Swimming at the 2015 Pacific Games
Swimming at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on July 6–12, 2015. The women's events were dominated by New Caledonia's Lara Grangeon who won eight individual gold medals and was a team member in four gold medal-winning relays.[1][2] Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini won six individual gold medals in the men's events and was a team member in the gold medal-winning mixed 4×50 metre medley relay.[3][4]
Event schedule
The forty events in the pool, nineteen each for men and women plus two mixed relays, were spread over six days at the Taurama Pool,[5] with heats held in the morning sessions, followed by the finals in the evenings.
Mon. July 6 | Tue. July 7 | Wed. July 8 | Thu. July 9 | Fri. July 10 | Sat. July 11 |
50 back (M) 100 free (W) 200 free (M) 400 I.M. (W) 100 breast (M) 4 × 100 free (W) 4 × 100 free (M) |
50 back (W) 100 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 I.M. (M) 200 breast (W) 4 × 200 free (M) |
100 back (W) 100 free (M) 400 free (W) 50 breast (M) 50 breast (W) 400 free (M) 4 × 50 medley (Mix) |
50 fly (M) 100 breast (W) 200 breast (M) 50 fly (W) 200 I.M. (M) 800 free (W) 4 × 50 free (Mix) |
50 free (M) 200 I.M. (W) 200 fly (M) 100 fly (W) 100 back (M) 4 × 200 free (W) |
50 free (W) 200 fly (W) 200 back (M) 200 back (W) 1500 free (M) 4 × 100 medley (W) 4 × 100 medley (M) |
The men's and women's open water race events were scheduled for Sunday, July 12 at the Loloata Resort.[lower-alpha 1]
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Papua New Guinea)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | New Caledonia | 21 | 7 | 16 | 44 |
2 | French Polynesia | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
3 | Papua New Guinea* | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
4 | Tonga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Guam | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Fiji | 1 | 15 | 8 | 24 |
7 | Samoa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (7 nations) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |
Men's
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs | |||
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50m Freestyle | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 23.10 GR | Stephane Debaere (TAH) | 23.24 | Hugo Lambert (TAH) | 23.29 | [6] |
100m Freestyle | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 50.62 | Stephane Debaere (TAH) | 51.40 | Hugo Lambert (TAH) | 51.41 | [7] |
200m Freestyle | Rahiti De Vos (TAH) | 1:51.87 | Hugo Lambert (TAH) | 1:52.93 | Jeremie Dufourmantelle (NCL) | 1:54.06 | [8] |
400m Freestyle | Rahiti De Vos (TAH) | 3:56.82 GR | Hugo Lambert (TAH) | 4:02.90 | Jeremie Dufourmantelle (NCL) | 4:04.96 | [7] |
1500m Freestyle | Rahiti De Vos (TAH) | 15:50.16 GR | Jeremie Dufourmantelle (NCL) | 16:17.52 | Sheldon Plummer (PNG) | 18:02.31 | [9] |
50m Backstroke | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 26.14 | Teiki Dupont (TAH) | 26.98 | Julien Pierre-Goyetche (NCL) | 27.24 | [8] |
100m Backstroke | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 56.00 | Teiki Dupont (TAH) | 58.18 | Julien Pierre-Goyetche (NCL) | 58.81 | [10] |
200m Backstroke | Teiki Dupont (TAH) | 2:09.19 | Hugo Tormento (NCL) | 2:11.78 | Brandon Schuster (SAM) | 2:14.61 | [9] |
