# 2018 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 2018 Oceania Swimming Championships was held from 25 to 30 June 2018 at the Taurama Aquatic Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was the twelfth edition of the biennial championships as well as the first to be held in Port Moresby. The tournament featured competition in swimming and open water swimming.

## Participating nations

A total of sixteen teams have confirmed participation for the 2018 Oceania Swimming Championships:
* American Samoa (1)
* Australia (16)
* Cook Islands
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Fiji (22)
* Guam (5)
* Hawaii (8)
* Marshall Islands
* New Zealand (20)
* Northern Mariana Islands (7)
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea (24)
* Samoa (11)
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Vanuatu (4)

## Medal table

* Host nation (Papua New Guinea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | New Zealand | 21 | 16 | 13 | 50 |
| 2 | Australia | 19 | 20 | 9 | 48 |
| 3 | Hawaii | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Fiji | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Samoa | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 47 | 46 | 45 | 138 |

## Event summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Daniel Caldwell New Zealand | 23.23 | Carter Swift New Zealand | 23.26 | Samuel Seghers Papua New Guinea | 23.90 |
| 100m freestyle | Carter Swift New Zealand | 50.84 | Michael Petrides Hawaii | 51.31 | Oliver Nash Australia | 51.50 |
| 200m freestyle | Michael Petrides Hawaii | 1:51.14 | Wesley Roberts Cook Islands | 1:51.21 | Aaron Mansfield Australia | 1:53.13 |
| 400m freestyle | Wesley Roberts Cook Islands | 3:56.01 | Ethan Owens Australia | 3:57.41 | Michael Petrides Hawaii | 4:01.11 |
| 1500m freestyle | Ethan Owens Australia | 15:49.46 | Quinton Hurley New Zealand | 15:53.08 | Wesley Roberts Cook Islands | 16:03.39 |
| 50m backstroke | Jack Anderson New Zealand | 26.25 | Joshua Edwards-Smith Australia | 26.34 | Andrew Jeffcoat New Zealand | 26.38 |
| 100m backstroke | Joshua Edwards-Smith Australia | 56.78 | Andrew Jeffcoat New Zealand | 56.95 | Jack Anderson New Zealand | 56.96 |
| 200m backstroke | Joshua Edwards-Smith Australia | 2:01.95 | Andrew Jeffcoat New Zealand | 2:04.19 | Callum Prime New Zealand | 2:07.05 |
| 50m breaststroke | Epeli Rabua Fiji | 29.34 | Jonathan Rutter New Zealand | 29.35 | Taichi Vakasama Fiji | 29.36 |
| 100m breaststroke | Jonathan Rutter New Zealand | 1:03.40 | Taichi Vakasama Fiji | 1:03.84 | Epeli Rabua Fiji | 1:03.84 |
| 200m breaststroke | Jonathan Rutter New Zealand | 2:15.54 | Taichi Vakasama Fiji | 2:17.39 | Finn O'Connor Australia | 2:18.70 |
| 50m butterfly | Carter Swift New Zealand | 24.66 | Wilrich Coetzee New Zealand | 24.94 | Alex Quach Australia | 25.50 |
| 100m butterfly | Oliver Nash Australia | 54.68 | Wilrich Coetzee New Zealand | 54.85 | Alex Quach Australia | 55.53 |
| 200m butterfly | Wilrich Coetzee New Zealand | 2:03.02 | Alex Quach Australia | 2:04.44 | David van der Star New Zealand | 2:06.19 |
| 200m individual medley | Jonathan Rutter New Zealand | 2:04.07 | Callum Prime New Zealand | 2:05.96 | Brandon Schuster Samoa | 2:07.04 |
| 400 individual medley | Jonathan Rutter New Zealand | 4:27.47 | Brandon Schuster Samoa | 4:30.32 | Lachlan Colquhoun Australia | 4:32.53 |
| 4 × 100m freestyle relay | New Zealand | 3:25.38 | Australia | 3:28.05 | Hawaii | 3:34.33 |
