The 2nd South Pacific Games (French: 2es Jeux du Pacifique sud), also known as Nouméa 1966, held on 8–18 December 1966 in Nouméa, New Caledonia, was the second edition of the South Pacific Games.

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1966 South Pacific Games
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Host cityNouméa
CountryNew Caledonia
Events12 sports
86 medal events
OpeningDecember 8, 1966 (1966-12-08)
ClosingDecember 18, 1966 (1966-12-18)
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Participating countries

Fourteen Pacific nations or territories participated in the Games:[1]

Sports

Twelve sports were contested at the 1966 South Pacific Games:[2][3][4]


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

Medal Table

In a significant turnaround of fortunes backed by French government investment, New Caledonia took the mantle at the top of the medal table from Fiji and French Polynesia obtained third position.[1]

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Caledonia (NCL)39303099
2 Fiji (FIJ)19231759
3 French Polynesia (PYF)138930
4 Papua New Guinea (PNG)5111329
5 Western Samoa (WSM)4408
6 Nauru (NRU)4206
7 Tonga (TON)1012
8 Cook Islands (COK)1001
9 American Samoa (ASA)0415
10 Wallis and Futuna (WLF)021214
11 Solomon Islands (SOL)0112
12 New Hebrides0022
13 Guam (GUM)0011
Totals (13 entries)868587258
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Notes

^a Men's and women's basketball (five-a-side) competitions were held. A women's netball competition (seven-a-side) was also held.[3]

^b A 100 km individual road race and 70 km team road race were held, as well as events for 1 km time trial, 4 km individual pursuit, 1 km sprint, and 4 km Olympic pursuit.[5]

^c The sports of tennis and table tennis had three competitions each. These were all team events (i.e. competitions for men's, women's and mixed teams).[3]

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