1981 South Pacific Mini Games

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1981 Pacific Mini Games
1981 South Pacific Mini Games logo.pmg.png
Host city Honiara
Country Solomon Islands
Nations participating 15
Athletes participating ~600*
Events 5 sports
Opening ceremony July 8, 1981 (1981-07-08)
Closing ceremony July 16, 1981 (1981-07-16)
1985 Rarotonga  >

The 1981 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Honiara in the Solomon Islands from 8–16 July 1981. It was the first edition of the South Pacific Mini Games.[1]

Participating countries

Fifteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:[2]

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Sports

Five sports were contested at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games:[4]

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Final medal table

New Caledonia topped the medal count:[2][7]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  New Caledonia 17 17 11 45
2  Tahiti 10 7 5 22
3  Papua New Guinea 8 6 6 20
4  Fiji 5 3 8 16
5  Samoa 4 2 3 9
6  Solomon Islands 2 6 9 17
7  American Samoa 2 1 0 3
8  Cook Islands 1 3 0 4
9  Tonga 1 0 2 3
10  Wallis and Futuna 1 0 1 2
11  Vanuatu 0 4 8 12
 Guam 0 0 0 0
 Kiribati 0 0 0 0
 Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0
 Northern Marianas 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 48 48 146

See also

Notes

^* For the 1981 Mini Games, almost 600 contestants were expected to take part.[8]

References

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