The 1969 Pacific Conference Games was the first edition of the international athletics competition between five Pacific coast nations: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. It was held from 26–27 September at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. A total of 20 men's and 12 women's athletics events were contested.

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresIvory Crockett (USA)10.4Greg Lewis (AUS)10.6Masahide Jinno (JPN)10.6
200 metresPeter Norman (AUS)21.0Greg Lewis (AUS)21.0Ivory Crockett (USA)21.3
400 metresLen van Hofwegen (USA)46.6Jay Elbel (USA)47.6Tony Powell (CAN)48.1
800 metresRalph Doubell (AUS)1:48.0Keith Wheeler (AUS)1:48.9Lowell Paul (USA)1:48.9
1500 metresTony Benson (AUS)3:43.8Dick Tayler (NZL)3:44.7Norm Trerise (CAN)3:45.4
5000 metresTracy Smith (USA)13:40.2Rex Maddaford (NZL)13:45.8John Coyle (AUS)13:48.0
10,000 metresKenny Moore (USA)29:01.2Tsugumichi Suzuki (JPN)29:01.4Dave Lotty (AUS)29:02.4
110 m hurdlesGary Power (USA)14.1Mal Baird (AUS)14.4Dale Frederick (AUS)14.5
400 m hurdlesGary Knoke (AUS)51.0Bill Hooker (AUS)52.7Brian Donnelly (CAN)52.9
3000 metres steeplechaseKerry O'Brien (AUS)8:35.4Tony Manning (AUS)8:35.6Taketsugu Saruwatari (JPN)8:35.8
4 × 100 m relayAustralia (AUS) Greg Lewis Phil May Peter Norman Murray Tolbert40.8Japan (JPN)40.9United States (USA)41.2
4 × 400 m relayUnited States (USA)3:07.4Canada (CAN)3:12.7Australia (AUS) Ralph Doubell Bill Hooker Phil King Gary Knoke3:13.3
High jumpLawrie Peckham (AUS)2.14 mPhil Shinnick (USA)2.06 mHidehiko Tomizawa (JPN)2.06 m
Pole vaultKyoichiro Inoue (JPN)5.10 mBob Seagren (USA)4.90 mKiyoshi Niwa (JPN)4.90 m
Long jumpPhil May (AUS)7.74 mShinji Ogura (JPN)7.58 mHiroomi Yamada (JPN)7.56 m
Triple jumpPhil May (AUS)16.53 mYukito Muraki (JPN)16.36 mToshiaki Inoue (JPN)15.88 m
Shot putLes Mills (NZL)18.90 mBrian Oldfield (USA)18.85 mDave Steen (CAN)18.54 m
Discus throwGeorge Puce (CAN)56.00 mTim Vollmer (USA)54.96 mDave Steen (CAN)54.94 m
Hammer throwGeorge Frenn (USA)65.00 mYoshihisa Ishida (JPN)64.74 mShigenobu Murofushi (JPN)63.32 m
Javelin throwMilt Sonsky (USA)80.36 mHisao Yamamoto (JPN)75.34 mSig Koscik (AUS)73.84 m

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresMarion Hoffman (AUS)11.7Penny Haworth (NZL)11.9Stephanie Berto (CAN)11.9
200 metresRaelene Boyle (AUS)23.9Marion Hoffman (AUS)24.1Penny Haworth (NZL)24.3
400 metresKathy Hammond (USA)53.4Lorraine Wilson (NZL)54.5Nancy Shafer (USA)54.6
800 metresCheryl Peasley (AUS)2:04.7Doris Brown (USA)2:05.4Nancy Shafer (USA)2:06.5
1500 metresDoris Brown (USA)4:19.9Val Robinson (NZL)4:23.0Francie Larrieu (USA)4:28.5
100 m hurdlesPam Kilborn (AUS)13.3Penny McCallum (AUS)14.0Mamie Rallins (USA)14.2
4 × 100 m relayAustralia (AUS) Raelene Boyle Marion Hoffman Jenny Lamy Diane Pease45.1Canada (CAN)46.0New Zealand (NZL)46.4
High jumpDebbie Brill (CAN)1.71 mCarolyn Wright (AUS)1.71 mSusan Baster (NZL)Diane Jones (CAN)1.60 m
Long jumpWillye White (USA)6.26w mHiroko Yamashita (JPN)6.11 mBrenda Eisler (CAN)5.98 m
Shot putBarbara Poulsen (NZL)14.90 mLynn Graham (USA)14.84 mDiane Charteris (NZL)14.48 m
Discus throwJean Roberts (AUS)51.14 mCarol Martin (CAN)45.72 mDiane Charteris (NZL)45.28 m
Javelin throwJay Dahlgren (CAN)54.40 mPetra Rivers (AUS)52.58 mChris Thompson (AUS)50.76 m

Medalists

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