The 8th 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 21–26 June 2010, at the Tuanaimato Aquatic Centre in Apia, Samoa. It was the eight edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

, open water swimming

Open water swimming

Open water swimming takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, bays, lakes, rivers, canals, and reservoirs.The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to Asia.In...

 and synchronized swimming. The open water events were swum in the waters off Faleasiu

Faleasiu

Faleasi'u is one of the largest village settlements on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It is located on the northwestern coast of the island.Faleasi'u is part of A'ana Alofi I Electoral Constituency which forms the larger political district of A'ana.Faleasi'u consists of five sub-villages pito nu'u:...

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Participating countries

Countries with confirmed teams for the 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships were:
(23) (11)
[USA State]   (20)
(9) (7)

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

Men

50 m freestyle	James Roberts      Australia	22.95	Hamish Rose      Australia	23.09	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	23.49
100 m freestyle	Luke Kerswell      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	Jarrod Killey      Australia	1:52.88
400 m freestyle	Matthew Terry      Australia	3:53.59	Jarrod Killey      Australia	3:59.67	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett      New Zealand	3:59.99
1500 m freestyle	Dylan Dunlop-Barrett      New Zealand	15:43.02	Terry Matthew      Australia	15:45.04	Ryan Phillip      Australia	16:22.84
50 m backstroke	Braiden Camm      Australia	26.47	Bobby Jovanovich      Australia	27.11	Daren Choi      Hawaii	27.31
100 m backstroke	Braiden Camm      Australia	56.37	Bobby Jovanovich      Australia	58.09	Daren Choi      Hawaii	58.15
200 m backstroke	Braiden Camm      Australia	2:01.88	Mitch Larkin      Australia	2:03.03	Daren Choi      Hawaii	2:11.58
50 m breaststroke	Amini Fonua      Tonga	28.57	Nick Ferrif      New Zealand	28.64	Luke Westgaard      New Zealand	29.69
100 m breaststroke	Nick Ferrif      New Zealand	1:02.79	Jeremy Meyer      Australia	1:03.37	Amini Fonua      Tonga	1:03.49
200 m breaststroke	Jeremy Meyer      Australia	2:15.27 CR	Thomas Dahlia      New Caledonia	2:17.16	Luke Westgaard      New Zealand	2:21.01
50 m butterfly	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	24.64	James Roberts      Australia	24.98	Amini Fonua      Tonga	25.02
100 m butterfly	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	53.98	Grant Irvine      Australia	54.19	Andrew McMillan      New Zealand	54.47
200 m butterfly	Andrew McMillan      New Zealand	2:00.02	Shaun Burnett      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	Jarrod Killey      Australia	2:07.72
400 m individual medley	Mitch Larkin      Australia	4:22.17 CR	Steven Kent      New Zealand	4:37.22	Kacy Johnson      Hawaii	4:37.88
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia   Hamish Rose,   James Roberts,   Jarrod Killey,   Luke Kerswell	3:23.79	New Zealand   Andrew McMillan,   Steven Kent,   Matthew Stanley,   Shaun Burnett	3:30.32	New Caledonia   Thomas Dahlia,   Rudy Bernard,   Bryan Spitz,   Thomas Chacun	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   Braiden Camm,   Jeremy Meyer,   Grant Irvine,   Luke Kerswell	3:43.97	New Zealand   Dylan Dunlop-Barrett,   Nick Ferrif,   Shaun Burnett,   Andrew McMillan	3:49.55	New Caledonia   Bryan Spitz,   Thomas Dahlia,   Thomas Chacun,   Rudy Bernard	3:55.23
5k open water	Jarrod Killey      Australia	58.13	Codie Grimsey      Australia	58.15	Philip Ryan      New Zealand	58.18
10k open water	Codie Grimsey      Australia	2:05:19.71	Philip Ryan      New Zealand	2:07:05.74	Kacy Johnson      Hawaii	2:14:34.25

Legend:

