V Polynesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	7 - 9 April 2016
Host city	Papeete, Tahiti
Venue	Pater Stadium
Level	Senior
Participation	7 nations
← 2009 Gold Coast

The 2016 Polynesian Championships in Athletics was the fifth Polynesian Championships. It was held from the 7 - 9 April in Papeete, Tahiti at the Pater Stadium.^[1]

Participation

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m (wind:+0.5)	Eddie Herene Magele  Samoa	11.14	Jarvis Hansen  New Zealand	11.30	Cole Unasa  Samoa	11.31
200m (wind:+2.4)	Eddie Herene Magele  Samoa	22.01	Siueni Filimone  Tonga	22.08	Jarvis Hansen  New Zealand	22.46
400m	Heamatangi Tu'ivai  Tonga	49.72	NA	NA	NA	NA
800m	Teiva Izal PYF	2:04.76	Teva Tama Iti	2:05.26	NA	NA
1500m	Teva Tama Iti	4:32.38	NA	NA	NA	NA
5000m	Loïc Mevel Iti	16:10.03 CR	Samuel Aragaw PYF	16:12.25	NA	NA
10000m	Loïc Mevel Iti	34:24.68	Samuel Aragaw PYF	34:25.90	Cedric Wane PYF	34:34.76
High jump	Christopher Goodwin  New Zealand	1.85m	Jacques Tetauira PYF	1.70m	NA	NA
Pole vault	Matheo Lada PYF	4.30m CR	Anthony Boulhol PYF	3.80m	Soape Polutele  Tonga	3.60m
Long jump	Christopher Goodwin  New Zealand	6.77m (wind:+0.5)	Timona Poareu PYF	6.37m (wind:0.0)	Makalea Foliaki	6.14m (wind:+0.8)
Triple jump	Makalea Foliaki Iti	12.78m (wind:+1.0)	Jean Louis Fuller Iti	12.27m (wind:+0.3)	Jacques Tetauira PYF	12.14m (wind:+1.9)
Shot put	Nathaniel Sulupo  Samoa	13.82m	NA	NA	NA	NA
Discus throw	Nathaniel Sulupo  Samoa	45.81m	Raiarii Thompson PYF	33.35m	NA	NA
Javelin throw	Soape Polutele  Tonga	49.70m	Raiarii Thompson PYF	45.57m	Jacques Tetauira PYF	41.66m
4 × 100m relay	Samoa A	43.72	PYF A	45.01	New Zealand A	45.22

Men Under 18

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m (wind: +0.1)	Leti Paaga  American Samoa	11.10	Moana Faber PYF	11.57	Luteru Ahloe  American Samoa	11.77
200m (wind:3.0)	Junior Konesane Palamo  Samoa	22.61	Leti Paaga  American Samoa	23.04	Timona Poareu PYF	23.95
400m	Liam Turner  New Zealand	51.32	Sam Gouveneur  New Zealand	51.68	Gerard Hickey  New Zealand	56.68
800m	Liam Turner  New Zealand	1:58.21	Gerard Hickey  New Zealand	1:58.87	Sam Gouveneur  New Zealand	1:59.55
1500m	Max Spencer  New Zealand	4:13.22	Yanael Dubois PYF	4:31.24	Maui Rere Rangi Tatum  Cook Islands	4:54.94
3000 metres	Max Spencer  New Zealand	9:14.56	Yanael Dubois PYF	9:55.86	Ian Mevel Iti	11:06.87
High jump	Gerard Hickey  New Zealand	1.85m	Teaue Teihotaata PYF	1.80m	Teuraiterai Tupaia PYF	1.80m
Pole vault	Matheo Lada PYF	4.20m	Reggie Taumaa PYF	3.70m	Anthony Boulhol PYF	3.50m
Long jump	Timona Poareu PYF	6.49m (wind:1.7)	Kolone Alefosio  Samoa	6.05m (wind:-0.3)	Raihau Lehot PYF	5.99m (wind:-0.3)
Triple jump	Timona Poareu PYF	12.97m (wind:2.6)	Raihiti Mairau Iti	11.88m (wind:3.0)
Shot put	Gerard Ah Nau  Samoa	14.84m	James Harry  Cook Islands	13.82m	Teuraiterai Tupaia PYF	13.05m
Discus throw	Gerard Ah Nau  Samoa	51.45m	James Harry  Cook Islands	46.12m	Teuraiterai Tupaia PYF	43.20m
Javelin throw	Teuraiterai Tupaia PYF	71.52m	Opetini Dryden  New Zealand	53.57m	James Harry  Cook Islands	45.83m
4 × 100m relay	New Zealand A	46.47

