Va'a at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games | |
---|---|
Location | Gahi |
Va'a, also called the outrigger canoe, for the 2013 Pacific Mini Games , was held in Gahi village and its namesake bay area. It is located in the southeast coast of Wallis and Futuna. Competition for this sport was on the 3 to 6 September 2013. [1]
Key:
* Host nation (Wallis and Futuna)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | French Polynesia (TAH) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Wallis and Futuna (WLF)* | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
3 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Palau (PLW) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Fiji (FIJ) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
6 | Tonga (TON) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
V1 500m | Tahiti | Wallis and Futuna | Fiji |
V6 500m | Tahiti | Wallis and Futuna | Papua New Guinea |
V6 1,500m | Tahiti | Wallis and Futuna | Fiji |
V12 500m | Tahiti | Wallis and Futuna | Tonga |
V1 marathon 15 km | Isidore Tevaearai (TAH) | Penisio Talalua (WLF) | Kelekele Lausi (FIJ) |
V6 marathon 30 km | Tahiti | Wallis and Futuna | Fiji |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
V1 500m | Tahiti | Palau | Wallis and Futuna |
V6 500m | Tahiti | Wallis and Futuna | Papua New Guinea |
V6 1,500m | Tahiti | Papua New Guinea | Wallis and Futuna |
V12 500m | Tahiti | Papua New Guinea | Wallis and Futuna |
V1 marathon 10 km | Marguerite Temaiana (TAH) | Marina Toribiong (PLW) | Caroline Tauhola (WLF) |
V6 marathon 20 km | Tahiti | Papua New Guinea | Wallis and Futuna |
The official flag of Wallis and Futuna is the French national flag, as it is a French territory. Wallis and Futuna has a locally used unofficial flag which bears the French flag in the canton.
The Wallis and Futuna national football team is the national football team of Wallis and Futuna. Wallis and Futuna is not a member of FIFA and, therefore, is not eligible to enter either the FIFA World Cup or the OFC Nations Cup, and due to the low investment in sport on the part of the country, it has been many years since it played an international match.
Rugby union in Wallis and Futuna is a popular sport within the French overseas territory.
The 2009 Pacific Mini Games was held in the Cook Islands from 21 September to 2 October. It was the 8th edition of the Pacific Mini Games.
The VII South Pacific Mini Games were held July 25-August 4, 2005 in Palau.
The Wallis and Futuna national rugby sevens team is a minor national team that competes in the Pacific Games and in regional tournaments.
Athletics competitions at the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games were held at the National Stadium in Koror, Palau, between July 25–29, 2005.
The 2013 Pacific Mini Games was the ninth edition of these Mini Games. They were held in Mata Utu in Wallis and Futuna from 2 to 12 September 2013. It was the first time the games had been held in Wallis and Futuna.
Athletics, for the 2013 Pacific Mini Games, was held at Kafika Stadium in Mata Utu, Wallis and Futuna, from 3 to 6 September 2013. There were four parasport events included, three for men and one for women.
Taekwondo, for the 2013 Pacific Mini Games, took place at Kafika Hall, in Mata-Utu. The events, for this sport, took place on the 9 and 10 September 2013.
Weightlifting, for the 2013 Pacific Mini Games, was held at Kafika Hall. Competition started on 3 September and was finished on 5 September 2013.
Volleyball at the Pacific Games has been played since 1963.
Wallis and Futuna competed at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from 4 to 18 July 2015. Wallis and Futuna listed 64 competitors as of 4 July 2015. Three competitors were qualified in two sports.
Outrigger canoeing at the 1995 South Pacific Games in Tahiti. Events were contested in the Va'a rudderless canoe. Tahiti dominated the competition winning all eight gold medals.
Outrigger canoeing, mostly using va'a canoes, has been contested at the Pacific Games since the 1995 edition held in Papeete, Tahiti. The va'a rudderless outrigger has been raced at all regattas, although the "Galaide II" outrigger canoe with rudder has also been used. Tahiti has dominated the competition since inception, topping the medal count at all regattas the country has attended. The Pacific Mini Games has also hosted va'a regattas, with the first events held in Koror, Palau at the 2005 Mini Games.
Taekwondo at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1995 when it was introduced for the tenth edition at Papeete, Tahiti. Women's taekwondo was added in 1999 for the games held in Guam.
Outrigger canoeing at the 2019 Pacific Games was held in Samoa from 9–13 July at the Sheraton Samoa Beach Resort, Mulifanua, which is approximately 40 kilometres west of the capital, Apia.
Wallis and Futuna competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa from 7 to 20 July 2019. The country participated in five sports at the 2019 games.
The Wallis and Futuna national badminton team represents Wallis and Futuna, an Overseas collectivity of France, in international badminton team competitions. It became an associate member of Badminton Oceania in August 2021. The team made its international debut at the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, in June 2022.