Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the 11th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. There were 29 swimming events and they took place from 3 to 12 August 1978.
The events were held at the Kinsmen Aquatic Centre, part of the Kinsmen Sports Centre complex. The aquatic centre was constructed in 1976 specifically for the Games.
Canada topped the medal table with 15 gold medals. It was the first time since 1938 that Australia had failed to top the table and only four nations managed to secure swimming medals.
Medal table
Medallists Men 100 m freestyle Mark Morgan Bill Sawchuk Gary MacDonald200 m freestyle Ron McKeon Graeme Brewer Mark Morgan400 m freestyle Ron McKeon Simon Gray Max Metzker1500 m freestyle Max Metzker Simon Gray Andrew Astbury100 m backstroke Glenn Patching Gary Abraham Jay Tapp200 m backstroke Gary Hurring Glenn Patching Paul Moorfoot100 m breaststroke Graham Smith Duncan Goodhew Paul Naisby200 m breaststroke Graham Smith Duncan Goodhew Lindsay Spencer100 m butterfly Dan Thompson John Mills Bill Sawchuk200 m butterfly George Nagy Claus Bredschneider Phil Hubble200 m individual medley Graham Smith Bill Sawchuk Peter Dawson400 m individual medley Graham Smith Simon Gray Bill Sawchuk4 × 100 m freestyle relay Bill SawchukGary MacDonaldGraham SmithPeter Szmidt Glenn PatchingGraeme BrewerMark MorganRon McKeon David DunneKevin BurnsMartin SmithRichard Burrell4 × 200 m freestyle relay Graeme BrewerMark MorganMax MetzkerRon McKeon Bill SawchukDennis CorcoranPeter SzmidtRobert Baylis David DunneMartin SmithPhilip HubbleSimon Gray4 × 100 m medley relay Bill SawchukDan ThompsonGraham SmithJay Tapp Gary AbrahamDuncan GoodhewJohn MillsMartin Smith Glenn PatchingGraeme BrewerLindsay SpencerMark Morgan
Women 100 m freestyle Carol Klimpel Rosemary Brown Wendy Quirk200 m freestyle Rebecca Perrott Tracey Wickham Michelle Ford400 m freestyle Tracey Wickham Michelle Ford Rebecca Perrott800 m freestyle Tracey Wickham Michelle Ford Rebecca Perrott100 m backstroke Debra Forster Hélène Boivin Cheryl Gibson200 m backstroke Cheryl Gibson Lisa Forrest Glenda Robertson100 m breaststroke Robin Corsiglia Maggie Kelly Marian Stuart200 m breaststroke Lisa Borsholt Debbie Rudd Maggie Kelly100 m butterfly Wendy Quirk Penny McCarthy Linda Hanel200 m butterfly Michelle Ford Wendy Quirk Linda Hanel200 m individual medley Sharron Davies Rebecca Perrott Becky Smith400 m individual medley Sharron Davies Becky Smith Cheryl Gibson4 × 100 m freestyle relay Carol KlimpelGail AmundrudSue SloanWendy Quirk Cheryl BrazendaleHeidi TurkKaye LovattSharron Davies Lisa BurnesMichelle FordRosemary BrownTracey Wickham4 × 100 m medley relay Carol KlimpelHélène BoivinMarian StuartWendy Quirk Debra ForsterLisa Curry-KennyRosemary BrownTracey Wickham Helen GilyardMargaret KellySharron DaviesSue Jenner
Finals (men) 100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Mark Morgan 52.702 Bill Sawchuk 52.813 Gary MacDonald 52.904 Graeme Brewer 52.955 Peter Szmidt 53.136 Glenn Patching 53.637 Gordon Downie 53.81 8 Richard Burrell 53.82
200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Ron McKeon 1:52.062 Graeme Brewer 1:52.863 Mark Morgan 1:53.16 4 Gordon Downie 1:54.445 David Dunne 1:54.58 6 Peter Szmidt 1:55.417 Dennis Michael Corcoran 1:56.078 Martin Smith 1:56.07
400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Ron McKeon 3:54.432 Simon Gray 3:56.873 Max Metzker 3:58.834 Peter Szmidt 3:58.865 Andrew Astbury 4:01.126 Brett Naylor 4:03.59 7 Dennis Michael Corcoran 4:04.638 Steve Lewington 4:05.62
1500m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Max Metzker 15:31.922 Simon Gray 15:39.393 Andrew Astbury 15:42.894 Paul Nash 15:44.425 Peter Szmidt 15.57.186 Robert David Baylis 16:14.887 Steve Lewington 16:15.05 8 Dennis Michael Corcoran 16:27.35
100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Glenn Patching 57.902 Gary Abraham 58.48 3 Jay Tapp 59.05 4 Wade Flemons 59.56 5 Paul Julian Marshall 59.57 6 James Carter 59.797 Cameron Henning 1:00.33 8 Paul Moorfoot 1:00.92
200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Gary Hurring 2:04.372 Glenn Patching 2:05.76 3 Paul Moorfoot 2:05.994 Cameron Henning 2:06.355 Mike Scarth 2:07.136 James Carter 2:07.917 Gary Abraham 2:08.458 Ian R. Bullock 2:09.24
100m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Graham Smith 1:03.812 Duncan Goodhew 1:04.243 Paul Naisby 1:06.36 4 Bruce Kent 1:06.96 5 Lindsay Spencer 1:07.006 Leigh Atkinson 1:07.707 Gregory Luke Wurzback 1:07.838 Michael Joseph Foley 1:07.95
200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Graham Smith 2:20.862 Duncan Goodhew 2:21.923 Lindsay Spencer 2:22.49 4 Michael Joseph Foley 2:24.765 Gregory Luke Wurzback 2:25.316 Bruce Kent 2:25.387 Paul Naisby 2:27.468 Leigh Atkinson 2:27.95
100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Dan Thompson 55.042 John Mills 56.223 Bill Sawchuk 56.374 Paul Rowe 56.615 Phil Hubble 56.786 George Nagy 57.137 Gary Abraham 57.29 8 Mark Morgan 57.51
200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 George Nagy 2:01.992 Claus Bredschneider 2:02.49 3 Phil Hubble 2:02.53 4 Simon Gray 2:03.485 Richard Robert Nagy 2:04.576 Trevor George Cracknell 2:05.017 Alan McClatchey 2:05.69 8 Peter Morris 2:06.84
200m medley PosAthleteTime1 Graham Smith 2:05.25 2 Bill Sawchuk 2:05.613 Peter Dawson 2:09.05 4 Christopher Erickson 2:10.64 5 Duncan Cleworth 2:10.686 Andrew Phillips 2:15.557 Ian Stanley Corry 2:16.458 Martin Morgan Thomas 2:18.35
400m medley PosAthleteTime1 Graham Smith 4:27.34 2 Simon Gray 4:27.70 3 Bill Sawchuk 4:27.99 4 George Michael Nagy 4:34.655 Peter Dawson 4:35.25 6 Alan McClatchey 4:36.477 Duncan Cleworth 4:38.108 Paul Moorfoot 4:40.69
4 x 100m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Sawchuk, MacDonald, Smith, Szmidt 3:27.942 Patching, Brewer, Morgan, McKeon 3:28.623 Dunne, Burns, Smith, Burrell 3:30.10 4 Iredale, McClatchey, Dawson, Downie 3:34.235 Salisbury, Naylor, Bullock, Rowe 3:35.536 Taylor, Thomas, Roberts, Sadler, 3:42.177 S.Sivers, Standish, L.Sivers, Vinales 4:06.96
4 x 200 freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Brewer, Morgan, Metzker, McKeon 7:34.832 Sawchuk, Corcoran, Szmidt, Baylis 7:36.583 Dunne, Smith, Hubble, Gray 7:42.024 McClatchey, Campbell, Marshall, Downie 7:46.895 Salisbury, Naylor, Bullock, Rowe 7:52.00
4 x 100 medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Sawchuk, Thompson, Smith, Tapp 3:49.76 2 Abraham, Goodhew, Mills, Smith 3:50.22 3 Patching, Brewer, Spencer, Morgan 3:53.164 Downie, Oldershaw, Marshall, Iredale 3:59.675 Sadler, Atkinson, Taylor, Roberts 4:02.146 Corry, Meharg, Howard, Magowan 4:11.52
Finals (women) 100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Carol Klimpel X57.78 2 Rosemary Brown 58.303 Wendy Quirk 58.414 Sue Sloan 58.445 Cheryl Brazendale 59.57 6 Heidi Turk 59.587 Vanessa Jane Bullock 1:00.088 Lisa Gaye Burnes 1:00.29
