title: 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships
text: # 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
  
  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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | New Zealand (NZL)* | 21 | 17 | 8 | 46 |
  | 2 | Australia (AUS) | 17 | 20 | 18 | 55 |
  | 3 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 4 | Hawaii (HAW) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
  | 5 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
  | 6 | French Polynesia (PYF) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | American Samoa (ASA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | Cook Islands (COK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | Fiji (FIJ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | Guam (GUM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | Marshall Islands (MHL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | Micronesia (FSM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | Palau (PLW) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | Samoa (SAM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 39 | 37 | 38 | 114 |
  
  ## 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 New Zealand Mark Herring New Zealand | 22.92 CR | | | Matthew Brooks Australia | 23.27 |
  | Men's 100 m details | Mark Herring New Zealand | 50.17 | Cameron Gibson New Zealand | 50.43 | Reece Turner Australia | 50.61 |
  | Men's 200 m details | Robert Hurley Australia | 1:48.84 CR | Andrew McMillan New Zealand | 1:51.14 | Reece Turner Australia | 1:51.44 |
  | Men's 400 m details | Robert Hurley Australia | 3:53.56 CR | Theodore Pasialis Australia | 3:54.77 | Bryn Murphy New Zealand | 4:00.81 |
  | Men's 1500 m details | Theodore Pasialis Australia | 15:27.31 CR | Kane Radford New Zealand | 15:43.87 | Bryn Murphy New Zealand | 15:48.17 |
  | Backstroke |||||||
  | Men's 50 m details | Robert Hurley Australia | 25.64 CR | Daniel Bell New Zealand | 26.13 | Bradley Byrne Australia | 26.56 |
  | Men's 100 m details | Robert Hurley Australia | 55.04 CR | Bobby Jovanovich Australia | 56.54 | Gareth Kean New Zealand | 56.82 |
  | Men's 200 m details | Robert Hurley Australia | 2:01.23 CR | Cameron Stanley New Zealand | 2:02.08 | John Zulch New Zealand | 2:04.35 |
  | Breaststroke |||||||
  | Men's 50 m details | Glenn Snyders New Zealand | 28.31 CR | James Stacey Australia | 29.03 | Stephane Debaere Tahiti | 29.61 |
  | Men's 100 m details | Glenn Snyders New Zealand | 1:02.31 | James Stacey Australia | 1:03.16 | Dean Kent New Zealand | 1:03.92 |
  | Men's 200 m details | Glenn Snyders New Zealand | 2:16.24 CR | James Stacey Australia | 2:16.36 | Kekoa Taparra Hawaii | 2:28.60 |
  | Butterfly |||||||
  | Men's 50 m details | Corney Swanepoel New Zealand | 23.98 CR | Chris Wright Australia | 24.32 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 24.48 |
  | Men's 100 m details | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 52.33 CR | Corney Swanepoel New Zealand | 52.54 | Chris Wright Australia | 53.40 |
  | Men's 200 m details | Moss Burmester New Zealand | 1:58.00 CR | Chris Wright Australia | 1:59.50 | Ryan Napoleon Australia | 2:02.11 |
  | Individual Medley |||||||
  | Men's 200 m details | Dean Kent New Zealand | 2:02.21 CR | Stephen Parkes Australia | 2:05.71 | John Gatfield New Zealand | 2:07.04 |
  | Men's 400 m details | Stephen Parkes Australia | 4:30.49 | Brett Newall New Zealand | 4:36.32 | Bryn Murphy New Zealand | 4:41.64 |
  | Freestyle Relay |||||||
  | Men's 4×100 m details | Mark Herring Orinoco Faamausili-Banse William Benson Cameron Gibson New Zealand | 3:19.91 CR | Reece Turner Chris Wright Matthew Brooks Robert Hurley Australia | 3:22.84 | ? ? ? ? New Caledonia | 3:35.12 |
  | Men's 4×200 m details | Ryan Napoleon Reece Turner Theodore Pasialis Robert Hurley Australia | 7:25.63 CR | ? ? ? ? New Zealand | 7:33.29 | ? ? ? ? New Caledonia | 8:11.72 |
  | Medley Relay |||||||
