| Athletics at the VIII Pacific Mini Games | |
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| Colour: | yellow |
| Host City: | Rarotonga, Cook Islands  |
| Dates: | September 22–26 |
| Stadium: | Bank of the Cook Islands National Stadium |
| Nations Participating: | 16 |
| Athletes Participating: | 175 |
| Events: | 41 (21 men, 20 women) |
| Level: | Senior |
| Previous: | 2005 Koror |
| Next: | 2013 Mata-Utu |
| Games: | 2009 Pacific Mini Games |
Athletics competitions at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games were held at the Bank of the Cook Islands National Stadium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between September 22–26, 2009.
A total of 41 events were contested, 21 by men and 20 by women.
Medal winners and their results were published on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage by Bob Snow.
Complete results can also be found on the Oceania Athletics Association, and on the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee webpages.
| 100 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s) | 10.59 | 10.68 | 10.75 | ||||||
| 200 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s) | 21.33 | 21.70 | 22.16 | ||||||
| 400 metres | 48.83 | 49.68 | 49.92 | ||||||
| 800 metres | 1:55.60 | 1:56.39 | 1:59.14 | ||||||
| 1500 metres | / | 4:11.17 | 4:15.11 | 4:15.62 | |||||
| 5000 metres | / | 15:53.92 | 16:07.22 | 16:25.65 | |||||
| 10000 metres | 33:07.83 | 33:27.84 | / | 33:35.56 | |||||
| Half Marathon | 1:14:01.52 | 1:14:55.73 | 1:15:38.13 | ||||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 10:07.43 | 10:14.35 | bgcolor=#def | bgcolor=#def | 10:14.80 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.6 m/s) | 15.27 | 15.31 | / | 15.36 | |||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 55.12 | 57.33 | 57.64 | ||||||
| High Jump | / | 1.95m | 1.92m | 1.89m | |||||
| Long Jump | / | 7.73m (wind: +0.0 m/s) | 7.45m (wind: +1.4 m/s) | 6.84m (wind: +0.4 m/s) | |||||
| Triple Jump | / | 16.03m (wind: +0.0 m/s) | / | 14.10m (wind: +0.2 m/s) | 13.69m (wind: +0.9 m/s) | ||||
| Shot Put | / | 16.17m | 16.16m | 13.85m | |||||
| Discus Throw | / | 46.57m | 46.46m | / | 45.68m | ||||
| Hammer Throw | / | 56.35m | / | 50.74m | 47.33m | ||||
| Javelin Throw | 74.92m | / | 63.32m |  / | 63.19m | ||||
| Octathlon | 4719pts | 4138pts | bgcolor=#def | bgcolor=#def | |||||
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 41.20 | 43.35 | 43.97 | ||||||
| 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:20.49 | 3:27.64 | bgcolor=#def | bgcolor=#def | 3:36.04 |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) | 11.97 | 12.46 | 12.62 | ||||||||
| 200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | 24.52 | 25.07 | 25.33 | ||||||||
| 400 metres | 55.71 | 58.02 | 58.89 | ||||||||
| 800 metres | 2:18.40 | 2:19.82 | 2:20.13 | ||||||||
| 1500 metres | 5:04.43 | 5:05.91 | 5:05.92 | ||||||||
| 5000 metres | 20:10.29 | 20:10.67 | / | 20:20.63 | |||||||
| 10000 metres | / | 41:24.10 | 42:08.95 | bgcolor=#def | / | bgcolor=#def | 42:37.81 | ||||
| Half Marathon | / | 1:29:24.65 | / | 1:36:37.93 | 1:38:21.26 | ||||||
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s) | 15.14 | 15.21 | 15.53 | ||||||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 65.32 | 65.90 | 68.12 | ||||||||
| High Jump | 1.62m | 1.62m | 1.53m | ||||||||
| Long Jump | 5.62m (wind: +1.0 m/s) | 5.54m (wind: +0.0 m/s) | 5.51m (wind: +0.1 m/s) | ||||||||
| Triple Jump | 11.58m (wind: +1.3 m/s) | 11.31m (wind: +1.6 m/s) | 10.29m (wind: +1.0 m/s) NR | ||||||||
| Shot Put | 16.53m | 14.52m | 13.88m | ||||||||
| Discus Throw | 53.10m | 50.94m | 48.46m | ||||||||
| Hammer Throw | 50.70m | / | 49.80m | / | 42.57m | ||||||
| Javelin Throw | / | 47.66m | / | 47.48m | 45.24m | ||||||
| Heptathlon | 4745pts | 4723pts | 4258pts | ||||||||
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 47.63 | 48.61 | bgcolor=#def | bgcolor=#def | |||||||
| 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:56.05 | bgcolor=#def | bgcolor=#def | 4:24.50 | bgcolor=#def | bgcolor=#def |
The official start list contains 175 athletes from 17 countries. However, in the result lists, the announced 9 athletes from Guam did not appear, but only athletes from the following 16 countries:
(21)
(31)
(25)
(7)
(5)
(18)
(7)
(1)
(4)
(5)
(13)
(15)
(5)
(3)/ (4)Medals were not awarded to place-getters in events where insufficient competitors took part. Five events (Men: 3,000 metre Steeplechase, 4 × 400 metre Relay and Octathlon; Women: 10,000 metre and 4 × 100 metre Relay) had only three competitors, and one event (Women's 4 × 400 metre Relay) had only two competitors.[1] As recorded in the list of medal winners on the official website,[2] those events with three competitors had no bronze medal awarded, and the event with two competitors had no silver or bronze awarded (: While the athletes' names on the official website's list of medal winners appear correct, their recorded nationalities are mismatched in some cases. e.g. New Caledonians are listed as from Federated States of Micronesia, Fijians are listed as from Niue).