| Swimming at the 2007 South Pacific Games | |
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| Location | Apia, Samoa |
| Dates | 27 August – 3 September 2007 |
The swimming competition at the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa was held:
All pool events were swum in a long-course (50m) pool; the open water events were 5-kilometres in length (5K).
| 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".
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]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m Freestyle |  Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 26.37 GR |  Armelle Hidrio (NCL) | 27.30 |  Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) | 27.34 |
| 100m Freestyle | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 57.20 GR | Reine-Victoria Weber (NCL) | 58.80 | Armelle Hidrio (NCL) | 59.37 |
| 200m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 2:08.87 GR | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) | 2:11.61 | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 2:12.57 |
| 400m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 4:31.96 GR | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 4:45.36 |  Emma Hunter (SAM) Samoa | 4:47.93 |
| 800m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 9:15.17 GR | Coralie Williams (NCL) | 9:56.72 | Melissa Carpin (NCL) | 10:07.65 |
| 50m Backstroke | Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 30.42 | Rine-Victoria Weber (NCL) | 30.55 | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 30.91 |
| 100m Backstroke | Reine-Victoria Weber (NCL) | 1:03.50 GR | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 1:07.12 | Nyitrue Simon (NCL) | 1:09.31 |
| 200m Backstroke | Reine-Victoria Weber (NCL) | 2:20.91 GR | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 2:28.34 | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 2:42.23 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Adeline Williams (NCL) | 34.00 GR | Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) | 35.12 | Melissa Carpin (NCL) | 35.84 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Adeline Williams (NCL) | 1:13.69 GR | Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) | 1:16.46 | Melissa Carpin (NCL) | 1:17.35 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Adeline Williams (NCL) | 2:46.00 | Melissa Carpin (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 | Reine-Victoria Weber (NCL) | 28.88 |
| 100m Butterfly | Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 1:01.30 GR | Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 1:03.65 NR | Nyitrue Simon (NCL) | 1:05.44 |
| 200m Butterfly | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 2:27.80 | Nyitrue Simon (NCL) | 2:34.18 | Coralie Williams (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 | Coralie Williams (NCL) | 5:22.95 | Melissa Carpin (NCL) | 5:23.34 |
| 4 × 100 m 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 | |
| 4 × 200 m 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 | |
| 4 × 100 m 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) | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 1:09:39 | Emma Hunter (SAM) Samoa | 1:15:26 | Melissa Carpin (NCL) | 1:15:37 |
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