South Pacific Games 1966

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The South Pacific Games 1966 ( English South Pacific Games 1966 ) were played from 8 to 18 December 1966 in Nouméa , the capital of the French overseas territory New Caledonia . These games were the 2nd edition of the South Pacific Games .

A total of 1200 athletes from fourteen nations and territories took part. They fought for 258 medals in 86 competitions in athletics , basketball , boxing , netball , rugby , soccer , swimming , table tennis , tennis and volleyball , among others . Marie-José Kersaudy , a twelve-year-old swimmer from Team New Caledonia, was the most successful participant with seven gold medals.

Medal table

Medal table
space country gold silver bronze total
1 New CaledoniaNew Caledonia New Caledonia 39 29 30th 99
2 FijiFiji Fiji 19th 23 17th 59
3 French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia Tahiti / French Polynesia 13 8th 9 30th
4th Papua New Guinea 1965Papua New Guinea Papua and New Guinea 5 11 13 31
5 Samoa West 1949Western Samoa Western Samoa 4th 4th - 8th
6th New ZealandNew Zealand Nauru 4th 2 - 6th
7th TongaTonga Tonga 1 1 1 3
8th Cook Islands 1902Cook Islands Cook Islands 1 - - 1
9 Samoa AmericanAmerican Samoa American Samoa - 4th 1 5
10 Wallis FutunaWallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna - 2 12 14th
11 Flag of the Solomon Islands (1956–1966) .svg Solomon Islands - 1 1 2
12 New Hebrides 1966New Hebrides New Hebrides - - 2 2
13 Flag of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1937–1976) .svg Gilbert and Ellice Islands - - - 0
total 86 86 86 258

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