2016 Oceania Swimming Championships
# 2016 Oceania Swimming Championships

The 11th Oceania Swimming Championships were held 21–26 June 2016 at the Damodar Aquatic Centre in Suva, Fiji. It was the eleventh edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming.

## Participating countries

Countries with confirmed teams for the 2016 Oceania Swimming Championships were:

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Micronesia
* Fiji
* Guam
* Hawaii
* Marshall Islands
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Tonga

## Results

### Swimming

**Men**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's freestyle |||||||
| 50 m | Daniel Hunter New Zealand | 22.49 | Cameron Jones Australia | 22.82 | Jake Kersten Australia | 22.91 |
| 100 m | Daniel Hunter New Zealand | 49.49 | Jake Kersten Australia | 50.13 | Julian Weir New Zealand | 50.85 |
| 200 m | Jake Kersten Australia | 1:51.45 | Thomas Wotton Australia | 1:53.39 | Samuel Seghers Papua New Guinea | 1:53.64 |
| 400 m | Wesley Roberts Cook Islands | 3:57.91 | Matt Hyde New Zealand | 3:58.29 | Michael Petrides Hawaii | 4:06.05 |
| 1500 m | Wesley Roberts Cook Islands | 15:42.27 | Michael Petrides Hawaii | 16:22.19 | Troy Balvert New Zealand | 16:22.58 |
| Men's backstroke |||||||
| 50 m | Zac Incerti Australia | 25.91 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 26.43 | Bayley Main New Zealand | 26.58 |
| 100 m | Zac Incerti Australia | 54.94 | Jackson Cropp New Zealand | 56.98 | Corneille Coetzee New Zealand | 57.20 |
| 200 m | Corneille Coetzee New Zealand | 2:03.62 | Jackson Cropp New Zealand | 2:05.10 | Michael Petrides Hawaii | 2:15.62 |
| Men's breaststroke |||||||
| 50 m | Benjamin Schulte Guam | 29.26 | Jacob Garrod New Zealand | 29.32 | Meli Malani Fiji | 29.42 |
| 100 m | Jacob Garrod New Zealand | 1:03.31 | Benjamin Schulte Guam | 1:03.46 | Nathan Zhu Australia | 1:03.94 |
| 200 m | Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia | 2:16.69 | Nathan Zhu Australia Jonathan Rutter New Zealand | 2:17.13 2:17.13 | not awarded | |
| Men's butterfly |||||||
| 50 m | Cameron Jones Australia | 24.27 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 24.45 | Daniel Hunter New Zealand | 24.62 |
| 100 m | Cameron Jones Australia | 53.69 | Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea | 54.13 | Wilrich Coetzee New Zealand | 55.08 |
| 200 m | Wilrich Coetzee New Zealand | 2:00.44 | Thomas Wotton Australia | 2:01.43 | David Van Der Star New Zealand | 2:04.90 |
| Men's individual medley |||||||
| 200 m | Wilrich Coetzee New Zealand | 2:05.51 | Jonathan Rutter New Zealand | 2:05.89 | Thibaut Mary New Caledonia | 2:10.40 |
| 400 m | Andrew Trembath New Zealand | 4:32.82 | Blake Gunn New Zealand | 4:35.97 | Brandon Schuster Samoa | 4:36.13 |
| Men's relays |||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle | Australia | 3:20.25 | New Caledonia | 3:26.73 | Fiji | 3:38.89 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle | Australia | 7:27.19 | New Zealand | 7:38.23 | New Caledonia | 7:54.07 |
| 4 × 100 m medley | Australia | 3:42.67 | New Zealand | 3:44.46 | Papua New Guinea | 3:52.13 |

