Athletics at the 2015 Pacific Games

Athletics at the XV Pacific Games
Athletics at the XV Pacific Games
Dates	July 13–18
Host city	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Venue	Sir John Guise Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	48 (including 4 para events)
Participation	273 athletes from ; 20 nations
Records set	6 games records
	← 2011 Nouméa 2019 → ; 2015 Pacific Games

Athletics at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on July 13–18, 2015.^[1] Four parasport events were also included.

Participating nations

Twenty countries competed at the 2015 Pacific Games in athletics:

Note: The number of athletes registered for the 2015 Pacific Games to represent each country is shown in brackets.

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Papua New Guinea)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea (PNG)*	23	21	18	62
2	New Caledonia (NCL)	10	12	10	32
3	Fiji (FIJ)	7	6	7	20
4	Solomon Islands (SOL)	4	2	1	7
5	Tahiti (TAH)	2	1	6	9
6	Samoa (SAM)	1	2	3	6
7	Cook Islands (COK)	1	1	0	2
8	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	0	1	1	2
9	Norfolk Island (NFK)	0	1	0	1
9	Palau (PLW)	0	1	0	1
11	Tonga (TGA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (11 entries)		48	48	48	144

Men's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m	Banuve Tabakaucoro (FIJ)	10.55	Rodman Teltull (PLW)	10.98	Kupun Wisil (PNG)	11.04	^[2]
100 m Ambulant	Sylvain Bova (NCL)	12.34 (F/T11)	Francis Kompaon (PNG)	11.87 (T46)	Samuel Nason (PNG)	12.24 (T46)	^[2]
200 m	Banuve Tabakaucoro (FIJ)	20.53 GR	Nelson Stone (PNG)	21.28	Theo Piniau (PNG)	21.37	^[3]
400 m	Nelson Stone (PNG)	47.56	Theo Piniau (PNG)	48.08	Kaminiel Matlaun (PNG)	48.43	^[4]
800 m	Kaminiel Matlaun (PNG)	1:53.85	Adrien Kela (NCL)	1:53.87	Martin Orovo (PNG)	1:57.24	^[2]
1500 m	Adrien Kela (NCL)	4:19.00	George Yamak (PNG)	4:19.38	Martin Orovo (PNG)	4:20.21	^[4]
5000 m	Nordine Benfodda (NCL)	15:54.55	Rosefelo Siosi (SOL)	15:58.04	Loïc Mevel (TAH)	15:59.06	^[5]
10000 m	Rosefelo Siosi (SOL)	33:06.03	Nordine Benfodda (NCL)	33:24.22	Kupsy Bisamo (PNG)	33:31.53	^[2]
Half Marathon	Kupsy Bisamo (PNG)	1:14:11	Georges Richmond (TAH)	1:14:23	Avikash Lal (FIJ)	1:15:07	^[6]

110 m Hurdles	Wala Gime (PNG)	14.80	Mowen Boino (PNG)	14.94	Tutaia Galoiola (SAM)	15.50	^[5]
400 m Hurdles	Mowen Boino (PNG)	52.51	Peniel Joshua (PNG)	53.14	Wala Gime (PNG)	53.70	^[3]
3000 m Steeplechase	Sapolai Yao (PNG)	9:38.89	Skene Kiage (PNG)	9:47.80	Ashneel Nand (FIJ)	9:57.08	^[7]^[8]

4 × 100 m Relay	Papua New Guinea Theo Piniau Nelson Stone Wesley Logorava Kupun Wisil^[9]	40.62	Fiji Albert Miller Jr Vilisoni Rarasea Aaron Powell Banuve Tabakaucoro	41.06	New Caledonia Thomas Kartotaroeno Frédéric Erin Eric Creugnet Davd Alexandrine	42.90	^[10]
4 × 400 m Relay	Papua New Guinea Mowen Boino Kaminiel Matlaun Theo Piniau Nelson Stone^[9]	3:13.86	Fiji Anasa Kaito Ratutira Narara Vilisoni Rarasea Banuve Tabakaucoro	3:15.35	Solomon Islands Moses Ohai'ihi Alwin Muha Mathew Sukulu Emmanuel Tautaumae	3:28.32	^[3]^[11]

