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Triathlon At The Pacific Games
Triathlon at the Pacific Games was first contested at the 1995 games at Papeete. It has also been included in the Pacific Mini Games, firstly at Norfolk Island in 2001. The Triathlon#Race formats, Sprint format (half the Olympic distance) has been used for triathlons at the Pacific Games since 2011. Prior to that, the standard course Olympic distance was raced. The Aquathlon, Aquathon, with swim and run legs only, has also been contested. Pacific Games Flag icons and three letter country code indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates an event that was not contested. Winners {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" , - ! rowspan=2 scope="col" style="padding:0.25em;", Games ! rowspan=2 scope="col" style="padding:0.25em;", Year ! rowspan=2 scope="c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Games
The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2019 in Apia, Samoa. The Games were called the South Pacific Games from 1963 to 2007. The Pacific Games Council (PGC) organises the Games and oversees the host city's preparations. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams. In each sporting event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals are awarded for second place, and bronze medals are awarded for third place. Nine different cities in six countries and territories have hosted the Pacific Games. Four countries have hosted the games three times: Fiji (1963, 1979, 2003), New Caledonia ( 1966, 1987, 2011), Papua New Guinea ( 1969, 1991, 2015) and Samoa (1983, 2007, 2019). Two territories have hosted the Pacific Games twice: French Polynesia (1971, 1995) and Guam (1975, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
