The athletics competition at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games was held from the 11–14 December 2017 at the newly upgraded Korman Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu.^[1]

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Athletics at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games
Dates	11-14 December
Host city	Port Vila, Vanuatu
Venue	Korman Stadium
Events	47 (including 4 para events)
Participation	18 nations
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Eighteen teams entered athletes for the track and field competitions.

Papua New Guinea topped the medal table, winning seventeen gold. Hosts Vanuatu were a creditable fourth with the second highest medal total overall.^[2]

  *   Host nation (Vanuatu)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea	17	17	12	46
2	New Caledonia	9	5	5	19
3	Fiji	7	11	4	22
4	Vanuatu*	4	7	12	23
5	Solomon Islands	3	2	1	6
6	Cook Islands	3	1	1	5
7	Tonga	2	1	2	5
8	Wallis and Futuna	1	1	3	5
9	Samoa	1	1	1	3
10	Guam	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		47	46	42	135

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A total of 47 events were contested at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games athletics competition.^[3]

Men

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m	Nazmie-Lee Marai  Papua New Guinea	10.84	Kelvin Masoe  Samoa	10.88	Kolinio Radrudru  Fiji	11.04	[4]
200 m	Nazmie-Lee Marai  Papua New Guinea	21.66	Theo Piniau  Papua New Guinea	21.94	Brandy Mento  Vanuatu	21.95	[5]
400 m	Benjamin Aliel  Papua New Guinea	48.01	Bradly Toa  Vanuatu	48.15	Ephraim Lerkin  Papua New Guinea	48.20	[6]
800 m	Alex Beddoes  Cook Islands	1:54.77	Martin Orovo  Papua New Guinea	1:55.77	Petero Veitaqomaki  Fiji	1:57.12	[7]
1500 m	Petero Veitaqomaki  Fiji	4:19.10	Martin Orovo  Papua New Guinea	4:19.85	Samson Laus  Vanuatu	4:19.88	[5]
5000 m	Simbai Kaspar  Papua New Guinea	16:00.10	Avikash Lal  Fiji	16:07.56	Jack Nawka Lelow  Vanuatu	16:10.77	[4]
10000 m	Simon Charley  Vanuatu	34:05.91	Armon Napuat  Vanuatu	34:07.84	Simbai Kaspar  Papua New Guinea	34:27.40	[8]
Half-marathon	Simon Charley  Vanuatu	1:15:44	Avikash Lal  Fiji	1:16:08	Jack Nawka Lelow  Vanuatu	1:17:38	[9]
110 m hurdles	Talatala Po'oi  Tonga	14.78	Errol Qaqa  Fiji	15.21	Kolone Alefosio  Samoa	15.23	[5]
400 m hurdles	Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea	52.10	Ephraim Lerkin  Papua New Guinea	52.25	Talatala Po'oi  Tonga	53.63	[4]
3000 m steeplechase	Simon Charley  Vanuatu	9:44.37	Jack Nawka Lelow  Vanuatu	9:48.54	Simbai Kaspar  Papua New Guinea	9:55.81	[6]
4 × 100 m relay	Fiji Sireli Bulivorovoro Tony Lemeki Kolinio Radrudru Aaron Powell	41.30	Papua New Guinea Charles Livuan Nelson Stone Nazmie-Lee Marai Kupun Wisil	41.30	Vanuatu Steeve Lolten Bradly Toa Brandy Mento Markly Simeon	41.73	[6]
4 × 400 m relay	Papua New Guinea Benjamin Aliel Nelson Stone Mowen Boino Ephraim Lerkin	3:16.89	Fiji Kameli Ravuki Sailosi Tubuilagi Petero Veitaqomaki Samuela Railoa	3:17.88	Vanuatu Jackfrey Tamathui Frem Nathan Bernard Kapalu Bradly Toa	3:20.19	[5]
High jump	Malakai Kaiwalu  Fiji	2.06 m	Peniel Richard  Papua New Guinea	2.03 m	Mosese Foliaki  Tonga	2.00 m	[7]
Pole vault	Florian Geffrouais  New Caledonia	4.00 m	Mosese Foliaki  Tonga	3.5 0m	Vinceslas Tauvale  Wallis and Futuna	3.40 m	[6]
Long jump	Roland Hure  Papua New Guinea	7.08 m	Sireli Bulivorovoro  Fiji	7.00 m	Kevin Paul  Vanuatu	6.88 m	[4]
Triple jump	Peniel Richard  Papua New Guinea	15.45 m	Eugene Vollmer  Fiji	15.30 m	Ulric Buama  New Caledonia	14.86 m	[5]
Shot put	Selevasio-Ryan Valao  Wallis and Futuna	14.71 m	Mustafa Fall  Fiji	14.60 m	Erwan Cassier  New Caledonia	13.82 m	[5]
Discus throw	Debono Paraka  Papua New Guinea	50.17 m	Selevasio-Ryan Valao  Wallis and Futuna	48.84 m	Erwan Cassier  New Caledonia	47.33 m	[4]
Hammer throw	Erwan Cassier  New Caledonia	57.05 m	Petelo Toto  New Caledonia	53.24 m	Debono Paraka  Papua New Guinea	37.17 m	[6]
Javelin throw	Donny Tuimaseve  Samoa	63.73 m	Pita Tamani  Fiji	62.15 m	Jack Nasawa  Vanuatu	60.98 m	[7]
Decathlon	Florian Geffrouais  New Caledonia	7,354 pts	Stephen Ham  Vanuatu	5,291 pts	Sililo Kivalu  Wallis and Futuna	4,585 pts	[10]

