# Swimming at the 1979 South Pacific Games

Swimming at the 1979 South Pacific Games took place in Suva, the capital of Fiji. It was the sixth edition of the South Pacific Games. The existing South Pacific Games record time was broken in every event.
There were either 24 or 23 events on the programme, depending on whether the men's 4 × 200 metres relay was contested and officially included in the medals. There are conflicting sources of information cited (as of November 2015) and none sufficient to provide clarity.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Fiji)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | French Polynesia (PYF) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Guam (GUM) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Fiji (FIJ)* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |

#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m Freestyle | Hollis Kimbrough (GUM) | 56.88 $^{GR}$ | Henri Noble (TAH) | 57.07 | Gil Verlaguet (NCL) | 58.47 |
| 200 m Freestyle | Hollis Kimbrough (GUM) | 2:01.43 $^{GR}$ | Henri Noble (TAH) | 2:01.45 | Gil Verlaguet (NCL) | 2:04.19 |
| 400 m Freestyle | Hollis Kimbrough (GUM) | 4:20.25 $^{GR}$ | Gil Verlaguet (NCL) | 4:20.50 | Henri Noble (TAH) | 4:22.70 |
| 1500 m Freestyle | Gil Verlaguet (NCL) | 17:06.91 $^{GR}$ | Hollis Kimbrough (GUM) | 17:45.39 | Henri Noble (TAH) | 17:56.62 |
| 100 m Backstroke | Henri Noble (TAH) | 1:02.62 $^{GR}$ | David Zimmerman (GUM) | 1:06.25 | Gordon Petersen (FIJ) | 1:08.16 |
| 100 m Breaststroke | Ronald Bonnet (TAH) | 1:12.53 $^{GR}$ | Jean-Christophe Mouren (NCL) | 1:15.34 | Geoff Burke (GUM) | 1:16.00 |
| 200 m Breaststroke | Ronald Bonnet (TAH) | 2:41.83 $^{GR}$ | Jean-Christophe Mouren (NCL) | 2:45.69 | David Murphy (PNG) | 2:45.79 |
| 100 m Butterfly | Henri Noble (TAH) | 1:03.20 $^{GR}$ | Daniel Berdichewsky (TAH) | 1:03.97 | Eri Anderson (GUM) | 1:04.58 |
| 200 m Individual medley | Henri Noble (TAH) | 2:19.98 $^{GR}$ | David Zimmerman (GUM) | 2:24.82 | Jean-Christophe Mouren (NCL) | 2:25.74 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle relay | French Polynesia | 3:53.88 $^{GR}$ | Guam | 3:56.20 | New Caledonia | 3:58.71 |
| 4 × 200m Freestyle relay (no results) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 × 100 m Medley relay | French Polynesia | 4:17.35 $^{GR}$ | Guam | 4:25.88 | Fiji | 4:42.08 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m Freestyle | Lydia Lambert (GUM) | 1:04.27 $^{GR}$ | Patricia Legras (NCL) | 1:04.46 | Heather Hagadron (GUM) | 1:05.39 |
| 200 m Freestyle | Patricia Legras (NCL) | 2:16.19 $^{GR}$ | Yolaine Saminadin (NCL) | 2:18.12 | Elizabeth Zenone (TAH) | 2:20.40 |
| 400 m Freestyle | Patricia Legras (NCL) | 4:41.23 $^{GR}$ | Yolaine Saminadin (NCL) | 4:41.74 | Cathy Zenone (TAH) | 4:52.04 |
| 800 m Freestyle | Patricia Legras (NCL) | 9:38.58 $^{GR}$ | Yolaine Saminadin (NCL) | 9:47.77 | Cathy Zenone (TAH) | 10:04.41 |
| 100 m Backstroke | Carolyn Dalby (PNG) | 1:11.10 $^{GR}$ | Trudy Chang (PNG) | 1:14.33 | Dawn Edwards (PNG) | 1:14.34 |
| 100 m Breaststroke | Justine Macaskill (FIJ) | 1:22.75 $^{GR}$ | Mini Eria (TAH) | 1:24.08 | Patricia Legras (NCL) | 1:24.19 |
| 200 m Breaststroke | Justine Macaskill (FIJ) | 2:58.91 $^{GR}$ | Patricia Legras (NCL) | 2:59.72 | Cathy Ysrael (GUM) | 3:00.15 |
| 100 m Butterfly | Trudy Chang (PNG) | 1:11.16 $^{GR}$ | Carolyn Dalby (PNG) | 1:11.88 | Elizabeth Ysrael (GUM) | 1:12.71 |
| 200 m Individual medley | Trudy Chang (PNG) | 2:36.78 $^{GR}$ | Patricia Legras (NCL) | 2:39.66 | Vaoa Verave (PNG) | 2:40.09 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle relay | Guam | 4:20.60 $^{GR}$ | Papua New Guinea | 4:23.98 | French Polynesia | 4:26.49 |
| 4 × 200m Freestyle relay | Guam | 9:29.36 $^{GR}$ | French Polynesia | 9:31.98 | New Caledonia | 9:32.76 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley relay | New Caledonia | 5:02.34 $^{GR}$ | Papua New Guinea | 5:02.65 | Guam | 5:03.12 |