Athletics at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games

The athletics competition at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games was held from the 11–14 December 2017 at the newly upgraded Korman Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Athletics at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games
Dates	11-14 December
Host city	Port Vila, Vanuatu
Venue	Korman Stadium
Events	47 (including 4 para events)
Participation	18 nations
← Mata Utu 2013 Saipan 2022 → 2017 Pacific Mini Games

Participating nations

Eighteen teams entered athletes for the track and field competitions.

Medal table

Papua New Guinea topped the medal table, winning seventeen gold. Hosts Vanuatu were a creditable fourth with the second highest medal total overall.

  *   Host nation (Vanuatu)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea	17	17	12	46
2	New Caledonia	9	5	5	19
3	Fiji	7	11	4	22
4	Vanuatu*	4	7	12	23
5	Solomon Islands	3	2	1	6
6	Cook Islands	3	1	1	5
7	Tonga	2	1	2	5
8	Wallis and Futuna	1	1	3	5
9	Samoa	1	1	1	3
10	Guam	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		47	46	42	135

Event summary

A total of 47 events were contested at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games athletics competition.

  Medals not awarded or not officially counted

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m	Nazmie-Lee Marai Papua New Guinea	10.84	Kelvin Masoe Samoa	10.88	Kolinio Radrudru Fiji	11.04
200 m	Nazmie-Lee Marai Papua New Guinea	21.66	Theo Piniau Papua New Guinea	21.94	Brandy Mento Vanuatu	21.95
400 m	Benjamin Aliel Papua New Guinea	48.01	Bradly Toa Vanuatu	48.15	Ephraim Lerkin Papua New Guinea	48.20
800 m	Alex Beddoes Cook Islands	1:54.77	Martin Orovo Papua New Guinea	1:55.77	Petero Veitaqomaki Fiji	1:57.12
1500 m	Petero Veitaqomaki Fiji	4:19.10	Martin Orovo Papua New Guinea	4:19.85	Samson Laus Vanuatu	4:19.88
5000 m	Simbai Kaspar Papua New Guinea	16:00.10	Avikash Lal Fiji	16:07.56	Jack Nawka Lelow Vanuatu	16:10.77
10000 m	Simon Charley Vanuatu	34:05.91	Armon Napuat Vanuatu	34:07.84	Simbai Kaspar Papua New Guinea	34:27.40
Half-marathon	Simon Charley Vanuatu	1:15:44	Avikash Lal Fiji	1:16:08	Jack Nawka Lelow Vanuatu	1:17:38
110 m hurdles	Talatala Po'oi Tonga	14.78	Errol Qaqa Fiji	15.21	Kolone Alefosio Samoa	15.23
400 m hurdles	Mowen Boino Papua New Guinea	52.10	Ephraim Lerkin Papua New Guinea	52.25	Talatala Po'oi Tonga	53.63
3000 m steeplechase	Simon Charley Vanuatu	9:44.37	Jack Nawka Lelow Vanuatu	9:48.54	Simbai Kaspar Papua New Guinea	9:55.81
4 × 100 m relay	Fiji Sireli Bulivorovoro Tony Lemeki Kolinio Radrudru Aaron Powell	41.30	Papua New Guinea Charles Livuan Nelson Stone Nazmie-Lee Marai Kupun Wisil	41.30	Vanuatu Steeve Lolten Bradly Toa Brandy Mento Markly Simeon	41.73
4 × 400 m relay	Papua New Guinea Benjamin Aliel Nelson Stone Mowen Boino Ephraim Lerkin	3:16.89	Fiji Kameli Ravuki Sailosi Tubuilagi Petero Veitaqomaki Samuela Railoa	3:17.88	Vanuatu Jackfrey Tamathui Frem Nathan Bernard Kapalu Bradly Toa	3:20.19
High jump	Malakai Kaiwalu Fiji	2.06 m	Peniel Richard Papua New Guinea	2.03 m	Mosese Foliaki Tonga	2.00 m
Pole vault	Florian Geffrouais New Caledonia	4.00 m	Mosese Foliaki Tonga	3.5 0m	Vinceslas Tauvale Wallis and Futuna	3.40 m
Long jump	Roland Hure Papua New Guinea	7.08 m	Sireli Bulivorovoro Fiji	7.00 m	Kevin Paul Vanuatu	6.88 m
Triple jump	Peniel Richard Papua New Guinea	15.45 m	Eugene Vollmer Fiji	15.30 m	Ulric Buama New Caledonia	14.86 m
Shot put	Selevasio-Ryan Valao Wallis and Futuna	14.71 m	Mustafa Fall Fiji	14.60 m	Erwan Cassier New Caledonia	13.82 m
Discus throw	Debono Paraka Papua New Guinea	50.17 m	Selevasio-Ryan Valao Wallis and Futuna	48.84 m	Erwan Cassier New Caledonia	47.33 m
Hammer throw	Erwan Cassier New Caledonia	57.05 m	Petelo Toto New Caledonia	53.24 m	Debono Paraka Papua New Guinea	37.17 m
Javelin throw	Donny Tuimaseve Samoa	63.73 m	Pita Tamani Fiji	62.15 m	Jack Nasawa Vanuatu	60.98 m
Decathlon	Florian Geffrouais New Caledonia	7,354 pts	Stephen Ham Vanuatu	5,291 pts	Sililo Kivalu Wallis and Futuna	4,585 pts

