The 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships

Oceania Swimming Championships

The Oceania Swimming Championships are currently held every 2 years, in even years. They are organized by the Oceania Swimming Association, and feature teams representing countries and islands from that region....

were held May 15-19, 2004 at the National Aquatics Center in Suva, Fiji

Suva

Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...

. This was the fifth edition of the Championships, and featured competitions in: swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming (synchro). The synchro competition marked the first time the sport had been swum in Fiji.

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

Participating countries

The 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships featured 134 swimmers from 11 countries, and the USA State of Hawaii:
(4) (35) (2) (10) (4) (4)
(24) (41) (2) (1) (3) (4)

Event schedule

Date	May 15	May 16	May 17	May 18	May 19
S w i m *	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 (W) 50 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 medley relay (M) 400 medley relay (W) 1500 free (M)
Open Water			5-kilometer (5K)		10-kilometer (10K)
Synchro		Junior Figures Senior Technical Solo		Junior Duet Senior Free Solo Senior Technical Duet	Junior Solo Senior Free Duet Free Routine Combination

• (*) Semifinals were held in the events 50 and 100 in length. 50 semifinals were held the same evening as their final; 100 semifinals were held the evening before the final.

Men

50m Freestyle	Carl Probert Carl Probert Carl Harvie Probert is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       Fiji	23.44	Gilles Dumesnil      New Caledonia	23.70	Andrew Lauterstein Andrew Lauterstein Andrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...       Australia	23.79
100m Freestyle	Leith Brodie Leith Brodie Leith Brodie is an Australian sprint freestyle and medley swimmer.-External links:...       Australia	51.59	Andrew Lauterstein Andrew Lauterstein Andrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...       Australia	51.63	Carl Probert Carl Probert Carl Harvie Probert is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       Fiji	52.03
200m Freestyle	Josh Krogh      Australia	1:51.81 CR	Andrew Thompson      Australia	1:52.19	Ephraim Hannant      Australia	1:52.64
400m Freestyle	Josh Krogh      Australia	3:55.68 CR	Brendon Hughes      Australia	3:56.92	Andrew Thompson      Australia	3:58.95
1500m Freestyle	Josh Krogh      Australia	15:37.66	Andrew Thompson      Australia	15:39.71	Ephraim Hannant      Australia	15:44.14
50m Backstroke	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	26.83 CR	Scott Talbot-Cameron Scott Talbot-Cameron Scott Talbot-Cameron is a 2-time Olympic and National Record holding backstroke swimmer from New Zealand...       New Zealand	27.06	Michael Jackson      Australia	27.31
100m Backstroke	Andrew Lauterstein Andrew Lauterstein Andrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...       Australia	56.86	Andrew Burns      Australia	57.51	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	57.81
200m Backstroke	Andrew Burns      Australia	2:01.77 CR	Michael Jackson      Australia	2:05.46	Leith Brodie Leith Brodie Leith Brodie is an Australian sprint freestyle and medley swimmer.-External links:...       Australia	2:06.11
50m Breaststroke	Mark Riley      Australia	28.82 CR	Rainui Teriipaia      Tahiti	29.34	James Beasley      Australia	29.50
100m Breaststroke	Mark Riley      Australia	1:03.34	James Beasley      Australia	1:03.85	Rainui Teriipaia      Tahiti	1:05.08
200m Breaststroke	Mark Riley      Australia	2:17.80	James Beasley      Australia	2:18.66	Richard Adamson      New Zealand	2:22.95
50m Butterfly	Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       New Zealand	24.25	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	24.84	Andrew Lauterstein Andrew Lauterstein Andrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...       Australia	25.17
100m Butterfly	Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel Corney Swanepoel is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       New Zealand	53.30 CR	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	54.06	Andrew Lauterstein Andrew Lauterstein Andrew George Lauterstein is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.- Personal :...       Australia	54.89
200m Butterfly	Josh Krogh      Australia	1:59.49 CR	Andrew Richards      Australia	2:00.20	Brendon Hughes      Australia	2:02.47
200m I.M.	Dean Kent Dean Kent Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...       New Zealand	2:04.79	Mitchell Bacon      Australia	2:05.14	Leith Brodie Leith Brodie Leith Brodie is an Australian sprint freestyle and medley swimmer.-External links:...       Australia	2:07.08
400m I.M	Mitchell Bacon      Australia	4:26.41	Dean Kent Dean Kent Dean Kent is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.At the 2004 Olympics, he set the New Zealand Records in the 200 and 400 IMs...       New Zealand	4:27.55	Michael Jackson      Australia	4:29.94
400m Free Relay	Australia	3:25.97	New Zealand	3:30.12	New Caledonia	3:43.82
800m Free Relay	Australia	7:31.34 CR	New Zealand	7:47.10	New Caledonia	8:26.81
400m Medley Relay	Australia	3:44.71 CR	New Zealand	3:48.87	Fiji	4:09.56

