Papua New Guinea at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014. Papua New Guinea participated in the Commonwealth Games for the thirteenth time. Over its previous participations, its athletes won a total of nine medals, of which two gold. Swimmer Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea's most successful competitor with a gold in 2006 and a silver in 2010, is not competing in Glasgow, but is present as "assistant coach and mentor" for PNG's swim team.

Papua New Guinea at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	PNG
CGA	Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/png
in Glasgow, Scotland
Flag bearer	Steven Kari
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Steven Kukuna Kari	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg	July 29
Gold	Dika Toua	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg	July 25

Athletics

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kupun Wisil	100 m	10.86	50	did not advance
Ruwan Gunasinghe		11.03	58	did not advance
Nelson Stone	200 m	21.51	45	did not advance
	400 m	47.60	=31	did not advance
Theo Piniau	200 m	21.77	48	did not advance
	400 m	48.50	36	did not advance
Kaminiel Matlaun	400 m	48.65	37	did not advance
	800 m	1:52.36	20	did not advance
Kevin Kapmatana	800 m	1:59.09	25	did not advance
Veherney Babob		2:03.45	26	did not advance
Andipas Georasi	1500 m	4:05.30	25	—N/a		did not advance
Wala Gime	110 m hurdles	14.64	19	—N/a		did not advance
	400 m hurdles	53.62	16	—N/a		did not advance
Mowen Boino	400 m hurdles	DQ		—N/a		did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Helen Philemon	100 m	13.12	46	did not advance
Toea Wisil	100 m	11.64 Q	=14	11.44 SB	10	did not advance
	200 m	24.26 q	21	24.48	21	did not advance
Adrine Monagi	100 m	12.83	44	did not advance
	200 m	26.71	40	did not advance
Shirley Vunatup	200 m	25.79	34	did not advance
	400 m	1:00.10	42	did not advance
Betty Burua	400 m	55.48	31	did not advance
Donna Koniel	400 m	58.40	40	did not advance
	800 m	2:14.56	27	did not advance
Sharon Kwarula	400 m hurdles	1:02.52	20	—N/a		did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Raymond Ovinou	−66 kg	Bye	Luzia (MOZ) L w/o	did not advance
Nelson	−73 kg	Maxwell (BAR) W 100–000	Ganzo (KEN) L 0002–0023	did not advance
Kinsley Vui		Kinyanjui (KEN) W 010-010	van Zyl (RSA) L 0001-1010	did not advance

Rugby sevens

Papua New Guinea has qualified a rugby sevens team.

Pool C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Samoa	3	3	0	0	106	26	+80	9	Medal competition
Wales	3	2	0	1	93	26	+67	7
Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	57	69	−12	5	Bowl competition
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	7	142	−135	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 July 2014 11:38 v t e

Samoa	33–14	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

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26 July 2014 14:18 v t e

Papua New Guinea	36–7	Malaysia
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

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26 July 2014 18:46 v t e

Wales	29–7	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Collin Akara	50 m freestyle	26.22	54	did not advance
Stanford Kawale		24.56	35	did not advance
Collin Akara	100 m freestyle	59.18	56	did not advance
Stanford Kawale		55.09	=40	did not advance
Collin Akara	50 m butterfly	28.48	42	did not advance
Stanford Kawale		26.39	31	did not advance
Collin Akara	100 m butterfly	1:05.09	33	did not advance
Stanford Kawale		1:00.67	28	did not advance
Stanford Kawale	200 m individual medley	2:24.57	23	—N/a		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jocelyn Flynn	50 m freestyle	29.80	54	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko		29.16	=46	did not advance
Barbara Vali-Skelton		28.62	40	did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn	100 m freestyle	1:07.17	44	did not advance
Tegan McCarthy	50 m backstroke	33.74	33	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko		33.01	28	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko	100 m backstroke	1:14.90	26	did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn	50 m breaststroke	36.44	30	did not advance
Tegan McCarthy		36.32	29	did not advance
Barbara Vali-Skelton		36.13	28	did not advance
Tegan McCarthy	100 m breaststroke	1:18.52	30	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko		1:18.36	27	did not advance
Barbara Vali-Skelton		1:19.69	31	did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn	200 m breaststroke	3:04.06	24	—N/a		did not advance
Barbara Vali-Skelton		2:54.39	22	—N/a		did not advance
Tegan McCarthy	50 m butterfly	30.55	35	did not advance
Savannah Tkatchenko		31.79	42	did not advance
Tegan McCarthy	100 m butterfly	1:10.20	27	did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn Tegan McCarthy Savannah Tkatchenko Barbara Vali-Skelton	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:25.01	10	—N/a		did not advance
Jocelyn Flynn Tegan McCarthy Savannah Tkatchenko Barbara Vali-Skelton	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:49.04	9	—N/a		did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Casmer Kamangip	Men's	28:13	Lapped
Polihau Popeliau		did not finish
Rachael Sapera James	Women's	Lapped

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Fred Oala	56 kg	85	118	203	8
Morea Baru	62 kg	120	150	270	4
Toua Udia	77 kg	125	163	288	9
Steven Kukuna Kari	94 kg	149	200	349

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Dika Toua	53 kg	82	111	193 GR
Sandra Ako	69 kg	85	106	191	7
Guba Hale		85	110	195	6

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Pope Gazave	Men's 72 kg	161.9	6
Ziggy Satkurin		151.1	7
Timothy Harabe	Men's +72 kg	did not finish