1966 South Pacific Games
Host city | Nouméa | ||
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Country | New Caledonia | ||
Events | 12 sports 86 medal events |
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Opening ceremony | December 8, 1966 | ||
Closing ceremony | December 18, 1966 | ||
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The 1966 South Pacific Games, held at Nouméa in New Caledonia from 8–18 December 1966, was the second edition of the South Pacific Games.[1]
Contents
Participating countries
Fourteen Pacific nations or territories participated in the Games:[1][2]
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Sports
Twelve sports were contested at the 1966 South Pacific Games:[2][3][4]
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- Athletics (31) ( )
- Basketball (2) ( ) a
- Boxing (10)
- Cycling (6) b
- Football (1) ( )
- Netball (1) a
- Rugby union (1) ( )
- Swimming (17) ( )
- Table tennis (3) c
- Tennis (3) c
- Volleyball (2)
- Weightlifting (7)
Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).
Final medal table
In a significant turnaround of fortunes backed by French government investment, New Caledonia took the mantle at the top of the medal table from Fiji and French Polynesia moved into third position.[1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | New Caledonia | 39 | 30 | 30 | 99 |
2 | Fiji | 19 | 23 | 17 | 59 |
3 | French Polynesia | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
4 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 11 | 13 | 29 |
5 | Western Samoa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
6 | Nauru | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
7 | Tonga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | American Samoa | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
10 | 23x15px Solomon Islands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | New Hebrides | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Cook Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 86 | 86 | 86 | 258 |
See also
- Athletics at the 1966 South Pacific Games
- Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games
- Rugby union at the 1966 South Pacific Games
Notes
^a Men's and women's basketball (five-a-side) competitions were held. A women's netball competition (seven-a-side) was also held.[3]
^b A 100 km individual road race and 70 km team road race were held, as well as events for 1 km time trial, 4 km individual pursuit, 1km sprint, and 4km Olympic pursuit.[5]
^c The sports of tennis and table tennis had three competitions each. These were all team events (i.e. competitions for men's, women's and mixed teams).[3]
References
Sources
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