Papua New Guinea at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Papua New Guinea at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	PNG
CGA	Papua New Guinea Sports Federation and Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasportoceaniasport.com/png
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	56 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Vero Nime
Medals; Ranked 22nd	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Papua New Guinea competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Para table tennis athlete Vero Nime was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	3	11
Boxing	3	1	4
Lawn bowls	5	5	10
Rugby sevens	13	0	13
Shooting	2	1	3
Squash	1	1	2
Swimming	4	0	4
Table tennis	1	1	2
Triathlon	0	1	1
Weightlifting	3	3	6
Total	40	16	56

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Steven Kari	Weightlifting	Men's −94 kg	April 8
Silver	Dika Toua	Weightlifting	Women's −53 kg	April 6
Silver	Morea Baru	Weightlifting	Men's −62 kg	April 5

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Weightlifting	1	2	0	3
Total	1	2	0	3

Medals by day
Day				Total
5 April	1	0	0	1
6 April	0	1	0	1
7 April	0	0	0	0
8 April	0	1	0	1
9 April	0	0	0	0
10 April	0	0	0	0
Total	1	2	0	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	0	1	0	1
Male	1	1	0	2
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	2	0	3

Athletics (track and field)

Athletics Papua New Guinea announced a team of 11 athletes.^[3]

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wesley Logorava	100 metres	10.88	7	Did not advance
Wesley Logorava	200 metres	22.00	4	Did not advance
Nazmie-Lee Marai	100 metres	10.96	8	Did not advance
Nazmie-Lee Marai	200 metres	22.14	6	Did not advance
Theo Piniau	200 metres	21.76	5	Did not advance
Ephraim Lerkin	400 metres hurdles	52.17	7	—	Did not advance
Mowen Boino	400 metres hurdles	51.61	8	—	Did not advance
Samuel Nason	100 metres (T47)	—	12.75	6
	4 × 400 m relay	DNS		—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Peniel Richard	Long jump	6.98	23	Did not advance
Peniel Richard	Triple jump	15.23	17	Did not advance
De'bono Paraka	Shot put	49.02	11 q	52.60	10
De'bono Paraka	Discus throw	49.02	q	52.60 NR	10

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Afure Adah	100 metres	11.99	5	Did not advance
Afure Adah	200 metres	24.54	5	Did not advance
Adrine Monagi	100 metres hurdles	13.92	7	—	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Rellie Kaputin	Long jump	6.18	13	Did not advance
Rellie Kaputin	Triple jump	—		NM

Boxing

The Papua New Guinea Amateur Boxing Union (PNGABU) announced a team of four elite boxers to the 2018 games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Charles Keama	Men's −52 kg	—	BYE	Gaurav Solanki (IND) L 0-5	Did not advance
Thadius Katua	Men's −60 kg	Adeola Soyoye (NGR) W 3-1	Henry Kia (SOL) W RSC	Mickey McDonagh (WAL) L 0-5	Did not advance
John Ume	Men's −64 kg	BYE	Liam Wilson (AUS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Laizani Soma	Women's −60 kg	—	Paige Murney (ENG) L 0-5	Did not advance

Lawn bowls

Papua New Guinea will compete in Lawn bowls.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matu Bazo	Singles	Kelly (NIR) L 4 - 21	McGreal (IOM) W 21 - 18	Bester (CAN) L 13 - 21	Gaborutwe (BOT) W 21 - 18	de Sousa (JER) W 21 - 16	3	Did not advance
Matu Bazo Gabriel Tika	Pairs	Fiji L 16 - 20	New Zealand L 11 - 24	England L 14 - 28	Cook Islands L 14 - 18	Botswana W 21 - 11	5	Did not advance
Fred Koesan Polin Pomaleu Manu Walo	Triples	England L 6 - 24	India L 11 - 16	South Africa L 15 - 16	Wales L 10 - 27	—	5	Did not advance
Fred Koesan Polin Pomaleu Gabriel Tika Manu Walo	Fours	Wales L 10 - 13	Cook Islands D 14 - 14	New Zealand L 12 - 20	Canada L 17 - 19	—	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Catherine Wimp	Singles	Mbugua (KEN) L 15 - 21	McKerihen (CAN) L 14 - 21	Anderson (NFI) L 11 - 21	Mataio (COK) W 21 - 7	Senna (BOT) W 21 - 9	3	Did not advance
Rebecca Walo Catherine Wimp	Pairs	England L 14 - 16	Zambia L 13 - 18	Niue W 21 - 8	Australia L 7 - 29	Malta L 19 - 20	5	Did not advance
Loa Babona Ju Carlo Piwen Karkar	Triples	Australia L 12 - 32	India L 6 - 32	Canada W 14 - 11	Fiji W 17 - 16	—	3	Did not advance
Loa Babona Ju Carlo Piwen Karkar Rebecca Walo	Fours	Australia L 1 - 41	Cook Islands W 15 - 11	Namibia D 12 - 12	Malaysia L 6 - 17	—	3	Did not advance

