Athletics at the VI South Pacific Mini Games
Dates	December 10–14
Host city	Middlegate, Norfolk Island
Level	Senior
Events	43 (22 men, 21 women)
Participation	16 nations
← 1997 Pago Pago 2005 Koror → 2001 South Pacific Mini Games

Athletics competitions at the 2001 South Pacific Mini Games were held in Middlegate, Norfolk Island, between December 10–14, 2001.

A total of 43 events were contested, 22 by men and 21 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage courtesy of Tony Isaacs and Børre Lilloe,^[1] and on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage by Bob Snow.^[2]

Complete results can also be found on the Athletics PNG^[3] webpage.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Peter Pulu (PNG)	10.67	Reuben Apuri (SOL)	10.90	Mohd Roache (SAM)	10.91
200 metres (wind: -3.5 m/s)	Peter Pulu (PNG)	22.22	Joseph Kembu (PNG)	22.40	Henry Ben (PNG)	22.51
400 metres	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	49.25	Levi Kuamin (PNG)	49.60	Mowen Boino (PNG)	49.67
800 metres	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	1:55.62	Loresh Kumaran (FIJ)	1:56.89	Setefano Mika (SAM)	1:57.62
1500 metres	Isireli Naikelekelevesi (FIJ)	4:10.29	Setefano Mika (SAM)	4:10.30	Loresh Kumaran (FIJ)	4:10.94
5000 metres	/ Georges Richmond (TAH)	15:51.41	Sapolai Yao (PNG)	15:54.71	Jimmy Sandy Okau-Sam-Molu (VAN)	15:59.38
10000 metres	/ Georges Richmond (TAH)	33:17.66	Jimmy Sandy Okau-Sam-Molu (VAN)	33:19.04	Bimlesh Kumar (FIJ)	33:19.14
Half Marathon	/ Georges Richmond (TAH)	1:14:03	David Kanie (PNG)	1:15:09	Chris Votu (SOL)	1:15:16
3000 metres steeplechase	Chanel Humuni (NCL)	9:59.02	Henry Foufaka (SOL)	10:00.28	Esala Talebula (FIJ)	10:06.29
110 metres hurdles (wind: -3.0 m/s)	Avele Tanielu (SAM)	15.21	Mowen Boino (PNG)	15.65	Fagamanu Sofai (SAM)	16.44
400 metres hurdles	Mowen Boino (PNG)	53.66	/ Turo Bourgery (TAH)	54.67	Meli Cama (FIJ)	55.15
High Jump	Stéphane Gouberaite (NCL)	2.00	Sandy Katusele (PNG)	1.90	Benetti Schwalger (SAM)	1.90
Long Jump	Frédéric Erin (NCL)	7.16 (wind: -1.9 m/s)	Sandy Katusele (PNG)	6.51 (wind: -2.2 m/s)	/ Apolosi Foliaki (TAH)	6.45 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
Triple Jump	Frédéric Erin (NCL)	15.24 (wind: -2.9 m/s)	/ Apolosi Foliaki (TAH)	14.20 (wind: -2.9 m/s)	Sandy Katusele (PNG)	14.06 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
Shot Put	Bertrand Vili (NCL)	16.81	Daniel Kilama (NCL)	15.44	Mamao Fonorito (FIJ)	14.99
Discus Throw	Bertrand Vili (NCL)	49.41	/ Gilles Valdenaire (TAH)	43.86	Motekiai Ta'ufa (TGA)	43.43
Hammer Throw	Brentt Jones (NFK)	53.91	Alikisio Fakaté (NCL)	48.46	Jérôme Tuugahala (NCL)	44.26
Javelin Throw	James Goulding (FIJ)	71.90	Bertrand Vili (NCL)	63.78	Iosefo Vuloaloa (FIJ)	59.00
Octathlon	Iosefo Vuloaloa (FIJ)	5218	/ Hendrey Ah Tchoy (TAH)	4771	Gabriele Qoro (FIJ)	4420
Kilometres Road Walk	Dip Chand (FIJ)	2:08:05
4 x 100 metres relay	Papua New Guinea Levi Kuamin Peter Pulu Henry Ben Wally Kirika	42.04	Samoa Avele Tanielu Brendan McDermott Patolo Tupuola Mohd Roache	42.18	Solomon Islands Andrew Konai Reuben Apuri Francis Manioru Nelson Kabitana	42.41
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji Isireli Naikelekelevesi Kaliova Tabaka Meli Cama Remesio Namara	3:17.99	Papua New Guinea Levi Kuamin Peter Pulu Hubert Mission Mowen Boino	3:18.98	Vanuatu Moses Kamut Alone Molisingi Peter-Paul Enkae David Thomas	3:22.37

