- 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships
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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.
Contents
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.
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 New Zealand 21 17 8 46 2 Australia 17 20 18 55 3 Papua New Guinea 1 0 2 3 4 Hawaii 0 0 5 5 5 New Caledonia 0 0 4 4 6 French Polynesia 0 0 1 1 7 American Samoa 0 0 0 0 7 Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 7 Fiji 0 0 0 0 7 Federated States of Micronesia 0 0 0 0 7 Guam 0 0 0 0 7 Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 7 Northern Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 7 Palau 0 0 0 0 7 Samoa 0 0 0 0 Total 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
detailsWilliam Benson
New Zealand
Mark Herring
New Zealand22.92 CR Matthew Brooks
Australia23.27 Men's 100 m
detailsMark Herring
New Zealand50.17 Cameron Gibson
New Zealand50.43 Reece Turner
Australia50.61 Men's 200 m
detailsRobert Hurley
Australia1:48.84 CR Andrew McMillan
New Zealand1:51.14 Reece Turner
Australia1:51.44 Men's 400 m
detailsRobert Hurley
Australia3:53.56 CR Theodore Pasialis
Australia3:54.77 Bryn Murphy
New Zealand4:00.81 Men's 1500 m
detailsTheodore Pasialis
Australia15:27.31 CR Kane Radford
New Zealand15:43.87 Bryn Murphy
New Zealand15:48.17 Backstroke Men's 50 m
detailsRobert Hurley
Australia25.64 CR Daniel Bell
New Zealand26.13 Bradley Byrne
Australia26.56 Men's 100 m
detailsRobert Hurley
Australia55.04 CR Bobby Jovanovich
Australia56.54 Gareth Kean
New Zealand56.82 Men's 200 m
detailsRobert Hurley
Australia2:01.23 CR Cameron Stanley
New Zealand2:02.08 John Zulch
New Zealand2:04.35 Breaststroke Men's 50 m
detailsGlenn Snyders
New Zealand28.31 CR James Stacey
Australia29.03 Stephane Debaere
Tahiti29.61 Men's 100 m
detailsGlenn Snyders
New Zealand1:02.31 James Stacey
Australia1:03.16 Dean Kent
New Zealand1:03.92 Men's 200 m
detailsGlenn Snyders
New Zealand2:16.24 CR James Stacey
Australia2:16.36 Kekoa Taparra
Hawaii2:28.60 Butterfly Men's 50 m
detailsCorney Swanepoel
New Zealand23.98 CR Chris Wright
Australia24.32 Ryan Pini
Papua New Guinea24.48 Men's 100 m
detailsRyan Pini
Papua New Guinea52.33 CR Corney Swanepoel
New Zealand52.54 Chris Wright
Australia53.40 Men's 200 m
detailsMoss Burmester
New Zealand1:58.00 CR Chris Wright
Australia1:59.50 Ryan Napoleon
Australia2:02.11 Individual Medley Men's 200 m
detailsDean Kent
New Zealand2:02.21 CR Stephen Parkes
Australia2:05.71 John Gatfield
New Zealand2:07.04 Men's 400 m
detailsStephen Parkes
Australia4:30.49 Brett Newall
New Zealand4:36.32 Bryn Murphy
New Zealand4:41.64 Freestyle Relay Men's 4×100 m
detailsMark Herring
Orinoco Faamausili-Banse
William Benson
Cameron Gibson
New Zealand3:19.91 CR Reece Turner
Chris Wright
Matthew Brooks
Robert Hurley
Australia3:22.84 ?
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New Caledonia3:35.12 Men's 4×200 m
detailsRyan Napoleon
Reece Turner
Theodore Pasialis
Robert Hurley
Australia7:25.63 CR ?
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New Zealand7:33.29 ?
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New Caledonia8:11.72 Medley Relay Men's 4×100 m
detailsDaniel Bell
Glenn Snyders
Corney Swanepoel
Cameron Gibson
New Zealand3:38.62 CR Robert Hurley
James Stacey
Chris Wright
Reece Turner
Australia3:38.90 ?
