# 2012 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 9th Oceania Swimming Championships were May 28-June 3, 2012 in Nouméa, New Caledonia. The Championships featured competition in Swimming, Open Water Swimming and Synchronized Swimming. Swimming was held at the CARD Guy Verlaguet pool in Dumbéa, Synchro was held at a pool in Ouen-Toro park, and the Open Water races were swum in the waters off Baie des Citrons (5K) and Anse-Vata (10K).
The 2012 edition marks the third time that Nouméa has hosted the event, after hosting in 1993 and 2002.

## Participating nations

14 nations and 2 affiliated members of the Oceania Swimming Association participated in the Championships: (Note: Number listed is Swimming team sizes, unless otherwise referenced.)
* American Samoa (1)
* Australia (20)
* Cook Islands (2)
* Fiji (12)
* Hawaii (8)
* Guam (7)
* Marshall Islands (2)
* Federated States of Micronesia (2)
* New Caledonia (24)
* New Zealand (12)
* Northern Mariana Islands (1)
* Palau (2)
* Papua New Guinea (6)
* Samoa (4)
* Tahiti (1)
* Tonga (3)

## Competition schedule

| Date | Monday 28 May | Tuesday 29 May | Wednesday 30 May | Thursday 31 May | Friday 1 June | Saturday 2 June |
| S w i m m i n g | | 50 fly 200 free 100 back 200 fly 1500 free (men) | 50 back 100 free 100 breast 400 IM 4×200 free relay | 50 breast 400 free 100 fly 200 back 4×100 free relay | 800 free (women) 200 IM 50 free 200 breast 4×100 medley relay | |
| Open Water | 5K | | | | | 10K |
| Synchro | | | Solo technique Duet technique Figures (juniors) | Solo free | Duet free | |

## Results
### Swimming

A total of 40 swimming events were contested in a long course (50m) pool. Similar to other international competitions, each nation was allowed to have only 2 swimmers advance through to a final in any individual event (additional swimmers could advance into the B final, or empty lanes, put were considered exhibition). In the relay events it was one medal per country. So, for example, if New Zealand 'A' finishes first, Australia 'A' finishes second, New Zealand 'B' finishes third and New Caledonia finishes fourth, New Caledonia would be awarded the bronze medal.
Key
* CR - Championship record
* NR - National record

#### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Kyle Richardson Australia | 22.83 CR | Cameron Simpson New Zealand | 23.18 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 23.56 |
| 100m freestyle | Kenneth To Australia | 50.08 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 51.28 | Daniel Lester Australia | 51.53 |
| 200m freestyle | Kenneth To Australia | 1:50.32 | Thomas Dahlia New Caledonia | 1:54.76 | Ewan Jackson New Zealand | 1:55.70 |
| 400m freestyle | Declan Potts Australia | 3:55.23 | Trent Grimsey Australia | 4:01.68 | Isaac Foote New Zealand | 4:01.69 |
| 1500m freestyle | Jarrod Poort Australia | 15:30.68 | Trent Grimsey Australia | 15:32.39 | Isaac Foote New Zealand | 16:01.21 |
| 50m backstroke | Ben Edmonds Australia | 26.54 | Kurt Crosland New Zealand | 26.72 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 26.95 |
| 100m backstroke | Kurt Crosland New Zealand | 56.52 | Ben Edmonds Australia | 57.15 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 58.43 |
| 200m backstroke | Ben Edmonds Australia | 2:03.12 | Kurt Crosland New Zealand | 2:03.40 | Benjamin Gillies New Zealand | 2:04.90 |
| 50m breaststroke | Amini Fonua Tonga | 28.80 | Nikolas Pregelj Australia | 29.29 | Nicholas Schafer Australia | 29.74 |
| 100m breaststroke | Thomas Dahlia New Caledonia | 1:03.27 | Nicholas Schafer Australia | 1:03.29 | Nikolas Pregelj Australia | 1:04.02 |
| 200m breaststroke | Nicholas Schafer Australia | 2:16.67 | Thomas Dahlia New Caledonia | 2:16.70 | Nikolas Pregelj Australia | 2:18.19 |
| 50m butterfly | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 24.41 | Daniel Lester Australia | 24.45 | Amini Fonua Tonga | 24.93 |
| 100m butterfly | Daniel Lester Australia | 53.45 | Kenneth To Australia | 53.74 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 53.87 |
| 200m butterfly | Declan Potts Australia | 1:59.06 | Daniel Lester Australia | 2:02.32 | Alan Botrel New Caledonia | 2:14.29 |
| 200m I.M. | Kenneth To Australia | 2:01.35 CR | Daniel Lester Australia | 2:05.25 | Carsten Corazza New Zealand | 2:06.27 |
| 400m I.M. | Carsten Corazza New Zealand | 4:26.02 | Kenneth To Australia | 4:30.35 | Matthew Glassford New Zealand | 4:36.55 |
| 4 × 100 m free relay | Australia Kyle Richardson (49.83) Kenneth To (49.56)) Daniel Lester (53.20) Declan Potts (52.12) | 3:24.71 | New Zealand Ewan Jackson (53.33) Kurt Crosland (54.51) Carsten Corazza (51.94) Cameron Simpson (52.14) | 3:31.92 | New Caledonia Benoit Riviere (54.46) Julien Monot (?) Hugo Lemerre-Desprez (?) Thomas Dahlia (?) | 3:35.87 |
| 4 × 200 m free relay | Australia Declan Potts (1:52.05) Kyle Richardson (1:52.43) Kenneth To (1:52.59) Rhys Mainstone (1:57.69) | 7:34.76 | New Zealand Ewan Jackson (1:54.57) Carsten Corazza (1:53.34) Isaac Foote (1:57.90) Troy Balvert (1:59.56) | 7:45.37 | New Caledonia Thomas Dahlia (1:56.99) Benoit Riviere (2:02.00) Emmanuel Limozin (2:00.77) Léo Cherriffa (2:00.71) | 8:00.47 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Australia Ben Edmonds, Nicholas Schafer, Daniel Lester, Kyle Richardson | 3:44.88 | New Zealand Kurt Crosland, Matthew Glassford, Carsten Corazza, Cameron Simpson | 3:49.60 | New Caledonia Arthur Funfschilling, Thomas Dahlia, Alan Botrel, Benoit Riviere | 4:03.13 |

#### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Ami Matsuo Australia | 26.00 | Nicole Mee Australia | 26.82 | Armelle Hidrio New Caledonia | 27.02 |
| 100m freestyle | Ami Matsuo Australia | 56.17 | Amy Levings Australia | 57.62 | Emma Terebo New Caledonia | 58.50 |
| 200m freestyle | Ami Matsuo Australia | 2:02.67 | Maëva Parayre New Caledonia | 2:10.57 | Matelita Buadromo Fiji | 2:10.82 |
| 400m freestyle | Amy Levings Australia | 4:16.50 | Emily Seymour Australia | 4:32.12 | Lena Hayakawa Hawaii | 4:40.13 |
| 800m freestyle | Jordan White Australia | 8:48.99 | Leah Cutting Australia | 9:00.23 | Lena Hayakawa Hawaii | 9:40.75 |
| 50m backstroke | Grace Loh Australia | 29.65 | Jordan White Australia | 30.39 | Emma Terebo New Caledonia | 30.80 |
| 100m backstroke | Mikkayla Sheridan Australia | 1:03.45 | Grace Loh Australia | 1:03.63 | Emma Terebo New Caledonia | 1:05.70 |
| 200m backstroke | Mikkayla Sheridan Australia | 2:14.06 | Jordan White Australia | 2:15.30 | Emma Terebo New Caledonia | 2:23.85 |
| 50m breaststroke | Lorna Tonks Australia | 31.66 CR | Jessican Hansen Australia | 33.13 | Pilar Shimizu Guam | 34.45 |
| 100m breaststroke | Lorna Tonks Australia | 1:08.24 CR | Jessican Hansen Australia | 1:10.32 | Pilar Shimizu Guam | 1:16.19 |
| 200m breaststroke | Jessican Hansen Australia | 2:32.57 | Lorna Tonks Australia | 2:36.86 | Lena Hayakawa Hawaii | 2:46.92 |
| 50m butterfly | Nicole Mee Australia | 27.67 | Lorna Tonks Australia | 28.23 | Armelle Hidrio New Caledonia | 28.67 |
| 100m butterfly | Nicole Mee Australia | 1:01.41 | Lorna Tonks Australia | 1:01.61 | Yasmine Ware Hawaii | 1:06.35 |
| 200m butterfly | Jordan White Australia | 2:13.83 | Nicole Mee Australia | 2:13.85 | Lena Hayakawa Hawaii | 2:31.96 |
| 200m I.M. | Amy Levings Australia | 2:18.91 | Mikkayla Sheridan Australia | 2:18.97 | Aja Grande Hawaii | 2:26.54 |
| 400m I.M. | Amy Levings Australia | 4:51.37 | Leah Cutting Australia | 4:56.93 | Yasmine Ware Hawaii | 5:23.77 |
| 4 × 100 m free relay | Australia Ami Matsuo (56.59) Jordan White (58.62) Mikkayla Sheridan (56.88) Amy Levings (57.31) | 3:49.40 | New Caledonia Maëva Parayre (1:00.77) Armelle Hidrio (59.35) Delphine Bui Duyet (1:01.34) Emma Terbro (58.71) | 4:00.17 | Hawaii Yasmine Ware (1:01.02) Aja Grande (1:00.44) Bryee Nihipali (1:04.70) Lena Hayakawa (1:01.70) | 4:07.86 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Australia Amy Levings (2:05.70) Mikkayla Sheridan (2:04.02) Jordan White (2:07.10) Ami Matsuo (2:06.06) | 8:22.88 | New Caledonia Emma Terbro (2:10.87) Armelle Hidrio (2:17.99) Delphine Bui Duyet (2:12.44) Maëva Parayre (2:13.55) | 8:54.85 | Hawaii Aja Grande (2:16.93) Lena Hayakawa (2:14.99) Bryee Nihipali (2:28.46) Yasmine Ware (2:18.76) | 9:19.14 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Australia Mikkayla Sheridan, Lorna Tonks, Nicole Mee, Ami Matsuo | 4:15.09 | Hawaii Bryee Nihipali, Lena Hayakawa, Yasmine Ware, Aja Grande | 4:33.75 | New Caledonia Emma Terebo, Lauriane Santa, Maëva Parayre, Armelle Hidrio | 4:35.79 |

#### Mixed event

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Australia Declan Potts (53.22) Amy Levings (58.22) Grace Loh (1:00.60) Ben Edmonds (53.64) | 3:45.68 | New Caledonia Alix Barrois (1:03.92) Léo Cherriffa (57.98) Déborah Cronsteadt (1:04.75) Hugo Lemerre-Desprez (55.55) | 4:02.20 | New Caledonia Julie Rouam-Sim (1:03.83) Arthur Funfschilling (56.35) Adele Simon (1:05.13) Marcus Meozzi (56.98) | 4:02.29 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Australia Grace Loh (1:04.86) Nikolas Pregelj (1:03.68) Daniel Lester (55.55) Ami Matsuo (57.70) | 4:01.79 | New Caledonia Nicolas Oswald (1:05.15) Maroma Bong (1:17.55) Adele Simon (1:09.43) Hugo Lemerre-Desprez (54.49) | 4:26.62 | New Caledonia Emmanuel Limozin (1:04.55) Lauriane Santa (1:18.35) Théo Jambet (1:00.62) Julie Rouam-Sim (1:03.57) | 4:27.09 |

### Open Water Swimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 5K | Rhys Mainstone Australia | 57:05.60 | Trent Grimsey Australia | 57:10.94 | Isaac Foote New Zealand | 1:01:38.12 |
| 10K | Trent Grimsey Australia | 1:58:13.00 | Rhys Mainstone Australia | 2:00:41.00 | Troy Balvert New Zealand | 2:02:30.00 |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 5K | Leah Cutting Australia | 1:03:25.21 | Emily Seymour Australia | 1:04:13.95 | Charlotte Robin New Caledonia | 1:09:02.09 |
| 10K | Melissa Gorman Australia | 2:01:46.00 | Emily Seymour Australia | 2:10:56.00 | Charlotte Robin New Caledonia | 2:25:30.00 |

### Medal Tally

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 35 | 25 | 4 | 64 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Tonga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Guam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |
Note: Swimming-only currently listed (Australia with 64 total).