Note: A number shown in brackets is the size of the athletics contingent (excluding para-athletes) for each country.

[citation needed] Papua New Guinea topped the medal table for athletics, retaining the position they won four years earlier.

*   Host nation (Samoa)The pole vault event for women was not contested.

^ b Toea Wisil broke the women's 100 metre games record in her first round heat clocking 11.50 seconds.

Therefore according to the Samoa 2019 Athletics technical manual section 9.3, only gold and silver will be awarded in events with such cases.