The swimming competition at the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games

2005 South Pacific Mini Games

-Participating countries:-Sports:*athletics*baseball*basketball*beach volleyball*outrigger canoeing*softball*swimming*table tennis*tennis*triathlon*weightlifting*wrestling...

in Palau was held July 25-30. The venues for the events were:

• pool: National Aquatics Center in Meyuns
  Meyuns
  Meyens is the second most populous city in the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, with a population of approximately 1,000. Meyuns is comparable in population to Palau's third largest city, Airai. It is located in the State of Koror, where the nation's largest city, also called Koror, is located....
  
  ; and
• open water: Palau Pacific Resort Beach.

All pool events were swum in a 6-lane, short-course (25m) pool; the open water events were 5-kilometres in length (5K).

Two notes, related to the organization of the meet:

1. Swimmers who were to compete at the 2005 World Championships
   Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships
   The swimming events at the XI FINA World Championships took place in the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Canada from July 24–31, 2005.The swimming portion consisted of 50 events – 25 for men and 25 for women – all of which were swum in a long-course pool...
   
   , were not allowed to swim in the Mini Games (although the competitions were at the same time).
2. Full medals were only given out in events with five or more entrants. If an event had four entrants, only the gold and silver medals were award; if an event had only two or three entrants, only the gold medal. Events with fewer than three medals were awarded are noted under the event name.

Event schedule

Date	Mon. July 25	Tue. July 26	Wed. July 27	Thu. July 28	Fri. July 29	Sat. July 30
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)	5K (W) 5K (M)

Note: This is the same event order as the 2003 South Pacific Games

Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games

The swimming competition at the 2003 South Pacific Games took place from June 30-July 7, 2003 in Suva, Fiji.The pool events were held on the first 6 days in the 50m pool at Fiji's National Aquatics Centre, and a 3-kilometre open water race was held at Pacific Harbour on Monday, July 7, 2003...

 and 2007 South Pacific Games

Swimming at the 2007 South Pacific Games

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...

. However, the pool competition is 1 day shorter, which is accomplished by having eight events per day on the first four pool days, rather than six.

Men

50m Freestyle	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	22.88	Calum Liew      Fiji	23.93	Eric Lassauvagerie      New Caledonia	24.95
100m Freestyle	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	50.80	Calum Liew      Fiji	53.42	Eric Lassauvagerie      New Caledonia	54.10
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	1:54.00	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	1:55.25	Eric Lassauvagerie      New Caledonia	2:01.95
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	4:00.84	Benoit Riviere      New Caledonia	4:15.96	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	4:27.29
1500m Freestyle (gold only)	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	16:30.78	Benoit Riviere      New Caledonia	16:47.59	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	17:07.80
50m Backstroke	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	28.21	David Palacios      Northern Marianas	28.75	Mathieu Mengin      New Caledonia	29.42
100m Backstroke	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	59.20	Mathieu Mengin      New Caledonia	1:03.14	Celestino Aguon      New Caledonia	1:06.06
200m Backstroke	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	2:16.01	Mathieu Mengin      New Caledonia	2:21.87	Juan Camacho      New Caledonia	2:24.94
50m Breaststroke	Adrien Thomas      New Caledonia	30.55	Calum Liew      Fiji	30.69	Celestino Aguon      Guam	32.06
100m Breaststroke	Adrien Thomas      New Caledonia	1:05.51	Calum Liew      Fiji	1:05.84	Celestino Aguon      Guam	1:10.86
200m Breaststroke	Adrien Thomas      New Caledonia	2:20.79	Calum Liew      Fiji	2:31.93	Celestino Aguon      Guam	2:32.13
50m Butterfly	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	25.09	David Palacios      Northern Marianas	27.12	Mathieu Mengin      New Caledonia	27.62
100m 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	57.89	David Palacios      Northern Marianas	1:00.07	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	1:02.46
200m Butterfly  (gold only)	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	2:14.87	David Palacios      Northern Marianas	2:16.81	Benoit Riviere      New Caledonia	2:27.62
200m 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	2:13.25	Adrien Thomas      New Caledonia	2:20.62	Tetsuya Iijima      Guam	2:25.78
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	4:45.80	Benoit Riviere      New Caledonia	4:57.87	Mathieu Mengin      New Caledonia	5:01.19
400m   Free Relay  (gold & silver only)	New Caledonia   Adrien Thomas,   Eric Lassauvagerie,   Benoit Riviere,   Mathieu Mengin	3:43.48	Guam   Carlos Shimizu,   Trevor Plate,   Tetsuya Iijima,   Celestino Aguon	3:54.39	Northern Marianas   Juan Camacho,   Rezne Wong,   Michael Camacho Michael Camacho Michael Stephen Camacho, born 4 March 1953 in Antigua, is a former West Indian cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for the Combined Islands and the Leeward Islands cricket teams.-References:... ,   David Palacios	4:09.31
800m   Free Relay  (gold & silver only)	New Caledonia   Benoit Riviere,   Eric Lassauvagerie,   Adrien Thomas,   Thomas Chaucun	8:30.56	Guam   Celestino Aguon,   Lucas Shimizu,   Tetsuya Iijima,   Carols Shimizu	8:36.76	Northern Marianas   David Palacios,   Juan Camacho,   Michael Comacho,   Rezne Wong	8:54.76
400m   Medley Relay  (gold & silver only)	New Caledonia   Mathieu Mengin,   Ollivier Saminadin,   Adrien Thomas,   David Thevenot	3:57.15	Northern Marianas   Michael Comacho,   Rezne Wong,   David Palacios,   Juan Camacho	4:24.21	Guam   Celestino Aguon,   Lucas Shimizu,   Tetsuya Iijima,   Carols Shimizu	4:28.59
5K Open Water   (time= hr:min:sec)	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	1:08:26	Benoit Riviere      New Caledonia	1:08:33	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	1:09:04

