| Athletics at the XVI Pacific Games | |
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| Dates: | 15–20 July |
| Stadium: | Apia Park |
| Nations Participating: | 21 |
| Events: | 49 (including 6 para events) |
| Level: | Senior |
| Previous: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
| Games: | 2019 Pacific Games |
Athletics was one of the 26 sports contested at the 2019 Pacific Games hosted by Samoa. The track and field events were held at Apia Park on 15–20 July, with the half marathon staged on a course at the Apia waterfront on 20 July. Forty-nine athletics events were contested at the games, including six parasport events.
A total of 21 countries, nineteen Pacific Games Association members plus Australia and New Zealand, competed in athletics at the 2019 games. It was the first Pacific Games where track and field athletes from Australia and New Zealand had participated.
Note: A number shown in brackets is the size of the athletics contingent (excluding para-athletes) for each country.
Papua New Guinea topped the medal table for athletics, retaining the position they won four years earlier. Fiji came in second while New Caledonia finished third. Host nation Samoa was ranked eighth with nine medals including one gold.
| Ref | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m (wind: -0.8 m/s) | 10.31 (GR) | 10.48 | 10.56 (PB) | [1] | ||||
| 200 m (wind: -1.0 m/s) | 20.87 (SB) | 20.91 | 21.70 (SB) | [2] | ||||
| 400 m | 45.62 (GR) | 47.31 (PB) | 47.63 (PB) | [3] | ||||
| 800 m | 1:53.18 | 1:53.78 | 1:54.72 | [4] | ||||
| 1500 m | 4:03.13 | 4:06.09 | 4:07.10 | [5] | ||||
| 5000 m | 15:45.54 | 15:48.93 | 14:57.00 | [6] | ||||
| 10000 m | 33:34.90 (SB) | 33:36.86 | 33:39.01 | [7] | ||||
| Half marathon | 1:12:06 (SB) | 1:14:23 (SB) | 1:15:05 | [8] | ||||
| 110 m hurdles (wind: +2.0 m/s) | 14.52 (PB) | 14.55 | 14.88 | [9] | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 50.86 (GR) | 51.80 (PB) | 52.82 | [10] | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:37.14 | 10:14.17 | 10:16.44 | [11] | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 40.18 (SB) | 40.26 (NR) | Linus Kuravi Thoa Ora Manoka John Michael Penny | 41.34 | [12] | |||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.06 (SB) | Meli Romuakalou Petero Veitaqomaki Samuela Railoa Kameli Ravuci | 3:15.98 | Tikie Mael Andrew Mahittatan Obediah Timbaci Nathan Kalman | 3:17.90 | [13] | ||
| High jump | 2.06 m (NR) | 1.99 m | shared silver | [14] | ||||
| 1.99 m (SB) | ||||||||
| Pole vault | 4.60 m | 4.60 m | 3.50 m | [15] | ||||
| Long jump | 7.65 m (NR) (-2.2 m/s) | 7.27 m (PB) (-2.0 m/s) | 7.01 m (-2.6 m/s) | [16] | ||||
| Triple jump | 15.53 m (NWI) | 15.51 m (-0.3 m/s) | 14.45 m (NWI) | [17] | ||||
| Shot put | 17.75 m (NR) | 17.40 m (SB) | 16.07 m (SB) | [18] | ||||
| Discus throw | 50.03 m (PB) | 49.54 m | 48.03 m | [19] | ||||
| Hammer throw | 57.19 m (SB) | 54.85 m | 36.57 m | [20] | ||||
| Javelin throw | 62.41 m (PB) | 53.53 m | 52.72 m | [21] | ||||
| Decathlon | 7419 pts (GR) | 6643 pts | 6521 pts | [22] | ||||
| Ref | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m ambulant | 11.86 | 11.78 | 12.87 | [23] | ||||
| Shot put seated | 9.45 m | 11.12 m | 6.74 m | [24] | ||||
| Javelin ambulant | 44.46 m | 46.61 m | 31.90 m | [25] |
The pole vault event for women was not contested.
| Ref | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m (wind: -0.4 m/s) | 11.56 | 11.82 | 11.94 | [26] | |||||
| 200 m (wind: 2.4 m/s) | 23.45 | 24.01 | 24.40 | [27] | |||||
| 400 m | 53.90 | 55.71 | 56.35 | [28] | |||||
| 800 m | 2:10.53 (GR) | 2:14.17 | 2:16.30 | [29] | |||||
| 1500 m | 4:42.04 (PB) | 4:51.36 | 4:52.04 | [30] | |||||
| 5000 m | 18:27.46 (PB) | 19:14.50 | 19:31.38 | [31] | |||||
| 10000 m | 41:19.92 | 42:14.65 | 42:27.90 | [32] | |||||
| Half marathon | 1:29:55 | 1:30:10 | 1:32:36 | [33] | |||||
| 100 m hurdles (wind: +0.1 m/s) | 13.17 (GR) | 13.99 | 14.25 | [34] | |||||
| 400 m hurdles | 1:00.14 | 1:01.01 (NR) | 1:02.39 | [35] | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 11:38.42 | 11:59.25 | bgcolor=#def | bgcolor=#def | 12:15.65 | [36] | |||
| 4 × 100 m relay | Younis Bese Elenani Tinai Makereta Naulu Heleina Young | 45.76 | 45.97 (NR) | Roslyn Nalin Lyza Malres Lesbeth Kalopong Nerry Bongnaim | 50.34 | [37] | |||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:44.86 | Heleina Young Ana Baleveicau Serenia Ragatu Elenani Tinai | 3:46.72 | Valentine Hello Lesbeth Kalopong Lyza Malres Roslyn Nalin | 3:59.54 | [38] | |||
| High jump | 1.68 m | 1.65 m | 1.59 m | [39] | |||||
| Long jump | 6.15 m (+0.0 m/s) | 5.68 m (+1.3 m/s) | 5.55 m (+0.7 m/s) | [40] | |||||
| Triple jump | 12.91 m (-3.7 m/s) | 12.44 m (-2.5 m/s) | 11.45 m (-1.8 m/s) | [41] | |||||
| Shot put | 16.61 m (PB) | 13.12 m | 12.63 m | [42] | |||||
| Discus throw | 45.41 m | 44.63 m | 40.39 m | [43] | |||||
| Hammer throw | 64.37 m (GR) | 51.73 m | 47.99 m | [44] | |||||
| Javelin throw | 47.13 m | 45.49 m | 42.17 m | [45] | |||||
| Heptathlon | 4550 pts | 4101 pts | 3848 pts | [46] | |||||
| Ref | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m ambulant | 13.88 | 21.69 | 15.26 | [47] | ||||
| Shot put ambulant | 7.83 m | 7.05 m | 6.71 m | [48] | ||||
| Javelin ambulant | 22.14 m | 13.56 m | 18.25 m | [49] |
Erwan Cassier dedicated his win to his late father, Frédéric Cassier, who won the title in Apia, in 1983.
Toea Wisil broke the women's 100 metre games record in her first round heat clocking 11.50 seconds. The previous record was 11.55 seconds.
The women's 3000m steeplechase only had 3 entries. Therefore according to the Samoa 2019 Athletics technical manual section 9.3, only gold and silver will be awarded in events with such cases.