Vanuatu at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Vanuatu competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Vanuatu at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Vanuatu
CGF code	VAN
CGA	Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/vanuatu
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	18 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Miller Pata (opening)
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Beach volleyball athlete Miller Pata was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2][3][4]

The country won its first ever Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by para athlete Friana Kwevira in the women's javelin throw (F46) event.^[5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	5	8
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Boxing	3	0	3
Table tennis	2	3	5
Total	8	10	18

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Friana Kwevira Athletics Women's Javelin Throw (F46) April 9  Bronze Linline Matauatu Miller Pata Beach volleyball Women's tournament April 12

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 1 1 Beach volleyball 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2

Medals by day Day Total 5 April 0 0 0 0 6 April 0 0 0 0 7 April 0 0 0 0 8 April 0 0 0 0 9 April 0 0 1 1 10 April 0 0 0 0 11 April 0 0 0 0 12 April 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2

Medals by gender Gender Total Female 0 0 2 2 Male 0 0 0 0 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 2 2

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Vanuatu participated with 8 athletes (3 men and 5 women).

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bradly Toa	200 m	22.43	5	did not advance
	400 m	49.10	6	did not advance
Simon Charley	10000 m	—				DNS
	3000 m steeplechase	—				10:03.08	11

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Jack Nasawa	Javelin throw	56.12	21	did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roslyn Nalin	100 m	13.01	7	did not advance
Dephnny Naliupis	100 m (T35)	—				26.49	7
Valentine Hello	400 m	58.62	7	did not advance
Roslyn Nalin		1:00.72	8	did not advance
Valentine Hello	800 m	2:18.26	9	—		did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Friana Kwevira	Javelin throw (F46)	24.54
Marcelline Moli		16.17	5

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Vanuatu qualified a women's beach volleyball team for a total of two athletes.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Linline Matauatu Miller Pata	Women's	Pool C  Lau – Ong (SGP) W 2 – 0 (21 - 9, 21 - 12)  Nzayisenga – Mutatsimpundu (RWA) W 2 – 0 (21 - 15, 21 - 10)  Wills – Polley (NZL) L 0 – 2 (17 - 21, 16 - 21)	2 Q	Grimson – Palmer (ENG) W 2 – 1 (23 - 25, 21 - 19, 15 - 12)	Artacho del Solar – Clancy (AUS) L 1 - 2 (19-21, 21-16, 9-15)	Konstantinou – Angelopoulou (CYP) W 2 - 0 (21-14, 21-10)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Vanuatu participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Berry Namri	−49 kg	BYE	Thiwanka Ranasinghe (SRI) L 0–5	did not advance
Gill Kalai	−52 kg	Thabo Molefe (LES) L 0–5	did not advance
Boe Warawara	−56 kg	Hussamuddin Mohammed (IND) L 0–5	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Vanuatu participated with 5 athletes (2 men and 3 women).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ham Lulu	Men's singles	Rollins (BAH) W 4 - 0	Sirisena (SRI) L 0 - 4	2	did not advance
Yoshua Shing		Melton (TUV) W 4 - 0	Wilson (TTO) L 1 - 4	2	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu	Women's singles	Sifi (SOL) W 4 - 0	Baah-Danso (GHA) L 1 - 4	2	—	did not advance
Stephanie Qwea		Ho Wan Kau (MRI) L 1 - 4	Thakkar (KEN) L 1 - 4	3	—	did not advance
Priscilla Tommy		Katepu (TUV) W 4 - 0	Pazi (TAN) W 4 - 0	1 Q	—	Lay (AUS) L 0 - 4	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ham Lulu Yoshua Shing	Men's doubles	Bye	Asante / Sam (GHA) L 1 - 3	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu Priscilla Tommy	Women's doubles	—	Mwaisyula / Pazi (TAN) W 3 - 0	Ho / Tsaptsinos (ENG) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Anolyn Lulu Yoshua Shing	Mixed doubles	Tumaini / Mwaisyula (TAN) W 3 - 1	Hu / Tapper (AUS) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Priscilla Tommy Ham Lulu		Britton / Greaves (GUY) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Anolyn Lulu Stephanie Qwea Priscilla Tommy	Women's team	England (ENG) L 0 - 3	Guyana (GUY) L 2 - 3	3	did not advance

See also

• Vanuatu at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
3. Nasse, Raymond (6 April 2018). "Vanuatu's Miller juggling nappies and Commonwealth Games glory". Vanuatu Daily Post. Port Vila, Vanuatu. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
4. Haffenden, Damien (4 April 2018). "Meet the Opening Ceremony flagbearers". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast Organizing Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (GOLDOC). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
5. Butler, Nick (9 April 2018). "Simbine stuns Blake to win Commonwealth Games 100 metres". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
6. "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.