Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
competitions at the 1971
South Pacific Games were held at the
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui in
Pirae,
French Polynesia
)Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze")
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, song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui"
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, between September 9-15, 1971.
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A total of 35 events were contested, 22 by men and 13 by women.
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Medal summary
Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage
courtesy of Tony Isaacs and Børre Lilloe,[
] and on the Oceania Athletics Association
The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Oceania. The OAA head office is located in Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
History
The OAA was founded as Oceania Amateur Athletic Orga ...
webpage by Bob Snow.[
]
Complete results can also be found on the Oceania Athletics Association
The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Oceania. The OAA head office is located in Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
History
The OAA was founded as Oceania Amateur Athletic Orga ...
webpage.[
]
Men
Women
Medal table (unofficial)
Participation (unofficial)
Athletes from 13 countries were reported to participate:[
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* ]British Solomon Islands
The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was first declared over the southern Solomons in 1893, when Captain Gibson, R.N., of , declared the southern islands a British protectorate. Other islands were subsequently declared to form part o ...
* Cook Islands
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, largest_city = Avarua
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* Papua and New Guinea
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References
External links
Pacific Games CouncilOceania Athletics Association
{{Pacific Games Athletics
Athletics at the Pacific Games
Athletics competitions in French Polynesia
South Pacific Games
1971 in French Polynesia
1971 Pacific Games