List of Vanuatuan records in athletics explained

The following are the national records in athletics in Vanuatu maintained by the Vanuatu Athletics Federation.

Outdoor

Key to tables:

h = hand timing

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.64 (+0.5 m/s)	Moses Kamut	26 July 2005	South Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau
	10.64 (-0.6 m/s)	Moses Kamut	18 February 2006	Melbourne Track Classic	Melbourne, Australia
	10.64 (+2.0 m/s)	Moses Kamut	15 March 2008		Auckland, New Zealand
	10.4	Carles Godden	31 August 1968		Port Vila, New Hebrides
		Carles Godden	15 August 1970		Port Vila, New Hebrides
		Jerry Jeremiah	4 September 1984		Luganville, Vanuatu
200 m	21.57 (-2.7 m/s)	Moses Kamut	19 August 2007	Melanesian Regional Championships	Cairns, Australia
400 m	47.62	Baptiste Firiam	7 March 1996		Sydney, Australia
800 m	1:51.13	Arnold Sorina	8 October 2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	^[1]
1000 m	2:32.55	Tavakalo Kailes	26 July 1995		Flein, Germany
1500 m	3:58.28	Tawai Keiruan	16 December 1993	South Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu
3000 m	8:54.8	Tawai Keiruan	11 March 1995		Canberra, Australia
5000 m	15:08.1	Tawai Keiruan	25 July 1997		Port Vila, Vanuatu
10000 m	33:04.1	Jimmy Sandy Sam	7 July 2003	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji
Half marathon	1:12:39	Philip Nausien	4 July 2010	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	^[2]
110 m hurdles	15.92	Ben John	14 December 1993	South Pacific Min Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu
	15.4	Pakoa William	7 September 1982		Port Vila, Vanuatu
	15.33	Dicko Japheth	14 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	^[3]
400 m hurdles	52.94	David Benjimen	21 June 2011	Oceania Regional Championships	Apia, Samoa
3000 m steeplechase	9:21.11	Tawai Keiruan	18 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia
High jump	2.00 m	Édouard Robsen	2 August 1985	South Pacific Mini Games	Avarua, Cook Islands
Pole vault	3.70 m	André Koulon	28 July 1975		Port Vila, New Hebrides
Long jump	7.18 m	Georges Taniel	1 September 1984		Luganville, Vanuatu
Triple jump	14.65 m	Georges Taniel	31 August 1978		Pirae, French Polynesia
Shot put	14.27 m	Georges Laurence	27 June 1980		Port Vila, Vanuatu
Discus throw	45.84 m	Georges Laurence	7 September 1982		Port Vila, Vanuatu
Hammer throw	22.56 m	Michael Rite	14 December 2001	South Pacific Mini Games	Middlegate, Norfolk Island
Hammer throw	34.31 m	Lachlan Kalsau	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	^[4]
Javelin throw	54.04 m (new design)	Willie Atie	30 August 2006		Ambae, Vanuatu
	60.98 m (new design)	Jack Nasawa	11 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	^[5]
	65.54 m^† (old design)	Bruno Cevuard	7 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji
Decathlon	5448 pts	David Naupa	14–15 September 1971	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia
Decathlon	11.49 (100 m), 6.20 m (long jump), 8.67 m (shot put), 1.66 m (high jump), 51.0 (400 m) / 18.24 (110 m hurdles), 22.36 m (discus), 2.80 m (pole vault), 46.46 m (javelin), 4:33.9 (1500 m)
10 km walk (road)	1:02:31	Jessie Owens	18 June 1995		Port Vila, Vanuatu
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4×100 m relay	41.79	Fletcher Wambo Baptiste Firiam Jerome Jeremiah Kay Taiwa	21 September 1991	South Pacific Games	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
	41.73	Steeve Lolten Bradly Toa Brandy Mento Markly Simeon	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	^[6]
	41.26 ^[7]	Franckie Mariello Jansen Molisingi Baptiste Firiam Laurence Jack	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia
4×400 m relay	3:16.09	Tavakalo Kailes Jean-Pierre Tiopang Tawai Keiruan Baptiste Firiam	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia

