Athletics at the 1971 South Pacific Games

Athletics at the IV South Pacific Games
Dates	September 9-15
Host city	Pirae, French Polynesia
Venue	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui
Level	Senior
Events	35 (22 men, 13 women)
Participation	13 nations
← 1969 Port Moresby 1975 Tumon, Guam → 1971 South Pacific Games

Athletics competitions at the 1971 South Pacific Games were held at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in Pirae, French Polynesia, between September 9-15, 1971.^[1]

A total of 35 events were contested, 22 by men and 13 by women.

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]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Joseph Wéjièmé (NCL)	10.7	Jean Bourne (PYF)	10.7	Alexandre Aunoa (PYF)	10.8
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Jean Bourne (PYF)	22.0	Samuela Yavala (FIJ)	22.1	Paul Maraga (PNG)	22.4
400 metres	Samuela Yavala (FIJ)	48.2	Saimoni Jioji (FIJ)	49.3	Goa Koiti (PNG)	50.0
800 metres	Phillip Kayo (PNG)	1:54.1	Barry Morgan (SOL)	1:55.4	Samuela Bulai (FIJ)	1:55.5
1500 metres	Samuela Bulai (FIJ)	4:03.5	Raka Vele (PNG)	4:03.8	Alain Julien (NCL)	4:09.0
5000 metres	Usaia Sotutu (FIJ)	15:15.4	Ala Loi (PNG)	15:20.4	John Kokinai (PNG)	15:34.8
10000 metres	Usaia Sotutu (FIJ)	32:14.6	Ala Loi (PNG)	32:33.8	Tom Brandt (PNG)	32:43.4
Marathon	André Petersen (NCL)	2:50:50	Tom Brandt (PNG)	2:51:59	Gari Vagi (PNG)	2:53:53
3000 metres steeplechase	Usaia Sotutu (FIJ)	9:24.0	John Kokinai (PNG)	9:31.2	Ala Loi (PNG)	9:35.8
110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Penisimani Tuipulotu (TGA)	14.6	Raki Leka (PNG)	15.1	Charles Tetaria (PYF)	15.1
400 metres hurdles	Penisimani Tuipulotu (TGA)	52.9	Marcel Blameble (NCL)	53.9	Moses Purpuruk (PNG)	54.4
High Jump	Pierre Léontieff-Téahu (PYF)	2.06	Paul Poaniewa (NCL)	2.06	Jean Salmon (PYF)	1.98
Pole Vault	Stanley Drollet (PYF)	4.40	Bernard Balastre (PYF)	4.20	Yannick Bonnet de Larbogne (NCL)	4.10
Long Jump	Kila Raula (PNG)	7.11	Léonard Angexetine (NCL)	6.96	Christian Kaddour (NCL)	6.91
Triple Jump	Piewavagi Waea (PNG)	15.01	Bula Tora (FIJ)	14.80	Léonard Angexetine (NCL)	14.74
Shot Put	Arnjolt Beer (NCL)	18.07	William Buchanan (GUM)	15.97	Lolésio Tuita (WLF)	14.52
Discus Throw	Arnjolt Beer (NCL)	49.98	Martial Bone (NCL)	49.06	William Buchanan (GUM)	44.08
Hammer Throw	Martial Bone (NCL)	48.38	John Warnock (PNG)	44.66	Arnjolt Beer (NCL)	44.00
Javelin Throw	Lolésio Tuita (WLF)	71.10	Steven Vairaaroa (PYF)	64.48	Talper Nial (NHB)	62.40
Decathlon	Charles Tetaria (PYF)	6556	Raki Leka (PNG)	6426	Sanitesi Latu (TGA)	6328
4 x 100 metres relay	French Polynesia Jean Salmon Alexandre Aunoa Jean Bourne Charles Tetaria	41.8	Fiji Jone Soro Roy Thomas Samuela Yavala Tony Moore	41.8	Papua and New Guinea Paul Maraga Silas Tita Kila Raula John McCubbery	42.7
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji Seru Gukilau Saimoni Jioji Usaia Sotutu Samuela Yavala	3:18.5	Papua and New Guinea Moses Purpuruk Goa Koite John McCubbery Phillip John Kayo	3:19.6	New Caledonia Yannick Blanc Alain Julien Patrick Ardimani Marcel Blameble	3:25.3

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -3.5 m/s)	Keta Iongi (TGA)	12.9	Salitia Pipit (PNG)	12.9	Danièle Guyonnet (PYF)	13.0
200 metres	Salitia Pipit (PNG)	25.8	Miriama Tuisorisori (FIJ)	25.8	Keta Iongi (TGA)	26.0
400 metres	Salitia Pipit (PNG)	58.1	Make Liku (FIJ)	59.4	Gaet Nim (PNG)	59.4
800 metres	Salitia Pipit (PNG)	2:31.1	Lucia Likonia (SOL)	2:31.4	Elisabeth Tito (SOL)	2:34.3
1500 metres	Make Liku (FIJ)	5:11.3	Seini Debui (FIJ)	5:11.7	Lucia Likonia (SOL)	5:12.8
100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Danièle Guyonnet (PYF)	15.0	Keta Iongi (TGA)	15.2	Miriama Tuisorisori (FIJ)	15.4
High Jump	Henriette Wahuzue (NCL)	1.58	Ines Elocie (NCL)	1.53	Danièle Guyonnet (PYF)	1.51
Long Jump	Ines Elocie (NCL)	5.45	Nancy Kennedy (PNG)	5.39	Miriama Tuisorisori (FIJ)	5.36
Shot Put	Marie-Claude Wetta (NCL)	12.60	Lavah Tingdai (PNG)	11.86	Atanasia Fenuafanote (WLF)	11.61
Discus Throw	Marie-Claude Wetta (NCL)	38.62	Danielle Sakoumory (NCL)	34.82	Didin Kaltakae (NHB)	33.72
Javelin Throw	Soana Simutoga (NCL)	42.16	Marguerite Wabet (NCL)	40.82	Kuniguda Namur (PNG)	39.14
Pentathlon	Miriama Tuisorisori (FIJ)	3389	Meg Taylor (PNG)	3386	Eleanor Phillips (FIJ)	3383
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji Lili Bola Miriama Tuisorisori Torika Cavuka Eleanor Phillips	49.4	New Caledonia Louise Kauma Ines Elocie Pierette Barthelemy Sylviane Cailleux	49.6	Papua and New Guinea Salitia Pipit Gaet Nim Meg Taylor Nancy Kennedy	50.4

  *   Host nation (French Polynesia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia	10	8	6	24
2	Fiji	9	7	4	20
3	Papua New Guinea	6	13	11	30
4	French Polynesia*	6	3	5	14
5	Tonga	3	1	2	6
6	Wallis and Futuna	1	0	2	3
7	Solomon Islands	0	2	2	4
8	Guam	0	1	1	2
9	New Hebrides	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 entries)		35	35	35	105

Athletes from 13 countries were reported to participate:^[1]

• Pacific Games Council
• Oceania Athletics Association