Athletics at the VIII South Pacific Games
Dates	December 9–18
Host city	Nouméa, New Caledonia
Venue	Stade Numa-Daly Magenta
Level	Senior
Events	38 (22 men, 16 women)
Participation	11 nations
Records set	25
← 1983 Apia 1991 Port Moresby → 1987 South Pacific Games

Athletics competitions at the 1987 South Pacific Games were held at the Stade Numa-Daly Magenta in Nouméa, New Caledonia, between December 9–18, 1987.^[1]

A total of 38 events were contested, 22 by men and 16 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage courtesy of Tony Isaacs and Børre Lilloe,^[2] and on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage by Bob Snow.^[3]

Complete results can also be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage by Bob Snow.^[1]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Jean Fantozzi (NCL)	10.98	Takale Tuna (PNG)	11.21	Peauope Suli (TGA)	11.22
200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Takale Tuna (PNG)	22.10	Rudy Brizard (NCL)	22.20	Peauope Suli (TGA)	22.25
400 metres	Takale Tuna (PNG)	49.14	Joe Rodan (FIJ)	49.50	Fosa Torea (PNG)	49.74
800 metres	Alain Lazare (NCL)	1:55.73	Semi Vuetibau (FIJ)	1:56.17	Lui Muavesi (FIJ)	1:56.21
1500 metres	Alain Lazare (NCL)	3:50.27 GR	/ Pascal Adams (PYF)	4:00.11	Binesh Prasad (FIJ)	4:01.62
5000 metres	Alain Lazare (NCL)	14:15.12 GR	/ Pascal Adams (PYF)	15:20.21	Aaron Dupnai (PNG)	15:23.36
10000 metres	Alain Lazare (NCL)	30:59.99 GR	Aaron Dupnai (PNG)	32:28.63	Shiri Chand (FIJ)	33:14.16
Marathon	Alain Lazare (NCL)	2:26:58 GR	Aaron Dupnai (PNG)	2:32:56	Yannick Moglia (NCL)	2:41.06
3000 metres steeplechase	Alain Lazare (NCL)	9:07.11 GR	Davendra Singh (FIJ)	9:32.16	/ Pascal Adams (PYF)	9:38.49
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.2 m/s)	/ Robert Tupuhoé (PYF)	14.76	Albert Miller (FIJ)	14.80	/ Glenn Barff (PYF)	15.04
400 metres hurdles	/ Robert Tupuhoé (PYF)	52.37 GR	Edmond Humuni (NCL)	53.03	/ Yves Martin (PYF)	53.06
High Jump	Clément Poaniewa (NCL)	2.02	/ Jean-Luc Ebbs (PYF)	1.98	Guillaume Vendegou (NCL)	1.96
Pole Vault	/ Jean-Luc Mu Kwai Chuan (PYF)	4.60 GR	Gaël Marlier (NCL)	4.55	/ Thierry Tekuataoa (PYF)	4.35
Long Jump	Steeve Druminy (NCL)	7.39 GR (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Jean-Jacques Honda (NCL)	7.27 w (wind: +2.1 m/s)	Setiliki Mateialona (TGA)	6.99 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
Triple Jump	Jean Fantozzi (NCL)	15.73 GR (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Steeve Druminy (NCL)	15.53 w (wind: +2.9 m/s)	/ Thierry Temauri (PYF)	14.49 w (wind: +2.4 m/s)
Shot Put	Soane Suve (NCL)	15.97	Pierre Alexandrine (NCL)	15.36	Sanitesi Latu (TGA)	14.75
Discus Throw	/ Gordon Barff (PYF)	51.30 GR	Martial Bone (NCL)	47.20	Frédéric Cassier (NCL)	44.72
Hammer Throw	Soane Lakafia (NCL)	57.90 GR	Frédéric Cassier (NCL)	55.52	Pierre-Chanel Sao (NCL)	49.88
Javelin Throw (new specification)	Jean-Paul Lakafia (NCL)	78.96 GR	/ Fapiano Fakataulavelua (WLF)	77.36	Péta Tauhavili (NCL)	75.00
Decathlon†	Albert Miller (FIJ)	7019	/ Glenn Barff (PYF)	6319 w	Ferdinand Nongkas (PNG)	5722
4 x 100 metres relay	New Caledonia Christophe Simonin Remy Chenu Rudy Brizard Jean Fantozzi	41.07 GR	Tonga Cedric Mateialona Peni‘Akau Loloa Sitaneli Mafi Peauope Suli	41.64	Papua New Guinea Emmanuel Mack John Hou David Susame Takale Tuna	41.71
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji Henry Rogo Braeman Yee Lui Muavesi Joe Rodan	3:17.46	Papua New Guinea John Hou Takale Tuna Clement Taipala Fosa Torea	3:18.99	New Caledonia Thelisse Rudy Brizard Edmond Humuni Samuel Pellan	3:21.13

