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
[edit]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 |
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1 | ![]() | 21 | 17 | 8 | 46 |
2 | ![]() | 17 | 20 | 18 | 55 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Totals (15 entries) | 39 | 37 | 38 | 114 |
Swimming
[edit]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
[edit]- CR - Championship record
- NR - National record
Men's events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]Open Water Swimming
[edit]Men's events
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
Synchronized Swimming
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Records broken
[edit]During the 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships, 42 Championship Records (or Meet Records) were set. Multiple Continental and National Records were also set.
Championship records
[edit]- 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)