Nations participating 16 Events 6 sports | Athletes participating ~700 | |
Opening ceremony July 31, 1985 (1985-07-31) | ||
The 1985 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Rarotonga in the Cook Islands from 31 July to 9 August 1985. It was the second edition of the South Pacific Mini Games.
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The new stadium built for the games had a grass track but several South Pacific Games athletics records were broken at the 1985 games including the women's 800 metres. The track and field competition also served as a selection trial for the Oceania team to compete at the IAAF World Cup in Canberra.
Participating countries
Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:
Sports
Six sports were contested at the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games:
Final medal table
Papua New Guinea topped the medal count:
References
1985 South Pacific Mini Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA