2005 South Pacific Mini Games

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
VII South Pacific Mini Games
2005 South Pacific Mini Games Logo.png
Host city Koror
Country  Palau
Nations participating 20
Events 12 sports
Opening ceremony July 25, 2005 (2005-07-25)
Closing ceremony August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)
Officially opened by Tommy Remengesau
Torch Lighter Christopher Silas Adolf
Main venue National Stadium
2001 Kingston 2009 Rarotonga  >

The VII South Pacific Mini Games were held July 25-August 4, 2005 in Palau.

Torch lighter was athlete Christopher Silas Adolf, Palau’s first Olympian.[1]

Participating countries

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>


Tahiti and Tokelau did not send teams to the games,[2] with Tahiti citing a need to conserve costs.[3]

Sports

12 sports were contested at the 2005 Pacific Mini Games:

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>


Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of events in each sport.

Final medal table

New Caledonia dominated the medal tally, finishing ahead of Fiji. The small nation of Nauru finished in third place with 18 gold medals; all of them gold and won in the weightlifing competition. Host nation Palau also won 18 medals and finished in sixth position on the table.[4]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  New Caledonia 56 29 25 110
2  Fiji 23 21 16 60
3  Nauru 18 0 0 18
4  Papua New Guinea 16 11 8 35
5  Samoa 16 8 2 26
6  Palau 9 3 6 18
7  Guam 6 9 14 29
8  Cook Islands 5 9 7 21
9  Federated States of Micronesia 5 1 5 11
10  Tonga 5 1 3 9
11  Northern Marianas 4 12 7 23
12  Solomon Islands 2 6 3 11
13  Vanuatu 2 3 1 6
14  Wallis and Futuna 2 1 1 4
15  Marshall Islands 1 3 0 4
16  Niue 0 5 0 5
17  Norfolk Island 0 1 1 2
18  Tuvalu 0 0 2 2
19  American Samoa 0 0 1 1
 Kiribati 0 0 0 0
No medal awarded m 2 49 77 128
Totals 172 172 179 523

Notes

^a Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^b Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^c Basketball was included in the 2005 Mini Games in lieu of the FIBA Oceania Tournament.[5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^d Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^e Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^f Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^g Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^h Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^i Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^j Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^k Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^l Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
^m As per the Pacific Games Charter:[4]
  1. Only when five or more competitors compete in an event, will the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal be awarded.
  2. Where only one competitor competes in an event, no medal is awarded.
  3. Where two competitors compete in an event, only a Gold Medal will be awarded.
  4. Where three competitors compete, only a Gold Medal will be awarded
  5. Where four competitors compete, only a Gold and Silver Medal will be awarded.
  6. Table Tennis award two bronze medals when a minimum of 5 competitors compete.

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.