# 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships were held May 15–19, 2004 at the National Aquatics Center in Suva, Fiji. This was the fifth edition of the Championships, and featured competitions in: swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming (synchro). The synchro competition marked the first time the sport had been swum in Fiji.
All swimming competition listed below were swum in a 50m (long-course) pool.

## Participating countries

The 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships featured 134 swimmers from 11 countries, and the USA State of Hawaii:
* American Samoa (4)
* Australia (35)
* Federated States of Micronesia (2)
* Fiji (10)
* Guam (4)
* Hawaii (4)
* New Caledonia (24)
* New Zealand (41)
* Northern Mariana Islands (2)
* Palau (1)
* Papua New Guinea (3)
* Tahiti (4)

## Event schedule

| Date | May 15 | May 16 | May 17 | May 18 | May 19 |
| S w i m * | 200 free (M) 50 breast (W) 200 fly (W) 50 back (M) 400 IM (W) 400 IM (M) 400 free relay (M) 800 free relay (W) | 100 fly (M) 100 free (W) 100 breast (M) 100 back (W) 50 free (M) 200 breast (W) 400 free (M) 50 fly (W) 200 back (M) 800 free relay (M) 800 free (W) | 50 back (W) 50 breast (M) 200 fly (M) 400 free (W) 400 free relay (W) | 100 back (M) 100 breast (W) 100 fly (W) 100 free (M) 50 free (W) 200 breast (M) 200 back (W) 200 IM (M) 200 IM (W) 50 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 medley relay (M) 400 medley relay (W) 1500 free (M) | |
| Open Water | | | 5-kilometer (5K) | | 10-kilometer (10K) |
| Synchro | | Junior Figures Senior Technical Solo | | Junior Duet Senior Free Solo Senior Technical Duet | Junior Solo Senior Free Duet Free Routine Combination |
* (*) Semifinals were held in the events 50 and 100 in length. 50 semifinals were held the same evening as their final; 100 semifinals were held the evening before the final.

