1991 South Pacific Games
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| Host city | Port Moresby and Lae | ||
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| Country | Papua New Guinea | ||
| Nations participating | 16 | ||
| Athletes participating | 2,000+ | ||
| Events | 17 sports 164 medal events |
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| Opening ceremony | September 7, 1991 | ||
| Closing ceremony | September 21, 1991 | ||
| Officially opened by | The Duke of York | ||
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The 1991 South Pacific Games, held from 7–21 September 1991 at Port Moresby and Lae in Papua New Guinea, was the ninth edition of the South Pacific Games. This was the first time that events at one games had been held in two cities. The decision to do so was to allow both locations to benefit from the construction of new facilities.
Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:
17 sports were contested at the 1991 South Pacific Games:
Medals were awarded in a total of 164 events:
^a More than 2,000 athletes took part in the 1991 Games, which had more athletes and competitions than Auckland's 1990 Commonwealth Games.
^b Western Samoa initially took the men's basketball gold medal but the team was disqualified after a citizenship controversy, in which players were deemed ineligible.
^c Squash: There were individual and team events for men and women. PNG won all four gold medals. The South Pacific Games Council had announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991.
^d Swimming: French Polynesia's 14-year-old star Daine Lacombe won five gold medals in the pool.
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