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{{Infobox games
| name          = 1989 Pacific Mini Games
| logo          = 1989_South_Pacific_Mini_Games_logo.png
| size          = 168px
| caption       =
| host_city     = [[Nuku'alofa]]
| country       = [[Tonga]]
| motto         = 
| nations       = 16
| athletes      = 832
| events        = 
| opening       = {{Start date|1989|08|22}}
| closing       = {{End date|1989|09|01}}
| opened_by     = {{nowrap|[[Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV|King Taufa’ahau Tepou IV]]}}
| athlete_oath  = 
| judge_oath    = 
| torch_lighter = 
| stadium       = [[Teufaiva Sport Stadium]]
| previous      = [[1985 South Pacific Mini Games|1985 Rarotonga]]
| next          = [[1993 South Pacific Mini Games|1993 Port Vila]] 
}}
The '''1989 South Pacific Mini Games''' were held at [[Nuku'alofa]] in [[Tonga]] from 22 August to 1 September 1989. It was the third edition of the [[South Pacific Mini Games]].<ref name = ioc/>

Tonga's national stadium, the [[Teufaiva Sport Stadium]], was built for the Games on the previous site of the agricultural showgrounds.<ref name = besnier-2013/> The stadium, new Atele gymnasium, and tennis courts, were built or refurbished with the aid of Taiwan and France.<ref name = ioc/> The venues were eventually completed just in time for the games following some controversy in the preceding months with the construction alarmingly behind schedule.<ref name = pim-rush/>

==Participating countries==
Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:<ref name = mini-games-medals/>

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* {{flag|American Samoa}}
* {{flag|Cook Islands}}
* {{flag|Fiji|1970}}
* {{flag|French Polynesia|1946}}, "Tahiti"
* {{flag|Guam}}
<!--* {{flag|Kiribati}}         -->
<!--* {{flag|Marshall Islands}} -->
* {{flag|Nauru}}
* {{flag|New Caledonia|1853}}
* {{flag|Niue}}
* {{flag|Norfolk Island}}
* {{flag|Northern Marianas}}
<!--* {{flag|Palau}}            -->
* {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}
* {{flag|Solomon Islands}}
<!--* {{flag|Tokelau}}-->
* {{flag|Tonga}}
<!--* {{flag|Tuvalu}}-->
<!--* {{flag|Micronesia}}-->
* {{flag|Vanuatu}}
* {{flag|Wallis and Futuna}}
* {{flag|Western Samoa|name=Western Samoa}}
}}

<div style="line-height:1em; font-size:92%;"><br/>Note: A number in parentheses indicate the size of a country's team (where known).
</div>

==Sports==
The six sports contested at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were:<ref name = ioc/>

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* {{GamesSport|Athletics         |Events=40}}
* {{GamesSport|Boxing            |Events= 12|Format=m}}{{ref|boxing|a}}  
* {{GamesSport|Golf              |Events= 4|Format=m}}{{ref|golf|b}}
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* {{GamesSport|Netball           |Events= 1|Format=m}}{{ref|netball|c}}
* {{GamesSport|Tennis            |Events= 5|Format=m}}
* {{GamesSport|Weightlifting     |<!--Events= 30-->|Format=m}}{{ref|weightlift|d}}
{{col-float-end}}

<div style="line-height:1em; font-size:90%;"><br/>Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).
</div>

==Final medal table==
Western Samoa topped the medal count:<ref name = mini-games-medals/>
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_WSM = 27 | silver_WSM = 6 | bronze_WSM = 3
 | gold_PYF = 20 | silver_PYF = 20 | bronze_PYF = 20 | name_PYF = {{flagteam|PYF|1946}}
 | gold_NCL = 15 | silver_NCL = 17 | bronze_NCL = 15 | name_NCL = {{flagteam|NCL|1853}}
 | gold_PNG = 14 | silver_PNG = 17 | bronze_PNG = 15
 | gold_FIJ = 5 | silver_FIJ = 7 | bronze_FIJ = 12
 | gold_NRU = 3 | silver_NRU = 0 | bronze_NRU = 0
 | gold_TON = 2 | silver_TON = 13 | bronze_TON = 13
 | gold_ASA = 2 | silver_ASA = 5 | bronze_ASA = 10
 | gold_COK = 2 | silver_COK = 2 | bronze_COK = 2
 | gold_GUM = 1 | silver_GUM = 1 | bronze_GUM = 4
 | gold_NFK = 1 | silver_NFK = 0 | bronze_NFK = 0
 | gold_VAN = 1 | silver_VAN = 0 | bronze_VAN = 2
 | gold_SOL = 0 | silver_SOL = 4 | bronze_SOL = 3
 | gold_NIU = 0 | silver_NIU = 0 | bronze_NIU = 0
 | gold_MNP = 0 | silver_MNP = 0 | bronze_MNP = 0
 | gold_WLF = 0 | silver_WLF = 0 | bronze_WLF = 0
}}

