pacific games, noumea 2011 - Oceania Athletics Association

For the recently completed Nouméa Games there was an
average of 9.27 athletes who actually competed in each
event.
The table below gives the figures for the seven Games
studied
Games Year Entries per Event
Port Moresby 1991 11.97 athletes
Guam 1999 11.27 athletes
Apia 2007 9.65 athletes
Nouméa 1987 9.59 athletes
Suva 2003 9.35 athletes
Nouméa 2011 9.27 athletes
Tahiti 1995 9.15 athletes
For comparison, in the Inaugural South Pacific Games in
1963, the participation rate for the Men‘s Events was 13.0,
and for the Women‘s Events it was 8.4. The combined rate
for the 29 events on offer was 11.41 athletes per event. In
the second SPG in Nouméa (1966) the rate for the Men‘s
Events was 12.5 and for the Women‘s Events it was 11.09.
The combined participation rate for the 31 events was 12.0
athletes per event.
Medal Tally and Ranking by Country
At the conclusion of the Games the Medal Tally was
prepared - see table below. I include only those events that
are traditional for the Athletics Competition at the Games,
and do not include those for AWD / Handisport / Parasport
COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
New Caledonia 16 11 17 46
Papua New Guinea 14 7 9 30
French Polynesia 8 7 5 20
Fiji 4 10 6 20
Samoa 1 3 1 5
Tonga 1 1 2 4
Wallis & Futuna 0 3 1 4
Vanuatu 0 1 1 2
Guam 0 1 0 1
TOTAL 44 44 42* 132
* Using the rule of ―N-1‖ for the awarding of medals, four
athletes or more need to have participated in an event for
all three medals to be awarded. In the Women‘s Javelin
there were only three competitors, so ―officially‖ only two
medals could be awarded. Only three athletes competed
in the Women‘s Marathon, but all three medals were
presented! Neither appear in the official medal tally on the
Games website.
To give a more accurate assessment of the success of the
participating teams, a score, allocating points for the first
eight in each event has been made. The winner of each
event scores 8 points, down to the eighth-placed athlete
scoring 1 point.
The scores for 17 countries who had athletes finishing in
the top 8 in any event are -
New Caledonia 439 points
Papua New Guinea 322 points
French Polynesia 224 points
Fiji 201 points
Samoa 47 points
Tonga 43 points
Vanuatu 38 points
Guam 34 points
Wallis & Futuna 32 points
Solomon Islands 24 points
Nauru 13 points
Cook Islands 11 points
Palau 8 points
Tuvalu 4 points
Kiribati 2 points
Norfolk Island 1 point
Northern Marianas 1 point
Bob Snow, A.T.F.S.
Former OAA Statistician
Oceania RDC Bulletin 2011 Page 13