Swimming at the 2007 South Pacific Games explained

Event:	Swimming
Games:	2007 South Pacific Games
Location:	Apia, Samoa
Dates:	27 August – 3 September 2007
Previous:	2003
Next:	2011

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. 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.

Men

50m Freestyle		23.37 GR		23.53		23.94
100m Freestyle		50.80 GR		51.90		52.28
200m Freestyle		1:50.72 GR		1:54.63		1:55.96
400m Freestyle		4:04.92 GR		4:11.37		4:13.13
1500m Freestyle		17:03.21		17:23.28		17:30.56

50m Backstroke		26.78		29.03		29.32
100m Backstroke		56.96		1:02.17		1:03.79
200m Backstroke		2:12.16		2:17.26		2:18.82

50m Breaststroke		29.35 GR		30.17		30.77
100m Breaststroke		1:05.11 GR		1:06.62		1:06.95
200m Breaststroke		2:23.58		2:23.71		2:26.61

50m Butterfly		24.55 GR		25.57		26.33
100m Butterfly		53.46 GR		57.91		58.40
200m Butterfly		2:09.36		2:09.43		2:26.79

200m I.M.		2:06.22 GR		2:07.27		2:15.15
400m I.M.^[1]		4:40.62		4:53.07		4:54.55

Free Relay	New Caledonia David Thevenot Gilles Dumesnil Thomas Dahlia Olivier Saminadin	3:31.25 GR	Tahiti Heimanu Sichan Tamatoa Cowan Tunui Cowan Stéphane Debaere	3:37.09	Guam Carlos Shimizu Hernand Bonsembiante Lucas Shimizu Christopher Duenas	3:45.97
Free Relay	New Caledonia Thomas Chacun David Thevenot Olivier Saminadin Thomas Dahlia	7:57.20 GR	Tahiti Heimanu Sichan Tamatoa Cowan Tunui Cowan Stéphane Debaere	8:11.89	Guam Carols Shimizu Hernand Bonsembiante Lucas Shimizu Christopher Duenas	8:30.70
Medley Relay	New Caledonia Olivier Saminadin Thomas Dahlia Thomas Chacun David Thevenot	3:56.58 GR	Tahiti Heimanu Sichan Rainui Teriipaia Tunui Cowan Stéphane Debaere	4:01.37	Samoa Dane Chang Chanel Silao Akmal Khan Joshua Marfleet	4:18.90

5K Open Water		1:05:43		1:06:42		1:08:30

Women

50m Freestyle		26.37 GR		27.30		27.34
100m Freestyle		57.20 GR		58.80		59.37
200m Freestyle		2:08.87 GR		2:11.61		2:12.57
400m Freestyle		4:31.96 GR		4:45.36	Samoa	4:47.93
800m Freestyle		9:15.17 GR		9:56.72		10:07.65

50m Backstroke		30.42		30.55		30.91
100m Backstroke		1:03.50 GR		1:07.12		1:09.31
200m Backstroke		2:20.91 GR		2:28.34		2:42.23

50m Breaststroke		34.00 GR		35.12		35.84
100m Breaststroke		1:13.69 GR		1:16.46		1:17.35
200m Breaststroke		2:46.00		2:46.56		2:52.36

50m Butterfly		27.51 GR		28.51 NR		28.88
100m Butterfly		1:01.30 GR		1:03.65 NR		1:05.44
200m Butterfly		2:27.80		2:34.18		2:40.73

200m I.M.		2:25.24 GR		2:26.96		2:29.44
400m I.M		5:05.72 GR		5:22.95		5:23.34

Free Relay	New Caledonia Diane Bui Duyet Armelle Hidrio Reine-Victoria Weber Lara Grangeon	4:01.72 GR	Tahiti Dorinda Clark Heretahi Guennegues Vera Pambrun Noelyn Faussane	4:27.36	none
Free Relay	New Caledonia Diane Bui Duyet Delphine Bui Duyet Reine-Victoria Weber Lara Grangeon	8:51.41 GR	Tahiti Vera Pambrun Noelyn Faussane Dorinda Clark Crystal Laughlin	9:46.75	none
Medley Relay	New Caledonia Reine-Victoria Weber Adeline Williams Diane Bui Duyet Armelle Hidrio	4:23.99 GR	Tahiti Crystal Laughlin Heretahi Guennegues Vera Pambrun Noelyn Faussane	5:07.20	none

5K Open Water (time= hr:min:sec)		1:09:39	Samoa	1:15:26		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.^[2] Countries entered in the swimming competition are:

Sources

2007 South Pacific Games Results . Oceania Sport Information Centre . 31 October 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151031125412/http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=3809076 . 31 October 2015 . .

External links

2007 South Pacific Games — Swimming website; retrieved 2009-07-06.

Notes and References

There were only 3 entrants in the men's 400 IM, so the 3 medalists represent the full results for the event.
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3571-0-0-0&sID=44063&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=3923887&sectionID=44063 Record Entries for Swimming