Sailing at the Pacific Games was first contested when the sport was added for the 1969 games at Port Moresby. It has also been included at several of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the fifth edition held in American Samoa in 1997.
The sailing events contested at each Pacific Games are listed in the table below. Flag icons and three letter country code indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates an event that was not contested.
Games | Year | Host city | Men's dinghy | Open multihull | Women's dinghy | Total events | Refs | |||
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I – II | Sailing not contested 1963–1966 | |||||||||
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Pair | Team | |||||||||
III | 1969 | Port Moresby | PNG | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | [upper-alpha 1] |
IV | 1971 | Papeete | TAH | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | [upper-alpha 2] |
Laser | Hobie 16 | |||||||||
Single | Team | Pair | Team | |||||||
V | 1975 | Tumon | GUM | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | [upper-alpha 3] |
VI | 1979 | Suva | – | – | TAH | – | – | – | 1 | [upper-alpha 4] |
VII | Sailing not contested in 1983 | |||||||||
VIII | 1987 | Nouméa | – | – | NCL | NCL | – | – | 2 | [upper-alpha 5] |
IX | 1991 | Port Moresby | – | – | TAH | TAH | – | – | 2 | [upper-alpha 6] |
X | 1995 | Papeete | – | – | TAH | TAH | – | – | 2 | [upper-alpha 7] |
Laser | Hobie 16 | Laser Radial | ||||||||
Single | Team | Pair | Team | Single | Team | |||||
XI | 1999 ( ) | Santa Rita | GUM | GUM | – | – | NCL | NCL | 4 | [upper-alpha 8] |
XII | 2003 ( ) | Suva | TAH | TAH | NCL | NCL | NCL | FIJ | 6 | [upper-alpha 9] |
XIII | 2007 ( ) | Apia | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | 6 | |
XIV | 2011 ( ) | Nouméa | NCL | NCL | TAH | TAH | COK | COK | 6 | |
XV | 2015 ( ) | Port Moresby | AUS | AUS | NCL | NCL | COK | COK | 6 | |
XV | 2019 ( ) | Apia | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | SAM | 6 |
Sailboarding was included from 1987 to 2003 at the South Pacific Games, with 24 of the 27 events won by New Caledonia.
Games | Year | Host city | Men's | Men's heavyweight | Women's | Total events | Refs | |||||
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Single | Team | Single | Team | Single | Team | |||||||
VIII | 1987 | Nouméa | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | 6 | [upper-alpha 5] | ||
IX | 1991 | Port Moresby | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | 6 | [upper-alpha 6] | ||
X | 1995 | Papeete | NCL | NCL | TAH | NCL | NCL | NCL | 6 | [upper-alpha 7] | ||
XI | 1999 ( ) | Santa Rita | NCL | NCL | FIJ | FIJ | NCL | NCL | 6 | [upper-alpha 8] | ||
XII | 2003 ( ) | Suva | NCL | NCL | – | – | NCL | not awarded | 3 | [upper-alpha 9] |
Sailing joined the Pacific Mini Games program in 1997.
Games | Year | Host city | Men's dinghy | Open multihull | Women's dinghy | Total events | Refs | |||
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I – IV | Sailing not contested 1981–1993 | |||||||||
Laser | Hobie 16 | Laser Radial | ||||||||
Single | Team | Pair | Team | Single | Team | |||||
V | 1997 | Pago Pago | GUM | GUM | TAH | TAH | TAH | not awarded | 5 | [upper-alpha 10] |
VI–VII | Sailing not contested 2001–2005 | |||||||||
VIII | 2009 | Rarotonga | TAH | COK | NCL | NCL | COK | COK | 6 | [upper-alpha 11] |
IX | 2013 ( ) | Mata-Utu | NCL | NCL | FIJ | FIJ | COK | NCL | 6 | [upper-alpha 12] |
X–XI | Sailing not contested 2017–2023 |
The 2003 South Pacific Games were held in Suva, Fiji from 28 June to 12 July 2003. They are also known as the XII South Pacific Games.
The 2009 Pacific Mini Games was held in the Cook Islands from 21 September to 2 October. It was the 8th edition of the Pacific Mini Games.
The VII South Pacific Mini Games were held July 25-August 4, 2005 in Palau.
