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
	F.S. Micronesia (FSM)	0	0	0	0
	Fiji (FIJ)	0	0	0	0
	Guam (GUM)	0	0	0	0
	Marshall Islands (MHL)	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

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

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