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Host city | Mata Utu |
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Country | / Wallis and Futuna |
Motto | Pasifika Lena, Pasifika Pe'ia (French: Le Pacifique Autrement, Le Pacifique Simplement) (English: The Pacific Otherwise, Simply ... the Pacific) |
Nations | 22 |
Events | 99 in 8 sports |
Opening | September 2, 2013 |
Closing | September 12, 2013 |
Opened by | François Hollande |
Main venue | Kafika Stadium |
The 2013 Pacific Mini Games was the ninth edition of these Mini Games. They were held in Mata Utu in Wallis and Futuna from 2 to 12 September 2013. It was the first time the games had been held in Wallis and Futuna.
There were 22 nations at the 2013 games:
Eight sports were contested for these games. Number of events for each sport is in brackets.
OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | MC | Medal ceremony | CC | Closing ceremony |
September 2013 | 2nd Mon |
3rd Tue |
4th Wed |
5th Thu |
6th Fri |
7th Sat |
8th Sun |
9th Mon |
10th Tue |
11th Wed |
12th Thu |
Gold medals |
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||||
Athletics | 3 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 47 | |||||||
Beach volleyball | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Rugby sevens | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Sailing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | MC | 6 | ||
Taekwondo | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||
Va'a (Outrigger canoe) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
Volleyball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||
Weightlifting | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||
Total gold medals | 11 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 99 | |||
September 2013 | 2nd Mon |
3rd Tue |
4th Wed |
5th Thu |
6th Fri |
7th Sat |
8th Sun |
9th Mon |
10th Tue |
11th Wed |
12th Thu |
Gold medals |
Key: NOTE: This ranking does not include the six events in sailing, due to final results not present at the official website.
* Host nation (Wallis and Futuna)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | French Polynesia (TAH) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 36 |
2 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 21 | 23 | 23 | 67 |
3 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 18 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
4 | Fiji (FIJ) | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 |
5 | Samoa (SAM) | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
6 | Wallis and Futuna (WLF)* | 2 | 17 | 14 | 33 |
7 | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
8 | Tonga (TON) | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
9 | Kiribati (KIR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Vanuatu (VAN) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
11 | Cook Islands (COK) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
12 | Tuvalu (TUV) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
13 | Marshall Islands (MHL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Nauru (NRU) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Micronesia (FSM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Palau (PLW) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
17 | Niue (NIU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Guam (GUM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Norfolk Island (NFK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (19 entries) | 94 | 88 | 100 | 282 |