
Organised in even years, the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) gather the world's fastest swimmers for a five-day, top-level showdown in 25-metre pool.
The FINA World Championships are contested in a long course (50-meter) pool. The event was first held in 1973 and is now held every two years. From 1978-1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 on, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.
The Festival will feature some of the best young male and female athletes from 18 nations including Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and United States of America. There are 1,172 athletes competing in 173 events in 14 sports.
The 2004 Oceania Swimming Championships will feature 134 swimmers from 11 countries, and the USA State of Hawaii. This is the fifth edition of the Championships, and features competitions in: swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming (synchro). The synchro competition will mark the first time the sport has been swum in Fiji.
North Shore sprinter Hayley Palmer, hospitalised with glandular fever last year, bounced back to grab a ticket to the Olympics on the last night of finals at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland tonight.
North Shore swimmer Glenn Snyders was the first under the Olympic Games qualifying time on the opening morning of heats at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships today.
Auckland’s Luke Westgaard and Nielsen Varoy were the best of the New Zealand contingent on the opening day of the Australian Olympic trials in Adelaide.
New Zealand Swimming’s Olympic hopefuls splash out for their first litmus test on progress towards London at the New South Wales Championships in Sydney this weekend.
The FINA World Championships are contested in a long course (50-meter) pool. The event was first held in 1973 and is now held every two years. From 1978-1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 on, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.
The 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games will be held in Bendigo, Australia. They are the second Commonwealth Youth Games, which are held every four years. Over 1,000 athletes and officials will attend the Games from 22 countries in a 10-sport programme.
The swimming competition of the 10th FINA World Championships will consist of 40 long course (50m) events, swum from 20-27 July in Barcelona, Spain. Swimming's 40 events are split evenly between males and females.
The 2006 Oceania Swimming Championships are being held from 7-16 July at three locations in Queensland, Australia. This is the sixth edition of the Championships, and features competitions in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming (synchro).
The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. The tenth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, is being held in 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from August 17–20.
The Harlequins made it a clean sweep to retain honours at the New Zealand Zonal Championships at the Sir Owen G Glenn Aquatic Centre in Auckland.
The leading New Zealand-based swimmers and the best up-and-comers will join forces in the annual American-styled Zonal Championships in Auckland on Saturday.
SNZ High Performance Squad - American Tour
The 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships are being held in New Zealand and feature competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming. It is the 7th Oceania Swimming Championships and second time that New Zealand will host the event after playing host to the 2000 Championships.
The 2007 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIV Summer Universiade, will take place in Bangkok, Thailand. The swimming competition will be from August 9-14 and will consist of 40 long course (50m) events (20 male, 20 female).
Organised in even years, the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) gather the world's fastest swimmers for a five-day, top-level showdown in 25-metre pool.
The Swimming New Zealand Legends Relay is back in 2016 with some of New Zealand’s past swimming greats once again coming together to raise funds for a great cause.
A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will compete in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games) at the 2008 Olympic Games. China is the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games.
The Commonwealth Games is a unique, friendly, world class, multi-sports Games, which is held once every four years. The 2006 Commonwealth Games will include 17 sports, with 12 individual sports and 4 team sports. In total there are 245 events at the Games. The mascot for the games was Karak, a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo.
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, is to be held in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August. The motto is Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes will compete, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries.
It is with great sadness that Swimming New Zealand confirms the passing of former National Coach and High-Performance Manager, Jan Cameron.
Saturday 10th April 2010. Dinner and awards presentation.