Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...
competed at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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at
Birmingham
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England
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from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was Vanuatu's eleventh appearance at the Games.
The Vanuatu team consisted of 17 athletes. Judoka
Joe Mahit, beach volleyball athlete
Miller Pata and para-athlete/powerlifter
Ellie Enock were the country's flagbearers during the
opening ceremony
An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly-constructed location or the start of an event. .
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
;Note
Athletics
One para athlete was selected, having qualified via the ''World Para Athletics'' World Rankings for performances registered between 31 December 2020 and 25 April 2022.
Another two athletes were selected as of 31 May 2022.
;Men
;Track and road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track and road events
;Field events
Beach volleyball
By virtue of their position in the extended
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in beach volleyball. The teams of the member nations of the FIVB, beach volleyball and volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their c ...
(based on performances between 16 April 2018 and 31 March 2022), Vanuatu qualified for the women's tournament. The pairing was decided shortly afterward.
Women's tournament
Group C
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Boxing
;Men
Judo
;Men
;Women
Para powerlifting
One powerlifter was selected.
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Table tennis
;Singles
;Team
Weightlifting
Vanuatu accepted a Bipartite Invitation for the weightlifting competition and selected Ajah Pritchard-Lolo to compete.
References
External links
VASANOC Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vanuatu At The 2022 Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
2022
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2022 in Vanuatuan sport