Swimming at the
2003 South Pacific Games
The 2003 South Pacific Games were held in Suva, Fiji from 28 June to 12 July 2003. They are also known as the XII South Pacific Games.
The Games were the 12th ''South Pacific Games'' to be held since the event's inception and were the 40th annive ...
took place from 30 June to 7 July in
Suva
Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ...
, the capital of
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
.
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.
Overall, Papua New Guinea's
Ryan Pini (male) and New Caledonia's
Diane Bui Duyet
Diane Bui Duyet, sometimes spelled "Bui-Duyet", (born 22 December 1979 in Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French New Caledonian swimmer. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Bui Duyet competes for New Caledonia in re ...
(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.
Event schedule
Monday, July 7: men's and women's 3,000m Open Water swim.
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Results
Men
Women
Participating countries
101 swimmers from 9 countries took part in the swimming competitions at the 2003 South Pacific Games (team size in parentheses):SPG'03-Swimming: Team List by Country
retrieved 2009-07-04.
* (7)
* (17)
* (6)
* (30)
* (9)
* (4)
* (10)
* (6)
* (12)
References
External links
2003 South Pacific Games - Swimming: Schedule/Results retrieved 2009-07-03.
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