Micronesia Games

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The Micronesian Games ( English Micronesian Games or Micro Games ) are sports competitions Micronesian participants with Olympic character.

history

The Micronesia Games were first held unofficially in 1969 in Saipan on the Northern Mariana Islands , which politically belong to the United States . Although this event was still unofficial, it is known as the first Micronesia Games. Although it was planned from the beginning to hold the Games regularly, the second Micronesia Games were not played in Saipan until 1990. Since then, the event has taken place every four years at the Olympic rate.

Since the first edition of the Games, participants from ten nations and dependent areas of the Micronesia region have been allowed to take part . This includes the four sovereign states of the Marshall Islands , Kiribati , Nauru and Palau , the US outlying areas of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, and the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk , Pohnpei , Kosrae and Yap .

List of games

Event year venue country Participating
nations / areas 		sports
I. 1969 Saipan Pacific islands Pacific Islands Trust Territory Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
II. 1990 Saipan Mariana Islands NorthernNorthern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands
III. 1994 Agana GuamGuam Guam
IV. 1998 Koror PalauPalau Palau
V. 2002 Pohnpei Micronesia, Federated StatesMicronesia Micronesia
VI. 2006 Saipan Mariana Islands NorthernNorthern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 9 15th
VII. 2010 Koror PalauPalau Palau 8th 15th
VIII. 2014 Pohnpei Micronesia, Federated StatesMicronesia Micronesia 10 14th
IX. 2018 Yap Islands Micronesia, Federated StatesMicronesia Micronesia 11 13

List of sports

In 2006, demonstration competitions were held to climb coconut trees and peel coconut . These are held as official competitions, but are not included in the medal table.

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