# 2006 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 2006 Oceania Swimming Championships took place from 7–16 July at 3 locations in Queensland, Australia. This was the sixth edition of the Championships, and featured competitions in:
* swimming—7, 8, 10 + 12 July at Trinity Anglican School in Cairns;
* open water swimming—9 + 12 July at Palm Cove Beach;
* synchronized swimming (synchro) -- 14–16 July at Chandler Pool in Brisbane.
All swimming competition listed below were swum in a 50m (long-course) pool.

## Participating countries

* Australia
* Fiji
* Hawaii
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Tahiti

## Event schedule

The swimming and open water schedules are below. Synchronized swimming was held 14–16 July.
| Date | Friday 7 July | Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July | Monday 10 July | Tuesday 11 July | Wednesday 12 July |
| S w i m m i n g * | 50 back (m) semis 50 breast (w) semis 200 free (m) 100 free (w) semis 100 fly (m) semis 200 fly (w) 100 breast (m) semis 400 IM (m) 400 IM (w) 100 back (w) semis 50 back (m) 50 breast (w) 400 free relay (m) 800 free relay (w) | 50 free (m) semis 50 fly (w) semis 100 fly (m) 100 free (w) 100 breast (m) 200 breast (w) 400 free (m) 100 back (w) 200 back (m) 50 fly (w) 50 free (m) 800 free (w) 800 free relay (m) | | 50 back (w) semis 50 breast (m) semis 100 breast (w) semis 100 back (m) semis 400 free (w) 100 free (m) semis 100 fly (w) semis 200 fly (m) 50 back (w) 50 breast (m) 400 free relay (w) | 50 free (w) semis 50 fly (m) semis 200 IM (w) 200 breast (m) 200 free (w) 100 free (m) 100 breast (w) 100 back (m) 100 fly (w) 200 IM (m) 200 back (w) 50 fly (m) 50 free (w) 1500 free (m) 400 medley relay (w) 400 medley relay (m) | |
| Open Water | | | 5K | | | 10K |
$^*$Finals-order shown for swimming. Prelims/semifinals/finals were swum in the 50s and 100; prelims/finals were swum in the 200s and 400s; and the women's 800 and men's 1500 were timed finals (i.e. each swimmer swims once; fastest heat swims at night). Morning session (prelims) began at 9:30 a.m.; evening session (semifinals & finals) began at 6:30 p.m.