Rugby union has been a men's medal sport at the South Pacific Games, being played at nine of the first ten competitions. The sport debuted at the inaugural 1963 games where the gold medal was won by the host nation. It was subsequently featured in the following games till the tenth games in 1995.
Boxing at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1963 when it was included as one of ten sports at the First South Pacific Games held in Suva, Fiji. There are presently ten weight classes for the men's competition at the Pacific Games, known as the South Pacific Games prior to 2011, in accordance with the (amateur) International Boxing Association (AIBA) classifications.
The 1997 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Pago Pago in American Samoa from 11 to 22 August 1997. It was the fifth edition of the South Pacific Mini Games. It was much larger than previous editions, with an almost doubling of the number of medals awarded compared to the 1993 South Pacific Mini Games. The impressive performances by Nauru in weightlifting continued in Pago Pago, with the tiny nation finishing on top of the unofficial medal table after winning 33 gold.
The 1995 South Pacific Games, held at Papeete in French Polynesia from 25 August to 5 September 1995, was the tenth edition of the South Pacific Games.
The 1987 South Pacific Games, held from 8–20 December 1987 at Nouméa in New Caledonia, was the eight edition of the South Pacific Games. Political events of the time affected the Games in 1987 and the number of competitors were down. Fiji had two military coups in 1987, and within New Caledonia itself, the Games became a focus of protest in the Kanak independence struggle. The French territories of New Caledonia and French Polynesia had the largest teams and dominated the medal count, with Papua New Guinea finishing third ahead of a depleted Fijian team.
Netball at the Pacific Games has been an optional Pacific Games sport since 1963. Fiji have been the tournament's most successful team, winning seven gold medals. Cook Islands have won four gold medals. To date, only the Cook Islands and Fiji have won netball gold at the Pacific Games.
Golf has been contested at the Pacific Games since 1969 when the sport was included as one of fifteen sports at the Third South Pacific Games held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It is a core sport on the Pacific Games program.
Tennis at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1963 when it was included as one of ten sports at the First South Pacific Games held in Suva, Fiji.
Weightlifting at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1966 when it was included as one of twelve sports at the Second South Pacific Games held in Nouméa, New Caledonia. A weightlifting competition for women was introduced in 1995 for the games in Papeete.
Swimming competitions have been held at the Pacific Games since the inaugural edition in 1963 at every Games except for 1983. Swimming has also been held once at the South Pacific Mini Games, in 2005.
Swimming at the 1999 South Pacific Games took place in Agana, the capital of Guam, at the Southern High School Pool between 30 May and 5 June 1999. It was the eleventh edition of the South Pacific Games. Men's and women's open water events of 5 kilometres were introduced in 1999, with swimmers from American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tahiti competing.
Beach volleyball at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1999 when the sport was included at the Eleventh South Pacific Games held in Guam. Since that time, Beach volleyball has been one of the core sports of the Pacific Games, required to be included for both men and women in every games. It has also been included in some of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the seventh edition held in Palau in 2005.
Archery at the Pacific Games was first contested at the 1971 games at Papeete. Archery was made a core sport in 2021, and is thus required to be included at every subsequent edition of the Pacific Games. It has also been included in the Pacific Mini Games, firstly at Norfolk Island in 2001 and then Port Vila in 2017.
Triathlon at the Pacific Games was first contested at the 1995 games at Papeete. It has also been included in the Pacific Mini Games, firstly at Norfolk Island in 2001.
Sailing at the 2019 Pacific Games was held in Samoa from 9–19 July on the Mulifanua sailing course at the Sheraton Samoa Beach Resort at Mulifanua which is approximately 40 kilometres west of the capital, Apia. The competition schedule included men's, women's and team events. The equipment classes used were the Laser and Laser Radial dinghies, plus the Hobie 16 catamaran.
Badminton has been contested at the Pacific Games since 2003 when it was included as one of ten sports at the Eleventh South Pacific Games held in Suva, Fiji. Badminton was added to Pacific Mini Games for the seventh edition held at Saipan in 2022.
Judo has been contested at the Pacific Games since 1969 when it was included in the Third South Pacific Games held in Port Moresby.| Judo has also been included at the Pacific Mini Games held at Port Vila in 2017.
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