Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games explained

Event:	Swimming
Games:	2003 South Pacific Games
Location:	Suva, Fiji
Dates:	30 June – 7 July 2003
Previous:	1999
Next:	2007

Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games took place from 30 June to 7 July in Suva, the capital of Fiji.

The pool events were held on the first 6 days in the 50m (long-course) pool at Fiji's National Aquatics Centre, and a 3 kilometre ("3K") open water race was held at Pacific Harbour on Monday, July 7, 2003. Originally, a 5K open water race was to be contested – 5K being a more widely internationally accepted race distance than a 3K. However, rough conditions on-course pushed the turn markers/buoys out of position and the length of the race needed to be changed to accommodate the conditions.^[1]

Overall, Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini (male) and New Caledonia's Diane Bui Duyet (female) were named "Swimmers of the Meet" for their overall performances: Pini won 7 events, 4 in record time and earned 12 medals overall; Bui-Duyet won 10 events with 5 games records, and 11 medals in total.^[2]

Event schedule

Date	Mon. 30 June.	Tue. 1 July.	Wed. 2 July.	Thu. 3 July.	Fri. 4 July.	Sat. 5 July.
E v e n t s	50 back (M) 100 free (W) 100 breast (M) 400 I.M. (F) 200 free (M) 800 Free Relay (W)	50 back (W) 100 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 I.M. (M) 200 breast (W) 800 Free Relay (M)	50 breast (W) 50 breast (M) 400 free (W) 100 free (M) 100 back (W) 200 back (M) 400 Free Relay (W)	400 free (M) 100 fly (W) 50 fly (M) 100 breast (W) 200 breast (M) 800 free (W) 400 Free Relay (M)	50 free (M) 200 I.M. (W) 200 fly (M) 50 fly (W) 100 back (M) 400 Medley Relay (W)	200 fly (W) 200 I.M. (M) 50 free (W) 1500 free (M) 200 back (W) 400 Medley Relay (M)

Monday, July 7: men's and women's 3,000m Open Water swim.

Results

Men

50m Freestyle		23.61		23.72		23.92
100m Freestyle		51.61		52.04		52.17
200m Freestyle		1:54.47		1:54.55		1:55.12
400m Freestyle		4:11.02		4:15.77		4:20.89
1500m Freestyle		^[3]

50m Backstroke		26.49 GR		29.16	none
100m Backstroke		56.90 GR		1:01.28		1:02.99
200m Backstroke		2:08.54		2:12.56		2:13.77

50m Breaststroke		29.94		30.97		31.53
100m Breaststroke		1:06.43 GR		1:07.69		1:08.97
200m Breaststroke		2:27.35		2:27.74		2:29.61

50m Butterfly		24.62 GR		25.90		26.09
100m Butterfly		55.18 GR		57.34		57.94
200m Butterfly		2:09.36		2:12.00		2:13.45

200m I.M.		2:09.38		2:10.08		2:13.67
400m I.M		4:44.23		4:50.31		4:57.99

400m Free Relay	New Caledonia David Thevenot Olivier Saminadin Laurent Douarche Antoine Dahlia	3:34.28 GR	Papua New Guinea Leo Biggs Matthew Sheehan Ben Wells Ryan Pini	3:36.26	Tahiti Yann Lausan Tamatoa Ellacott Rainui Teriipaia Tunui Cowan	3:43.11
800m Free Relay	New Caledonia David Thevenot Laurent Douarche Antoine Dahlia Olivier Saminadin	8:00.81	Papua New Guinea Leo Biggs Ben Wells Matthew Sheehan Ryan Pini	8:11.91	Tahiti Tunui Cowan Tamatoa Ellacott Yann Lausan Rainui Teriipaia	8:21.66
400m Medley Relay	New Caledonia Sebastien Tailhan Adrien Thomas Olivier Saminadin David Thevenot	3:57.89 GR	Papua New Guinea Ryan Pini Matthew Sheehan Ben Wells Leo Biggs	4:00.79	Tahiti Tunui Cowan Rainui Teriipaia Tamatoa Ellacott Yann Lausan	4:07.50

3K Open Water		37:41.09		38:10.37		38:19.37

Women

50m Freestyle		27.03		27.11		27.98
100m Freestyle		58.95		59.21		59.58
200m Freestyle		2:11.03		2:11.88		2:14.74
400m Freestyle		4:42.93		4:43.99		4:45.07
800m Freestyle		9:38.09		9:44.58		9:53.60

50m Backstroke		30.28 GR		31.18		32.38
100m Backstroke		1:05.28 GR		1:07.05		1:10.83
200m Backstroke		2:26.58 GR		2:30.26		2:34.25

50m Breaststroke		34.80 GR		35.63		36.63
100m Breaststroke		1:14.77 GR NR		1:17.00		1:20.32
200m Breaststroke		2:46.86		2:47.73		2:49.84

50m Butterfly		28.42 GR		30.19		30.45
100m Butterfly		1:03.75 GR		1:07.08		1:08.16
200m Butterfly		2:27.38		2:35.06		2:39.58

200m I.M.		2:27.46		2:29.79		2:29.92
400m I.M		5:31.26		5:38.19		5:40.69

400m Free Relay	New Caledonia Florence Alaux Diane Bui Duyet Marie Simon Manina Tehei	4:04.68 GR	Fiji Caroline Pickering Jodie Barratt Rachel Ah Koy Raewyn Simpson	4:10.09 NR	Tahiti Nancy Lau Vaea Sichan Raina Vongue Lacken Malateste	4:20.56
800m Free Relay	New Caledonia Diane Bui Duyet Florence Alaux Charlotte Robin Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier	9:03.13 GR	Fiji Rachel Ah Koy Jodie Barratt Raewyn Simpson Caroline Pickering	9:15.46 NR	Tahiti Nancy Lau Vaea Sichan Raina Vongue Lacken Malateste	9:35.58
400m Medley Relay	New Caledonia Diane Bui Duyet Melissa Carpin Florence Alaux Marie Simon	9:03.13 GR	Fiji Caroline Pickering Rachel Ah Koy Jodie Barratt Raewyn Simpson	9:15.46 NR	Tahiti Lacken Malateste Vaea Sichan Raina Vongue Nancy Lau	9:35.58

3K Open Water		38:26.71		39:14.75		41:59.84

Participating countries

101 swimmers from 9 countries took part in the swimming competitions at the 2003 South Pacific Games (team size in parentheses):^[4]

Guam (7)
Fiji (17)
(6)
New Caledonia (30)
Northern Mariana Islands (9)
Palau (4)
Papua New Guinea (10)
Samoa (6)
(12)

External links

2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Schedule/Results

retrieved 2009-07-03.

Notes and References

http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-1985-0-0-0&sID=15241&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=41516&sectionID=15241 SPG'03-Swimming: New Caledonia dominates Open Water Swim
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-1985-0-0-0&sID=15241&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=41468&sectionID=15241 SPG'03-Swimming: Swimmers of the Meet Named
The results of the men's 1500 free indicate that the top-3 times are: Saminadin-7:05.27, Riviere-7:14.46, and Dubois-Duvivier-7:48.61. This cannot be times for a full 1500m, as they are over 7 minutes faster than the World Record in the event; and over 9 minutes faster than the listed Games Record at the time (16:23.84)--none of the swimmers are listed as having swum better than that record, either. As such, no times are listed in the above table, pending confirmation of what happened in the event. However, the order-of-finish of the results is still presumed accurate, and is shown here. (2009-07-04)
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-1985-0-0-0&sID=15249 SPG'03-Swimming: Team List by Country