Outrigger canoeing at the 2023 Pacific Games

Outrigger canoeing at the 2023 Pacific Games
Va'a pictogram for the Games
Venue	DC Park
Location	Honiara, Solomon Islands
Dates	27 November – 1 December
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The outrigger canoeing competition, mostly referred to as Vaʻa in the Pacific region, at the 2023 Pacific Games was held from 27 November – 1 December 2023 at DC Park in Honiara, Solomon Islands. ^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Solomon Islands)

Vaʻa medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tahiti	12	6	1	19
2	New Caledonia	5	4	7	16
3	Fiji	2	2	3	7
4	Samoa	1	5	0	6
5	Wallis and Futuna	0	3	0	3
6	Cook Islands	0	0	6	6
7	Norfolk Island	0	0	1	1
	Solomon Islands*	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		20	20	19	59

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
V1 500 m	Temoana Taputu  (TAH)	2:23.51	Maël Legras  (NCL)	2:29.87	Andre Tutaka  (COK)	2:31.47	[2]
V6 500 m	Tahiti  (TAH)	1:41.69	Wallis and Futuna  (WLF)	1:42.81	New Caledonia  (NCL)	1:43.83	[3]
V6 1500 m	Tahiti  (TAH)	8:07.89	Wallis and Futuna  (WLF)	8:15.50	Fiji  (FIJ)	8:29.89	[4]
V12 500 m	New Caledonia  (NCL)	1:55.62	Wallis and Futuna  (WLF)	1:56.60	Tahiti  (TAH)	2:01.90	[5]
V1 Marathon 16 km   (time= h:min:s)	Tuatea Teraiamano  (TAH)	1:24:55.00	Titouan Puyo  (NCL)	1:27:04.00	Andre Tutaka  (COK)	1:31:59.00	[6]
V6 Marathon 24 km   (time= h:min:s)	Tahiti  (TAH)	1:49:37.00	New Caledonia  (NCL)	1:56:58.00	Fiji  (FIJ)	2:01:04.00	[7]

Women's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
V1 500 m	Elenoa Vateitei  (FIJ)	2:50.42	Anne Cairns  (SAM)	2:54.38	Ada Nebauer  (NFK)	3:01.01	[8]
V6 500 m	New Caledonia  (NCL)	2:00.26	Tahiti  (TAH)	2:01.02	Cook Islands  (COK)	2:03.16	[9]
V6 1500 m	Tahiti  (TAH)	9:52.02	Fiji  (FIJ)	10:03.43	Cook Islands  (COK)	10:09.32	[10]
V12 500 m	Tahiti  (TAH)	2:22.65	New Caledonia  (NCL)	2:26.92	Fiji  (FIJ)	2:32.95	[11]
V1 Marathon 16 km   (time= h:min:s)	Elenoa Vateitei  (FIJ)	1:30:09	Mahia Poroi  (TAH)	1:31:33	Rosemelle Terii  (NCL)	1:32:35	[12]
V6 Marathon 24 km   (time= h:min:s)	Tahiti  (TAH)	1:58:36.00	Fiji  (FIJ)	2:05:13.00	New Caledonia  (NCL)	2:07:33.00	[13]

Kayak

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
K1 500 m	Tuva'a Clifton  (SAM)	2:00.03	Nohoarii Thuau  (TAH)	2:02.06	Andre George  (COK)	2:02.73	[14]
K2 500 m	New Caledonia  (NCL) Christophe Barrielle Benjamin Legavre	1:47.99	Tahiti  (TAH) Charles Taie Nohoarii Thuau	1:55.23	Solomon Islands  (SOL) Paul Bouro Saeni Kofela	1:58.23	[15]
K1 Marathon 16 km   (time= h:min:s)	Benjamin Legavre  (NCL)	1:11:52	Nohoarii Thuau  (TAH)	1:11:55	Andre George  (COK)	1:17:52	[16]
K2 Marathon 16 km   (time= h:min:s)	New Caledonia  (NCL) Christophe Barrielle Benjamin Legavre	1:12:20	Tahiti  (TAH) Charles Taie Nohoarii Thuau	1:12:28			[17]

Women's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Ref
K1 500 m	Iloha Eychenne  (TAH)	2:11.67	Anne Cairns  (SAM)	2:16.30	Charlotte Robin  (NCL)	2:24.47	[18]
K2 500 m	Tahiti  (TAH) Nateahi Sommer Iloha Eychenne	2:00.75	Samoa  (SAM) Jayde Leota Anne Cairns	2:08.82	New Caledonia  (NCL) Charlotte Robin Myriam Wejieme	2:11.10	[19]
K1 Marathon 16 km   (time= h:min:s)	Iloha Eychenne  (TAH)	1:03:16	Anne Cairns  (SAM)	1:08:50	Charlotte Robin  (NCL)	1:10:25	[20]
K2 Marathon 16 km   (time= h:min:s)	Tahiti  (TAH) Nateahi Sommer Iloha Eychenne	1:23:31	Samoa  (SAM) Jayde Leota Anne Cairns	1:36:03	New Caledonia  (NCL) Charlotte Robin Myriam Wejieme	1:43:22	[21]

See also

• Outrigger canoeing at the Pacific Games

References

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