1989 South Pacific Mini Games

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.

Tonga's national stadium, the Teufaiva Sport Stadium, was built for the Games on the previous site of the agricultural showgrounds. The stadium, new Atele gymnasium, and tennis courts, were built or refurbished with the aid of Taiwan and France. The venues were eventually completed just in time for the games following some controversy in the preceding months with the construction alarmingly behind schedule.

Participating countries
Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:

• 🇦🇸 American Samoa

• 🇨🇰 Cook Islands

• 🇫🇯 Fiji

• 🇵🇫 French Polynesia, "Tahiti"

• 🇬🇺 Guam

• 🇳🇷 Nauru

• 🇳🇨 New Caledonia

• 🇳🇺 Niue

• 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island

• Northern Marianas

• 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea

• 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands

• 🇹🇴 Tonga

• 🇻🇺 Vanuatu

• 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

•  Western Samoa

Note: A number in parentheses indicate the size of a country's team (where known).

Sports
The six sports contested at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were:





Note: A number in parentheses indicates how many medal events were contested in that sport (where known).

Final medal table
Western Samoa topped the medal count: