The quadrennial Pacific Conference Games were held between 1969 and 1985 and contested by Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. The 1981 event was open to athletes from all nations. List of medallists courtesy of Paul Jenes.
Venues: 1969 Tokyo (JPN), 1973 Toronto (CAN), 1977 Canberra (AUS), 1981 Christchurch (NZL), 1985 Berkeley (USA)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Ivory Crockett USA Herb Washington USA Paul Narracott AUS Peter Gandy AUS Emmit King USA |
10.4 10.5 10.52 10.42 10.44 |
Greg Lewis AUS Masahide Jinno JPN Bill Collins USA Desai Williams CAN Lee McNeill USA |
10.6 10.6 10.69 10.50 10.45 |
Masahide Jinno JPN Ivory Crockett USA Fred Lehmann AUS Steve Williams USA Rick Jones CAN |
10.6 10.6 10.77 10.59 10.56 |
-0.1 -1.0 -5.7 0.1 0.2 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Peter Norman AUS Marshall Dill USA Bill Collins USA Peter Gandy AUS Harvey McSwain USA |
21.0 21.2 20.83 20.89 20.83 |
Greg Lewis AUS Mark Lutz USA Paul Narracott AUS Bruce Frayne AUS Courtney Brown CAN |
21.0 21.2 21.06 21.03 21.17 |
Ivory Crockett USA Bevan Smith NZL Toshio Toyota JPN Desai Williams CAN Mike Dwyer CAN |
21.3 21.5 21.28 21.07 21.32 |
-0.1 -3.2 -4.0 0.1 -1.2 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Len van Hofwegen USA Maurice Peoples USA Bevan Smith NZL Ed Yearwood USA Andrew Valmon USA |
46.6 45.5 46.27 46.53 45.64 |
Jay Elbel USA Carl Farmer USA Jim O'Sullivan AUS Palmer Simmons USA Susumu Takano JPN |
47.6 46.9 46.35 46.78 45.95 |
Tony Powell CAN Bill Hooker AUS Mike Willis AUS Mike Willis AUS Cedric Vaughans USA |
48.1 47.1 46.93 46.95 46.12 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Ralph Doubell AUS Rick Wohlhuter USA Chum Darvall AUS András Paróczai HUN Ocky Clark USA |
1:48.0 1:49.2 1:47.88 1:48.17 1:46.01 |
Keith Wheeler AUS Bill Hooker AUS John Higham AUS Peter Bourke AUS Peter Pearless NZL |
1:48.9 1:49.6 1:48.54 1:49.06 1:46.97 |
Lowell Paul USA John Walker NZL Takashi Ishii JPN John Walker NZL Simon Hoogewerf CAN |
1:48.9 1:50.0 1:48.93 1:49.41 1:47.36 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Tony Benson AUS Rod Dixon NZL Takashi Ishii JPN Mike Hillardt AUS Dave Campbell CAN |
3:43.8 3:42.0 3:45.08 3:41.74 3:44.25 |
Dick Tayler NZL Tony Polhill NZL Graham Crouch AUS Richie Harris USA Peter Bourke AUS |
3:44.7 3:42.5 3:45.17 3:41.77 3:45.13 |
Norm Trerise CAN Chuck LaBenz USA Geoff Shaw NZL Miroslaw Zerkowski POL Craig Masback USA |
3:45.4 3:42.9 3:45.94 3:42.15 3:45.44 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Tracy Smith USA Grant McLaren CAN David Fitzsimons AUS Dave Moorcroft GBR Rob Lonergan CAN |
13:40.2 13:38.4 13:45.15 13:36.79 13:54.00 |
Rex Maddaford NZL Dick Quax NZL Geoff Shaw NZL Dick Buerkle USA Tsukasa Endo JPN |
13:45.8 13:38.8 13:50.66 13:46.19 13:54.45 |
John Coyle AUS Dick Buerkle USA Dave Hill CAN Masami Otsuka JPN Brad Erickstad USA |
13:48.0 13:48.8 13:55.22 13:57.04 14:00.45 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Ken Moore USA Ichio Sato JPN Rob de Castella AUS Rod Dixon NZL Peter Butler CAN |
