# Samoa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Samoa competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.
Weightlifter Lauititi Lui was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

## 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

Samoa participated with 6 athletes (6 men).

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Shupeng Ah Vui | 100 m | 11.33 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeremy Dodson | 100 m | 15.47 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kelvin Masoe | 100 m | 10.72 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeremy Dodson | 200 m | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kelvin Masoe | 200 m | 21.98 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kolone Alefosio | 110 m hurdles | 15.10 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance |

## Boxing

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Valentin Kondakov | −64 kg | BYE | Jonas (NAM) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Henry Tyrell | −75 kg | Paneng (LES) W RSC | Hodge (AIA) W 5 - 0 | Donnelly (NIR) L 0 - 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Lawn bowls

Samoa will compete in Lawn bowls.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rugby sevens
### 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.

#### 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 | Teamvte | 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 | |
* 14 April 2018 9:31 vte
| 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 vte
| 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 vte
| 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

Samoa participated with 4 athletes (4 men).

### Men

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

## Swimming

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Brandon Schuster | 50 m freestyle | 24.19 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brandon Schuster | 100 m freestyle | 51.95 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brandon Schuster | 400 m freestyle | 4:03.50 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brandon Schuster | 200 m individual medley | 2:08.44 | 19 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brandon Schuster | 400 m individual medley | 4:31.99 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lushavel Stickland | 50 m freestyle | 26.84 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lushavel Stickland | 100 m freestyle | 59.01 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lushavel Stickland | 50 m backstroke | 30.14 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lushavel Stickland | 100 m backstroke | 1:06.02 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alania Suttie | 800 m freestyle | DNS | DNS | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alania Suttie | 200 m butterfly | DNS | DNS | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alania Suttie | 200 m individual medley | 2:30.23 | 15 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alania Suttie | 400 m individual medley | 5:23.97 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Samoa participated with 6 athletes (5 men and 1 woman).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | 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 | Did not finish | Did not finish | 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 | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Feiagaiga Stowers | +90 kg | 113 | 1 | 140 | 2 | 253 | |