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New Caledonia4:02.88 Women's events
Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time Freestyle Women's 50 m
detailsRebecca Ohlwein
Australia25.84 CR Kacey Pilgrim
Australia26.05 Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane
Papua New Guinea26.84 Women's 100 m
detailsHayley Palmer
New Zealand55.55 CR Merindah Dingjan
Australia56.27 Rebecca Ohlwein
Australia56.54 Women's 200 m
detailsHelen Norfolk
New Zealand2:00.31 CR Lauren Boyle
New Zealand2:00.73 Merindah Dingjan
Australia2:02.80 Women's 400 m
detailsLauren Boyle
New Zealand4:14.29 Morgan-Lee Barnes
Australia4:16.45 Jacinta Powell
Australia4:16.73 Women's 800 m
detailsLauren Boyle
New Zealand8:44.06 Jacinta Powell
Australia8:45.72 Morgan-Lee Barnes
Australia8:51.21 Backstroke Women's 50 m
detailsElizabeth Coster
New Zealand28.16 CR Emily Thomas
New Zealand28.46 Bridgette-Rose Taylor
Australia28.50 Women's 100 m
detailsElizabeth Coster
New Zealand59.44 CR Melissa Ingram
New Zealand59.87 Bridgette-Rose Taylor
Australia1:00.40 Women's 200 m
detailsMelissa Ingram
New Zealand2:11.03 CR Siobhan Keane
Australia2:14.55 Bridgette-Rose Taylor
Australia2:17.32 Breaststroke Women's 50 m
detailsJessica Legge
Australia32.22 CR Annabelle Carey
New Zealand33.14 Kacey Pilgrim
Australia33.76 Women's 100 m
detailsJessica Legge
Australia1:11.30 Annabelle Carey
New Zealand1:11.53 Olivia Halicek
Australia1:15.27 Women's 200 m
detailsJessica Legge
Australia2:34.66 Annabelle Carey
New Zealand2:46.48 Elizabeth Matthews
Hawaii2:47.88 Butterfly Women's 50 m
detailsAmy Smith
Australia27.46 Jessica Ash
Australia27.92 Emily Thomas
New Zealand28.52 Women's 100 m
detailsAmy Smith
Australia59.96 CR Elizabeth Coster
New Zealand1:00.07 NR Jessica Ash
Australia1:01.29 Women's 200 m
detailsAmy Smith
Australia2:09.63 CR Jessica Ash
Australia2:15.15 Marissa Yamamoto
Hawaii2:32.37 Individual Medley Women's 200 m
detailsHelen Norfolk
New Zealand2:14.74 CR Jessica Legge
Australia2:18.37 Blair Evans
Australia2:20.43 Women's 400 m
detailsHelen Norfolk
New Zealand4:47.32 CR Blair Evans
Australia4:54.03 Jessica Legge
Australia4:58.93 Freestyle Relay Women's 4×100 m
detailsOlivia Halicek
Rebecca Ohlwein
Kacey Pilgrim
Merindah Dingjan
Australia3:47.32 ?
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New Zealand4:00.19 ?
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New Caledonia4:08.03 Women's 4×200 m
detailsHelen Norfolk
Lauren Boyle
Hayley Palmer
Tash Hind
New Zealand8:10.78 CR Merindah Dingjan
Blair Evans
Jacinta Powell
Morgan-Lee Barnes
Australia8:13.31 ?
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Hawaii9:06.10 Medley Relay Women's 4×100 m
detailsBridgette-Rose Taylor
Jessica Legge
Amy Smith
Olivia Halicek
Australia4:09.14 CR ?
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New Zealand4:11.68 ?
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Hawaii4:36.98 Open Water Swimming
Men's events
Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time Men's 5 km
detailsTrent Grimsey
Australia58:34.21 Kane Radford
New Zealand59:41.30 Blake Collis
Australia59:47.39 Men's 10 km
detailsTrent Grimsey
Australia1:59:34.8 Kane Radford
New Zealand1:59:53.2 Blake Collis
Australia2:00:06.9 Women's events
Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time Women's 5 km
detailsStacey Hansford
Australia1:01:30.90 Amy Thompson
Australia1:01:31.99 Joyce Wiegersma
New Zealand1:06:43:55 Women's 10 km
detailsAmy Thompson
Australia2:04:51.0 Stacey Hansford
Australia2:04:51.0 Joyce Wiegersma
New Zealand2:08:22.4 Synchronized Swimming
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
Oceania Swimming Championships Nouméa 1993 • Brisbane 1997 • Christchurch 2000 • Nouméa 2002 • Suva 2004 • Cairns 2006 • Christchurch 2008 • Apia 2010Categories:- 2008 in aquatics
- 2008 in swimming
- Swimming in New Zealand
- 2008 in New Zealand sport
- 2008 in Oceania
- Oceania Swimming Championships
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