Australia at the 2023 Pacific Games

Australia at the
2023 Pacific Games
Australia at the; 2023 Pacific Games
	Flag of Australia
IOC code	AUS
National federation	Australian Olympic Committee
19 November 2023 – 2 December 2023
Competitors	75 (37 men and 38 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Ryan Tyack
Officials	Kenneth Wallace (chef de mission)
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 50 Silver 24 Bronze 10 Total 84
Pacific Games appearances
	2015; 2019;

Australia competed at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara from 19 November to 2 December 2023. This was Australia's third appearance at the games since first appearing in 2015.

The games saw Australia field their largest team ever to the Pacific Games with 75 athletes from eight sports selected.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	2	4
Athletics	9	9	18
Boxing	7	6	13
Judo	4	4	8
Sailing	4	4	8
Taekwondo	4	4	8
Volleyball	2	2	4
Weightlifting	5	7	13
Total	37	38	75

Archery

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has selected a team of four archers in September 2023. Their selections were based on their performances at the recent 2023 World Archery Championships in Berlin (31 July–6 August) and also domestic and international performances in 2023.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Boukouvalas	Men's individual	635	2	bye	Aisik (VAN) W 6–0	Teng (TAH) W 7–1	Winkelstroeter (TAH) W 6–0	Tyack (AUS) L 1–7
Ryan Tyack	Men's individual	650	1	bye	Giramur (PLW) W 6–0	Richert (NCL) W 6–0	Giband (NCL) W 6–4	Boukouvalas (AUS) W 7–1
Sarah Haywood	Women's individual	590	2	bye		Pendu (TAH) W 7–1	Edmundson (NZL) W 6–4	Paeglis (AUS) L 0–6
Laura Paeglis	Women's individual	617	1	bye		Tangulu (TGA) W 6–0	David (NCL) W 6–0	Haywood (AUS) W 6–0
	Mixed team			–	–	–	–	–

Athletics

On 14 September 2023, a 20-member track and field team was announced by the Australian Olympic Committee.^[4]^[5] The updated roster in October saw the team reduced to 18 (9 men and 9 women).^[2]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
qR = Qualified to the next round by referee judgement
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lachlan Kennedy	100 m	10.34	1 Q	10.53	1 Q	10.49
Calab Law	100 m	10.60	1 Q	10.66	3 Q	10.40
Calab Law	200 m	21.48	1 Q	21.72	1 Q	20.60
Jack Lunn	800 m	1:53.35	1 Q			1:48.43 GR
Mitch Lightfoot	110 m hurdles	14.28	1 Q			14.19 GR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Georgia Harris	100 m	11.85	1 Q	11.82	1 Q	11.70
Ellie Beer	400 m	55.24	1 Q			52.67
Imogen Breslin	100 m hurdles	13.97	1 Q			14.21
Isabella Guthrie	400 m hurdles	59.48	1 Q			57.77

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Connor Murphy	Triple jump	16.45m
Nash Lowis	Javelin throw	74.40m

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Samantha Dale	Long jump	6.29m	1 Q	6.42m
Katie Gunn	Long jump	5.82m	2 Q	6.03m
Desleigh Owusu	Triple jump			13.23m

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Mia Scerri	Result	14.54	1.77m				32.15		5624
Mia Scerri	Points	903	941	774	812	908	517	769	5624

Boxing

A total of 13 boxers (7 men and 6 women) were selected by the AOC on 4 October 2023.^[6] Gold medal winners qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yusuf Chothia	51 kg	Temakau (KIR) W 5–0	Fauma Keama (PNG) W 5–0	Tetekana (SOL) W 5–0
Charlie Senior	57 kg	Rounds (TGA) W 5–0	Mukuka (NZL) W 5–0	Oaike (PNG) W 5–0
Harry Garside	63.5 kg	Ume (PNG) W 5–0	Lele (SOL) W 5–0	Rokobuli (FIJ) W 3–0
Shannan Davey	71 kg	Toheriri (COK) W 4–1	Lavemaau (TGA) W 5–0	Stanley (NZL) W 5–0
Callum Peters	80 kg	bye	Saratibau (FIJ) W 5–0	Viney (TGA) W 5–0
Adrian Paoletti	92 kg	bye	Mathes (NZL) W 5–0	Faoagali (SAM) L 0–5
Teremoana Teremoana	+92 kg	Leo (SOL) W 5–0	Maitaka (TGA) W 5–0	Leafa (SAM) W 5–0