  | Men's 4×100 m details | Daniel Bell Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel Cameron Gibson New Zealand | 3:38.62 CR | Robert Hurley James Stacey Chris Wright Reece Turner Australia | 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 Australia | 25.84 CR | Kacey Pilgrim Australia | 26.05 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane Papua New Guinea | 26.84 |
  | Women's 100 m details | Hayley Palmer New Zealand | 55.55 CR | Merindah Dingjan Australia | 56.27 | Rebecca Ohlwein Australia | 56.54 |
  | Women's 200 m details | Helen Norfolk New Zealand | 2:00.31 CR | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 2:00.73 | Merindah Dingjan Australia | 2:02.80 |
  | Women's 400 m details | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 4:14.29 | Morgan-Lee Barnes Australia | 4:16.45 | Jacinta Powell Australia | 4:16.73 |
  | Women's 800 m details | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 8:44.06 | Jacinta Powell Australia | 8:45.72 | Morgan-Lee Barnes Australia | 8:51.21 |
  | Backstroke |||||||
  | Women's 50 m details | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 28.16 CR | Emily Thomas New Zealand | 28.46 | Bridgette-Rose Taylor Australia | 28.50 |
  | Women's 100 m details | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 59.44 CR | Melissa Ingram New Zealand | 59.87 | Bridgette-Rose Taylor Australia | 1:00.40 |
  | Women's 200 m details | Melissa Ingram New Zealand | 2:11.03 CR | Siobhan Keane Australia | 2:14.55 | Bridgette-Rose Taylor Australia | 2:17.32 |
  | Breaststroke |||||||
  | Women's 50 m details | Jessica Legge Australia | 32.22 CR | Annabelle Carey New Zealand | 33.14 | Kacey Pilgrim Australia | 33.76 |
  | Women's 100 m details | Jessica Legge Australia | 1:11.30 | Annabelle Carey New Zealand | 1:11.53 | Olivia Halicek Australia | 1:15.27 |
  | Women's 200 m details | Jessica Legge Australia | 2:34.66 | Annabelle Carey New Zealand | 2:46.48 | Elizabeth Matthews Hawaii | 2:47.88 |
  | Butterfly |||||||
  | Women's 50 m details | Amy Smith Australia | 27.46 | Jessica Ash Australia | 27.92 | Emily Thomas New Zealand | 28.52 |
  | Women's 100 m details | Amy Smith Australia | 59.96 CR | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 1:00.07 NR | Jessica Ash Australia | 1:01.29 |
  | Women's 200 m details | Amy Smith Australia | 2:09.63 CR | Jessica Ash Australia | 2:15.15 | Marissa Yamamoto Hawaii | 2:32.37 |
  | Individual Medley |||||||
  | Women's 200 m details | Helen Norfolk New Zealand | 2:14.74 CR | Jessica Legge Australia | 2:18.37 | Blair Evans Australia | 2:20.43 |
  | Women's 400 m details | Helen Norfolk New Zealand | 4:47.32 CR | Blair Evans Australia | 4:54.03 | Jessica Legge Australia | 4:58.93 |
  | Freestyle Relay |||||||
  | Women's 4×100 m details | Olivia Halicek Rebecca Ohlwein Kacey Pilgrim Merindah Dingjan Australia | 3:47.32 | ? ? ? ? New Zealand | 4:00.19 | ? ? ? ? New Caledonia | 4:08.03 |
  | Women's 4×200 m details | Helen Norfolk Lauren Boyle Hayley Palmer Tash Hind New Zealand | 8:10.78 CR | Merindah Dingjan Blair Evans Jacinta Powell Morgan-Lee Barnes Australia | 8:13.31 | ? ? ? ? Hawaii | 9:06.10 |
  | Medley Relay |||||||
  | Women's 4×100 m details | Bridgette-Rose Taylor Jessica Legge Amy Smith Olivia Halicek Australia | 4:09.14 CR | ? ? ? ? New Zealand | 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 Australia | 58:34.21 | Kane Radford New Zealand | 59:41.30 | Blake Collis Australia | 59:47.39 |
  | Men's 10 km details | Trent Grimsey Australia | 1:59:34.8 | Kane Radford New Zealand | 1:59:53.2 | Blake Collis Australia | 2:00:06.9 |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Women's 5 km details | Stacey Hansford Australia | 1:01:30.90 | Amy Thompson Australia | 1:01:31.99 | Joyce Wiegersma New Zealand | 1:06:43:55 |
  | Women's 10 km details | Amy Thompson Australia | 2:04:51.0 | Stacey Hansford Australia | 2:04:51.0 | Joyce Wiegersma New Zealand | 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 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)
  