
Half marathon	1:41:02	Dianah Matekali	2004		Honiara, Solomon Islands
	1:29:26	Sharon Firisua	18 July 2015	Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	[9]
	1:27:31	Sharon Firisua	14 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[10]
Marathon	3:02:10	Sharon Firisua	7 August 2021	Olympic Games	Sapporo, Japan	[11]
100 m hurdles	21.8 h NWI	Janet Faiga	14 September 1971	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase	11:27.42	Sharon Firisua	10 May 2015	Oceania Championships	Cairns, Australia	[12]
High jump	1.45 m	Roselyn Mason	1973		Honiara, British Solomon Islands	[1]
		Agnetha V	25 April 1995		Honiara, Solomon Islands	[1]
Pole vault
Long jump	5.02 m NWI	Miriam Waleilia	2 March 1999		Honiara, Solomon Islands	[1]
Triple jump	8.74 m NWI	Rose Sisiolo	25 June 2011		Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	[1]
Shot put	10.67 m	Saleima Kataina	9 November 1981		Honiara, Solomon Islands	[1]
Discus throw	29.28 m	Susy Qila	1 May 1976		Honiara, British Solomon Islands	[1]
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	29.35 m (new design)	Mitchellian Liliau	19–26 June 2004		Honiara, Solomon Islands	[1]
	30.30 m (old design)	Saleima Kataina	10 September 1983		Apia, Western Samoa	[1]
Heptathlon
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	51.11	Solomon Islands Flory Liza Pauline Kwalea Jenny Keni Joycelyn Taurikeni	8 September 2007	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa
4 × 400 m relay	4:08.03	Solomon Islands Joycelyn Taurikeni June Fataea Liza Flory Pauline Kwalea	8 September 2007	Pacific Games	Apia, Samoa

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.07	Francis Manioru	10 March 2006	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[13]
200 m	23.13	Silas Helo	5 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m	9:03.84	Chris Votu	14 March 2003	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[14]
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	8.48	Pauline Kwalea	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[15]
	8.19	Jovita Arunia	2 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[16]
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m	10:28.34	Sharon Firisua	18 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[17]
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. no details available for a conversion from 1962 to 1984 tables

References

General

• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022: National Outdoor Records
• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022: National Indoor Records
• OAA: National Records Oceania 5 November 2020 updated

Specific

1. Oceania Member Federation National Records (July 2013) - SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL RECORDS (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, July 2013, pp. 33–34, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved February 7, 2014
2. Solomon Islands fastest man elected into Parliament, vanuatunews.com, August 12, 2010, archived from the original on September 1, 2011, retrieved February 7, 2014
3. "100 Metres Heats Results". IAAF. 23 August 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
4. "400m Heats Results". qldathletics.org.a. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
5. "Lacaze and Spencer outstanding at the Milers Club". hunteraths.wordpress.com. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
6. "Shield Final Results" (PDF). athsvic.org.au. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
7. "Women's 5000m – 1 Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
8. "Oceania Area Championships 2017 Complete Results" (PDF). Oceania Athletics. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
9. "Half Marathon Results". pg2015.gems.pro. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
10. "Pacific Mini Games 2017 Results". sportstg.com. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
11. "Women's Marathon Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 7 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
12. "3000m Steeplechase Results". qldathletics.org.au. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
13. "60 Metres Heats Results" (PDF). IAAF. 10 March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
14. "3000 Metres Heats Results". IAAF. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
15. "60 Metres Round 1 Results". IAAF. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
16. "60m Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
17. "3000m Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.