1983 South Pacific Games
Host cityApia
CountryWestern Samoa
Nations15
Athletes2,500+ a
Events13 sports
OpeningSeptember 5, 1983 (1983-09-05)
ClosingSeptember 16, 1983 (1983-09-16)
Opened byMalietoa 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][3] There were thirteen sports contested at the 1983 South Pacific Games:[4]


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]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Caledonia (NCL)24201963
2 Western Samoa (WSM)20131245
3 French Polynesia (PYF)13171444
4 Fiji (FIJ)12171443
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)12171443
6 American Samoa (ASA)44614
7 Cook Islands (COK)3407
8 Guam (GUM)3216
9 Norfolk Island (NFI)2013
10 Wallis and Futuna (WLF)1258
11 Solomon Islands (SOL)1124
12 Vanuatu (VAN)10910
13 Tonga (TON)1056
14 Niue (NIU)0000
Tokelau (TKL)0000
Totals (15 entries)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.[5][6]

^c Tokelau competed in the rugby competition.[7]

^d Postage stamps depicting athletics, netball, tennis, weightlifting, boxing, soccer, golf and rugby were issued by Samoa for the 1983 South Pacific Games.[8]

^e Fiji's women's basketball team won gold in 1983.[9]

^f Bowls: Fiji won gold in the women's pairs at Apia in 1983.[10]

^g Cook Islands won the netball gold in 1983.[11]

^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.[12] There were four gold medals on offer in 1983, for men's and women's individual and team events.[12] The men's individual event won by Fiji's Willie Valentine, and the women's team event won by PNG.[13] Fiji won silver in both men's and women's team events.[12]

^i Women's volleyball was played at the 1983 South Pacific Games.[14]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "History". Fiji Swimming. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Apia: State of play for '83 Games". Pacific Islands Monthly. Pacific Publications. 53 (3): 23. 1 March 1982. Then, at a meeting in Solomon Islands last year, Western Samoa's representative managed to convince the majority of the South Pacific Games Council that swimming should be excluded because of the fear that Western Samoa might not be able to provide adequate pools in time or at all.
  4. ^ "Western Samoa Hosts South Pacific Games". UPI. 3 September 1983.
  5. ^ "South Pacific Games 1983 (Western Samoa)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1983. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Come out and play, please". The Canberra Times. 13 September 1983. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  7. ^ "South Pacific Games". The Rugby Archive. 1983. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  8. ^ "1983 7th South Pacific Games Apia". Golowe's Stamps. 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  9. ^ "1983 South Pacific Games - Apia: Basketball". matavuvale.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  10. ^ "FASANOC reflects on another sporting great". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Mamia Tunui Savage". Pacific Games Council. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  12. ^ a b c "...that in 1978 Squash was included for the FIRST time". Squash Fiji. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  13. ^ SPG Results 1983, p. 4.
  14. ^ "1983 South Pacific Games - Apia: Volleyball". matavuvale.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

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