1983 South Pacific Games

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1983 South Pacific Games
1983 South Pacific Games logo.png
Host city Apia
Country Western Samoa
Nations participating 19
Athletes participating 2,500+ a
Events 14 sports
Opening ceremony September 5, 1983 (1983-09-05)
Closing ceremony September 16, 1983 (1983-09-16)
Officially opened by Malietoa Tanumafili II
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The 1983 South Pacific Games, held at Apia in Western Samoa from 5-16 September 1983, was the seventh edition of the South Pacific Games.[1]

Participating countries

Nineteen nations competed at the 1983 South Pacific Games (list below is incomplete):[2]

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Sports

Despite swimming being a compulsory sport for the South Pacific Games, there was no facility built in Apia to host swimming events in 1983.[3] There were fourteen sports contested at the 1983 South Pacific Games (list below is incomplete):[2]

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Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).

Final medal table

New Caledonia topped the table ahead of hosts Western Samoa:[1]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  New Caledonia 24 20 19 63
2  Western Samoa 20 13 12 45
3  French Polynesia 13 17 14 44
4  Papua New Guinea 12 17 14 43
5  Fiji 12 17 14 43
6  American Samoa 4 4 6 14
7  Cook Islands 3 4 0 7
8  Guam 3 2 1 6
9  Norfolk Island 2 0 1 3
10  Wallis and Futuna 1 2 5 8
11  Solomon Islands 1 1 2 4
12  Vanuatu 1 0 9 10
13  Tonga 1 0 5 6
 Niue 0 0 0 0
 Tokelau 0 0 0 0
Totals 97 97 102 296

See also

Notes

^a Attempts to reduce the size the games were not successful and more than 2,500 athletes took part in 1983.[1]

^b Niue competed in the soccer and rugby competitions.[4][5]

^c Tokelau competed in the rugby competition.[6]

^d Postage stamps depicting athletics, netball, tennis, weightlifing, boxing, soccer, golf and rugby were issued by Samoa for the 1983 South Pacific Games.[7]

^e Fiji's women's basketball team won gold in 1983.[8]

^f Bowls: Fiji won gold in the women's pairs at Apia in 1983.[9]

^g Cook Islands won the netball gold in 1983.[10]

^h The South Pacific Games Council announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991.[11] There were four gold medals on offer in 1983, for men's and women's individual and team events.[11] The men's individual event won by Fiji's Willie Valentine, and the women's team event won by PNG.[12] Fiji won silver in both men's and women's team events.[11]

^i Women's volleyball was played at the 1983 South Pacific Games.[13]

References

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