Host city | Suva |
---|---|
Country | Fiji |
Nations | 19 |
Athletes | 2,672 * |
Events | 18 sports |
Opening | August 28, 1979 |
Closing | September 8, 1979 |
Main venue | National Stadium (Suva) |
The 1979 South Pacific Games, held at Suva in Fiji from 28 August to 8 September 1979, was the sixth edition of the South Pacific Games.[1]
Nineteen Pacific nations or territories attended:[2]
There were 18 sports contested at the 1979 South Pacific Games:†
New Caledonia topped the table again:[1]
* Host nation (Fiji)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 33 | 43 | 26 | 102 |
2 | French Polynesia (PYF) | 31 | 19 | 29 | 79 |
3 | Fiji (FIJ)* | 22 | 16 | 24 | 62 |
4 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 16 | 19 | 21 | 56 |
5 | Guam (GUM) | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
6 | Western Samoa (WSM) | 10 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
7 | American Samoa (ASA) | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
8 | Tonga (TON) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
9 | Cook Islands (COK) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
10 | New Hebrides (New Hebrides) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
11 | Norfolk Island (NFK) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
12 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
14 | Kiribati (KIR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nauru (NRU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Niue (NIU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Northern Marianas (NMI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tokelau (TOK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tuvalu (TUV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 129 | 129 | 142 | 400 |