Swimming at the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games
Introduction The '''swimming''' competition at the '''2005 South Pacific Mini Games''' in Palau was held July 25–30.The venues for the events were:*'''pool''': National Aquatics Center in Meyuns; and *'''open water''': Palau Pacific Resort Beach.All pool events were swum in a 6-lane, short-course (25m) pool; the open water events were 5-kilometres in length (5K).Two notes, related to the organization of the meet:# Swimmers who were to compete at the 2005 World Championships, were not allowed to swim in the Mini Games (although the competitions were at the same time).# Full medals were only given out in events with five or more entrants. If an event had four entrants, only the gold and silver medals were award; if an event had only two or three entrants, only the gold medal. Events with fewer than three medals  awarded are noted under the event name.
Event schedule '''Date''' Mon. July 25.Tue. July 26.Wed. July 27.Thu. July 28.Fri. July 29.Sat. July 30. '''Events''' 50 back (M)  100 free (W)  100 breast (M)  400 I.M. (F)  200 free (M)  4x200 Free Relay (W)  50 back (W)  100 fly (M) 200 free (W)  400 I.M. (M)  200 breast (W)  4x200 Free Relay (M)  50 breast (W)  50 breast (M)  400 free (W)  100 free (M) 100 back (W)  200 back (M)  4x100 Free Relay (W)  400 free (M)  100 fly (W)  50 fly (M)  100 breast (W)  200 breast (M)  800 free (W)  4x100 Free Relay (M)  50 free (M)  200 I.M. (W)  200 fly (M)  50 fly (W)  100 back (M)  4x100 Medley Relay (W) 200 fly (W)  200 I.M. (M)  50 free (W)  1500 free (M)  200 back (W)  4x100 Medley Relay (M) 5K (W)  5K (M)''Note: This is the same event order as the 2003 South Pacific Games and 2007 South Pacific Games. However, the pool competition is 1 day shorter, which is accomplished by having eight events per day on the first four pool days, rather than six.
Results ===Men===50m Freestyle   22.88   23.93   24.95100m Freestyle   50.80   53.42   54.10200m Freestyle   1:54.00   1:55.25   2:01.95400m Freestyle   4:00.84   4:15.96   4:27.291500m Freestyle (gold only)    16:30.78   16:47.59   17:07.80 50m Backstroke   28.21   28.75   29.42100m Backstroke   59.20   1:03.14   1:06.06200m Backstroke   2:16.01   2:21.87   2:24.94 50m Breaststroke   30.55   30.69   32.06100m Breaststroke   1:05.51   1:05.84   1:10.86200m Breaststroke   2:20.79   2:31.93   2:32.13 50m Butterfly   25.09   27.12   27.62100m Butterfly   57.89   1:00.07   1:02.46200m Butterfly  (gold only)   2:14.87   2:16.81   2:27.62 200m I.M. 2:13.25   2:20.62   2:25.78400m I.M. 4:45.80   4:57.87   5:01.19 400m   Free Relay  (gold & silver only)  New Caledonia    Adrien Thomas,   Eric Lassauvagerie,   Benoit Riviere,   Mathieu Mengin   3:43.48  Guam    Carlos Shimizu,   Trevor Plate,   Tetsuya Iijima,   Celestino Aguon   3:54.39  Northern Marianas    Juan Camacho,   Rezne Wong,   Michael Camacho,   David Palacios   4:09.31800m   Free Relay  (gold & silver only)  New Caledonia    Benoit Riviere,   Eric Lassauvagerie,   Adrien Thomas,   Thomas Chaucun   8:30.56  Guam    Celestino Aguon,   Lucas Shimizu,   Tetsuya Iijima,   Carols Shimizu   8:36.76  Northern Marianas    David Palacios,   Juan Camacho,   Michael Comacho,   Rezne Wong   8:54.76 400m   Medley Relay  (gold & silver only)  New Caledonia    Mathieu Mengin,   Ollivier Saminadin,   Adrien Thomas,   David Thevenot   3:57.15  Northern Marianas    Michael Comacho,   Rezne Wong,   David Palacios,   Juan Camacho   4:24.21  Guam    Celestino Aguon,   Lucas Shimizu,   Tetsuya Iijima,   Carols Shimizu   4:28.59 5K Open Water   (time= hr:min:sec)   1:08:26   1:08:33   1:09:04===Women===50m Freestyle   28.09   28.30   28.91100m Freestyle   1:00.37   1:01.55   1:02.02200m Freestyle   2:11.81   2:12.58   2:13.29400m Freestyle   4:45.30   4:46.21   4:47.61800m Freestyle   (gold & silver only)   9:54.36   10:02.46   10:23.47 50m Backstroke   31.31   32.54   32.64100m Backstroke   1:09.00   1:10.12   1:10.45200m Backstroke   2:27.77   2:29.15   2:35.84 50m Breaststroke   34.74   35.96  Fiji  36.94100m Breaststroke   1:16.34   1:17.93   1:20.03200m Breaststroke   2:49.49   2:51.78   2:53.35 50m Butterfly   29.98   30.73   31.41100m Butterfly   1:06.96   1:09.36   1:09.97200m Butterfly   (gold only)   2:31.80   2:41.47   ''none''  200m I.M. 2:31.72   2:31.78   2:32.99400m I.M. 5:24.07   5:29.88   5:33.41 400m   Free Relay (gold & silver only)  New Caledonia    Esther Meallet,    Nyitrue Simon,    Ines Horngren,    Delphine Bui Duyet   4:16.62  Northern Marianas    Caroline Coleman-Moala,    Minerva Cabrera,    Nina Mosley,    Nicole Calvo   4:19.26  Guam    Tara Benavente,    Jenina Cruz,    Mayan Silan,    Marayna Silan   4:30.50800m   Free Relay (gold & silver only)  New Caledonia    Ines Horngren,    Esther Meallet,    Nyitrue Simon,    Delphine Bui Duyet   9:14.51  Northern Marianas    Caroline Coleman-Moala,    Nicole Calvo,    Amanda Johnson,    Nina Mosley   9:24.50  Guam    Tara Benavente,    Jenina Cruz,    Mayan Silan,    Manami Iijima   9:57.85400m   Medley Relay (gold & silver only)  New Caledonia    Delphine Bui Duyet,    Adeline Williams,    Nyitrue Simon,    Esther Meallet   4:36.73  Northern Marianas    Myana Welch,    Minerva Cabrera,    Amanda Johnson,    Nina Mosley   4:51.41  Guam    Maraya Silan,    Mayan Silan,    Manami Iijima,    Tara Benavente   4:54.87 5K Open Water   (time= hr:min:sec)   1:10:13.30   1:16:33.04   1:19:39.89
Participating countries 57 swimmers from 8 countries were entered in the swimming events at the 2005 Mini Games. Countries with swimmers present were: * (2)* (2)* (10)* (1)* (15)* (11)* (10)* (6)
References
External links * 2005 South Pacific Games — Swimming webpage; retrieved 2009-08-14.