Papua New Guinea at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

Papua New Guinea at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

CGF code	PNG
CGA	Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/png
in Glasgow, Scotland
Flag bearer	Steven Kari
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Papua New Guinea competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014. Papua New Guinea participated in the Commonwealth Games for the thirteenth time. Over its previous participations, its athletes won a total of nine medals, of which two gold. Swimmer Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea's most successful competitor with a gold in 2006 and a silver in 2010, is not competing in Glasgow, but is present as "assistant coach and mentor" for PNG's swim team.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Steven Kukuna Kari	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg	July 29
Gold	Dika Toua	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg	July 25

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kupun Wisil	100 m	10.86	50	did not advance
Ruwan Gunasinghe	100 m	11.03	58	did not advance
Nelson Stone	200 m	21.51	45	did not advance
Nelson Stone	400 m	47.60	=31	did not advance
Theo Piniau	200 m	21.77	48	did not advance
Theo Piniau	400 m	48.50	36	did not advance
Kaminiel Matlaun	400 m	48.65	37	did not advance
Kaminiel Matlaun	800 m	1:52.36	20	did not advance
Kevin Kapmatana	800 m	1:59.09	25	did not advance
Veherney Babob	800 m	2:03.45	26	did not advance
Andipas Georasi	1500 m	4:05.30	25	—		did not advance
Wala Gime	110 m hurdles	14.64	19	—		did not advance
Wala Gime	400 m hurdles	53.62	16	—		did not advance
Mowen Boino	400 m hurdles	DQ		—		did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Helen Philemon	100 m	13.12	46	did not advance
Toea Wisil	100 m	11.64 Q	=14	11.44 SB	10	did not advance
Toea Wisil	200 m	24.26 q	21	24.48	21	did not advance
Adrine Monagi	100 m	12.83	44	did not advance
Adrine Monagi	200 m	26.71	40	did not advance
Shirley Vunatup	200 m	25.79	34	did not advance
Shirley Vunatup	400 m	1:00.10	42	did not advance
Betty Burua	400 m	55.48	31	did not advance
Donna Koniel	400 m	58.40	40	did not advance
Donna Koniel	800 m	2:14.56	27	did not advance
Sharon Kwarula	400 m hurdles	1:02.52	20	—		did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

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
Raymond Ovinou	−66 kg	Bye	Luzia (MOZ) L w/o	did not advance
Nelson	−73 kg	Maxwell (BAR) W 100–000	Ganzo (KEN) L 0002–0023	did not advance
Kinsley Vui	−73 kg	Kinyanjui (KEN) W 010-010	van Zyl (RSA) L 0001-1010	did not advance

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea has qualified a rugby sevens team.

Pool C

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Samoa	3	3	0	106	26	+80	9	Medal competition
Wales	3	2	1	93	26	+67	7	Medal competition
Papua New Guinea	3	1	2	57	69	−12	5	Bowl competition
Malaysia	3	0	3	7	142	−135	3	Bowl competition

Source:

26 July 2014
11:38

Samoa	33–14	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
14:18

Papua New Guinea	36–7	Malaysia
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
18:46

Wales	29–7	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Collin Akara	50 m freestyle	26.22	54	did not advance
Stanford Kawale	50 m freestyle	24.56	35	did not advance
Collin Akara	100 m freestyle	59.18	56	did not advance
Stanford Kawale	100 m freestyle	55.09	=40	did not advance
Collin Akara	50 m butterfly	28.48	42	did not advance
Stanford Kawale	50 m butterfly	26.39	31	did not advance
Collin Akara	100 m butterfly	1:05.09	33	did not advance
Stanford Kawale	100 m butterfly	1:00.67	28	did not advance
Stanford Kawale	200 m individual medley	2:24.57	23	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jocelyn Flynn	50 m freestyle	29.80	54	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko		29.16	=46	did not advance
Barbara Vali-Skelton		28.62	40	did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn	100 m freestyle	1:07.17	44	did not advance
Tegan McCarthy	50 m backstroke	33.74	33	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko	50 m backstroke	33.01	28	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko	100 m backstroke	1:14.90	26	did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn	50 m breaststroke	36.44	30	did not advance
Tegan McCarthy		36.32	29	did not advance
Barbara Vali-Skelton		36.13	28	did not advance
Tegan McCarthy	100 m breaststroke	1:18.52	30	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko		1:18.36	27	did not advance
Barbara Vali-Skelton		1:19.69	31	did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn	200 m breaststroke	3:04.06	24	—		did not advance
Barbara Vali-Skelton	200 m breaststroke	2:54.39	22	—		did not advance
Tegan McCarthy	50 m butterfly	30.55	35	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko	50 m butterfly	31.79	42	did not advance
Tegan McCarthy	100 m butterfly	1:10.20	27	did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn Tegan McCarthy Savannah Tkatchenko Barbara Vali-Skelton	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:25.01	10	—		did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn Tegan McCarthy Savannah Tkatchenko Barbara Vali-Skelton	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:49.04	9	—		did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)
Casmer Kamangip	Men's	28:13	Lapped
Polihau Popeliau	Men's	did not finish
Rachael Sapera James	Women's	Lapped

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Fred Oala	56 kg	85	118	203	8
Morea Baru	62 kg	120	150	270	4
Toua Udia	77 kg	125	163	288	9
Steven Kukuna Kari	94 kg	149	200	349

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Dika Toua	53 kg	82	111	193 GR
Sandra Ako	69 kg	85	106	191	7
Guba Hale	69 kg	85	110	195	6

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Pope Gazave	Men's 72 kg	161.9	6
Ziggy Satkurin	Men's 72 kg	151.1	7
Timothy Harabe	Men's +72 kg	did not finish

References

Naime, Quintina (14 July 2014). "Steven Kari named Flag Bearer at Glasgow Games". pngloop.com/. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
"The Commonwealth Games Associations". www.glasgow2014.com/. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
Commonwealth Games Federation database
"Swimmers leave for Commonwealth Games" Archived 25 July 2014 at archive.today, EMTV, 19 July 2014

v t e Associations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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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

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