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 Ōkataina and Lake Rotomā 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.

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 Mark Herring	22.92 CR			Matthew Brooks	23.27
Men's 100 m details	Mark Herring	50.17	Cameron Gibson	50.43	Reece Turner	50.61
Men's 200 m details	Robert Hurley	1:48.84 CR	Andrew McMillan	1:51.14	Reece Turner	1:51.44
Men's 400 m details	Robert Hurley	3:53.56 CR	Theodore Pasialis	3:54.77	Bryn Murphy	4:00.81
Men's 1500 m details	Theodore Pasialis	15:27.31 CR	Kane Radford	15:43.87	Bryn Murphy	15:48.17
Backstroke
Men's 50 m details	Robert Hurley	25.64 CR	Daniel Bell	26.13	Bradley Byrne	26.56
Men's 100 m details	Robert Hurley	55.04 CR	Bobby Jovanovich	56.54	Gareth Kean	56.82
Men's 200 m details	Robert Hurley	2:01.23 CR	Cameron Stanley	2:02.08	John Zulch	2:04.35
Breaststroke
Men's 50 m details	Glenn Snyders	28.31 CR	James Stacey	29.03	Stephane Debaere Tahiti	29.61
Men's 100 m details	Glenn Snyders	1:02.31	James Stacey	1:03.16	Dean Kent	1:03.92
Men's 200 m details	Glenn Snyders	2:16.24 CR	James Stacey	2:16.36	Kekoa Taparra Hawaii	2:28.60
Butterfly
Men's 50 m details	Corney Swanepoel	23.98 CR	Chris Wright	24.32	Ryan Pini	24.48
Men's 100 m details	Ryan Pini	52.33 CR	Corney Swanepoel	52.54	Chris Wright	53.40
Men's 200 m details	Moss Burmester	1:58.00 CR	Chris Wright	1:59.50	Ryan Napoleon	2:02.11
Individual Medley
Men's 200 m details	Dean Kent	2:02.21 CR	Stephen Parkes	2:05.71	John Gatfield	2:07.04
Men's 400 m details	Stephen Parkes	4:30.49	Brett Newall	4:36.32	Bryn Murphy	4:41.64
Freestyle Relay
Men's 4×100 m details	Mark Herring Orinoco Faamausili-Banse William Benson Cameron Gibson	3:19.91 CR	Reece Turner Chris Wright Matthew Brooks Robert Hurley	3:22.84	? ? ? ? New Caledonia	3:35.12
Men's 4×200 m details	Ryan Napoleon Reece Turner Theodore Pasialis Robert Hurley	7:25.63 CR	? ? ? ?	7:33.29	? ? ? ? New Caledonia	8:11.72
Medley Relay
Men's 4×100 m details	Daniel Bell Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel Cameron Gibson	3:38.62 CR	Robert Hurley James Stacey Chris Wright Reece Turner	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	25.84 CR	Kacey Pilgrim	26.05	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane	26.84
Women's 100 m details	Hayley Palmer	55.55 CR	Merindah Dingjan	56.27	Rebecca Ohlwein	56.54
Women's 200 m details	Helen Norfolk	2:00.31 CR	Lauren Boyle	2:00.73	Merindah Dingjan	2:02.80
Women's 400 m details	Lauren Boyle	4:14.29	Morgan-Lee Barnes	4:16.45	Jacinta Powell	4:16.73
Women's 800 m details	Lauren Boyle	8:44.06	Jacinta Powell	8:45.72	Morgan-Lee Barnes	8:51.21
Backstroke
Women's 50 m details	Elizabeth Coster	28.16 CR	Emily Thomas	28.46	Bridgette-Rose Taylor	28.50
Women's 100 m details	Elizabeth Coster	59.44 CR	Melissa Ingram	59.87	Bridgette-Rose Taylor	1:00.40
Women's 200 m details	Melissa Ingram	2:11.03 CR	Siobhan Keane	2:14.55	Bridgette-Rose Taylor	2:17.32
Breaststroke
Women's 50 m details	Jessica Legge	32.22 CR	Annabelle Carey	33.14	Kacey Pilgrim	33.76
Women's 100 m details	Jessica Legge	1:11.30	Annabelle Carey	1:11.53	Olivia Halicek	1:15.27
Women's 200 m details	Jessica Legge	2:34.66	Annabelle Carey	2:46.48	Elizabeth Matthews Hawaii	2:47.88
Butterfly
Women's 50 m details	Amy Smith	27.46	Jessica Ash	27.92	Emily Thomas	28.52
Women's 100 m details	Amy Smith	59.96 CR	Elizabeth Coster	1:00.07 NR	Jessica Ash	1:01.29
Women's 200 m details	Amy Smith	2:09.63 CR	Jessica Ash	2:15.15	Marissa Yamamoto Hawaii	2:32.37
Individual Medley
Women's 200 m details	Helen Norfolk	2:14.74 CR	Jessica Legge	2:18.37	Blair Evans	2:20.43
Women's 400 m details	Helen Norfolk	4:47.32 CR	Blair Evans	4:54.03	Jessica Legge	4:58.93
Freestyle Relay
Women's 4×100 m details	Olivia Halicek Rebecca Ohlwein Kacey Pilgrim Merindah Dingjan	3:47.32	? ? ? ?	4:00.19	? ? ? ? New Caledonia	4:08.03
Women's 4×200 m details	Helen Norfolk Lauren Boyle Hayley Palmer Tash Hind	8:10.78 CR	Merindah Dingjan Blair Evans Jacinta Powell Morgan-Lee Barnes	8:13.31	? ? ? ? Hawaii	9:06.10
Medley Relay
Women's 4×100 m details	Bridgette-Rose Taylor Jessica Legge Amy Smith Olivia Halicek	4:09.14 CR	? ? ? ?	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	58:34.21	Kane Radford	59:41.30	Blake Collis	59:47.39
Men's 10 km details	Trent Grimsey	1:59:34.8	Kane Radford	1:59:53.2	Blake Collis	2:00:06.9