50m Breaststroke | Amini Fonua (TGA) | 28.20 GR | Stephane Debaere (TAH) | 28.81 | Rainui Teriipaia-Rentier (TAH) | 29.11 | [7] |
100m Breaststroke | Amini Fonua (TGA) | 1:02.95 GR | Benjamin Schulte (GUM) | 1:03.42 | Rainiui Teriipaia-Rentier (TAH) | 1:03.46 | [8] |
200m Breaststroke | Amini Fonua (TGA) | 2:20.27 | Ryan Maskelyn (PNG) | 2:21.22 | Benjamin Schulte (GUM) | 2:22.29 | [11] |
50m Butterfly | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 23.93 GR | Stephane Debaere (TAH) | 24.69 | Hugo Lambert (TAH) | 25.27 | [11] |
100m Butterfly | Ryan Pini (PNG) | 53.42 GR | Samuel Seghers (PNG) | 55.49 | Rahiti de Vos (TAH) | 56.42 | [12] |
200m Butterfly | Rahiti de Vos (TAH) | 2:04.23 | Thibaut Mary (NCL) | 2:06.32 | Hugo Tormento (NCL) | 2:07.19 | [13] |
200m I.M. | Benjamin Schulte (GUM) | 2:09.22 | Thibaut Mary (NCL) | 2:10.67 | Emmanuel Limozin (NCL) | 2:12.36 | [11] |
400m I.M | Benjamin Schulte (GUM) | 4:39.11 | Brandon Schuster (SAM) | 4:39.29 | Hugo Tormento (NCL) | 4:43.71 | [12] |
4 × 100 m Freestyle relay |
Tahiti Stephane Debaere Hugo Lambert Rahiti de Vos Anthony Clark | 3:25.02 GR | New Caledonia Julien-Pierre Goyetche Hugo Ricarrere Jeremie Dufourmantelle Emmanuel Limozin | 3:27.66 | Papua New Guinea Samuel Seghers Leo Biggs Stanford Kawale Ryan Pini | 3:28.02 | [8] |
4 × 200 m Freestyle relay |
Tahiti Hugo Lambert Rahiti de Vos Stephane Debaere Anthony Clark | 7:37.50 GR | New Caledonia Emmanuel Limozin Thibaut Mary Jeremie Dufourmantelle Hugo Tormento | 7:43.87 | Papua New Guinea Samuel Seghers Stanford Kawale Shannon Liew Ryan Pini | 8:06.45 | [12] |
4 × 100 m Medley relay |
Tahiti Teiki Dupont Rainui Teriipaia-Rentier Hugo Lambert Stephane Debaere |
3:48.40 | Papua New Guinea Ryan Pini Ryan Maskelyne Samuel Seghers Stanford Kawale |
3:49.53 | New Caledonia Julien-Pierre Goyetche Thomas Oswald Thibaut Mar Emmanuel Limozin |
3:51.53 | [9] |
3 km Open water[lower-alpha 1] | Thibaut Mary (NCL) | 40:49.66 | Rahiti de Vos (TAH) | 40:52.18 | Jeremie Dufourmantelle (NCL) | 40:55.28 | [14] |
GR Games record for the Pacific Games/South Pacific Games |
Women's
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs | |||
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50m Freestyle | Emma Terebo (NCL) | 26.26 GR | Caroline Puamau (FIJ) | 26.70 | Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (PNG) | 27.25 | [9] |
100m Freestyle | Emma Terebo (NCL) | 57.46 | Matelita Buadromo (FIJ) | 58.29 | Caroline Puamau (FIJ) | 58.90 | [8] |
200m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 2:03.77 GR | Matelita Buadromo (FIJ) | 2:08.41 | Lea Ricarrere (NCL) | 2:13.21 | [12] |
400m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 4:20.40 GR | Matelita Buadromo (FIJ) | 4:36.00 | Charlotte Robin (NCL) | 4:41.97 | [7] |
800m Freestyle | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 8:52.99 GR | Matelita Buadromo (FIJ) | 9:33.71 | Charlotte Robin (NCL) | 9:38.80 | [11] |
50m Backstroke | Emma Terebo (NCL) | 29.18 GR | Caroline Puamau (FIJ) | 29.83 | Suzanne Afchain (NCL) | 31.14 | [12] |
100m Backstroke | Emma Terebo (NCL) | 1:02.60 GR | Suzanne Afchain (NCL) | 1:08.45 | Cheyenne Rova (FIJ) | 1:08.59 | [7] |
200m Backstroke | Cheyenne Rova (FIJ) | 2:30.00 | Savannah Tkatchenko (PNG) | 2:31.90 | Brooke Smith (FIJ) | 2:34.27 | [9] |
