The 8th

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. It was the eight edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water human swimming, swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when L ...

and synchronized swimming.Final Report on the 2010 Oceania Championships
published by the

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in May 2010; retrieved from the Oceania Swimming Association website on 2010-06-18. The open water events were swum in the waters off

Faleasiu Faleasi'u is one of the largest village settlements on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It is located on the northwestern coast of the island and has a population of 4177. Faleasi'u is part of A'ana Alofi 1 Electoral Constituency (''Faipule District' ...

Participating countries

Countries with confirmed teams for the 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships were: * * (23) * * (11) * * * * * (20) * * (9) * (7)Seven aim for victory
by Rosalia Setefano for the Samoa Observer. Published 2010-06-19, retrieved 2010-06-22. *

Event Schedule

Results

Men

Legend:

Women

Legend:

Overall medal table

Medal standings for the Swimming and Open Water competitions are:

References

{{Oceania Swim Champs Oceania Swimming Championships, 2010 2010 in Samoan sport Oceania Swimming Championships, 2010 Oceania Swimming Championships Swimming in Samoa International sports competitions hosted by Samoa June 2010 sports events in Oceania