1981 South Pacific Mini Games

1981 Pacific Mini Games 1981_South_Pacific_Mini_Games_logo.pmg.png 168px Honiara Solomon Islands 15 ~600athletes * 5 sports 1981 07 08 1981 07 16 1985 Rarotonga The 1981 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Honiara in the Solomon Islands from 8–16 July 1981. It was the first edition of the South Pacific Mini Games. Participating countries Fifteen Pacific nations participated in the Games: 17em American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji 1970 French Polynesia 1946, "Tahiti" Guam Kiribati New Caledonia 1853 (99) Norfolk Island Northern Marianas Papua New Guinea (66) Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Western Samoa Western Samoa Sports Five sports were contested at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games: 19em Athletics 36 Boxing m Football 1 m 17em Netball 1 m Tennis 5 m Final medal table New Caledonia topped the medal count:South Pacific Games Final medals table Canberra Times. 18 July 1981. 17 17 11 NCL 1853 10 7 5 PYF 1946 Tahiti 8 6 6 4 2 3 4 2 3 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 See also Athletics at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games Notes athletes * For the 1981 Mini Games, almost 600 contestants were expected to take part. References 1981 Pacific Report Pacific Islands Monthly 52 7 p. 107 (The Medal Winners) Pacific Publications 25 June 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=tGV0AAAAMAAJ&q=%22600+athletes+for+Honiara%22 16 July 1981 Mini-Games: Glory for three nations The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127051891 25 May 2015 8 July 1981 Mini South Pacific The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127049722 25 May 2015 11 July 1981 Fourth gold medal The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127050955 25 May 2015 10 July 1981 Mother of three cuts 800 m time The Canberra Times http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127050818 25 May 2015 4 January 2013 Netball bids farewell to 'Rats' Cook Island News http://www.cookislandsnews.com/sport/netball/item/16617-netball-bids-farewell-to-lsquo-rats-rsquo/16617-netball-bids-farewell-to-lsquo-rats-rsquo 25 May 2015 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150527102953/http://www.cookislandsnews.com/sport/netball/item/16617-netball-bids-farewell-to-lsquo-rats-rsquo/16617-netball-bids-farewell-to-lsquo-rats-rsquo 27 May 2015 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 collapsed Category:Pacific Games by year Pacific Games P Category:1981 in Solomon Islands sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by the Solomon Islands Pacific Mini Games