[2] A total of 1,205 athletes (907 men and 298 women) participated in a rain-affected games which had only one clear day out of the ten scheduled.

[2] However, preparations for the events did not progress smoothly,[5] and visiting teams were disappointed with the condition of some of the venues and the scheduling in the middle of the rainy season.

Sixteen South Pacific Games records were broken in the track and field athletics events alone.

[6] Guam's basketball gold medal win by the men's team captained by Tony Susuico was the highlight of the Games for the hosting country.

[14] ^d The medal table as reported in Pacific Islands Monthly at the conclusion of the Games [8] is used as the source here.