Athletes participating 1,205 | Nations participating 13 Events 16 sports | |
Host city Tumon (main stadium)Agana (swimming) Opening ceremony August 1, 1975 (1975-08-01) | ||
The 1975 South Pacific Games, held in Guam from 1 to 10 August 1975, was the fifth edition of the South Pacific Games. A total of 1,205 athletes (907 men and 298 women) participated in a rain-affected games which had only one clear day out of the ten scheduled.
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The hosting of the event, originally planned for 1974, had met trouble from the start. Carlos Comacho, the Governor of Guam in 1972, had been opposed to spending any government money on the games. With a new Governor in office in late 1973, the games were rescheduled for 1975. However, preparations for the events did not progress smoothly, and visiting teams were disappointed with the condition of some of the venues and the scheduling in the middle of the rainy season. The games went ahead despite the logistical problems. Sixteen South Pacific Games records were broken in the track and field athletics events alone.
Participating countries
Thirteen Pacific nations or territories competed at the Games:
Sports
There were 16 sports contested at the 1975 South Pacific Games:
Medal table
New Caledonia topped the (unofficial) medal count.*