Swimming at the 2007 South Pacific Games
The swimming competition at the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa was held:
- pool: August 27-September 1 at the Samoa Aquatic Centre in the Faleata Sports Complex; and
- open water: Monday, September 3 at the Aggie Grey's Complex, in Faleolo.
All pool events were swum in a long-course (50m) pool; the open water events were 5-kilometres in length (5K).
Event schedule[]
| Date | Mon. Aug. 27 | Tue. Aug. 28 | Wed. Aug. 29 | Thu. Aug. 30 | Fri. Aug. 31 | Sat. Sep. 1 |
| E v e n t s |
50 back (M) 100 free (W) 100 breast (M) 400 I.M. (F) 200 free (M) 4x200 Free Relay (W) |
50 back (W) 100 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 I.M. (M) 200 breast (W) 4x200 Free Relay (M) |
50 breast (W) 50 breast (M) 400 free (W) 100 free (M) 100 back (W) 200 back (M) 4x100 Free Relay (W) |
400 free (M) 100 fly (W) 50 fly (M) 100 breast (W) 200 breast (M) 800 free (W) 4x100 Free Relay (M) |
50 free (M) 200 I.M. (W) 200 fly (M) 50 fly (W) 100 back (M) 4x100 Medley Relay (W) |
200 fly (W) 200 I.M. (M) 50 free (W) 1500 free (M) 200 back (W) 4x100 Medley Relay (M) |
Monday, September 3: men's and women's 5,000m Open Water swim.
Note: The 2007 swimming event schedule is the same as that of the 2003 South Pacific Games, save the nomenclature change on the relays from "400" to "4x100" and "800" to "4x200".
Results[]
Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini dominate the men's competition, winning eight individual gold medals.[1] In the women's competition, Lara Grangeon from New Caledonia won seven individual gold medals (including the open water swim) and two more gold in the relays.[1]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m Freestyle |  (NCL) |
23.37 GR |  Ryan Pini (PNG) |
23.53 | (NCL) |
23.94 |
| 100m Freestyle | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
50.80 GR | (NCL) |
51.90 |  Christopher Duenas (GUM) |
52.28 |
| 200m Freestyle | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
1:50.72 GR | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) |
1:54.63 | (NCL) |
1:55.96 |
| 400m Freestyle | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) |
4:04.92 GR | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
4:11.37 | (NCL) |
4:13.13 |
| 1500m Freestyle | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) |
17:03.21 | (NCL) |
17:23.28 |  (TAH) |
17:30.56 |
| 50m Backstroke | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
26.78 | (NCL) |
29.03 | (NCL) |
29.32 |
| 100m Backstroke | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
56.96 | (NCL) |
1:02.17 | (NCL) |
1:03.79 |
| 200m Backstroke | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
2:12.16 | (NCL) |
2:17.26 | (TAH) |
2:18.82 |
| 50m Breaststroke | (TAH) |
29.35 GR | (TAH) |
30.17 | (NCL) |
30.77 |
| 100m Breaststroke | (TAH) |
1:05.11 GR | (NCL) |
1:06.62 | (TAH) |
1:06.95 |
| 200m Breaststroke | (TAH) |
2:23.58 | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) |
2:23.71 | (NCL) |
2:26.61 |
| 50m Butterfly | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
24.55 GR | (NCL) |
25.57 | (NCL) |
26.33 |
| 100m Butterfly | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
53.46 GR | (NCL) |
57.91 | (NCL) |
58.40 |
| 200m Butterfly | (NCL) |
2:09.36 | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) |
2:09.43 | (NCL) |
2:26.79 |
| 200m I.M. | Ryan Pini (PNG) |
2:06.22 GR | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) |
2:07.27 | (NCL) |
2:15.15 |
| 400m I.M.[2] | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) |
4:40.62 | (NCL) |
4:53.07 | (NCL) |
4:54.55 |
| 4x100m Free Relay | New Caledonia Olivier Saminadin |
3:31.25 GR | Tahiti |
3:37.09 | Guam Christopher Duenas |
3:45.97 |
| 4x200m Free Relay | New Caledonia Olivier Saminadin |
7:57.20 GR | Tahiti |
