2002 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 2002 Oceania Swimming Championships were held 11–14 June in Nouméa, New Caledonia.^[1]

All swimming competition listed below were swum in a 50m (long-course) pool.

Participating countries[]

The 2002 Oceania Swimming Championships featured 117 swimmers from:

Event schedule[]

Date	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
E v e n t s	200 free (M) 50 breast (W) 200 fly (W) 50 back (M) 400 IM (W) 400 IM (M) 400 free relay (M) 800 free relay (W)	100 fly (M) 100 free (W) 100 breast (M) 100 back (W) 50 free (M) 200 breast (W) 400 free (M) 50 fly (W) 200 back (M) 800 free relay (M) 800 free (W)	50 back (W) 50 breast (M) 200 fly (M) 400 free (W) 400 free relay (W)	100 back (M) 100 breast (W) 100 fly (W) 100 free (M) 50 free (W) 200 breast (M) 200 back (W) 200 IM (M) 200 IM (M) 50 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 medley relay (M) 400 medley relay (W) 1500 free (M)

Semifinals were held in the 50s and 100s. In the 50s the semifinals were held the same evening as the final; in the 100s the semifinals were held the night before the finals.

Results[]

Swimming[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Freestyle	Australia	23.20	Australia	23.39	New Caledonia	23.59
100m Freestyle	Australia	51.15 CR	Australia	51.19	Australia	51.49
200m Freestyle	Nicholas Sprenger Australia	1:52.18 CR	Australia	1:52.23	Australia	1:54.80
400m Freestyle	Australia	3:56.95 CR	Nicholas Sprenger Australia	3:58.88	Travis Nederpelt Australia	3:59.36
1500m Freestyle	Travis Nederpelt Australia	15:42.07	Australia	15:53.55	Matthew Dodds New Zealand	16:21.74

50m Backstroke	Australia	26.84 CR	Australia	26.93	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea	27.18
100m Backstroke	Australia	57.04 CR	Australia	57.10	Australia	58.70
200m Backstroke	Adam Lucas Australia	2:03.47 CR	Australia	2:05.55	Australia	2:06.13

50m Breaststroke	Australia	29.39 CR	Luke Trickett Australia	29.66	New Zealand	30.44
100m Breaststroke	Australia	1:03.28 CR	Luke Trickett Australia	1:03.58	New Zealand	1:06.30
200m Breaststroke	Luke Trickett Australia	2:16.38 CR	Australia	2:18.75	New Zealand	2:27.02

50m Butterfly	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea	25.07	Australia	25.11	Hawaii	25.90
100m Butterfly	Australia	55.07	Australia	55.67	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea	55.70
200m Butterfly	Australia	2:02.12	Travis Nederpelt Australia	2:04.29	Andrew McMillan New Zealand	2:04.37

200m I.M.	Australia	2:03.99 CR	Adam Lucas Australia	2:06.00	Olivier Saminadin New Caledonia	2:06.16
400m I.M	Adam Lucas Australia	4:24.57 CR	Australia	4:25.20	Olivier Saminadin New Caledonia	4:26.52

400m Free Relay	Australia Adam Lucas Travis Nederpelt	3:25.57 CR	New Caledonia Olivier Saminadin	3:33.34	New Zealand Andrew McMillan Mark Herring	3:36.03
800m Free Relay	Australia Nicholas Sprenger	7:37.32	New Zealand Andrew McMillan Matthew Dodds	7:53.66	New Caledonia Olivier Saminadin	8:00.45
400m Medley Relay	Australia Luke Trickett	3:45.44 CR	New Zealand Mark Herring Andrew McMillan	4:00.19	New Caledonia Olivier Saminadin	4:02.38

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Freestyle^[2]	Caroline Pickering Fiji	26.27	Lisbeth Lenton Australia	26.51	Australia	26.67
100m Freestyle	Alison Fitch New Zealand	56.84	Australia	56.95	Lisbeth Lenton Australia	57.09
200m Freestyle	Australia	2:03.20 CR	Sarah Jackson New Zealand	2:03.62	Alison Fitch New Zealand	2:03.63
400m Freestyle	Australia	4:16.87 CR	Jessicah Schipper Australia	4:19.78	Australia	4:21.06
800m Freestyle	Australia	8:48.52 CR	Australia	9:01.67	Rebecca Linton New Zealand	9:01.77

50m Backstroke	Australia	30.21	Nicole Seah Australia	30.78	Lisbeth Lenton Australia	30.89
100m Backstroke	Australia	1:03.64 CR	Sophie Edington Australia	1:03.86	Nicole Seah Australia	1:04.88
200m Backstroke	Australia	2:18.45	Australia	2:19.05	Hawaii	2:22.54

50m Breaststroke	Australia	33.81	Australia	34.05	Lara Carroll Australia	34.18
100m Breaststroke	Australia	1:12.21	Australia	1:13.24	Lara Carroll Australia	1:14.43
200m Breaststroke	Australia	2:34.55	New Zealand	2:38.07	Australia	2:38.19

50m Butterfly	Lisbeth Lenton Australia	28.03	Australia	28.15	New Zealand	28.64
100m Butterfly	Jessicah Schipper Australia	1:00.80 CR	Australia	1:01.49	Lisbeth Lenton Australia	1:03.69
200m Butterfly	Jessicah Schipper Australia	2:14.11 CR	Australia	2:14.90	Australia	2:17.85

200m I.M.	Lara Carroll Australia	2:20.17	Australia	2:20.20	Australia	2:20.96
400m I.M	Australia	4:54.14	Lara Carroll Australia	4:58.90	New Zealand	5:02.38

400m Free Relay	Australia Sophie Edington Lisbeth Lenton	3:49.23 CR	New Zealand Alison Fitch Rebecca Linton Sarah Jackson	3:56.37	New Caledonia	4:12.35
800m Free Relay	New Zealand Sarah Jackson Rebecca Linton Alison Fitch	8:22.62 CR	Australia	8:28.16	New Caledonia Charlotte Robin	9:17.12
400m Medley Relay	Australia Jessicah Schipper	4:15.78 CR	New Zealand Nathalie Bernard Alison Fitch	4:30.21	New Caledonia	4:49.17

Overall medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	34	31	16	81
2	New Zealand (NZL)	2	6	10	18
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	0	2	3
4	Fiji (FIJ)	1	0	0	1
5	New Caledonia (NCL)	0	1	8	9
6	Hawaii (HAW)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 nations)		38	38	38	114

References[]

^ Aussies dominate Oceania Games, Swimming World Magazine online, published 14 July 2002; retrieved 2010-04-08.
^ In semifinals of the women's 50 free, Lisbeth Lenton swam a 26.08 to set the Championship Record.

2002 Oceania Championships results (from www.swiminfo.co.nz) for: Swimming, 5K, 10K, Synchro

[1] Aussies dominate Oceania Games, Swimming World Magazine online, published 14 July 2002; retrieved 2010-04-08.

[2] In semifinals of the women's 50 free, Lisbeth Lenton swam a 26.08 to set the Championship Record.

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