Cook Islands at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Cook Islands competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. The Cook Islands delegation consisted of 18 athletes (7 male and eleven female) that competed across four sports: athletics (track and field), lawn bowls, swimming and weightlifting. It was The Cook Islands's 11th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

On February 27, 2018, track and field athlete Patricia Taea was named as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Taiki Paniani and Aidan Zittersteijn won the country's first ever Commonwealth Games medal, when they won bronze in the men's pairs lawn bowls event.

Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Aidan Zittersteijn Lawn bowls Men's Pairs April 9

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics (track and field) 1 2 3Lawn bowls 5 5 10Swimming 2 1 3Weightlifting 0 2 2 Total 8 10 18

Athletics (track and field)

The Cook Islands entered three athletes (one male and two female).

Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAlex BeddoesMen's 800 m1:51.647colspan=2did not advancePatricia TaeaWomen's 100 m12.227did not advanceWomen's 200 m24.917did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionTereapii TapokiWomen's Shot put12.6013did not advanceWomen's Discus throwcolspan=2 46.0110

Lawn bowls

The Cook Islands entered ten lawn bowlers (five male and five female).

Men AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Taiki PanianiSinglesL 6 - 21L 5 - 21L 19 - 21L 17 - 21L 17 - 216did not advanceTaiki PanianiAidan ZittersteijnPairsW 15 - 13W 15 - 14L 12 - 26W 18 - 14W 22 - 172 QW 15 - 14L 14 - 21W 17 - 11Lawrence PanianiMunokokura PitaAdoni W-RairoaTriplesL 11 - 27W 16 - 10L 10 - 23W 18 - 173did not advanceLawrence PanianiMunokokura PitaAdoni W-RairoaAidan ZittersteijnFoursL 4 - 21D 14 - 14L 12 - 21L 4 - 145did not advance

Women AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Nooroa MataioSinglesL 9 - 21W 21 - 18L 7 - 21L 7 - 21W 19 - 185did not advanceEmily JimNooroa MataioPairsL 6 - 33L 16 - 29L 10 - 36L 8 - 265did not advanceTeokotai JimTiare JimJacquelin PureaTriplesL 14 - 20L 10 - 28W 25 - 11colspan=2 3did not advanceEmily JimTeokotai JimTiare JimJacqueline PureaFoursL 8 - 22L 11 - 15L 9 - 15W 20 - 74did not advance

Swimming

The Cook Islands entered three swimmers (two male and one female).

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTemaruata Strickland50 m freestyle25.9653did not advance100 m freestyle57.3351did not advanceWesley Roberts200 m freestyle1:49.3515colspan=2 did not advance400 m freestyle3:56.099colspan=2 did not advance1500 m freestylecolspan=4 15:40.366

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKirsten Fisher-Marsters50 m breaststroke33.8422did not advance100 m breaststroke1:15.4124did not advance

Weightlifting

The Cook Islands entered two female weightlifters.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankPhilippa WoontonWomen's −75 kg759931016810Luisa PetersWomen's +90 kg100612542255

See also Cook Islands at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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