Boxing at the Pacific Games
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Boxing at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1963 when it was included as one of ten sports at the First South Pacific Games held in Suva, Fiji.[1][2] There are presently ten weight classes for the men's competition at the Pacific Games, known as the South Pacific Games prior to 2011, in accordance with the (amateur) International Boxing Association (AIBA) classifications.
Boxing has also been included in many of the Pacific Mini Games, startng with the first edition held at Honiara in 1981.
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Pacific Games
The boxing weight classes contested at each Pacific Games are listed in the table below. Flag icons and three letter country code indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates a weight division that was not contested.[upper-alpha 1]
Men's boxing
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| Games | Year | Host city | Light- Fly weight |
Fly weight |
Bantam weight |
Feather weight |
Light weight |
Light- Welter weight |
Welter weight |
Light- Middle weight |
Middle weight |
Light- Heavy weight |
Heavy weight |
Super- Heavy weight |
Total events |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1963 () | Suva | – | – |  PNG |
 COK |
 FIJ |
 ASM |
COK |
FIJ |
FIJ |
FIJ |
– | – | 8 | [upper-alpha 2] |
| II | 1966 () | Nouméa | – | FIJ |
 PNG |
PNG |
 NCL |
 WSM |
WSM |
FIJ |
FIJ |
FIJ |
NCL |
– | 10 | [upper-alpha 3] |
| III | 1969 () | Port Moresby | – | FIJ |
PNG |
PNG |
ASM |
WSM |
WSM |
FIJ |
WSM |
FIJ |
FIJ |
– | 10 | [upper-alpha 4] |
| IV | 1971 | Papeete |  PNG |
WSM |
WSM |
TAH |
TAH |
WSM |
PNG |
 TGA |
 FIJ |
WSM |
TAH |
– | 11 | [upper-alpha 5] |
| V | 1975 | Tumon | WSM |
WSM |
 PNG |
PNG |
ASM |
WSM |
 NHB |
ASM |
NCL |
ASM |
NCL |
– | 11 | [upper-alpha 6] |
| VI | 1979 | Suva | PNG |
NCL |
TAH |
ASM |
WSM |
FIJ |
WSM |
WSM |
PNG |
FIJ |
NCL |
– | 11 | [upper-alpha 7] |
| VII | 1983 | Apia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | 11 | |
| VIII | 1987 | Nouméa | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | |
| IX | 1991 | Port Moresby | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | |
| X | 1995 | Papeete | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 | |
| XI | 1999 () | Santa Rita | PNG |
PNG |
FIJ |
PNG |
SAM |
 TAH |
FIJ |
 NCL |
NCL |
SAM |
TAH |
TAH |
12 | [31] |
| XII | 2003 () | Suva | PNG |
PNG |
SAM |
TAH |
 VAN |
TAH |
VAN |
– | FIJ |
SAM |
SAM |
FIJ |
11 | [32] |
| XIII | 2007 () | Apia | PNG |
PNG |
SAM |
SAM |
NCL |
NCL |
SAM |
– | SAM |
SAM |
SAM |
TAH |
11 | [33] |
| XIV | 2011 () | Nouméa | PNG |
PNG |
TAH |
– | TAH |
TAH |
TAH |
– | SAM |
NCL |
NCL |
 NRU |
10 | [34] |
| XV | 2015 () | Port Moresby | – | – | 10 | [35][36] |
Women's boxing
| Games | Year | Host city | Light- Fly weight |
Fly weight |
Bantam weight |
Feather weight |
Light weight |
Light- Welter weight |
Welter weight |
Light- Middle weight |
Middle weight |
Light- Heavy weight |
Heavy weight |
Super- Heavy weight |
Total events |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XV | 2015 () | Port Moresby | – | PNG |
– | – |  FSM |
– | – | – | PNG |
– | – | – | 3 | [upper-alpha 8] |
Pacific Mini Games
The boxing weight classes contested at each Pacific Mini Games are listed in the table below. Flag icons and three letter country code indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates a weight division that was not contested.[upper-alpha 1]
Men's boxing
| Games | Year | Host city | Light- Fly weight |
Fly weight |
Bantam weight |
Feather weight |
Light weight |
Light- Welter weight |
Welter weight |
Light- Middle weight |
Middle weight |
Light- Heavy weight |
Heavy weight |
Super- Heavy weight |
Total events |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1981 | Honiara |  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
– | 11 | [40] | |
| III | 1989 | Nuku'alofa | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
– | 12 | [41] | |
| IV | 1993 () | Port Vila | VAN |
NCL |
PNG |
VAN |
WSM |
 SOL |
TAH |
WSM |
WSM |
TGA |
SOL |
TGA |
12 | [42] |
| V | 1997 () | Pago Pago | 12 | [43] | ||||||||||||
| VIII | 2009 () | Rarotonga | – | SAM |
TAH |
NRU |
NCL |
TAH |
NRU |
– | SAM |
ASM |
TAH |
TAH |
10 | [44] |
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The number of weight classes used by the AIBA has changed over the years and the definition of each class has also changed several times. – See: Boxing at the Summer Olympics.
