Outrigger canoeing at the 2015 Pacific Games

Last updated

Outrigger canoeing at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held on July 6–11, 2015. [1]

Outrigger canoe

The outrigger canoe is a type of canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull. Smaller canoes often employ a single outrigger on the port side, while larger canoes may employ a single-outrigger, double-outrigger, or double-hull configuration. The sailing canoes are an important part of the Austronesian heritage. They are also very popular in Puerto Rico.

2015 Pacific Games

The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby.

Port Moresby Place in National Capital District, Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby, also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea and the largest city in the South Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the south-western coast of the Papuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea. The city emerged as a trade centre in the second half of the 19th century. During World War II it was a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43 as a staging point and air base to cut off Australia from Southeast Asia and the Americas.

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Papua New Guinea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 102012
2Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 1337
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea*1102
4Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 0628
5Flag of France.svg  Wallis and Futuna 0044
6Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0022
7Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 0011
Totals (7 Nations)12121236

Men's Results

EventGoldSilverBronzeRef
V1 500 mFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tuatini Makiroto-Piritua  (TAH)2:35.47Flag of FLNKS.svg  Titouan Puyo  (NCL)Flag of Wallis and Futuna.svg  Jacky Tuakoifenua  (WLF) [2]
V6 500 mFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Flag of Wallis and Futuna.svg  Wallis and Futuna
[3]
V6 1500 mFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
[3]
V12 500 mFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
1:59.94Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
2:02.01Flag of Wallis and Futuna.svg  Wallis and Futuna
2:02.71 [2] [4]
V1 15 km
  (time= hr:min:sec)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Revi Thon Sing  (TAH)Flag of FLNKS.svg  Tituoan Puyo  (NCL)Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Joseph Amo  (COK) [5]
V6 30 km
  (time= hr:min:sec)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
2:22:02Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
[6]

Women's Results

EventGoldSilverBronzeRef
V1 500 mFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Brenda Vaimiti Maoni  (TAH)3:05.48Flag of FLNKS.svg  Lovaina Tetuira  (NCL)Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Serena Hunter  (COK) [2]
V6 500 mFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Flag of Wallis and Futuna.svg  Wallis and Futuna
[3]
V6 1500 mFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
[3]
V12 500 mFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
2:26.61Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
2:26.70Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
2:42.51 [2] [4]
V1 10 km
  (time= hr:min:sec)
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Serena Hunter  (COK)Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Brenda Vaimiti Maoni  (TAH)Flag of FLNKS.svg  Lovaina Tetuira  (NCL) [5]
V6 20 km
  (time= hr:min:sec)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
1:14.30Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
[6]

Related Research Articles

This article lists the Papua New Guinea national football team results. The national team is organised by the Papua New Guinea Football Association that was established in 1962. Papua New Guinea joined FIFA in 1963. In 1966, Papua New Guinea were a founder member of the Oceania Football Confederation with Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. Jack Warner, then a FIFA Vice-President, in April 2009 called on New Zealand to help Papua New Guinea to bring them up to a good level.

The 2015 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 14th edition of the Pacific Games men's football tournament. The men's football tournament was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea between 3–17 July 2015 as part of the 2015 Pacific Games. The tournament was age-restricted and open to men's under-23 national teams only.

Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, was held from 6–18 July 2015. A women's tournament was held for the first time, and Samoa won the event to become the first country other than Papua New Guinea to win a gold medal in Pacific Games cricket. In the men's tournament, Vanuatu won the gold medal. The shorter Twenty20 form of the game was used for both the men's and women's competitions.

Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 8–10 July 2015 at the Sir John Guise Stadium. In the men's tournament Fiji won the gold medal defeating defending champions Samoa by a 26 point margin in the final. Tonga took the bronze medal. Fiji also won the women's tournament, defeating Australia by a successful try conversion in the final, with hosts Papua New Guinea winning the bronze medal.