Women

50m Freestyle	Danni Miatke Danni Miatke -Biography:Born in Darwin, Northern Territory in 1987, Miatke began competitive swimming in 1995. She first represented the Northern Territory in 1998 at the national School Sport Swimming and Diving Championships. She first won gold for the Territory in 1999 at the Australian Age Championships, in...       Australia	26.37	Alison Fitch Alison Fitch Alison Rachel Fitch is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	26.80	Sally Foster Sally Foster Sally Foster is an Australian breaststroke swimmer.She won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke event at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships....       Australia	26.90
100m Freestyle	Alison Fitch Alison Fitch Alison Rachel Fitch is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	57.54	Danni Miatke Danni Miatke -Biography:Born in Darwin, Northern Territory in 1987, Miatke began competitive swimming in 1995. She first represented the Northern Territory in 1998 at the national School Sport Swimming and Diving Championships. She first won gold for the Territory in 1999 at the Australian Age Championships, in...       Australia	57.62	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...       Australia	57.80
200m Freestyle	Lara Davenport Lara Davenport Lara Shiree Davenport OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer who specialises in the 200 m event.At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Davenport competed in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay...       Australia	2:02.78	Briody Murphy      Australia	2:02.91	Haylee Reddaway      Australia	2:03.29
400m Freestyle	Briody Murphy      Australia	4:12.91 CR	Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams holds the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is currently a medical student at George Washington University....       Australia	4:17.77	Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	4:22.62
800m Freestyle	Briody Murphy      Australia	8:42.22 CR	Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams holds the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is currently a medical student at George Washington University....       Australia	8:44.19	Haylee Reddaway      Australia	8:50.59
50m Backstroke	Elizabeth Coster      New Zealand	30.14 CR	Karina Leane      Australia	30.18	Danni Miatke Danni Miatke -Biography:Born in Darwin, Northern Territory in 1987, Miatke began competitive swimming in 1995. She first represented the Northern Territory in 1998 at the national School Sport Swimming and Diving Championships. She first won gold for the Territory in 1999 at the Australian Age Championships, in...       Australia	30.50
100m Backstroke	Karina Leane      Australia	1:03.90	Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams holds the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is currently a medical student at George Washington University....       Australia	1:04.33	Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane...       Australia	1:04.56
200m Backstroke	Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams Stephanie Williams holds the title of Miss District of Columbia 2010, and competed in the Miss America 2011 Pageant on January 15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a graduate of Wagner College, with a B.S. in Arts Administration, and is currently a medical student at George Washington University....       Australia	2:14.58 CR	Karina Leane      Australia	2:16.22	Shannon Clayton      New Zealand	2:18.89
50m Breaststroke	Jade Edmistone Jade Edmistone Jade Edmistone is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the former world-record holder in the 50 m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. She is coached by Stephan Widmar at the Commercial Swim Club in Brisbane...       Australia	32.43 CR	Sally Foster Sally Foster Sally Foster is an Australian breaststroke swimmer.She won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke event at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships....       Australia	32.46	Chelsea Nagata      Hawaii	35.62
100m Breaststroke	Jade Edmistone Jade Edmistone Jade Edmistone is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the former world-record holder in the 50 m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. She is coached by Stephan Widmar at the Commercial Swim Club in Brisbane...       Australia	1:09.96 CR	Sally Foster Sally Foster Sally Foster is an Australian breaststroke swimmer.She won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke event at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships....       Australia	1:10.37	Kelly Bentley      New Zealand	1:16.47
200m Breaststroke	Sally Foster Sally Foster Sally Foster is an Australian breaststroke swimmer.She won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke event at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships....       Australia	2:32.70	Jade Edmistone Jade Edmistone Jade Edmistone is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the former world-record holder in the 50 m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. She is coached by Stephan Widmar at the Commercial Swim Club in Brisbane...       Australia	2:34.67	Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	2:39.95
50m Butterfly	Danni Miatke Danni Miatke -Biography:Born in Darwin, Northern Territory in 1987, Miatke began competitive swimming in 1995. She first represented the Northern Territory in 1998 at the national School Sport Swimming and Diving Championships. She first won gold for the Territory in 1999 at the Australian Age Championships, in...       Australia	27.33 CR	Elizabeth Coster      New Zealand	28.01	Georgina Toomey      New Zealand	28.06
100m Butterfly	Elizabeth Coster      New Zealand	1:00.95	Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane...       Australia	1:01.09	Danni Miatke Danni Miatke -Biography:Born in Darwin, Northern Territory in 1987, Miatke began competitive swimming in 1995. She first represented the Northern Territory in 1998 at the national School Sport Swimming and Diving Championships. She first won gold for the Territory in 1999 at the Australian Age Championships, in...       Australia	1:01.49
200m Butterfly	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...       Australia	2:17.96	Lara Davenport Lara Davenport Lara Shiree Davenport OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer who specialises in the 200 m event.At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Davenport competed in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay...       Australia	2:18.99	Nathalie Bernard      New Zealand	2:21.16
200m I.M.	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...       Australi	2:16.92 CR	Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	2:17.57	Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane...       Australia	2:19.51
400m I.M	Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk Helen Norfolk is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....       New Zealand	4:52.78	Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 400 m women's individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane...       Australia	4:56.09	Kelly Bentley      New Zealand	5:03.99
400m Free Relay	New Zealand	3:50.86	Australia	3:51.09	New Caledonia	4:13.44
800m Free Relay	Australia	8:18.37 CR	New Zealand	8:27.41	New Caledonia	9:21.64
400m Medley Relay	Australia	4:14.35 CR	New Zealand	4:18.87	New Caledonia	4:49.88

