1966 South Pacific Games

South Pacific Games in New Caledonia 1966 South Pacific Games 1966_South_Pacific_Games_logo.png 190px Nouméa New Caledonia 14 12 sports86 medal events 1966 12 08 1966 12 18 1963 Suva 1969 Port Moresby The 2nd South Pacific Games (fr 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 Fourteen Pacific nations or territories participated in the Games: 17em American Samoa New Zealand Cook Islands Fiji colonial French Polynesia 1946 Gilbert and Ellice Islands Guam Australia civil Nauru New Caledonia 1853 New Hebrides 1966 Papua New Guinea 1965 Papua and New Guinea Solomon Islands 1956 Tonga Western Samoa Wallis and Futuna Sports Twelve sports were contested at the 1966 South Pacific Games:SPG Results 1966 15em Athletics 31 Basketball 2basketball a Boxing 10 m Cycling 6 mcycling b Football 1 Netball 1basketball a Rugby union 1 Swimming 19 Table tennis 3 mteam-sports c Tennis 3 mteam-sports c Volleyball 2 m Weightlifting 7 m Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known). Medal table 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. 39 30 30 NCL 1853 19 23 17 FIJ colonial 13 8 9 PYF 1946 5 11 13 PNG 1965 4 4 0 4 2 0 AUS civil Nauru (NRU) 1 0 1 1 0 0 NZL Cook Islands (COK) 0 4 1 0 2 12 0 1 1 SOL 1956 0 0 2 New Hebrides 1969 New Hebrides 0 0 1 See also Athletics at the 1966 South Pacific Games Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games Rugby union at the 1966 South Pacific Games Notes basketball a Men's and women's basketball (five-a-side) competitions were held. A women's netball competition (seven-a-side) was also held. cycling 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.SPG Results 1966 8 mixed-team-sports 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). References 25em 1967 Only one team missed a medal Pacific Islands Monthly 28 1 23 Pacific Publications 3 February 2018 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-326212346/view?sectionId=nla.obj-334469014&partId=nla.obj-326217144#page/n24/mode/1up 1969 South Pacific Games results 1963 and 1966 Pacific Islands Monthly 40 2 31–32 Pacific Publications 14 July 2015 http://i.imgur.com/oK4ylFa.png dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161220182719/http://i.imgur.com/oK4ylFa.png 20 December 2016 24 August 1965 12 sports in Games The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131834690 5 May 2015 Sources 1967 South Pacific Games Pacific Islands Monthly 28 1 5–6, 23–36, 125–128 Pacific Publications 3 February 2018 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-326212346/view?sectionId=nla.obj-334468698&partId=nla.obj-326217144#page/n24/mode/1up PIM January 1967 1966 South Pacific Games Results Oceania Sport Information Centre 28 October 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3852495 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151028071735/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3852495 28 October 2015 SPG Results 1966 Category:Pacific Games by year Category:International sports competitions hosted by New Caledonia Pacific Games Pacific Games Category:1966 in New Caledonia Category:December 1966 sports events in Oceania