Back ألعاب المحيط الهادئ 2015 Arabic Pazifikspiele 2015 German Juegos del Pacífico 2015 Spanish Jeux du Pacifique de 2015 French Pesta Olahraga Pasifik 2015 ID XV Giochi del Pacifico Italian 2015년 퍼시픽 게임 Korean Stillehavslekene 2015 NB Igrzyska Pacyfiku 2015 Polish Jogos do Pacífico de 2015 Portuguese
 Official logo of the Games | |
| Host city | Port Moresby |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Nations | 24 |
| Athletes | 3,796[citation needed] |
| Events | 299 in 28 sports |
| Opening | 4 July 2015 |
| Closing | 18 July 2015 |
| Opened by | Prince Andrew, Duke of York |
| Athlete's Oath | Deslyn Siniu |
| Judge's Oath | Susan Babao |
| Torch lighter | Dika Toua |
| Main venue | Sir John Guise Stadium |
The 15th Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015.[1] It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby.
More than 3,700 athletes from the 22 Pacific Games Associations plus first time entrants Australia and New Zealand, took part.[2][3] With almost 300 sets of medals, the games featured 28 sports, 19 of which are on the 2016 Summer Olympics program. Only men's football was a straight qualifying event for Rio 2016. These sporting events took place in 14 venues in the host city.
The host nation, Papua New Guinea, topped the medal table for only the second time, winning the most golds (88) and most medals overall (217).[4] New Caledonia finished second making it only the third time the French territory had failed to place first. Tahiti finished third. Tuvalu won its first ever gold medal at the games, and the debuting teams from Australia and New Zealand won their first Pacific Games medals including gold.[5][6][7]
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- ^ "New Zealand wins first Pacific Games medal at debut". www.olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2015.