2001 South Pacific Mini Games

July 2019 VI Pacific Mini Games 2001 South Pacific Mini Games Logo.png 150px Kingston Norfolk Island 18 97 in 10 sports yes 2001 12 03 yes 2001 12 14 1997 Pago Pago 2005 Koror The 2001 South Pacific Mini Games, officially known as the VI South Pacific Mini Games, were the sixth edition of the South Pacific Mini Games for nations and territories in the Pacific region that was held in Kingston, Norfolk Island from 3 to 14 December 2001.http://www.norfolkisland.com.au/games/Competing.html https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020526140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24690/20020527-0000/www.norfolkisland.com.au/games/Competing.html dead 2002-05-26 Australian Web Archivemedic A total of 18 Pacific Games associations competed in 10 sports and 97 events. It was also the largest international multi-sport event (or sport event as a whole) to be staged in Norfolk Island. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Norfolk National Stadium, the main stadium of the event. It was the first time that the South Pacific Mini Games were held in Norfolk Island. It was also the second time a territory had hosted the games, second after the previous host, American Samoa, in 1997. All member associations of the Pacific Games Council participated in the event, with the exceptions of Marshall Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, and Wallis and Futuna, who didn't send a team. The final medal tally was led by Fiji with 27 golds and 49 medals overall. French Polynesia was second by both respects, 22 and 45, while New Caledonia finished third with 20 golds and 52 most overall medals. The host nation Norfolk Island achieved its best performance ever at the South Pacific Mini Games, finishing sixth overall by winning 5 golds and 25 total medals. 3 right Participating countries There were 18 out of the 22 eligible Pacific nations which participated at the Games. 17em American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Guam FSM FS Micronesia Nauru New Caledonia 1853 Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Vanuatu Sports Ten sports were contested at the 2001 South Pacific Mini Games:SPMG Results 2001http://www.southpacificminigames.nlk.nf/sporting%20events.htm Sporting Events South Pacific Mini-Games 2001 Norfolk Island 1 August 2020 http://www.norfolkisland.com.au/games/Eventstimetable.html https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020526140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24690/20020527-0000/www.norfolkisland.com.au/games/Eventstimetable.html dead 2002-05-26 Australian Web Archivemedic 18.5em Archery 12 Athletics 43 Bodybuilding 9 Golf 4 Lawn bowls 8 Netball 1 Shooting 6 Squash 4 Tennis 7 Triathlon 3 Medal table Medals were awarded in 97 events: Final medal table of the Games NFK 27 9 13 22 13 10 PYF Tahiti 20 22 10 NCL 1853 10 7 10 8 18 12 5 12 8 yes 3 3 6 1 1 5 1 0 3 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 See also Athletics at the 2001 South Pacific Mini Games References 2006 Participating Countries Norfolk South Pacific Mini Games http://www.southpacificminigames.nlk.nf/participating%20countries.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20120321065954/http://www.southpacificminigames.nlk.nf/participating%20countries.htm 21 March 2012 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 Sources 2001 6th South Pacific Mini Games: Norfolk Island 3rd to 14th December 2001 Norfolk Island Amateur Sports & Commonwealth Games Association PDF 6.5 MB 27 October 2017 http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=35641424 live https://web.archive.org/web/20171026222918/http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=35641424 26 October 2017 SPMG Results 2001 External links 2001 Pacific Mini Games webpage https://web.archive.org/web/20011123043208/http://www.southpacificminigames.nlk.nf/ 23 November 2001 Category:Pacific Games by year Category:Sport in Norfolk Island Pacific Games P Category:2001 in Norfolk Island Category:Sports competitions in Norfolk Island Category:International sports competitions hosted by Australia Pacific Mini Games