2008 Oceania Swimming Championships

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The 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships were held in New Zealand and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming. It was the 7th Oceania Swimming Championships and second time that New Zealand hosted the event after playing host to the 2000 Championships.

The open water competitions were held from 3 February to 5 February near Rotorua in Lake Okataina and Lake Rotoma whilst the swimming and synchronized swimming competitions were carried out from 5 June to 8 June in Christchurch at the QEII Leisure Centre.

Twelve of the 13 federated members of the Oceania Swimming Association competed with the Northern Mariana Islands the only member not to send any swimmers. Two associate members also attending, bringing the total to 14: the French overseas department New Caledonia and the USA State Hawaii.

Medal Tally[]

The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a member federation (or associate member) of the Oceania Swimming Association. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. The host country, New Zealand, is highlighted in lavender. The greatest number of medals won in each medal category, gold, silver, bronze, and total, is in boldface.

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Zealand (NZL)*2117846
2 Australia (AUS)17201855
3 Papua New Guinea (PNG)1023
4 Hawaii (HAW)0055
5 New Caledonia (NCL)0044
6 French Polynesia (PYF)0011
7 American Samoa (ASA)0000
 Cook Islands (COK)0000
 Fiji (FIJ)0000
 Guam (GUM)0000
 Marshall Islands (MHL)0000
 Micronesia (FSM)0000
 Northern Mariana Islands (NMI)0000
 Palau (PLW)0000
 Samoa (SAM)0000
Totals (15 nations)393738114

Swimming[]

A total of 38 swimming events were contested in a 50-metre pool. To give the smaller island nations a chance against the stronger swimming nations of Australia and New Zealand the championships rules stated that in the individual events only the top two qualifiers from each country progress through to the final with the third fastest swimmer only from those countries with two swimmers qualifying for the ‘A’ final permitted to swim in the ‘B’ final. In the relay events it was one medal per country. So, for example, if New Zealand 'A' finishes first, Australia 'A' finishes second, New Zealand 'B' finishes third and New Caledonia finishes fourth, New Caledonia would be awarded the bronze medal.

Key[]

  • CR - Championship record
  • NR - National record

Men's events[]

Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Freestyle
Men's 50 m
William Benson
 New Zealand
Mark Herring
 New Zealand		 22.92 CR
 Australia		 23.27
Men's 100 m
Mark Herring
 New Zealand		 50.17 Cameron Gibson
 New Zealand		 50.43
 Australia		 50.61
Men's 200 m
Robert Hurley
 Australia		 1:48.84 CR Andrew McMillan
 New Zealand		 1:51.14
 Australia		 1:51.44
Men's 400 m
Robert Hurley
 Australia		 3:53.56 CR
 Australia		 3:54.77
 New Zealand		 4:00.81
Men's 1500 m

 Australia		 15:27.31 CR Kane Radford
 New Zealand		 15:43.87
 New Zealand		 15:48.17
Backstroke
Men's 50 m
Robert Hurley
 Australia		 25.64 CR Daniel Bell
 New Zealand		 26.13 Bradley Byrne
 Australia		 26.56
Men's 100 m
Robert Hurley
 Australia		 55.04 CR
 Australia		 56.54 Gareth Kean
 New Zealand		 56.82
Men's 200 m
Robert Hurley
 Australia		 2:01.23 CR
 New Zealand		 2:02.08
 New Zealand		 2:04.35
Breaststroke
Men's 50 m
Glenn Snyders
 New Zealand		 28.31 CR
 Australia		 29.03
 Tahiti		 29.61
Men's 100 m
Glenn Snyders
 New Zealand		 1:02.31
 Australia		 1:03.16 Dean Kent
 New Zealand		 1:03.92
Men's 200 m
Glenn Snyders
 New Zealand		 2:16.24 CR
 Australia		 2:16.36
 Hawaii		 2:28.60
Butterfly
Men's 50 m
Corney Swanepoel
 New Zealand		 23.98 CR Chris Wright
 Australia		 24.32 Ryan Pini
 Papua New Guinea		 24.48
Men's 100 m
Ryan Pini
 Papua New Guinea		 52.33 CR Corney Swanepoel
 New Zealand		 52.54 Chris Wright
 Australia		 53.40
Men's 200 m
Moss Burmester
 New Zealand		 1:58.00 CR Chris Wright
 Australia		 1:59.50 Ryan Napoleon
 Australia		 2:02.11
Individual Medley
Men's 200 m
Dean Kent
 New Zealand		 2:02.21 CR Stephen Parkes
 Australia		 2:05.71 John Gatfield
 New Zealand		 2:07.04
Men's 400 m
Stephen Parkes
 Australia		 4:30.49
 New Zealand		 4:36.32
 New Zealand		 4:41.64
Freestyle Relay
Men's 4×100 m
Mark Herring
Orinoco Faamausili-Banse
William Benson
Cameron Gibson
 New Zealand		 3:19.91 CR
Chris Wright

