# Cook Islands at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Cook Islands competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. The Cook Islands delegation consisted of 18 athletes (7 male and eleven female) that competed across four sports: athletics (track and field), lawn bowls, swimming and weightlifting. It was The Cook Islands's 11th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
On February 27, 2018, track and field athlete Patricia Taea was named as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Taiki Paniani and Aidan Zittersteijn won the country's first ever Commonwealth Games medal, when they won bronze in the men's pairs lawn bowls event.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Taiki Paniani Aidan Zittersteijn | Lawn bowls | Men's Pairs | April 9 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics (track and field) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lawn bowls | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 10 | 18 |

## Athletics (track and field)

The Cook Islands entered three athletes (one male and two female).

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Alex Beddoes | Men's 800 m | 1:51.64 | 7 | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Patricia Taea | Women's 100 m | 12.22 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Patricia Taea | Women's 200 m | 24.91 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Tereapii Tapoki | Women's Shot put | 12.60 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tereapii Tapoki | Women's Discus throw | — | — | 46.01 | 10 |

## Lawn bowls

The Cook Islands entered ten lawn bowlers (five male and five female).

### Men

| 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 |
| Taiki Paniani | Singles | Wilson (AUS) L 6 - 21 | Jones (NFI) L 5 - 21 | Breitenbach (RSA) L 19 - 21 | Salmon (WAL) L 17 - 21 | Aquilina (MLT) L 17 - 21 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Taiki Paniani Aidan Zittersteijn | Pairs | England W 15 - 13 | Botswana W 15 - 14 | New Zealand L 12 - 26 | Papua New Guinea W 18 - 14 | Fiji W 22 - 17 | 2 Q | South Africa W 15 - 14 | Wales L 14 - 21 | Malta W 17 - 11 | |
| Lawrence Paniani Munokokura Pita Adoni W-Rairoa | Triples | Scotland L 11 - 27 | Malaysia W 16 - 10 | Norfolk Island L 10 - 23 | Northern Ireland W 18 - 17 | — | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lawrence Paniani Munokokura Pita Adoni W-Rairoa Aidan Zittersteijn | Fours | New Zealand L 4 - 21 | Papua New Guinea D 14 - 14 | Canada L 12 - 21 | Wales L 4 - 14 | — | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| 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 |
| Nooroa Mataio | Singles | Anserson (NFI) L 9 - 21 | Senna (BOT) W 21 - 18 | Mckerihen (CAN) L 7 - 21 | Wimp (PNG) L 7 - 21 | Mbugua (KEN) W 19 - 18 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emily Jim Nooroa Mataio | Pairs | Malaysia L 6 - 33 | Botswana L 16 - 29 | Scotland L 10 - 36 | Brunei L 8 - 26 | — | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Teokotai Jim Tiare Jim Jacquelin Purea | Triples | Malaysia L 14 - 20 | Scotland L 10 - 28 | Norfolk Island W 25 - 11 | — | — | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emily Jim Teokotai Jim Tiare Jim Jacqueline Purea | Fours | Malaysia L 8 - 22 | Papua New Guinea L 11 - 15 | Australia L 9 - 15 | Namibia W 20 - 7 | — | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

The Cook Islands entered three swimmers (two male and one female).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Temaruata Strickland | 50 m freestyle | 25.96 | 53 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Temaruata Strickland | 100 m freestyle | 57.33 | 51 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wesley Roberts | 200 m freestyle | 1:49.35 | 15 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wesley Roberts | 400 m freestyle | 3:56.09 | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wesley Roberts | 1500 m freestyle | — | — | — | — | 15:40.36 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kirsten Fisher-Marsters | 50 m breaststroke | 33.84 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kirsten Fisher-Marsters | 100 m breaststroke | 1:15.41 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

The Cook Islands entered two female weightlifters.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Philippa Woonton | Women's −75 kg | 75 | 9 | 93 | 10 | 168 | 10 |
| Luisa Peters | Women's +90 kg | 100 | 6 | 125 | 4 | 225 | 5 |