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
• open water: Monday, September 3 at the Aggie Grey's Complex, in Faleolo
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All pool events were swum in a long-course (50m) pool; the open water events were 5-kilometres in length (5K).

Event schedule

Date	Mon. Aug. 27	Tue. Aug. 28	Wed. Aug. 29	Thu. Aug. 30	Fri. Aug. 31	Sat. Sep. 1
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)

Monday, September 3: men's and women's 5,000m Open Water swim.

Note: The 2007 swimming event schedule is the same as that of 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...

, save the nomenclature change on the relays from "400" to "4x100" and "800" to "4x200".

Men

50m Freestyle	Gilles Dumesnil      New Caledonia	23.37  GR	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	23.53	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	23.94
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	50.80  GR	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	51.90	Christopher Duenas      Guam	52.28
200m 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	1:50.72  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	1:54.63	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	1:55.96
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	4:04.92  GR	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	4:11.37	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	4:13.13
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	17:03.21	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	17:23.28	Heimanu Sichan      Tahiti	17:30.56
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	26.78	Laurent Douarche      New Caledonia	29.03	Julien Pierre Goyetche      New Caledonia	29.32
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	56.96	Julien Pierre Goyetche      New Caledonia	1:02.17	Laurent Douarche      New Caledonia	1:03.79
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	2:12.16	Julien Pierre Goyetche      New Caledonia	2:17.26	Heimanu Sichan      Tahiti	2:18.82
50m Breaststroke	Rainui Teriipaia      Tahiti	29.35  GR	Stéphane Debaere      Tahiti	30.17	Thomas Dahlia      New Caledonia	30.77
100m Breaststroke	Rainui Teriipaia      Tahiti	1:05.11  GR	Thomas Dahlia      New Caledonia	1:06.62	Stéphane Debaere      Tahiti	1:06.95
200m Breaststroke	Rainui Teriipaia      Tahiti	2:23.58	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	2:23.71	Thomas Dahlia      New Caledonia	2:26.61
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	24.55  GR	David Thevenot      New Caledonia	25.57	Julien Monot      New Caledonia	26.33
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	53.46  GR	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	57.91	Laurent Douarche      New Caledonia	58.40
200m Butterfly	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	2:09.36	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	2:09.43	Julien Monot      New Caledonia	2:26.79
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	2:06.22  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	2:07.27	Thomas Dahlia      New Caledonia	2:15.15
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	4:40.62	Jean L'Huillier      New Caledonia	4:53.07	Thomas Dahlia      New Caledonia	4:54.55
4x100m Free Relay	New Caledonia   David Thevenot    Gilles Dumesnil    Thomas 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...	3:31.25  GR	Tahiti   Heimanu Sichan    Tamatoa Cowan    Tunui Cowan    Stéphane Debaere	3:37.09	Guam   Carlos Shimizu    Hernand Bonsembiante    Lucas Shimizu    Christopher Duenas	3:45.97
4x200m Free Relay	New Caledonia   Thomas Chacun    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...     Thomas Dahlia	7:57.20  GR	Tahiti   Heimanu Sichan    Tamatoa Cowan    Tunui Cowan    Stéphane Debaere	8:11.89	Guam   Carols Shimizu    Hernand Bonsembiante    Lucas Shimizu    Christopher Duenas	8:30.70
4x100m Medley Relay	New Caledonia   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...     Thomas Dahlia    Thomas Chacun    David Thevenot	3:56.58  GR	Tahiti   Heimanu Sichan    Rainui Teriipaia    Tunui Cowan    Stéphane Debaere	4:01.37	Samoa   Dane Chang    Chanel Silao    Akmal Raea Khan    Joshua Marfleet	4:18.90
5K 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	1:05:43	Stéphane Debaere      Tahiti	1:06:42	Thomas Chacun      New Caledonia	1:08:30

