Athletics at the Pacific Games

Track event in Nouméa at the 2011 Pacific Games.

Athletics competitions have been held at every Pacific Games since the inaugural edition 1963 in Suva, Fiji and at every Pacific Mini Games since the inaugural edition 1981 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Both events are open for the 22 member federations of the Pacific Games Council. The Pacific Games started as South Pacific Games and were renamed in 2011, whereas the Pacific Mini Games started as South Pacific Mini Games and were renamed in 2009.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Best nation
I	1963	Suva	Fiji	Fiji
II	1966	Nouméa	New Caledonia	Fiji
III	1969	Port Moresby	Papua and New Guinea	New Caledonia
IV	1971	Pirae	French Polynesia	New Caledonia
V	1975	Tumon	Guam	New Caledonia
VI	1979	Suva	Fiji	New Caledonia
VII	1983	Apia	Western Samoa	New Caledonia
VIII	1987	Nouméa	New Caledonia	New Caledonia
IX	1991	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	Fiji
X	1995	Pirae	Tahiti	Fiji
XI	1999	Santa Rita	Guam	Fiji
XII	2003	Suva	Fiji	Fiji
XIII	2007	Apia	Samoa	Fiji
XIV	2011	Nouméa	New Caledonia	New Caledonia
XV	2015	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea
XVI	2019	Apia	Samoa	Papua New Guinea
XVII	2023	Honiara	Solomon Islands	Australia
XVIII	2027	Hitia'a O Te Ra	Tahiti	TBD

Medal table

Medal winners for the athletics events of the Pacific Games until 2003 were published. Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage. After the 2023 Games, only Kiribati, Niue, Tokelau, and Tuvalu are yet to win a medal.

Updated after the 2023 Pacific Games.

All-time medal table (Athletics)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Caledonia	209	159	151	519
2	Fiji	162	167	126	455
3	Papua New Guinea	124	147	146	417
4	Tahiti	86	79	94	259
5	Tonga	26	20	33	79
6	Australia	17	3	0	20
7	Samoa	13	21	24	58
8	Vanuatu	12	23	35	70
9	Wallis and Futuna	12	17	21	50
10	Solomon Islands	8	22	30	60
11	Guam	6	13	12	31
12	Cook Islands	5	5	5	15
13	Nauru	5	3	4	12
14	New Zealand	3	6	2	11
15	American Samoa	3	2	2	7
16	Northern Mariana Islands	2	0	0	2
17	Norfolk Island	1	2	3	6
18	Gilbert and Ellice Islands	0	1	0	1
	Marshall Islands	0	1	0	1
	Palau	0	1	0	1
21	Federated States of Micronesia	0	0	2	2
Totals (21 entries)		694	692	690	2,076

Pacific Mini Games

Editions

Games	Year	Location	Host country	Events
				Men	Women	Mixed	Total
I	1981 ()	Honiara	Solomon Islands	22	14	—N/a	36
II	1985 ()	Rarotonga	Cook Islands	23	17	—N/a	40
III	1989 ()	Nukualofa	Tonga	23	17	—N/a	40
IV	1993 ()	Port Vila	Vanuatu	23	19	—N/a	42
V	1997 ()	Pago Pago	American Samoa	23	19	—N/a	42
VI	2001 ()	Middlegate	Norfolk Island	22	21	—N/a	43
VII	2005 ()	Koror	Palau	20	19	—N/a	39
VIII	2009 ()	Rarotonga	Cook Islands	21	20	—N/a	41
IX	2013 ()	Mata-Utu	Wallis and Futuna	25	22	—N/a	47 a
X	2017 ()	Port Vila	Vanuatu	25	22	—N/a	47 a
XI	2022 ()	Saipan	Northern Mariana Islands	26	26	—N/a	52 c
XII	2025 ()	Koror	Palau	27	24	1	52 c
XIII	2029 ()	Rarotonga	Cook Islands

Medals

Medal winners for the athletics events of the Pacific Mini Games until 2005 were published. Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.

See also

List of Pacific Games records in athletics

Notes

^a Four parasport events were included (three for men and one for women).

^b Six parasport events were included (three for men and three for women).

^c Ten parasport events were included (five for men and five for women).

External links

• Athletics medallists from 1963 to 2003 South Pacific Games
• Athletics medallists from 1981 to 2005 South Pacific Mini Games