^†: Albert Miller’s score of 7019 points in Decathlon was achieved with a wind assisted (+5.2 m/s) Long Jump of 6.82m. Taking his best legal jump of 6.69m (+2.1) his score becomes 6989 points - a New Games Record.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Ghislaine Saint-Prix (NCL)	12.62	/ Albertine An (PYF)	12.63	Laure Uedre (NCL)	12.81
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Brigitte Hardel (NCL)	24.62 GR	/ Albertine An (PYF)	25.41	Laure Uedre (NCL)	25.69
400 metres	Brigitte Hardel (NCL)	56.32 GR	Kanai Koniel (PNG)	59.41	Véronique Becker (NCL)	59.64
800 metres	Patricia Rouby (NCL)	2:15.58 GR	Nadia Bernard (NCL)	2:17.33	/ Marie-Line Marraud (PYF)	2:18.51
1500 metres	Nadia Bernard (NCL)	4:35.94 GR	Poloni Avek (PNG)	4:45.71	Kelea Vetuku (FIJ)	4:50.94
3000 metres	Nadia Bernard (NCL)	10:03.46 GR	Poloni Avek (PNG)	10:34.44	/ Teroro Meyer (PYF)	10:35.67
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s)	/ Albertine An (PYF)	14.37 GR	Brigitte Hardel (NCL)	14.47	Sainiana Tukana (FIJ)	15.15
400 metres hurdles	Brigitte Hardel (NCL)	60.96 GR	Sainiana Tukana (FIJ)	61.90	/ Léonne Ley (PYF)	63.09
High Jump	/ Albertine An (PYF)	1.65	Annie Tokona (FIJ)	1.63	Dionne Gardner (NFK)	1.63
Long Jump	Brigitte Hardel (NCL)	5.92 (wind: +1.2 m/s)	/ Albertine An (PYF)	5.77 w (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Corinne Martin (NCL)	5.63 w (wind: +2.5 m/s)
Shot Put	Siu Ivakuka (TGA)	14.00 GR	Marie-Danielle Teanyouen (NCL)	13.75	Marie-Christine Fakaté (NCL)	13.67
Discus Throw	Marie-Christine Fakaté (NCL)	46.42	/ Sandra Pito (PYF)	45.22	Marie-Lucie Pauga (NCL)	43.28
Javelin Throw	Mereoni Vibose (FIJ)	52.26	Anna Tulitau (NCL)	50.04	/ Diane Méaméa (PYF)	49.16
Heptathlon	Sainiana Tukana (FIJ)	4822 GR	/ Albertine An (PYF)	4817	Iammo Launa (PNG)	4772
4 x 100 metres relay	New Caledonia Laure Uedre Corinne Martin Brigitte Hardel Ghislaine Saint-Prix	47.32 GR	/ French Polynesia Jessie Manutahi Aimata Leroy Sandra Yansaud Albertine An	47.64	Papua New Guinea Yal Jonathan Kanai Koniel Barbara Sapea Iammo Launa	48.52
4 x 400 metres relay	New Caledonia Catherine Uedre Patricia Rouby Véronique Becker Brigitte Hardel	3:52.58 GR	/ French Polynesia Véronique Boyer Katia Sanford Marie-Line Marraud Léonne Ley	3:59.53	Papua New Guinea Gisung Ngalau Barbara Sapea Lily Tua Kanai Koniel	3:59.54

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (New Caledonia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia (NCL)*	25	12	12	49
2	French Polynesia (PYF)	6	11	9	26
3	Fiji (FIJ)	4	6	5	15
4	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	2	7	7	16
5	Tonga (TON)	1	1	4	6
6	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	0	1	0	1
7	Norfolk Island (NFK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		38	38	38	114

Participation (unofficial)

Athletes from the following 11 countries were reported to participate:^[1]