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7th edition of the South Pacific Games From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 7th South Pacific Games (Samoan: Taʻaloga Lona-Fitu a le Pasefika i Saute), also known as Apia 1983, held on 5–16 September 1983 in Apia, Western Samoa, was the seventh edition of the South Pacific Games.[1]
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Host city | Apia |
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Country | Western Samoa |
Nations | 15 |
Athletes | 2,500+ a |
Events | 13 sports |
Opening | September 5, 1983 |
Closing | September 16, 1983 |
Opened by | Malietoa Tanumafili II |
Fifteen nations competed at the 1983 South Pacific Games:
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]
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 entries) | 97 | 97 | 102 | 296 |
^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]
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