1989 South Pacific Mini Games

1989 Pacific Mini Games
Host city Nuku'alofa
Country Tonga
Nations participating 16
Athletes participating 832
Opening ceremony August 22, 1989 (1989-08-22)
Closing ceremony September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01)
Officially opened by King Taufa’ahau Tepou IV
Main venue Teufaiva Sport Stadium
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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 gmnasium, 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]


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]


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
1 Western Samoa276336
2 French Polynesia20202060
3 New Caledonia15171547
4 Papua New Guinea14171546
5 Fiji571224
6 Nauru3003
7 Tonga2131328
8 American Samoa251017
9 Cook Islands2226
10 Guam1146
11 Norfolk Island1001
12 Vanuatu1023
13 Solomon Islands0437
14 Niue0000
15 Northern Marianas0000
16 Wallis and Futuna0000
Totals939299284

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Third South Pacific Mini Games" (PDF 0.2 MB). Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee. 1989. p. 112. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ↑ 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 0804777640. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rushing for the Games". Pacific Islands Monthly (Pacific Publications) 59 (8): 48. 1989. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Medals Won at Mini Games". Pacific Games Council. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Reflections on a mini event". Pacific Islands Monthly (Pacific Publications) 59 (10). p. 49, col. 1, par. 2. 1989. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Golf in Fiji will farewell Adi Sai". sportingpulse. National Golf Association of Fiji. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Reflections on a mini event". Pacific Islands Monthly (Pacific Publications) 59 (10). p. 49, col. 3, par. 3. 1989. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Reflections on a mini event". Pacific Islands Monthly (Pacific Publications) 59 (10). p. 49, col. 3, par. 2. 1989. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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