1966 South Pacific Games
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| Host city | Nouméa | ||
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| Country | New Caledonia | ||
| Events | 12 sports 86 medal events |
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| Opening ceremony | December 8, 1966 | ||
| Closing ceremony | December 18, 1966 | ||
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The 1966 South Pacific Games, held at Nouméa in New Caledonia from 8–18 December 1966, was the second edition of the South Pacific Games.
Fourteen Pacific nations or territories participated in the Games:
Twelve sports were contested at the 1966 South Pacific Games:
In a significant turnaround of fortunes backed by French government investment, New Caledonia took the mantle at the top of the medal table from Fiji and French Polynesia moved into third position.
^a Men's and women's basketball (five-a-side) competitions were held. A women's netball competition (seven-a-side) was also held.
^b A 100 km individual road race and 70 km team road race were held, as well as events for 1 km time trial, 4 km individual pursuit, 1km sprint, and 4km Olympic pursuit.
^c The sports of tennis and table tennis had three competitions each. These were all team events (i.e. competitions for men's, women's and mixed teams).
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