The swimming competition at the 2003 South Pacific Games

2003 South Pacific Games

The 2003 Pacific Games were held in Suva, Fiji from 28 June to 12 July 2003. They are also known as the XII South Pacific Games.The Games were the 12th Pacific Games to be held since the event's inception and were the 40th anniversary of their beginnings in 1963. It was also the third time in the...

took place from June 30-July 7, 2003 (Monday-Monday) in Suva, Fiji

Suva

Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...

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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 internally 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.

Overall, Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini

Ryan Pini

Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...

(male) and New Caledonia's Diane Bui Duyet

Diane Bui Duyet

Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...

(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 with 5 SPG records, and 11 medals total.

Event schedule

Date	Mon. June 30	Tue. July 1	Wed. July 2	Thu. July 3	Fri. July 4	Sat. July 5
E v e n t 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

Men

50m Freestyle	Carl Probert Carl Probert Carl Harvie Probert is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       Fiji	23.61	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	23.72	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	23.92
100m Freestyle	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	51.61	Carl Probert Carl Probert Carl Harvie Probert is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       Fiji	52.04	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	52.17
200m Freestyle	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	1:54.47	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	1:54.55	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	1:55.12
400m Freestyle	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	4:11.02	Antoine Dahlia      New Caledonia	4:15.77	Tunui Cowan      Tahiti	4:20.89
1500m Freestyle	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia		Benoit Riviere      New Caledonia		Fabian Dubois-Duvivier      New Caledonia
50m Backstroke	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	26.49  GR	Sebastien Tailhan     New Caledonia Carl Probert Carl Probert Carl Harvie Probert is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....       Fiji	29.16	none
100m Backstroke	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	56.90  GR	Sebastien Tailhan      New Caledonia	1:01.28	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	1:02.99
200m Backstroke	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	2:08.54	Sebastien Tailhan      New Caledonia	2:12.56	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	2:13.77
50m Breaststroke	Rainui Teriipaia      Tahiti	29.94	Matthew Sheehan      Papua New Guinea	30.97	Stephen Hirzel      New Caledonia	31.53
100m Breaststroke	Rainui Teriipaia      Tahiti	1:06.43  GR	Adrien Thomas      New Caledonia	1:07.69	Stephen Hirzel      New Caledonia	1:08.97
200m Breaststroke	Rainui Teriipaia      Tahiti	2:27.35	Adrien Thomas      New Caledonia	2:27.74	Stephen Hirzel      New Caledonia	2:29.61
50m Butterfly	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	24.62  GR	Daniel O'Keeffe      Guam	25.90	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	26.09
100m Butterfly	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	55.18  GR	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	57.34	Daniel O'Keeffe      Guam	57.94
200m Butterfly	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	2:09.36	Laurent Douarche      New Caledonia	2:12.00	Antoine Dahlia      New Caledonia	2:13.45
200m I.M.	Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...       Papua New Guinea	2:09.38	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	2:10.08	Daniel O'Keeffe      Guam	2:13.67
400m I.M	Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	4:44.23	Dean Palacios      Northern Marianas	4:50.31	Antoine Dahlia      New Caledonia	4:57.99
400m Free Relay	New Caledonia  David Thevenot   Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...    Laurent Douarche   Antoine Dahlia	3:34.28  GR	Papua New Guinea  Leo Biggs  Matthew Sheehan   Ben Wells   Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...	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 Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...	8:00.81	Papua New Guinea  Leo Biggs   Ben Wells   Matthew Sheehan   Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...	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 Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...    David Thevenot	3:57.89  GR	Papua New Guinea  Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...    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 Olivier Saminadin Olivier Saminadin is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. Due to New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, and its current lack of official recognition by the International Olympic Committee, Saminadin , swims for New Caledonia in regional competition, and for France in...       New Caledonia	37:41.09	Antoine Dahlia      New Caledonia	38:10.37	Tunui Cowan      Tahiti	38:19.37

