Swimming at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa was dominated by the host team New Caledonia who won thirty-three of the forty events contested. The events in the pool – nineteen each for men and women – were held between 29 August and 2 September at the Verlaguet Aquatic Center. The men's and women's open water events were held on Monday 5 September in the waters off Ouvéa Naval Base.[1] All pool events were swum in a long-course (50 metre) pool and the open water events were 5 kilometres in length.
| Swimming at the 2011 Pacific Games | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Nouméa, New Caledonia |
| Dates | 29 August – 5 September 2011 |
Event schedule edit
Note: Below are the events by days. Event order presumably was alternate women / men.
| Date | Mon. Aug. 29 | Tue. Aug. 30 | Wed. Aug. 31 | Thu. Sep. 1 | Fri. Sep. 2 |
| E v e n t s |
100 fly (M) 200 breast (M) 200 free (M) 4x100 free relay (M) 200 back (W) 50 fly (W) 800 free (W) |
100 breast (M) 400 free (M) 50 back (M) 100 breast (W) 200 free (W) 200 IM (W) 4x200 free relay (W) |
100 free (M) 200 fly (M) 200 IM (M) 4x200 free relay (M) 100 fly (W) 200 breast (W) 400 free (W) 50 back (W) |
100 back (M) 1500 free (M) 50 breast (M) 50 fly (M) 100 back (W) 200 fly (W) 4x100 free relay (W) 50 free (W) |
200 back (M) 400 IM (M) 4x100 medley relay (M) 50 free (M) 100 free (W) 400 IM (W) 4x100 medley relay (W) 50 breast (W) |
Monday, September 5: Men's and Women's 5K Open Water swim.
Medal summary edit
New Caledonia's Lara Grangeon entered all twenty women's events and won a medal in all of them, including sixteen golds.[2] Host country New Caledonia won the gold medal in all women's events.
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New Caledonia | 33 | 23 | 13 | 69 |
| 2 |  Papua New Guinea | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 |  Tahiti | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 |  Fiji | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 5 |  Tonga | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 |  Guam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | |
Men edit
Women edit
Participating countries edit
88 swimmers from 11 countries were entered in the swimming events at the 2011 Games.[3] The teams entered in swimming were:
American Samoa (1)
Fiji (11)
Guam (9)
Marshall Islands (3)
Micronesia (3)
New Caledonia (36)
Palau (6)
Papua New Guinea (12)
Tahiti (3)
Tokelau (1)
Tonga (3)
References edit
- ^ "Swimming Schedule and results". 2011 Pacific Games website (http://jeux.nc2011.nc). 2011. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ PG Results 2011, pp. 37–41.
- ^ "Pacific Games Update". Sporting Pulse. Oceania Swimming Association. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
Sources edit
- 2011 Pacific Games Results. Oceania Sport Information Centre (Report). Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
External links edit
- "Swimming events". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011.
- Swimming at the 2011 Pacific Games
- Results on the French Swimming Federation website.