| Shooting at the 2015 Pacific Games | |
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| Venue | June Valley Shooting Range |
| Location | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Dates | 6–11 July 2015 |
Shooting at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 6–11 July at the June Valley Shooting Range in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1][2] Tahiti and Fiji were the most successful nations, winning three gold medals each. Medals were initially awarded for teams in the pistol shooting section,[3] but as team events for pistols were not included in the official schedule those medals were withdrawn.[4]
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Papua New Guinea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tahiti | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 |  Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  New Caledonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Papua New Guinea* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Norfolk Island | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Samoa | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Guam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Pistol results
Five pistol events were hosted at the indoor shooting range. All were for individual shooters only, no team medals were on offer. The 10 metre air pistol was held as separate men's and women's competitions. The 25 metre standard pistol event was open to both men and women (i.e. not gender specific). There were two events for the 25 metre pistol (also known as the sport pistol) – one open, and one for women shooters only.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air pistol 10 m – men |
Gabriel Lan San (TAH) |
176.1 | Kevin Coulter (NFK) |
175.4 | Douglas Creek (NFK) |
156.7 | [3] [5] |
| Air pistol 10 m – women |
Maeva Darius (TAH) |
181.3 | Tania Mairi (PNG) |
173.9 | Amalia Duenas (GUM) |
154.3 | [3] [6] |
| Standard pistol 25 m – open |
Faiyum Khan (FIJ) |
505 | Freddy Yen Kway (TAH) |
504 | Douglas Creek (NFK) |
490 | [upper-alpha 1] [7] |
| Sport pistol 25 m – open |
Douglas Creek (NFK) |
526 | Freddy Yen Kway (TAH) |
524 | Johan Perchard (NCL) |
522 | [8] |
| Sport pistol 25 m – women |
Tania Mairi (PNG) |
490 | Carmelita Donald (PNG) |
465 | Marie-Louise Darius (TAH) |
457 | [9] [10] |
Shotgun results
Six clay target events were held on the down-the-line shotgun range, contested within three disciplines; double barrel (also known as single rise), single barrel, and points score. Medals were awarded for both individual and team events in each discipline. The shotgun competition was not gender specific, with all events open to men and women.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double barrel – individual |
Glenn Kable (FIJ) |
121 | Christian Stephen (FIJ) |
120 | Moeava Bambridge (TAH) |
99 | [11] |
| Double barrel – team |
Fiji Adarsh Datt Glenn Kable Christian Stephen |
295 | New Caledonia Walter Le Pironnec Kévin Lepigeon Marion Roumagne |
294 | Tahiti Tuanua Degage Alexandre Lehartel Jean-Hiro Pratx |
291 | [12] |
| Single barrel – individual |
Kévin Lepigeon (NCL) |
96 | Phillippe Simoni (NCL) |
95 | Eddie Chen Pao (SAM) |
95 | [13] |
| Single barrel – team |
New Caledonia Kévin Lepigeon Marion Roumagne Phillippe Simoni |
279 | Tahiti Moeava Bambridge Tuanua Degage Jean-Hiro Pratx |
278 | Samoa Leasi Galuvao Paul Loibl Eddie Chen Pao |
275 | [14] [upper-alpha 2] |
| Points score – individual |
Eddie Chen Pao (SAM) |
295 | Tuanua Degage (TAH) |
293 | Glenn Kable (FIJ) |
289 | [16] |
| Points score – team |
Tahiti Moeava Bambridge Tuanua Degage Hiro Praxt |
859 | Fiji Adarsh Datt Glenn Kable Christian Stephen |
858 | Samoa Leasi Galuvao Paul Loibl Eddie Chen Pao |
853 | [16] |
Participating nations
There were eight countries competing:
Notes
- ↑ The 25 metre standard pistol (mixed) event was won by Fiji's Faiyum Khan, as reported in The Fiji Times.[upper-alpha 3] The photograph accompanying the report shows Fayam on the podium as the gold medallist with Freddy Yen Kway from Tahiti as the silver medallist, and Norfolk Island's Douglas Creek as the bronze medallist.[upper-alpha 4] Norfolk won a total of four medals in shooting at the 2015 Games.[upper-alpha 5][upper-alpha 6]
- ↑ As reported on the Port Moresby 2015 official website, gold, silver and bronze in the single barrel (mixed) team event was won by New Caledonia, Tahiti and Samoa, respectively.[14] The photograph accompanying the article shows (L-R) Tahiti's Moeava Bambridge, Jean-Hiro Pratx and Tuanua Degage as the silver medallists, Marion Roumagne, Kévin Lepigeon and Phillippe Simon as the gold medallists, and Eddie Chen Pao, Paul Loibl and Leasi Galuvao as the bronze medallists.[15]
References
- ↑ "Shooting events competition schedule" (PDF). Oceania Shooting. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Shooting schedule". Port Moresby 2015. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Fiji Shooting Team Bags Silver In Men's 10m Air Pistol Team Event". Sporting Pulse. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Error In Shooting Medal Presentation". Port Moresby 2015. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "Shooting 10m Air Pistol Male". Port Moresby 2015. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ↑ "Shooting 10m Air Pistol Female". Port Moresby 2015. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Shooting 25m Standard Pistol". Port Moresby 2015. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Etchells, Daniel (8 July 2015). "Creek shoots Norfolk Island to first Pacific Games gold medal on action-packed fourth day". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ↑ "PNG bags gold and silver in women's 25m shooting". Port Moresby 2015. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Shooting 25m Pistol Female". Port Moresby 2015. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ "Fiji's Kable wires in for single rise shooting gold". Port Moresby 2015. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Shooting Single Rise Mix. Port Moresby 2015.
- ↑ "New Caledonia triumphant in single barrel shooting". EMTV. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- 1 2 Mark-Sabbath, Joyce (11 July 2015). "New Caledonia triumphant in single barrel shooting". Port Moresby 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ↑ Wesley, David (11 July 2015). "New Caledonia takes gold in single barrel (DTL), Tahiti silver and Samoa bronze". Port Moresby 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Samoan shotgunner Chen Pao pockets points score gold". Port Moresby 2015. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- Chand, Shalveen (10 July 2015). "Khan shoots his way to gold". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- Chand, Shalveen (10 July 2015). "Faiyum Murtaza Khan with his gold medal at June Valley,Port Moresby, PNG, yesterday". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- "Tiny Norfolk wins big". Sports Pulse. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- Hardgrave, Gary (9 July 2015). "Doug Creek earns a little river Of gold for Norfolk". Norfolk Online News. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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