1989 South Pacific Mini Games

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1989 Pacific Mini Games
1989 South Pacific Mini Games logo.png
Host city Nuku'alofa
Country Tonga
Nations16
Athletes832
OpeningAugust 22, 1989 (1989-08-22)
ClosingSeptember 1, 1989 (1989-09-01)
Opened by King Taufa’ahau Tepou IV
Main venue Teufaiva Sport Stadium

The 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Nuku'alofa in Tonga from 22 August to 1 September 1989. It was the third edition of the South Pacific Mini Games. [1]

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Tonga's national stadium, the Teufaiva Sport Stadium, was built for the Games on the previous site of the agricultural showgrounds. [2] The stadium, new Atele gymnasium, and tennis courts, were built or refurbished with the aid of Taiwan and France. [1] The venues were eventually completed just in time for the games following some controversy in the preceding months with the construction alarmingly behind schedule. [3]

Participating countries

Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games: [4]


Note: A number in parentheses indicate the size of a country's team (where known).

Sports

The six sports contested at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were: [1]


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

Final medal table

Western Samoa topped the medal count: [4]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa  (WSM)276336
2Flag of France.svg  French Polynesia  (PYF)20202060
3Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia  (NCL)15171547
4Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea  (PNG)14171546
5Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji  (FIJ)571224
6Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru  (NRU)3003
7Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga  (TON)2131328
8Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa  (ASA)251017
9Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands  (COK)2226
10Flag of Guam.svg  Guam  (GUM)1146
11Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu  (VAN)1023
12Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Norfolk Island  (NFK)1001
13Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands  (SOL)0437
14Flag of Niue.svg  Niue  (NIU)0000
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands  (MNP)0000
Flag of France.svg  Wallis and Futuna  (WLF)0000
Totals (16 entries)939299284

See also

Notes

^a Western Samoa won six gold medals in the boxing competition that captured the local people's imagination – as reported by Pacific islands Monthly, "it seemed half of Nuku'alof was crammed into the indoor stadium". [5]

^b Golf: Fiji, captained by Adi Sainimili Tuivanuavou, won the women's team bronze at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games. [6]

^c Netball: Cook Islands won the competition, defeating PNG by 53–49 in the final. Fiji did not play in the tournament. [7]

^d Nauru's 18-year-old Marcus Stephens broke all three South Pacific Games records in the 60 kg weightlifting class. [8]

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