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Weightlifting at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games

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Weightlifting at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games was held at the Telecom Sports Arena in the Cook Islands capital of Rarotonga on 29 September – 1 October 2009.

Fourteen nations had registered a total of 81 athletes for weightlifting,[1] of which 57 took part in the competition. Only Tahiti did not win a medal.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Samoa 13 4 5 22
2  Kiribati 9 3 6 18
3  Fiji 8 3   6 a   17 a
4  Nauru 6 3 0 9
5  Federated States of Micronesia 3 0 0 3
6  Niue 0 6 0 6
7  Solomon Islands 0 6 0 6
8  New Caledonia 0 3 4 7
9  Cook Islands 0 3 2 5
10  Palau 0 3 0 3
11  Tonga 0 2   4 a   6 a
12  Tuvalu 0 0 3 3
13  American Samoa 0 0 1 1
  Medals awarded 39 36 31 106
  Medals not awarded 0 3 8   11 b
Totals 39 39 39 117
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
  Some sources have one more bronze medal for Fiji and one fewer for Tonga. See notes below. a

Men

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Eight weight classes were contested for men, with three sets of medals offered within each class for the Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Total lifts.[2]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
−56 kg Snatch Manueli Tulo
 Fiji
Elson Brechtefeld
 Nauru
Lapua Lapua Tuau
 Tuvalu
−56 kg Clean & Jerk Manueli Tulo
 Fiji
Elson Brechtefeld
 Nauru
Lapua Lapua Tuau
 Tuvalu
−56 kg Total Manueli Tulo
 Fiji
Elson Brechtefeld
 Nauru
Lapua Lapua Tuau
 Tuvalu
−62 kg Snatch Manuel Minginfel
 F.S. Micronesia
Stevick Patris
 Palau
Takenibeia Toromon
 Kiribati
−62 kg Clean & Jerk Manuel Minginfel
 F.S. Micronesia
Stevick Patris
 Palau
Takenibeia Toromon
 Kiribati
−62 kg Total Manuel Minginfel
 F.S. Micronesia
Stevick Patris
 Palau
Takenibeia Toromon
 Kiribati
−69 kg Snatch a Tekaei Temake
 Kiribati
Taofitu Perive
 Samoa
Ilaniume Finau a
 Tonga
−69 kg Clean & Jerk Tekaei Temake
 Kiribati
Ilaniume Finau
 Tonga
Bill Andrews
 Fiji
−69 kg Total Tekaei Temake
 Kiribati
Ilaniume Finau
 Tonga
Bill Andrews
 Fiji
−77 kg Snatch Faavae Faauliuli
 Samoa
Josefa Vueti
 Fiji
Taubena Tatonga
 Kiribati
−77 kg Clean & Jerk Josefa Vueti
 Fiji
Faavae Faauliuli
 Samoa
Taubena Tatonga
 Kiribati
−77 kg Total Josefa Vueti
 Fiji
Faavae Faauliuli
 Samoa
Taubena Tatonga
 Kiribati
−85 kg Snatch Yukio Peter
 Nauru
Beru Karianako
 Kiribati
Igor Lagikula
 New Caledonia
−85 kg Clean & Jerk Yukio Peter
 Nauru
Beru Karianako
 Kiribati
Sirla Pera
 Cook Islands
−85 kg Total Yukio Peter
 Nauru
Beru Karianako
 Kiribati
Sirla Pera
 Cook Islands
−94 kg Snatch David Katoatau
 Kiribati
Saimone Turaganivalu
 Fiji
Jonathan Yoshida
 Samoa
−94 kg Clean & Jerk David Katoatau
 Kiribati
Saimone Turaganivalu
 Fiji
Jonathan Yoshida
 Samoa
−94 kg Total David Katoatau
 Kiribati
Saimone Turaganivalu
 Fiji
Jonathan Yoshida
 Samoa
−105 kg Snatch Meameaa Thomas
 Kiribati
Amete Luaki
 New Caledonia
Tovia Opeloge
 Samoa
−105 kg Clean & Jerk Meameaa Thomas
 Kiribati
Amete Luaki
 New Caledonia
Tovia Opeloge
 Samoa
−105 kg Total Meameaa Thomas
 Kiribati
Amete Luaki
 New Caledonia
Tovia Opeloge
 Samoa
+105 kg Snatch Itte Detenamo
 Nauru
Samuel Pera
 Cook Islands
Theron Taupau
 American Samoa
+105 kg Clean & Jerk Itte Detenamo
 Nauru
Samuel Pera
 Cook Islands
Maamaloa Lolohea
 Tonga
+105 kg Total Itte Detenamo
 Nauru
Samuel Pera
 Cook Islands
Maamaloa Lolohea
 Tonga

