2002 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 2002 Oceania Swimming Championships were held 11–14 June in Nouméa, New Caledonia.[1]

All swimming competition listed below were swum in a 50m (long-course) pool.

Participating countries

The 2002 Oceania Swimming Championships featured 117 swimmers from:

Australia  Fiji  Guam  Hawaii  New Caledonia

New Zealand  Northern Mariana Islands  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Tahiti

Event schedule

Date	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
E v e n t s	200 free (M) 50 breast (W) 200 fly (W) 50 back (M) 400 IM (W) 400 IM (M) 400 free relay (M) 800 free relay (W)	100 fly (M) 100 free (W) 100 breast (M) 100 back (W) 50 free (M) 200 breast (W) 400 free (M) 50 fly (W) 200 back (M) 800 free relay (M) 800 free (W)	50 back (W) 50 breast (M) 200 fly (M) 400 free (W) 400 free relay (W)	100 back (M) 100 breast (W) 100 fly (W) 100 free (M) 50 free (W) 200 breast (M) 200 back (W) 200 IM (M) 200 IM (M) 50 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 medley relay (M) 400 medley relay (W) 1500 free (M)

• Semifinals were held in the 50s and 100s. In the 50s the semifinals were held the same evening as the final; in the 100s the semifinals were held the night before the finals.

Results

Swimming

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Freestyle	Andrew Dyson   Australia	23.20	Raymond McDonald   Australia	23.39	Gilles Dumesnil   New Caledonia	23.59
100m Freestyle	Andrew Dyson   Australia	51.15 CR	Raymond McDonald   Australia	51.19	Ben Denner   Australia	51.49
200m Freestyle	Nicholas Sprenger   Australia	1:52.18 CR	Ben Denner   Australia	1:52.23	Andrew Dyson   Australia	1:54.80
400m Freestyle	Josh Krogh   Australia	3:56.95 CR	Nicholas Sprenger   Australia	3:58.88	Travis Nederpelt   Australia	3:59.36
1500m Freestyle	Travis Nederpelt   Australia	15:42.07	Daniel Lysaught   Australia	15:53.55	Matthew Dodds   New Zealand	16:21.74
50m Backstroke	Daniel Blackborrow   Australia	26.84 CR	Ashley Anderson   Australia	26.93	Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea	27.18
100m Backstroke	Ashley Anderson   Australia	57.04 CR	Matthew Spicer   Australia	57.10	Daniel Spicer   Australia	58.70
200m Backstroke	Adam Lucas   Australia	2:03.47 CR	Matthew Spicer   Australia	2:05.55	Ashley Anderson   Australia	2:06.13
50m Breaststroke	Robert McDonald   Australia	29.39 CR	Luke Trickett   Australia	29.66	Kieran Daly   New Zealand	30.44
100m Breaststroke	Robert McDonald   Australia	1:03.28 CR	Luke Trickett   Australia	1:03.58	Kieran Daly   New Zealand	1:06.30
200m Breaststroke	Luke Trickett   Australia	2:16.38 CR	Robert McDonald   Australia	2:18.75	Kieran Daly   New Zealand	2:27.02
50m Butterfly	Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea	25.07	Tim Dodd   Australia	25.11	Hong Zhe Sun   Hawaii	25.90
100m Butterfly	Tim Dodd   Australia	55.07	Josh Krogh   Australia	55.67	Ryan Pini   Papua New Guinea	55.70
200m Butterfly	Josh Krogh   Australia	2:02.12	Travis Nederpelt   Australia	2:04.29	Andrew McMillan   New Zealand	2:04.37
200m I.M.	Mitchell Bacon   Australia	2:03.99 CR	Adam Lucas   Australia	2:06.00	Olivier Saminadin   New Caledonia	2:06.16
400m I.M	Adam Lucas   Australia	4:24.57 CR	Mitchell Bacon   Australia	4:25.20	Olivier Saminadin   New Caledonia	4:26.52
400m Free Relay	Australia   Ashley Anderson   Tim Dodd   Adam Lucas   Travis Nederpelt	3:25.57 CR	New Caledonia   Gilles Dumesnil   Laurent Dourche   Cedrick Petre   Olivier Saminadin	3:33.34	New Zealand   Andrew McMillan   Robert Voss   Chris Hotchin   Mark Herring	3:36.03
800m Free Relay	Australia   Ben Denner   Andrew Dyson   Josh Krogh   Nicholas Sprenger	7:37.32	New Zealand   Andrew McMillan   Tom McDonald   Matthew Dodds   Robert Voss	7:53.66	New Caledonia   Olivier Saminadin   Antoine Dahlia   Jean Marie Pouilly   Laurent Dourche	8:00.45
400m Medley Relay	Australia   Matthew Spicer   Luke Trickett   Josh Krogh   Andrew Dyson	3:45.44 CR	New Zealand   Mark Herring   Andrew McMillan   Kieran Daly   Chris Hotchin	4:00.19	New Caledonia   Olivier Saminadin   Olivier Sourmail   Laurent Dourche   Gilles Dumesnil	4:02.38