200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Rebecca Perrott 2:00.63 2 Tracey Wickham 2:01.503 Michelle Ford 2:01.644 Wendy Quirk 2:04.085 Sharron Davies 2:04.116 Nancy Garapick 2:04.197 Rosemary Brown 2:05.408 Gail Amundrud 2:05.59
400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Tracey Wickham 4:08.452 Michelle Ford 4:10.253 Rebecca Perrott 4:16.704 Rosemary Brown 4:18.06 5 Susan Marguereite Mason 4:24.636 Barbara Anna Shockey 4:25.517 Cheryl Brazendale 4:26.41 8 Denise McPhillamy 4:34.39
800m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Tracey Wickham 8:24.622 Michelle Ford 8:25.783 Rebecca Perrott 8:44.874 Joanne Lynn Litzow 8:47.425 Barbara Anna Shockey 9:02.236 Lorinda Marianne Parkes 9:04.82 7 Jennifer Boulianne 9:05.418 Junie Sng 9:24.49
100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Debra Forster 1:03.97 2 Hélène Boivin 1:04.54 3 Cheryl Gibson 1:04.68 4 Becky Smith 1:05.37 5 Helen Gilyard 1:05.98 6 Joy Beasley 1:06.037 Lisa Forrest 1:06.408 Glenda Robertson 1:06.68
200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Cheryl Gibson 2:16.57 2 Lisa Forrest 2:17.663 Glenda Robertson 2:18.324 Debra Forster 2:18.415 Suzanne Kwasny 2:18.696 Jennifer Boulianne 2:21.047 Melanie Jones 2:21.208 Joy Beasley 2:23.59
100m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Robin Corsiglia 1:13.562 Maggie Kelly 1:13.693 Marian Stuart 1:13.724 Lisa Curry 1:13.855 Debbie Rudd 1:14.696 Judy Susan Garay 1:14.72 7 Jean Hill 1:16.048 Maureen Campbell 1:16.30
200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Lisa Borsholt 2:37.702 Debbie Rudd 2:38.07 3 Maggie Kelly 2:38.634 Lisa Curry 2:38.815 Christine Hodson 2:40.36 6 Robin Corsiglia 2:44.547 Maureen Campbell 2:45.948 Lynne Prosser 2:48.04
100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Wendy Quirk 1:01.922 Penny McCarthy 1:02.273 Linda Hanel 1:02.694 Sue Sloan 1:03.025 Kelly Albright 1:03.126 Sue Jenner 1:03.31 7 Karen Van de Graaf 1:03.53 8 Ann Osgerby 1:03.64
200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Michelle Ford 2:11.29 2 Wendy Quirk 2:13.653 Linda Hanel 2:14.524 Kelly Albright 2:14.835 Cheryl Gibson 2:16.776 Sue Jenner 2:16.787 Ann Osgerby 2:17.008 Karen Van de Graaf 2:18.32
200m medley PosAthleteTime1 Sharron Davies 2:18.37 2 Rebecca Perrott 2:18.703 Becky Smith 2:18.954 Lisa Curry 2:20.595 Nancy Garapick 2:21.466 Cheryl Gibson 2:22.40 7 Michelle Pearson 2:24.828 Andrea Jane Hawcridge 2:27.07
400m medley PosAthleteTime1 Sharron Davies 4:52.44 2 Becky Smith 4:57.833 Cheryl Gibson 4:59.394 Moira Houston 5:02.985 Michele Pearson 5:04.106 Christine Hodson 5:05.497 Lynne Prosser 5:09.268 Karen Van de Graaf 5:11.63
4 x 100 freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Kilmpel, Amundrud, Sloan, Quirk 3:50.282 Brazendale, Turk, Lovatt, Davies 3:53.273 Burnes, Ford, Brown, Wickham 3:54.114 James, Adams, Motley, Bullock 4:02.28 5 Rose, McPhillamy, Hendry, Dickie 4:07.30 6 Hawcridge, Jones, McCarthy, Perrott disq
4 x 100 medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Klimpel, Boivin, Stuart, Quirk 4:15.262 Forster, Curry, Brown, Wickham 4:16.753 Gilyard, Kelly, Davies, Jenner 4:19.874 Rose, McPhillamy, Campbell, Dickie 4:30.155 James, Adams, Motley, Bullock 4:32.15 6 Scott, Logan, Law, Parkes 4:43.99
See also Diving at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
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