The VII South Pacific Mini Games were held July 25-August 4, 2005 in Palau. Torch lighter was athlete Christopher Silas Adolf, Palau's first Olympian.

Participating countries

• 🇦🇸 American Samoa • 🇨🇰 Cook Islands • 🇫🇯 Fiji • 🇰🇮 Kiribati • 🇬🇺 Guam • 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands • 🇫🇲 FSM • 🇳🇷 Nauru • 🇳🇨 New Caledonia • 🇳🇺 Niue • 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island • 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands • 🇵🇼 Palau • 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea • 🇼🇸 Samoa • 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands • 🇹🇴 Tonga • 🇹🇻 Tuvalu • 🇻🇺 Vanuatu • 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Tahiti and Tokelau did not send teams to the games, with Tahiti citing a need to conserve costs.

Sports

12 sports were contested at the 2005 Pacific Mini Games: • • • • • • • • • • • • Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of events in each sport.

Final medal table

New Caledonia dominated the medal tally, finishing ahead of Fiji. The small nation of Nauru finished in third place with 18 gold medals; all of them gold and won in the weightlifting competition. Host nation Palau also won 18 medals and finished in sixth position on the table.

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