New Zealand at the 2023 Pacific Games | |
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IOC code | NZL |
National federation | New Zealand Olympic Committee |
in Honiara, Solomon Islands 19 November 2023 – 2 December 2023 | |
Competitors | 46 (22 men and 24 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer (opening) | David Liti [1] |
Flag bearer (closing) | Wendell Stanley [2] |
Officials | Nin Roberts (chef de mission) [3] |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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Pacific Games appearances | |
New Zealand competed at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands from 19 November to 2 December 2023. This is New Zealand's third appearance at the games since first appearing in 2015.
These games have seen New Zealand field their largest team ever to the Pacific Games with around 70 athletes from seven sports to be selected. [4]
Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are in Solomon Islands Time (UTC+11), two hours behind New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13).
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Athletics | 9 | 10 | 19 |
Boxing | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Total | 22 | 24 | 46 |
The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has selected a team of two archers in September, 2023. Their selections were based on their performances at the recent 2023 World Archery Championships in Berlin (July 31 – 6 August) and also domestic and international performances in 2023. [5]
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Finn Matheson | Single 720 Round 70m | 547 | 8 | — | |||||
Recurve matchplay | 547 | 8 | Runa (VAN) W 6–0 | Richert (NCL) L 3–7 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||||
Nuala Edmundson | Single 720 Round 70m | 571 | Bronze | — | ||||||
Matchplay | 571 | 3 | Rengulbai (PLW) W 6–0 | Prasad (FIJ) W 6–0 | Haywood (AUS) L 4–6 | David (NCL) L 2–6 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Finn Matheson Nuala Edmundson | Mixed team recurve | L – | Did not advance |
On 8 September 2023, a 19-member track and field team was announced by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. [4] [6] [7]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
George Kozlov | 100 m | 11.06 | 19 q | 11.27 | 18 | Did not advance | |
200 m | 22.70 | 9 Q | 22.90 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
Ryan Shotter | 100 m | Did not start | |||||
Hayato Yoneto | 100 m | 10.80 | 9 Q | 10.87 | 8 q | 10.94 | 7 |
200 m | 22.27 | 4 Q | 22.12 | 7 q | 21.70 | 5 | |
Finn O'Sullivan | 400 m | 49.31 | 3 Q | — | 48.98 | 5 | |
Liam O'Donnell | 800 m | 1:53.70 | 3 Q | — | 1:54.39 | 4 | |
1500 m | — | 3:56.61 | Silver | ||||
Jack Paine | 800 m | 1:54.28 | 2 Q | — | 1:51.72 | Silver | |
1500 m | — | 3:50.97 | Gold | ||||
George Kozlov Finn O'Sullivan Ryan Shotter Scott Thomson Hayato Yoneto | 4x100 m relay | 42.16 | 2 Q | — | DNF |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Lara Hockly | 100 m | 13.10 | 23 | Did not advance | ||||
Rebecca Peterson | 100 m | 12.57 | 11 q | 12.84 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
Mariah Ririnui | 100 m | 12.81 | 12 q | 12.97 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
Jordan Evans-Tobata | 200 m | DNF | — | Did not advance | ||||
400 m | 58.38 | 5 Q | — | 57.44 | 5 | |||
800 m | Did not start | |||||||
Camryn Smart | 200 m | Did not start | ||||||
400 m | 56.45 | 2 Q | — | 55.30 | Silver | |||
Georgia Whiteman | 200 m | 26.63 | 9 | — | Did not advance | |||
400 m | Did not start | |||||||
100 m hurdles | Did not start | |||||||
400 m hurdles | 1:10.28 | 4 Q | — | 1:09.48 | 6 | |||
Tillie Hollyer | 800 m | — | 2:12.29 | Gold | ||||
1500 m | — | 4:26.06 | Gold | |||||
Peyton Leigh | 800 m | — | 2:13.79 | Silver | ||||
1500 m | — | 4:39.53 | Silver | |||||
Lara Hockly Rebecca Peterson Mariah Ririnui Georgia Whiteman | 4x100 m relay | 49.32 | 4 Q | — | 49.19 | 4 | ||
Jordan Evans-Tobata Tillie Hollyer Peyton Leigh Georgia Whiteman | 4x400 m relay | — | 3:57.17 | Bronze |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Percy Maka | Discus | — | 44.48 | 4 | |
