Pacific Games

The Pacific Games, called the South Pacific Games from 1963 to 2007 and known in French as the Jeux du Pacifique, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The first Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and the most recent in 2023 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The Pacific Games Council and the Oceania National Olympic Committees organise the Games and oversee each host city's preparations. Athletes with a disability compete as full members of their national teams, and gold, silver and bronze medals go to the first three in each event. Ten cities in seven countries and territories have hosted, with Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Samoa each hosting three times. Only Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu have attended every edition, and New Caledonia leads the all-time medal count. The council also created the scaled-down Pacific Mini Games so that smaller nations and territories can host.