Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games

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.SPG'03-Swimming: New Caledonia dominates Open Water Swim, from SportingPulse.com; published 2003-07-07, retrieved 2009-07-04.

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.SPG'03-Swimming: Swimmers of the Meet Named, from SportingPulse.com; published 2003-07-05, retrieved 2009-07-04.

Event schedule Date Mon. 30 June. Tue. 1 July. Wed. 2 July. Thu. 3 July. Fri. 4 July. Sat. 5 July.Events 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 23.92100m Freestyle 51.61 52.04 52.17200m Freestyle 1:54.47 1:54.55 1:55.12400m Freestyle 4:11.02 4:15.77 4:20.891500m Freestyle 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) 50m Backstroke 26.49  GR 29.16   none100m Backstroke 56.90  GR 1:01.28 1:02.99200m Backstroke 2:08.54 2:12.56 2:13.77 50m Breaststroke 29.94 30.97 31.53100m Breaststroke 1:06.43  GR 1:07.69 1:08.97200m Breaststroke 2:27.35 2:27.74 2:29.61 50m Butterfly 24.62  GR 25.90 26.09100m Butterfly 55.18  GR 57.34 57.94200m Butterfly 2:09.36 2:12.00 2:13.45 200m I.M. 2:09.38 2:10.08 2:13.67400m 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 3:43.11800m 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 8:21.66400m 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 27.98100m Freestyle 58.95 59.21 59.58200m Freestyle 2:11.03 2:11.88 2:14.74400m Freestyle 4:42.93 4:43.99 4:45.07800m Freestyle 9:38.09 9:44.58 9:53.60 50m Backstroke 30.28  GR 31.18 32.38100m Backstroke 1:05.28  GR 1:07.05 1:10.83200m Backstroke 2:26.58  GR 2:30.26 2:34.25 50m Breaststroke 34.80  GR 35.63 36.63100m Breaststroke 1:14.77  GR NR 1:17.00 1:20.32200m Breaststroke 2:46.86 2:47.73 2:49.84 50m Butterfly 28.42  GR 30.19 30.45100m Butterfly 1:03.75  GR 1:07.08 1:08.16200m Butterfly 2:27.38 2:35.06 2:39.58 200m I.M. 2:27.46 2:29.79 2:29.92400m 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 4:20.56800m 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 9:35.58400m 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):SPG'03-Swimming: Team List by Country retrieved 2009-07-04.

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References

External links 2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Schedule/Results; retrieved 2009-07-03.