2005 South Pacific Mini Games

VII South Pacific Mini Games 2005 South Pacific Mini Games Logo.png 190px Koror PLW 20 12 sports 2005 07 25 2005 08 04 Tommy Remengesau Christopher Silas Adolf National Stadium 2001 Kingston 2009 Rarotonga The VII South Pacific Mini Games were held July 25-August 4, 2005 in Palau. Torch lighter was athlete Christopher Silas Adolf, Palau's first Olympian. Participating countries 15em American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Guam Marshall Islands FSM FS Micronesia Nauru New Caledonia 1853 Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna local Tahiti and Tokelau did not send teams to the games, with Tahiti citing a need to conserve costs. Sports 12 sports were contested at the 2005 Pacific Mini Games: 18em Athletics 39Athletics a Baseball 1 mBaseball b Basketball 2 mBasketball c Beach volleyball 2 mBeach Volleyball d Outrigger canoeing 10Va'a e Softball 2 mSoftball f Swimming 40Swimming g Table tennis 7 mTable tennis h Tennis 7Tennis i Triathlon 3 mTriathlon j Weightlifting 45 mWeightlifting k Wrestling 14 mWrestling l Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of events in each sport. Final medal table New Caledonia dominated the medal tally, finishing ahead of Fiji. The small nation of Nauru finished in third place with 18 gold medals; all of them gold and won in the weightlifting competition. Host nation Palau also won 18 medals and finished in sixth position on the table. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total1New Caledonia 5629251102Fiji 232116603Nauru 1800184Papua New Guinea 16118355Samoa 1682266Palau 936187Guam 6914298Cook Islands 597219Federated States of Micronesia 5151110Tonga 513911Northern Marianas 41272312Solomon Islands 2631113Vanuatu 231614Wallis and Futuna 211415Marshall Islands 130416Niue 050517Norfolk Island 011218Tuvalu 002219American Samoa 0011 Kiribati0000No medal awarded Medals m 24977128 Totals172172179523 flagcountry 56 29 25 23 21 16 18 0 0 16 11 8 16 8 2 9 3 6 6 9 14 5 9 7 5 1 5 5 1 3 4 12 7 2 6 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Notes Athletics a2005 Athletics 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2662-0-0-0 2009-08-14 live https://web.archive.org/web/20100413223124/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2662-0-0-0 2010-04-13 Baseball b 2005 Baseball 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-2663-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2015-05-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20150522092041/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-2663-0-0-0 dead Basketball c Basketball was included in the 2005 Mini Games in lieu of the FIBA Oceania Tournament. 2005 Basketball 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=11-2664-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2011-10-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20111026201401/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=11-2664-0-0-0 dead Beach Volleyball d 2005 Beach Volleyball 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2665-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2010-04-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413232251/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2665-0-0-0 dead Va'a e 2005 Outrigger Canoeing (Va'a) 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2666-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2010-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414113736/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2666-0-0-0 dead Softball f 2005 Softball 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2667-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2010-04-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413155103/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2667-0-0-0 dead Swimming g 2005 Swimming 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2668-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2010-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414014431/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2668-0-0-0 dead Table Tennis h 2005 Table Tennis 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2669-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2010-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414074852/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2669-0-0-0 dead Tennis i 2005 Tennis 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2670-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2010-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414065821/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2670-0-0-0 dead Triathlon j 2005 Triathlon 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2671-0-0-0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414125027/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2671-0-0-0 dead April 14, 2010 2009-08-14 Weightlifting k 2005 Weightlifting 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2875-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2010-04-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413143233/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2875-0-0-0 dead Wrestling l 2005 Wrestling 2005 South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2672-0-0-0 2009-08-14 2010-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100414130636/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2672-0-0-0 dead Medals m As per the Pacific Games Charter: Only when five or more competitors compete in an event, will the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal be awarded. Where only one competitor competes in an event, no medal is awarded. Where two competitors compete in an event, only a Gold Medal will be awarded. Where three competitors compete, only a Gold Medal will be awarded Where four competitors compete, only a Gold and Silver Medal will be awarded. Table Tennis award two bronze medals when a minimum of 5 competitors compete. References Rees Tuifa’asisina Peter Palau Worthy Host - Mini South Pacific Games 2005 http://www.eventpolynesia.com/events/nz/archive/NZ3_page_minigames05.htm Event Polynesia Auckland April 30, 2013 2005 FIBA Oceania Events p. 7, South Pacific Mini Games American Samoa Sporting Pulse 27 May 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=360915 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145631/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=360915 24 September 2015 2005 Medal Tally Palau South Pacific Mini Games http://www.sportingpulse.com/medal.cgi?mt=2&pID=2 2009-08-14 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150521221547/http://www.sportingpulse.com/medal.cgi?mt=2&pID=2 2015-05-21 6 July 2005 Shan Seman Tahiti pullout lamented on eve of Palau games http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2005/July/07-07-13.htm Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center April 30, 2013 6 July 2005 Tahiti won't compete in Palau Mini Games http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2005/July/07-06-17.htm Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center April 30, 2013 Sources No Medal Awarded Palau South Pacific Mini Games 20 September 2017 http://websites.sportstg.com/medal.cgi?mt=2&pID=2&bID=134&ac=B live https://web.archive.org/web/20170920083639/http://websites.sportstg.com/medal.cgi?mt=2&pID=2&bID=134&ac=B 20 September 2017 No Medal 2005 Category:Pacific Games by year Pacific Games P South Pacific Mini Games, 2005 Category:International sports competitions hosted by Palau Pacific Mini Games Pacific Mini Games