1971 South Pacific Games
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Host city | Papeete |
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Country | Tahiti |
Nations | 14 |
Athletes | ~2,000 |
Events | 17 sports |
Opening | August 25, 1971 (1971-08-25) |
Closing | September 5, 1971 (1971-09-05) |
Opened by | Pierre Messmer |
← 1969 Port Moresby 1975 Tamuning → |
The 4th South Pacific Games (French: 4e Jeux du Pacifique sud; Tahitian: A 4 o te Ha‘utira‘a no Pātifita), also known as Papeete 1971 (Tahitian: Papeʻete 1971), held in Papeete, Tahiti from 25 August to 5 September 1971, was the fourth edition of the South Pacific Games.[1]
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]
American Samoa
Cook Islands (70)
Fiji
French Polynesia
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Guam
Nauru
New Caledonia (200+)
New Hebrides
Papua New Guinea (132)[3]
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Wallis and Futuna
Western Samoa
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) (details)
Basketball (2) (details)
Boxing (11)
Cycling (6) a
Football (1) (details)
Golf (2)
Judo (6)
Rugby union (1) (details)
Sailing (1) b
Softball (1) c
Swimming (1)
Table tennis (7)
Tennis (7)
Underwater fishing (2)
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 | ![]() | 33 | 32 | 27 | 92 |
2 | ![]() | 28 | 28 | 21 | 77 |
3 | ![]() | 22 | 24 | 24 | 70 |
4 | ![]() | 16 | 17 | 13 | 46 |
5 | ![]() | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
– | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
– | ![]() | 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
- ^ a b "South Pacific Games 1971 - Tahiti". Pacific Games Council. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b SPG Results 1971.
- ^ a b "South Pacific Games, Results of Tahiti Games" (PDF). Pacific Islands Monthly. 42 (10). Pacific Publications: 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.
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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