
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. A total of 2,158 athletes from 167 nations will participate in the 2007 Worlds.
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 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) is an international multi-sport competition. It is the third edition of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival with 25 nations attending, with Oceania comprising an additional seven countries. Over 1,200 athletes will compete across 14 sports at venues throughout Sydney.
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 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 Junior Pan Pacific Championships comprises full strength teams from the Pacific Rim including USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. This is the 2nd Junior Pan Pacific Championships. Countries from all over the Pacific will send elite swimmers under 18 who have not represented their countries in international competition nor attended their country's' Olympic Trials.
SNZ Youth Development Squad - American Tour
SNZ High Performance Squad - American Tour
The first day of the 2019 Aon National Age Group Championships kicked off with Zac Dell (Pukekohe) posting qualifying times for the 2019 FINA World Junior Championships and the 2019 World University Games in winning the boys 17-18 years 100m backstroke in 55.63s.
The second day of the 2019 Aon National Age Group Championships saw four New Zealand National Age Group records broken and two swimmers making the qualifying time for 2019 FINA World Junior Championships.
A national record, a proven performer in form and some oldies proving they are still goodies on the opening night of the New Zealand Short Course Championships in Auckland.
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.
Two qualifying swims and two national age group records highlighted the second day of the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Championships in Wellington.
Three new records and one equalled sparked an excellent opening night of finals at the New Zealand Age Group Championships in Wellington.
Bradlee Ashby and Sophie Pascoe again stared on day two of the national short course championships, with Ashby setting a new open men’s record and Pascoe continuing her world record form.
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.