Women

50m Freestyle	Nina Mosley    New Caledonia	28.09	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	28.30	ines Horngren    New Caledonia	28.91
100m Freestyle	Nina Mosley    Northern Marianas	1:00.37	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	1:01.55	Manami Iijima    Guam	1:02.02
200m Freestyle	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	2:11.81	Nina Mosely    Northern Marianas	2:12.58	Ines Horngren    New Caledonia	2:13.29
400m Freestyle	Delphine Bui Duyet    New Caledonia	4:45.30	Nina Mosely    Northern Marianas	4:46.21	Ines Horngren    New Caledonia	4:47.61
800m Freestyle   (gold & silver only)	Ines Horngren    New Caledonia	9:54.36	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	10:02.46	Carolyn Coleman-Moala    Northern Marianas	10:23.47
50m Backstroke	Nyitre Simon    New Caledonia	31.31	Maraya Silan    Guam	32.54	Delphine Bui Duyet    New Caledonia	32.64
100m Backstroke	Delphine Bui Duyet    New Caledonia	1:09.00	Nina Mosley    Northern Marianas	1:10.12	Ines Horngren    New Caledonia	1:10.45
200m Backstroke	Delphine Bui Duyet    New Caledonia	2:27.77	Nyitrue Simon    New Caledonia	2:29.15	Nina Mosley    Northern Marianas	2:35.84
50m Breaststroke	Adeline Williams    New Caledonia	34.74	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	35.96	Vuki Kuinikoro    Fiji	36.94
100m Breaststroke	Adeline Williams    New Caledonia	1:16.34	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	1:17.93	Minerva Cabrera    Northern Marianas	1:20.03
200m Breaststroke	Adeline Williams    New Caledonia	2:49.49	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	2:51.78	Myana Welch    Northern Marianas	2:53.35
50m Butterfly	Nyitrue Simon    New Caledonia	29.98	Nina Mosley    Northern Marianas	30.73	Delphine Bui Duyet    New Caledonia	31.41
100m Butterfly	Nyitrue Simon    New Caledonia	1:06.96	Delphine Bui Duyet    New Caledonia	1:09.36	Manami Iijima    Guam	1:09.97
200m Butterfly   (gold only)	Nyitrue Simon    New Caledonia	2:31.80	Amanda Coleman    New Caledonia	2:41.47	none
200m I.M.	Delphine Bui Duyet    New Caledonia	2:31.72	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	2:31.78	Manami Iijima    Guam	2:32.99
400m I.M.	Nyitre Simon    New Caledonia	5:24.07	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	5:29.88	Nina Mosley    Northern Marianas	5:33.41
400m   Free Relay (gold & silver only)	New Caledonia   Esther Meallet,   Nyitrue Simon,   Ines Horngren,   Delphine Bui Duyet	4:16.62	Northern Marianas   Caroline Coleman-Moala,   Minerva Cabrera,   Nina Mosley,   Nicole Calvo	4:19.26	Guam   Tara Benavente,   Jenina Cruz,   Mayan Silan,   Marayna Silan	4:30.50
800m   Free Relay (gold & silver only)	New Caledonia   Ines Horngren,   Esther Meallet,   Nyitrue Simon,   Delphine Bui Duyet	9:14.51	Northern Marianas   Caroline Coleman-Moala,   Nicole Calvo,   Amanda Johnson,   Nina Mosley	9:24.50	Guam   Tara Benavente,   Jenina Cruz,   Mayan Silan,   Manami Iijima	9:57.85
400m   Medley Relay (gold & silver only)	New Caledonia   Delphine Bui Duyet,   Adeline Williams,   Nyitrue Simon,   Esther Meallet	4:36.73	Northern Marianas   Myana Welch,   Minerva Cabrera,   Amanda Johnson,   Nina Mosley	4:51.41	Guam   Maraya Silan,   Mayan Silan,   Manami Iijima,   Tara Benavente	4:54.87
5K Open Water   (time= hr:min:sec)	Esther Meallet    New Caledonia	1:10:13.30	Nina Mosley    Northern Marianas	1:16:33.04	Caroline Coleman-Moala   Northern Marianas	1:19:39.89

Participating countries

57 swimmers from 8 countries were entered in the swimming events at the 2005 Mini Games. Countries with swimmers present were:
(2) (2) (10) (1)
(15) (11) (10) (6)