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)
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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

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Samoa participated with 6 athletes (6 men).

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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		21.98	7	Did not advance
Kolone Alefosio	110 m hurdles	15.10	9	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Samoa will compete in Lawn bowls.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – 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

• David Afamasaga
• Elisapeta Alofipo
• Tomasi Alosio Logotuli
• Neira Fomai
• Laaloi Leilua
• Tila Mealoi
• Alamanda Motuga
• Murphy Paulo
• Paul Perez
• Tofatu Solia
• Alatasi Tupou
• Jacob Whitaker Ale

Pool B

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

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 v t e

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 v t e

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

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Samoa participated with 4 athletes (4 men).

Men

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
		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

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

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

Men

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

See also

• Samoa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

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.