1981 South Pacific Mini Games

The 1981 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Honiara in the Solomon Islands from 8–16 July 1981. It was the first edition of the South Pacific Mini Games.^[1]

1981 Pacific Mini Games

Host city	Honiara
Country	Solomon Islands
Nations	15
Athletes	~600*
Events	5 sports
Opening	July 8, 1981 (1981-07-08)
Closing	July 16, 1981 (1981-07-16)
1985 Rarotonga →

Participating countries

Fifteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:^[2]

• American Samoa
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• French Polynesia, "Tahiti"
• Guam
• Kiribati
• New Caledonia (99)^[3]
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Marianas
• Papua New Guinea (66)^[1]
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Vanuatu
• Wallis and Futuna
• Western Samoa

Sports

Five sports were contested at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games:^[4]

•  Athletics (36) (details) ^[5]
•  Boxing
•  Football (1)

•  Netball (1) ^[6]
•  Tennis (5)

Final medal table

New Caledonia topped the medal count:^[2][7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia (NCL)	17	17	11	45
2	French Polynesia (PYF)	10	7	5	22
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	8	6	6	20
4	Fiji (FIJ)	4	2	3	9
	Samoa (SAM)	4	2	3	9
6	Solomon Islands (SOL)	2	6	9	17
7	American Samoa (ASA)	2	1	0	3
8	Cook Islands (COK)	1	3	0	4
9	Tonga (TON)	1	0	2	3
10	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	1	0	1	2
11	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	4	8	12
12	Guam (GUM)	0	0	0	0
	Kiribati (KIR)	0	0	0	0
	Norfolk Island (NFK)	0	0	0	0
	Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)	0	0	0	0
Totals (15 entries)		50	48	48	146

See also

• Athletics at the 1981 South Pacific Mini Games

Notes

^* For the 1981 Mini Games, almost 600 contestants were expected to take part.^[8]