Women's events

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Women's 5 km details	Stacey Hansford	1:01:30.90	Amy Thompson	1:01:31.99	Joyce Wiegersma	1:06:43:55
Women's 10 km details	Amy Thompson	2:04:51.0	Stacey Hansford	2:04:51.0	Joyce Wiegersma	2:08:22.4

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 (22.96) (heats)
• Men's 50 m freestyle - Mark Herring (22.92) (final)
• Men's 50 m freestyle - William Benson (22.92) (final)
• Men's 50 m freestyle - Orinoco Faamausili-Banse (22.86) (B final)
• Men's 100 m freestyle - Reese Turner (50.61) (heats)
• Men's 100 m freestyle - Cameron Gibson (50.36) (heats)
• Men's 100 m freestyle - Mark Herring (49.83) (heats)
• Men's 200 m freestyle - Robert Hurley (1:49.62) (heats)
• Men's 200 m freestyle - Robert Hurley (1:48.84) (final)
• Men's 400 m freestyle - Robert Hurley (3:53.56) (final)
• Men's 1500 m freestyle - Theodore Pasialis (15:27.31) (timed final)
• Men's 50 m backstroke - Daniel Bell (26.45) (heats)
• Men's 50 m backstroke - Robert Hurley (25.64) (final)
• Men's 100 m backstroke - Robert Hurley (55.04) (final)
• Men's 100 m backstroke - Robert Hurley (54.91) (relay)
• Men's 200 m backstroke - Robert Hurley (2:01.23) (final)
• Men's 50 m breaststroke - Glenn Snyders (28.31) (final)
• Men's 200 m breaststroke - Glenn Snyders (2:16.24) (final)
• Men's 50 m butterfly - Corney Swanepoel (23.98) (final)
• Men's 100 m butterfly - Ryan Pini (52.33) (final)
• Men's 200 m butterfly - Moss Burmester (1:58.00) (final)
• Men's 200 m individual medley - Dean Kent (2:02.21) (final)
• Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay - Mark Herring, Orinoco Faamausili-Banse, William Benson, Cameron Gibson (3:19.91) (timed final)
• Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay - Ryan Napoleon, Reece Turner, Theodore Pasialis, Robert Hurley (7:25.63) (timed final)
• Men's 4×100 m medley relay - Daniel Bell, Glenn Snyders, Corney Swanepoel, Cameron Gibson (3:38.62) (timed final)
• Women's 50 m freestyle - Rebecca Ohlwein (26.01) (heats)
• Women's 50 m freestyle - Rebecca Ohlwein (25.84) (final)
• Women's 100 m freestyle - Hayley Palmer (55.55) (heats)
• Women's 100 m freestyle - Hayley Palmer (55.55) (final)
• Women's 200 m freestyle - Helen Norfolk (2:00.31) (final)
• Women's 50 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster (29.08) (heats)
• Women's 50 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster (28.89) (final)
• Women's 100 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster (1:02.19) (heats)
• Women's 100 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster (1:01.10) (final)
• Women's 200 m backstroke - Melissa Ingram (2:11.03) (timed final)
• Women's 50 m breaststroke - Jessica Legge (32.22) (timed final)
• Women's 100 m butterfly - Amy Smith (59.96) (final)
• Women's 200 m butterfly - Amy Smith (2:09.63) (final)
• Women's 200 m individual medley - Helen Norfolk (2:14.74) (final)
• Women's 400 m individual medley - Helen Norfolk (4:47.32) (timed final)
• Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay - Helen Norfolk, Lauren Boyle, Hayley Palmer, Tash Hind (8:10.78) (timed final)
• Women's 4×100 m medley relay - Bridgette-Rose Taylor, Jessica Legge, Amy Smith, Olivia Halicek (4:09.14) (timed final)

See also

• Oceania Swimming Championship records

External links

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