Vanuatu at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Vanuatu at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Vanuatu at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Vanuatu
CGF code	VAN
CGA	Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/vanuatu
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors	18 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	(opening)
Medals; Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	; ; ; ; ; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

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

Beach volleyball athlete 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.

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

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Friana Kwevira	Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw (F46)	April 9
Bronze	Linline Matauatu	Beach volleyball	Women's tournament	April 12

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Beach volleyball	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Medals by day
Day				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[]

Vanuatu participated with 8 athletes (3 men and 5 women).

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	200 m	22.43	5	Did not advance
	400 m	49.10	6	Did not advance
	10000 m	N/A				DNS
	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				10:03.08	11

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
	Javelin throw	56.12	21	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	100 m	13.01	7	Did not advance
	100 m (T35)	N/A				26.49	7
	400 m	58.62	7	Did not advance
	400 m	1:00.72	8	Did not advance
	800 m	2:18.26	9	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Friana Kwevira	Javelin throw (F46)	24.54
	Javelin throw (F46)	16.17	5

Beach volleyball[]

Vanuatu qualified a women's beach volleyball team for a total of two athletes.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Linline Matauatu	Women's	Pool C – (SGP) W 2 – 0 (21 - 9, 21 - 12) – (RWA) W 2 – 0 (21 - 15, 21 - 10) Wills – Polley (NZL) L 0 – 2 (17 - 21, 16 - 21)	2 Q	– (ENG) W 2 – 1 (23 - 25, 21 - 19, 15 - 12)	Artacho del Solar – Clancy (AUS) L 1 - 2 (19-21, 21-16, 9-15)	Konstantinou – (CYP) W 2 - 0 (21-14, 21-10)

Boxing[]

Vanuatu participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−49 kg	BYE	Thiwanka Ranasinghe (SRI) L 0–5	Did not advance
	−52 kg	(LES) L 0–5	Did not advance
Boe Warawara	−56 kg	Hussamuddin Mohammed (IND) L 0–5	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

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
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's singles	(BAH) W 4 - 0	(SRI) L 0 - 4	2	Did not advance
Yoshua Shing	Men's singles	(TUV) W 4 - 0	(TTO) L 1 - 4	2	Did not advance
Anolyn Lulu	Women's singles	(SOL) W 4 - 0	(GHA) L 1 - 4	2	N/A	Did not advance
		(MRI) L 1 - 4	(KEN) L 1 - 4	3	N/A	Did not advance
Priscilla Tommy		(TUV) W 4 - 0	(TAN) W 4 - 0	1 Q	N/A	Lay (AUS) L 0 - 4	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yoshua Shing	Men's doubles	Bye	/ (GHA) L 1 - 3	Did not advance
Anolyn Lulu Priscilla Tommy	Women's doubles	N/A	/ (TAN) W 3 - 0	Ho / Tsaptsinos (ENG) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Anolyn Lulu Yoshua Shing	Mixed doubles	/ (TAN) W 3 - 1	Hu / Tapper (AUS) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Priscilla Tommy	Mixed doubles	/ (GUY) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anolyn Lulu Priscilla Tommy	Women's team	England (ENG) L 0 - 3	Guyana (GUY) L 2 - 3	3	Did not advance

References[]

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

[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[3] Nasse, Raymond (6 April 2018). "Vanuatu's Miller juggling nappies and Commonwealth Games glory". Vanuatu Daily Post. Port Vila, Vanuatu. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[4] Haffenden, Damien (4 April 2018). "Meet the Opening Ceremony flagbearers". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast Organizing Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (GOLDOC). Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[5] Butler, Nick (9 April 2018). "Simbine stuns Blake to win Commonwealth Games 100 metres". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[6] "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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