Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games
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| Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games | |
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| Location | Suva, Fiji |
| Dates | 30 June – 7 July 2003 |
Swimming at the 2003 South Pacific Games took place from 30 June to 7 July in Suva, the capital of Fiji.
The pool events were held on the first 6 days in the 50m (long-course) pool at Fiji's National Aquatics Centre, and a 3 kilometre ("3K") open water race was held at Pacific Harbour on Monday, July 7, 2003. Originally, a 5K open water race was to be contested – 5K being a more widely internationally accepted race distance than a 3K. However, rough conditions on-course pushed the turn markers/buoys out of position and the length of the race needed to be changed to accommodate the conditions.[1]
Overall, Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini (male) and New Caledonia's Diane Bui Duyet (female) were named "Swimmers of the Meet" for their overall performances: Pini won 7 events, 4 in record time and earned 12 medals overall; Bui-Duyet won 10 events with 5 games records, and 11 medals in total.[2]
| Date | Mon. 30 June.[3] | Tue. 1 July.[4] | Wed. 2 July.[5] | Thu. 3 July.[6] | Fri. 4 July.[7] | Sat. 5 July.[8] |
| E v e n t s |
50 back (M) 100 free (W) 100 breast (M) 400 I.M. (F) 200 free (M) 800 Free Relay (W) |
50 back (W) 100 fly (M) 200 free (W) 400 I.M. (M) 200 breast (W) 800 Free Relay (M) |
50 breast (W) 50 breast (M) 400 free (W) 100 free (M) 100 back (W) 200 back (M) 400 Free Relay (W) |
400 free (M) 100 fly (W) 50 fly (M) 100 breast (W) 200 breast (M) 800 free (W) 400 Free Relay (M) |
50 free (M) 200 I.M. (W) 200 fly (M) 50 fly (W) 100 back (M) 400 Medley Relay (W) |
200 fly (W) 200 I.M. (M) 50 free (W) 1500 free (M) 200 back (W) 400 Medley Relay (M) |
Monday, July 7: men's and women's 3,000m Open Water swim.[9]
