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The 17th Oceania Athletics Championships were held from 1 to 7 June 2024 at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji. [1]It was the third time Fiji had staged the sporting event after hosting the inaugural 1990 edition, and the 2017 edition both at the HFC Bank Stadium (formerly ANZ Stadium) in Suva. [2]
The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2023 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The Games were called the South Pacific Games from 1963 to 2007.
Fiji competed at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands from 19 November to 2 December 2023. These games were Fiji's seventeenth appearance since first participating in the first edition in 1963. [1]
The 2023 Pacific Games, officially known as the XVII Pacific Games and commonly known as Sol 2023 or Honiara 2023, was a continental multi-sport event for Oceania countries and territories held in Honiara, Solomon Islands between 19 November and 2 December 2023. [1] This was the first time that the Solomon Islands have hosted the Pacific Games.
The all-time Oceania Athletics Championships medal table is the sum of all medals won by OAA member federations, associate members, as well as invited teams from the very first edition till the most recent championships in 2024.
Boxing at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1963 when it was included as one of ten sports at the inaugural games held in Suva, Fiji. [1] [2] The Pacific Games was known as the South Pacific Games prior to 2011. The weight classes used for the Pacific Games are in accordance with International Boxing Association (IBA) classifications.
Netball at the Pacific Games (previously known as the South Pacific Games) has been an optional Pacific Games sport since 1963. Fiji have been the tournament's most successful team, winning seven gold medals. Cook Islands have won four gold medals. To date, only the Cook Islands and Fiji have won netball gold at the Pacific Games.
The 1st South Pacific Games (Fijian: 1 ni Qito ena Ceva ni Pasifika), also known as Suva 1963, held from 29 August to 9 September 1963 in Suva, Fiji, was the first edition of the South Pacific Games. The multisport games were established to engender bonds of friendship amongst peoples in the Pacific, after an idea originated by Dr A.H. Sahu ...