Women

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Five weight classes were contested for women, with three set of medals offered within each class for the Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Total lifts.[3]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
−58 kg Snatch Maria Liku
 Fiji
Not awarded b Not awarded b
−58 kg Clean & Jerk Maria Liku
 Fiji
Not awarded b Not awarded b
−58 kg Total Maria Liku
 Fiji
Not awarded b Not awarded b
−63 kg Snatch Faitoa Togagae
 Samoa
Jenly Tegu Wini
 Solomon Islands
Not awarded b
−63 kg Clean & Jerk Faitoa Togagae
 Samoa
Jenly Tegu Wini
 Solomon Islands
Not awarded b
−63 kg Total Faitoa Togagae
 Samoa
Jenly Tegu Wini
 Solomon Islands
Not awarded b
−69 kg Snatch Tauimani Ah Kuoi
 Samoa
Hapilyn Iro
 Solomon Islands
Raijeli Tagua
 Fiji
−69 kg Clean & Jerk Tauimani Ah Kuoi
 Samoa
Hapilyn Iro
 Solomon Islands
Raijeli Tagua
 Fiji
−69 kg Total Tauimani Ah Kuoi
 Samoa
Hapilyn Iro
 Solomon Islands
Raijeli Tagua
 Fiji
−75 kg Snatch Mary Opeloge
 Samoa
Tamyrah Mautama
 Niue
Not awarded b
−75 kg Clean & Jerk Mary Opeloge
 Samoa
Tamyrah Mautama
 Niue
Molilaau Tressa Kailea
 Tonga
−75 kg Total Mary Opeloge
 Samoa
Tamyrah Mautama
 Niue
Not awarded b
+75 kg Snatch Ele Opeloge
 Samoa
Narita Viliamu
 Niue
Noeline Luaki
 New Caledonia
+75 kg Clean & Jerk Ele Opeloge
 Samoa
Narita Viliamu
 Niue
Noeline Luaki
 New Caledonia
+75 kg Total Ele Opeloge
 Samoa
Narita Viliamu
 Niue
Noeline Luaki
 New Caledonia

Notes

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^ a The medal tally for weightlifting as recorded on pages 38–39 of the VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report,[4] corresponds with the men's and women's tallies from the official website's Results,[2][3] except for one anomaly. The report lists seven bronze medals (one extra) for Fiji and three bronze medals (one fewer) for Tonga. The extra bronze medal for Fiji is contradicted by Weightlifting Fiji in their annual report published a month after the competition: "Fiji won eight gold, three silver and six bronze medals in weightlifting at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games".[5]
  1. A possible source for this anomaly is within the records for the men's 69 kg class, as marked up with a (sky blue background) in the tables above. The official website's Medal Winners,[6] has Bill Andrews of Fiji listed as the bronze medallist for all three events (note also: This list contains other errors including nationality mismatches. e.g. Fijians are listed as from Niue, and New Caledonians as from Federated States of Micronesia). However, the official website's Results has Ilaniume Finau of Tonga as the bronze medallist in the Men's 69 kg Snatch.[2]
  2. Other sources also indicate that Fiji's Bill Andrews won only two of the three bronze medals in the 69 kg class, including Weightlifting Fiji's Annual Report.[5] and news outlets including the Fiji Sun,[7] Other reports confirm Samoa's Toafitu Perive took silver in the Men's 69 kg Snatch, not Ilaniume Finau of Tonga.[8]
  3. In the absence of other evidence (such as a disqualification causing the Fijian to be promoted) the tallies from the official website's Results,[2][3] are used for this page.
^ b Some medals were not awarded if there were insufficient competitors in the field. There was no silver or bronze medal given for any of the three events in the Women's 58kg class, and no bronze medal given for any of the three events in the Women's 63kg class. Only one bronze medal was given for the Women's 75kg class because a successful third-placed lift was completed in the clean and jerk but not for the snatch.

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting teams". Pacific: Mini Games 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Weightlifting: Men – Days 1 to 3". Pacific: Mini Games 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Weightlifting: Women – Days 1 to 3". Pacific Mini Games 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. ^ VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report (Report). 2009. pp. 38–39. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Annual Report 2009". Weightlifting Fiji. 1 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Weightlifting". Pacific Mini Games 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Medals rain in from Weightlifters". Fiji Sun. 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Kiribati weightlifter clinches 3 golds". Pacific Mini Games 2009. 3 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017.