Athletics at the 1966 South Pacific Games

International athletics championship event

Athletics at the II South Pacific Games
Dates	10-13 December
Host city	Nouméa, New Caledonia
Level	Senior
Events	31 (20 men, 11 women)
Participation	13 nations
← 1963 Suva 1969 Port Moresby → 1966 South Pacific Games

Athletics competitions at the 1966 South Pacific Games were held in Nouméa, New Caledonia, between 10 and 13 December 1966.

A total of 31 events were contested, 20 by men and 11 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage courtesy of Tony Isaacs and Børre Lilloe, and on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage by Bob Snow.

Complete results can also be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage by Bob Snow.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.5 m/s)	Jacques Pothin (NCL)	11.2/11.29	Aphmelody Kaumatua (PNG)	11.3	Kalivate Cavuilati (FIJ)	11.5
200 metres	Jean Bourne (PYF)	22.4/22.52	Bruce Richter (PNG)	22.6	Sitiveni Moceidreke (FIJ)	22.8
400 metres	Didier Lacabanne (NCL)	50.2	Damian Midi (PNG)	50.9	Lasarusa Waqa (FIJ)	51.3
800 metres	Ellia Humuni (NCL)	2:00.5	William Wellbourne (PNG)	2:00.8	Osea Malamala (FIJ)	2:02.4
1500 metres	Tony Bowditch (NRU)	4:07.9	Peceli Tuinakauvadra (FIJ)	4:08.7	Kalivate Raciri (FIJ)	4:08.9
5000 metres	Robert Morgan-Morris (NRU)	15:44.8	Danny Schuster (SAM)	16:19.1	Livingstone Tabua (PNG)	16:23.7
10000 metres	Robert Morgan-Morris (NRU)	33:04.6	Usaia Sotutu (FIJ)	33:24.7	Julien Gohe (NCL)	34:19.2
3000 metres steeplechase	Usaia Sotutu (FIJ)	9:59.2	Tony Bowditch (NRU)	10:01.0	Michel Guepy (NCL)	10:08.8
110 metres hurdles	Penisimani Tuipulotu (TGA)	15.3	Charles Tetaria (PYF)	15.6	Marcel Blameble (NCL)	16.1
400 metres hurdles	Marcel Blameble (NCL)	54.7	William Wellbourne (PNG)	56.0	Honoré Iwa (NCL)	56.9
High Jump	Jean Salmon (PYF)	1.90	Alexandre Léontieff-Téahu (PYF)	1.90	Ludovico Manuafina (WLF)	1.86
Pole Vault	Bernard Balastre (PYF)	4.15	Stanley Drollet (PYF)	4.10	Yannick Bonnet de Larbogne (NCL)	4.10
Long Jump	Charles Tetaria (PYF)	7.31 (wind: -2.0 m/s)	Jacques Pothin (NCL)	7.14	Jone Lesumaiuma (FIJ)	7.08
Triple Jump	Christian Kaddour (NCL)	14.70 (wind: +1.4 m/s)	Georges Lepping (SOL)	14.21	Vincent Biri (SOL)	13.97
Shot Put	Arnjolt Beer (NCL)	15.82	Martial Bone (NCL)	14.72	Adonio Tokawa (NCL)	14.02
Discus Throw	Mesulame Rakuro (FIJ)	45.12	Arnjolt Beer (NCL)	44.68	Henri Wetta (NCL)	40.06
Hammer Throw	Henri Wetta (NCL)	38.58	James Deane (PYF)	37.86	Martial Bone (NCL)	35.70
Javelin Throw	Petelo Wakalina (NCL)	69.14	William Liga (FIJ)	66.30	Unango Watha (NCL)	59.34
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua and New Guinea Placid Walekwate Aphmeledy Kaumatua Silas Tita Bruce Richter	43.0/42.80	Fiji Kalivate Cavuilati Roy Thomas Jone Lesu Rupeni Ravonu	43.0/42.81	French Polynesia Marcel Thunot Charles Tetaria Anatole Teai Jean Bourne	43.7
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji Amani Racule Osea Malamala Lasarusa Waqa Saimoni Tamani	3:24.08	New Caledonia Honore Iwa Alexandre Yekawéné Marcel Blaméble Didier Lacabanne & Papua and New Guinea Eliab Wuate Peter Tavip William Wellbourne Damien Midi	3:27.27	Not awarded as New Caledonia & Papua New Guinea were tied for the silver medal

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.4 m/s)	Torika Varo (FIJ)	12.87	Ana Ramacake (FIJ)	13.12	Naomi Taraingal (PNG)	13.34
200 metres	Torika Varo (FIJ)	25.3/25.52	Ana Ramacake (FIJ)	26.5	Monique Lacombe (NCL)	26.8
400 metres	Iona Mitchell (FIJ)	62.8/62.88	Géraldine Bigourd (NCL)	63.0	Madeleine Frebault (PYF)	63.6
800 metres	Sulueti Macuku (FIJ)	2:25.2	Bernadette Namal (PNG)	2:25.5	Géraldine Bigourd (NCL)	2:26.7
80 metres hurdles (wind: -6.0 m/s)	Shirley Heffernan (FIJ)	12.86	Lois Lax (NRU)	12.88	Yvonne Ukeiwe (NCL)	12.92
High Jump	Annemarie Vakoume (NCL)	1.52	Eleanor Phillips (FIJ)	1.52	Lauria Meindu (NCL)	1.47
Long Jump	Ana Ramacake (FIJ)	5.51 w (wind: +2.8 m/s)	Yolande Temeharo (PYF)	5.10 (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Torika Varo (FIJ)	5.09
Shot Put	Akisi Naimotu (FIJ)	12.17	Marie-Claude Wetta (NCL)	11.81	Losaline Faka'ata (TGA)	11.46
Discus Throw	Lois Lax (NRU)	42.32	Merewai Turukawa (FIJ)	35.38	Claude Maitere (PYF)	34.32
Javelin Throw	Evelyne Poa-Matha (NCL)	40.40	Sophie Kamen-Milot (NCL)	40.10	Natalia Tufele (WLF)	38.68
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji Ulamila Toroki Torika Varo Iona Mitchell Ana Ramacake	49.6	New Caledonia Monique Lacombe Arlette Kopoui Eseta Deuwi Arii Annemarie Benjamin	50.5	Papua and New Guinea Meriba Wika Naomi Taraingal Delilah Exon Navo Anisa	52.9

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (New Caledonia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji (FIJ)	11	8	7	26
2	New Caledonia (NCL)*	10	8	13	31
3	French Polynesia (PYF)	4	5	3	12
4	Australia (AUS)	4	2	0	6
5	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	7	3	11
6	Tonga (TON)	1	0	1	2
7	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	1	1	2
8	Western Samoa (WSM)	0	1	0	1
9	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 entries)		31	32	30	93

Participation (unofficial)

Athletes from 13 countries were reported to participate:

References

^ Snow, Bob (October 20, 2012), SECOND SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES - NOUMEA 1966 - FULL RESULTS OF THE ATHLETICS COMPETITION (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved March 28, 2013
SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved March 28, 2013
Snow, Bob (September 12, 2011), SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES RESULTS (PDF), OAA, archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2013, retrieved March 28, 2013

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