Samoa at the World Athletics Championships

Samoa at the World Athletics Championships
Flag of Samoa
WA code	SAM
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025
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Samoa has had a team in every edition of the World Athletics Championships, having won its first medal in athletics international competitions at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, by Alex Rose, with a 3rd place in discus throw. It was the second medal won by an athlete from the Samoan Islands, after American Samoan hammer thrower Lisa Misipeka who also won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. ^[1] . It is also the first major medal for Oceania without counting Australia or New Zealand. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Bronze	Alex Rose	2025 Tokyo	Men's discus throw [2]

By event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Discus throw	0	0	1	1
Totals (1 entries)	0	0	1	1

By gender

Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Men	0	0	1	1
Women	0	0	0	0

See also

• Samoa at the Olympics
• Samoa at the Paralympics

References

1. "Samoan discus thrower creates history at world athletics champs". 1News.
2. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25: Alex Rose claims Samoa's first global athletics medal in delayed discus". olympics.com. 21 September 2025.