The first South Pacific Games (SPG) was held in 1963 in Suva, Fiji. Guam was invited to the SPG beginning with the 1969 Games in Papua New Guinea. Guam hosted the Games in 1975 and in 1999. Beginning in 2011, the SPG was renamed as the Pacific Games.
For the Pacific MINI Games, swimming has only been contested twice: the first in 2005 and the second in 2025. Both contests were in Palau.
2025 Pacific Mini Games – Koror, Palau
2023 Pacific Games – Solomon Islands
2015 Pacific Games – Papua New Guinea
2011 Pacific Games – New Caledonia
2007 South Pacific Games – Samoa
2005 South Pacific Mini Games – Koror, Palau
2003 South Pacific Games – Fiji
1999 South Pacific Games – Guam
1995 South Pacific Games – Tahiti
1991 South Pacific Games -Papua New Guinea
1987 South Pacific Games – New Caledonia
1983 South Pacific Games – Samoa (no swimming events held)
1979 South Pacific Games – Fiji
1975 South Pacific Games – Guam