^†: Result obtained during decathlon

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	12.58	Leitaou Essaou	31 August 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji
	12.54 (+0.3 m/s)	Roslyn Nalin	11 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	^[8]
	12.30	Georgette Delaplane^‡	7 September 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia
	12.0	Georgette Delaplane^‡	12 July 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia
200 m	24.85	Mary Estelle Kapalu	22 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia
200 m	24.8	Mary Estelle Kapalu	25 June 1995		Lae, Papua New Guinea
400 m	53.92	Mary Estelle Kapalu	5 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden
800 m	2:13.69	Mary Estelle Kapalu	22 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia
1500 m	4:59.49	Lilly Hunai	11 June 1999	South Pacific Games	Santa Rita, Guam
3000 m	11:09.2	Lily Iawantak	4 September 2001		Port Vila, Vanuatu
5000 m	20:26.9	Serah Kausir	22 August 2003		Lenakel, Vanuatu
10000 m	48:29.0	Marie Rose	12–14 December 2016		Luganville, Vanuatu
100 m hurdles	15.68	Leitaou Essaou	7 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji
100 m hurdles	14.90	Georgette Delaplane^‡	30 August 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia
400 m hurdles	58.68	Mary Estelle Kapalu	28 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
3000 m steeplechase
3000 m steeplechase	13:22.35	Marie Nakou	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	^[9]
High jump	1.51 m	Anna Lemus-Bihu	31 August 1978		Pirae, French Polynesia
High jump	1.58 m	Loain Pierrez^‡	6 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji
Pole vault
Long jump	5.45 m	Anna Lemus-Bihu	12 November 1977		Port Vila, New Hebrides
Long jump	5.74 m	Georgette Delaplane^‡	28 August 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia
Triple jump	10.68 m	Fiona Peters	24 July 1997		Port Vila, Vanuatu
Shot put	12.05 m	Madeleine Nirua	9 June 1979		Port Vila, New Hebrides
Discus throw	38.56 m	Maryline Adam	9 September 1983	South Pacific Games	Apia, Western Samoa
Hammer throw	17.87 m	Rolline Lesines	24 May 1998		Port Vila, Vanuatu
Hammer throw	19.31 m	Elis Malep	12 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	^[10]
Javelin throw	36.36 m (new design)	Rachelle Revevouro	7 September 2001		Port Vila, Vanuatu
Javelin throw	42.12 m (old design)	Germaine Naio	1972		Port Vila, New Hebrides
Heptathlon	2345 pts	Elisa Rouvone	11 July 1998		Port Vila, Vanuatu
Heptathlon	22.0 (100 m hurdles), 1.27 m (high jump), 7.35 m (shot put), 29.7 (200 m), 4.30 m (long jump), 21.67 m (javelin), 3:09.6 (800 m)
20 km walk (road)
4×100 m relay	49.03	Odile Daruhi Aline Mermer Olivette Bice Mary Estelle Kapalu	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia
4×100 m relay	49.03	Judithe Alatoa Christelle Kalopong Lyza Malres Roslyn Nalin	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	^[11]
4×400 m relay	3:57.50	Odile Daruhi Aline Mermer Olivette Bice Mary Estelle Kapalu	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia

^‡: French citizens

Mixed

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	7.06	Daniel Philimon	19 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[13]
200 m
400 m	50.67	Nathan Kalman	18 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[14]
400 m	49.92	Tikie Mael	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[15]
800 m	1:54.44	Arnold Sorina	9 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[16]
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	5.98 m	Frenly Volul	19 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[17]
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
Heptathlon
5000 m walk
4×400 m relay	3:28.52	Paul Nalau George Molisingi Daniel Philimon Nathan Kalman	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	^[18]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	9.06	Daphne Nalawas	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	^[19]
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
Pentathlon
3000 m walk
4×400 m relay

References

General

World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2019: National Outdoor Records
World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2018: National Indoor Records

Specific

Notes and References

Web site: 800 Metres Heats Results. www.stats.cbc.ca. 2010-10-09. 2010-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20101015235352/http://stats.cbc.ca/commonwealth/cwg_events.aspx?c=c1s4yf2jk347y&s=3&d=5&e=512. 2010-10-15. dead.
Web site: Philip Nausien Gold Coast Half Marathon Result. www.results.au.eventdirector.net. 2010-07-04. 2010-12-25.
Web site: Pacific Mini Games 2017 – Day 4 Results. OAA. 17 December 2017. 17 December 2017.
News: Pacific Mini Games 2017 – Day 3 Results. OAA. 13 December 2017. 16 December 2017.
News: MENS PARA-ATHLETES JAVELIN Included for the first time in Pacific Mini- Games. van2017.com. Rachel Ernest. Florence Vanua. 11 December 2017. 11 December 2017.
News: Pacific Mini Games 2017 Results. sportstg.com. 13 December 2017. 13 December 2017.
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News: Pacific Mini Games 2017 – Day 1 Results. van2017.com. 11 December 2017. 16 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171216113406/http://www.van2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Athletics-1-1.pdf. 16 December 2017. dead.
News: Pacific Mini Games 2017 – Day 3 Results. OAA. 13 December 2017. 16 December 2017.
News: Pacific Mini Games 2017 – Day 2 Results. OAA. 12 December 2017. 16 December 2017.
News: Pacific Mini Games 2017 Results. sportstg.com. 13 December 2017. 13 December 2017.
Web site: Senior Mixed 4×400m Relay Final Result. OAA. 7 June 2024.
Web site: 60m Heat 3 Results. ashgabat2017.com. 19 September 2017. 21 September 2017.
Web site: 400m Heat 1 Results. ashgabat2017.com. 18 September 2017. 18 September 2017.
Web site: Men's 400m Heats Results. IAAF. 2 March 2018. 2 March 2018.
Web site: 800 Metres Round 1 Results. IAAF. 9 March 2012. 9 March 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316144409/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-800-M-h----.RS4.pdf. 16 March 2012.
Web site: Long Jump Results. ashgabat2017.com. 19 September 2017. 23 September 2017.
Web site: 4×400m Relay Heat 2 Results. ashgabat2017.com. 20 September 2017. 25 September 2017.
Web site: 60 Metres Round 1 Results. IAAF. 10 March 2012. 10 February 2013.