Swimming at the 2007 South Pacific Games
| Swimming at the 2007 South Pacific Games | |
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| Location | Apia, Samoa |
| Dates | 27 August – 3 September 2007 |
The swimming competition at the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa was held:
- pool: August 27-September 1 at the Samoa Aquatic Centre in the Faleata Sports Complex; and
- open water: Monday, September 3 at the Aggie Grey's Complex, in Faleolo.
All pool events were swum in a long-course (50m) pool; the open water events were 5-kilometres in length (5K).
Event schedule
| Date | Mon. Aug. 27 | Tue. Aug. 28 | Wed. Aug. 29 | Thu. Aug. 30 | Fri. Aug. 31 | Sat. Sep. 1 |
| E v e n t s |
50 back (M) 100 free (W) 100 breast (M) 400 I.M. (F) 200 free (M) 4x200 Free Relay (W) |
50 back (W) 100 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 I.M. (M) 200 breast (W) 4x200 Free Relay (M) |
50 breast (W) 50 breast (M) 400 free (W) 100 free (M) 100 back (W) 200 back (M) 4x100 Free Relay (W) |
400 free (M) 100 fly (W) 50 fly (M) 100 breast (W) 200 breast (M) 800 free (W) 4x100 Free Relay (M) |
50 free (M) 200 I.M. (W) 200 fly (M) 50 fly (W) 100 back (M) 4x100 Medley Relay (W) |
200 fly (W) 200 I.M. (M) 50 free (W) 1500 free (M) 200 back (W) 4x100 Medley Relay (M) |
Monday, September 3: men's and women's 5,000m Open Water swim. Note: The 2007 swimming event schedule is the same as that of the 2003 South Pacific Games, save the nomenclature change on the relays from "400" to "4x100" and "800" to "4x200".
Results
Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini dominate the men's competition, winning eight individual gold medals.[1] In the women's competition, Lara Grangeon from New Caledonia won seven individual gold medals (including the open water swim) and two more gold in the relays.[1]
Men
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Women
Participating countries
125 swimmers from 10 countries were entered in the swimming events at the 2007 Games—a record—with Tokelau and the Marshall Islands participating in the SPG Swimming events for the first time.[3] Countries entered in the swimming competition are:
- File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa
- File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
- File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam
- File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg New Caledonia
- File:Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands
- File:Flag of Palau.svg Palau
- File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea
- File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
- File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti
- File:Flag of Tokelau.svg Tokelau
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SPG Results 2007, pp. 47–55.
- ↑ There were only 3 entrants in the men's 400 IM, so the 3 medalists represent the full results for the event.
- ↑ Record Entries for Swimming, 2007 South Pacific Games website. Published 2007-05-29, retrieved 2009-07-06.
Sources
- 2007 South Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
External links
- 2007 South Pacific Games — Swimming website; retrieved 2009-07-06.