50m Breaststroke | Adeline Williams (NCL) | 32.61 | Pilar Shimizu (GUM) | 33.35 | Savannah Tkatchenko (PNG) | 34.60 | [7] |
100m Breaststroke | Adeline Williams (NCL) | 1:11.05 GR | Pilar Shimizu (GUM) | 1:16.05 | Savannah Tkatchenko (PNG) | 1:16.96 | [11] |
200m Breaststroke | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 2:33.20 GR | Tegan McCarthy (PNG) | 2:44.95 | Savannah Tkatchenko (PNG) | 2:45.23 | [12] |
50m Butterfly | Emma Terebo (NCL) | 28.44 | Caroline Puamau (FIJ) | 28.61 NR | Matelita Buadromo (FIJ) | 28.71 | [11] |
100m Butterfly | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 1:06.00 | Tieri Erasito (FIJ) | 1:08.02 | Adi Naivalu (FIJ) | 1:08.06 | [15] |
200m Butterfly | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 2:11.89 GR | Tieri Erasito (FIJ) | 2:30.34 | Rosemarie Rova (FIJ) | 2:34.24 | [9] |
200m I.M. | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 2:17.84 | Matelita Buadromo (FIJ) | 2:27.22 | Savannah Tkatchenko (PNG) | 2:29.82 | [15] |
400m I.M | Lara Grangeon (NCL) | 4:47.07 GR | Matelita Buadromo (FIJ) | 5:24.09 | Lou Pujol (NCL) | 5:26.82 | [8] |
4 × 100 m Freestyle relay |
New Caledonia Lea Ricarrere Emma Terebo Armelle Hidrio Lara Grangeon | 3:57.23 GR | Fiji Adi Naivalu Cheyenne Rova Caroline Puamau Matelita Buadromo | 3:57.92 | Papua New Guinea Savannah Tkatchenko Ebony Tkatchenko Barbara Vali-Skelton Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 4:11.52 | [8] |
4 × 200 m Freestyle relay |
New Caledonia Suzanne Afchain Lara Grangeon Emma Terebo Lea Ricarrere | 8:51.55 | Fiji Adi Naivalu Caroline Puamau Cheyenne Rova Rosemarie Rova | 9:06.12 | Papua New Guinea Milly Knight Jocelyn Flynn Jean Koupa Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 9:12.16 | [16] |
4 × 100 m Medley relay |
New Caledonia Emma Terebo Adeline Williams Lara Grangeon Armelle Hidrio |
4:23.64 GR | Papua New Guinea Shanice Paraka Savannah Tkatchenko Tegan McCarthy Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane |
4:38.31 | Fiji Iris Pene Amy McGowan Adi Naivalu Rosemarie Rova |
4:46.40 | [9] |
3 km Open water[lower-alpha 1] | Charlotte Robin (NCL) | 47:13.25 | Matelita Buadromo (FIJ) | 49:02.72 | Leilani Flament (NCL) | 49:03.83 | [14] |
GR Games record for the Pacific Games/South Pacific Games |
Mixed
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs | |||
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4x50m Freestyle relay |
Papua New Guinea Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane Samuel Seghers Savannah Tkatchenko Ryan Pini | 1:40.02 GR | Fiji Meli Malani Carl Probert Yolani Blake Caroline Puamau | 1:40.45 | New Caledonia Emma Terebo Emmanuel Limozin Armelle Hidrio Julien-Pierre Goyetche | 1:40.57 | [11] |
4x50m Medley relay |
New Caledonia Emma Terebo Adeline Williams Thibaut Mary Julien-Pierre Goyetche | 1:49.94 GR | Papua New Guinea Ryan Pini (25.95 GR) Barbara Vali-Skelton Samuel Seghers Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane | 1:52.04 | Fiji Adi Kinisimer Maivalu Matelita Buadromo Meli Malani Carl Probert | 1:54.18 | [7] |
GR Games record for the Pacific Games/South Pacific Games |
Notes
- The open water race distance was reduced from 5km to 3km due to safety concerns because of a receding tide. The start was delayed after storms overnight had interfered with the course preparation.[lower-alpha 2]
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