1985 South Pacific Mini Games

September 2019 1985 Pacific Mini Games 1985_South_Pacific_Mini_Games_logo.png 168px Rarotonga Cook Islands 16 ~700 6 sports yes 1985 07 31 yes 1985 08 09 1981 Honiara 1989 Nuku'alofa The 1985 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Rarotonga in the Cook Islands from 31 July to 9 August 1985. It was the second edition of the South Pacific Mini Games. The new stadium built for the games had a grass track but several South Pacific Games athletics records were broken at the 1985 games including the women's 800 metres. The track and field competition also served as a selection trial for the Oceania team to compete at the IAAF World Cup in Canberra. Participating countries Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games: 17em American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji 1970 French Polynesia 1946, "Tahiti" Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia 1853 Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Western Samoa Western Samoa Sports Six sports were contested at the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games: 19em Athletics 40 Bowls m Golf 4 m 17em Netball 1 m Rugby union 1 m Tennis 5 m Final medal table Papua New Guinea topped the medal count: 13 12 12 12 12 5 NCL 1853 9 7 11 PYF 1946 Tahiti 6 6 8 6 6 8 2 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 See also Athletics at the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games References 1985 Mini South Pacific Games Pacific Islands Monthly 56 9 25 Pacific Publications 30 October 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=eHp0AAAAMAAJ&q=%22700+the+number+of+athletes%22 2009 1985 Mini Games Pacific Games Council 15 May 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-4592-0-0-0&sID=147529 6 August 1985 World Cup highlights The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122520812 25 May 2015 18 September 2009 Mini Games - what will they bring! The Fiji Times http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=129725 February 2024 medic 2013 Medals Won at Mini Games Pacific Games Council 15 May 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150418192040/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24022 18 April 2015 Sources 1985 2nd Mini South Pacific Games: Raratonga 31st July ~ 9th August 1985 Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee 23 April 2017 http://f2.quomodo.com/C83D99CB/uploads/286/1985%20Ratonga%20Cook.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170423090535/http://f2.quomodo.com/C83D99CB/uploads/286/1985%20Ratonga%20Cook.pdf 23 April 2017 SPMG Results 1985 collapsed Category:Pacific Games by year Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Category:1985 in the Cook Islands Category:International sports competitions hosted by the Cook Islands Pacific Mini Games Pacific Mini Games