Weightlifting at the Pacific Games

Weightlifting at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1966 when it was included as one of twelve sports at the Second South Pacific Games held in Nouméa, New Caledonia.^[1] A weightlifting competition for women was introduced in 1995 for the games in Papeete.

In accordance with the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) classifications, there are presently eight weight classes for the men's competition and seven for the women's competition at the Pacific Games (known as the South Pacific Games prior to 2011).

Weightlifting has also been included in many of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the third edition held at Nuku'alofa in 1989.

Pacific Games

The weight classes contested at each Pacific Games for weightlifting are listed in the table below. The nationality of the gold medal winner for the combined total in each class is indicated by a flag icon and three letter country code, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates a weight division that was not contested.^{[upper-alpha 1]}

Men's weightlifting

Games	Year	Host city	Fly weight	Bantam weight	Feather weight	Light weight	Middle weight	Light- Heavy weight	Middle- Heavy weight	First Heavy weight	Heavy weight	Super- Heavy weight	Total weight classes	Total medal events	Refs
I	1963	Suva	Not contested in 1963
II	1966	Nouméa	–	FIJ	PNG	FIJ	WSM	WSM	FIJ	–	FIJ	–	7	7	[upper-alpha 2]
III	1969	Port Moresby	X	X	X	X	WSM	NCL	FIJ	–	FIJ	NCL	9	9	[4][5]
IV	1971	Papeete	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	–	WSM	NCL	9	9	[6]
V	1975 ()	Tumon	PNG	WSM	PNG	PNG	WSM	WSM	WSM	–	WSM	WSM	9	9	[7]
VI	1979 ()	Suva	TAH	WSM	WSM	WSM	PNG	TAH	WSM	WSM	FIJ	WSM	10	10	[8][9]
VII	1983	Apia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	FIJ	X	10	10	[10]
VIII	1987	Nouméa	PNG	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	WLF	10	10	[11]
IX	1991	Port Moresby	PNG	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	WSM	10	30	[12]
X	1995 ()	Papeete	FIJ	PNG	PNG	PNG	FIJ	WLF	PNG	COK	NCL	WLF	10	30	[13]
			–	56 kg	62 kg	69 kg	77 kg	85 kg	94 kg	–	105 kg	105 kg+
XI	1999 ()	Santa Rita	–	FSM	NRU	SAM	NRU	SAM	NRU	–	WLF	NRU	8	24	[14]
XII	2003 ()	Suva	–	PNG	FSM	NRU	FIJ	KIR	SAM	–	NCL	NRU	8	24	[15]
XIII	2007 ()	Apia	–	FSM	NRU	FIJ	NRU	SAM	SAM	–	SAM	NRU	8	24	[16]
XIV	2011 ()	Nouméa	–	FIJ	FSM	NRU	TON	PNG	SAM	–	SAM	NRU	8	24	[17]
XV	2015 ()	Port Moresby	–	FIJ	PNG	FSM	PNG	SAM	PNG	–	KIR	NRU	8	24	[18]

Women's weightlifting

Games	Year	Host city	Fly weight	Bantam weight	Feather weight	Light weight	Middle weight	Light- Heavy weight	Middle- Heavy weight	First Heavy weight	Heavy weight	Super- Heavy weight	Total weight classes	Total medal events	Refs
X	1995 ()	Papeete	–	TAH	FIJ	TAH	TAH	TAH	TAH	–	WLF	–	7	21	[13]
			–	48 kg	53 kg	58 kg	63 kg	69 kg	75 kg	–	75 kg+	–
XI	1999 ()	Santa Rita	–	NRU	NRU	NRU	FIJ	PNG	NRU	–	NRU	–	7	21	[14]
XII	2003 ()	Suva	–	NRU	PNG	NRU	FIJ	NRU	NRU	–	NRU	–	7	21	[19]
XIII	2007 ()	Apia	–	NRU	PNG	PNG	PLW	PNG	SAM	–	SAM	–	7	21	[16]
XIV	2011 ()	Nouméa	–	PNG	PNG	FIJ	PNG	PNG	SAM	–	SAM	–	7	21	[17]
XV	2015 ()	Port Moresby	–	PNG	AUS	SOL	AUS	PNG	SAM	–	SAM	–	7	21	[18]

Pacific Mini Games

Men's

Games	Year	Host city	Fly weight	Bantam weight	Feather weight	Light weight	Middle weight	Light Heavy	Middle Heavy	First Heavy	Heavy weight	Super Heavy	Weight classes	Medal events	Refs
III	1989 ()	Nuku'alofa	X	X	NRU	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10	30	[20]
			54 kg	59 kg	64 kg	70 kg	76 kg	83 kg	91 kg	99 kg	108 kg	108 kg+
V	1997 ()	Pago Pago	NRU	PNG	NRU	NRU	WSM	FIJ	–	NRU	NCL	ASM	9	27	[21]
				56 kg	62 kg	69 kg	77 kg	85 kg	94 kg		105 kg	105 kg+
VII	2005 ()	Koror	–	NRU	FSM	FIJ	NRU	SAM	FIJ	–	SAM	NRU	8	24	[22][23]
VIII	2009 ()	Rarotonga	–	FIJ	FSM	KIR	FIJ	NRU	KIR	–	KIR	NRU	8	24	[24]
IX	2013 ()	Mata-Utu	–	X	X	X	X	X	X	–	X	X	8	24	[25][26] [27][28]
X	2017 ()	Port Vila	–	FIJ	PNG	X	X	X	X	–	X	X	8	24

Women's

Games	Year	Host city	Fly weight	Bantam weight	Feather weight	Light weight	Middle weight	Light Heavy	Middle Heavy	First Heavy	Heavy weight	Super Heavy	Weight classes	Medal events	Refs
III	1989 ()	Nuku'alofa	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	9
			46 kg	50 kg	54 kg	59 kg	64 kg	70 kg	76 kg	83 kg	83 kg+
V	1997 ()	Pago Pago	NRU	NRU	NRU	NRU	NRU	NRU	NRU	NRU	FIJ	–	9	27	[21]
				48 kg	53 kg	58 kg	63 kg	69 kg	75 kg		75 kg+
VII	2005 ()	Koror	–	NRU	PNG	PNG	PLW	FIJ	NRU	–	NRU	–	7	21	[29]
VIII	2009 ()	Rarotonga	–	–	–	FIJ	SAM	SAM	SAM	–	SAM	–	5	15	[30]
IX	2013 ()	Mata-Utu	–	X	–	X	X	X	X	–	X	–	6	18	[25][26] [27][28]
				48 kg	53 kg	58 kg	63 kg	69 kg	75 kg		90kg	90kg+
X	2017 ()	Port Vila	–	PNG	PNG	X	X	X	X	–	X	X	8	24

See also

• Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games
• Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

Notes

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