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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle | Cameron Prosser Australia | 23.12 CR | Tim La Forest Australia | 23.65 | Mark Herring New Zealand | 23.71 |
| 100m Freestyle | Cameron Prosser Australia | 50.70 CR | Tim La Forest Australia | 51.43 | Kirk Palmer Australia | 51.44 |
| 200m Freestyle | Grant Brits Australia | 1:51.22 CR | Robert Voss New Zealand | 1:51.78 | Kirk Palmer Australia | 1:53.02 |
| 400m Freestyle | Nic Donald Australia | 3:55.58 CR | Robert Voss New Zealand | 3:59.44 | Grant Brits Australia | 4:00.97 |
| 1500m Freestyle | Bryn Murphy New Zealand | 15:43.17 | Daniel Ryan New Zealand | 16:00.10 | Shane Patience New Zealand | 16:09.60 |
| 50m Backstroke | Ashley Delaney Australia | 26.47 CR | Lewis Williams New Zealand | 26.68 | Grant Brits Australia | 26.69 |
| 100m Backstroke | Ashley Delaney Australia | 55.82 CR | Grant Brits Australia | 57.78 | Kurt Bassett New Zealand | 58.07 |
| 200m Backstroke | Ashley Delaney Australia | 2:03.91 | Kurt Bassett New Zealand | 2:04.75 | Dean Kent New Zealand | 2:05.60 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Glenn Snyders New Zealand | 28.99 | Kieran O'Regan Australia | 29.16 | Adrien Thomas New Caledonia | 29.89 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Glenn Snyders New Zealand | 1:03.50 | Kieran O'Regan Australia | 1:04.04 | Adrien Thomas New Caledonia | 1:06.15 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Kieran O'Regan Australia | 2:17.95 | Dean Kent New Zealand | 2:19.65 | Glenn Snyders New Zealand | 2:20.95 |
| 50m Butterfly | Corney Swanepoel New Zealand | 24.33 | Kirk Palmer Australia | 24.54 | Matthew Thomas New Zealand | 24.83 |
| 100m Butterfly | Corney Swanepoel New Zealand | 54.51 | Tim Dodd Australia | 55.21 | Matthew Thomas New Zealand | 55.38 |
| 200m Butterfly | Nick Cordner Australia | 2:00.69 | Nick D'Arcy Australia | 2:00.98 | Nic Donald Australia | 2:01.81 |
| 200m I.M. | Stephen Parkes Australia | 2:03.43 CR | Dean Kent New Zealand | 2:06.18 | Nick Cordner Australia | 2:06.91 |
| 400m I.M. | Dean Kent New Zealand | 4:25.31 | Stephen Parkes Australia | 4:26.26 | Nick Cordner Australia | 4:29.37 |
| 400m Free Relay | Australia Kirk Palmer, Cameron Prosser, Tim La Forest, Grant Brits | 3:23.60 CR | New Zealand Robert Voss, Mark Herring, Hamish Wilson, Michael Jack | 3:27.94 | New Caledonia David Thevenot, Gilles Dumesnil, Nicolas Hezard, Olivier Saminadin | 3:31.65 |
| 800m Free Relay | Australia Kirk Palmer, Nick D'Arcy, Josh Minogue, Grant Brits | 7:31.64 | New Zealand Robert Voss, Ben Pickersgill-Brown, Kurt Bassett, Dean Kent | 7:43.78 | New Caledonia Thomas Dahlia, Benoit Riviere, Olivier Saminadin, David Thevenot | 8:09.68 |
| 400m Medley Relay | Australia Ashley Delaney, Kieran O'Regan, Tim Dodd, Tim La Forest | 3:45.24 | New Zealand John Zulch, Glenn Snyders, Corney Swanepoel, Robert Voss | 3:46.31 | New Caledonia Nicolas Hezard, Adrien Thomas, Olivier Saminadin, David Thevenot | 4:02.05 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle | Ellese Zalewski Australia | 26.13 | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 26.63 | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 26.76 |
| 100m Freestyle | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 57.14 | Amelia Evatt-Davey Australia | 57.65 | Siobhan Keane Australia | 58.02 |
| 200m Freestyle | Ellese Zalewski Australia | 2:00.51 CR | Amelia Evatt-Davey Australia | 2:01.79 | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 2:01.92 |
| 400m Freestyle | Stephanie Williams Australia | 4:14.35 | Lorren Sellwood Australia | 4:15.34 | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 4:19.20 |
| 800m Freestyle | Stephanie Williams Australia | 8:42.25 | Lorren Sellwood Australia | 8:42.27 | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 8:53.74 |
| 50m Backstroke | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 29.57 CR | Meagan Nay Australia | 29.72 | Jessie Blundell New Zealand | 30.39 |
| 100m Backstroke | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 1:02.79 CR | Meagan Nay Australia | 1:03.75 | Kelly Newcombe New Zealand | 1:04.85 |
| 200m Backstroke | Meagan Nay Australia | 2:13.99 CR | Siobhan Keane Australia | 2:15.15 | Jessie Blundell New Zealand | 2:18.76 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Katie Bird Australia | 32.84 | Sarah Vettoretti New Zealand | 33.28 | Katie Bone New Zealand | 33.79 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Katie Bird Australia | 1:12.37 | Talia Goddard Australia | 1:12.56 | Sarah Vettoretti New Zealand | 1:12.88 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Talia Goddard Australia | 2:34.35 | Kelly Bentley New Zealand | 2:35.23 | Brittany Beauchan Hawaii | 2:40.94 |
| 50m Butterfly | Ellese Zalewski Australia | 26.92 CR | Elizabeth Coster New Zealand | 28.07 | Samantha Hamill Australia | 28.14 |
| 100m Butterfly | Ellese Zalewski Australia | 1:00.60 CR | Amy Smith Australia | 1:01.55 | Samantha Hamill Australia | 1:01.64 |
| 200m Butterfly | Samantha Hamill Australia | 2:11.91 CR | Ellese Zalewski Australia | 2:13.13 | Amy Smith Australia | 2:14.09 |
| 200m I.M. | Talia Goddard Australia | 2:18.00 | Samantha Hamill Australia | 2:19.53 | Katie Bird Australia | 2:19.66 |
| 400m I.M. | Talia Goddard Australia | 4:52.21 | Kristen Wilson Australia | 4:56.80 | Kelly Bentley New Zealand | 5:02.10 |
| 400m Free Relay | Australia Ellese Zalewski, CR Meagan Nay, Siobhan Keane, Amelia Evatt-Davey | 3:47.16 CR | New Zealand Lauren Boyle, Joyce Wiegersma, Penelope Marshall, Isabella Franks | 3:57.61 | New Caledonia Armelle Hidrio, Anais Rians, Lara Grangeon, Adeline Williams | 4:15.62 |
| 800m Free Relay | Australia Meagan Nay, Stephanie Williams, Ellese Zalewski, Amelia Evatt-Davey | 8:12.28 CR | New Zealand Lauren Boyle, Joyce Wiegersma, Kirsten Cameron, Penelope Marshall | 8:34.12 | New Caledonia Anais Rians, Armelle Hidrio, Adeline Williams, Lara Grangeon | 9:17.39 |
| 400m Medley Relay | Australia Meagan Nay, Katie Bird, Samantha Hamill, Ellese Zalewski | 4:14.98 | New Zealand Elizabeth Coster, Sarah Vettoretti, Meagan Allan, Lauren Boyle | 4:18.07 | New Caledonia Lara Grangeon, Adeline Williams, Armelle Hidrio, Anais Rians | 4:49.89 |

### Open Water medalist

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's 5K | James David Australia | 1:01:09.00 | Olivier Saminadin New Caledonia | 1:01:29.00 | Kieran Carrigan Australia | 1:01:42.00 |
| Men's 10K | Kane Radford New Zealand | 2:07:54.00 | James David Australia | 2:08:03.00 | Kieran Carrigan Australia | 2:09:54.00 |
| Women's 5K | Brooke Fletcher Australia | 1:03:00.00 | Nikita Barsby Australia | 1:08:33.00 | Kirsten Cameron New Zealand | 1:09:09.00 |
| Women's 10K | Brooke Fletcher Australia | 2:11:16.00 | Nikita Barsby Australia | 2:24:34.00 | Kirsten Cameron New Zealand | 2:26:17.00 |

### Synchro medalists

* Event
* Open—Solo
* Open—Duet
* Junior—Solo
* Junior—Duet
* 13, 14 & 15 yrs   -- Solo
* 13, 14 & 15 yrs   -- Duet
* Open   Free Combination

## Overall medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 32 | 24 | 14 | 70 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 10 | 17 | 19 | 46 |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |