Samoa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Samoa at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Samoa at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Samoa
CGF code	SAM
CGA	Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/samoa
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	38 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Lauititi Lui (opening)
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 5
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Samoa competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Weightlifter Lauititi Lui was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	0	6
Boxing	4	0	4
Lawn bowls	2	0	2
Rugby sevens	13	0	13
Shooting	4	0	4
Swimming	1	2	3
Weightlifting	5	1	6
Total	35	3	38

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sanele Mao	Weightlifting	Men's −105 kg	April 9
Gold	Feiagaiga Stowers	Weightlifting	Women's +90 kg	April 9
Silver	Don Opeloge	Weightlifting	Men's −85 kg	April 7
Silver	Lauititi Lui	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	April 9
Silver	Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali	Boxing	Men's −81 kg	April 14

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Boxing	0	1	0	1
Weightlifting	2	2	0	4
Total	2	3	0	5

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	5 April	0	0	0	0
2	6 April	0	0	0	0
3	7 April	0	1	0	1
4	8 April	0	0	0	0
5	9 April	2	1	0	3
6	10 April	0	0	0	0
7	11 April	0	0	0	0
8	12 April	0	0	0	0
9	13 April	0	0	0	0
10	14 April	0	1	0	0
11	15 April	0	0	0	0
Total	2	3	0	5

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Female	1	0	0	1
Male	1	3	0	4
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	2	3	0	5

Athletics

Samoa participated with 6 athletes (6 men).

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shupeng Ah Vui	100 m	11.33	7	Did not advance
Jeremy Dodson		15.47	8	Did not advance
Kelvin Masoe		10.72	5	Did not advance
Jeremy Dodson	200 m	DNF		Did not advance
Kelvin Masoe	200 m	21.98	7	Did not advance
Kolone Alefosio	110 m hurdles	15.10	9	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Alex Rose	Discus throw	59.11	8 q	59.56	8
Donny Tuimaseve	Javelin throw	67.78	17	Did not advance

Boxing

Samoa participated with a team of 4 athletes (4 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valentin Kondakov	−64 kg	BYE	Jonas (NAM) L RSC	Did not advance
Henry Tyrell	−75 kg	Paneng (LES) W RSC	Hodge (AIA) W 5 - 0	Donnelly (NIR) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali	−81 kg	—	Darby (JAM) W 5 - 0	Khan (PAK) W 5 - 0	Reilly (CAN) W 4 - 1	Lee (WAL) L 0 - 5
Frank Masoe	−91 kg	—	BYE	Tanwar (IND) L 0 - 5	Did not advance

Lawn bowls

Samoa will compete in Lawn bowls.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Edward Bell	Men's Singles	Burnett (SCO) L 2 - 21	Priaulx (GUE) L 3 - 21	Omar (BRU) L 12 - 21	Rusli (MAS) L 12 - 21	Tagelagi (NIU) W 21 - 15	5	Did not advance
Edward Bell Herbert Bell	Men's Pairs	Norfolk Island L 6 - 23	Scotland L 6 - 37	Malaysia L 6 - 30	India L 4 - 26	Niue L 17 - 18	6	Did not advance

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Samoa qualified a men's team of 12 athletes by being among the top nine ranked nations from the Commonwealth in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series ranking.^[6]

Roster

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	97	22	+75	9	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	73	38	+35	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Samoa	3	1	2	43	64	−21	5
4	Jamaica	3	0	3	17	106	−89	3

Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

14 April 2018
9:31

Australia	24–7	Samoa
Try: Anderson (2) 3' c, 5' m Longbottom 6' m Connor 9' c Con: Lucas (1/2) 3' Porch (1/2) 9'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Fomai 1' c Con: Mealoi (1/1) 1'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

14 April 2018
13:33

England	33–0	Samoa
Try: Bibby (2) 2' m, 5' c Mitchell 3' c Glover 7' c Lindsay-Hague 10' c Con: Mitchell (4/5) 4', 5', 7', 11'	(Gold Coast 2018)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

14 April 2018
19:43

Samoa	36–7	Jamaica
Try: Tupou 1' c Alofipo 3' c Afamasaga (2) 7' m, 8' c Paulo 11' m Motuga 12' m Con: Tupou (2/3) 1', 8' Alosio Logotuli (1/2) 3' Paulo (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Richards 10' c Con: Adamson (1/1) 11'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Shooting

Samoa participated with 4 athletes (4 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sigfried Levi	Trap	95	32	Did not advance
Paul Loibl	Trap	92	35	Did not advance
Francis Caffarelli	Double trap	98	19	Did not advance
Ioane Galuvao	Double trap	75	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Samoa participated with 3 athletes (1 man and 2 women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brandon Schuster	50 m freestyle	24.19	34	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	51.95	33	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:03.50	12	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:08.44	19	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:31.99	10	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lushavel Stickland	50 m freestyle	26.84	17	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.01	21	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.14	19	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:06.02	21	Did not advance
Alania Suttie	800 m freestyle	DNS		—		Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	DNS		—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:30.23	15	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:23.97	12	—		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Samoa participated with 6 athletes (5 men and 1 woman).^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Vaipava Ioane	−69 kg	125	6	167	1	292	4
Don Opeloge	−85 kg	151	1	180	4	331
Siaosi Leuo	−94 kg	156	3	Did not finish
Sanele Mao	−105 kg	154	1	206	1	360
Lauititi Lui	+105 kg	175	1	225	2	400

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Feiagaiga Stowers	+90 kg	113	1	140	2	253

References

^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Haffenden, Damien (4 April 2018). "Meet the Opening Ceremony flagbearers". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast Organizing Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (GOLDOC). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ Fata, Ulimasao (5 April 2018). "Lauititi strides with pride". Samoa Observer. Apia, Samoa. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ Pavitt, Michael (8 October 2017). "Uganda and Zambia qualify for Gold Coast 2018 men's rugby sevens tournament". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[3] Haffenden, Damien (4 April 2018). "Meet the Opening Ceremony flagbearers". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast Organizing Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games (GOLDOC). Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[4] Fata, Ulimasao (5 April 2018). "Lauititi strides with pride". Samoa Observer. Apia, Samoa. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[5] "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[6] Pavitt, Michael (8 October 2017). "Uganda and Zambia qualify for Gold Coast 2018 men's rugby sevens tournament". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

[7] "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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