List of Vanuatuan records in athletics

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Men

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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.64 (+0.5 m/s)	Moses Kamut	26 July 2005	South Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[1]
	10.64 (−0.6 m/s)	Moses Kamut	18 February 2006	Melbourne Track Classic	Melbourne, Australia	[1]
	10.64 (+2.0 m/s)	Moses Kamut	15 March 2008		Auckland, New Zealand	[1]
	10.4 h NWI	Carles Godden	31 August 1968		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
			15 August 1970
		Jerry Jeremiah	4 September 1984		Luganville, Vanuatu	[1]
200 m	21.57 (−2.7 m/s)	Moses Kamut	19 August 2007	Melanesian Regional Championships	Cairns, Australia	[1]
400 m	47.62	Baptiste Firiam	7 March 1996		Sydney, Australia	[1]
800 m	1:51.13	Arnold Sorina	8 October 2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	[1][2]
1000 m	2:32.55	Tavakalo Kailes	26 July 1995		Flein, Germany	[1]
1500 m	3:58.28	Tawai Keiruan	16 December 1993	South Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
3000 m	8:54.8	Tawai Keiruan	11 March 1995		Canberra, Australia	[1]
5000 m	15:08.1	Tawai Keiruan	25 July 1997		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
10,000 m	33:04.1	Jimmy Sandy Sam	7 July 2003	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
Half marathon	1:12:39	Philip Nausien	4 July 2010	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	[1][3]
110 m hurdles	15.33 NWI	Dicko Japheth	14 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[4]
400 m hurdles	52.94	David Benjimen	21 June 2011	Oceania Regional Championships	Apia, Samoa	[1]
3000 m steeplechase	9:21.11	Tawai Keiruan	18 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
High jump	2.00 m	Édouard Robsen	2 August 1985	South Pacific Mini Games	Avarua, Cook Islands	[1]
Pole vault	3.70 m	André Koulon	28 July 1975		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
Long jump	7.18 m	Georges Taniel	1 September 1984		Luganville, Vanuatu	[1]
Triple jump	14.65 m	Georges Taniel	31 August 1978		Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
Shot put	14.27 m	Georges Laurence	27 June 1980		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
Discus throw	45.84 m	Georges Laurence	7 September 1982		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
Hammer throw	34.31 m	Lachlan Kalsau	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[5]
Javelin throw	61.73 m (new design)	Jack Nasawa	15/17 December 2021		Port Vila, Vanuatu
	65.54 m† (old design)	Bruno Cevuard	7 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
Decathlon	5448 pts h	David Naupa	14–15 September 1971	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.49 6.20 m 8.67 m 1.66 m 51.0 18.24 22.36 m 2.80 m 46.46 m 4:33.9
10 km walk (road)	1:02:31	Jessie Owens	18 June 1995		Port Vila, Vanuatu
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	41.73	Vanuatu Steeve Lolten Bradly Toa Brandy Mento Markly Simeon	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[6]
	41.26[a]	Vanuatu Franckie Mariello Jansen Molisingi Baptiste Firiam Laurence Jack	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia
4 × 400 m relay	3:16.09	Vanuatu Tavakalo Kailes Jean-Pierre Tiopang Tawai Keiruan Baptiste Firiam	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia

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^†: Result obtained during decathlon

Women

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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	12.51	Roslyn Nalin	16 July 2019		Apia, Samoa
	12.30 NWI	Georgette Delaplane‡	7 September 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
	12.0 h	Georgette Delaplane‡	12 July 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
200 m	24.85 NWI	Mary Estelle Kapalu	22 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	24.8 h		25 June 1995		Lae, Papua New Guinea	[1]
400 m	53.92	Mary Estelle Kapalu	5 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	[1]
800 m	2:13.69	Mary Estelle Kapalu	22 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
1500 m	4:59.49	Lilly Hunai	11 June 1999	South Pacific Games	Santa Rita, Guam	[1]
3000 m	11:09.2	Lily Iawantak	4 September 2001		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
5000 m	20:26.9	Serah Kausir	22 August 2003		Lenakel, Vanuatu	[1]
10,000 m	48:29.0	Marie Rose	12–14 December 2016		Luganville, Vanuatu
100 m hurdles	15.68 NWI	Leitaou Essaou	7 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
	14.90 NWI	Georgette Delaplane‡	30 August 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
400 m hurdles	58.68	Mary Estelle Kapalu	28 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	[1]
3000 m steeplechase	12:03.71	Marie Nakou	30 August 2017		China
High jump	1.51 m	Anna Lemus-Bihu	31 August 1978		Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	1.58 m	Loain Pierrez‡	6 September 1979	South Pacific Games	Suva, Fiji	[1]
Pole vault
Long jump	5.45 m	Anna Lemus-Bihu	12 November 1977		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
	5.74 m	Georgette Delaplane‡	28 August 1976		Nouméa, New Caledonia	[1]
Triple jump	10.68 m	Fiona Peters	24 July 1997		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
Shot put	12.05 m	Madeleine Nirua	9 June 1979		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
Discus throw	38.56 m	Maryline Adam	9 September 1983	South Pacific Games	Apia, Western Samoa	[1]
Hammer throw	19.31 m	Elis Malep	12 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[7]
Javelin throw	36.36 m (new design)	Rachelle Revevouro	7 September 2001		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
	42.12 m (old design)	Germaine Naio	1972		Port Vila, New Hebrides	[1]
Heptathlon	2345 pts h	Elisa Rouvone	11 July 1998		Port Vila, Vanuatu	[1]
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 22.0 1.27 m 7.35 m 29.7 4.30 m 21.67 m 3:09.6
20 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	49.03	Vanuatu Odile Daruhi Aline Mermer Olivette Bice Mary Estelle Kapalu	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]
	49.03	Vanuatu Judithe Alatoa Christelle Kalopong Lyza Malres Roslyn Nalin	13 December 2017	Pacific Mini Games	Port Vila, Vanuatu	[8]
4 × 400 m relay	3:57.50	Vanuatu Odile Daruhi Aline Mermer Olivette Bice Mary Estelle Kapalu	24 August 1995	South Pacific Games	Pirae, French Polynesia	[1]

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Mixed

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Event	Record	Athletes	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	4:00.04	Vanuatu	7 June 2024	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[9]
	3:52.28	Vanuatu Rizon Rara Chloe David Ralph Andre Priscilla Monthouel	8 July 2025	Pacific Mini Games	Koror, Palau	[10]

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Men

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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.06	Daniel Philimon	19 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[11]
200 m
400 m	49.92	Tikie Mael	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[12]
800 m	1:54.44	Arnold Sorina	9 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[13]
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	5.98 m	Frenly Volul	19 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[14]
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay	3:28.52	Paul Nalau George Molisingi Daniel Philimon Nathan Kalman	20 September 2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[15]

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Women

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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	9.06	Daphne Nalawas	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[16]
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

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