1985 South Pacific Mini Games

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.^[2]

1985 Pacific Mini Games

Host city	Rarotonga
Country	Cook Islands
Nations	16
Athletes	~700[1]
Events	6 sports
Opening	31 July 1985 (1985-07-31)
Closing	9 August 1985 (1985-08-09)
← 1981 Honiara 1989 Nuku'alofa →

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.^[2] The track and field competition also served as a selection trial for the Oceania team to compete at the IAAF World Cup in Canberra.^[3]

Participating countries

Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:^[2]

• American Samoa
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• French Polynesia, "Tahiti"
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Vanuatu
• Wallis and Futuna
• Western Samoa

Sports

Six sports were contested at the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games:^[2]

•  Athletics (40) (details) ^[4]
•  Bowls
•  Golf (4)

•  Netball (1)
•  Rugby union (1)
•  Tennis (5)

Final medal table

Papua New Guinea topped the medal count:^[5]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	13	12	12	37
2	New Caledonia (NCL)	12	12	5	29
3	French Polynesia (PYF)	9	7	11	27
4	Cook Islands (COK)	6	6	8	20
	Fiji (FIJ)	6	6	8	20
6	Samoa (SAM)	2	4	3	9
7	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	2	1	3	6
8	American Samoa (ASA)	2	1	1	4
9	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	4	2	7
10	Norfolk Island (NFK)	1	2	1	4
11	Solomon Islands (SOL)	1	1	1	3
12	Tonga (TON)	1	0	2	3
13	Kiribati (KIR)	0	0	0	0
	Marshall Islands (MHL)	0	0	0	0
	Nauru (NRU)	0	0	0	0
	Niue (NIU)	0	0	0	0
Totals (16 entries)		56	56	57	169

See also

• Athletics at the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games