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m (wind:+0.9)	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	12.30	Natasha Eady  New Zealand	12.59	Sarah Pearce  New Zealand	12.71
200m (wind:+1.5)	Sarah Pearce  New Zealand	25.26 CR	Natasha Eady  New Zealand	25.27	Patricia Taea  Cook Islands	25.33
400m	Sarah Pearce  New Zealand	55.60 CR	Amanda Jayne Fitisemanu  New Zealand	57.18	Taina Halasima  Tonga	59.69
800m	Ellen Schaef  New Zealand	2:09.94 CR	NA	NA	NA	NA
1500m	Ellen Schaef  New Zealand	4:32.37 CR	NA	NA	NA	NA
5000m	Sophie Bouchonnet PYF	19:35.47	Elodie Menou PYF	20:00.26	Carine Soulon PYF	21:36.02
10000m	Elodie Menou PYF	43:22.71	Carine Soulon PYF	46:21.12	NA	NA
High jump	Mihiatea Gooding PYF	1.68m CR	Olivia Bryce  New Zealand	1.60m	Adriana Mahwinney  New Zealand	1.60m
Pole vault	Lucie Tepea PYF	2.50m	NA	NA	NA	NA
Long jump	Candice Richer Iti	5.09m (wind:+0.8 m/s)	Tahiona Doucet Iti	4.81m (wind:+1.2 m/s)	NA	NA
Triple jump	Adriana Mahwinney  New Zealand	11.27m (wind:+1.7 m/s)	Tahiona Doucet Iti	10.08m (wind:+2.2 m/s)	NA	NA
Shot put	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	13.15m	Atamaama Tu'utafaiva  Tonga	13.07m	Diana Opoapu  Samoa	12.07m
Discus throw	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	44.68m	Kasandra Vegas  Samoa	41.80m	Christina Ryan  New Zealand	38.02m
Javelin throw	Gwoelani Patu PYF	38.13m CR	Kasandra Vegas  Samoa	32.19m	NA	NA
4 × 100m relay	New Zealand A	49.47	NA	NA	NA	NA

Women Under 18

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m (wind: +0.6)	Briana Stephenson  New Zealand	12.44	Elise Forman  New Zealand	12.93	Vainui Neagle PYF	12.94
200m	Briana Stephenson  New Zealand	25.14	Grace Godfrey  New Zealand	26.32	Elise Forman  New Zealand	26.54
400m	Grace Godfrey  New Zealand	58.84	April Horton  Cook Islands	1:12.80
800m	Alexandra Montuclard PYF	2:34.70	Mathilde Fink Iti	2:40.96	Margaux Poret PYF	2:43.03
1500m	Mathilde Soulon PYF	5:15.66	Alexandra Montuclard PYF	5:23.64	Margaux Poret PYF	5:27.72
3000 metres	Mathilde Soulon PYF	11:32.52	Emmy Lallement Iti	11:59.03	Sybille Pashe Iti	13:04.83
High jump	Briana Stephenson  New Zealand	1.60m	Olivia Bryce  New Zealand	1.55m	Kayla Goodwin  New Zealand	1.50m
Long jump	Briana Stephenson  New Zealand	5.84m (wind:1.8)	Kayla Goodwin  New Zealand	5.23m (wind:1.6)	Candice Richer Iti	5.13m (wind:1.6)
Triple jump	Kayla Goodwin  New Zealand	11.02m (wind:2.5)	Indji Cabarrus PYF	10.32m (wind:-1.0)	Hererava Varney Iti	9.82m (wind:2.6)
Shot put	Vanaa Edom PYF	10.58m	Vaihei Wong Iti	9.55m	NA	NA
Javelin throw	Gwoelani Patu PYF	42.85m	Vaimiti Marii PYF	37.95m
4 × 100m relay	New Zealand A	49.11

Mixed

Event	First		Second		Third
800 metres Medley relay	Tonga	1:42.30	New Zealand B	1:44.17	Iti	1:46.75

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand (NZL)	21	13	9	43
2	PYF	20	23	14	57
3	Iti	17	17	13	47
4	PYF Para	16	15	11	42
5	Samoa (SAM)	8	3	2	13
6	Cook Islands (COK)	3	3	3	9
7	Tonga (TGA)	3	2	2	7
Totals (7 entries)		88	76	54	218