1983 South Pacific Games
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Host city | Apia |
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Country | Western Samoa |
Nations participating | 15 |
Athletes participating | 2,500+ a |
Events | 13 sports |
Opening ceremony | September 5, 1983 |
Closing ceremony | September 16, 1983 |
Officially opened by | Malietoa Tanumafili II |
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[]
Fifteen nations competed at the 1983 South Pacific Games:
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.[2] There were thirteen sports contested at the 1983 South Pacific Games:[3]
Rugby union (1) ( ) c
Squash (4) f
Table tennis (7)
Tennis (7) d
Volleyball (2) i
Weightlifting (10) d
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 |
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1 | ![]() | 24 | 20 | 19 | 63 |
2 | ![]() | 20 | 13 | 12 | 45 |
3 | ![]() | 13 | 17 | 14 | 44 |
4 | ![]() | 12 | 17 | 14 | 43 |
![]() | 12 | 17 | 14 | 43 | |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (15 nations) | 97 | 97 | 102 | 296 |
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, weightlifting, 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[]
- ^ a b c "South Pacific Games 1983". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "History". Fiji Swimming. 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Western Samoa Hosts South Pacific Games". UPI. 3 September 1983.
- ^ "South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1983. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Come out and play, please". The Canberra Times. 13 September 1983. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "South Pacific Games". The Rugby Archive. 1983. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "1983 7th South Pacific Games Apia". Golowe's Stamps. 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "1983 South Pacific Games - Apia: Basketball". matavuvale.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "FASANOC reflects on another sporting great". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Mamia Tunui Savage". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "...that in 1978 Squash was included for the FIRST time". Squash Fiji. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ SPG Results 1983, p. 4.
- ^ "1983 South Pacific Games - Apia: Volleyball". matavuvale.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
Sources[]
- 1983 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
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