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Pacific Mini Games

Games attended

10

First attended

1981

Medals

505

Background

The Pacific Mini Games is a multi-sport event contested by countries and territories located in Oceania. It was known as the South Pacific Mini Games prior to 2009. The event has been held every four years since the inaugural games in Honiara, Solomon Islands in 1981. It is called the 'Mini' games because it is a scaled-down version of the main Pacific Games and is similarly rotated on a four-year basis in the intervening years between the main games.

There are 37 sports approved by the Pacific Games Council as of December 2017. Unlike the main games, the Pacific Mini Games does not have a compulsory sports list. However, 50 percent of the sports selected for a games must be from the compulsory sports list of the Pacific Games Council.

After the 2017 games, 30 of the 37 sports have been included at the mini games since the inaugural edition in 1981.

Participation

2017

23

27

26

3rd

2013

13

13

17

4th

2009

32

26

20

1st

2005

23

21

16

2nd

2001

27

9

13

1st

1997

31

31

28

2nd

1993

16

19

21

1st

1989

5

7

12

5th

1985

6

6

8

4th

1981

4

2

3

4th