Led by super fish Ryan Pini, PNG dominated the race in the first lap but fell behind New Caledonia who took out gold after clocking a time of 1:49:94 sec. This is the first Games record for the event.
PNG came in at 1:52:04 sec with Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane finishing the race for PNG.
This event included two males and two females each from every country that took part.
Countries that participated in this event were Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Guam, Palau, bronze medalist Fiji, New Caledonia and PNG.