Triathlon at the Pacific Games

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Triathlon at the Pacific Games was first contested at the 1995 games at Papeete. It has also been included in the Pacific Mini Games, firstly at Norfolk Island in 2001.

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The Sprint format (half the Olympic distance) has been used for triathlons at the Pacific Games since 2011. [1] Prior to that, the standard course Olympic distance was raced. The Aquathon, with swim and run legs only, has also been contested. [2]

Pacific Games

Flag icons and three letter country code indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates an event that was not contested.

Winners

GamesYearHost cityMen'sMixed teamWomen'sTotal
events
Notes
TriathlonAquathonTriathlonAquathonTriathlonAquathon
X 1995
( details )
Papeete New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
3 [upper-alpha 1]
XI 1999
( details )
Santa Rita Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
Flag of Guam.svg
GUM
3 [upper-alpha 2]
XII 2003
( details )
Suva New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
3 [upper-alpha 3]
XIII 2007
( details )
Apia New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
3 [upper-alpha 4]
XIV 2011
( details )
Nouméa New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
3 [upper-alpha 5]
XV 2015
( details )
Port Moresby New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
3 [upper-alpha 6]
XVI 2019
( details )
Apia Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
6 [upper-alpha 7]

Medal table

These are the all time medal standings for triathlon and aquathon events at the Pacific Games up to and including the 2019 games:

All-time medal table – Pacific Games Triathlon and Aquathon
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg New Caledonia 15111339
2Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 811221
3Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1157
4Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Marianas 0112
5Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 0011
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0011
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0011
Totals (7 entries)24242472

Pacific Mini Games

Past winners

GamesYearHost cityMen'sMixed teamWomen'sTotal
events
Notes
TriathlonAquathonTriathlonAquathonTriathlonAquathon
VI 2001
( details )
Kingston Flag of French Polynesia.svg
TAH
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
3 [upper-alpha 8]
VII 2005
( details )
Koror New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
NMI
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg
NMI
3 [upper-alpha 9]
VIII 2009
( details )
Rarotonga New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg
NCL
3 [upper-alpha 10]

Medal tally

These are the all time medal standings for triathlon and aquathon at the Pacific Mini Games up to and including 2009:

All-time medal table – Pacific Mini Games Triathlon and Aquathon
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg New Caledonia 62412
2Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Marianas 2024
3Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1405
4Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 0123
5Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0101
Totals (5 entries)98825

Notes

  1. Three events were contested, men's and women's individual races and a mixed team competition. [3] The standard course (Olympic) triathlon format was used and a total of nine medals were awarded. [3] New Caledonia won five medals: 2 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze. The host nation Tahiti won two medals: 1 gold, and 1 silver. Guam won the remaining two medals: 2 bronze – for the women's race (Tiffany Larscheid); and team event (Jay Donovan, Jeff Miller, Tiffany Larscheid). [4]
  2. 1999: Men's and women's individual races and a mixed team event (based on finishing places) were again contested, with a total of nine medals being awarded. [5] Hosts Guam won three medals: 1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze. New Caledonia also won three medals: 1 gold and 2 bronze. Tahiti won two medals: 1 gold and 1 silver, and Northern Marianas took home 1 silver medal. [6]
  3. New Caledonia dominated all three triathlon events in 2003, [7] winning seven of the nine medals awarded: 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. Tahiti won 1 silver medal, and Northern Marianas won 1 bronze medal. [8]
  4. 2007: All three triathlon events were again dominated by New Caledonia, with six medals won: 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Tahiti won 2 silver medals, and Cook Islands won 1 bronze medal. [9]
  5. The triathlon format was changed to the shorter sprint distance (half the Olympic course) at Nouméa in 2011. Hosts New Caledonia won four medals: 2 gold and 2 silver. Tahiti also won four medals: 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Guam took home 1 bronze medal. [1]
  6. The shorter sprint distance (half the Olympic course) was used again at Port Moresby in 2015. New Caledonia won five medals: 3 gold and 2 bronze. Tahiti won 3 silver medals and Guam won 1 bronze medal. [10]
  7. 2019: Sprint triathlon (half the Olympic course) as well as aquathon events were contested at Apia. Tahiti won five of the six gold medals on offer; [11] all of the men's and team events, as well as the women's aquathon. [12] [13] [14] New Caledonia won the gold medal for the women's triathlon.
  8. 2001: Men's and women's individual races and a mixed team event were contested. [15] The standard course (Olympic) triathlon format was used and a total of nine medals were awarded. New Caledonia won four medals: 2 gold, and 2 bronze. Tahiti won three medals: 1 gold, and 2 silver. Cook Islands won 1 silver medal, and Northern Marianas won 1 bronze medal. [16]
  9. 2005: Aquathon races (run/swim/run legs) were conducted at Koror after road works were not completed in time to allow the bike leg of the triathlon to proceed. There were only seven medals won as silver and bronze were not awarded in the mixed team event because only two teams had sufficient athletes entered. [2] Host nation Northern Marianas won three medals (2 gold, and 1 bronze). New Caledonia won two medals: 1 gold, and 1 silver. Fiji won 1 silver medal, and Cook Islands won 1 bronze. [2]
  10. 2009: Three events were contested within the Avatiu wharf area; men's and women's individual races and a mixed team competition. [17] The standard course (Olympic) triathlon format was used and a total of nine medals were awarded. New Caledonia won six medals: 3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze. Tahiti won 2 silver medals. Host nation Cook Islands won 1 bronze medal in the mixed team event (Geoff Stoddart, Thomas Henderson and Jennie George). [18]

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