^ a The number of events does not include an unofficial 3 × 110 yd medley relay for women swum at the 1963 Games.
^ b There were either 24 or 23 events on the 1979 programme, depending on whether the men's 4 × 200 metres relay was contested and officially included in the medals.
The men's 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay was not listed in the results published in the November 1979 issue of Pacific Islands Monthly (PIM).
The medal list published on the Oceania Sport Information Centre (OSIC) website as of October 2015,[26] omits the women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.
However, the result sheet for the event records New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Northern Marianas as finishing first, second and third, respectively.