Vanuatu at the 2018 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	VAN
Cganame:	Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2018
Flagcaption:	Flag of Vanuatu
Location:	Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors:	18
Sports:	4
Flagbearer:	Miller Pata (opening)
Rank:	37
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
App Begin Year:	1982
Start Date:	4 April 2018
End Date:	15 April 2018

Vanuatu competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Beach volleyball athlete Miller Pata was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The country won its first ever Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by para athlete Friana Kwevira in the women's javelin throw (F46) event.^[5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	3	5	8
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Boxing	3	0	3
Table tennis	2	3	5
Total	8	10	18

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				April 9
				April 12

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Beach volleyball	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Medals by day
Day	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
5 April	0	0	0	0
6 April	0	0	0	0
7 April	0	0	0	0
8 April	0	0	0	0
9 April	0	0	1	1
10 April	0	0	0	0
11 April	0	0	0	0
12 April	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	0	0	2	2
Male	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	2	2

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Vanuatu participated with 8 athletes (3 men and 5 women).

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Bradly Toa	200 m	22.43	5	did not advance
400 m	49.10	6	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Simon Charley	10000 m
3000 m steeplechase	10:03.08	11

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roslyn Nalin	100 m	13.01	7	did not advance
Dephnny Naliupis	100 m (T35)	26.49	7
Valentine Hello	align=left rowspan=2	400 m	58.62	7	Colspan=4	did not advance
Roslyn Nalin	1:00.72	8	did not advance
Valentine Hello	800 m	2:18.26	9	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Friana Kwevira	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw (F46)	24.54
Marcelline Moli	16.17	5

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Vanuatu qualified a women's beach volleyball team for a total of two athletes.^[6]

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Vanuatu participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Berry Namri	−49 kg		L 0–5	Colspan=3	did not advance
Gill Kalai	−52 kg	L 0–5	Colspan=4	did not advance
Boe Warawara	−56 kg	L 0–5	Colspan=4	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Vanuatu participated with 5 athletes (2 men and 3 women).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ham Lulu	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 4 - 0	L 0 - 4	2	did not advance
Yoshua Shing	W 4 - 0	L 1 - 4	2	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu	align=left rowspan=3	Women's singles	W 4 - 0	L 1 - 4	2		did not advance
Stephanie Qwea	L 1 - 4	L 1 - 4	3		did not advance
Priscilla Tommy	W 4 - 0	W 4 - 0	1 Q		L 0 - 4	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ham Lulu Yoshua Shing	Men's doubles		L 1 - 3	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu Priscilla Tommy	Women's doubles		W 3 - 0	L 0 - 3	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu Yoshua Shing	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed doubles	W 3 - 1	L 0 - 3	did not advance
Priscilla Tommy Ham Lulu	L 0 - 3	did not advance

Team

See also

• Vanuatu at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: 71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family . www.gc2018.com/ . Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation . 8 October 2016.
2. Web site: Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony. Morgan. Liam. 4 April 2018. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 4 April 2018.
3. News: Nasse. Raymond. 6 April 2018. Vanuatu’s Miller juggling nappies and Commonwealth Games glory. Vanuatu Daily Post. Port Vila, Vanuatu. 8 April 2018.
4. Web site: Haffenden. Damien. Meet the Opening Ceremony flagbearers. www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast Organizing Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (GOLDOC). 4 April 2018. 6 April 2018.
5. Web site: Simbine stuns Blake to win Commonwealth Games 100 metres. Butler. Nick. 9 April 2018. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 9 April 2018.
6. Web site: Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced. 23 January 2018. www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 20 March 2018.