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Monique Suraci	50 kg	bye		Benny (NZL) W 5–0
Tiana Echegaray	54 kg	bye	Gillespie (NZL) W 5–0	Tuitupou (TGA) W 5–0
Tina Rahimi	57 kg	bye	Peters (NZL) W 5–0	Epenisa (TGA) W 5–0
Tyla McDonald	60 kg	Nansen (SAM) W 5–0	Koputu (SOL) W 5–0	Walsh (NZL) W 4–1
Marissa Williamson Pohlman	66 kg	bye		Wharerau (NZL) W 4–1
Caitlin Parker	75 kg	bye	Flint (TGA) W 4–1	Read (NZL) W 5–0

Judo

The AOC has selected a team of eight judokas (4 men and 4 women) in September 2023.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jordon Greenbank	Men's -66 Kg	bye			Taramarcaz (NCL) W 10-00s1		Idmont (NCL) W 10-00s1
Ryan Koenig	Men's -73 Kg	bye	Sumor (PLW) W 00 Ippon -00	Pandabela (SOL) W 1 Ippon -0	Lafon (TAH) W 01 -0s2		Jaszczyszyn (NCL) W 0 Ippon -0s3
Carstens Beyers	Men's -81 Kg	bye		Samin (TAH) W 00 Ippon -00	Apavou (NCL) L 00 -00 Ippon		Munuake (NRU) W 00 Ippon -00
Carstens Beyers	Open	bye	Kole (TAH) W 00-00	Apavou (NCL) W 0s20s1-0s10s1	Le Gayic (TAH) W 1s20s2-00s1		Gouriou (NCL) L 00s1-1s20s2
Danny Vojnikovich	Open	Jolif (TAH) W 10-00	Gouriou (NCL) L 00-00s1					11
Danny Vojnikovich	Men's -90 Kg			Dowabobo (NRU) W 00 Ippon-00	Neris (NCL) W 1s1-0s1		Le Gayic (TAH) W 1s1-00
Anneliese Fielder	Women's -48 Kg	bye		Golhen (TAH) W 0s10-00	Tiebwa (KIR) W 00 Ippon -00		Quemener (NCL) W 00 Ippon -00
Saya Middleton	Women's -70kg	bye		Aguon (PLW) W 10 Ippon -00	Vitielli (TAH) W 10 Ippon -00		Gopea (NCL) W 1s1 -0s2
Korfoi Biu	Women's +78 Kg	bye					Kofela (SOL) W 10s21 -00
Saya Middleton	Open	bye	Teumere (TAH) W 0s21 -00	Masae (SOL) W 00 Ippon -00	Gopea (NCL) L 00 -1s1 0s2		Joyce (AUS) W 1s10 -00
Alannah Joyce	Open	bye		Bopp (TAH) L 00 -00s1		Vitielli (TAH) W 00 Ippon -00	Middleton (AUS) L 00 -1s10	5

Women's -78kg

Athlete	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alannah Joyce	Women's -78 Kg	Masae (SOL) W 10 -00	Tengai (SOL) W 10 -00

Sailing

Eight sailors (4 men and 4 women) were selected by the Australian Olympic Committee on 2 September 2023.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race															Net points + MR	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	M*	Net points + MR	Rank
Isaac Schotte	One Person Dinghy (Open)	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	1	1	6	27
Thomas Farley	One Person Dinghy (Open)	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	29	4
Jarrod Jones	Heavyweight Sailboard	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	49	4
Lachlan Vize	Lightweight Sailboard	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	38

Woen

Athlete	Event	Race															Net points + MR	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	M*	Net points + MR	Rank
Evie Saunders	One Person Dinghy (Open)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2					3	13
Ellen Sampson	One Person Dinghy (Open)	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2					5	21	4
Amelia Wilson	Sailboard	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	47
Charlotte Wormald	Sailboard	4	4	4	3	5	3	3	3,7	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	49,7	4

Taekwondo

Australia have selected eight athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ben Camua	Men's −58 kg	bye	Soeunon (NCL) W 2-0	Scotaz (SOL) W 2-0
Matthew Summerfield	Men's −68 kg	bye	Tapelu (SAM) W 2-0	Scotaz (SOL) W w/o
Liam Sweeney	Men's −80 kg	Eteuati (SAM) W 2-0	Valente (TAH) W 2-0	Chare (PNG) W 2-0
Tyrone Staben	Men's +80 kg	bye	Fafale (SOL) W 2-0	Mai Apa (TAH) W 2-0
Juliet Lahood	Women's −49 kg	bye	Rove (SOL) W 2-0	Huaatua (TAH) W 2-0
Stacey Hymer	Women's −57 kg	bye	Toves (GUM) W 2-0	Gavin (NCL) W 2-0
Rebecca Murray	Women's −67 kg	bye	Lisa (SOL) W 2-0	Lolohea (TGA) W 2-0
Reba Stewart	Women's +67 kg	bye	Soma (PNG) W 2-0	Tepea (TAH) W 2-0

