1991 South Pacific Games
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Host city | Port Moresby and Lae |
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Country | Papua New Guinea |
Nations | 16 |
Athletes | 2,000+ a |
Events | 17 sports 164 medal events |
Opening | September 7, 1991 |
Closing | September 21, 1991 |
Opened by | The Duke of York |
The 1991 South Pacific Games, held from 7–21 September 1991 at
Host nation Papua New Guinea topped the medal table for the first time at a South Pacific Games with a total of 100 medals won.[2]
Participating countries
Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:[2]
Sports
17 sports were contested at the 1991 South Pacific Games:[1]
Athletics (41) ( )
Basketball (2) ( ) b
Boxing (12)
Cricket (1)
Football (1) ( )
Golf (4)
Bowls (10)
Netball (1) ( )
Rugby union (1) ( )
Sailing (8)
Softball (2)
Squash (4) c
Swimming (32) d
Table tennis (7)
Tennis (7)
Volleyball (2)
Weightlifting (30)
Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).
Final medal table
Medals were awarded in a total of 164 events:[2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 44 | 29 | 27 | 100 |
2 | ![]() | 30 | 24 | 26 | 80 |
3 | ![]() | 29 | 29 | 27 | 85 |
4 | ![]() | 19 | 13 | 6 | 38 |
5 | ![]() | 13 | 30 | 23 | 66 |
6 | ![]() | 10 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
7 | ![]() | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
9 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
10 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Totals (14 entries) | 164 | 164 | 170 | 498 |
See also
Notes
^a More than 2,000 athletes took part in the 1991 Games, which had more athletes and competitions than Auckland's 1990 Commonwealth Games.[3]
^b Western Samoa initially took the men's basketball gold medal but the team was disqualified after a citizenship controversy, in which players were deemed ineligible.[4]
^c Squash: There were individual and team events for men and women. PNG won all four gold medals.[5] The South Pacific Games Council had announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991.[6]
^d Swimming: French Polynesia's 14-year-old star Daine Lacombe won five gold medals in the pool.[7]
References
- ^ a b Wightman, Brian (1992). "Ninth South Pacific Games in Port Moresby" (PDF 0.4 MB). Olympic Information Cente. pp. 50–53. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "South Pacific Games 1991". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Half-naked maidens shield prince". The Canberra Times. 8 September 1991. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "W. Samoans barred for using recent imports". The Canberra Times. 3 June 1993. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ SPG Results 1991, p. 10.
- ^ "...that in 1978 Squash was included for the FIRST time". Squash Fiji. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "PNG leads medal tally as records tumble". The Canberra Times. 15 September 1973. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
Sources
- 1991 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.