2003 South Pacific Games
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The 2003 South Pacific Games were held in Suva, Fiji from 28 June to 12 July 2003.[1] They are also known as the XII South Pacific Games.
The Games were the 12th South
Organisation
A strong corporate sponsorship package (including some 20 corporate sponsors),[3] a first for the games, enabled the organizers to expand the scope of the event. A colorful media and publicity campaign - including the Games' mascot, a blue lizard named Tau (meaning "friend" in Fijian) - generated interest and enthusiasm amongst the Fijian public. Schools and youth groups were involved in interactive programs such as the adopt-a-country program.[4]
The 2003 SPG were the biggest Games to date.[5] There were some 300 medal ceremonies with over 860 presentations and 2,300 individual medals.[6]
Sports
The following sports were competed:[7]
- Archery ( )
- Athletics ( )
- Badminton ( )
- Baseball ( )
- Basketball ( )
- Beach volleyball ( )
- Bodybuilding ( )
- Boxing ( )
- Cricket ( )
- Cycling ( )
- Football ( )
- Golf ( )
- Hockey ( )
- Judo ( )
- Karate ( )
- Lawn bowls ()
- Netball ( )
- Powerlifting ( )
- Rugby sevens ( )
- Sailing ( )
- Shooting ( )
- Squash ( )
- Surfing ( )
- Swimming ( )
- Table tennis ( )
- Taekwondo ( )
- Tennis ( )
- Touch rugby ( )
- Triathlon ( )
- Va'a ( )
- Volleyball ( )
- Weightlifting ( )
Note: Full results for all sports have been published on the 2003 SPG official website Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine.[8]
Results
Hosts Fiji won the first gold medals of the games in women's archery and went on to top the athletics medal count to add to their best-ever medal haul at the SPG. Guam retained its place in baseball winning their second SPG gold medal. The cricket final saw Papua New Guinea overcome Fiji by a single run for the gold medal.
Fijian athletics dominated the
The
Continuing their domination at the games, Fiji won a further gold in the first-ever women's field hockey competition at the SPG.
The Pacific region-specific sports of
Medal table
New Caledonia topped the medal count.[9]
* Host nation (Fiji)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 93 | 73 | 74 | 240 |
2 | Fiji (FIJ)* | 65 | 59 | 53 | 177 |
3 | French Polynesia (TAH) | 55 | 28 | 40 | 123 |
4 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 33 | 26 | 17 | 76 |
5 | Nauru (NRU) | 24 | 20 | 2 | 46 |
6 | Samoa (SAM) | 18 | 17 | 20 | 55 |
7 | Tonga (TON) | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
8 | Guam (GUM) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
9 | Micronesia (FSM) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
10 | Vanuatu (VAN) | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
11 | Kiribati (KIR) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
12 | Cook Islands (COK) | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
13 | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
14 | Wallis and Futuna (WLF) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
15 | Norfolk Island (NFK) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
16 | American Samoa (ASA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
17 | Palau (PLW) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
18 | Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
19 | Tokelau (TKL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Niue (NIU) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
21 | Marshall Islands (MHL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tuvalu (TUV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (22 entries) | 309 | 278 | 274 | 861 |
See also
- Athletics at the 2003 South Pacific Games
- Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games
- Vodafone Arena (Fiji)
References
- ^ "Final Sports Program". SPG 2003. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004.
- ^ "South Pacific Games under way in Fiji". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 June 2003. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ a b "PataraPacific.com". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ^ "OceaniaSport.info". Archived from the original on 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ^ Prasad, Shoma. "Rousing start to 12th South Pacific Games". Wansolwara Online. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "List of Medal Winners – 2003 South Pacific Games". Sporting Pulse. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ SPG Medal Tally 2003.
- ^ "Results and Sports News". Sports Pulse. Pacific Games Council. 2003. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ SPG Results 2003, p. 1.
Sources
- South Pacific Games 2003 Medal Tally – Sport Medals. Sports Pulse (Report). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- 2003 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
External links
- Sporting Pulse: SPG 2003 website (archived) at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 May 2013)
- "SPG Blog - Fiji 2003 Medal Table". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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