1971 South Pacific Games
The 1971 South Pacific Games, held at Papeete in Tahiti from 25 August to 5 September 1971, was the fourth edition of the South Pacific Games.[1]
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| Host city | Papeete |
|---|---|
| Country | Tahiti |
| Nations | 14 |
| Athletes | ~2,000 |
| Events | 17 sports |
| Opening | August 25, 1971 |
| Closing | September 5, 1971 |
| Opened by | Pierre Messmer |
Approximately 1,500 male athletes and 500 female athletes participated in the games.[2]
Participating countries
Fourteen Pacific nations or territories competed at the Games:[2]
Note: A number in parentheses indicates the size of a country's team (where known).
Sports
There were 17 sports contested at the 1971 South Pacific Games:[4][2]
Archery (2)
Athletics (35) ()
Basketball (2) ()
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Cycling (6) a
Football (1) ()
Golf (2)
Judo (6)
Rugby union (1) ()
Sailing (1) b
Softball (1) c
Swimming (1)
Table tennis (7)
Tennis (7)
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Volleyball (2)
Weightlifting (8)
Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).
Final medal table
Medals were awarded in 117 events:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} New Caledonia (NCL) | 33 | 32 | 27 | 92 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 28 | 28 | 21 | 77 |
| 3 |  French Polynesia (PYF) | 22 | 24 | 24 | 70 |
| 4 |  Fiji (FIJ) | 16 | 17 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 |  Western Samoa (WSM) | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 |  Tonga (TON) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 |  Guam (GUM) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Wallis and Futuna (WLF) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Solomon Islands (SOL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 |  American Samoa (ASA) | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 11 |  Cook Islands (COK) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 |  New Hebrides | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| – | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – |  Nauru (NRU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 117 | 117 | 125 | 359 | |
Notes
^a Cycling: Six events were held: 1 km time trial, individual road race (111 km), 74 km road race, 4 km individual pursuit, 4 km Olympic pursuit, and an individual sprint.[5]
^b The sailing event was for the Fireball dinghy class.[6]
^c The women's softball tournament was won by Guam, with Papua New Guinea and American Samoa taking second and third place respectively,[5] although the Oceania Sport Information Centre report (on their Sporting Pulse webpage as at October 2015) omits the result.[4]
References
- "South Pacific Games 1971 - Tahiti". Pacific Games Council. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- "Islanders arrive for Pacific Games". The Canberra Times. 9 September 1971. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- "Games predictions – Papua New Guinea –". Pacific Islands Monthly. Pacific Publications. 1971. p. 133. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- SPG Results 1971.
- "South Pacific Games, Results of Tahiti Games" (PDF). Pacific Islands Monthly. Pacific Publications. 42 (10): 39. 1971. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- Ian A. Forbes (9 May 2003). "History of the Rarotonga Sailing Club". Sports Pulse.
Sources
- 1971 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.