1981 South Pacific Mini Games

1981 Pacific Mini Games

Host city	Honiara
Country	Solomon Islands
Nations participating	15
Athletes participating	~600^*
Events	5 sports
Opening ceremony	July 8, 1981
Closing ceremony	July 16, 1981
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The 1981 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Honiara in the Solomon Islands from 8–16 July 1981. It was the first edition of the South Pacific Mini Games.^[1]

Participating countries

Fifteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:^[2]

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  French Polynesia, "Tahiti"
•  Guam
•  Kiribati
•  New Caledonia (99)^[3]
•  Norfolk Island
•  Northern Marianas
•  Papua New Guinea (66)^[1]
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu
•  Wallis and Futuna
•  Western Samoa

Sports

Five sports were contested at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games:^[4]

• Athletics (36) () ^[5]
• Boxing
• Football (1)

• Netball (1) ^[6]
• Tennis (5)

Final medal table

New Caledonia topped the medal count:^[2][7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia	17	17	11	45
2	Tahiti	10	7	5	22
3	Papua New Guinea	8	6	6	20
4	Fiji	5	3	8	16
5	Samoa	4	2	3	9
6	Solomon Islands	2	6	9	17
7	American Samoa	2	1	0	3
8	Cook Islands	1	3	0	4
9	Tonga	1	0	2	3
10	Wallis and Futuna	1	0	1	2
11	Vanuatu	0	4	8	12
	Guam	0	0	0	0
	Kiribati	0	0	0	0
	Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0
	Northern Marianas	0	0	0	0
Totals		50	48	48	146

See also

• Athletics at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games

Notes

^* For the 1981 Mini Games, almost 600 contestants were expected to take part.^[8]

References

1. "Mini-Games: Glory for three nations". The Canberra Times. 16 July 1981. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. "Medals Won at Mini Games". Pacific Games Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
3. "Mother of three cuts 800 m time". The Canberra Times. 10 July 1981. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
4. "Mini South Pacific". The Canberra Times. 8 July 1981. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
5. "Fourth gold medal". The Canberra Times. 11 July 1981. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
6. "Netball bids farewell to ‘Rats’". Cook Island News. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
7. South Pacific Games Final medals table Canberra Times. 18 July 1981.
8. "Pacific Report". Pacific Islands Monthly (Pacific Publications) 52 (7). p. 107 (The Medal Winners). 1981. Retrieved 25 June 2015.