Shooting at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 6–11 July 2015 at the June Valley Shooting Range in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Tahiti and Fiji were the most successful nations, winning three gold medals each. Medals were initially awarded for teams in the pistol shooting section, but as team events for pistols were not included in the official schedule those medals were withdrawn.

Powerlifting at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 9–10 July 2015 in the Sir John Guise Indoor Power Dome at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The host nation Papua New Guinea was the dominant team, particularly in the women's divisions where it claimed six of the seven possible gold medals. Nauru was the strongest team in the men's divisions, winning four of the eight weight categories. Telupe Iosefa received the first ever gold medal won by Tuvalu at the Pacific Games in the 120 kg male division.

Body building at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held on July 13, 2015 at the Caritas Secondary School. In the men's competition Papua New Guinea won five gold medals. Tonga won three gold medals in the men’s heavy categories, as well as the men’s overall title which went to Trevor Huni. New Caledonia and American Samoa took one gold medal each in the women's competition. Virginie Foucault won the overall women's title.

Table tennis at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held on July 3–10, 2015. The competition included four parasport events: Men's singles – seated, women's singles – seated, men's singles – ambulatory, and women's singles – ambulatory. Tahiti dominated the competition, winning seven of the eleven gold medals on offer.

Basketball at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held at the BSP Arena and PNG Power Dome on 3–12 July 2015.

Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held on July 3–10, 2015. Papua New Guinea defeated Samoa in the finals of both the men's and women's tournament by 8–7 and 6–2, respectively to claim two of the three gold medals for touch rugby. Samoa turned the tables to claim the gold medal in the mixed tournament, defeating Papua New Guinea by 9–7 in the final. The Cook Islands won all three bronze medals.

Volleyball at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held on July 11–18, 2015. Wallis and Futuna won the gold medal in the men's competition, defeating New Caledonia in the final. In the women's competition, American Samoa won the gold medal by defeating Tahiti in the final.

Athletics at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on July 13–18, 2015. Four parasport events were also included.

Swimming at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on July 6–12, 2015. The women's events were dominated by New Caledonia's Lara Grangeon who won eight individual gold medals and was a team member in four gold medal-winning relays. Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini won six individual gold medals in the men's events and was a team member in the gold medal-winning mixed 4×50 metre medley relay.

The Women's rugby sevens tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 8 to 10 July 2015 at the Sir John Guise Stadium. Fiji won the gold medal defeating Australia by 12–10 in the final. Hosts PNG took the bronze medal defeating New Caledonia 15–0.

The Men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 8 to 10 July 2015 at the Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium. Fiji won the gold medal defeating Samoa by 33–7 in the final. Tonga took the bronze medal defeating hosts PNG 19–12 in the third place match.

The Women's tournament of the Volleyball competition at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from July 11–18, 2015 at the Taurama Aquatic Centre Courts in Port Moresby. American Samoa won the gold medal by defeating Tahiti in the final.

The Men's touch rugby tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 3 to 7 July 2015 at the Bisini Touch Football Fields. The hosts Papua New Guinea won the gold mdeal defeating Samoa by 8–7 in the final. The Cook Islands took the bronze medal defeating the Solomon Islands by 18–4 in the third place play-off.

The Women's touch rugby tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 3 to 7 July 2015 at the Bisini Touch Football Fields. The hosts Papua New Guinea won the gold mdeal defeating Samoa by 6–2 in the final. The Cook Islands took the bronze medal defeating Kiribati by 11–2 in the third place play-off.

References

  1. "Canoeing Schedule". Port Moresby 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "PNG pip Tahitian women in va'a shock". Port Moresby 2015. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tahiti paddles to clean sweep in va'a". Port Moresby 2015. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Pacific Games 2015: Papua New Guinea women beat world champions Tahiti for the gold in historic va'a win". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Men's V1 15km & Women's V1 10km". Inside the Games. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Tahiti Leaves Rivals Waves Behind to Win Va'a Gold". EMTV. 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.