Rugby sevens

The Papua New Guinea men's team qualified after being ranked the highest not already qualified Commonwealth nation at the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship.^[5]

Men's tournament

Roster

Reserve: Arthur Clement

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	121	5	+116	9	Semi-finals
2	Scotland	3	2	1	73	26	+47	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	2	31	84	−53	5
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	5	115	−110	3

Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

14 April 2018
11:43

Scotland	27–0	Papua New Guinea
Try: Farndale (2) 1' c, 8' m Graham 3' m Horne 5' m Fleming 14' Con: Horne (1/1) 1' Jackson (0/3)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Cards: Baramun 14'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

14 April 2018
18:37

South Africa	52–0	Papua New Guinea
Try: Kok 1' c Specman (2) 1' m, 9' c Nel (2) 3' c, 5' c Sage 7' c Du Preez 11' m Davids 13' c Con: Du Preez (5/7) 1', 4', 5', 7', 9' Afrika (1/1) 13'	(Gold Coast 2018)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

14 April 2018
21:55

Papua New Guinea	31–5	Malaysia
Try: Kapana (2) 4' m, 6' c Guise 7' c Vali 8' c Tirang 12' m Con: Guise (1/3) 6' Tokavai (2/2) 7', 8'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Tarmizi 10' m Con: Affandi (0/1)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

Shooting

Papua New Guinea participated with 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Angus Donald	Men's Trap	94	33	Did not advance
Daniel Wanma	Men's Trap	111	16	Did not advance
Tania Mairi	Women's 10 metre air pistol	324	24	Did not advance

Squash

Papua New Guinea participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Madako Junior Suari	Men's singles	Kawooya (UGA) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Lynette Vai	Women's singles	Bye	Chinappa (IND) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lynette Vai Madako Junior Suari	Mixed doubles	King / Coll (NZL) L 0 - 2	Kellas / Hindle (MLT) L 0 - 2	3	Did not advance

Swimming

Papua New Guinea participated with 4 athletes (4 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ashley Seeto	50 m freestyle	25.42	49	Did not advance
Samuel Seghers		24.25	35	Did not advance
Josh Tarere		24.68	40	Did not advance
Leonard Kalate	100 m freestyle	54.91	45	Did not advance
Samuel Seghers		51.94	32	Did not advance
Josh Tarere		56.12	49	Did not advance
Samuel Seghers	200 m freestyle	1:56.68	23	—		Did not advance
Leonard Kalate	50 m breaststroke	30.97	26	Did not advance
Ashley Seeto	50 m breaststroke	30.51	24	Did not advance
Leonard Kalate	100 m breaststroke	1:08.11	22	Did not advance
Ashley Seeto	100 m breaststroke	1:08.36	23	Did not advance
Leonard Kalate	200 m breaststroke	2:30.23	14	—		Did not advance
Ashley Seeto	50 m butterfly	28.33	52	Did not advance
Samuel Seghers		25.81	31	Did not advance
Josh Tarere		27.43	45	Did not advance
Josh Tarere Samuel Seghers Leonard Kalate Ashley Seeto	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:43.29	10	—		Did not advance
Josh Tarere Ashley Seeto Samuel Seghers Leonard Kalate	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:09.26	10	—		Did not advance

Table tennis

Papua New Guinea participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

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
Geoffrey Loi	Men's singles	Nuopula (SOL) W 4 - 0	Pagarani (BIZ) W 4 - 0	1 Q	Bye	Desai (IND) L 0 - 4	Did not advance

Para-sport

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Vero Nime	Women's TT6–10	Pickard (ENG) L 0 - 3	Sarkar (IND) L 0 - 3	Tapper (AUS) L 0 - 3	4	Did not advance

Triathlon

Papua New Guinea participated with 1 athlete (1 woman).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Rachel James	Women's	11:38	0:46	34:48	0:38	22:30	1:10:20	20

Weightlifting

Papua New Guinea qualified six weightlifters.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Morea Baru	Men's 62 kg	127	159	286
Toua Udia	Men's 77 kg	125	165	290	8
Steven Kari	Men's 94 kg	154	216	370
Thelma Toua	Women's 48 kg	65	90	155	4
Dika Toua	Women's 53 kg	80	102	182
Lorraine Harry	Women's 90 kg	89	115	204	7

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.
^ Keslep, Simon (28 March 2018). "Nime Is Flag Bearer For PNG". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^ "Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Games athletics team takes shape". www.the national.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Papua New Guinea sevens side's qualify". www.oceaniarugby.com/. Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ "PNG lifter's qualify". www.thenational.com.pg/. The National. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

[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] Keslep, Simon (28 March 2018). "Nime Is Flag Bearer For PNG". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[3] "Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Games athletics team takes shape". www.the national.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[4] "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[5] "Papua New Guinea sevens side's qualify". www.oceaniarugby.com/. Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

[6] "PNG lifter's qualify". www.thenational.com.pg/. The National. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

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Africa	Botswana Cameroon Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
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Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
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Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu