Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	15 to 26 March 2006
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VenueMelbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre

LocationMelbourne, Australia

Dates15 to 26 March 2006

Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was the 18th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. Competition was held in Melbourne, Australia, from 15 to 26 March 2006.^[1]

The swimming events were held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and featured 42 medal events.^[2]

Australia topped the medal table by virtue of winning 19 gold medals.^[3]^[4]

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Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia*	19	18	17	54
2	England	8	11	4	23
3	Scotland	6	3	3	12
4	South Africa	5	2	5	12
5	Canada	1	7	8	16
6	New Zealand	1	1	4	6
7	Wales	1	0	2	3
8	Papua New Guinea	1	0	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		42	42	43	127

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Roland Schoeman South Africa	22.03 GR	Brent Hayden Canada	22.19	Brett Hawke Australia	22.31
50 m EAD freestyle	Matthew Cowdrey Australia	26.06 WR	Benoît Huot Canada	24.84	Matt Walker England	28.94
100 m freestyle	Simon Burnett England	48.57 GR	Ryk Neethling South Africa	49.20	Roland Schoeman South Africa	49.24
100 m EAD freestyle	Matthew Cowdrey Australia	56.73 WR	Benoît Huot Canada	53.22 WR	David Roberts Wales	1:01.85
200 m freestyle	Ross Davenport England	1:47.29	Simon Burnett England	1:47.38	Brent Hayden Canada	1:47.41
400 m freestyle	David Carry Scotland	3:48.17	Andrew Hurd Canada	3:49.08	David Davies Wales	3:49.44
1500 m freestyle	David Davies Wales	14:57.63	Andrew Hurd Canada	15:09.44	Troyden Prinsloo South Africa	15:11.88

50 m backstroke	Matthew Clay England	25.04	Liam Tancock England	25.10	Gerhard Zandberg South Africa	25.16
100 m backstroke	Liam Tancock England	54.53 GR	Matthew Welsh Australia	54.82	Gregor Tait Scotland	54.89
200 m backstroke	Gregor Tait Scotland	1:58.65 GR	Johannes Du Rand South Africa	2:00.32	Cameron Gibson New Zealand	2:00.72

50 m breaststroke	Chris Cook England	28.01	Darren Mew England	28.07	Brenton Rickard Australia	28.14
100 m breaststroke	Chris Cook England	1:00.98	James Gibson England	1:01.10	Brenton Rickard Australia	1:01.17
200 m breaststroke	Mike Brown Canada	2:12.23 GR	Brenton Rickard Australia	2:12.24	Jim Piper Australia	2:12.26

50 m butterfly	Roland Schoeman South Africa	23.34	Matthew Welsh Australia	23.63	Michael Klim Australia	23.74
100 m butterfly	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea	52.64	Michael Klim Australia	52.70	Moss Burmester New Zealand	52.73
200 m butterfly	Moss Burmester New Zealand	1:56.64 GR	Travis Nederpelt Australia	1:57.26	Joshua Krogh Australia	1:59.18

200 m individual medley	Gregor Tait Scotland	2:00.73	Dean Kent New Zealand	2:01.08	Brian Johns Canada	2:01.56
400 m individual medley	David Carry Scotland	4:15.98 GR	Euan Dale Scotland	4:17.15	Travis Nederpelt Australia	4:17.24

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	South Africa Roland Schoeman (48.65) Lyndon Ferns (48.43) Gerhard Zandberg (49.44) Ryk Neethling (48.45)	3:14.97 GR	Australia Michael Klim (49.28) Eamon Sullivan (48.21) Brett Hawke (49.49) Ashley Callus (48.46)	3:15.54	Canada Yannick Lupien (49.65) Matthew Rose (48.85) Colin Russell (49.11) Brent Hayden (48.13)	3:15.74
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	England Simon Burnett (1:47.57) Alexander Scotcher (1:50.01) Dean Milwain (1:49.85) Ross Davenport (1:46.71)	7:14.14	Scotland David Carry (1:48.25) Euan Dale (1:48.99) Andrew Hunter (1:48.54) Robert Renwick (1:48.62)	7:14.40	Australia Nicholas Ffrost (1:48.91) Kenrick Monk (1:47.87) Andrew Mewing (1:48.65) Joshua Krogh (1:49.56)	7:14.99
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Matt Welsh (54.84) Brenton Rickard (59.51) Michael Klim (51.87) Eamon Sullivan (48.15) Andrew Lauterstein* Christian Sprenger* Adam Pine* Kenrick Monk*	3:34.37	England Liam Tancock (54.42) Chris Cook (1:00.29) Matthew Bowe (52.53) Ross Davenport (49.16)	3:36.40	Scotland Gregor Tait (55.15) Kristopher Gilchrist (1:01.83) Todd Cooper (52.85) Craig Houston (49.92) Chris Jones*	3:39.75

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Libby Lenton Australia	24.61 GR	Jodie Henry Australia	24.72	Alice Mills Australia	25.03
50 m EAD freestyle	Natalie du Toit South Africa	29.27 WR	Anne Polinario Canada	28.63	Annabelle Williams Australia	30.25
100 m freestyle	Libby Lenton Australia	53.54 GR	Jodie Henry Australia	53.78	Alice Mills Australia	54.31
100 m EAD freestyle	Natalie du Toit South Africa	1:01.81	Valérie Grand'Maison Canada	1:01.02	Anne Polinario Canada	1:03.10
200 m freestyle	Caitlin McClatchey Scotland	1:57.25 GR	Libby Lenton Australia	1:57.51	Melanie Marshall England	1:58.11
400 m freestyle	Caitlin McClatchey Scotland	4:07.69	Joanne Jackson England	4:08.36	Bronte Barratt Australia	4:08.65
800 m freestyle	Rebecca Cooke England	8:29.50	Melissa Gorman Australia	8:30.79	Brittany Reimer Canada	8:38.05
50 m backstroke	Sophie Edington Australia	28.42 =GR	Giaan Rooney Australia	28.43	Tayliah Zimmer Australia	28.71
100 m backstroke	Sophie Edington Australia	1:00.93 GR	Giaan Rooney Australia	1:01.42	Melanie Marshall England	1:01.55
200 m backstroke	Joanna Fargus Australia	2:10.36 GR	Melanie Marshall England	2:10.87	Hannah McLean New Zealand	2:12.47
50 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia	30.55	Jade Edmistone Australia	30.84	Tarnee White Australia	31.26
100 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia	1:05.09 WR	Jade Edmistone Australia	1:07.24	Kirsty Balfour Scotland	1:07.83
200 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia	2:20.72 GR	Kirsty Balfour Scotland	2:24.04	Suzaan van Biljon South Africa	2:25.39
50 m butterfly	Danni Miatke Australia	26.43 GR	Jessicah Schipper Australia	26.65	Alice Mills Australia	26.78
50 m butterfly	Danni Miatke Australia	26.43 GR	Jessicah Schipper Australia	26.65	Lize-Mari Retief South Africa	26.78
100 m butterfly	Jessicah Schipper Australia	57.48 GR	Libby Lenton Australia	57.80	Audrey Lacroix Canada	58.89
200 m butterfly	Jessicah Schipper Australia	2:06.09 GR	Felicity Galvez Australia	2:08.16	Terri Dunning England	2:09.87
200 m individual medley	Stephanie Rice Australia	2:12.90 GR	Brooke Hanson Australia	2:13.62	Lara Carroll Australia	2:13.86
400 m individual medley	Stephanie Rice Australia	4:41.91 GR	Rebecca Cooke England	4:44.60	Jennifer Reilly Australia	4:47.13
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Libby Lenton (53.74) Jodie Henry (53.30) Alice Mills (54.42) Shayne Reese (55.03)	3:36.49	England Melanie Marshall (55.24) Rosalind Brett (55.22) Amy Smith (57.22) Francesca Halsall (55.01)	3:42.69	Canada Erica Morningstar (55.63) Victoria Poon (56.24) Geneviève Saumur (54.85) Sophie Simard (56.12)	3:42.84
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Libby Lenton (2:00.04) Bronte Barratt (1:59.14) Kelly Stubbins (1:58.98) Linda Mackenzie (1:58.52)	7:56.68	England Joanne Jackson (1:59.12) Kate Richardson (2:01.86) Julia Beckett (2:00.80) Melanie Marshall (1:59.45)	8:01.23	New Zealand Lauren Boyle (2:00.49) Helen Norfolk (2:00.56) Alison Fitch (2:00.35) Melissa Ingram (2:00.80)	8:02.20
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Sophie Edington (1:01.06) Leisel Jones (1:05.51) Jessicah Schipper (56.86) Libby Lenton (52.87)	3:56.30 WR	England Melanie Marshall (1:01.64) Kate Haywood (1:08.54) Terri Dunning (59.40) Fran Halsall (55.03)	4:04.61	Canada Kelly Stefanyshyn (1:02.26) Lauren van Oosten (1:09.53) Audrey Lacroix (59.27) Erica Morningstar (54.89)	4:05.95

Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Medallists

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References

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