Volleyball

Beach

In September 2023, the AOC announced the selection of two Beach Volleyball pairs to represent Australia.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / GM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benjamin Hood D'Artagnan Potts	Men's	New Caledonia Hnassil (NCL) Waneux (NCL) W 2 - 0 (21-9, 23-21)	Wallis and Futuna Vanai (WLF) Moleana (WLF) W 2 - 0 (21-10, 21-10)	Fiji Fisher (FIJ) Valentine (FIJ) W 2 - 0 (21-12, 21-16)	1 Q	Vanuatu Chilia (VAN) Banga (VAN) W 2 - 0 (21-19, 21-19)	Northern Mariana Islands Johnson (NMI) Mister (NMI) W 2 - 0 (21-11, 21-18)	Tuvalu Malosa (TUV) Isaac (TUV) W 2 - 1 (19-21, 21-18, 15-12)
Stefanie Fejes Jana Milutinovic	Women's	Tahiti Teikihuavanaka (TAH) Taquaitahuata (TAH) W 2 - 0 (21-16, 21-8)	Samoa Toleafoa (SAM) Luamanuave (SAM) W 2 - 0 (21-16, 21-9)		1 Q	Tuvalu Pasefika (TUV) Taimanuga (TUV) W 2 - 0 (21-7, 21-5)	Vanuatu Lawac (VAN) Toko (VAN) W 2 - 0 (21-13, 24-22)	Solomon Islands U'una (SOL) Puia (SOL) W 2 - 0 (21-9, 21-10)

Weightlifting

The Australian Olympic Committee on 1 September 2023, announced a team of 13 weightlifters for the games (6 men and 7 women).^[11] In October, a finalized roster of 12 weightlifters was confirmed.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total
Rory Scott	81 kg	131	170	301
Kyle Bruce	89 kg	146 GR	184	330
Oliver Saxton	89 kg	145	182	327
Matthew Lydement	109 kg	152	181	333

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Rank	Total
Kiana Elliott	59 kg	89	104		193
Darcy Kay	64 kg	84	102		186
Brenna Kean	64 kg		108
Sarah Cochrane	71 kg	93 GR	119 GR	'	212 GR
Jacqueline Nichele	71 kg	90	107		197
Olivia Shelton	76 kg	96 GR	119 GR		215 GR
Eileen Cikamatana	81 kg	115 GR	145 GR		260 GR

References

^ "OLYMPIC CHAMPION KEN WALLACE ANNOUNCED TO LEAD AUSTRALIAN 2023 PACIFIC GAMES". www.olympics.com.au. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Meet the team". Australian Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Australian archers selected for Pacific Games in November". AOC website. September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^ "28 judo and track & field athletes selected for 2023 Pacific Games". AOC website. September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^ "20 TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES SELECTED FOR 2023 PACIFIC GAMES". Athletics Australia website. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^ "Thirteen boxers to fight for Paris Olympic qualification at 2023 Pacific Games". AOC website. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "Australia name athletics and judo teams for Solomon Islands 2023". Inside the Games website. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^ "Eight sailors selected for 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands". Sail-World website. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^ "Australian Team for 2023 Pacific Games finalised with eight Taekwondo athletes selected". AOC website. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Beach volleyballers set for 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands". AOC website. September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
^ "AOC selects 13 weightlifters as first athletes named in Australian Team for 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands". AOC website. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[1] "OLYMPIC CHAMPION KEN WALLACE ANNOUNCED TO LEAD AUSTRALIAN 2023 PACIFIC GAMES". www.olympics.com.au. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[AussieSOL23Team-2] "Meet the team". Australian Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[3] "Australian archers selected for Pacific Games in November". AOC website. September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[4] "28 judo and track & field athletes selected for 2023 Pacific Games". AOC website. September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[5] "20 TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES SELECTED FOR 2023 PACIFIC GAMES". Athletics Australia website. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[6] "Thirteen boxers to fight for Paris Olympic qualification at 2023 Pacific Games". AOC website. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[7] "Australia name athletics and judo teams for Solomon Islands 2023". Inside the Games website. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[8] "Eight sailors selected for 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands". Sail-World website. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[9] "Australian Team for 2023 Pacific Games finalised with eight Taekwondo athletes selected". AOC website. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[10] "Beach volleyballers set for 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands". AOC website. September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[11] "AOC selects 13 weightlifters as first athletes named in Australian Team for 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon Islands". AOC website. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

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