Papua New Guinea at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Papua New Guinea at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Papua New Guinea
CGF code	PNG
CGA	Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Website	pngolympic.org
in Birmingham, England ; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	33 (21 men and 12 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	John Ume ; Rellie Kaputin
Medals ; Ranked =35th	Gold0Silver1Bronze0Total1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Last updated August 23, 2023

Papua New Guinea competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022.^[1] It was the fifteenth time that Papua New Guinea competes at the Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Morea Baru	Weightlifting	Men's 61 kg	30 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	10	8	18
Boxing	6	0	6
Squash	2	1	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Total	21	12	33

Athletics (track and field)

On 6 July, 2022, Athletics Papua New Guinea announced a team of eighteen athletes (10 men and 8 women).^[4]

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leroy Kamau	100 m	10.68 PB	6	did not advance
Jonathan Dende	200 m	22.41 PB	6	did not advance
Leroy Kamau	200 m	21.67	3	did not advance
Shadrick Tansi	400 m	DQ		did not advance
Emmanuel Wanga	400 m	48.23	7	did not advance
Daniel Baul	400 m hurdles	DNF		—		did not advance
Ephraim Lerkin	400 m hurdles	52.43 SB	7	—		did not advance
	4 × 400 m relay	DNS		—		did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Peniel Richard	Triple jump	—		NM
De'bono Paraka	Discus throw	48.19	15	did not advance
Lakona Gerega	Javelin throw	—		63.46	12

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Karo Iga	Result	10.94	6.95	11.05	1.91	48.61	16.73	31.88	3.90	51.30	4:56.54	6761	7
Karo Iga	Points	874	802	549	723	880	653	502	590	608	580	6761	7

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Toea Wisil	100 m	11.79 SB	5	did not advance
Isila Apkup	200 m	24.97	6	did not advance
Leonie Beu		25.29	4	did not advance
Toea Wisil		24.42	3 Q	24.43	8	did not advance
Adrine Monagi	100 m hurdles	13.84	6	did not advance
Adrine Monagi Toea Wisil Isila Apkup Leonie Beu	4 × 100 m relay	45.38 NR	6	—		did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Rellie Kaputin	Long jump	5.95	15	did not advance
Annie Topal	Triple jump	—		12.75	11
Sharon Toako	Javelin throw	—		39.34	8

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Edna Boafob	Result	16.42	1.51 m	10.14 m	26.15	4.77 m	32.22 m	2:53.05	4068 PB	8
Edna Boafob	Points	664	632	539	784	498	519	432	4068 PB	8

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Charles Keama	Flyweight	—	Chinyemba (ZAM) L RSC	did not advance
Jamie Chang	Bantamweight	—	Bye	Harris-Allan (WAL) L 0–5	did not advance
Allan Oaike	Featherweight	Bye	Commey (GHA) L RSC	did not advance
John Ume	Light welterweight	Bonzo (MAW) W 4–1	Tyers (ENG) L RSC-1	did not advance
Neville Warupi	Welterweight	Bye	Lele (SOL) W 4–1	Jolly (SCO) L 0–5	did not advance
Arthur Lavalou	Heavyweight	—	Bye	Williams (ENG) L RSC	did not advance

Squash

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Feonor Siaguru	Men's singles	Chileshe (NZL) L 0–3	did not advance
Madako Suari	Men's singles	Kamal (MAS) L 0–3	did not advance
Amity Alarcos	Women's singles	Bye	Turmel (ENG) L 0–3	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Feonor Siaguru Madako Suari	Men's doubles	T.Chileshe & L.Chileshe (NZL) L 0–2	did not advance
Feonor Siagaru Amity Alarcos	Mixed doubles	Lobban & Pilley (AUS) L 0–2	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryan Maskelyne	50 m breaststroke	29.53	26	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:03.31	19	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:15.91	8 Q	—		2:16.98	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgia-Leigh Vele	50 m freestyle	27.80	36	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:01.60	42	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	36.51	25	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	30.34	39	did not advance

Table tennis

Papua New Guinea qualified two players for the table tennis competitions.^[5]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Geoffrey Loi	Men's singles	Knight (BAR) L 0–4	Wong (MAS) L 0–4	3	did not advance
Tammi Agari	Women's singles	Edghill (GUY) L 0–4	Titana (FIJ) L 3–4	3	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tammi Agari Geoffrey Loi	Mixed doubles	Jarvis & Bardsley (ENG) L 0–3	did not advance

Weightlifting

Papua New Guinea qualified two weightlifters (one man, one woman) via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List, which was finalised on 9 March 2022.^[6]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Weight lifted		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Morea Baru	Men's 61 kg	121	152	273
Dika Toua	Women's 49 kg	74	96	170	5

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References

↑ Banaba, Rolland (5 April 2022). "THE QUEEN'S BATON RELAY COMPLETES VISIT TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA". PNG Haus Bung. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
↑ Rowbottom, Mike (2 July 2022). "Jumper Kaputin picked as PNG flagbearer for Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
↑ "Ume is Team PNG's Male Flag Bearer". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier . Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
↑ "Athletics announce team for Games". www.looppng.com. Loop PNG. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
1 2 "Weightlifting, Table Tennis Athletes Qualify". Loop Sports. Trend Media. 5 April 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
↑ "IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final)" (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee Official site

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[1] Banaba, Rolland (5 April 2022). "THE QUEEN'S BATON RELAY COMPLETES VISIT TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA". PNG Haus Bung. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[2] Rowbottom, Mike (2 July 2022). "Jumper Kaputin picked as PNG flagbearer for Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[3] "Ume is Team PNG's Male Flag Bearer". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier . Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

[4] "Athletics announce team for Games". www.looppng.com. Loop PNG. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[os1lpng-5] 1 2 "Weightlifting, Table Tennis Athletes Qualify". Loop Sports. Trend Media. 5 April 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[6] "IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final)" (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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v t e Associations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Eswatini Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

v t e Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games
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