==See also==
*[[Athletics at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games]]

==Notes==
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{{note|boxing|a}} Western Samoa won six gold medals in the boxing competition that captured the local people's imagination – as reported by ''Pacific islands Monthly'', "it seemed half of Nuku'alof was crammed into the indoor stadium".{{sfn|Reflections|1989|page=49, col. 1, par. 2}}

{{note|golf|b}} Golf: Fiji, captained by Adi Sainimili Tuivanuavou, won the women's team bronze at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games.<ref name = golf-2012/>

{{note|netball|c}} Netball: Cook Islands won the competition, defeating PNG by 53–49 in the final. Fiji did not play in the tournament.{{sfn|Reflections|1989|page=49, col. 3, par. 3}}

{{note|weightlif|d}} Nauru's 18-year-old Marcus Stephens broke all three South Pacific Games records in the 60&nbsp;kg weightlifting class.{{sfn|Reflections|1989|page=49, col. 3, par. 2}}

</div>

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=25em|refs=

<ref name = besnier-2013>{{cite book
 |date= 2011
 |first= Niko |last= Besnier
 |title= On the Edge of the Global: Modern Anxieties in a Pacific Island Nation |page=183
 |publisher= Stanford University Press, 2 Mar 2011
 |accessdate= 23 May 2015
 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-_gKFv7-zEC&pg=PA183
 |isbn= 978-0804777643}}
</ref>

<ref name = ioc>{{cite web
 |date= 1989
 |title= Third South Pacific Mini Games
 |publisher= International Olympic Committee
 |work= Olympic Review
 |page= 112
 |accessdate= 27 May 2015
 |format= PDF 0.2 MB
 |url= http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1990/ore268/ore268y.pdf
 |url-status= dead
 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150527160316/http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1990/ore268/ore268y.pdf
 |archivedate= 27 May 2015
 }}</ref>

<ref name = pim-rush>{{cite journal
 |date= 1989
 |first=Carrie |last=Loranger
 |title= Rushing for the games
 |journal= Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=59 |issue=19 |page=48
 |publisher= Pacific Publications
 |accessdate= 23 May 2015
 |url= https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340360417/view?sectionId=nla.obj-344644156&partId=nla.obj-340378065#page/n47/mode/1up}}
</ref>

<ref name=golf-2012>{{cite web
 |date        = 2012
 |title       = Golf in Fiji will farewell Adi Sai
 |publisher   = National Golf Association of Fiji
 |work        = sportingpulse
 |url         = http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-1396-0-0-0&sID=14276&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=21383567
 |url-status     = live
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150527184546/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-1396-0-0-0&sID=14276&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=21383567
 |archivedate = 2015-05-27
}}</ref>

<ref name = mini-games-medals>{{cite web 
 |date= 2013
 |title=Medals Won at Mini Games
 |publisher= Pacific Games Council
 |accessdate= 15 May 2015
 |url= http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24022
 |url-status= live
 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150418192040/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-2642-0-0-0&sID=24022
 |archivedate= 18 April 2015}}
</ref>
}}

==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite magazine
 |date= 1989
 |title= Reflections on a mini event
 |magazine= Pacific Islands Monthly |volume=59 |issue=21 |pages=48–49
 |accessdate=27 October 2017
 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-340371539/view?sectionId=nla.obj-350459855&partId=nla.obj-340393062#page/n47/mode/1up
 |ref={{harvid|Reflections|1989}}
}}
{{refend}}

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