2008 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships were held in New Zealand and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming. It was the 7th Oceania Swimming Championships and second time that New Zealand hosted the event after playing host to the 2000 Championships.

The open water competitions were held from 3 February to 5 February near Rotorua in Lake Okataina and Lake Rotoma whilst the swimming and synchronized swimming competitions were carried out from 5 June to 8 June in Christchurch at the QEII Leisure Centre.

Twelve of the 13 federated members of the Oceania Swimming Association competed with the Northern Mariana Islands the only member not to send any swimmers. Two associate members also attending, bringing the total to 14: the French overseas department New Caledonia and the USA State Hawaii.

Medal Tally

The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a member federation (or associate member) of the Oceania Swimming Association. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. The host country, New Zealand, is highlighted in lavender. The greatest number of medals won in each medal category, gold, silver, bronze, and total, is in boldface.

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand  (NZL)*	21	17	8	46
2	Australia  (AUS)	17	20	18	55
3	Papua New Guinea  (PNG)	1	0	2	3
4	Hawaii  (HAW)	0	0	5	5
5	New Caledonia  (NCL)	0	0	4	4
6	French Polynesia  (PYF)	0	0	1	1
7	American Samoa  (ASA)	0	0	0	0
	Cook Islands  (COK)	0	0	0	0
	Fiji  (FIJ)	0	0	0	0
	Guam  (GUM)	0	0	0	0
	Marshall Islands  (MHL)	0	0	0	0
	Micronesia  (FSM)	0	0	0	0
	Northern Mariana Islands  (NMI)	0	0	0	0
	Palau  (PLW)	0	0	0	0
	Samoa  (SAM)	0	0	0	0
Totals (15 nations)		39	37	38	114

Swimming

A total of 38 swimming events were contested in a 50-metre pool. To give the smaller island nations a chance against the stronger swimming nations of Australia and New Zealand the championships rules stated that in the individual events only the top two qualifiers from each country progress through to the final with the third fastest swimmer only from those countries with two swimmers qualifying for the ‘A’ final permitted to swim in the ‘B’ final. In the relay events it was one medal per country. So, for example, if New Zealand 'A' finishes first, Australia 'A' finishes second, New Zealand 'B' finishes third and New Caledonia finishes fourth, New Caledonia would be awarded the bronze medal.

Key

• CR - Championship record
• NR - National record

Men's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Freestyle
Men's 50 m details	William Benson   New Zealand Mark Herring   New Zealand	22.92 CR			Matthew Brooks   Australia	23.27
Men's 100 m details	Mark Herring   New Zealand	50.17	Cameron Gibson   New Zealand	50.43	Reece Turner   Australia	50.61
Men's 200 m details	Robert Hurley   Australia	1:48.84 CR	Andrew McMillan   New Zealand	1:51.14	Reece Turner   Australia	1:51.44
Men's 400 m details	Robert Hurley   Australia	3:53.56 CR	Theodore Pasialis   Australia	3:54.77	Bryn Murphy   New Zealand	4:00.81
Men's 1500 m details	Theodore Pasialis   Australia	15:27.31 CR	Kane Radford   New Zealand	15:43.87	Bryn Murphy   New Zealand	15:48.17
Backstroke
Men's 50 m details	Robert Hurley   Australia	25.64 CR	Daniel Bell   New Zealand	26.13	Bradley Byrne   Australia	26.56
Men's 100 m details	Robert Hurley   Australia	55.04 CR	Bobby Jovanovich   Australia	56.54	Gareth Kean   New Zealand	56.82
Men's 200 m details	Robert Hurley   Australia	2:01.23 CR	Cameron Stanley   New Zealand	2:02.08	John Zulch   New Zealand	2:04.35
Breaststroke
Men's 50 m details	Glenn Snyders   New Zealand	28.31 CR	James Stacey   Australia	29.03	Stephane Debaere   Tahiti	29.61
Men's 100 m details	Glenn Snyders   New Zealand	1:02.31	James Stacey   Australia	1:03.16	Dean Kent   New Zealand	1:03.92
Men's 200 m details	Glenn Snyders   New Zealand	2:16.24 CR	James Stacey   Australia	2:16.36	Kekoa Taparra   Hawaii	2:28.60
Butterfly
Men's 50 m details	Corney Swanepoel   New Zealand	23.98 CR	Chris Wright   Australia	24.32	Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea	24.48
Men's 100 m details	Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea	52.33 CR	Corney Swanepoel   New Zealand	52.54	Chris Wright   Australia	53.40
Men's 200 m details	Moss Burmester   New Zealand	1:58.00 CR	Chris Wright   Australia	1:59.50	Ryan Napoleon   Australia	2:02.11
Individual Medley
Men's 200 m details	Dean Kent   New Zealand	2:02.21 CR	Stephen Parkes   Australia	2:05.71	John Gatfield   New Zealand	2:07.04
Men's 400 m details	Stephen Parkes   Australia	4:30.49	Brett Newall   New Zealand	4:36.32	Bryn Murphy   New Zealand	4:41.64
Freestyle Relay
Men's 4×100 m details	Mark Herring Orinoco Faamausili-Banse William Benson Cameron Gibson   New Zealand	3:19.91 CR	Reece Turner Chris Wright Matthew Brooks Robert Hurley   Australia	3:22.84	? ? ? ?   New Caledonia	3:35.12
Men's 4×200 m details	Ryan Napoleon Reece Turner Theodore Pasialis Robert Hurley   Australia	7:25.63 CR	? ? ? ?   New Zealand	7:33.29	? ? ? ?   New Caledonia	8:11.72
Medley Relay
Men's 4×100 m details	Daniel Bell Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel Cameron Gibson   New Zealand	3:38.62 CR	Robert Hurley James Stacey Chris Wright Reece Turner   Australia	3:38.90	? ? ? ?   New Caledonia	4:02.88