29:01.2 29:21.0 29:23.66 28:35.69 28:53.1 |
Tsugumichi Suzuki JPN Dan Shaughnessy CAN Greg Fredericks USA Peter Butler CAN Rex Wilson NZL |
29:01.4 29:23.0 29:28.93 28:39.58 29:07.0 |
Dave Lotty AUS Dick Tayler NZL Peter Butler CAN John Andrews AUS Paul Gorman USA |
29:02.4 29:34.6 30:20.02 28:41.70 29:21.0 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Kerry O'Brien AUS Kerry O'Brien AUS Ron Addison USA Bronislaw Malinowski POL Peter Renner NZL |
8:35.4 8:36.6 8:38.16 8:24.02 8:28.33 |
Tony Manning AUS Barry Brown USA Masanari Shintaku JPN Boguslaw Maminski POL Graeme Fell CAN |
8:35.6 8:37.4 8:44.44 8:24.04 8:40.67 |
Taketsugu Saruwatari JPN Takaharu Koyama JPN Bob Hendy AUS Greg Duhaime CAN Hideki Mieda JPN |
8:35.8 8:39.2 8:55.46 8:26.51 8:41.79 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Gary Power USA Tom Hill USA Warren Parr AUS Sam Turner USA Alex Washington USA |
14.1 13.7 14.21 13.80 13.5w |
Mal Baird AUS Warren Parr AUS Charles Foster USA Max Binnington AUS Tom Wilcher USA |
14.4 14.2 14.21 13.88 13.6w |
Dale Frederick AUS Mal Baird AUS Don Wright AUS Pat Fogarty CAN Jeff Glass CAN |
14.5 14.4 14.25 14.22 13.7w |
-0.2 -1.1 -4.3 0.7 2.1 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Gary Knoke AUS Robert Primeaux USA Garry Brown AUS Harald Schmid FRG Nat Page USA |
51.0 50.8 51.89 50.35 49.56 |
Bill Hooker AUS Gary Knoke AUS Sam Turner USA Lloyd Guss CAN John Graham CAN |
52.7 51.6 53.08 50.79 50.11 |
Brian Donnelly CAN David Jarvis CAN Takashi Nagao JPN Yukihiro Yoshimatsu JPN Tony Valentine USA |
52.9 52.5 53.30 50.83 50.30 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Lawrie Peckham AUS John Hawkins CAN Kazunori Koshikawa JPN Dean Bauck CAN Jim Howard USA |
2.14 2.18 2.17 2.21 2.31 |
Phil Shinnick USA Chris Dunn USA Ron Livers USA Nat Page USA Brian Stanton USA |
2.06 2.14 2.13 2.21 2.27 |
Hidehiko Tomizawa JPN Claude Ferragne CAN, Lawrie Peckham AUS & Hidehiko Tomizawa JPN Moriichi Takako JPN Cai Shu CHN Shuji Ujino JPN |
2.06 2.09 2.10 2.15 2.18 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Kyoichiro Inoue JPN Vic Dias USA Bruce Simpson CAN Tomomi Takahashi JPN Steve Stubblefield USA |
5.10 5.15 5.25 5.25 5.40 |
Bob Seagren USA Bruce Simpson CAN Ray Boyd AUS Charlie Brown USA Neil Honey AUS |
4.90 5.10 5.05 5.05 5.20 |
Kiyoshi Niwa JPN Ray Boyd AUS Yasuhiro Kigawa JPN Ray Boyd AUS Toshiyuki Hashioka JPN |
4.90 5.00 5.00 5.05 5.20 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Phil May AUS Al Lanier USA Chris Commons AUS Mike Marlow USA Mike McRae USA |
7.74 7.98 8.08w 7.64 7.82w |
Shinji Ogura JPN Chris Commons AUS Kashira Machida JPN Steven Knott AUS Junichi Usui JPN |
7.58 7.91 7.64w 7.49 7.69 |
Hiroomi Yamada JPN Rick Cuttell CAN Glenn Stewart AUS Ikko Omura JPN Steve Walsh NZL |
7.56 7.59 7.59 7.36 7.46 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Phil May AUS John Craft USA Ron Livers USA Mike Marlow USA Willie Banks USA |
