Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games

Swimming
at the 2003 South Pacific Games

Location| Suva, Fiji
Dates| 30 June – 7 July 2003

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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

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Date | Mon. 30 June.[3] | Tue. 1 July.[4] | Wed. 2 July.[5] | Thu. 3 July.[6] | Fri. 4 July.[7] | Sat. 5 July.[8]

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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.[9]

## Results

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50m Freestyle  |  Carl Probert (FIJ) | 23.61  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 23.72  |  David Thevenot (NCL) | 23.92
100m Freestyle  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 51.61  |  Carl Probert (FIJ) | 52.04  |  David Thevenot (NCL) | 52.17
200m Freestyle  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 1:54.47  |  David Thevenot (NCL) | 1:54.55  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 1:55.12
400m Freestyle  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 4:11.02  |  Antoine Dahlia (NCL) | 4:15.77  |  Tunui Cowan (TAH) | 4:20.89
1500m Freestyle  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | [10] |  Benoit Riviere (NCL) | [10] |  Fabian Dubois-Duvivier (NCL) | [10]
50m Backstroke  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 26.49  GR |  Sebastien Tailhan (NCL)
Carl Probert (FIJ) | 29.16  |  none
100m Backstroke  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 56.90  GR |  Sebastien Tailhan (NCL) | 1:01.28  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 1:02.99
200m Backstroke  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 2:08.54  |  Sebastien Tailhan (NCL) | 2:12.56  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 2:13.77
50m Breaststroke  |  Rainui Teriipaia (TAH) | 29.94  |  Matthew Sheehan (PNG) | 30.97  |  Stephen Hirzel (NCL) | 31.53
100m Breaststroke  |  Rainui Teriipaia (TAH) | 1:06.43  GR |  Adrien Thomas (NCL) | 1:07.69  |  Stephen Hirzel (NCL) | 1:08.97
200m Breaststroke  |  Rainui Teriipaia (TAH) | 2:27.35  |  Adrien Thomas (NCL) | 2:27.74  |  Stephen Hirzel (NCL) | 2:29.61
50m Butterfly  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 24.62  GR |  Daniel O'Keeffe (GUM) | 25.90  |  David Thevenot (NCL) | 26.09
100m Butterfly  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 55.18  GR |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 57.34  |  Daniel O'Keeffe (GUM) | 57.94
200m Butterfly  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 2:09.36  |  Laurent Douarche (NCL) | 2:12.00  |  Antoine Dahlia (NCL) | 2:13.45
200m I.M.  |  Ryan Pini (PNG) | 2:09.38  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 2:10.08  |  Daniel O'Keeffe (GUM) | 2:13.67
400m I.M  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 4:44.23  |  Dean Palacios (MNP) | 4:50.31  |  Antoine Dahlia (NCL) | 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  |  Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 37:41.09  |  Antoine Dahlia (NCL) | 38:10.37  |  Tunui Cowan (TAH) | 38:19.37

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50m Freestyle  |  Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 27.03  |  Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) | 27.11  |  Florence Alaux (NCL) | 27.98
100m Freestyle  |  Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 58.95  |  Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) | 59.21  |  Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 59.58
200m Freestyle  |  Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) | 2:11.03  |  Florence Alaux (NCL) | 2:11.88  |  Lacken Malateste (TAH) | 2:14.74
400m Freestyle  |  Charlotte Robin (NCL) | 4:42.93  |  Vanessa Claubau (NCL) | 4:43.99  |  Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier (NCL) | 4:45.07
800m Freestyle  |  Vanessa Claubau (NCL) | 9:38.09  |  Charlotte Robin (NCL) | 9:44.58  |  Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier (NCL) | 9:53.60
50m Backstroke  |  Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 30.28  GR |  Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 31.18  |  Marie Simon (NCL) | 32.38
100m Backstroke  |  Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 1:05.28  GR |  Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 1:07.05  |  Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 1:10.83
200m Backstroke  |  Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 2:26.58  GR |  Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 2:30.26  |  Margo Boyd (NCL) | 2:34.25
50m Breaststroke  |  Manina Tehei (NCL) | 34.80  GR |  Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) | 35.63  |  Vuki Kuinikoro (FIJ) | 36.63
100m Breaststroke  |  Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) | 1:14.77  GR NR |  Manina Tehei (NCL) | 1:17.00  |  Melissa Carpin (NCL) | 1:20.32
200m Breaststroke  |  Melissa Carpin (NCL) | 2:46.86  |  Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) | 2:47.73  |  Manina Tehei (NCL) | 2:49.84
50m Butterfly  |  Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 28.42  GR |  Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 30.19  |  Florence Alaux (NCL) | 30.45
100m Butterfly  |  Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 1:03.75  GR |  Florence Alaux (NCL) | 1:07.08  |  Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) | 1:08.16
200m Butterfly  |  Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 2:27.38  |  Lacken Malateste (TAH) | 2:35.06  |  Marie-Michelle Horngren (NCL) | 2:39.58
200m I.M.  |  Diane Bui Duyet (NCL) | 2:27.46  |  Rachel Ah Koy (FIJ) | 2:29.79  |  Caroline Pickering (FIJ) | 2:29.92
400m I.M  |  Lacken Malateste (TAH) | 5:31.26  |  Charlotte Robin (NCL) | 5:38.19  |  Raina Vongue (TAH) | 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  |  Charlotte Robin (NCL) | 38:26.71  |  Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier (NCL) | 39:14.75  |  Esther Meallet (NCL) | 41:59.84

## Participating countries

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101 swimmers from 9 countries took part in the swimming competitions at the 2003 South Pacific Games (team size in parentheses):[11]

* Guam (7)
* Fiji (17)
* Federated States of Micronesia (6)
* NCL (30)
* Northern Mariana Islands (9)
* Palau (4)
* Papua New Guinea (10)
* Samoa (6)
* Tahiti (12)

## References

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1. ^ SPG'03-Swimming: New Caledonia dominates Open Water Swim, from SportingPulse.com; published 2003-07-07, retrieved 2009-07-04.
2. ^ SPG'03-Swimming: Swimmers of the Meet Named, from SportingPulse.com; published 2003-07-05, retrieved 2009-07-04.
3. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Finals Day 1". Sports Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
4. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Finals Day 2". Sports Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
5. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Finals Day 3". Sports Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
6. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Finals Day 4". Sports Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
7. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Finals Day 5". Sports Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
8. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Finals Day 6". Sports Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
9. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Finals Open water". Sports Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
10. ^ a b c 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)
11. ^ SPG'03-Swimming: Team List by Country retrieved 2009-07-04.

## External links

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

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