1989 South Pacific Mini Games
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Host city | Nuku'alofa |
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Country | Tonga |
Nations | 16 |
Athletes | 832 |
Opening | August 22, 1989 (1989-08-22) |
Closing | September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01) |
Opened by | King Taufa’ahau Tepou IV |
Main venue | Teufaiva Sport Stadium |
The 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Nuku'alofa in Tonga from 22 August to 1 September 1989. It was the third edition of the South Pacific Mini Games.[1]
Tonga's national stadium, the Teufaiva Sport Stadium, was built for the Games on the previous site of the agricultural showgrounds.[2] The stadium, new Atele gymnasium, and tennis courts, were built or refurbished with the aid of Taiwan and France.[1] The venues were eventually completed just in time for the games following some controversy in the preceding months with the construction alarmingly behind schedule.[3]
Participating countries
Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:[4]
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia, "Tahiti"
Guam
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Marianas
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Western Samoa
Note: A number in parentheses indicate the size of a country's team (where known).
Sports
The six sports contested at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were:[1]
Netball (1) c
Tennis (5)
Weightlifting d
Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).
Final medal table
Western Samoa topped the medal count:[4]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 27 | 6 | 3 | 36 |
2 | ![]() | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
3 | ![]() | 15 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
4 | ![]() | 14 | 17 | 15 | 46 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 13 | 13 | 28 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 93 | 92 | 99 | 284 |
See also
Notes
^a Western Samoa won six gold medals in the boxing competition that captured the local people's imagination – as reported by Pacific islands Monthly, "it seemed half of Nuku'alof was crammed into the indoor stadium".[5]
^b Golf: Fiji, captained by Adi Sainimili Tuivanuavou, won the women's team bronze at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games.[6]
^c Netball: Cook Islands won the competition, defeating PNG by 53–49 in the final. Fiji did not play in the tournament.[7]
^d Nauru's 18-year-old Marcus Stephens broke all three South Pacific Games records in the 60 kg weightlifting class.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Third South Pacific Mini Games" (PDF). Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee. 1989. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF 0.2 MB) on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Besnier, Niko (2011). On the Edge of the Global: Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation. Stanford University Press, 2 Mar 2011. p. 183. ISBN 978-0804777643. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Loranger, Carrie (1989). "Rushing for the games". Pacific Islands Monthly. 59 (19). Pacific Publications: 48. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Medals Won at Mini Games". Pacific Games Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Reflections 1989, p. 49, col. 1, par. 2.
- ^ "Golf in Fiji will farewell Adi Sai". sportingpulse. National Golf Association of Fiji. 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27.
- ^ Reflections 1989, p. 49, col. 3, par. 3.
- ^ Reflections 1989, p. 49, col. 3, par. 2.
Sources
- "Reflections on a mini event". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 59, no. 21. 1989. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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Games
Games
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach volleyball
- Boxing
- Cricket
- Field hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Judo
- Netball
- Lawn bowls
- Rugby union (7s & 15s)
- Rugby league (9s)
- Sailing
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Touch rugby
- Triathlon
- Va'a
- Volleyball
- Weightlifting