Pacific Conference Games

The Pacific Conference Games were track and field competitions that were held every four years between 1969 and 1985. Australia , Canada , Japan , New Zealand and the United States were involved in the first Pacific Conference Games, and from 1981 they were open to athletes from all nations.

The event was proposed during the 1967 Tokyo Summer Universiade, at a meeting of Japanese national sports officials with their counterparts from other western Pacific Coast nations. The intent was to hold two-day high-level athletics competitions one year after each Olympics. It was mentioned in contemporary reports that this limited format was proposed in order to exclude the Soviet Union, which boycotted the Tokyo Universiade.

Games	year	date	Stage of execution	was standing	country	Disciplines
I.	1969	September 26-27	Tokyo Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Japan	32
II	1973	June 27-28	Centennial Park Stadium	Toronto	Canada	32
III	1977	December 3-4	Bruce Stadium	Canberra	Australia	34
IV	1981	January 31st - February 1st	Queen Elizabeth II Stadium	Christchurch	New Zealand	37
V	1985	June 22-23	Edwards Stadium	Berkeley California	United States	37

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 5 Nations Agree to Have Track Meets . Chicago Tribune , Section 2, pg. 3 (1967-12-09). Retrieved January 15, 2015.