2010 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 8th Oceania Swimming Championships were held 21–26 June 2010, at the Tuanaimato Aquatic Centre in Apia, Samoa.^[1]^[2] It was the eight edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming.^[3] The open water events were swum in the waters off Faleasiu.

Participating countries[]

Countries with confirmed teams^[3] for the 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships were:

Event Schedule[]

Date	Monday 21 June	Tuesday 22 June	Wednesday 23 June	Thursday 24 June	Friday 25 June	Saturday 26 June
S w i m m i n g		50 fly 200 free 100 back 200 fly 1500 free (men)	50 back 100 free 100 breast 400 IM 4×200 free relay		50 breast 400 free 100 fly 200 back 4×100 free relay	800 free (women) 200 IM 50 free 200 breast 4×100 medley relay
Open Water	5K			10K
Synchro		Noon-5 pm	Noon-5 pm		Noon-5 pm	Noon-5 pm

Results[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	James Roberts Australia	22.95	Australia	23.09	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea	23.49
100 m freestyle	Australia	50.64	James Roberts Australia	50.75	Andrew McMillan New Zealand	51.16
200 m freestyle	Andrew McMillan New Zealand	1:50.74	Matthew Terry Australia	1:51.79	Australia	1:52.88
400 m freestyle	Matthew Terry Australia	3:53.59	Australia	3:59.67	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett New Zealand	3:59.99
1500 m freestyle	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett New Zealand	15:43.02	Australia	15:45.04	Australia	16:22.84

50 m backstroke	Australia	26.47	Australia	27.11	Hawaii	27.31
100 m backstroke	Australia	56.37	Australia	58.09	Hawaii	58.15
200 m backstroke^[7]	Australia	2:01.88	Mitch Larkin Australia	2:03.03	Hawaii	2:11.58

50 m breaststroke^[8]	Amini Fonua Tonga	28.57	New Zealand	28.64	New Zealand	29.69
100 m breaststroke^[9]	New Zealand	1:02.79	Australia	1:03.37	Amini Fonua Tonga	1:03.49
200 m breaststroke	Australia	2:15.27 CR	New Caledonia	2:17.16	New Zealand	2:21.01

50 m butterfly^[10]	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea	24.64	James Roberts Australia	24.98	Amini Fonua Tonga	25.02
100 m butterfly	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea	53.98	Grant Irvine Australia	54.19	Andrew McMillan New Zealand	54.47
200 m butterfly	Andrew McMillan New Zealand	2:00.02	New Zealand	2:01.14	Grant Irvine Australia	2:01.76

200 m individual medley	Mitch Larkin Australia	2:04.14	Steven Kent New Zealand	2:05.95	Australia	2:07.72
400 m individual medley	Mitch Larkin Australia	4:22.17 CR	Steven Kent New Zealand	4:37.22	Hawaii	4:37.88

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia , James Roberts, ,	3:23.79	New Zealand Andrew McMillan, Steven Kent, Matthew Stanley,	3:30.32	New Caledonia , , ,	3:33.22
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia	7:28.61	New Zealand	7:32.97	New Caledonia	7:53.07
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia , , Grant Irvine,	3:43.97	New Zealand Dylan Dunlop-Barrett, , , Andrew McMillan	3:49.55	New Caledonia , , ,	3:55.23

5k open water	Australia	58.13	Australia	58.15	New Zealand	58.18
10k open water	Australia	2:05:19.71	New Zealand	2:07:05.74	Hawaii	2:14:34.25

Legend: CR – Championship record

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Australia	26.25	New Zealand	26.36	Australia	26.53
100 m freestyle	Australia	56.16	Jade Neilsen Australia	57.03	New Zealand	57.29
200 m freestyle	Australia	2:01.21	Australia	2:02.65	Samantha Lucie-Smith New Zealand	2:03.26
400 m freestyle	Jade Neilsen Australia	4:17.44	Australia	4:17.61	Samantha Lucie-Smith New Zealand	4:20.60
800 m freestyle^[11]	Australia	8:46.53	Belinda Bennett Australia	8:48.75	Samantha Lucie-Smith New Zealand	8:57.62

50 m backstroke	Australia	29.70	New Zealand	29.84	Australia	29.99
100 m backstroke	Australia	1:02.47	New Zealand	1:02.67	Sophia Batchelor New Zealand	1:02.79
200 m backstroke	Sophia Batchelor New Zealand	2:11.94	Australia	2:12.15	New Zealand	2:15.64

50 m breaststroke	Australia	32.30	Australia	33.82	New Caledonia	36.26
100 m breaststroke	Australia	1:08.86 CR	Grace Francis New Zealand	1:12.07	Pilar Shimizu Guam	1:18.82
200 m breaststroke	Australia	2:26.63 CR	Grace Francis New Zealand	2:34.40	New Caledonia	2:52.99

50 m butterfly	New Zealand	27.69	Madeline Groves Australia	27.86	Amy Smith Australia	28.09
100 m butterfly	Madeline Groves Australia	1:00.11	Amy Smith Australia	1:00.88	New Zealand	1:01.32
200 m butterfly	Madeline Groves Australia	2:12.49	Amy Smith Australia	2:12.98	New Zealand	2:15.47

