1966 South Pacific Games

2nd edition of the South Pacific Games

1966 South Pacific Games

Host city| Nouméa
Country| New Caledonia
Events| 12 sports
86 medal events
Opening| December 8, 1966 (1966-12-08)
Closing| December 18, 1966 (1966-12-18)

<- 1963 Suva

1969 Port Moresby ->

The 2nd South Pacific Games (French: 2es Jeux du Pacifique sud), also known as Nouméa 1966, held on 8–18 December 1966 in Nouméa, New Caledonia, was the second edition of the South Pacific Games.

## Participating countries

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Fourteen Pacific nations or territories participated in the Games:[1]

* American Samoa
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* French Polynesia
* Gilbert and Ellice Islands
* Guam
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* New Hebrides
* Papua and New Guinea
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Western Samoa
* Wallis and Futuna

## Sports

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Twelve sports were contested at the 1966 South Pacific Games:[2][3][4]

* Athletics (31) (details)
* Basketball (2) (details) a
* Boxing (10)
* Cycling (6) b
* Football (1) (details)
* Netball (1) (details) a
* Rugby union (1) (details)
* Swimming (19) (details)
* Table tennis (3) c
* Tennis (3) c
* Volleyball (2)
* Weightlifting (7)

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

## Medal table

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In a significant turnaround of fortunes backed by French government investment, New Caledonia took the mantle at the top of the medal table from Fiji and French Polynesia obtained third position.[1]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  New Caledonia (NCL)| 39| 30| 30| 99
2|  Fiji (FIJ)| 19| 23| 17| 59
3|  French Polynesia (PYF)| 13| 8| 9| 30
4|  Papua New Guinea (PNG)| 5| 11| 13| 29
5|  Western Samoa (WSM)| 4| 4| 0| 8
6|  Nauru (NRU)| 4| 2| 0| 6
7|  Tonga (TON)| 1| 0| 1| 2
8|  Cook Islands (COK)| 1| 0| 0| 1
9|  American Samoa (ASA)| 0| 4| 1| 5
10|  Wallis and Futuna (WLF)| 0| 2| 12| 14
11|  Solomon Islands (SOL)| 0| 1| 1| 2
12|  New Hebrides| 0| 0| 2| 2
13|  Guam (GUM)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 86| 85| 87| 258

## See also

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* Athletics at the 1966 South Pacific Games
* Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games
* Rugby union at the 1966 South Pacific Games

## Notes

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^a Men's and women's basketball (five-a-side) competitions were held. A women's netball competition (seven-a-side) was also held.[3]

^b A 100 km individual road race and 70 km team road race were held, as well as events for 1 km time trial, 4 km individual pursuit, 1 km sprint, and 4 km Olympic pursuit.[5]

^c The sports of tennis and table tennis had three competitions each. These were all team events (i.e. competitions for men's, women's and mixed teams).[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Only one team missed a medal". Pacific Islands Monthly. 28 (1). Pacific Publications: 23. 1967. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
2. ^ "12 sports in Games". The Canberra Times. 24 August 1965. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
3. ^ a b c "South Pacific Games results 1963 and 1966". Pacific Islands Monthly. 40 (2). Pacific Publications: 31–32\. 1969. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
4. ^ SPG Results 1966.
5. ^ SPG Results 1966, p. 8.

## Sources

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* "South Pacific Games". Pacific Islands Monthly. 28 (1). Pacific Publications: 5–6, 23–36, 125–128\. 1967. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

* South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). 1966. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

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