Long Jump	Raihau Maiau (TAH)	8.14m +4.5	Frédéric Erin (NCL)	7.78m +4.9	Idau Asigau (PNG)	7.32m +2.7	^[3]
Triple Jump	Eugene Vollmer (FIJ)	15.27m	Peniel Richard (PNG)	15.22m	Frédéric Erin (NCL)	14.97m	^[2]
High Jump	Rajendra Prasad (FIJ)	2.03m	Ogun Robert (NCL)	2.03m	Sailasa Kalouniviti (FIJ)	1.97m	^[12]
Pole Vault	Éric Reuillard (NCL)	4.60m	Karo Iga (PNG)	3.85m	Jean-Bernard Harper (NCL)	3.80m	^[4]

Shot Put	Tumatai Dauphin (TAH)	19.14m	Alexander Rose (SAM)	16.58m	Mustafa Fall (FIJ)	15.78m NR	^[10]
Shot Put Secured	Thierry Cibone (NCL)	9.37m (F/34)	Marcelin Walico (NCL)	10.23m (F/57)	Christian Chee Ayee (TAH)	8.38m (F56)	^[5]
Discus Throw	Alex Rose (SAM)	56.40m	Debono Paraka (PNG)	47.13m	Erwan Cassier (NCL)	45.01m	^[12]
Hammer Throw	Erwan Cassier (NCL)	61.52m	Alexander Rose (SAM)	58.66m NR	Eutesio Toto (NCL)	55.96m	^[4]
Javelin Throw	Leslie Copeland (FIJ)	70.31	Vahaafenua Tipotio (WLF)	65.41	Erwan Cassier (NCL)	61.14	^[8]
Javelin Ambulant	Sent Anis (PNG)	38.25m (F42)	Thierry Washetine (NCL)	47.80m (F/T20)	Lutovico Halagahu (WLF)	41.34m (F44)	^[13]

Decathlon	Robson Yinambe (PNG)	6,288	Lilian Garçon (NCL)	6,182	Soape Polutele (TGA)	5,102	^[2]

Women's results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m	Toea Wisil (PNG)	11.86	Younis Bese (FIJ)	12.27	Sisilia Seavula (FIJ)	12.55	^[2]
200 m	Toea Wisil (PNG)	24.05	Younis Bese (FIJ)	25.21	Sisilia Seavula (FIJ)	25.41	^[3]
400 m	Toea Wisil (PNG)	54.17	Donna Koniel (PNG)	54.29	Betty Burua (PNG)	55.21	^[4]
800 m	Donna Koniel (PNG)	2:12.78	Jenny Albert (PNG)	2:15.79	Solenne Kerleguer (NCL)	2:20.68	^[2]
1500 m	Miriam Goiye (PNG)	4:45.44	Jenny Albert (PNG)	4:45.47	Poro Gahekave (PNG)	4:51.72	^[5]
5000 m	Sharon Firisua (SOL)	18:20.09 GR, NR	Rama Kumilgo (PNG)	18:23.83	Ongan Awa (PNG)	18:24.48	^[7]^[8]
10000 m	Sharon Firisua (SOL)	38:33.04 NR	Ongan Awa (PNG)	39:07.97	Elodie Menou (TAH)	39:32.38	^[4]
Half Marathon	Sharon Firisua (SOL)	1:29:26 NR	Dianah Matekali (SOL)	1:30:24	Miriam Goiye (PNG)	1:31:22	^[6]

100 m Hurdles	Sharon Kwarula (PNG)	14.40	Lucie Turpin (NCL)	14.53	Manuella Gavin (NCL)	14.68	^[5]
400 m Hurdles	Donna Koniel (PNG)	58.28 GR	Sharon Kwarula (PNG)	60.17	Ana Baleveicau (FIJ)	61.89	^[3]
3000 m Steeplechase	Rama Kumilgo (PNG)	11:26.51	Poro Gahekave (PNG)	11:31.66	Heiata Brinkfield (TAH)	12:01.09	^[10]