200 m individual medley	Grace Francis New Zealand	2:15.89	Australia	2:17.27	Australia	2:20.36
400 m individual medley	Australia	4:56.19	Samantha Lucie-Smith New Zealand	5:02.24	Hawaii	5:12.73

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia , , Jade Neilsen,	3:47.48	New Zealand , , Samantha Lucie-Smith, Sophia Batchelor	3:51.10	Hawaii , , ,	4:07.46
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia	8:18.58	New Zealand	8:36.06	Hawaii	8:53.29
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia , , Madeline Groves,	4:08.92 CR	New Zealand , Grace Francis, ,	4:18.54	Hawaii , , ,	4:40.72

5k open water	Belinda Bennett Australia	1:00.22	Australia	1:03.15	Hawaii	1:08.20
10k open water	Belinda Bennett Australia	2:17:18.24	Australia	2:17:19.27	New Caledonia	2:35:30.89

Legend: CR – Championship record

Overall medal table[]

Medal standings for the Swimming and Open Water competitions are:

* Host nation (Samoa)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	32	24	8	64
2	New Zealand (NZL)	7	17	13	37
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	2	0	1	3
4	Tonga (TGA)	1	0	2	3
5	New Caledonia (NCL)	0	1	7	8
6	Hawaii (HAW)	0	0	10	10
7	Guam (GUM)	0	0	1	1
8	Cook Islands (COK)	0	0	0	0
	Fiji (FIJ)	0	0	0	0
	Marshall Islands (MHL)	0	0	0	0
	Palau (PLW)	0	0	0	0
	Samoa (SAM)*	0	0	0	0
Totals (12 nations)		42	42	42	126

References[]

^ Oceania Swimming Championships 2010 website. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
^ 2010 Oceania Swimming and Open Water Championships subpage of the Swimming New Zealand website; retrieved 2010-04-.05.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Final Report on the 2010 Oceania Championships published by the in May 2010; retrieved from the Oceania Swimming Association website on 2010-06-18.
^ Rising stars head to Samoa for Oceania Championships Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine published by Swimming Australia on 2010-06-18, retrieved 2010-06-21.
^ New Zealand team heads to Samoa for Oceania Championships published by Swimming New Zealand on 2010-06-19, retrieved 2010-06-21.
^ Seven aim for victory by Rosalia Setefano for the Samoa Observer. Published 2010-06-19, retrieved 2010-06-22.
^ In the Men's 200 m backstroke event, Australia's Bobby Jovanovich placed third the event in a time of 2:07.96 but was unable to claim the bronze medal due to the Oceania Championship rule that states that a single country can only claim the first two medals in any single event.
^ In the Men's 50 m breaststroke event, Tonga's Amini Fonua won the event in a time of 28.57 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
^ In the Men's 100 m breaststroke event, Tonga's Fonua Amini placed third the event in a time of 1:03.49 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
^ In the Men's 50 m butterfly event, Tonga's Amini Fonua claimed third in the event in a time of 25.02 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
^ In the Women's 800 m freestyle event, Australia's Jessica Ashwood placed third the event in a time of 8:54.79 but was unable to claim the bronze medal due to the Oceania Championship rule that states that a single country can only claim the first two medals in any single event.

[1] Oceania Swimming Championships 2010 website. Retrieved 2010-06-24.

[2] 2010 Oceania Swimming and Open Water Championships subpage of the Swimming New Zealand website; retrieved 2010-04-.05.

[finalreport-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Final Report on the 2010 Oceania Championships published by the in May 2010; retrieved from the Oceania Swimming Association website on 2010-06-18.

[4] Rising stars head to Samoa for Oceania Championships Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine published by Swimming Australia on 2010-06-18, retrieved 2010-06-21.

[5] New Zealand team heads to Samoa for Oceania Championships published by Swimming New Zealand on 2010-06-19, retrieved 2010-06-21.

[6] Seven aim for victory by Rosalia Setefano for the Samoa Observer. Published 2010-06-19, retrieved 2010-06-22.

[7] In the Men's 200 m backstroke event, Australia's Bobby Jovanovich placed third the event in a time of 2:07.96 but was unable to claim the bronze medal due to the Oceania Championship rule that states that a single country can only claim the first two medals in any single event.

[8] In the Men's 50 m breaststroke event, Tonga's Amini Fonua won the event in a time of 28.57 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

[9] In the Men's 100 m breaststroke event, Tonga's Fonua Amini placed third the event in a time of 1:03.49 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

[10] In the Men's 50 m butterfly event, Tonga's Amini Fonua claimed third in the event in a time of 25.02 but FINA regulations were unclear as to his eligibility. As of September 2010, Fonua was eligible to compete for Tonga at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

[11] In the Women's 800 m freestyle event, Australia's Jessica Ashwood placed third the event in a time of 8:54.79 but was unable to claim the bronze medal due to the Oceania Championship rule that states that a single country can only claim the first two medals in any single event.

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