Women

50 m freestyle	Amy Allen      Australia	26.25	Hannah Saunders      New Zealand	26.36	Amelia Evatt-Davey      Australia	26.53
100 m freestyle	Amelia Evatt‑Davey      Australia	56.16	Jade Neilsen      Australia	57.03	Hannah Saunders      New Zealand	57.29
200 m freestyle	Amelia Evatt-Davey      Australia	2:01.21	Amy Allen      Australia	2:02.65	Samantha Lucie-Smith      New Zealand	2:03.26
400 m freestyle	Jade Neilsen      Australia	4:17.44	Tiffany Papaemanouil      Australia	4:17.61	Samantha Lucie-Smith      New Zealand	4:20.60
800 m freestyle	Amy Allen      Australia	8:46.53	Belinda Bennett      Australia	8:48.75	Samantha Lucie-Smith      New Zealand	8:57.62
50 m backstroke	Whitney Ireland      Australia	29.70	Laura Quilter      New Zealand	29.84	Jenni O'Neil      Australia	29.99
100 m backstroke	Jenni O'Neil      Australia	1:02.47	Jessie Blundell      New Zealand	1:02.67	Sophia Batchelor      New Zealand	1:02.79
200 m backstroke	Sophia Batchelor      New Zealand	2:11.94	Jenni O'Neil      Australia	2:12.15	Jessie Blundell      New Zealand	2:15.64
50 m breaststroke	Rebecca Kemp      Australia	32.30	Tiffany Papaemanouil      Australia	33.82	Simsara Rouan      New Caledonia	36.26
100 m breaststroke	Rebecca Kemp      Australia	1:08.86 CR	Grace Francis Grace Francis Grace Francis is an English actress from Ingleby Barwick. She has had many roles including a role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2 as a Gryffindor seventh-year student alongside her brother Elliot Francis who played a Slytherin seventh year. She also appeared as an extra...       New Zealand	1:12.07	Pilar Shimizu      Guam	1:18.82
200 m breaststroke	Rebecca Kemp      Australia	2:26.63 CR	Grace Francis Grace Francis Grace Francis is an English actress from Ingleby Barwick. She has had many roles including a role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2 as a Gryffindor seventh-year student alongside her brother Elliot Francis who played a Slytherin seventh year. She also appeared as an extra...       New Zealand	2:34.40	Marona Bong      New Caledonia	2:52.99
50 m butterfly	Samantha Lee      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	Samantha Lee      New Zealand	1:01.32
200 m butterfly	Madeline Groves      Australia	2:12.49	Amy Smith      Australia	2:12.98	Charlotte Webby      New Zealand	2:15.47
200 m individual medley	Grace Francis Grace Francis Grace Francis is an English actress from Ingleby Barwick. She has had many roles including a role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2 as a Gryffindor seventh-year student alongside her brother Elliot Francis who played a Slytherin seventh year. She also appeared as an extra...       New Zealand	2:15.89	Jenni O'Neil      Australia	2:17.27	Tiffany Papaemanouil      Australia	2:20.36
400 m individual medley	Tiffany Papaemanouil      Australia	4:56.19	Samantha Lucie‑Smith      New Zealand	5:02.24	Summer Harrison      Hawaii	5:12.73
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia   Amelia Evatt-Davey,   Amy Allen,   Jade Neilsen,   Jenni O'Neil	3:47.48	New Zealand   Hannah Saunders,   Lisa Pankhurst,   Samantha Lucie-Smith,   Sophia Batchelor	3:51.10	Hawaii   Summer Harrison,   Jasmine Mau,   Samantha Moody,   Rachel Fujitta	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   Jenni O'Neil,   Rebecca Kemp,   Madeline Groves,   Amelia Evatt-Davey	4:08.92 CR	New Zealand   Renee Stothard,   Grace Francis Grace Francis Grace Francis is an English actress from Ingleby Barwick. She has had many roles including a role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2 as a Gryffindor seventh-year student alongside her brother Elliot Francis who played a Slytherin seventh year. She also appeared as an extra... ,   Charlotte Webby,   Hannah Saunders	4:18.54	Hawaii   Anu Nihipali,   Summer Harrison,   Samantha Moody,   Jasmine Mau	4:40.72
5k open water	Belinda Bennett      Australia	1:00.22	Brooke Wilson      Australia	1:03.15	Jasmine Mau      Hawaii	1:08.20
10k open water	Belinda Bennett      Australia	2:17:18.24	Brooke Wilson      Australia	2:17:19.27	Laurene Gosse      New Caledonia	2:35:30.89

Legend:

Overall medal table

Medal standings for the Swimming and Open Water competitions are:

1	Australia	32	24	8	66
2	New Zealand	7	17	13	37
3	Papua New Guinea	2	-	1	3
4	Tonga	1	-	2	3
5	New Caledonia	-	1	7	8
6	Hawaii	-	-	10	10
7	Guam	-	-	1	1
8	Cook Islands	-	-	-	0
8	Fiji	-	-	-	0
8	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	0
8	Palau	-	-	-	0
8	Samoa	-	-	-	0
Total		42	42	42	126