1983 South Pacific Games

7th edition of the South Pacific Games 1983 South Pacific Games 1983_South_Pacific_Games_logo.png 150px Apia Western Samoa 15 2,500+ athletes a 13 sports 1983 9 5 1983 9 16 Malietoa Tanumafili II 1979 Suva 1987 Nouméa The 7th South Pacific Games (sm Taʻaloga Lona-Fitu a le Pasefika i Saute), also known as Apia 1983, held on 5–16 September 1983 in Apia, Western Samoa, was the seventh edition of the South Pacific Games. Participating countries Fifteen nations competed at the 1983 South Pacific Games: 16em American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia 1946 Guam New Caledonia 1853 Niue niue b Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands New Zealand Tokelau tokelau c Tonga Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Western Samoa Sports Despite swimming being a compulsory sport for the South Pacific Games, there was no facility built in Apia to host swimming events in 1983. There were thirteen sports contested at the 1983 South Pacific Games: 16em Athletics 38 stamps d Basketball 2 mbasketball e Bowls 8 mbowls f Boxing 12 mstamps d Football 1 stamps d Golf 4 mstamps d Netball 1netball g 16em Rugby union 1 stamps c Squash 4 msquash f Table tennis 7 m Tennis 7 mstamps d Volleyball 2 mvolleyball i Weightlifting 10 mstamps d Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known). Medal table New Caledonia topped the table ahead of hosts Western Samoa: 24 20 19 NCL 1853 20 13 12 Western Samoa (WSM) 13 17 14 PYF 1946 12 17 14 12 17 14 4 4 6 3 4 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 1 0 9 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 NZL Tokelau (TKL) See also Athletics at the 1983 South Pacific Games Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games Notes athletes a Attempts to reduce the size the games were not successful and more than 2,500 athletes took part in 1983. niue b Niue competed in the soccer and rugby competitions. niue c Tokelau competed in the rugby competition. stamps d Postage stamps depicting athletics, netball, tennis, weightlifting, boxing, soccer, golf and rugby were issued by Samoa for the 1983 South Pacific Games. basketball e Fiji's women's basketball team won gold in 1983. bowls f Bowls: Fiji won gold in the women's pairs at Apia in 1983. netball g Cook Islands won the netball gold in 1983. squash h The South Pacific Games Council announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991. There were four gold medals on offer in 1983, for men's and women's individual and team events. The men's individual event won by Fiji's Willie Valentine, and the women's team event won by PNG.SPG Results 1983 4 Fiji won silver in both men's and women's team events. volleyball i Women's volleyball was played at the 1983 South Pacific Games. References 25em 8 March 2007 South Pacific Games 1983 Pacific Games Council 15 May 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24032&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=68547 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150418174959/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24032&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=68547 18 April 2015 2015 History Fiji Swimming 20 May 2016 http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-1669-0-0-0&sID=14489 https://web.archive.org/web/20160603114803/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-1669-0-0-0&sID=14489 3 June 2016 1 March 1982 Apia: State of play for '83 Games Pacific Islands Monthly 53 3 23 Then, at a meeting in Solomon Islands last year, Western Samoa’s representative managed to convince the majority of the South Pacific Games Council that swimming should be excluded because of the fear that Western Samoa might not be able to provide adequate pools in time or at all. Pacific Publications https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339938715 Western Samoa Hosts South Pacific Games https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/03/Western-Samoa-Hosts-South-Pacific-Games/2576431409600/ UPI 3 September 1983 1983 South Pacific Games The Rugby Archive 18 May 2015 http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=189&Stagione=1983 19 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150519200223/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=189&Stagione=1983 dead 8 March 2007 FASANOC reflects on another sporting great Pacific Games Council 15 May 2015 http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3653-0-0-3653&sID=35619&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=17562638 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150528195546/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-3653-0-0-3653&sID=35619&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=17562638 28 May 2015 8 March 2007 Mamia Tunui Savage Pacific Games Council 15 May 2015 http://203.21.3.160/nf/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3844-0-0-0&sID=60437&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=24044095 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150528203428/http://203.21.3.160/nf/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3844-0-0-0&sID=60437&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=24044095 2015-05-28 13 September 1983 Come out and play, please The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116406349 27 May 2015 2015 1983 7th South Pacific Games Apia Golowe's Stamps http://golowesstamps.com/reference/formatprinters/Samoa/samoastamps.htm 27 May 2014 20 May 2014 1983 South Pacific Games - Apia: Basketball matavuvale.com 27 May 2015 http://www.matavuvale.com/photo/img041-1 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150528193754/http://www.matavuvale.com/photo/img041-1 28 May 2015 20 May 2014 1983 South Pacific Games - Apia: Volleyball matavuvale.com 27 May 2015 http://www.matavuvale.com/photo/fiji-womens?context=user live https://web.archive.org/web/20150528194750/http://www.matavuvale.com/photo/fiji-womens?context=user 28 May 2015 9 October 2009 ...that in 1978 Squash was included for the FIRST time Squash Fiji 15 May 2015 http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-1627-0-0-0&sID=61202&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5119849 1983 South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 27 May 2015 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/southpac83.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20130524122013/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/southpac83.html 24 May 2013 Sources 1983 South Pacific Games Results Oceania Sport Information Centre 28 October 2015 live http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=36014164 https://web.archive.org/web/20170908120841/http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=36014164 8 September 2017 SPG Results 1983 Category:Pacific Games by year Pacific Games P Category:1983 in Samoa Category:International sports competitions hosted by Samoa Category:Sports competitions in Apia Pacific