Swimming at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe
# Swimming at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe

Swimming at the 13th Games of the Small States of Europe was held June 2–5, 2009 at the Limassol Swimming Pool in Limassol, Cyprus. The competition featured 32 events, swum in a long course (50 m) pool. Events for both sexes, by stroke, were:

* freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women only), and 1500 (men only);
* backstroke: 100 and 200;
* breaststroke: 100 and 200;
* butterfly: 100 and 200;
* individual medley (I.M.): 200 and 400;
* relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free, and 4 × 100 medley

Of note about the competition: every women's Games record was bettered, except one (the 200 fly); and all eight participating countries at the Games had swimmers: Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta (women only), Monaco and San Marino.

## Competition schedule

| session | Tuesday 2 June 2009 | Wednesday 3 June 2009 | Thursday 4 June 2009 | Friday 5 June 2009 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| preliminary heats ---- 10:00 | 200 back (w) 100 free (w) 100 free (m) 200 IM (m) | 100 back (w) 400 free (w) 100 breast (m) 100 fly (m) | 50 free (w) 200 free (w) 200 free (m) | none |
| finals ---- 18:00 | 200 back (w) 200 back (m) 200 fly (w) 200 fly (m) 100 free (w) 100 free (m) 200 IM (w) 200 IM (m) | 100 back (w) 100 back (m) 400 free (w) 400 free (m) 100 fly (w) 100 fly (m) 100 breast (w) 100 breast (m) 4 × 200 free relay (w) 4 × 200 free relay (m) | 50 free (w) 50 free (m) 200 breast (w) 200 breast (m) 200 free (w) 200 free (m) 4 × 100 medley relay (w) 4 × 100 medley relay (m) | 800 free (w) 1500 free (m) 400 IM (w) 400 IM (m) 4 × 100 free relay (w) 4 × 100 free relay (m) |

## Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 free | Árni Már Árnason Iceland | 22.87 GR | Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg | 23.57 | François-Xavier Paquot Monaco | 23.84 |
| 100 free | Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg | 50.80 | Alexandre Bakhtiarov Cyprus | 51.36 | Árni Már Árnason Iceland | 51.39 |
| 200 free | Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg | 1:50.35 GR | Alexandre Bakhtiarov Cyprus | 1:53.44 | François-Xavier Paquot Monaco | 1:54.32 |
| 400 free | Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg | 4:00.30 | Emanuele Nicolini San Marino | 4:04.25 | Sindri Þór Jakobsson Iceland | 4:06.14 |
| 1500 free | Sindri Þór Jakobsson Iceland | 16:17.74 | Emanuele Nicolini San Marino | 16:27.29 | Marios Papagiannopoulos Cyprus | 16:28.45 |
| 100 back | Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg | 57.05 GR | Davíð Hildiberg Aðalsteinsson Iceland | 58.03 | Marios Panagi Cyprus | 1:00.13 |
| 200 back | Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg | 2:06.37 | Davíð Hildiberg Aðalsteinsson Iceland | 2:10.48 | Giannis Zinonos Cyprus | 2:11.52 |
| 100 breast | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland | 1:02.75 GR | Árni Már Árnason Iceland | 1:02.85 | Hocine Haciane Constantin Andorra | 1:03.54 |
| 200 breast | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland | 2:16.34 | Hocine Haciane Constantin Andorra | 2:17.10 | Árni Már Árnason Iceland | 2:21.55 |
| 100 fly | Alexandre Bakhtiarov Cyprus | 54.80 | Birkir Már Jónsson Iceland | 56.40 | Sebastien Brillouet Monaco | 57.67 |
| 200 fly | Sindri Þór Jakobsson Iceland | 2:03.58 GR | Hocine Haciane Constantin Andorra | 2:03.79 | Pietro Paolo Camilloni San Marino | 2:10.47 |
| 200 I.M. | Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg | 2:04.36 GR | Hocine Haciane Constantin Andorra | 2:09.29 | Sebastien Brillouet Monaco | 2:16.28 |
| 400 I.M. | Raphaël Stacchiotti Luxembourg | 4:28.78 GR | Hocine Haciane Constantin Andorra | 4:35.77 | Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson Iceland | 4:41.15 |
| 4x100 free relay | Iceland Bragi Thorsteinsson, Davíð Hildiberg Aðalsteinsson, Birkir Már Jónsson, Árni Már Árnason | 3:28.80 | Monaco Tomas Molina, Sebastien Brillouet, François-Xavier Paquot, Cedric Rousseau | 3:32.49 | San Marino Pietro Paolo Camilloni, Alberto Tasini, Juan Cruz Guidi, Emanuele Nicolini | 3:43.40 |
| 4x200 free relay | Iceland Sindri Þór Jakobsson, Davíð Hildiberg Aðalsteinsson, Árni Már Árnason, Birkir Mar Jonsson | 7:45.15 | Cyprus Nicolas Aresti, Marios Papagiannopoulos, Alexandros Papagiannopoulos, Alexandre Bakhtiarov | 7:51.07 | Monoco Tomas Molina, Cedric Rousseau, François-Xavier Paquot, Sebastien Brillouet | 7:52.83 |
| 4x100 medley relay | Iceland Davíð Hildiberg Aðalsteinsson, Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson, Birkir Már Jónsson, Árni Már Árnason | 3:49.99 | Cyprus Marios Panagi, Georgios Lagos, Alexandre Bakhtiarov, Alexandros Arestis | 4:01.39 | San Marino Alberto Tasini, Mattia Guerra, Pietro Paolo Camilloni, Emanuele Nicolini | 4:21.25 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 free | Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir Iceland | 25.62 GR | Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir Iceland | 26.69 | Rania Pavlou Cyprus | 26.98 |
| 100 free | Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir Iceland | 55.97 GR | Anna Stylianou Cyprus | 56.47 | Christine Mailliet Luxembourg | 58.02 |
| 200 free | Anna Stylianou Cyprus | 2:02.28 GR | Christine Mailliet Luxembourg | 2:05.10 | Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir Iceland | 2:05.73 |
| 400 free | Anna Stylianou Cyprus | 4:19.36 GR | Julia Hassler Liechtenstein | 4:21.34 | Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir Iceland | 4:24.95 |
| 800 free | Julia Hassler Liechtenstein | 8:52.18 GR | Anna Stylianou Cyprus | 9:08.63 | Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir Iceland | 9:15.67 |
| 100 back | Sarah Rolko Luxembourg | 1:03.32 GR | Sarah Blake Bateman Iceland | 1:04.76 | Dana Gales Luxembourg | 1:05.70 |
| 200 back | Sarah Rolko Luxembourg | 2:15.77 GR | Jóhanna Gerða Gústafsdóttir Iceland | 2:19.82 | Dana Gales Luxembourg | 2:21.74 |
| 100 breast | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Iceland | 1:11.21 GR | Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir Iceland | 1:12.88 | Anastasia Christoforou Cyprus | 1:13.12 |
| 200 breast | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Iceland | 2:32.29 GR | Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir Iceland | 2:36.16 | Aurelie Waltzing Luxembourg | 2:44.21 |
| 100 fly | Anna Schoholeva Cyprus | 1:01.00 GR | Sarah Blake Bateman Iceland | 1:02.72 | Christine Mailliet Luxembourg | 1:02.94 |
| 200 fly | Simona Muccioli San Marino | 2:18.21 | Anna Schoholeva Cyprus | 2:19.56 | Julia Hassler Liechtenstein | 2:21.03 |
| 200 I.M. | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir Iceland | 2:19.48 GR | Erla Dögg Haraldsdóttir Iceland | 2:22.84 | Simona Muccioli San Marino | 2:27.28 |
| 400 I.M. | Inga Elín Cryer Iceland | 5:03.56 GR | Julia Hassler Liechtenstein | 5:05.82 | Simona Muccioli San Marino | 5:09.45 |
| 4x100 free relay | Iceland Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir, Sarah Blake Bateman, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, Jóhanna Gerða Gústafsdóttir | 3:52.06 GR | Luxembourg Christine Mailliet, Sarah Rolko, Kim Nickels, Dana Gales | 3:59.05 | Cyprus Rania Pavlou, Anastasia Christoforou, Stella Papamiltiadous, Anna Stylianou | 4:03.57 |
| 4x200 free relay | Iceland Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, Sarah Blake Bateman, Jóhanna Gerða Gústafsdóttir | 8:33.25 GR, NR | Luxembourg Christine Mailliet, Sarah Rolko, Christina Roch, Dana Gales | 8:37.86 | Cyprus Rania Pavlou, Anna Schoholeva, Marilena Georgiou, Anna Stylianou | 8:39.16 |
| 4x100 medley relay | Iceland Jóhanna Gerða Gústafsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir, Sarah Blake Bateman, Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir | 4:15.26 GR, NR | Cyprus Sofia Papadopoulou, Anastasia Christoforou, Anna Schoholeva, Anna Stylianou | 4:21.54 | Luxembourg Sarah Rolko, Aurelie Waltzing, Christine Mailliet, Kim Nickels | 4:23.29 |

### Medal standings

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Iceland (ISL) | 17 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 2 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Cyprus (CYP) | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Andorra (AND) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | San Marino (SMR) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Monaco (MON) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 31 | 32 | 32 | 95 |

Note: Malta was the only country not to medal in Swimming.

