List of Vanuatuan records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Vanuatu maintained by the Vanuatu Athletics Federation.

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by Athletics Vanuatu  Not ratified or later rescinded by Athletics Vanuatu

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.64 (+0.5 m/s)	Moses Kamut	26 July 2005	South Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[1]
	10.64 (−0.6 m/s)	Moses Kamut	18 February 2006	Melbourne Track Classic	Melbourne, Australia	[1]
	10.64 (+2.0 m/s)	Moses Kamut	15 March 2008		Auckland, New Zealand	[1]
	10.4 h NWI	Carles Godden	31 August 1968		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
			15 August 1970
		Jerry Jeremiah	4 September 1984		Luganville, Vanuatu	[1]
200 m	21.57 (−2.7 m/s)	Moses Kamut	19 August 2007	Melanesian Regional Championships	Cairns, Australia	[1]
400 m	47.62	Baptiste Firiam	7 March 1996		Sydney, Australia	[1]
800 m	1:51.13	Arnold Sorina	8 October 2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	[1] [2]
1000 m	2:32.55	Tavakalo Kailes	26 July 1995		Flein, Germany	[1]
1500 m	3:58.28	Tawai Keiruan	16 December 1993	South Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
3000 m	8:54.8	Tawai Keiruan	11 March 1995		Canberra, Australia	[1]
5000 m	15:08.1	Tawai Keiruan	25 July 1997		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
10,000 m	33:04.1	Jimmy Sandy Sam	7 July 2003	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
Half marathon	1:12:39	Philip Nausien	4 July 2010	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	[1] [3]
110 m hurdles	15.33 NWI	Dicko Japheth	14 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[4]
400 m hurdles	52.94	David Benjimen	21 June 2011	Oceania Regional Championships	Apia, Samoa	[1]
3000 m steeplechase	9:21.11	Tawai Keiruan	18 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
High jump	2.00 m	Édouard Robsen	2 August 1985	South Pacific Mini Games	Avarua, Cook Islands	[1]
Pole vault	3.70 m	André Koulon	28 July 1975		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
Long jump	7.18 m	Georges Taniel	1 September 1984		Luganville, Vanuatu	[1]
Triple jump	14.65 m	Georges Taniel	31 August 1978		Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
Shot put	14.27 m	Georges Laurence	27 June 1980		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
Discus throw	45.84 m	Georges Laurence	7 September 1982		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
Hammer throw	34.31 m	Lachlan Kalsau	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[5]
Javelin throw	61.73 m (new design)	Jack Nasawa	15/17 December 2021		Port Vila, Vanuatu
	65.54 m† (old design)	Bruno Cevuard	7 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
Decathlon	5448 pts h	David Naupa	14–15 September 1971	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.49 6.20 m 8.67 m 1.66 m 51.0 18.24 22.36 m 2.80 m 46.46 m 4:33.9
10 km walk (road)	1:02:31	Jessie Owens	18 June 1995		Port Vila, Vanuatu
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	41.73	Vanuatu Steeve Lolten Bradly Toa Brandy Mento Markly Simeon	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[6]
	41.26 [a]	Vanuatu Franckie Mariello Jansen Molisingi Baptiste Firiam Laurence Jack	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia
4 × 400 m relay	3:16.09	Vanuatu Tavakalo Kailes Jean-Pierre Tiopang Tawai Keiruan Baptiste Firiam	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia

^†: Result obtained during decathlon

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	12.51	Roslyn Nalin	16 July 2019		Apia, Samoa
	12.30 NWI	Georgette Delaplane ‡	7 September 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
	12.0 h	Georgette Delaplane ‡	12 July 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
200 m	24.85 NWI	Mary Estelle Kapalu	22 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	24.8 h		25 June 1995		Lae, Papua New Guinea	[1]
400 m	53.92	Mary Estelle Kapalu	5 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	[1]
800 m	2:13.69	Mary Estelle Kapalu	22 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
1500 m	4:59.49	Lilly Hunai	11 June 1999	South Pacific Games	Santa Rita, Guam	[1]
3000 m	11:09.2	Lily Iawantak	4 September 2001		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
5000 m	20:26.9	Serah Kausir	22 August 2003		Lenakel, Vanuatu	[1]
10,000 m	48:29.0	Marie Rose	12–14 December 2016		Luganville, Vanuatu
100 m hurdles	15.68 NWI	Leitaou Essaou	7 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
	14.90 NWI	Georgette Delaplane ‡	30 August 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
400 m hurdles	58.68	Mary Estelle Kapalu	28 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	[1]
3000 m steeplechase	12:03.71	Marie Nakou	30 August 2017		China
High jump	1.51 m	Anna Lemus-Bihu	31 August 1978		Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	1.58 m	Loain Pierrez ‡	6 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
Pole vault
Long jump	5.45 m	Anna Lemus-Bihu	12 November 1977		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
	5.74 m	Georgette Delaplane ‡	28 August 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
Triple jump	10.68 m	Fiona Peters	24 July 1997		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
Shot put	12.05 m	Madeleine Nirua	9 June 1979		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
Discus throw	38.56 m	Maryline Adam	9 September 1983	South Pacific Games	Apia, Western Samoa	[1]
Hammer throw	19.31 m	Elis Malep	12 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[7]
Javelin throw	36.36 m (new design)	Rachelle Revevouro	7 September 2001		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
	42.12 m (old design)	Germaine Naio	1972		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
Heptathlon	2345 pts h	Elisa Rouvone	11 July 1998		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 22.0 1.27 m 7.35 m 29.7 4.30 m 21.67 m 3:09.6
20 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	49.03	Vanuatu Odile Daruhi Aline Mermer Olivette Bice Mary Estelle Kapalu	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	49.03	Vanuatu Judithe Alatoa Christelle Kalopong Lyza Malres Roslyn Nalin	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[8]
4 × 400 m relay	3:57.50	Vanuatu Odile Daruhi Aline Mermer Olivette Bice Mary Estelle Kapalu	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]

^‡: French citizens

Mixed

Event	Record	Athletes	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	4:00.04	Vanuatu	7 June 2024	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[9]
	3:52.28	Vanuatu Rizon Rara Chloe David Ralph Andre Priscilla Monthouel	8 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[10]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.06	Daniel Philimon	19 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[11]
200 m
400 m	49.92	Tikie Mael	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[12]
800 m	1:54.44	Arnold Sorina	9 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[13]
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	5.98 m	Frenly Volul	19 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[14]
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay	3:28.52	Paul Nalau George Molisingi Daniel Philimon Nathan Kalman	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[15]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	9.06	Daphne Nalawas	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[16]
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
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. with a foreigner

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) - VANUATU NATIONAL RECORDS (PDF), Oceania Athletics Association, July 2013, pp. 39–40, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved February 10, 2014
2. "800 Metres Heats Results". www.stats.cbc.ca. 2010-10-09. Archived from the original on 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
3. "Philip Nausien Gold Coast Half Marathon Result". www.results.au.eventdirector.net. 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
4. "Pacific Mini Games 2017 – Day 4 Results" (PDF). OAA. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
5. "Pacific Mini Games 2017 – Day 3 Results" (PDF). OAA. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
6. "Pacific Mini Games 2017 Results". sportstg.com. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
7. "Pacific Mini Games 2017 – Day 2 Results" (PDF). OAA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
8. "Pacific Mini Games 2017 Results". sportstg.com. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
9. "Senior Mixed 4×400m Relay Final Result". OAA . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
10. "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". qldathletics.anet.live. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
11. "60m Heat 3 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
12. "Men's 400m Heats Results" (PDF). IAAF. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
13. "800 Metres Round 1 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
14. "Long Jump Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
15. "4×400m Relay Heat 2 Results" (PDF). ashgabat2017.com. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
16. "60 Metres Round 1 Results". IAAF. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.