**Women**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's freestyle |||||||
| 50 m | Gabrielle Fa'amausili New Zealand | 25.60 | Natasha Ramsden Australia | 25.96 | Hadley Lyndsay Australia | 26.25 |
| 100 m | Helena Gasson New Zealand | 56.49 | Natasha Ramsden Australia Carina Doyle New Zealand | 57.11 57.11 | not awarded | |
| 200 m | Acacia Wildin-Snedden Australia | 2:02.37 | Carina Doyle New Zealand | 2:02.96 | Yeonsu Lee New Zealand | 2:03.58 |
| 400 m | Acacia Wildin-Snedden Australia | 4:17.00 | Monique King New Zealand | 4:17.99 | Carina Doyle New Zealand | 4:21.07 |
| 800 m | Monique King New Zealand | 8:53.54 | Alessandra Colombini Australia | 9:00.97 | Nohea Lileikis Hawaii | 9:03.00 |
| Women's backstroke |||||||
| 50 m | Gabrielle Fa'amausili New Zealand | 29.19 | Abby Duncan Australia | 29.77 | Mikaela Cornelissen Australia | 30.09 |
| 100 m | Gabrielle Fa'amausili New Zealand | 1:02.38 | Lushavel Stickland Samoa | 1:05.96 | Anais Toven New Caledonia | 1:06.71 |
| 200 m | Annabelle Paterson New Zealand | 2:16.68 | Lushavel Stickland Samoa | 2:23.99 | Nohea Lileikis Hawaii | 2:24.98 |
| Women's breaststroke |||||||
| 50 m | Bronagh Ryan New Zealand | 33.52 | Moana Wind Fiji | 33.78 | Bec Cross Australia | 33.92 |
| 100 m | Bronagh Ryan New Zealand | 1:11.71 | Bec Cross Australia | 1:11.90 | Ellie Eastwood New Zealand | 1:14.61 |
| 200 m | Bec Cross Australia | 2:34.83 | Ellie Eastwood New Zealand | 2:36.10 | Millie Macdonald New Zealand | 2:37.13 |
| Women's butterfly |||||||
| 50 m | Helena Gasson New Zealand | 27.14 | Mikaela Cornelissen Australia | 27.47 | Abby Duncan Australia | 27.58 |
| 100 m | Helena Gasson New Zealand | 59.91 | Alice Stuart Australia | 1:00.68 | Mikaela Cornelissen Australia | 1:01.28 |
| 200 m | Alice Stuart Australia | 2:10.65 | Helena Gasson New Zealand | 2:12.67 | Kara Svenson Australia | 2:16.21 |
| Women's individual medley |||||||
| 200 m | Helena Gasson New Zealand | 2:16.95 | Bec Cross Australia | 2:18.94 | Hadley Lyndsay Australia | 2:19.94 |
| 400 m | Acacia Wildin-Snedden Australia | 4:49.84 | Bec Cross Australia | 4:54.64 | Yeonsu Lee New Zealand | 5:05.38 |
| Women's relays |||||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle | Australia | 3:48.73 | New Zealand | 3:49.57 | Fiji | 3:58.60 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle | New Zealand | 8:17.78 | Australia | 8:23.56 | New Caledonia | 8:42.77 |
| 4 × 100 m medley | New Zealand | 4:10.88 | Australia | 4:16.49 | New Caledonia | 4:30.23 |

**Mixed events**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay | Australia | 1:37.17 CR | New Zealand | 1:38.92 | Fiji | 1:41.71 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | New Zealand | 3:36.62 | Australia | 3:38.62 | Fiji | 3:54.52 |
| 4×50 m medley relay | New Zealand | 1:48.65 | Fiji | 1:53.48 | Papua New Guinea | 1:53.86 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | New Zealand | 3:54.39 CR | Australia | 3:55.99 | Hawaii | 4:15.11 |

### Open Water

**Men**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 km | Matthew Scott New Zealand | 1:01:29.20 | Lachlan Colquhoun Australia | 1:01:29.50 | Wesley Roberts Cook Islands | 1:01:31.60 |
| 10km | Jack Brazier Australia | 2:22:02.40 | Lachlan Colquhoun Australia | 2:22:07.40 | Troy Balvert New Zealand | 2:23:04.80 |

**Women**

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5km | Alessandra Colombini Australia | 1:07:18.30 | Bianca Crisp Australia | 1:07:38.40 | Jacey Cropp New Zealand | 1:09:10.60 |
| 10km | Alessandra Colombini Australia | 2:41:50.50 | Bianca Crisp Australia | 2:42:27.80 | Stefannie Gillespie New Zealand | 2:42:28.40 |

## Swimming medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New Zealand (NZL) | 23 | 15 | 13 | 51 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 16 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | Cook Islands (COK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Guam (GUM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Fiji (FJI) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Samoa (SAM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hawaii (HAW) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | New Caledonia (NCL) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 42 | 43 | 41 | 126 |
