1991 South Pacific Games

The 1991 South Pacific Games, held from 7–21 September 1991 at Port Moresby and Lae in Papua New Guinea, was the ninth edition of the South Pacific Games. This was the first time that events at one games had been held in two cities. The decision to do so was to allow both locations to benefit from the construction of new facilities.

Host nation Papua New Guinea topped the medal table for the first time at a South Pacific Games with a total of 100 medals won.

Participating countries
Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games:

• 🇦🇸 American Samoa

• 🇨🇰 Cook Islands

• 🇫🇯 Fiji

• 🇵🇫 French Polynesia

• 🇬🇺 Guam

• 🇳🇷 Nauru

• 🇳🇨 New Caledonia

• 🇳🇺 Niue

• 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island

• Northern Marianas

• 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea

• 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands

• 🇹🇴 Tonga

• 🇻🇺 Vanuatu

• 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

•  Western Samoa

Sports
17 sports were contested at the 1991 South Pacific Games:

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

Final medal table
Medals were awarded in a total of 164 events: