Pacific Ocean Games

For the games between Oceanian island countries, see Pacific Games.

I Pacific Ocean Games
Host city	Cali, Colombia
Nations participating	38 (invited)
Athletes participating	3000 (invited)
Events	13
Opening ceremony	June 23
Closing ceremony	July 3
Officially opened by	President Ernesto Samper
Main venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

The Pacific Ocean Games (Spanish: Juegos del Océano Pacífico) was a multi-sport event between countries of the Pacific Rim. It was held only once, in 1995 from June 23 to July 3 in Cali, Colombia.^[1] Some events were also hosted in the Colombian cities of Buenaventura, Armenia, Pereira, Manizales, Popayan.^[2] Led by Jorge Herrera Barona, the head of the Colombian Olympic Committee, the games followed on from the country's hosting of the 1971 Pan American Games and 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games. A total of thirteen sports were contested, with 38 nations and around 3000 athletes making the start lists.^[1] The Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali was the main stadium for the event.^[3]

The games were opened by Colombian President Ernesto Samper. The opening ceremony featured Colombian orchestras, a ballet by Sonia Osorio (Leyenda de El Dorado), a fashion show of clothing designed by Carlos Arturo Zapata, and dancing exhibitions to music including currulao and salsa.^[4]^[5] The inauguration was linked with the hosting of the first Congress of National Olympic Committees of the Pacific Rim (ODECOP).^[6]

This grouping proved short-lived and despite an agreement to host the next Pacific Ocean Games in 1999 in Santiago de Chile,^[7] and a 2001 Games Vancouver, Canada, the games were disbanded.^[1] The host nation had hoped the 1995 event would raise its profile in the region and attract tourists, but many of the city's hotels remained relatively unoccupied during the games.^[8]

The hosts Colombia easily topped the medal table with 72 golds and 212 medals overall – a number that equalled the combined total medals taken by the next three most successful nations: the United States, China and Taiwan. This reflected the lack of high level competitors sent by the other nations invited to Colombia.^[9]

It was the first time a games was held for the region, building upon previous individual international sports competitions, such as the track and field-based Pacific Conference Games (1969–1985), the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (launched 1985) and gymnastics-based Pacific Rim Championships (launched 1988).^[10]^[11]^[12]

Sports

Athletics ()
Baseball ()
Boxing ()
Cycling ()
Gymnastics ()
- Artistic gymnastics ()
- Rhythmic gymnastics ()
Judo ()
Roller skating ()
Swimming ()
Synchronised swimming ()
Volleyball ()
Water polo ()
Wrestling ()

Participating nations

References

1 2 3 Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games, pp. 291–2. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
↑ 1995 Inauguración de los Juegos del Océano Pacífico (Spanish). Diario Occidente. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero (Spanish). Juegos Acord 2015 (2014-11-28). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ El programa de la inauguración de los I Juegos del Océano Pacífico se iniciará a las 6:00 de esta tarde y se cumplirá de la siguiente manera: (Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-06-23). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ ASÍ SE INAUGURARÁN LOS I JUEGOS DEL PACÍFICO (Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-06-23). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ JUEGOS DEL PACÍFICO INGRESAN A LA HISTORIA (Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-06-23). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ CHILE, LA PRÓXIMA SEDE (Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-06-23). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ POCO TURISTA SE DEJÓ ATRAER POR LOS JUEGOS DEL PACÍFICO (Spanish). 'El Tiempo (1995-06-24). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ COLOMBIA, CAMPEÓN DE LOS JUEGOS (Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-07-03). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ Pacific Conference Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Championships About The Event. Swimming Australia. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
↑ Q&A: What to expect at gymnastic championships. Herald (2012-03-14). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.

Multi-sport events

Global

Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games

Continental	African Games Asian Games Summer Winter Beach Indoor and Martial Arts European Games Pacific Games Pan American Games

Associations	Commonwealth Games Inter-Allied Games¹ Island Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹ World Outgames

Communities	Croatian World Games Gay Games Islamic Solidarity Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Women's Islamic Games¹ World Indigenous Games

Disabled sport	Deaflympics Défi sportif IWAS World Games Armed forces Invictus Games Warrior Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter

Professions	Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Police and Fire Games

Youth and students	Asian Youth Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games European Youth Olympic Festival Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games World Youth Games¹

Other sport	Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games X Games

Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games Central African Games¹

Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Asian Beach Games Asian Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹ Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Central Asian Games Children of Asia International Sports Games¹ East Asian Games Far Eastern Games¹ South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Inter-continental	Afro-Asian Games¹ Arafura Games Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames FESPIC Games¹ Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Nordic Games¹ Pacific Ocean Games¹ Pan Arab Games

National

Americas	Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors

Asia	Bangladesh China All-China Games National Games of China National Peasants' Games India Indian Empire¹ Indonesia Japan Malaysia Para Mongolia Pakistan Philippines National Games Batang Pinoy Palaro Singapore South Korea Summer Winter Thailand youth Vietnam

Europe	Albania¹ Nazi Germany¹ Netherlands Poland (youth) Soviet Union (youth)¹

Oceania	Western Australia (high school)²

NCSG³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Historical¹

Pre Modern Olympics (in chronological order, 1900BC–1852AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games

Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Goodwill Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad South African Games Spartakiad Workers' Olympiads

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