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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Caledonia2171644
2 French Polynesia89623
3 Papua New Guinea*771024
4 Tonga3003
5 Guam2316
6 Fiji115824
7 Samoa0112
Totals (7 nations)424242126

Men's
Event Gold Silver Bronze Refs
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
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
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
  1. 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.[14]

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