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Makelesi Bulikiobo (FIJ)	12.26	Mae Koime (PNG)	12.61	Della Marava (PNG)	12.62
200 metres (wind: -2.2 m/s)	Makelesi Bulikiobo (FIJ)	25.29	Vasiti Vatureba (FIJ)	26.00	Mereoni Raluve (FIJ)	26.18
400 metres	Makelesi Bulikiobo (FIJ)	58.17	Vasiti Vatureba (FIJ)	58.65	Mereoni Raluve (FIJ)	59.44
800 metres	Sisilia Dauniwe (FIJ)	2:25.68	Makelesi Ovatani (FIJ)	2:26.51	Miriam Goiye (PNG)	2:28.21
1500 metres	Makelesi Ovatani (FIJ)	5:04.26	/ Vaite Bounhoure (TAH)	5:05.34	Miriam Goiye (PNG)	5:09.27
5000 metres	/ Vaite Bounhoure (TAH)	19:09.95	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	20:02.41	Sevena Francis (COK)	20:57.39
10000 metres	/ Vaite Bounhoure (TAH)	40:00.08	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	41:26.70
Half Marathon	Salome Tabuatalei (FIJ)	1:36:39	Ericka Ellis (NCL)	1:36:58
100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.8 m/s)	/ Véronique Boyer (TAH)	15.14	Rose-Marie Vakie (NCL)	15.74	Vikatolia Manumu'a (TGA)	18.25
400 metres hurdles	Vikatolia Manumu'a (TGA)	74.31	Ledua Baker (FIJ)	79.18
High Jump	/ Véronique Boyer (TAH)	1.80	Angela Way (PNG)	1.58	Melesia Mafile'o (TGA)	1.58
Long Jump	/ Véronique Boyer (TAH)	5.55 (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Jessica Taoupoulou (NCL)	5.18 (wind: -3.2 m/s)	Angela Way (PNG)	5.15 (wind: -2.8 m/s)
Triple Jump	/ Véronique Boyer (TAH)	12.50 (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Melesia Mafile'o (TGA)	11.64 (wind: -2.2 m/s)	Angela Way (PNG)	11.45 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
Shot Put	Ana Po'uhila (TGA)	15.13	Melehifo Uhi (TGA)	13.46	Bina Ramesh (NCL)	12.84
Discus Throw	Melehifo Uhi (TGA)	48.22	Marie-Christine Fakaté (NCL)	43.45	Ana Po'uhila (TGA)	42.28
Hammer Throw	Amélia Tui (NCL)	48.06	Patricia Kolivai (NCL)	42.86	Siniva Marsters (COK)	42.56
Javelin Throw	Bina Ramesh (NCL)	53.42	Rosemai Poilagi (NCL)	42.33	Rose-Marie Vakie (NCL)	41.30
Heptathlon	/ Temoemoe Faremiro (TAH)	3899	/ Dolores Dogba (TAH)	3547
20 Kilometres Road Walk	Angela Keogh (NFK)	2:12:22
4 x 100 metres relay	Fiji Mereoni Raluve Makelesi Bulikiobo Sisilia Dauniwe Vasiti Vatureba	47.84	Papua New Guinea Nessie Ogisi Mae Koime Lynette Bureng Della Marava	49.74	New Caledonia Marion Becker Karlenn Leca Jessica Taoupoulou Marie-Claude Haluatr	50.14
4 x 400 metres relay	Fiji Sisilia Dauniwe Mereoni Raluve Vasiti Vatureba Makelesi Bulikiobo	3:49.24	Papua New Guinea Lorraine Bailey Maria Kaupa Miriam Goiye Mae Koime	4:07.15	/ Tahiti Temoemoe Faremiro Dolores Dogba Vaite Bounhoure Véronique Boyer	4:11.19

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Norfolk Island)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji (FIJ)	15	7	9	31
2	French Polynesia (TAH)	10	6	2	18
3	New Caledonia (NCL)	8	9	4	21
4	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	4	12	8	24
5	Tonga (TON)	3	2	4	9
6	Norfolk Island (NFK)*	2	0	0	2
7	Samoa (SAM)	1	2	4	7
8	Solomon Islands (SOL)	0	2	2	4
9	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	1	2	3
10	Cook Islands (COK)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		43	41	37	121

Participation (unofficial)

Athletes from the following 16 countries were reported to participate:^[3]