4 × 100 m Relay	Fiji Sisilia Seavula Makelesi Tumalevu Elenoa Sailosi Younis Bese^[14]	46.17	Papua New Guinea Miriam Peni Toea Wisil Adrine Monagi Sharon Kwarula	46.27	New Caledonia Jeanne Watha Fiona Wawasse Manuella Gavin Esther Wejieme	49.53	^[10]^[11]
4 × 400 m Relay	Papua New Guinea Sharon Kwarula Donna Koniel Afure Adah Toea Wisil^[9]	3:45.13	Fiji Makereta Naulu Elenani Tinai Adi Rayawa Ana Baleveicau	3:46.26	New Caledonia Esther Wejieme Solenne Kerleguer Gaelle Rossignol Peggy Paulmin	4:10.22	^[3]

Long Jump	Rellie Kaputin (PNG)	5.97m NR	Adrine Monagi (PNG)	5.76m	Helen Philemon (PNG)	5.64m	^[3]
Triple Jump	Rellie Kaputin (PNG)	12.65m NR	Milika Tuivanuavou (FIJ)	12.05m	Annie Topal (PNG)	11.99m	^[5]
High Jump	Rellie Kaputin (PNG)	1.77m NR	Naomi Kerari (PNG)	1.67m	Delilah Kami (PNG)	1.64m	^[2]
Pole Vault	Pascale Gacon (NCL)	3.70 m GR	Keona Legoff (NCL)	2.80 m	Teumere Tepea (TAH)	2.70 m	^[7]^[8]

Shot Put	Miliki Tuivanuavou (FIJ)	14.59 m	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	14.31 m	ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva (TGA)	13.03 m	^[7]^[8]
Shot Put Ambulant	Rose Welepa (NCL)	11.07m (F/12)	Regina Edward (PNG)	8.83m	Vero Paul Nime (PNG)	6.42m	^[3]
Discus Throw	Tereapii Tapoki (COK)	48.70m	Anastasia Takosi (NCL)	41.49m	Kasandra Vegas (SAM)	40.23m	^[4]
Hammer Throw	Elise Takosi (NCL)	52.51m GR	Brianna Stephens (NFK)	42.77m	Kasandra Vegas (SAM)	41.99m	^[13]
Javelin Throw	Linda Selui (NCL)	47.72m	Bina Ramesh (NCL)	46.32m	Gwoelani Patu (TAH)	41.99m	^[11]

Heptathlon	Adrine Monagi (PNG)	5,019	Lucie Turpin (NCL)	4,832	Helen Philemon (PNG)	4,451	^[5]

References

^ "Athletics Schedule". Port Moresby 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Results". Inside the Games. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Results". Inside the Games. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Results". Inside the Games. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Results". Inside the Games. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Results". Inside the Games. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results". Inside the Games. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Morgan, Liam (13 July 2015). "Solomon Islands claim gold as two Pacific Games records broken on opening day of Port Moresby 2015 athletics". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "PNG sprinters set the night alight with 4x400m double". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results". Inside the Games. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Etchells, Daniel (16 July 2015). "Papua New Guinea secure 4x400m relay double on another golden night of Pacific Games athletics". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Results". Inside the Games. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Results". Inside the Games. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ "4X100m relay thriller". Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-04-17.

External links

Full results

[1] "Athletics Schedule". Port Moresby 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[itg-14th-res1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Results". Inside the Games. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[itg-17th-res1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Results". Inside the Games. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[itg-15th-res-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Results". Inside the Games. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[itg-16th-res2-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Results". Inside the Games. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[itg-18th-res-6] "Results". Inside the Games. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[itg-13th-res-7] "Results". Inside the Games. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

[itg-13th-8] Morgan, Liam (13 July 2015). "Solomon Islands claim gold as two Pacific Games records broken on opening day of Port Moresby 2015 athletics". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[double-9] "PNG sprinters set the night alight with 4x400m double". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-17.

[itg-17th-res2-10] "Results". Inside the Games. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[itg-16th-11] Etchells, Daniel (16 July 2015). "Papua New Guinea secure 4x400m relay double on another golden night of Pacific Games athletics". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

[itg-16th-res1-12] "Results". Inside the Games. 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[itg-14th-res2-13] "Results". Inside the Games. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[14] "4X100m relay thriller". Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-04-17.

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