| 4 × 200m freestyle relay | Australia | 7:34.02 | New Zealand | 7:34.85 | Hawaii | 8:16.09 |
| 4 × 100m medley relay | New Zealand | 3:45.64 | Australia | 3:48.07 | Fiji | 3:56.78 |
| 5km Open water | Ethan Owens AustraliaLachlan Colquhoun Australia | 1:00:04.82 | Not awarded | Not awarded | David Boles New Zealand | 1:02:13.88 |
| 10km Open water | Ethan Owens Australia | 1:42:28 | Lachlan Colquhoun Australia | 2:01:45 | David Boles New Zealand | 2:03:54 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Rebecca Jacobson Australia | 26.05 | Rebecca Moynihan New Zealand | 26.06 | Paige Flynn New Zealand | 26.34 |
| 100m freestyle | Rebecca Jacobson Australia | 56.64 | Paige Flynn New Zealand | 57.06 | Rebecca Moynihan New Zealand | 57.30 |
| 200m freestyle | Rebecca Jacobson Australia | 2:01.74 | Sharni Robinson Australia | 2:03.43 | Grace Monahan Hawaii | 2:04.56 |
| 400m freestyle | Phoebe Hines Australia | 4:18.96 | Sharni Robinson Australia | 4:18.96 | Caitlin Deans New Zealand | 4:24.64 |
| 800m freestyle | Phoebe Hines Australia | 8:46.69 | Sharni Robinson Australia | 8:48.07 | Caitlin Deans New Zealand | 8:58.28 |
| 50m backstroke | Paige Flynn New Zealand | 29.62 | Lushavel Stickland SamoaGrace Monahan Hawaii | 30.37 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 100m backstroke | Paige Flynn New Zealand | 1:03.32 | Lushavel Stickland Samoa | 1:06.72 | Cheyenne Rova Fiji | 1:08.55 |
| 200m backstroke | Gina McCarthy New Zealand | 2:17.74 | Caitlin Deans New Zealand | 2:21.31 | Grace Monahan Hawaii | 2:21.85 |
| 50m breaststroke | Bronagh Ryan New Zealand | 32.88 | Lauren Gastevich Australia | 33.40 | Moana Wind Fiji | 34.08 |
| 100m breaststroke | Bronagh Ryan New Zealand | 1:10.97 | Maile Lawson Hawaii | 1:11.45 | Lauren Gastevich Australia | 1:12.96 |
| 200m breaststroke | Lauren Gastevich Australia | 2:34.56 | Maile Lawson Hawaii | 2:34.91 | Gina McCarthy New Zealand | 2:37.52 |
| 50m butterfly | Grace Monahan Hawaii | 28.09 | Emily White Australia | 28.60 | Sydnee Whitty Hawaii | 29.13 |
| 100m butterfly | Grace Monahan Hawaii | 1:01.84 | Emily White Australia | 1:03.48 | Sydnee Whitty Hawaii | 1:05.81 |
| 200m butterfly | Grace Monahan Hawaii | 2:15.38 | Sharni Robinson Australia | 2:18.07 | Emily White Australia | 2:23.61 |
| 200m individual medley | Lauren Gastevich Australia | 2:19.76 | Gina McCarthy New Zealand | 2:20.04 | Grace Monahan Hawaii | 2:21.78 |
| 400 individual medley | Grace Monahan Hawaii | 4:55.57 | Gina McCarthy New Zealand | 4:56.73 | Lauren Gastevich Australia | 4:56.73 |
| 4 × 100m freestyle relay | Australia | 3:50.55 | New Zealand | 3:54.67 | Hawaii | 4:02.81 |
| 4 × 200m freestyle relay | Australia | 8:22.28 | New Zealand | 8:40.77 | Hawaii | 8:41.52 |
| 4 × 100m medley relay | New Zealand | 4:18.58 | Australia | 4:20.49 | Hawaii | 4:27.79 |
| 5km Open water | Phoebe Hines Australia | 1:03:17.20 | Ebony Blackstone Australia | 1:03:40.01 | Stefannie Gillespie New Zealand | 1:06:13.33 |
| 10km Open water | Phoebe Hines Australia | 2:08:18 | Ebony Blackstone Australia | 2:09:39 | Stefannie Gillespie New Zealand | 2:12:57 |

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4 × 50m freestyle relay | New Zealand | 1:37.70 | Australia | 1:39.07 | Hawaii | 1:41.04 |
| 4 × 100m freestyle relay | New Zealand | 3:35.36 NR | Australia | 3:37.20 | Hawaii | 3:41.17 |
| 4 × 50m medley relay | New Zealand | 1:49.78 | Australia | 1:49.92 | Fiji | 1:54.69 |
| 4 × 100m medley relay | New Zealand | 4:01.60 | Australia | 4:02.58 | Hawaii | 4:09.02 |