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1971 South Pacific Games

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The 1971 South Pacific Games, held at Papeete in 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]


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]


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:[1]

1  New Caledonia 33 32 27 92
2  Papua New Guinea 28 28 21 77
3  French Polynesia 22 24 24 70
4  Fiji 16 17 13 46
5  Western Samoa 9 3 5 17
6  Tonga 4 3 4 11
7  Guam 2 3 8 13
8  Wallis and Futuna 2 1 6 9
9  Solomon Islands 1 2 2 5
10  American Samoa 0 2 12 14
11 Cook Islands 0 1 3 4
12  New Hebrides 0 1 0 1
Gilbert and Ellis Islands 0 0 0 0
 Nauru 0 0 0 0
Totals 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

  1. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Islanders arrive for Pacific Games". The Canberra Times. 9 September 1971. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Games predictions – Papua New Guinea –". Pacific Islands Monthly. Pacific Publications. 1971. p. 133. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b SPG Results 1971.
  5. ^ a b "South Pacific Games, Results of Tahiti Games (Part 2)". Pacific Islands Monthly. 42 (3). Pacific Publications: 39. 1971. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Ian A. Forbes (9 May 2003). "History of the Rarotonga Sailing Club". Sports Pulse.

Sources

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