## Results
### Swimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle | Carl Probert Fiji | 23.44 | Gilles Dumesnil New Caledonia | 23.70 | Andrew Lauterstein Australia | 23.79 |
| 100m Freestyle | Leith Brodie Australia | 51.59 | Andrew Lauterstein Australia | 51.63 | Carl Probert Fiji | 52.03 |
| 200m Freestyle | Josh Krogh Australia | 1:51.81 CR | Andrew Thompson Australia | 1:52.19 | Ephraim Hannant Australia | 1:52.64 |
| 400m Freestyle | Josh Krogh Australia | 3:55.68 CR | Brendon Hughes Australia | 3:56.92 | Andrew Thompson Australia | 3:58.95 |
| 1500m Freestyle | Josh Krogh Australia | 15:37.66 | Andrew Thompson Australia | 15:39.71 | Ephraim Hannant Australia | 15:44.14 |
| 50m Backstroke | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 26.83 CR | Scott Talbot-Cameron New Zealand | 27.06 | Michael Jackson Australia | 27.31 |
| 100m Backstroke | Andrew Lauterstein Australia | 56.86 | Andrew Burns Australia | 57.51 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 57.81 |
| 200m Backstroke | Andrew Burns Australia | 2:01.77 CR | Michael Jackson Australia | 2:05.46 | Leith Brodie Australia | 2:06.11 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Mark Riley Australia | 28.82 CR | Rainui Teriipaia Tahiti | 29.34 | James Beasley Australia | 29.50 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Mark Riley Australia | 1:03.34 | James Beasley Australia | 1:03.85 | Rainui Teriipaia Tahiti | 1:05.08 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Mark Riley Australia | 2:17.80 | James Beasley Australia | 2:18.66 | Richard Adamson New Zealand | 2:22.95 |
| 50m Butterfly | Corney Swanepoel New Zealand | 24.25 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 24.84 | Andrew Lauterstein Australia | 25.17 |
| 100m Butterfly | Corney Swanepoel New Zealand | 53.30 CR | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 54.06 | Andrew Lauterstein Australia | 54.89 |
| 200m Butterfly | Josh Krogh Australia | 1:59.49 CR | Andrew Richards Australia | 2:00.20 | Brendon Hughes Australia | 2:02.47 |
| 200m I.M. | Dean Kent New Zealand | 2:04.79 | Mitchell Bacon Australia | 2:05.14 | Leith Brodie Australia | 2:07.08 |
| 400m I.M | Mitchell Bacon Australia | 4:26.41 | Dean Kent New Zealand | 4:27.55 | Michael Jackson Australia | 4:29.94 |
| 400m Free Relay | Australia | 3:25.97 | New Zealand | 3:30.12 | New Caledonia | 3:43.82 |
| 800m Free Relay | Australia | 7:31.34 CR | New Zealand | 7:47.10 | New Caledonia | 8:26.81 |
| 400m Medley Relay | Australia | 3:44.71 CR | New Zealand | 3:48.87 | Fiji | 4:09.56 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle | Danni Miatke Australia | 26.37 | Alison Fitch New Zealand | 26.80 | Sally Foster Australia | 26.90 |
| 100m Freestyle | Alison Fitch New Zealand | 57.54 | Danni Miatke Australia | 57.62 | Alicia Coutts Australia | 57.80 |
| 200m Freestyle | Lara Davenport Australia | 2:02.78 | Briody Murphy Australia | 2:02.91 | Haylee Reddaway Australia | 2:03.29 |
| 400m Freestyle | Briody Murphy Australia | 4:12.91 CR | Stephanie Williams Australia | 4:17.77 | Helen Norfolk New Zealand | 4:22.62 |
| 800m Freestyle | Briody Murphy Australia | 8:42.22 CR | Stephanie Williams Australia | 8:44.19 | Haylee Reddaway Australia | 8:50.59 |
| 50m Backstroke | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 30.14 CR | Karina Leane Australia | 30.18 | Danni Miatke Australia | 30.50 |
| 100m Backstroke | Karina Leane Australia | 1:03.90 | Stephanie Williams Australia | 1:04.33 | Stephanie Rice Australia | 1:04.56 |
| 200m Backstroke | Stephanie Williams Australia | 2:14.58 CR | Karina Leane Australia | 2:16.22 | Shannon Clayton New Zealand | 2:18.89 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Jade Edmistone Australia | 32.43 CR | Sally Foster Australia | 32.46 | Chelsea Nagata Hawaii | 35.62 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Jade Edmistone Australia | 1:09.96 CR | Sally Foster Australia | 1:10.37 | Kelly Bentley New Zealand | 1:16.47 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Sally Foster Australia | 2:32.70 | Jade Edmistone Australia | 2:34.67 | Helen Norfolk New Zealand | 2:39.95 |
| 50m Butterfly | Danni Miatke Australia | 27.33 CR | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 28.01 | Georgina Toomey New Zealand | 28.06 |
| 100m Butterfly | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 1:00.95 | Stephanie Rice Australia | 1:01.09 | Danni Miatke Australia | 1:01.49 |
| 200m Butterfly | Alicia Coutts Australia | 2:17.96 | Lara Davenport Australia | 2:18.99 | Nathalie Bernard New Zealand | 2:21.16 |
| 200m I.M. | Alicia Coutts Australia | 2:16.92 CR | Helen Norfolk New Zealand | 2:17.57 | Stephanie Rice Australia | 2:19.51 |
| 400m I.M | Helen Norfolk New Zealand | 4:52.78 | Stephanie Rice Australia | 4:56.09 | Kelly Bentley New Zealand | 5:03.99 |
| 400m Free Relay | New Zealand | 3:50.86 | Australia | 3:51.09 | New Caledonia | 4:13.44 |
| 800m Free Relay | Australia | 8:18.37 CR | New Zealand | 8:27.41 | New Caledonia | 9:21.64 |
| 400m Medley Relay | Australia | 4:14.35 CR | New Zealand | 4:18.87 | New Caledonia | 4:49.88 |

### Open Water medalist

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's 5K | Hayden Jackson Australia | 59:05 | Jarrad Nederpelt Australia | 1:00:46.49 | Daniel Ryan New Zealand | 1:02:22.36 |
| Men's 10K | Jarrad Nederpelt Australia | 2:03:59.45 | Hayden Jackson Australia | 2:07:40.20 | Benoit Riviere New Caledonia | 2:16:22.05 |
| Women's 5K | Shannon Clayton New Zealand | 1:04:49.35 | Nichole Hunter Australia | 1:04:49.48 | Vanessa Clabau New Caledonia | 1:09:21.38 |
| Women's 10K | Nichole Hunter Australia | 2:15:28.39 | Vanessa Clabau New Caledonia | 2:23:31.02 | not awarded | |

### Synchro medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze |
| Junior—Solo | Bobi-Rose Leatherby New Zealand | | Verity Leach New Zealand | | Sarah Morris Australia |
| Junior—Duet | Kelly Andrews Tamika Domrow Australia | 65.940 | Samantha Reid Candice Wood Australia | 64.352 | not awarded |
| Open—Solo | Lisa Daniels New Zealand | 77.834 | Laure Algayres New Caledonia | 71.250 | not awarded |
| Open—Duet | Lisa Daniels Nina Daniels New Zealand | | not awarded | | not awarded |
| Free Routine Combination | New Zealand | | Australia | | New Caledonia |

## Overall medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 33 | 30 | 20 | 83 |
| 2 | New Zealand (NZL) | 12 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Fiji (FIJ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | French Polynesia (TAH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Hawaii (HAW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 47 | 46 | 43 | 136 |