Triathlon at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea was held on July 5, 2015. [1] [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | New Caledonia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Tahiti | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Guam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's sprint | Audric Lucini New Caledonia | 59:04 | Benjamin Zorgnotti Tahiti | 1:02:11 | Mathieu Szalamacha New Caledonia | 1:03:41 |
Women's sprint | Charlotte Robin New Caledonia | 1:06:30 | Salome Tahiti | 1:06:49 | Céline Grymonprez New Caledonia | 1:08:39 |
Mixed team sprint | New Caledonia Audric Lucini Charlotte Robin Mathieu Szalamacha | 5 pts | French Polynesia Benjamin Zorgnotti Salome De Barthez De Marmorieres Keanu Lorfevre | 9 pts | Guam Patrick Comacho Peter Lombard II Ayshalynn Perez | 25 pts |
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