| Outrigger Canoeing at the 2003 South Pacific Games | |
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| Location | Suva |
Outrigger canoeing at the 2003 South Pacific Games was held from 30 June to 3 July 2003 on the Suva foreshore in Fiji. [1] Tahiti dominated the competition winning all twelve gold medals. [2] [3] [4] [5]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  French Polynesia (TAH) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 |  New Caledonia (NCL) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 |  Fiji (FIJ) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  Samoa (SAM) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Cook Islands (COK) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 |  Wallis and Futuna (WLF) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Niue (NIU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| V1 500m | Karyl Maoni (TAH) | 2:16.2 | Georgy Taero (NCL) | 2:22.2 | Richard Denny (COK) | 2:26.4 |
| V6 500m | Tahiti | 1:50.2 | New Caledonia | 1:52.9 |  Wallis and Futuna | 1:53.8 |
| V12 500m | Tahiti | 1:47.1 | New Caledonia | 1:49.6 | Wallis and Futuna | 1:52.2 |
| V6 2500 m | Tahiti | 10:59.0 | New Caledonia | 11:17.6 | Fiji | 11:18.1 |
| V1 15 km (time= hr:min:sec) | Georges Cronsteadt (TAH) | 1:13:20 | Wayne Houng Lee (FIJ) | 1:18:39 | Feneli Poimafit (NIU) | 1:19:03 |
| V6 30 km (time= hr:min:sec) | Tahiti | 2:07:33 | New Caledonia | 2:13:47 | Fiji | 2:18:33 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| V1 500m | Evangelique Tehiva (TAH) | 2:42.4 | Rosemelle Terii (NCL) | 2:52.5 | Marie Allan (COK) | 2:55.7 |
| V6 500m | Tahiti | 2:05.2 | Fiji | 2:10.7 | Samoa | 2:12.1 |
| V12 500m | Tahiti | 2:02.3 | Fiji | 2:08.3 | Cook Islands | 2:15.2 |
| V6 2500 m | Tahiti | 12:41.9 | Fiji | 12:47.1 | Samoa | 13:01.0 |
| V1 10 km | Evangelique Tehiva (TAH) | 1:06:38 | Louisa Leqeta (FIJ) | 1:09:47 | Elodie Tavita (NCL) | 1:12:38 |
| V6 Marathon 20 km (time= hr:min:sec) | Tahiti | 1:54:11 | Samoa | 1:57:05 | New Caledonia | 1:57:43 |
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