Micronesian Games

After the inaugural 1969 edition, the Games were supposed to be a regular event. However, the second edition did not take place until 1990. Since then, the Games have been held every four years without fail.

However, after the 2018 Micronesian Games in Yap State, the Republic of the Marshall Islands was set to host the 10th edition of the Micronesian Games in Majuro; but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Majuro MicroGames was pushed back to 2023. Following a May 23 virtual meeting of the Micronesian Games Council,http://www.micronesian.games the 10th MicroGames was moved to June 15-24, 2024 in Majuro.{{cite web |title=New dates for stalled Micronesian Games announced |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/489491/new-dates-for-stalled-micronesian-games-announced |website=Radio New Zealand |date=8 May 2023 }}

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| gold_TRK = 38 | silver_TRK = 45 | bronze_TRK = 72 | name_TRK = {{flagcountry|Chuuk}}

| gold_NMI = 186 | silver_NMI = 197 | bronze_NMI = 150 | name_NMI = {{flagcountry|NMI}}

| gold_GUM = 275 | silver_GUM = 178 | bronze_GUM = 139

| gold_KIR = 2 | silver_KIR = 19 | bronze_KIR = 15

| gold_AAA = 19 | silver_AAA = 19 | bronze_AAA = 55 | name_AAA = {{flagcountry|Kosrae}}

| gold_MHL = 128 | silver_MHL = 103 | bronze_MHL = 131

| gold_NRU = 52 | silver_NRU = 18 | bronze_NRU = 20

| gold_PLW = 265 | silver_PLW = 257 | bronze_PLW = 208

| gold_PNI = 105 | silver_PNI = 147 | bronze_PNI = 147 | name_PNI = {{flagcountry|Pohnpei}}

| gold_YAP = 53 | silver_YAP = 69 | bronze_YAP = 69 | name_YAP = {{flagcountry|Yap}}

| gold_ZZZ = 17 | silver_ZZZ = 16 | bronze_ZZZ = 10 | name_ZZZ = Ponape/Kusaie {{small|(defunct)}}

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Participants include four sovereign countries (the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, and Palau), a commonwealth in political union with the United States (the Northern Mariana Islands), an organized unincorporated territory of the United States (Guam), and the four constituent States of the Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap, which compete separately from one another).

These ten countries, States and territories are all located within the Micronesian region of Oceania.

All participants also take part in the Pacific Games, although the Federated States of Micronesia competes as a unified country there.

Athletes compete in the fields of athletics, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, fast pitch softball, association football, golf, slow pitch softball, spearfishing, swimming, table tennis, triathlon, va'a canoe, volleyball and wrestling, as well as the "Micronesian all-around", which includes events like coconut tree climbing and coconut husking.

The Micronesian Games thus combine events that may be found in other international competitions with events more specific to Micronesian countries.

The Micronesian all-around (sometimes shortened to Micro all-round) is an unusual multi-event contest practiced at the Micronesian Games, a kind of pentathlon featuring skills from a traditional island lifestyle. The 2018 version included the following events:{{cite web| title=Micronesian All-Around Competition Manual |website=GameDay | publisher=2018 Micronesian Games Organizing Committee |date=2018 |url=https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=36502075}}

• Coconut climbing (men only): Participants climb up and down three coconut trees in the fastest possible time.
• Coconut husking: Participants remove the husks from 10 coconuts as fast as possible.
• Coconut grating (women only): Participants fully grate five of the coconuts they had earlier husked, again in the fastest possible time.
• Swimming: A race that starts with running from shore into the water, a swim and a short underwater swim to a target, and then a swim back to shore.
• Diving: Participants free dive to retrieve five objects from the sea bottom in the fastest possible time.
• Spear throwing: Participants throw spears at targets placed in the water.

• Pacific Games
• Athletics at the Micronesian Games
• Football at the Micronesian Games
• Spearfishing at the Micronesian Games

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