Robert Hurley
 Australia		 3:22.84 ?
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 New Caledonia		 3:35.12
Men's 4×200 m
Ryan Napoleon


Robert Hurley
 Australia		 7:25.63 CR ?
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 New Zealand		 7:33.29 ?
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 New Caledonia		 8:11.72
Medley Relay
Men's 4×100 m
Daniel Bell
Glenn Snyders
Corney Swanepoel
Cameron Gibson
 New Zealand		 3:38.62 CR Robert Hurley

Chris Wright

 Australia		 3:38.90 ?
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 New Caledonia		 4:02.88

Women's events[]

Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Freestyle
Women's 50 m

 Australia		 25.84 CR
 Australia		 26.05 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane
 Papua New Guinea		 26.84
Women's 100 m
Hayley Palmer
 New Zealand		 55.55 CR Merindah Dingjan
 Australia		 56.27
 Australia		 56.54
Women's 200 m
Helen Norfolk
 New Zealand		 2:00.31 CR Lauren Boyle
 New Zealand		 2:00.73 Merindah Dingjan
 Australia		 2:02.80
Women's 400 m
Lauren Boyle
 New Zealand		 4:14.29
 Australia		 4:16.45
 Australia		 4:16.73
Women's 800 m
Lauren Boyle
 New Zealand		 8:44.06
 Australia		 8:45.72
 Australia		 8:51.21
Backstroke
Women's 50 m
Elizabeth Coster
 New Zealand		 28.16 CR
 New Zealand		 28.46
 Australia		 28.50
Women's 100 m
Elizabeth Coster
 New Zealand		 59.44 CR Melissa Ingram
 New Zealand		 59.87
 Australia		 1:00.40
Women's 200 m
Melissa Ingram
 New Zealand		 2:11.03 CR
 Australia		 2:14.55
 Australia		 2:17.32
Breaststroke
Women's 50 m

 Australia		 32.22 CR Annabelle Carey
 New Zealand		 33.14
 Australia		 33.76
Women's 100 m

 Australia		 1:11.30 Annabelle Carey
 New Zealand		 1:11.53
 Australia		 1:15.27
Women's 200 m

 Australia		 2:34.66 Annabelle Carey
 New Zealand		 2:46.48
 Hawaii		 2:47.88
Butterfly
Women's 50 m
Amy Smith
 Australia		 27.46
 Australia		 27.92
 New Zealand		 28.52
Women's 100 m
Amy Smith
 Australia		 59.96 CR Elizabeth Coster
 New Zealand		 1:00.07 NR
 Australia		 1:01.29
Women's 200 m
Amy Smith
 Australia		 2:09.63 CR
 Australia		 2:15.15
 Hawaii		 2:32.37
Individual Medley
Women's 200 m
Helen Norfolk
 New Zealand		 2:14.74 CR
 Australia		 2:18.37 Blair Evans
 Australia		 2:20.43
Women's 400 m
Helen Norfolk
 New Zealand		 4:47.32 CR Blair Evans
 Australia		 4:54.03
 Australia		 4:58.93
Freestyle Relay
Women's 4×100 m



Merindah Dingjan
 Australia		 3:47.32 ?
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 New Zealand		 4:00.19 ?
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 New Caledonia		 4:08.03
Women's 4×200 m
Helen Norfolk
Lauren Boyle
Hayley Palmer
Tash Hind
 New Zealand		 8:10.78 CR Merindah Dingjan
Blair Evans


 Australia		 8:13.31 ?
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 Hawaii		 9:06.10
Medley Relay
Women's 4×100 m


Amy Smith

 Australia		 4:09.14 CR ?
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 New Zealand		 4:11.68 ?
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 Hawaii		 4:36.98

Open Water Swimming[]

Men's events[]

Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Men's 5 km
Trent Grimsey
 Australia		 58:34.21 Kane Radford
 New Zealand		 59:41.30
 Australia		 59:47.39
Men's 10 km
Trent Grimsey
 Australia		 1:59:34.8 Kane Radford
 New Zealand		 1:59:53.2
 Australia		 2:00:06.9

Women's events[]

Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Women's 5 km

 Australia		 1:01:30.90
 Australia		 1:01:31.99
 New Zealand		 1:06:43:55
Women's 10 km

 Australia		 2:04:51.0
 Australia		 2:04:51.0
 New Zealand		 2:08:22.4

Synchronized Swimming[]

Records broken[]

During the 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships, 42 Championship Records (or Meet Records) were set. Multiple Continental and National Records were also set.

Championship records[]

See also[]

  • Oceania Swimming Championship records

External links[]

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