16.53 16.39 16.63 16.49 17.07 |
Yukito Muraki JPN Mick McGrath AUS Yasushi Ueta JPN Ken Lorraway AUS Yasushi Ueta JPN |
16.36 15.75 16.35 16.32 16.36 |
Toshiaki Inoue JPN Phil May AUS Milan Tiff USA Masami Nakanishi JPN Matt Sweeney AUS |
15.88 15.71 16.32 16.21 15.81 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Les Mills NZL Sam Walker USA Colin Anderson USA Colin Anderson USA Jesse Stuart USA |
18.90 19.04 19.62 19.76 20.24 |
Brian Oldfield USA Bruce Pirnie CAN Bruno Pauletto CAN Bishop Dolegiewicz CAN Luby Chambul CAN |
18.85 18.04 18.43 18.67 17.66 |
Dave Steen CAN Ray Rigby AUS Yuzo Koyama JPN Mike Mercer CAN Henry Smith NZL |
18.54 17.19 15.44 17.62 16.96 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
George Puce CAN Mac Wilkins USA Dan Gardner USA John Powell USA Art Swarts USA |
56.00 61.26 57.54 59.54 59.48 |
Tim Vollmer USA Ain Roost CAN Kiyotaka Kawasaki JPN Robin Tait NZL Ray Lazdins CAN |
54.96 55.68 57.44 56.08 58.20 |
Dave Steen CAN Tony Pervan NZL Wayne Martin AUS Rob Gray CAN Paul Nandapi AUS |
54.94 51.32 51.66 55.42 57.98 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
George Frenn USA Peter Farmer AUS Peter Farmer AUS Shigenobu Murofushi JPN Dave McKenzie USA |
65.00 64.94 67.62 69.52 69.62 |
Yoshihisa Ishida JPN Yoshihisa Ishida JPN Yoji Kitano JPN Dave McKenzie USA Hans Lotz AUS |
64.74 62.96 62.82 67.68 68.24 |
Shigenobu Murofushi JPN Al Hall USA Murray Cheater NZL Gus Puopolo AUS Joe Quigley AUS |
63.32 62.66 61.06 62.62 67.52 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Milt Sonsky USA Cary Feldmann USA Phil Olsen CAN Miklós Németh HUN John Stapylton-Smith NZL |
80.36 82.50 80.98 84.56 87.28 |
Hisao Yamamoto JPN Sig Koscik AUS Mike O'Rourke NZL Phil Olsen CAN Mike Mahovlich CAN |
75.34 69.36 74.32 77.36 83.46 |
Sig Koscik AUS Minoru Onda JPN John Corazza CAN Mike O'Rourke NZL Craig Christianson USA |
73.84 68.28 73.54 76.86 82.80 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1981 1985 |
John Crist USA Dave Steen CAN |
7869 8109 |
Mauricio Bardales USA Greg Haydenluck CAN |
7778 7562 |
Peter Hadfield AUS Simon Poelman NZL |
7672 7553 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Australia United States United States Canada United States |
40.8 39.7 38.85 39.6 39.30 |
Japan New Zealand Japan Australia Australia |
40.9 40.6 39.54 39.8 40.28 |
United States Japan Australia New Zealand Japan |
41.2 40.6 39.96 41.4 40.40 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
United States United States United States Australia United States |
3:07.4 3:07.0 3:07.26 3:07.03 3:03.70 |
Canada New Zealand Japan Canada Japan |
3:12.7 3:10.0 3:08.01 3:08.16 3:05.76 |
Australia Canada Australia United States Australia |
3:13.3 3:11.0 3:11.18 3:08.18 3:09.80 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Marion Hoffman AUS Raelene Boyle AUS Denise Robertson AUS Angela Bailey CAN Michelle Finn USA |
11.7 11.8 11.67 11.46 11.63 |
