1975 South Pacific Games

5th edition of the South Pacific Games, held in Guam 1975 South Pacific Games 1975_South_Pacific_Games_logo.png 168px Tamuning Guam 13 1,205 16 sports 1975 08 01 1975 08 10 Ricardo Bordallo 1971 Papeete 1979 Suva The 5th South Pacific Games, also known as Guam 1975 (ch Guåhån 1975), held in Tamuning and Hagåtña, Guam from 1 to 10 August 1975, was the fifth edition of the South Pacific Games. A total of 1,205 athletes (907 men and 298 women) participated in a rain-affected games which had only one clear day out of the ten scheduled. The hosting of the event, originally planned for 1974, had met trouble from the start. Carlos Camacho, the Governor of Guam, had been opposed to spending any government money on the games. The impasse was broken in late 1973 and the games were rescheduled for 1975. However, preparations for the events did not progress smoothly, and visiting teams were disappointed with the condition of some of the venues and the scheduling in the middle of the rainy season. The games went ahead despite the logistical problems. Sixteen South Pacific Games records were broken in the track and field athletics events alone. Guam's basketball gold medal win by the men's team captained by Tony Susuico was the highlight of the Games for the hosting country. Participating countries Thirteen Pacific nations or territories competed at the Games: 17em American Samoa (50)teams a Fiji 1970 French Polynesia 1946 Guam Nauru New Caledonia 1853 New Hebrides 1966 (55)teams a Papua New Guinea (290)teams a Solomon Islands 1956 Tonga FSM 1965 Trust Territory of Micronesia (97)micronesia b Wallis and Futuna Western Samoa Western Samoa Note: A number in parentheses indicates the size of a country's team (where known). Sports There were 16 sports contested at the 1975 South Pacific Games: 15em Archery 2 m Athletics 35 Basketball 2 Boxing 11 m Cycling 6 m Football 1 Golf 4 m Judo 6 m Sailing 1 m Softball 2 m Swimming 21 Table tennis 7 m Tennis 5 m Underwater fishing 2 m Volleyball 2 m Weightlifting 9 mweightlifting c Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known). Medal table New Caledonia topped the (unofficial) medal count. Guam (host) flaglink PIMmedal tally d 37 31 34 New Caledonia 1853 27 28 39 French Polynesia 1946 22 25 18 13 13 11 9 4 5 Western Samoa 3 5 5 yes 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 2 8 1 3 4 New Hebrides 1966 1 2 3 Solomon Islands 1956 0 2 0 Micronesia 1965 Trust Territory of Micronesia 0 0 1 Notes teams a Team sizes were reported before the Games for several countries including: American Samoa, New Hebrides, 1975 Guam officials squabble as the islands tune up for the games Pacific Islands Monthly 46 5 11–12 Pacific Publications https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-334718231/view?sectionId=nla.obj-338651460&partId=nla.obj-334732930#page/n12/mode/1up and Papua New Guinea. 1975 PNG official forecasts big success for the Guam Games Pacific Islands Monthly 46 6 7 Pacific Publications https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-334718588/view?partId=nla.obj-334744675#page/n8/mode/1up micronesia b Micronesia sent 97 athletes, with participants in athletics, basketball, boxing, golf, weightlifting, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, underwater fishing, and volleyball. weightlifting c Weightlifting: medals were awarded only for total lift in each weight class.SPG Results 1975 medal tally d The medal table as reported in Pacific Islands Monthly at the conclusion of the Games is used as the source here. An incomplete medal tally was published on the official Pacific Games Council webpage (as at May 2015).11 October 2010 South Pacific Games 1975 - Guam 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=68543 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120727151025/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24032&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=68543 27 July 2012 That tally did not include medals won by Tonga, Solomon Islands, Nauru, or the Trust Territory of Micronesia, but did list medals as being won by Cook Islands who did not attend the Games in 1975. References 25em 1975 John Carter The Games—Biggest rain-soaked near-disaster in Island history Pacific Islands Monthly 46 9 4–5 23 May 2015 PDF 2.4 MB http://www.athletics-oceania.com/uploads/media/1975.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131031000541/http://www.athletics-oceania.com/uploads/media/1975.pdf 2013-10-31 20 May 1974 Games in doubt The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110699144 23 May 2015 21 February 1973 Guam out The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110779089 23 May 2015 5 June 2009 Richard Jones All aboard for the South Pacific Games The Footy Almanac http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/jones-files-all-aboard-for-the-south-pacific-games/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20150523011604/http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/jones-files-all-aboard-for-the-south-pacific-games/ 23 May 2015 1975 Scoreboard at a glance Pacific Islands Monthly 46 9 18 Pacific Publications 23 May 2015 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-334752952/view?partId=nla.obj-334786622#page/n19/mode/1up 1975 South Pacific Games results Pacific Islands Monthly 46 9 17 Pacific Publications 23 May 2015 http://i.imgur.com/xLTu4n4.png dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161104115622/http://i.imgur.com/xLTu4n4.png 4 November 2016 1975 South Pacific Games results Pacific Islands Monthly 46 9 18 Pacific Publications 23 May 2015 http://i.imgur.com/oyWl58N.png dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161104115618/http://i.imgur.com/oyWl58N.png 4 November 2016 1975 Even the rain couldn't dilute the athletes' spirit Pacific Islands Monthly 46 9 10 Pacific Publications 23 May 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=WggsAQAAIAAJ&q=broken 11 October 2010 South Pacific Games 1975 - Guam 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=68543 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120727151025/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24032&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=68543 27 July 2012 29 January 2013 Jesse Pinkston Big footprints in Susuico family Guam Sports Network http://www.guamsportsnetwork.com/2013/big-footprints-in-susuico-family/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024020/http://www.guamsportsnetwork.com/2013/big-footprints-in-susuico-family/ 24 September 2015 1975 Frank S. Rosario Micronesia in the South Pacific Games ... an educational beginning - hope for the future Micronesian Reporter 23 3 32, 34, 36 23 May 2015 http://www.pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=d-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-text-Melekeok--00-3-1-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=search&d=HASH01eed7a94a1c6752077bc5da.32 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200307212715/http://www.pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=d-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-text-Melekeok--00-3-1-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=search&d=HASH01eed7a94a1c6752077bc5da.32 7 March 2020 Sources 1975 South Pacific Games Results Oceania Sport Information Centre 31 October 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3796036 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151031025319/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3796036 31 October 2015 SPG Results 1975 expanded Category:Pacific Games by year South Pacific Games South Pacific Games South Pacific Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by Guam South Pacific Games