Women

50m Freestyle	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	26.37   GR	Armelle Hidrio      New Caledonia	27.30	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane      Papua New Guinea	27.34
100m Freestyle	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	57.20   GR	Reine-Victoria Weber      New Caledonia	58.80	Armelle Hidrio      New Caledonia	59.37
200m Freestyle	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	2:08.87   GR	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane      Papua New Guinea	2:11.61	Delphine Bui Duyet      New Caledonia	2:12.57
400m Freestyle	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	4:31.96   GR	Delphine Bui Duyet      New Caledonia	4:45.36	Emma Hunter Emma Hunter Emma Hunter is a Samoan New Zealander swimmer. Born in Samoa, she now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.-Biography:In 2008, she was to become Samoa's first-ever female Olympic swimmer, by representing Samoa in freestyle and butterfly events at the Beijing...       Samoa	4:47.93
800m Freestyle	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	9:15.17   GR	Coralie Williams      New Caledonia	9:56.72	Melissa Carpin      New Caledonia	10:07.65
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	30.42	Rine-Victoria Weber      New Caledonia	30.55	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	30.91
100m Backstroke	Reine-Victoria Weber      New Caledonia	1:03.50   GR	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	1:07.12	Nyitrue Simon      New Caledonia	1:09.31
200m Backstroke	Reine-Victoria Weber      New Caledonia	2:20.91   GR	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	2:28.34	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	2:42.23
50m Breaststroke	Adeline Williams      New Caledonia	34.00   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	35.12	Melissa Carpin      New Caledonia	35.84
100m Breaststroke	Adeline Williams      New Caledonia	1:13.69   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	1:16.46	Melissa Carpin      New Caledonia	1:17.35
200m Breaststroke	Adeline Williams      New Caledonia	2:46.00	Melissa Carpin      New Caledonia	2:46.56	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	2:52.36
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	27.51   GR	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	28.51   NR	Reine-Victoria Weber      New Caledonia	28.88
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	1:01.30   GR	Caroline Pickering      Fiji	1:03.65   NR	Nyitrue Simon      New Caledonia	1:05.44
200m Butterfly	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	2:27.80	Nyitrue Simon      New Caledonia	2:34.18	Coralie Williams      New Caledonia	2:40.73
200m I.M.	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	2:25.24   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	2:26.96	Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane      Papua New Guinea	2:29.44
400m I.M	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	5:05.72   GR	Coralie Williams      New Caledonia	5:22.95	Melissa Carpin      New Caledonia	5:23.34
4x100m   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...     Armelle Hidrio    Reine-Victoria Weber    Lara Grangeon	4:01.72   GR	Tahiti   Dorinda Clark    Heretahi Guennegues    Vera Pambrun    Noelyn Faussane	4:27.36	none
4x200m   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...     Delphine Bui Duyet    Reine-Victoria Weber    Lara Grangeon	8:51.41   GR	Tahiti   Vera Pambrun    Noelyn Faussane    Dorinda Clark    Crystal Laughlin	9:46.75	none
4x100m   Medley Relay	New Caledonia   Reine-Victoria Weber    Adeline Williams    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...     Armelle Hidrio	4:23.99   GR	Tahiti   Crystal Laughlin    Heretahi Guennegues    Vera Pambrun    Noelyn Faussane	5:07.20	none
5K Open Water   (time= hr:min:sec)	Lara Grangeon      New Caledonia	1:09:39	Emma Hunter Emma Hunter Emma Hunter is a Samoan New Zealander swimmer. Born in Samoa, she now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.-Biography:In 2008, she was to become Samoa's first-ever female Olympic swimmer, by representing Samoa in freestyle and butterfly events at the Beijing...       Samoa	1:15:26	Melissa Carpin      New Caledonia	1:15:37

Participating countries

125 swimmers from 10 countries were entered in the swimming events at the 2007 Games--a record--with Tokelau

Tokelau

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 and the Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands

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participating in the SPG Swimming events for the first time. Countries entered in the swimming competition are: