1983 South Pacific Games

1983 South Pacific Games
Host city Apia
Country Western Samoa
Nations participating 19
Athletes participating 2,500+ a
Events 14 sports
Opening ceremony September 5, 1983 (1983-09-05)
Closing ceremony September 16, 1983 (1983-09-16)
Officially opened by Malietoa Tanumafili II
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The 1983 South Pacific Games, held at Apia in Western Samoa from 5-16 September 1983, was the seventh edition of the South Pacific Games.[1]

Participating countries

Nineteen nations competed at the 1983 South Pacific Games (list below is incomplete):[2]

Sports

Despite swimming being a compulsory sport for the South Pacific Games, there was no facility built in Apia to host swimming events in 1983.[3] There were fourteen sports contested at the 1983 South Pacific Games (list below is incomplete):[2]


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

Final medal table

New Caledonia topped the table ahead of hosts Western Samoa:[1]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  New Caledonia24201963
2  Western Samoa20131245
3  French Polynesia13171444
4  Papua New Guinea12171443
5  Fiji12171443
6  American Samoa44614
7  Cook Islands3407
8  Guam3216
9  Norfolk Island2013
10  Wallis and Futuna1258
11  Solomon Islands1124
12  Vanuatu10910
13  Tonga1056
 Niue0000
 Tokelau0000
Totals 9797102296

See also

Notes

^a Attempts to reduce the size the games were not successful and more than 2,500 athletes took part in 1983.[1]

^b Niue competed in the soccer and rugby competitions.[4][5]

^c Tokelau competed in the rugby competition.[6]

^d Postage stamps depicting athletics, netball, tennis, weightlifing, boxing, soccer, golf and rugby were issued by Samoa for the 1983 South Pacific Games.[7]

^e Fiji's women's basketball team won gold in 1983.[8]

^f Bowls: Fiji won gold in the women's pairs at Apia in 1983.[9]

^g Cook Islands won the netball gold in 1983.[10]

^h The South Pacific Games Council announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991.[11] There were four gold medals on offer in 1983, for men's and women's individual and team events.[11] The men's individual event won by Fiji's Willie Valentine, and the women's team event won by PNG.[12] Fiji won silver in both men's and women's team events.[11]

^i Women's volleyball was played at the 1983 South Pacific Games.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "South Pacific Games 1983". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 Gray, John (1983). "Seventh South Pacific Games". Pacific Magazine. Pacific Magazine Corporation. 8 (6): 190. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "History". Fiji Swimming. 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1983. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Come out and play, please". The Canberra Times. 13 September 1983. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "South Pacific Games". The Rugby Archive. 1983. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "1983 7th South Pacific Games Apia". Golowe's Stamps. 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "1983 South Pacific Games - Apia: Basketball". matavuvale.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "FASANOC reflects on another sporting great". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mamia Tunui Savage". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 "...that in 1978 Squash was included for the FIRST time". Squash Fiji. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  12. ↑ SPG Results 1983, p. 4.
  13. ↑ "1983 South Pacific Games - Apia: Volleyball". matavuvale.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

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