Men's para-athletics

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m ambulant	Sylvain Bova New Caledonia	12.13 (T11/Guide)	Peter Dick Vanuatu	13.51 (F46)	Marc Houssimoli Vanuatu	14.67 (T/F37)
Javelin ambulant	Thierry Washetine New Caledonia	43.54 m (T/F20)	Iosefo Rakesa Fiji	27.43 m (F40)	Manako Fal Aveuki Wallis and Futuna	39.87 m (F43)
Shot put secured	Thierry Cibone New Caledonia	9.70 m (F34)	Marcelin Walico New Caledonia	10.50 m (F57)	Jone Bogidrau Fiji	7.69 m (F57)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m	Toea Wisil Papua New Guinea	12.00	Patricia Taea Cook Islands	12.08	Makereta Naulu Fiji	12.19
200 m	Patricia Taea Cook Islands	24.16	Toea Wisil Papua New Guinea	25.13	Afure Adah Papua New Guinea	25.33
400 m	Miriama Senokonoko Fiji	57.34	Elenani Tinai Fiji	57.90	Nancy Malamut Papua New Guinea	58.24
800 m	Valentine Hello Vanuatu	2:16.76	Poro Gahekave Papua New Guinea	2:18.00	Tuna Tine Papua New Guinea	2:19.38
1500 m	Poro Gahekave Papua New Guinea	4:55.77	Jenny Albert Papua New Guinea	4:57.77	Genina Criss Guam	4:58.63
5000 m	Sharon Firisua Solomon Islands	18:28.81	Poro Gahekave Papua New Guinea	18:44.45	Dianah Matekali Solomon Islands	19:20.59
10000 m	Sharon Firisua Solomon Islands	39:25.94	Dianah Matekali Solomon Islands	40:34.80	Celine Hirzel New Caledonia	42:02.82
Half-marathon	Sharon Firisua Solomon Islands	1:27:31	Dianah Matekali Solomon Islands	1:31:25	not awarded	n/a
100 m hurdles	Adrine Monagi Papua New Guinea	14.65	not awarded	n/a	not awarded	n/a
400 m hurdles	Raylyne Kanam Papua New Guinea	65.43	Annie Topal Papua New Guinea	66.21	not awarded	n/a
3000 m steeplechase	Poro Gahekave Papua New Guinea	11:54.37	Esther Boram Papua New Guinea	12:44.76	Tuna Tine Papua New Guinea	12:56.38
4 × 100 m relay	Fiji Serenia Ragatu Elenoa Sailosi Miriama Senokonoko Makereta Naulu	47.43	Papua New Guinea Miriam Peni Toea Wisil Afure Adah Nancy Malamut	47.67	Vanuatu Judithe Alatoa Christelle Kalopong Lyza Malres Roslyn Nalin	49.03
4 × 400 m relay	Fiji Makereta Naulu Elenani Tinai Serenia Ragatu Miriama Senokonoko	3:54.43	Vanuatu Roslyn Nalin Lyza Malres Esther Thomas Valentine Hello	4:00.86	not awarded	n/a
High jump	Shawntell Lockington Fiji	1.70 m	Rellie Kaputin Papua New Guinea	1.65 m	Jeannette Wacapo New Caledonia	1.40 m
Long jump	Rellie Kaputin Papua New Guinea	6.40 m	Annie Topal Papua New Guinea	5.68 m	Adrine Monagi Papua New Guinea	5.59 m
Triple jump	Rellie Kaputin Papua New Guinea	13.26 m	Miriama Senokonoko Fiji	12.46 m	Annie Topal Papua New Guinea	12.22 m
Shot put	ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva Tonga	14.95 m	Ashley Bologna New Caledonia	14.53 m	Tereapii Tapoki Cook Islands	12.75 m
Discus throw	Tereapii Tapoki Cook Islands	47.11 m	Atana Takosi New Caledonia	43.78 m	Selare Malep Vanuatu	31.85 m
Hammer throw	Leïna Durand New Caledonia	43.67 m	Jacklyn Travertz Papua New Guinea	41.22 m NR	Sharon Toako Papua New Guinea	35.50 m
Javelin throw	Linda Selui New Caledonia	45.41 m	Sharon Toako Papua New Guinea	44.42 m	not awarded	n/a
Heptathlon	Adrine Monagi Papua New Guinea	4,837 pts	Jemila Kuao Vanuatu	2,646 pts	Liliy Lawantak Vanuatu	2,436 pts

Women's para-athletics

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
Shot put ambulant	Rose Vandegou New Caledonia	7.24 m (F41)	Rose Wélépa New Caledonia	9.78 m (F12)	Vero Nime Papua New Guinea	6.46 m (F42)

See also

• Athletics at the Pacific Games

Sources

• "Pacific Mini Games: Athletics Results" (PDF). Athletics Oceania. 18 December 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2017.