Athletics at the 1979 South Pacific Games

Athletics at the VI South Pacific Games
Dates	August 29 - September 8
Host city	Suva, Fiji
Level	Senior
Events	37 (22 men, 15 women)
Participation	16 nations
← 1975 Tumon, Guam 1983 Apia → 1979 South Pacific Games

Athletics competitions at the 1979 South Pacific Games were held in Suva, Fiji, between August 29 - September 8, 1979.^[1]

A total of 37 events were contested, 22 by men and 15 by women.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage courtesy of Tony Isaacs and Børre Lilloe,^[2] and on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage by Bob Snow.^[3]

Complete results can also be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.^[1]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Samuela Yavala (FIJ)	10.86	(NCL)	10.86	(SAM)	11.02
200 metres	(NCL)	22.12	Patrice Manuel (PYF)	22.47	Inoke Bainimoli (FIJ)   (SAM)	22.52
400 metres	(PNG)	48.73	(PYF)	49.33	(FIJ)	49.73
800 metres	(FIJ)	1:54.12	Alain Lazare (NCL)	1:55.62	Charlie Oliver (SOL)	1:56.00
1500 metres	Alain Lazare (NCL)	3:54.38	Usaia Sotutu (FIJ)	3:59.97	(PNG)	4:01.29
5000 metres	Alain Lazare (NCL)	14:47.3	(NCL)	15:26.3	Tau John Tokwepota (PNG)	15:28.8
10000 metres	Alain Lazare (NCL)	32:00.9	(FIJ)	32:21.8	(NCL)	32:30.1
Marathon	Alain Lazare (NCL)	2:30:57	(PNG)	2:37.48	Tau John Tokwepota (PNG)	2:40:42
3000 metres steeplechase	Alain Lazare (NCL)	9:22.26	Usaia Sotutu (FIJ)	9:28.06	(PNG)	9:36.94
110 metres hurdles	(FIJ)	15.26	(NHB)	15.28	(PYF)	15.41
400 metres hurdles	(PNG)	53.19	Joe Rodan (FIJ)	54.18	(FIJ)	55.12
High Jump	Paul Poaniewa (NCL)	2.21	(NCL)	2.11	(PYF)	1.94
Pole Vault	(PYF)	4.20	(TGA)	3.70	(TGA)	3.70
Long Jump	(NCL)	7.02	(NCL)	7.00	(SOL)	6.98
Triple Jump	(NCL)	15.39 w	(PNG)	14.70 w	(SOL)	14.70 w
Shot Put	(PYF)	17.08	Henry Smith (SAM)	15.94	(NCL)	14.50
Discus Throw	(PYF)	50.30	(NCL)	48.16	Henry Smith (SAM)	48.14
Hammer Throw	(PYF)	53.70	(NCL)	46.38	(NCL)	45.84
Javelin Throw	Jean-Paul Lakafia (NCL)	64.44	(WLF)	63.46	(NCL)	62.25
Decathlon	Paul Poaniewa (NCL)	6584	(TGA)	6191	(PYF)	5778
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji Joe Rodan Samuela Yavala Inoke Bainimoli	41.86	French Polynesia Patrice Manuel	42.30	Western Samoa William Fong	42.83
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	3:16.94	Papua New Guinea Wavala Kali	3:18.36	Solomon Islands	3:19.35

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s)	(NCL)	12.07	Miriama Chambault (NCL)	12.37	(PNG)	12.40
200 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	(NCL)	24.68	(PNG)	25.07	(NCL)	25.30
400 metres	(NCL)	57.02	(FIJ)	58.51	(FIJ)	59.37
800 metres	(FIJ)	2:22.15	(PNG)	2:22.74	(PNG)	2:22.85
1500 metres	(NCL)	4:49.04	(FIJ)	4:51.39	(PNG)	4:53.54
3000 metres	(GUM)	10:27.76	(NCL)	10:48.12	(COK)	11:06.03
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.9 m/s)	Miriama Chambault (NCL)	14.80	(NCL)	14.91	(NHB)	15.68
High Jump	(PYF)	1.75	(NHB)	1.58	(NCL)	1.58
Long Jump	Miriama Chambault (NCL)	5.76 w	(NCL)	5.60 w	(NCL)	5.29
Shot Put	(NCL)	13.08	(PYF)	12.03	(PYF)	11.90
Discus Throw	(NCL)	45.78	(PYF)	39.46	(FIJ)	38.92
Javelin Throw	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	46.94	(NCL)	45.48	Monika Fiafialoto (WLF)	43.96
Pentathlon	(PYF)	3625	Miriama Chambault (NCL)	3323	(NHB)	3022
4 x 100 metres relay	New Caledonia	48.19	Fiji Sainiana Tukana	49.35	New Hebrides	49.43
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji	3:57.97	New Caledonia	4:01.67	Papua New Guinea	4:03.01

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Fiji)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia	20	14	7	41
2	Fiji*	8	7	5	20
3	French Polynesia	6	5	4	15
4	Papua New Guinea	2	5	8	15
5	Guam	1	0	0	1
6	New Hebrides	0	2	3	5
7	Tonga	0	2	1	3
8	Western Samoa	0	1	3	4
9	Wallis and Futuna	0	1	1	2
10	Solomon Islands	0	0	4	4
11	Cook Islands	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		37	37	37	111

Participation (unofficial)[]

Athletes from the following 16 countries were reported to participate:^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Pacific Games Council
• Oceania Athletics Association