Host city Nuku'alofa Nations participating 16 | Country Tonga Athletes participating 832 | |
Opening ceremony August 22, 1989 (1989-08-22) Closing ceremony September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01) | ||
The 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Nuku'alofa in Tonga from 22 August to 1 September 1989. It was the third edition of the South Pacific Mini Games.
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Tonga's national stadium, the Teufaiva Sport Stadium, was built for the Games on the previous site of the agricultural showgrounds. The stadium, new Atele gmnasium, and tennis courts, were built or refurbished with the aid of Taiwan and France. The venues were eventually completed just in time for the games following some controversy in the preceding months with the construction alarmingly behind schedule.
Participating countries
Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:
Sports
The six sports contested at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were:
Final medal table
Western Samoa topped the medal count:
References
1989 South Pacific Mini Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA