1995 South Pacific Games
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| Host city | Papeete, Tahiti |
|---|---|
| Country | French Polynesia |
| Nations | 12 |
| Athletes | ~2,000 * |
| Events | 25 sports † |
| Opening | August 25, 1995 |
| Closing | September 5, 1995 |
The 10th South Pacific Games (French: 10e Jeux du Pacifique sud; Tahitian: A 10 o te Ha‘utira‘a no Pātifita), also known as Papeete 1995 (Tahitian: Papeʻete 1995), held in Papeete, 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
[edit]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
[edit]Sports contested at the 1995 South Pacific Games included:†
Archery (8)
Athletics (42) () a
Basketball (2)
Bodybuilding (8) b
Boxing (12) c
Cycling
Football (1) ()
Golf (4) d
Judo (18)
Karate (12) a
Netball (1) () e
Outrigger canoeing (8) f
Powerlifting (18) () g
Rugby union (1) h
Sailing (8) i
Shooting
Surfing (8) j
Swimming (32) a
Table tennis (7)
Taekwondo (9) a
Tennis (7) k
Triathlon (3)
Underwater fishing (2)
Volleyball (2)
Weightlifting (51)
Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).
Medal table
[edit]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 Caledonia (NCL) | 82 | 57 | 43 | 182 |
| 2 |  French Polynesia (TAH) | 76 | 76 | 45 | 197 |
| 3 |  Fiji (FIJ) | 32 | 44 | 64 | 140 |
| 4 |  Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 32 | 29 | 40 | 101 |
| 5 |  Wallis and Futuna (WLF) | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 |  Guam (GUM) | 7 | 10 | 24 | 41 |
| 7 |  Tonga (TON) | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 8 |  Cook Islands (COK) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 |  Solomon Islands (SOL) | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 10 |  Vanuatu (VAN) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 11 |  Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Norfolk Island (NFK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 253 | 242 | 270 | 765 | |
Notes
[edit]^* 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 four 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,[6] and weightlifting,[7][8] gained inclusion. 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[9]
^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.[10]
^c Boxing: Of the 12 weight divisions for men only, PNG won 5, Tahiti 3, Solomon Islands and Tonga 2 each.[11] Temo Kolitapa represented Fiji at the 1995 Games.[12]
^d A postage stamp depicting golf was issued by New Caledonia for the 1995 South Pacific Games.[13]
^e Fiji's women won the netball gold medal in Tahiti.[14]
^f Outrigger canoeing featured at all three South Pacific Games, from 1995 to 2003. The sport was introduced to the Mini Games in 2005.[15]
^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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.[16]
^h Rugby: New Caledonia won the gold medal,[17] defeating hosts Tahiti.[18]
^i Sailing: There were six sailboard events,[19] as well as two for the Hobie 16 (individual and team).[6]
^j Fiji competed in surfing at the SPG in 95, 03 and 07 and at the SPMG in 01.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Parker, Stuart (11 August 1995). "France's Testing Times: South Pacific Games faced with disruptions". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "South Pacific Games 1995 - Tahiti". Pacific Games Council. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "PNG against a Tahiti boycott". The Canberra Times. 25 June 1995. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Singh, Shailendra (1994). "Sport". Pacific Islands Monthly. 64 (6). Pacific Publications. p. 62, col. 2, para. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Kelly Bruce". Marianas Yacht Club. 2015. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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- ^ Singh, Shailendra (1994). "Sport". Pacific Islands Monthly. 64 (6). Pacific Publications. p. 62, col. 2, para. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "Restoring the body beautiful". Cook Islands Herald. 2010. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ SPG Results 1995, p. 5.
- ^ "Kolitapa to defuse Dakua Fiji boxing bomb". Fiji Live. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Stamps of New Caledonia, 1995". Stamps Data. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Vilimaina Davu - Netball". Sporting Pulse. Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic ... 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
- ^ "2005 South Pacific Mini Games - Outrigger Canoeing: Results From Past Games". Sports Pulse. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "Results: 10th South Pacific Games, Tahiti" (PDF). Power-News Australia. 1999. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Jeux du Pacifique Sud". Mazlenaz (in French). Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "André Thévenot: du pré aux plages de Nouméa". La Dépêche (in French). 2 March 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ SPG Results 1995, p. 2.
- ^ "1995 – Fijians compete in first international competition". Fiji Surfing Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Ana Marie Ramos". Guam Sports Network. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
Sources
[edit]- 1995 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.