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The '''Pacific Conference Games''' were a quadrennial [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] competition, held between 1969 and 1985 and contested by [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Japan]], [[New Zealand]] and the [[United States]]. Each of the five nations hosted an edition of the competition before its dissolution in 1985. The 1981 and 1985 events were open to athletes from all nations.

The event was proposed at the [[1967 Summer Universiade]] in a specially scheduled meeting by Japanese national sports officials to their counterparts for the four other developed, Western nations with Pacific coasts. The intention was to hold a high level, two-day international [[track and field]] competition one year after each [[Summer Olympic Games]]. It was suggested in contemporary reports that the limited invitational format was designed to exclude the [[Soviet Union]] (which had boycotted the Tokyo Summer Universiade.<ref>[http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/12/09/page/87/article/15-nations-agree-to-have-track-meets 5 Nations Agree to Have Track Meets]. ''Chicago Tribune'', Section 2, pg. 3 (1967-12-09). Retrieved on 2015-01-15.</ref>

The idea of a Pacific region sports competition was revived at the [[Pacific Ocean Games]] and an [[Athletics at the Pacific Ocean Games|athletics competition]] featured at the sole edition in 1995. The games were abandoned after their first edition, however.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pog.htm Pacific Ocean Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-16.</ref>

==Editions==
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!width=60|Games
!width=100|Year
!width=150|Dates
!width=200|Host stadium
!width=150|Host city
!width=100|Host country
!width=75|Events
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| I || [[1969 Pacific Conference Games|1969]] || 26–27 September || [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Olympic Stadium]] || [[Tokyo]] || Japan || 32
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| II || [[1973 Pacific Conference Games|1973]] || 27–28 June || [[Centennial Park Stadium]] || [[Toronto]] || Canada || 32
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| III || [[1977 Pacific Conference Games|1977]] || 3–4 December || [[Bruce Stadium]] || [[Canberra]] || Australia|| 34
|-
| IV || [[1981 Pacific Conference Games|1981]] || 31 January–1 February || [[Queen Elizabeth II Park]] || [[Christchurch]] || New Zealand || 37
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| V || [[1985 Pacific Conference Games|1985]] || 22–23 June || [[Edwards Stadium]] || [[Berkeley, California]] || United States || 37
|}

==References==
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*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pcg.htm Pacific Conference Games medal results]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100225/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/compPCG.htm Results for Australian athletes]}} from Athletics Australia

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