- ↑ In 1963, although there were ten weight divisions, medals were only awarded in eight of them. Fiji made the only nominations in the flyweight and heavyweight classes and had put two boxers in each division to ensure a contest. J. Roba and M. Mate in the flyweight, and V. Dikidikiliti and P. Kali in the heavyweight, were awarded silver cups in lieu of medals.[3] Fiji won gold in four weight divisions in 1963,[4][5] Cook Islands won gold in two (featherweight and welterweight),[6] and Papua New Guinea and American Samoa won one gold medal each.[7][6]
- ↑ Fiji won four weight divisions. New Caledonia, Papua new Guinea and Western Samoa won two each.[8]
- ↑ There were 10 boxing gold medals on offer at the 1969 games.[9] Fiji won 4,[10] Western Samoa won 3, and Papua New Guinea won 2.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
- ↑ In 1971, Western Samoa won four weight classes, French Polynesia won three, PNG two, and Fiji and Tonga one each.[18][19]
- ↑ There were 11 boxing events at the 1975 games. American Samoa and Western Samoa won 3 each, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia won 2 each, and New Hebrides won 1 (Philip Kating).[20][21][22] New Caledonia won the heavyweight and middleweight titles.[23] American Samoa won the light heavyweight title.[23] PNG won the bantamweight and featherweight,[24] and Western Samoa won the flyweight and light flyweight titles.[24][25]
- ↑ In 1979, Western Samoa won 3 titles, Fiji, New Caledonia and PNG won 2 each, and American Samoa and Tahiti won 1 each.[26][27][28][29][30]
- ↑ Women's boxing events were included at the Pacific Games for the first time in 2015. The three weight classes as used by the IOC, i.e. flyweight (48–51kg), lightweight (57–60kg), and middleweight (69–75kg) were added to the schedule.[37][38][39]
References
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- ↑ Fly–Bant 1969. PIM. Vol. 42, issue 3, p. 130
- ↑ Feather. 1969. PIM. Vol. 42, issue 3, p. 130
- ↑ Light–Welt 1969. PIM. Vol. 42, issue 3, p. 130
- ↑ L-middle 1969. PIM. Vol. 42, issue 3, p. 130
- ↑ Light-heavy 1969. PIM. Vol. 42, issue 3, p. 130
- ↑ Heavy 1969. PIM. Vol. 42, issue 3, p. 130
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- ↑ Light Flyweight. PIM, vol. 50, issue 10, p.137.
- ↑ Flyweight. PIM, vol. 50, issue 10, p.138.
- ↑ Featherweight. PIM, vol. 50, issue 10, p.138.
- ↑ Welterweight . PIM, vol. 50, issue 10, p.138.
- ↑ Heavyweight . PIM, vol. 50, issue 10, p.138.
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External links
- South Pacific Games index on amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
