Palau at the 2023 Pacific Games | |
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National federation | Palau National Olympic Committee |
19 November 2023 – 2 December 2023 | |
Competitors | 23 (14 men and 9 women) in 4 sports |
Medals Ranked 22nd |
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Pacific Games appearances | |
Palau competed at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara from 19 November to 2 December 2023. [1] This was Palau's seventh appearance at the Pacific Games since first competing in 1999.
On 13 October 2023, the Palau National Olympic Committee announced its participation in 9 sports. [1]
The following is the list of number of competitors confirmed for the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | |||
Athletics | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Basketball | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Judo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Outrigger canoeing | |||
Swimming | |||
Table tennis | |||
Volleyball | |||
Weightlifting | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Total | 14 | 9 | 23 |
Palau Track and Field Association have selected 3 athletes for the games. [2]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Ignacio Blaluk | 100 m | ||||||
200 m |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Sydney Francisco | 100 m | ||||||
200 m | |||||||
Christina Wicker | 1500 m | — | |||||
5000 m | — |
Palau qualified only one team, men's 3x3 basketball team, for the Games based on their FIBA Oceania rankings. [3]
Team | Event | Pool play | Semifinals | Final / GM | ||||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Palau men's | Men's tournament | Tonga – | Guam – | Cook Islands – | Fiji – | French Polynesia – |
The Palau National Olympic Committee have selected 2 judokas for the Games. [4]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / GM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Alonzo Sumor | Men's -73 kg | |||||||
Carisma Aguon | Women's -70 kg | |||||||
The Palau National Olympic Committee selected fourteen weightlifters (8 men, 6 women) for the 2023 Games. [5]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Rank | Clean & jerk | Rank | Total | Rank |
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Blaine Patris | 61 kg | ||||||
Gyro Ramirez | |||||||
Stevick Patris | 73 kg | ||||||
Junior Sumor | 81 kg | ||||||
Xyrus Salii-Debold | |||||||
Benedict Kintaro | 96 kg | ||||||
Usher Pedro | |||||||
Mallik Aquino | 102 kg |
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Rank | Clean & jerk | Rank | Total | Rank |
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Jezzlee Baiei | 49 kg | ||||||
Roxanne Canete | 55 kg | ||||||
Jamaira Richard | 59 kg | ||||||
Kyrah Nestor | 64 kg | ||||||
Claire Kintoki | 81 kg | ||||||
Lincy Marino | 87 kg |
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