1995 South Pacific Games

10th edition of the South Pacific Games 1995 South Pacific Games 1995_South_Pacific_Games_logo.png 150px Papeete, Tahiti French Polynesia 12 ~2,000 athletes * 25 sports sports † 1995 08 25 1995 09 05 1991 Port Moresby 1999 Santa Rita The 10th South Pacific Games (fr 10e Jeux du Pacifique sud; ty A 10 o te Ha‘utira‘a no Pātifita), also known as Papeete 1995 (ty Papeʻete 1995), held in Papeete, French Polynesia from 25 August to 5 September 1995, was the tenth edition of the South Pacific Games. The 1995 games were affected by the decision by France to resume nuclear testing at Mururoa in French Polynesia later that year. Western Samoa, American Samoa, Nauru and Niue boycotted in protest. Participating countries Twelve Pacific nations competed at the 1995 South Pacific Games: 17em Cook Islands Fiji 1970 French Polynesia Guam New Caledonia 1853 Norfolk Island Northern Marianas Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna local Note: A number in parentheses indicate the size of a country's team (where known). Sports Sports contested at the 1995 South Pacific Games included:sports † 15em Archery 8 m Athletics 42ncl events a Basketball 2 m Bodybuilding 8 mbody-building b Boxing 12 mboxing c Cycling m Football 1 Golf 4 mgolf d Judo 18 m Karate 12 mncl events a Netball 1netball e Outrigger canoeing 8 moutrigger f Powerlifting 18powerlift g Rugby union 1 mrugby h Sailing 8 msailing i Shooting m Surfing 8 msurfing j Swimming 32 mncl events a Table tennis 7 m Taekwondo 9 mncl events a Tennis 7 mtennis k Triathlon 3 m Underwater fishing 2 m Volleyball 2 m Weightlifting 51 m Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known). Medal table New Caledonia was dominant in taekwondo, karate and table-tennis as well as competitive in swimming and athletics to top the table in 1995: 82 57 43 NCL 1853 76 76 45 TAH 32 44 64 32 29 40 8 3 8 WLF local 7 10 24 6 6 14 4 2 6 3 8 13 3 6 10 0 1 2 0 0 1 Notes athletes * There were approximately 2,000 athletes at the 1995 SPG. The pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party asked the athletes attending to protest against French nuclear testing by wearing coloured armbands and scarves. sports † As reported in Pacific Islands Monthly, Tahiti had decided to host 22 sports but agreed to include four other events: netball, powerlifting, surfing, and squash (although according to Squash Fiji, the sport was not contested in 1995 due to a lack of facilities). Sailing, and weightlifting, gained inclusion. The other sports were: Athletics Soccer Basketball Swimming Tennis Boxing Golf Bodybuilding Judo Archery Triathlon Volleyball Table tennis Underwater fishing Cycling Taekwando Outrigger canoeing Karate Rugby union Shooting ncl events a New Caledonia won medals in karate, taekwondo and table-tennis as well as athletics and swimming. body-building b Body Building was on the South Pacific Games program for the first time in 1995. boxing c Boxing: Of the 12 weight divisions for men only, PNG won 5, Tahiti 3, Solomon Islands and Tonga 2 each.SPG Results 1995 5 Temo Kolitapa represented Fiji at the 1995 Games. golf d A postage stamp depicting golf was issued by New Caledonia for the 1995 South Pacific Games. netball e Fiji's women won the netball gold medal in Tahiti. outrigger f Outrigger canoeing featured at all three South Pacific Games, from 1995 to 2003. The sport was introduced to the Mini Games in 2005. powerlift g Powerlifting was contested at the 1995 Games in 8 weight classes for women and 10 for men. Full details recorded in Power-News Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065740/https://powerliftingaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/newsletter-archive/PANewsVol2Ed7.pdf 2016-03-04 . rugby h Rugby: New Caledonia won the gold medal, defeating hosts Tahiti. sailing i Sailing: There were six sailboard events,SPG Results 1995 2 as well as two for the Hobie 16 (individual and team). surfing j Fiji competed in surfing at the SPG in 95, 03 and 07 and at the SPMG in 01. tennis k Tennis: Ana-Marie Ramos won a silver medal for Guam. 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