1995 South Pacific Games

1995 South Pacific Games
Host city Papeete, Tahiti
Country French Polynesia
Nations participating 12
Athletes participating ~2,000 *
Events 25 sports †
Opening ceremony August 25, 1995 (1995-08-25)
Closing ceremony September 5, 1995 (1995-09-05)
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The 1995 South Pacific Games, held at Papeete in French Polynesia from 25 August to 5 September 1995, was the tenth edition of the South Pacific Games.[1][2]

The 1995 games were affected by the decision by France to resume nuclear testing at Mururoa in French Polynesia later that year. Western Samoa, American Samoa, Nauru and Niue boycotted in protest.[1][3]

Participating countries

Twelve Pacific nations competed at the 1995 South Pacific Games:[2]


Note: A number in parentheses indicate the size of a country's team (where known).

Sports

Sports contested at the 1995 South Pacific Games included:†


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

Medal table

New Caledonia was dominant in taekwondo, karate and table-tennis as well as competitive in swimming and athletics to top the table in 1995:[2]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  New Caledonia825743182
2  Tahiti767645197
3  Fiji324464140
4  PNG322940101
5  Wallis and Futuna83819
6  Guam7102441
7  Tonga661426
8  Cook Islands42612
9  Solomon Islands381324
10  Vanuatu361019
11  Northern Marianas0123
12  Norfolk Island0011
Totals 253242270785

Notes

^* There were approximately 2,000 athletes at the 1995 SPG. The pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party asked the athletes attending to protest against French nuclear testing by wearing coloured armbands and scarves.[1]

^† As reported in Pacific Islands Monthly, Tahiti had decided to host 22 sports but agreed to include 4 other events:[4] netball, powerlifting, surfing, and squash (although according to Squash Fiji, the sport was not contested in 1995 due to a lack of facilities).[5] Sailing was included—with Northern Marianas competing in the Hobie 16;[6] as was weightlifting—with Edgar Molinos winning medals for Guam.[7] The other sports were:

  • Athletics
  • Soccer
  • Basketball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Boxing
  • Golf
  • Bodybuilding
  • Judo
  • Archery
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Table tennis
  • Underwater fishing
  • Cycling
  • Taekwando
  • Outrigger canoeing
  • Karate
  • Rugby union
  • Shooting.[8]

^a New Caledonia won medals in karate, taekwondo and table-tennis as well as athletics and swimming.[2]

^b Body Building was on the South Pacific Games program for the first time in 1995.[9]

^c Boxing: Of the 12 weight divisions for men only, PNG won 5, Tahiti 3, Solomon Islands and Tonga 2 each.[10] Temo Kolitapa represented Fiji at the 1995 Games.[11]

^d A postage stamp depicting golf was issued by New Caledonia for the 1995 South Pacific Games.[12]

^e Fiji's women won the netball gold medal in Tahiti.[13]

^f Outrigger canoeing featured at all three South Pacific Games, from 1995 to 2003. The sport was introduced to the Mini Games in 2005.[14]

^g Powerlifting was contested at the 1995 Games in 8 weight classes for women and 10 for men. Full details recorded in Power-News Australia.[15]

^h Sailing: There were six sailboard events,[16] as well as two for the Hobie 16 (individual and team).[6]

^i Fiji competed in surfing at the SPG in 95, 03 and 07 and at the SPMG in 01.[17]

^j Tennis: Ana-Marie Ramos won a sillver medal for Guam.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Parker, Stuart (11 August 1995). "France's Testing Times: South Pacific Games faced with disruptions". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "South Pacific Games 1995 - Tahiti". Pacific Games Council. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "PNG against a Tahiti boycott". The Canberra Times. 25 June 1995. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Singh, Shailendra (1994). "Sport". Pacific Islands Monthly (Pacific Publications) 64 (6). p. 62, col. 2, para. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Squash was included for the first time in 1978". Sports Pulse. Squash Fiji. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Kelly Bruce". Marianas Yacht Club. 2015. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Siguenza, Eddie (3 October 2013). "Blood brothers: Guam brothers serve in same platoon". Saipan Tribune. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Singh, Shailendra (1994). "Sport". Pacific Islands Monthly (Pacific Publications) 64 (6). p. 62, col. 2, para. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Restoring the body beautiful". Cook Islands Herald. 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  10. ↑ SPG Results 1995, p. 5.
  11. ↑ "Kolitapa to defuse Dakua Fiji boxing bomb". Fiji Live. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Stamps of New Caledonia, 1995". Stamps Data. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Vilimaina Davu - Netball". Sporting Pulse. Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic ... 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "2005 South Pacific Mini Games - Outrigger Canoeing: Results From Past Games". Sports Pulse. 2005. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Results: 10th South Pacific Games, Tahiti" (PDF). Power-News Australia. 1999. p. 4. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
  16. ↑ SPG Results 1995, p. 2.
  17. ↑ "1995 – Fijians compete in first international competition". Fiji Surfing Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Ana Marie Ramos". Guam Sports Network. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015.

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