1966 South Pacific Games

1966 South Pacific Games
Host cityNouméa
CountryNew Caledonia
Events12 sports
86 medal events
OpeningDecember 8, 1966 (1966-12-08)
ClosingDecember 18, 1966 (1966-12-18)

The 2nd South Pacific Games (French: 2es Jeux du Pacifique sud), also known as Nouméa 1966, held on 8–18 December 1966 in Nouméa, New Caledonia, was the second edition of the South Pacific Games.

Participating countries

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Fourteen Pacific nations or territories participated in the Games:[1]

Sports

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Twelve sports were contested at the 1966 South Pacific Games:[2][3][4]


Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).

Medal Table

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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 obtained third position.[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Caledonia (NCL)39303099
2 Fiji (FIJ)19231759
3 French Polynesia (PYF)138930
4 Papua New Guinea (PNG)5111329
5 Western Samoa (WSM)4408
6 Nauru (NRU)4206
7 Tonga (TON)1012
8 Cook Islands (COK)1001
9 American Samoa (ASA)0415
10 Wallis and Futuna (WLF)021214
11 Solomon Islands (SOL)0112
12 New Hebrides0022
13 Guam (GUM)0011
Totals (13 entries)868587258

See also

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Notes

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^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, 1 km sprint, and 4 km 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

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  1. ^ a b "Only one team missed a medal". Pacific Islands Monthly. 28 (1). Pacific Publications: 23. 1967. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ "12 sports in Games". The Canberra Times. 24 August 1965. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "South Pacific Games results 1963 and 1966". Pacific Islands Monthly. 40 (2). Pacific Publications: 31–32. 1969. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ^ SPG Results 1966.
  5. ^ SPG Results 1966, p. 8.

Sources

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  • "South Pacific Games". Pacific Islands Monthly. 28 (1). Pacific Publications: 5–6, 23–36, 125–128. 1967. Retrieved 3 February 2018.