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Freestyle
Women's 50 m details	Rebecca Ohlwein   Australia	25.84 CR	Kacey Pilgrim   Australia	26.05	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane   Papua New Guinea	26.84
Women's 100 m details	Hayley Palmer   New Zealand	55.55 CR	Merindah Dingjan   Australia	56.27	Rebecca Ohlwein   Australia	56.54
Women's 200 m details	Helen Norfolk   New Zealand	2:00.31 CR	Lauren Boyle   New Zealand	2:00.73	Merindah Dingjan   Australia	2:02.80
Women's 400 m details	Lauren Boyle   New Zealand	4:14.29	Morgan-Lee Barnes   Australia	4:16.45	Jacinta Powell   Australia	4:16.73
Women's 800 m details	Lauren Boyle   New Zealand	8:44.06	Jacinta Powell   Australia	8:45.72	Morgan-Lee Barnes   Australia	8:51.21
Backstroke
Women's 50 m details	Elizabeth Coster   New Zealand	28.16 CR	Emily Thomas   New Zealand	28.46	Bridgette-Rose Taylor   Australia	28.50
Women's 100 m details	Elizabeth Coster   New Zealand	59.44 CR	Melissa Ingram   New Zealand	59.87	Bridgette-Rose Taylor   Australia	1:00.40
Women's 200 m details	Melissa Ingram   New Zealand	2:11.03 CR	Siobhan Keane   Australia	2:14.55	Bridgette-Rose Taylor   Australia	2:17.32
Breaststroke
Women's 50 m details	Jessica Legge   Australia	32.22 CR	Annabelle Carey   New Zealand	33.14	Kacey Pilgrim   Australia	33.76
Women's 100 m details	Jessica Legge   Australia	1:11.30	Annabelle Carey   New Zealand	1:11.53	Olivia Halicek   Australia	1:15.27
Women's 200 m details	Jessica Legge   Australia	2:34.66	Annabelle Carey   New Zealand	2:46.48	Elizabeth Matthews   Hawaii	2:47.88
Butterfly
Women's 50 m details	Amy Smith   Australia	27.46	Jessica Ash   Australia	27.92	Emily Thomas   New Zealand	28.52
Women's 100 m details	Amy Smith   Australia	59.96 CR	Elizabeth Coster   New Zealand	1:00.07 NR	Jessica Ash   Australia	1:01.29
Women's 200 m details	Amy Smith   Australia	2:09.63 CR	Jessica Ash   Australia	2:15.15	Marissa Yamamoto   Hawaii	2:32.37
Individual Medley
Women's 200 m details	Helen Norfolk   New Zealand	2:14.74 CR	Jessica Legge   Australia	2:18.37	Blair Evans   Australia	2:20.43
Women's 400 m details	Helen Norfolk   New Zealand	4:47.32 CR	Blair Evans   Australia	4:54.03	Jessica Legge   Australia	4:58.93
Freestyle Relay
Women's 4×100 m details	Olivia Halicek Rebecca Ohlwein Kacey Pilgrim Merindah Dingjan   Australia	3:47.32	? ? ? ?   New Zealand	4:00.19	? ? ? ?   New Caledonia	4:08.03
Women's 4×200 m details	Helen Norfolk Lauren Boyle Hayley Palmer Tash Hind   New Zealand	8:10.78 CR	Merindah Dingjan Blair Evans Jacinta Powell Morgan-Lee Barnes   Australia	8:13.31	? ? ? ?   Hawaii	9:06.10
Medley Relay
Women's 4×100 m details	Bridgette-Rose Taylor Jessica Legge Amy Smith Olivia Halicek   Australia	4:09.14 CR	? ? ? ?   New Zealand	4:11.68	? ? ? ?   Hawaii	4:36.98

Open Water Swimming

Men's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Men's 5 km details	Trent Grimsey   Australia	58:34.21	Kane Radford   New Zealand	59:41.30	Blake Collis   Australia	59:47.39
Men's 10 km details	Trent Grimsey   Australia	1:59:34.8	Kane Radford   New Zealand	1:59:53.2	Blake Collis   Australia	2:00:06.9

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Women's 5 km details	Stacey Hansford   Australia	1:01:30.90	Amy Thompson   Australia	1:01:31.99	Joyce Wiegersma   New Zealand	1:06:43:55
Women's 10 km details	Amy Thompson   Australia	2:04:51.0	Stacey Hansford   Australia	2:04:51.0	Joyce Wiegersma   New Zealand	2:08:22.4

Records broken

During the 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships, 42 Championship Records (or Meet Records) were set. Multiple Continental and National Records were also set.