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m Freestyle[2]	Caroline Pickering   Fiji	26.27	Lisbeth Lenton   Australia	26.51	Teagan Wilkie   Australia	26.67
100m Freestyle	Alison Fitch   New Zealand	56.84	Melissa Mitchell   Australia	56.95	Lisbeth Lenton   Australia	57.09
200m Freestyle	Melissa Mitchell   Australia	2:03.20 CR	Sarah Jackson   New Zealand	2:03.62	Alison Fitch   New Zealand	2:03.63
400m Freestyle	Belinda Wilson   Australia	4:16.87 CR	Jessicah Schipper   Australia	4:19.78	Briody Murphy   Australia	4:21.06
800m Freestyle	Belinda Wilson   Australia	8:48.52 CR	Briody Murphy   Australia	9:01.67	Rebecca Linton   New Zealand	9:01.77
50m Backstroke	Karina Leane   Australia	30.21	Nicole Seah   Australia	30.78	Lisbeth Lenton   Australia	30.89
100m Backstroke	Karina Leane   Australia	1:03.64 CR	Sophie Edington   Australia	1:03.86	Nicole Seah   Australia	1:04.88
200m Backstroke	Tamara Leane   Australia	2:18.45	Karina Leane   Australia	2:19.05	Kim Ono   Hawaii	2:22.54
50m Breaststroke	Kate Young   Australia	33.81	Rebekah Rychvalsky   Australia	34.05	Lara Carroll   Australia	34.18
100m Breaststroke	Kate Young   Australia	1:12.21	Rebekah Rychvalsky   Australia	1:13.24	Lara Carroll   Australia	1:14.43
200m Breaststroke	Kate Young   Australia	2:34.55	Jane Copland   New Zealand	2:38.07	Rebekah Rychvalsky   Australia	2:38.19
50m Butterfly	Lisbeth Lenton   Australia	28.03	Katie Corkran   Australia	28.15	Megan Allan   New Zealand	28.64
100m Butterfly	Jessicah Schipper   Australia	1:00.80 CR	Katie Corkran   Australia	1:01.49	Lisbeth Lenton   Australia	1:03.69
200m Butterfly	Jessicah Schipper   Australia	2:14.11 CR	Charnelle Crossingham   Australia	2:14.90	Katie Corkran   Australia	2:17.85
200m I.M.	Lara Carroll   Australia	2:20.17	Karina Leane   Australia	2:20.20	Charnelle Crossingham   Australia	2:20.96
400m I.M	Charnelle Crossingham   Australia	4:54.14	Lara Carroll   Australia	4:58.90	Karen Tait   New Zealand	5:02.38
400m Free Relay	Australia   Teagan Wilkie   Sophie Edington   Melissa Mitchell   Lisbeth Lenton	3:49.23 CR	New Zealand   Alison Fitch   Karen Tait   Rebecca Linton   Sarah Jackson	3:56.37	New Caledonia   Florence Alaux   Marie-Drohnue Simon   Marqaux Boyd   Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier	4:12.35
800m Free Relay	New Zealand   Sarah Jackson   Rebecca Linton   Karen Tait   Alison Fitch	8:22.62 CR	Australia   Briody Murphy   Belinda Wilson   Tamara Leane   Melissa Mitchell	8:28.16	New Caledonia   Charlotte Robin   Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier   Marqaux Boyd   Florence Alaux	9:17.12
400m Medley Relay	Australia   Karina Leane   Kate Young   Jessicah Schipper   Melissa Mitchell	4:15.78 CR	New Zealand   Megan Allan   Nathalie Bernard   Jane Copland   Alison Fitch	4:30.21	New Caledonia   Marqaux Boyd   Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier   Florence Alaux   Marie-Drohnue Simon	4:49.17

Overall medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	34	31	16	81
2	New Zealand (NZL)	2	6	10	18
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	0	2	3
4	Fiji (FIJ)	1	0	0	1
5	New Caledonia (NCL)	0	1	8	9
6	Hawaii (HAW)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 nations)		38	38	38	114

References

1. Aussies dominate Oceania Games, Swimming World Magazine online, published 14 July 2002; retrieved 2010-04-08.
2. In semifinals of the women's 50 free, Lisbeth Lenton swam a 26.08 to set the Championship Record.

• 2002 Oceania Championships results (from www.swiminfo.co.nz) for: Swimming, 5K, 10K, Synchro