Athletics was one of the 26 sports contested at the 2019 Pacific Games hosted by Samoa. The track and field events were held at Apia Park on 15–20 July, with the half marathon staged on a course at the Apia waterfront on 20 July. Forty-nine athletics events were contested at the games, including six parasport events.

Participating nations A total of 21 countries, nineteen Pacific Games Association members plus Australia and New Zealand, competed in athletics at the 2019 games. It was the first Pacific Games where track and field athletes from Australia and New Zealand had participated.

Note: A number shown in brackets is the size of the athletics contingent (excluding para-athletes) for each country.

Medal table Papua New Guinea topped the medal table for athletics, retaining the position they won four years earlier. Fiji came in second while New Caledonia finished third. Host nation Samoa was ranked eighth with nine medals including one gold.

Medal summary Men's results Ref100 m(wind: -0.8 m/s) 10.31 (GR) 10.48 10.56 (PB) 200 m(wind: -1.0 m/s) 20.87 (SB) 20.91 21.70 (SB) 400 m 45.62 (GR) 47.31 (PB) 47.63 (PB) 800 m 1:53.18 1:53.78 1:54.72 1500 m 4:03.13 4:06.09 4:07.10 5000 m 15:45.54 15:48.93 14:57.00 10000 m 33:34.90 (SB) 33:36.86 33:39.01 Half marathon 1:12:06 (SB) 1:14:23 (SB) 1:15:05 110 m hurdles(wind: +2.0 m/s) 14.52 (PB) 14.55 14.88 400 m hurdles 50.86 (GR) 51.80 (PB) 52.82 3000 m steeplechase 9:37.14 10:14.17 10:16.44 4 × 100 m relay Albert Miller JrTony LemekiJim ColasauBanuve Tabakaucoro 40.18 (SB) Shupeng Ah VuiKelvin MasoeKolone AlefosioJeremy Dodson 40.26 (NR) Linus KuraviThoa OraManoka JohnMichael Penny 41.34 4 × 400 m relay Benjamin AlielEmmanuel WangaShadrick TansiDaniel Baul 3:13.06 (SB) Meli RomuakalouPetero VeitaqomakiSamuela RailoaKameli Ravuci 3:15.98 Tikie MaelAndrew MahittatanObediah TimbaciNathan Kalman 3:17.90 High jump 2.06 m (NR) 1.99 m shared silver 1.99 m (SB)Pole vault 4.60 m 4.60 m 3.50 m Long jump 7.65 m (NR)(-2.2 m/s) 7.27 m (PB) (-2.0 m/s) 7.01 m (-2.6 m/s) Triple jump 15.53 m (NWI) 15.51 m () (-0.3 m/s) 14.45 m (NWI) Shot put 17.75 m (NR) 17.40 m (SB) 16.07 m (SB) Discus throw 50.03 m (PB) 49.54 m 48.03 m Hammer throw 57.19 m (SB) 54.85 m 36.57 m Javelin throw 62.41 m (PB) 53.53 m 52.72 m Decathlon 7419 pts (GR) 6643 pts 6521 pts

Para events Ref100 m ambulant 11.86 11.78 12.87 Shot put seated 9.45 m 11.12 m 6.74 m Javelin ambulant 44.46 m 46.61 m 31.90 m

Women's results The pole vault event for women was not contested. Ref100 m(wind: -0.4 m/s) 11.56 11.82 11.94 200 m(wind: 2.4 m/s) 23.45 24.01 24.40 400 m 53.90 55.71 56.35 800 m 2:10.53 (GR) 2:14.17 2:16.30 1500 m 4:42.04 (PB) 4:51.36 4:52.04 5000 m 18:27.46 (PB) 19:14.50 19:31.38 10000 m 41:19.92 42:14.65 42:27.90 Half marathon 1:29:55 1:30:10 1:32:36 100 m hurdles(wind: +0.1 m/s) 13.17 (GR) 13.99 14.25 400 m hurdles 1:00.14 1:01.01 (NR) 1:02.39 3000 m steeplechase 11:38.42 11:59.25 12:15.65 4 × 100 m relay Younis BeseElenani TinaiMakereta NauluHeleina Young 45.76 Adrine MonagiLeonie BeuNancy MalamutToea Wisil 45.97 (NR) Roslyn NalinLyza MalresLesbeth KalopongNerry Bongnaim 50.34 4 × 400 m relay Leonie BeuIsila ApkupDonna KonielToea Wisil 3:44.86 Heleina YoungAna BaleveicauSerenia RagatuElenani Tinai 3:46.72 Valentine HelloLesbeth KalopongLyza MalresRoslyn Nalin 3:59.54 High jump1.68 m1.65 m1.59 m Long jump 6.15 m (+0.0 m/s) 5.68 m (+1.3 m/s) 5.55 m (+0.7 m/s) Triple jump 12.91 m (-3.7 m/s) 12.44 m (-2.5 m/s) 11.45 m (-1.8 m/s) Shot put 16.61 m (PB) 13.12 m 12.63 m Discus throw 45.41 m 44.63 m 40.39 m Hammer throw64.37 m (GR)51.73 m47.99 m (NR) Javelin throw 47.13 m 45.49 m 42.17 m Heptathlon 4550 pts 4101 pts 3848 pts

Para events Ref100 m ambulant 13.88 21.69 15.26 Shot put ambulant 7.83 m 7.05 m 6.71 m Javelin ambulant 22.14 m 13.56 m 18.25 m

Notes Erwan Cassier dedicated his win to his late father, Frédéric Cassier, who won the title in Apia, in 1983.

Toea Wisil broke the women's 100 metre games record in her first round heat clocking 11.50 seconds. The previous record was 11.55 seconds.

The women's 3000m steeplechase only had 3 entries. Therefore according to the Samoa 2019 Athletics technical manual section 9.3, only gold and silver will be awarded in events with such cases.

See also Athletics at the Pacific Games

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