Championship records

• Men's 50 m freestyle - Mark Herring   New Zealand (22.96) (heats)
• Men's 50 m freestyle - Mark Herring   New Zealand (22.92) (final)
• Men's 50 m freestyle - William Benson   New Zealand (22.92) (final)
• Men's 50 m freestyle - Orinoco Faamausili-Banse   New Zealand (22.86) (B final)
• Men's 100 m freestyle - Reese Turner   Australia (50.61) (heats)
• Men's 100 m freestyle - Cameron Gibson   New Zealand (50.36) (heats)
• Men's 100 m freestyle - Mark Herring   New Zealand (49.83) (heats)
• Men's 200 m freestyle - Robert Hurley   Australia (1:49.62) (heats)
• Men's 200 m freestyle - Robert Hurley   Australia (1:48.84) (final)
• Men's 400 m freestyle - Robert Hurley   Australia (3:53.56) (final)
• Men's 1500 m freestyle - Theodore Pasialis   Australia (15:27.31) (timed final)
• Men's 50 m backstroke - Daniel Bell   New Zealand (26.45) (heats)
• Men's 50 m backstroke - Robert Hurley   Australia (25.64) (final)
• Men's 100 m backstroke - Robert Hurley   Australia (55.04) (final)
• Men's 100 m backstroke - Robert Hurley   Australia (54.91) (relay)
• Men's 200 m backstroke - Robert Hurley   Australia (2:01.23) (final)
• Men's 50 m breaststroke - Glenn Snyders   New Zealand (28.31) (final)
• Men's 200 m breaststroke - Glenn Snyders   New Zealand (2:16.24) (final)
• Men's 50 m butterfly - Corney Swanepoel   New Zealand (23.98) (final)
• Men's 100 m butterfly - Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea (52.33) (final)
• Men's 200 m butterfly - Moss Burmester   New Zealand (1:58.00) (final)
• Men's 200 m individual medley - Dean Kent   New Zealand (2:02.21) (final)
• Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay - Mark Herring , Orinoco Faamausili-Banse , William Benson , Cameron Gibson   New Zealand (3:19.91) (timed final)
• Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay - Ryan Napoleon , Reece Turner , Theodore Pasialis , Robert Hurley   Australia (7:25.63) (timed final)
• Men's 4×100 m medley relay - Daniel Bell , Glenn Snyders , Corney Swanepoel , Cameron Gibson   New Zealand (3:38.62) (timed final)
• Women's 50 m freestyle - Rebecca Ohlwein   Australia (26.01) (heats)
• Women's 50 m freestyle - Rebecca Ohlwein   Australia (25.84) (final)
• Women's 100 m freestyle - Hayley Palmer   New Zealand (55.55) (heats)
• Women's 100 m freestyle - Hayley Palmer   New Zealand (55.55) (final)
• Women's 200 m freestyle - Helen Norfolk   New Zealand (2:00.31) (final)
• Women's 50 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster   New Zealand (29.08) (heats)
• Women's 50 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster   New Zealand (28.89) (final)
• Women's 100 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster   New Zealand (1:02.19) (heats)
• Women's 100 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster   New Zealand (1:01.10) (final)
• Women's 200 m backstroke - Melissa Ingram   New Zealand (2:11.03) (timed final)
• Women's 50 m breaststroke - Jessica Legge   Australia (32.22) (timed final)
• Women's 100 m butterfly - Amy Smith   Australia (59.96) (final)
• Women's 200 m butterfly - Amy Smith   Australia (2:09.63) (final)
• Women's 200 m individual medley - Helen Norfolk   New Zealand (2:14.74) (final)
• Women's 400 m individual medley - Helen Norfolk   New Zealand (4:47.32) (timed final)
• Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay - Helen Norfolk , Lauren Boyle , Hayley Palmer , Tash Hind   New Zealand (8:10.78) (timed final)
• Women's 4×100 m medley relay - Bridgette-Rose Taylor , Jessica Legge , Amy Smith , Olivia Halicek   New Zealand (4:09.14) (timed final)

See also

• Oceania Swimming Championship records

External links

• Championship information on Swimming New Zealand site
• Full results (pdf)