Mesulame Rakuro (12 May 1932 – 13 June 1969) was a Fijian athlete specialising in the discus throw and shot put.

[2] He competed in both the discus (in which he finished eighth) and 4 x 110 yards relay at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games,[1] before being selected to represent Fiji at the 1956 Summer Olympics,[2] the first time the country had participated in the Olympics.

[1] Following the games, he competed in a Commonwealth versus Great Britain athletics meet in London in August 1958, where he set a Fijian discus record of 51.84m,[3] The record stood for 61 years until being broken by Mustafa Fall in 2019.

[4] Rakuro competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, but failed to progress beyond the qualifying round.

[1] However, he went on to win gold in both the discus and shot put in the 1963 South Pacific Games.