Open Water medalist

Men's 5K	Hayden Jackson      Australia	59:05	Jarred Nederpelt      Australia	1:00:46.49	Daniel Ryan      New Zealand	1:02:22.36
Men's 10K	Jarred Nederpelt      Australia	2:03:59.45	Hayden Jackson      Australia	2:07:40.20	Benoit Riviere      New Caledonia	2:16:22.05
Women's 5K	Shannon Clayton      New Zealand	1:04:49.35	Nichole Hunter      Australia	1:04:49.48	Vanessa Clabau      New Caledonia	1:09:21.38
Women's 10K	Nichole Hunter      Australia	2:15:28.39	Vanessa Clabau      New Caledonia	2:23:31.02	not awarded

Synchro medalists

Junior -- Solo	Bobi-Rose Leatherby      New Zealand		Verity Leach      New Zealand		Sarah Morris      Australia
Junior -- Duet	Kelly Andrews  Tamika Domrow      Australia	65.940	Samantha Reid  Candice Wood      Australia	64.352	not awarded
Open -- Solo	Lisa Daniels Lisa Daniels (synchronized swimmer) Lisa Daniels is a New Zealand synchronized swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with her sister Nina Daniels in the Duet at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games....       New Zealand	77.834	Laure Algayres      New Caledonia	71.250	not awarded
Open -- Duet	Lisa Daniels Lisa Daniels (synchronized swimmer) Lisa Daniels is a New Zealand synchronized swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with her sister Nina Daniels in the Duet at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games....   Nina Daniels Nina Daniels Nina Daniels is a New Zealand synchronized swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with her sister Lisa Daniels in the Duet at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games....     New Zealand		not awarded		not awarded
Free Routine  Combination	New Zealand		Australia		New Caledonia

Overall medal table

1	Australia	33	30	20	83
2	New Zealand	12	11	9	32
3	Papua New Guinea	1	2	1	4
4	Fiji	1	-	2	3
5	New Caledonia	-	3	8	11
6	Hawaii	-	-	1	1
7	Tahiti	-	-	2	2