Penny Haworth NZL Wendy Brown NZL Debbie Wells AUS Diane Holden AUS Angela Phipps CAN |
11.9 11.8 11.79 11.65 11.77 |
Stephanie Berto CAN Denise Robertson AUS Wendy Brown NZL Helen Edwards AUS Katherine Wallace USA |
11.9 11.8 11.91 11.67 11.79 |
0.0 -1.3 -2.9 1.4 1.5 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Raelene Boyle AUS Denise Robertson AUS Denise Robertson AUS Angela Bailey CAN Gwen Torrence USA |
23.9 23.6 22.87 23.37 23.57 |
Marion Hoffman AUS Raelene Boyle AUS Debbie Wells AUS Diane Holden AUS Maree Chapman AUS |
24.1 23.7 23.64 23.47 23.59 |
Penny Haworth NZL Jackie Thompson USA Kim Robertson NZL Helen Edwards AUS Ella Smith USA |
24.3 24.0 23.68 23.50 23.63 |
-0.4 -2.2 -2.2 0.3 -1.0 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Kathy Hammond USA Judy Canty AUS Verna Burnard AUS Michelle Baumgartner AUS Lillie Leatherwood USA |
53.4 52.9 52.63 52.85 51.06 |
Lorraine Wilson NZL Charlene Rendina AUS Sharon Dabney USA Molly Killingbeck CAN Maree Chapman AUS |
54.5 52.9 53.03 54.01 51.72 |
Nancy Shafer USA Joyce Sadowick CAN Marian Fisher AUS Marian O'Shaughnessy (Fisher) AUS Tonya McIntosh USA |
54.6 54.0 53.19 54.30 52.64 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Cheryl Peasley AUS Mary Decker USA Francie Larrieu USA Leann Warren USA Renée Bélanger CAN |
2:04.7 2:05.1 2:06.30 2:03.52 2:02.45 |
Doris Brown USA Charlene Rendina AUS Michelle Green NZL Terri Cater AUS Veronica McIntosh USA |
2:05.4 2:05.2 2:06.68 2:04.02 2:03.45 |
Nancy Shafer USA Glenda Reiser CAN Alison Wrench AUS Liz Laban GBR Bronwyn Fleming AUS |
2:06.5 2:05.2 2:07.22 2:04.25 2:04.15 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Doris Brown USA Francie Larrieu USA Francie Larrieu USA Brit McRoberts CAN Sue Foster USA |
4:19.9 4:12.5 4:18.32 4:11.87 4:09.36 |
Val Robinson NZL Glenda Reiser CAN Debbie Pearson CAN Cindy Bremser USA Anne McKenzie NZL |
4:23.0 4:13.4 4:19.09 4:12.21 4:11.61 |
Francie Larrieu USA Thelma Wright CAN Debbie Campbell CAN & Jan Healy NZL Anna Bukis POL Penny Just AUS |
4:28.5 4:16.9 4:26.82 4:14.65 4:14.77 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1981 1985 |
Lorraine Moller NZL Sharon Dalton AUS |
9:07.86 9:06.53 |
Cindy Bremser USA Sue Lee CAN |
9:09.22 9:07.55 |
Barbara Moore NZL Christine Pfitzinger NZL |
9:14.94 9:08.95 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Pam Kilborn AUS Patty Johnson USA Deby LaPlante USA Grazyna Rabsztyn POL Stephanie Hightower USA |
13.3 13.5 14.03 13.25 13.34 |
Penny McCallum AUS Gaye Dell AUS Cheryl Boswell AUS Linda Weekly USA Sylvia Forgrave CAN |
14.0 14.0 14.35 13.77 13.61 |
Mamie Rallins USA Wendy Taylor CAN Emi Akimoto JPN Emi Akimoto JPN Lyn Stock NZL |
14.2 14.1 14.44 13.83 13.67 |
0.0 -2.1 -5.0 0.7 0.5 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1977 1981 1985 |
Marian Fisher AUS Lyn Foreman AUS Schowonda Williams USA |
57.28 57.73 56.85 |
Francine Gendron CAN Yumiko Aoi JPN Gwen Wall CAN |
58.40 59.74 57.64 |
Carmen Campton AUS Terry Yaxley NZL Lyn Grime NZL |
