Cook Islands at the 2023 Pacific Games

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	3	9
Basketball	4	16	20
Football	23	23	46
Touch rugby	14	14	28
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Total	48	57	105

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Athletics Cook islands announced a team of 9 athletes in track and field on 21 September 2023.^[2][3] The team will feature Alex Beddoes who is the defending champion from Apia 2019 in the 800m and 1500m.

Track and field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daniel Tolosa	100 m
	200 m
Alex Beddoes	800 m
	1500 m
Rupeni Mataitoga	800 m
	1500 m
	4×100 m relay	—
	4×400 m relay	—
Piri Nga	Long jump
Willynn Karika	Javelin throw

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Estelle Short	Long jump
Ana Ellison-Lupena	Discus throw
	Hammer throw
Tatiana Sherwin	Javelin throw

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Max Teuruaa	Result
	Points

Cook Islands qualified three teams for the pacific Games basketball tournament.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round				Qualifying finals	Semifinals	Final / GM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cook Islands Women's	Women's	New Caledonia –	Papua New Guinea –	Tahiti –

Cook Islands women's national basketball team qualified for the Pacific Games by securing one of two berths after winning gold at the 2022 FIBA Women's Polynesia Basketball Cup in Kaitaia, New Zealand.^[4][5]

Team roster

• Women's team event – one team of 12 players

Summary

Team	Event	Pool play						Semifinals	Final / GM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cook Islands men's	Men's tournament	Guam –	French Polynesia –	Palau –	Tonga –	Fiji –
Cook Islands women's	Women's tournament	Samoa –	Fiji –	Solomon Islands –	Marshall Islands –	—

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 4 players

Team roster

• Women's team event – one team of 4 players

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round					Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Cook Islands men's	Men's tournament
Cook Islands women's	Women's tournament

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 23 players

Team roster

• Women's team event – one team of 23 players