Scott Thomson | Triple jump | — | 14.29 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Elizabeth Hewitt | Hammer throw | — | 53.79 | Silver | |
Lara Hockly | Long jump | 5.59 | 5 q | 5.36 | 8 |
Triple jump | — | 11.31 | 6 | ||
Diana Ismagilova | Triple jump | — | 11.69 | 4 | |
Rebecca Peterson | Long jump | 5.35 | 8 q | 5.41 | 6 |
Triple jump | — | 11.08 | 7 | ||
Mariah Ririnui | Long jump | 5.69 | 4 q | 5.82 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
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Stephen Thorpe | Result | 11.49 | 6.12 | 11.62 | 16.80 | 34.30 | 3.00 | 4:56.08 | 6,554 | Bronze | |||
Points | 755 | 613 | 583 | 593 | 755 | 645 | 550 | 357 | 475 | 583 |
A total of 13 boxers (7 men and 6 women) were selected by the NZOC on 26 September 2023. [8]
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Zain Adams | 51 kg | Did not start | |||
Alex Mukuka | 57 kg | Amram (NRU) W 5–0 | Senior (AUS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Bronze |
Kalani Marra | 63.5 kg | Lutu (SAM) W 5–0 | Rokobuli (FIJ) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Bronze |
Wendell Stanley | 71 kg | Lio (SOL) W 5–0 | Halstead (NRU) W 5–0 | Davey (AUS) L 0–5 | Silver |
Emile Richardson | 80 kg | Viney (TGA) L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||
Malcolm Mathes | 92 kg | Ah Ping (ASA) W 5–0 | Paoletti (AUS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Bronze |
Patrick Mailata | +92 kg | Liu (ASA) W 5–0 | Mercury-Leafa (SAM) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Bronze |
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Tasmyn Benny | 50 kg | — | Abana (SOL) W 5–0 | Suraci (AUS) L 0–5 | Silver |
Christine Gillespie | 54 kg | — | Echegaray (AUS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Bronze |
Jennifer Peters | 57 kg | — | Rahimi (AUS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Bronze |
Erin Walsh | 60 kg | Bye | Leota Teaupa (TGA) W 5–0 | McDonald (AUS) L 4–1 | Silver |
Cara Wharerau | 66 kg | — | Williamson (AUS) L 1–4 | Silver | |
Deanne Read | 75 kg | — | Lafaialii (SAM) W 5–0 | Parker (AUS) L 0–5 | Silver |
New Zealand selected 2 athletes to compete in the para table tennis on 26 September 2023. [8]
Team | Event | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / GM | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
James Goulding | Men's singles seated | Hawaii (TUV) W 3–0 | Djaoua (NCL) W 3–0 | — | 1 | Bye | Jatutu (SOL) W 3–0 | Tehei (TAH) L 0–3 | Silver |
Matthew Hall | Tehei (TAH) L 0–3 | Jatutu (SOL) L 0–3 | Moeakiola (TGA) L 1–3 | 4 | Did not advance |
Team | Event | Preliminary round | Semifinals | Final / GM | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
James Goulding Matthew Hall | Para team male | Papua New Guinea (PNG) L 1–4 | French Polynesia (TAH) L 0–5 | — | 3 | Did not advance |
The New Zealand Olympic Committee on 20 October 2023, announced a team of 10 weightlifters for the games (3 men and 7 women). [5]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Rank | Clean & jerk | Rank | Total | Rank |
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Xavier Tiffany | 89 kg | — | DNS | — | DNS | — | DNS |
Malachi Faamausili-Fala | +109 kg | 150 kg | Bronze | 180 kg | Bronze | 330 kg | Bronze |
David Liti | 182 kg | Gold | 223 kg | Gold | 405 kg | Gold |
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Rank | Clean & jerk | Rank | Total | Rank |
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Riana Froger | 59 kg | 75 kg | 4 | 103 kg | Bronze | 178 kg | Bronze |
Elizabeth Granger | 76 kg | Bronze | 95 kg | 4 | 171 kg | 4 | |
Emma McIntyre | 64 kg | 83 kg | Silver | 107 kg | Silver | 190 kg | Gold |
Olivia Selemaia | 71 kg | 86 kg | 4 | 106 kg | 4 | 192 kg | 4 |
Hayley Whiting | 81 kg | 90 kg | Silver | 107 kg | Silver | 197 kg | Silver |
Renee Baarspul | 87 kg | 95 kg | Gold | 112 kg | Gold | 207 kg | Gold |
Susana Nimo | +87 kg | 98 kg | Bronze | 121 kg | Bronze | 219 kg | Bronze |
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