1991 South Pacific Games

The 1991 South Pacific Games, held from 7–21 September 1991 at Port Moresby and Lae in Papua New Guinea, was the ninth edition of the South Pacific Games.

This was the first time that events at one games had been held in two cities. The decision to do so was to allow both locations to benefit from the construction of new facilities.

1991 South Pacific Games
1991 South Pacific Games
Host cityPort Moresby and Lae
CountryPapua New Guinea
Nations16
Athletes2,000+ a
Events17 sports
164 medal events
OpeningSeptember 7, 1991 (1991-09-07)
ClosingSeptember 21, 1991 (1991-09-21)
Opened byThe Duke of York

Host nation Papua New Guinea topped the medal table for the first time at a South Pacific Games with a total of 100 medals won.

Participating countries

Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:

Sports

17 sports were contested at the 1991 South Pacific Games:


Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).

Final medal table

Medals were awarded in a total of 164 events:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
11991 South Pacific Games  Papua New Guinea (PNG)442927100
21991 South Pacific Games  French Polynesia (PYF)30242680
31991 South Pacific Games  New Caledonia (NCL)29292785
41991 South Pacific Games  Western Samoa (WSM)1913638
51991 South Pacific Games  Fiji (FIJ)13302366
61991 South Pacific Games  Guam (GUM)10111637
71991 South Pacific Games  American Samoa (ASA)96823
81991 South Pacific Games  Tonga (TON)321015
91991 South Pacific Games  Vanuatu (VAN)3227
101991 South Pacific Games  Nauru (NRU)3058
111991 South Pacific Games  Cook Islands (COK)14611
121991 South Pacific Games  Wallis and Futuna (WLF)061218
131991 South Pacific Games  Solomon Islands (SOL)0527
141991 South Pacific Games  Norfolk Island (NFI)0303
Totals (14 entries)164164170498

See also

Notes

^a More than 2,000 athletes took part in the 1991 Games, which had more athletes and competitions than Auckland's 1990 Commonwealth Games.

^b Western Samoa initially took the men's basketball gold medal but the team was disqualified after a citizenship controversy, in which players were deemed ineligible.

^c Squash: There were individual and team events for men and women. PNG won all four gold medals. The South Pacific Games Council had announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991.

^d Swimming: French Polynesia's 14-year-old star Daine Lacombe won five gold medals in the pool.

References

Sources

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