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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Zealand (NZL)*2117846
2 Australia (AUS)17201855
3 Papua New Guinea (PNG)1023
4 Hawaii (HAW)0055
5 New Caledonia (NCL)0044
6 French Polynesia (PYF)0011
7 American Samoa (ASA)0000
 Cook Islands (COK)0000
 F.S. Micronesia (FSM)0000
 Fiji (FIJ)0000
 Guam (GUM)0000
 Marshall Islands (MHL)0000
 Northern Mariana Islands (NMI)0000
 Palau (PLW)0000
 Samoa (SAM)0000
Totals (15 nations)393738114

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 ?
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 New Caledonia		3:35.12
Men's 4×200 m
details		 Ryan Napoleon
Reece Turner
Theodore Pasialis
Robert Hurley
 Australia		7:25.63 CR ?
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 New Zealand		7:33.29 ?
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 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 ?
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 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 ?
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 New Zealand		4:00.19 ?
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 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 ?
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 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 ?
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 New Zealand		4:11.68 ?
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 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
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See also
  • Oceania Swimming Championship records
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