Swimming at the 1975 South Pacific Games took place in Agana, the capital of Guam on 2–9 August 1975. It was the fifth edition of the South Pacific Games. Four new events were included in 1975 (4 x 200 metre Freestyle relay and 100m Breaststroke added to both the men's and women's programs). Of the other events previously contested, only one remained without a new South Pacific Games record at the end of the competition after sixteen records were broken in Guam. The teams from the French-administered territories of French Polynesia (Tahiti) and New Caledonia won the most gold medals. The most successful individual swimmer, however, was Papua New Guinea's Charlie Martin who won eight medals, four of which were gold.
Medal summary
Medal table
Men French Polynesia (Tahiti) and Papua New Guinea won 7 and 5 gold medals respectively in the 12 men's events.
100m Freestyle Charles Martin 54.71 R. Chapman 57.19 C. Ceran 57.77200m Freestyle Henry Noble 2:04.28 Charles Martin 2:04.71 R. Chapman 2:05.94400m Freestyle Henry Noble 4:28.58 M. Hutchings 4:34.89 E Verlaguet 4:37.811500m Freestyle M. Hutchings 18:16.18 E Verlaguet 18:24.11 R. Chapman 18:42.21100m Backstroke Charles Martin 1:03.12 Henry Noble 1:04.47 C. Ceran 1:10.34100m Breaststroke NE P. Hunter 1:15.70 G. Burke 1:16.06 O. Moi 1:16.30 200m Breaststroke P. Hunter 2:48.12 Donald Martin 2:48.20 G. Burke 2:49.54 100m Butterfly Charles Martin 1:00.33 Andre Mouren 1:03.73 Donald Martin 1:04.84200m I.M. Charles Martin 2:21.29 R. Chapman 2:22.64 M. Hutchings 2:24.324 × 100 m Medley relay French Polynesia 4:24.82 Papua New Guinea 4:27.44 New Caledonia 4:36.604 × 100 m Freestyle relay French Polynesia 3:48.59 Papua New Guinea 3:53.68 New Caledonia 3:59.944 × 200 m Freestyle relay NE French Polynesia 8:34.61 Papua New Guinea 8:44.94 New Caledonia 8:56.28
Women New Caledonia dominated the women's events, winning 8 of the 9 gold medals available.
100m Freestyle Maeva Lavigne 1:04.62 D. Maussion 1:04.64 L. Fisher 1:05.89200m Freestyle Y. Saminadin 2:18.54 Maeva Lavigne 2:20.23 C. Bernados 2:21.19 400m Freestyle Y. Saminadin 4:51.41 P. LeGras 4:53.09 D. Maussion 5:05.07800m Freestyle Y. Saminadin 9:48.20 P. LeGras 10:14.7 D. Maussion 100m Breaststroke NE P. LeGras 1:24.01 L. Moyle 1:25.66 J. Kohnke 1:29.75200m Breaststroke P. LeGras 3:00.66 L. Moyle 3:09.55 J. Kohnke 3:12.794 × 100 m Medley relay New Caledonia 5:02.00 French Polynesia 5:05.96 Papua New Guinea 5:29.784 × 100 m Freestyle relay New Caledonia 4:26.22 French Polynesia 4:29.69 Papua New Guinea 4:33.784 × 200 m Freestyle relay NE New Caledonia 9:32.03 Papua New Guinea 9:57.29 French Polynesia10:00.81
Notes NE denotes new event to the South Pacific Games.
GR denotes South Pacific Games record time.
Participating countries Teams entered in the swimming competition included:
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