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Men's para-athletics

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m ambulant	Sylvain Bova  New Caledonia	12.13 (T11/Guide)	Peter Dick  Vanuatu	13.51 (F46)	Marc Houssimoli  Vanuatu	14.67 (T/F37)	[4]
Javelin ambulant	Thierry Washetine  New Caledonia	43.54 m (T/F20)	Iosefo Rakesa  Fiji	27.43 m (F40)	Manako Fal Aveuki  Wallis and Futuna	39.87 m (F43)	[7]
Shot put secured	Thierry Cibone  New Caledonia	9.70 m (F34)	Marcelin Walico  New Caledonia	10.50 m (F57)	Jone Bogidrau  Fiji	7.69 m (F57)	[5]

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Women

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
100 m	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	12.00	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	12.08	Makereta Naulu  Fiji	12.19	[4]
200 m	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	24.16	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	25.13	Afure Adah  Papua New Guinea	25.33	[5]
400 m	Miriama Senokonoko  Fiji	57.34	Elenani Tinai  Fiji	57.90	Nancy Malamut  Papua New Guinea	58.24	[6]
800 m	Valentine Hello  Vanuatu	2:16.76	Poro Gahekave  Papua New Guinea	2:18.00	Tuna Tine  Papua New Guinea	2:19.38	[7]
1500 m	Poro Gahekave  Papua New Guinea	4:55.77	Jenny Albert  Papua New Guinea	4:57.77	Genina Criss  Guam	4:58.63	[5]
5000 m	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	18:28.81	Poro Gahekave  Papua New Guinea	18:44.45	Dianah Matekali  Solomon Islands	19:20.59	[4]
10000 m	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	39:25.94	Dianah Matekali  Solomon Islands	40:34.80	Celine Hirzel  New Caledonia	42:02.82	[8]
Half-marathon	Sharon Firisua  Solomon Islands	1:27:31	Dianah Matekali  Solomon Islands	1:31:25	not awarded	n/a	[11]
100 m hurdles	Adrine Monagi  Papua New Guinea	14.65	not awarded	n/a	not awarded	n/a	[5]
400 m hurdles	Raylyne Kanam  Papua New Guinea	65.43	Annie Topal  Papua New Guinea	66.21	not awarded	n/a	[4]
3000 m steeplechase	Poro Gahekave  Papua New Guinea	11:54.37	Esther Boram  Papua New Guinea	12:44.76	Tuna Tine  Papua New Guinea	12:56.38	[6]
4 × 100 m relay	Fiji Serenia Ragatu Elenoa Sailosi Miriama Senokonoko Makereta Naulu	47.43	Papua New Guinea Miriam Peni Toea Wisil Afure Adah Nancy Malamut	47.67	Vanuatu Judithe Alatoa Christelle Kalopong Lyza Malres Roslyn Nalin	49.03	[12]
4 × 400 m relay	Fiji Makereta Naulu Elenani Tinai Serenia Ragatu Miriama Senokonoko	3:54.43	Vanuatu Roslyn Nalin Lyza Malres Esther Thomas Valentine Hello	4:00.86	not awarded	n/a	[5]
High jump	Shawntell Lockington  Fiji	1.70 m	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	1.65 m	Jeannette Wacapo  New Caledonia	1.40 m	[5]
Long jump	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	6.40 m	Annie Topal  Papua New Guinea	5.68 m	Adrine Monagi  Papua New Guinea	5.59 m	[7]
Triple jump	Rellie Kaputin  Papua New Guinea	13.26 m	Miriama Senokonoko  Fiji	12.46 m	Annie Topal  Papua New Guinea	12.22 m	[6]
Shot put	ʻAta Maama Tuutafaiva  Tonga	14.95 m	Ashley Bologna  New Caledonia	14.53 m	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	12.75 m	[7]
Discus throw	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	47.11 m	Atana Takosi  New Caledonia	43.78 m	Selare Malep  Vanuatu	31.85 m	[6]
Hammer throw	Leïna Durand  New Caledonia	43.67 m	Jacklyn Travertz  Papua New Guinea	41.22 m NR	Sharon Toako  Papua New Guinea	35.50 m	[4]
Javelin throw	Linda Selui  New Caledonia	45.41 m	Sharon Toako  Papua New Guinea	44.42 m	not awarded	n/a	[5]
Heptathlon	Adrine Monagi  Papua New Guinea	4,837 pts	Jemila Kuao  Vanuatu	2,646 pts	Liliy Lawantak  Vanuatu	2,436 pts	[13]

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Women's para-athletics

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze		Refs
Shot put ambulant	Rose Vandegou  New Caledonia	7.24 m (F41)	Rose Wélépa  New Caledonia	9.78 m (F12)	Vero Nime  Papua New Guinea	6.46 m (F42)	[4]

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