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. All pool events were swum in a long-course (50 metre) pool and the open water events were 5 kilometres in length.

Event schedule 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. 2Events 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 New Caledonia's Lara Grangeon entered all twenty women's events and won a medal in all of them, including sixteen golds. Host country New Caledonia won the gold medal in all women's events.

Medal table

Men 50m Freestyle 23.45 23.51 23.56100m Freestyle 51.53 51.61 51.62200m Freestyle 1:52.40 1:53.09 1:55.86400m Freestyle 4:05.67 4:05.91 4:08.19 NR1500m Freestyle 16:09.22 16:51.28 16:57.17 50m Backstroke 26.05 27.16 27.72100m Backstroke 56.54 58.50 59.36200m Backstroke 2:08.61 2:08.69 2:22.87 50m Breaststroke 28.55 NR 29.33 29.66100m Breaststroke 1:04.81 NR 1:04.88 1:05.40200m Breaststroke 2:17.06 2:24.45 2:24.74 50m Butterfly 24.39 25.34 25.45100m Butterfly 53.93 56.55 57.18200m Butterfly 2:03.97 2:08.13 2:09.96 200m I.M. 2:07.15 2:09.89 2:24.25400m I.M 4:38.25 4:43.04 4:53.66   Freestyle relay Julien-Pierre GoyetcheBryan SpitzDavid ThevenotThomas Dahlia 3:27.81 TahitiHeimanu SichanRainui TeriipaiaAnthony ClarkHugo Lambert 3:37.50 William ClarkDouglas MillerPaul ElaisaCarl Probert 3:41.16 NR   Freestyle relay Romain BerthaudHugo TormentoThomas DahliaOlivier Saminadin 7:54.64 TahitiHeimanu SichanRainui TeriipaiaAnthony ClarkHugo Lambert 8:14.08 Douglas MillerCarl ProbertElaijie ErasitoPaul Elaisa 8:29.86 NR   Medley relay Dylan LavorelThomas DahliaDavid ThevenotJulien-Pierre Goyetche 3:53.53 TahitiHeimanu SichanRainui TeriipaiaHugo LambertAnthony Clark 4:05.60 Ryan PiniIan NakmaiPeter PokawinNathan Ampa'Oi 4:07.63 5K Open Water   (time= h:min:s) 1:00:35 1:02:31 1:02:32

Women 50m Freestyle 26.77 26.93 27.24100m Freestyle 58.65 58.71 59.80200m Freestyle 2:08.47 2:10.48 2:12.27400m Freestyle 4:30.33 4:39.79 4:51.08800m Freestyle 9:05.84 9:40.16 10:15.16 50m Backstroke 31.01 31.08 31.53100m Backstroke 1:06.68 1:09.01 1:10.30200m Backstroke 2:20.78 2:27.94 2:33.28 50m Breaststroke 34.30 34.40 35.19100m Breaststroke 1:13.07 1:14.51 1:17.16200m Breaststroke 2:36.57 2:43.24 2:53.63 50m Butterfly 27.13 28.68 30.64100m Butterfly 1:00.47 1:05.18 1:07.37200m Butterfly 2:17.84 2:28.59 2:32.48 200m I.M. 2:22.19 2:34.25 2:35.87400m I.M 5:01.68 5:24.49 6:02.84   Freestyle relay Diane Bui DuyetLara GrangeonSuzanne AfchainArmelle Hidrio 4:01.95 Adele RovaCheyenne RovaSusau ElaisaSkye Eden 4:11.80 Judith MeauriBarbara ValiTeagan McCarthyAnna Liza Mopio 4:13.64   Freestyle relay Suzanne AfchainLara GrangeonCharlotte RobinArmelle Hidrio 8:52.11 Tieri ErasitoSkye EdenSusau ElaisaMatelita Buadromo 9:20.87 Barbara ValiJudith MeauriTegan McCarthyAnna Liza Mopio 9:44.28   Medley relay Lara GrangeonAdeline WilliamsDiane Bui DuyetArmelle Hidrio 4:25.51 Cheyenne RovaMatelita BuadromoTieri ErasitoSkye Eden 4:41.45 NR Anna Liza MopioBarbara ValiTegan McCarthyJudith Meauri 4:48.34 5K Open Water   (time= h:min:s) 1:02:38 1:05:31 1:14:13

Participating countries 88 swimmers from 11 countries were entered in the swimming events at the 2011 Games. The teams entered in swimming were:

(1) (11) (9) (3) Micronesia (3) (36) (6) (12) (3) (1) (3)

References

Sources

External links

Swimming at the 2011 Pacific Games Results on the French Swimming Federation website.