1999 South Pacific Games

11th edition of the South Pacific Games 1999 South Pacific Games 1999_South_Pacific_Games_logo.png 150px Santa Rita Guam 21 3,000+athletes * 22 sports 1999 05 29 1999 06 12 1995 Papeete 2003 Suva The 11th South Pacific Games, also known as Guam 1999 (ch Guåhån 1999), held in Santa Rita and Hagåtña, Guam from 29 May to 12 June 1999, was the eleventh edition of the South Pacific Games. Participating countries The 21 countries that competed at the 1999 South Pacific Games were: 12em American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji 1970 French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Caledonia 1853 Niue Norfolk Island Northern Marianas Palau Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna local Western Samoa Western Samoa Note: A number in parentheses indicate the size of a country's team (where known). Sports There were 22 medal sports contested:sports a, bodybuilding b 17em Athletics 45 Baseball 1 m Basketball 2 m Beach volleyball 2 mbeach-voll c Boxing 12 m Golf 4 m Judo 6 m Karate 13 m Netball 1 Outrigger canoeing 10outrigger d Rugby sevens 1 Sailing 10 m Softball 3 m Swimming 34swimming e Table tennis 7 m Taekwondo 11 m Tennis 7 m Triathlon 3 m Underwater fishing 2 m Volleyball 2 m Weightlifting 45 m Wrestling 16 m Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport. Medal table New Caledonia topped the medal count. 72 54 44 NCL 1853 33 32 37 FIJ 1970 27 8 7 25 18 34 19 31 34 19 9 4 14 32 26 7 3 5 4 2 6 3 6 12 3 6 11 WLF local 2 8 12 2 6 8 2 3 10 1 0 1 0 7 3 0 3 3 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Notes athletes * Congressman Robert A. Underwood stated that more than 3,000 athletes were welcomed for the 1999 SPG. sports a Congressman Underwood recorded 26 sporting events, but the results for wrestling listed the freestyle and Greco-Roman medals separately and the results for weightlifting listed the clean and jerk, snatch, and overall medals separately. The football tournament was not held because newly imposed OFC/FIFA regulations on player registrations conflicted with the South Pacific Games system and the tournament was not sanctioned. The official site listed 22 sports. bodybuilding b The Guam Bodybuilding website reported Ricky Collins as winning gold in the heavyweight division for bodybuilding at 1999 South Pacific Games, but this may not have been an official event in the 1999 Games. The sport is not included in the list above as it was not mentioned on SPG 1999 website. beach-voll c Solomon Islands beach volleyball team's first appearance was in the 1999 Guam South Pacific Games. outrigger d Six events for the "Galaide II", OC6 canoe (G6). Four events for the Va'a 1, rudderless OC1 (V1). Held at Matapang Beach, Tumon Bay. swimming e Swimming: Three were 34 medal events contested, 17 each for men and women.SPG Results 1999 95–108 The 5 kilometre open water events were introduced at the 1999 SPG. Swimmers from American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tahiti competed. References 25em 11 October 2010 South Pacific Games 1999 - Guam Pacific Games Council 15 May 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2642-0-0-0&sID=24032&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=68551 live https://web.archive.org/web/20130308155010/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-2642-0-0-0&sID=24032&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=68551 8 March 2013 11 October 2010 An Interview with Ricky Collins Guam Bodybuilding 15 May 2015 http://guambodybuilding.com/rickyc dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150623095215/http://guambodybuilding.com/rickyc 23 June 2015 1999 Sports SPG 99 22 June 2015 http://www.ite.net/spg99/results/mresults.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010304141313/http://www.ite.net/spg99/results/mresults.html 4 March 2001 1999 Medals Tally SPG 99 22 June 2015 http://www.ite.net/spg99/dailyresults/medalcount.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010816181608/http://www.ite.net/spg99/dailyresults/medalcount.html 16 August 2001 1999 Medal Tally by Sport SPG 99 22 June 2015 http://www.ite.net/spg99/dailyresults/eventmedal.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010304132956/http://www.ite.net/spg99/dailyresults/eventmedal.html 4 March 2001 1999 South Pacific Games 1999 (Guam) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 June 2015 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/southpac99.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20131112132736/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/southpac99.html 12 November 2013 7 June 1999 Robert A. Underwood Congratulating people of Guam on contributions to South Pacific Games U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Record 145 (1999) Part 8 11563–11564 23 June 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=KN5yhTCowp8C&pg=PA11564 9780160730542 2 August 1999 Robert A. Underwood The South Pacific Games U.S. Government Printing Office Congressional Record (Bound Edition) 145 (1999) Part 13 19089–19090 26 May 2015 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRECB-1999-pt13/html/CRECB-1999-pt13-Pg19089-3.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20150525213749/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRECB-1999-pt13/html/CRECB-1999-pt13-Pg19089-3.htm 25 May 2015 2003 About us Solomon Islands Beach Volleyball Association Sporting Pulse 30 May 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-1255-0-0-0&sID=14148 live https://web.archive.org/web/20130522183434/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-1255-0-0-0&sID=14148 22 May 2013 1999 XI South Pacific Games Outrigger Competition Holoholo http://holoholo.org/canunews/paddle99/spg9906.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131142/http://holoholo.org/canunews/paddle99/spg9906.html 4 March 2016 15 January 2010 Open Water Swimming in Oceania The Daily News of Open Water Swimming 22 June 2015 http://10kswim.blogspot.com.au/2010/01/open-water-swimming-in-oceania.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20150622140126/http://10kswim.blogspot.com.au/2010/01/open-water-swimming-in-oceania.html 22 June 2015 Sources 1999 South Pacific Games Results Oceania Sport Information Centre 28 October 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3840875 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151028221243/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3840875 28 October 2015 SPG Results 1999 1999 South Pacific Games Medal Lists Oceania Sport Information Centre 28 October 2015 http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3840873 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151029145315/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3840873 October 29, 2015 SPG Medal Lists 1999 External links XI South Pacific Games Official site http://www2.ite.net/spg99/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/19991005040845/http://www2.ite.net/spg99/ 5 October 1999 Category:Pacific Games by year Pacific Games Pacific Games Category:1999 in Guamanian sports Category:International sports competitions hosted by Guam Category:May 1999 sports events in Oceania Category:June 1999 sports events in Oceania