58.53 60.10 57.87 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Debbie Brill CAN Louise Hanna CAN Debbie Brill CAN Hisayo Fukumitsu JPN Deann Bopf AUS |
1.71 1.74 1.88 1.89 1.90 |
Carolyn Wright AUS Mikiko Sone JPN & Debbie Van Kiekebelt CAN Tamami Yagi JPN Brigitte Reid CAN Coleen Sommer USA |
1.71 1.71 1.82 1.86 1.90 |
Susan Baster NZL & Diane Jones CAN Chris Annison AUS Chris Stanton (Annison) AUS Megumi Sato JPN |
1.60 1.80 1.83 1.87 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Willye White USA Martha Watson USA Lyn Jacenko (Tillett) AUS Linda Garden AUS Carol Lewis USA |
6.26w 6.37 6.59w 6.53 6.63 |
Hiroko Yamashita JPN Lyn Tillett AUS Erica Hooker (Nixon) AUS Pam Hendren NZL Carol Galloway CAN |
6.11 6.34 6.38 6.25 6.37 |
Brenda Eisler CAN Erica Nixon AUS Noeline Hodgins NZL Jodi Anderson USA Minako Isogai JPN |
5.98 6.28 6.18 6.16 6.23 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Barbara Poulsen NZL Maren Seidler USA Gael Mulhall AUS Bev Francis AUS Ramona Pagel USA |
14.90 15.61 16.15 16.17 18.40 |
Lynn Graham USA Kayoko Hayashi JPN Kayoko Hayashi JPN Denise Wood USA Gael Martin (Mulhall) AUS |
14.84 15.14 16.00 14.79 16.05 |
Diane Charteris NZL Val Young NZL Lucette Moreau CAN Sandy Burke USA Sue Reinwald AUS |
14.48 14.62 15.40 14.72 15.68 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Jean Roberts AUS Carol Martin CAN Jane Haist CAN Zhu Junfang CHN Penny Neer USA |
51.14 50.60 55.64 55.48 61.36 |
Carol Martin CAN Joan Pavelich CAN Gael Mulhall AUS Denise Wood USA Sue Reinwald AUS |
45.72 47.48 54.40 52.60 57.30 |
Diane Charteris NZL Kayoko Hayashi JPN Lynne Winbigler USA Lucette Moreau CAN Gale Dolegiewicz CAN |
45.28 44.68 52.58 50.60 54.24 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Jay Dahlgren CAN Kate Schmidt USA Pam Matthews AUS Tessa Sanderson GBR Cathy Sulinski USA |
54.40 57.94 56.88 61.56 57.20 |
Petra Rivers AUS Mieko Takasaka JPN Karen Smith USA Sue Howland AUS Céline Chartrand CAN |
52.58 49.62 54.50 60.36 57.04 |
Chris Thompson AUS Petra Rivers AUS Keiko Myogai JPN Karen Smith USA Laurie Schultz CAN |
50.76 47.14 49.90 59.92 55.70 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1981 | Karen Page NZL | 4348 | Glynis Saunders AUS | 4290 | Jill Ross CAN | 4288 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1985 | Jocelyn Millar-Cubit AUS | 5838 | Donna Smellie CAN | 5773 | Terry Genge (Yaxley) NZL | 5451 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 |
Australia Australia Australia Canada United States |
45.1 45.3 44.26 44.5 44.25 |
Canada Canada New Zealand United States Canada |
46.0 45.3 44.95 45.4 44.76 |
New Zealand United States Canada Japan Australia |
46.4 45.4 45.99 45.7 45.00 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1977 1981 1985 |
Australia Australia United States |
3:34.24 3:34.20 3:28.20 |
Canada United States Australia |
3:37.94 3:38.81 3:33.40 |
New Zealand Canada Canada |
3:42.54 3:40.56 3:35.49 |
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