South Pacific Games 1966
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 |
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1 |
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39 | 29 | 30th | 99 |
2 |
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19th | 23 | 17th | 59 |
3 |
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13 | 8th | 9 | 30th |
4th |
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5 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
5 |
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4th | 4th | - | 8th |
6th |
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4th | 2 | - | 6th |
7th |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8th |
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1 | - | - | 1 |
9 |
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- | 4th | 1 | 5 |
10 |
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- | 2 | 12 | 14th |
11 |
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 |
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- | - | 2 | 2 |
13 |
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- | - | - | 0 |
total | 86 | 86 | 86 | 258 |