Swimming at the 1975 South Pacific Games

Swimming at the 1975 South Pacific Games took place in Agana, the capital of Guam on 2–9 August 1975.[1][2] 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.[3]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  French Polynesia 86519
2  New Caledonia 85720
3  Papua New Guinea 59721
4  Guam 0112
5  Fiji 0011
Totals21212163

Men

French Polynesia (Tahiti) and Papua New Guinea won 7 and 5 gold medals respectively in the 12 men's events.[4][5][6][7][8]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m Freestyle Papua New Guinea C. Martin  
(PNG)
54.71  
GR
French Polynesia R. Chapman  
(TAH)
57.19 French Polynesia C. Ceran  
(TAH)
57.77
200m Freestyle French Polynesia Henry Noble  
(TAH)
2:04.28  
GR
Papua New Guinea C. Martin  
(PNG)
2:04.71 French Polynesia R. Chapman  
(TAH)
2:05.94
400m Freestyle French Polynesia Henry Noble  
(TAH)
4:28.58  
GR
Papua New Guinea M. Hutchings  
(PNG)
4:34.89 New Caledonia E Verlaquet  
(NCL)
4:37.81
1500m Freestyle Papua New Guinea M. Hutchings  
(PNG)
18:16.18 New Caledonia E Verlaquet  
(NCL)
18:24.11 French Polynesia R. Chapman  
(TAH)
18:42.21
100m Backstroke Papua New Guinea C. Martin  
(PNG)
1:03.12  
GR
French Polynesia Henry Noble  
(TAH)
1:04.47 French Polynesia C. Ceran  
(TAH)
1:10.34
100m Breaststroke NE French Polynesia P. Hunter  
(TAH)
1:15.70 Guam G. Burke  
(GUM)
1:16.06 Papua New Guinea O. Moi  
(PNG)
1:16.30
200m Breaststroke French Polynesia P. Hunter  
(TAH)
2:48.12 Papua New Guinea Donald Martin  
(PNG)
2:48.20 Guam G. Burke  
(GUM)
2:49.54
100m Butterfly Papua New Guinea C. Martin  
(PNG)
1:00.33  
GR
New Caledonia A. Mouren  
(NCL)
1:03.73 Papua New Guinea D. Martin  
(PNG)
1:04.84
200m I.M. Papua New Guinea C. Martin  
(PNG)
2:21.29  
GR
French Polynesia R. Chapman  
(TAH)
2:22.64 Papua New Guinea M. Hutchings  
(PNG)
2:24.32
4 × 100 m
Medley relay
French Polynesia French Polynesia 4:24.82  
GR
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 4:27.44 New Caledonia New Caledonia 4:36.60
4 × 100 m
Freestyle relay
French Polynesia French Polynesia 3:48.59  
GR
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 3:53.68 New Caledonia New Caledonia 3:59.94
4 × 200 m
Freestyle relay NE
French Polynesia French Polynesia 8:34.61 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 8:44.94 New Caledonia New Caledonia 8:56.28

Women

New Caledonia dominated the women's events, winning 8 of the 9 gold medals available.[4][5][9][10][11]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m Freestyle French Polynesia M. Lavigne  
(TAH)
1:04.62  
GR
New Caledonia D. Maussion  
(NCL)
1:04.64 Fiji L. Fisher  
(FIJ)
1:05.89
200m Freestyle New Caledonia Y. Saminadin  
(NCL)
2:18.54  
GR
French Polynesia M. Lavigne  
(TAH)
2:20.23 New Caledonia C. Bernados  
(NCL)
2:21.19
400m Freestyle New Caledonia Y. Saminadin  
(NCL)
4:51.41  
GR
New Caledonia P. LeGras  
(NCL)
4:53.09 New Caledonia D. Maussion  
(NCL)
5:05.07
800m Freestyle New Caledonia Y. Saminadin  
(NCL)
9:48.20  
GR
New Caledonia P. LeGras  
(NCL)
10:14.7 New Caledonia D. Maussion  
(NCL)
100m Breaststroke NE New Caledonia P. LeGras  
(NCL)
1:24.01 Papua New Guinea L. Moyle  
(PNG)
1:25.66 Papua New Guinea J. Kohnke  
(PNG)
1:29.75
200m Breaststroke New Caledonia P. LeGras  
(NCL)
3:00.66  
GR
Papua New Guinea L. Moyle  
(PNG)
3:09.55 Papua New Guinea J. Kohnke  
(PNG)
3:12.79
4 × 100 m
Medley relay
New Caledonia New Caledonia 5:02.00  
GR
French Polynesia French Polynesia 5:05.96 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 5:29.78
4 × 100 m
Freestyle relay
New Caledonia New Caledonia 4:26.22  
GR
French Polynesia French Polynesia 4:29.69 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 4:33.78
4 × 200 m
Freestyle relay NE
New Caledonia New Caledonia 9:32.03 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 9:57.29 French Polynesia 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:

References

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