Women

50m Freestyle	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	27.03	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane      Papua New Guinea	27.11	Florence Alaux      New Caledonia	27.98
100m Freestyle	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	58.95	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane      Papua New Guinea	59.21	Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...       New Caledonia	59.58
200m Freestyle	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane      Papua New Guinea	2:11.03	Florence Alaux      New Caledonia	2:11.88	Lacken Malateste      Tahiti	2:14.74
400m Freestyle	Charlotte Robin      New Caledonia	4:42.93	Vanessa Claubau      New Caledonia	4:43.99	Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier      New Caledonia	4:45.07
800m Freestyle	Vanessa Claubau      New Caledonia	9:38.09	Charlotte Robin      New Caledonia	9:44.58	Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier      New Caledonia	9:53.60
50m Backstroke	Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...       New Caledonia	30.28  GR	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	31.18	Marie Simon      New Caledonia	32.38
100m Backstroke	Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...       New Caledonia	1:05.28  GR	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	1:07.05	Delphine Bui Duyet      New Caledonia	1:10.83
200m Backstroke	Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...       New Caledonia	2:26.58  GR	Delphine Bui Duyet      New Caledonia	2:30.26	Margo Boyd      New Caledonia	2:34.25
50m Breaststroke	Manina Tehei      New Caledonia	34.80  GR	Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...       Fiji	35.63	Vuki Kuinikoro      Fiji	36.63
100m Breaststroke	Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...       Fiji	1:14.77  GR  NR	Manina Tehei      New Caledonia	1:17.00	Melissa Carpin      New Caledonia	1:20.32
200m Breaststroke	Melissa Carpin      New Caledonia	2:46.86	Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...       Fiji	2:47.73	Manina Tehei      New Caledonia	2:49.84
50m Butterfly	Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...       New Caledonia	28.42  GR	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	30.19	Florence Alaux      New Caledonia	30.45
100m Butterfly	Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...       New Caledonia	1:03.75  GR	Florence Alaux      New Caledonia	1:07.08	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane      Papua New Guinea	1:08.16
200m Butterfly	Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...       New Caledonia	2:27.38	Lacken Malateste      Tahiti	2:35.06	Marie-Michelle Horngren      New Caledonia	2:39.58
200m I.M.	Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...       New Caledonia	2:27.46	Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...       Fiji	2:29.79	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	2:29.92
400m I.M	Lacken Malateste      Tahiti	5:31.26	Charlotte Robin      New Caledonia	5:38.19	Raina Vongue      Tahiti	5:40.69
400m Free Relay	New Caledonia  Florence Alaux   Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...    Marie Simon   Manina Tehei	4:04.68  GR	Fiji  Caroline Pickering   Jodie Barratt   Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...    Raewyn Simpson	4:10.09 NR	Tahiti  Nancy Lau   Vaea Sichan   Raina Vongue   Lacken Malatste	4:20.56
800m Free Relay	New Caledonia  Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...    Florence Alaux   Charlotte Robin   Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier	9:03.13  GR	Fiji  Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...    Jodie Barratt   Raewyn Simpson   Caroline Pickering	9:15.46 NR	Tahiti  Nancy Lau   Vaea Sichan   Raina Vongue   Lacken Malatste	9:35.58
400m Medley Relay	New Caledonia  Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", is a French/New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in regional competitions and for France in continental and above competitions .In...    Melissa Carpin   Florence Alaux   Marie Simon	9:03.13  GR	Fiji  Caroline Pickering   Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...    Jodie Barratt   Raewyn Simpson	9:15.46 NR	Tahiti  Lacken Malatste   Vaea Sichan   Raina Vongue   Nancy Lau	9:35.58
3K Open Water	Charlotte Robin      New Caledonia	38:26.71	Aurelia Dubois-Duvivier      New Caledonia	39:14.75	Esther Meallet     New Caledonia	41:59.84

Participating countries

101 swimmers from 9 countries took part in the swimming competitions at the 2003 South Pacific Games (team size in parenthesis):
(7) (17) (6) (30) (9)
(4) (10) (6) (12)