8:11.89 | Guam Christopher Duenas |
8:30.70 |
| 4x100m Medley Relay | New Caledonia Olivier Saminadin |
3:56.58 GR | Tahiti |
4:01.37 |  Samoa |
4:18.90 |
| 5K Open Water | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) |
1:05:43 | (TAH) |
1:06:42 | (NCL) |
1:08:30 |
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m Freestyle |  Caroline Pickering (FIJ) |
26.37 GR | (NCL) |
27.30 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) |
27.34 |
| 100m Freestyle | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) |
57.20 GR | (NCL) |
58.80 | (NCL) |
59.37 |
| 200m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
2:08.87 GR | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) |
2:11.61 | (NCL) |
2:12.57 |
| 400m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
4:31.96 GR | (NCL) |
4:45.36 | Emma Hunter (SAM) Samoa |
4:47.93 |
| 800m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
9:15.17 GR | (NCL) |
9:56.72 | (NCL) |
10:07.65 |
| 50m Backstroke | Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) |
30.42 | (NCL) |
30.55 | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) |
30.91 |
| 100m Backstroke | (NCL) |
1:03.50 GR | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) |
1:07.12 | (NCL) |
1:09.31 |
| 200m Backstroke | (NCL) |
2:20.91 GR | Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
2:28.34 | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) |
2:42.23 |
| 50m Breaststroke | (NCL) |
34.00 GR | Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) |
35.12 | (NCL) |
35.84 |
| 100m Breaststroke | (NCL) |
1:13.69 GR | Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) |
1:16.46 | (NCL) |
1:17.35 |
| 200m Breaststroke | (NCL) |
2:46.00 | (NCL) |
2:46.56 | Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
2:52.36 |
| 50m Butterfly | Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) |
27.51 GR | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) |
28.51 NR | (NCL) |
28.88 |
| 100m Butterfly | Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) |
1:01.30 GR | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) |
1:03.65 NR | (NCL) |
1:05.44 |
| 200m Butterfly | Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
2:27.80 | (NCL) |
2:34.18 | (NCL) |
2:40.73 |
| 200m I.M. | Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
2:25.24 GR | Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) |
2:26.96 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) |
2:29.44 |
| 400m I.M | Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
5:05.72 GR | (NCL) |
5:22.95 | (NCL) |
5:23.34 |
| 4x100m Free Relay |
New Caledonia Diane Bui Duyet Lara Grangeon |
4:01.72 GR | Tahiti |
4:27.36 | none | |
| 4x200m Free Relay |
New Caledonia Diane Bui Duyet Lara Grangeon |
8:51.41 GR | Tahiti |
9:46.75 | none | |
| 4x100m Medley Relay |
New Caledonia Diane Bui Duyet |
4:23.99 GR | Tahiti |
5:07.20 | none | |
| 5K Open Water (time= hr:min:sec) |
Lara Grangeon (NCL) |
1:09:39 | Emma Hunter (SAM) Samoa |
1:15:26 | (NCL) |
1:15:37 |
Participating countries[]
125 swimmers from 10 countries were entered in the swimming events at the 2007 Games—a record—with Tokelau and the Marshall Islands participating in the SPG Swimming events for the first time.[3] Countries entered in the swimming competition are:
Notes[]
- ^ a b SPG Results 2007, pp. 47–55.
- ^ There were only 3 entrants in the men's 400 IM, so the 3 medalists represent the full results for the event.
- ^ Record Entries for Swimming, 2007 South Pacific Games website. Published 2007-05-29, retrieved 2009-07-06.
Sources[]
- 2007 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
External links[]
- 2007 South Pacific Games — Swimming website; retrieved 2009-07-06.
Categories:
- 2007 South Pacific Games
- 2007 in swimming
- Swimming at the Pacific Games