Swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the 13th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games.

Competition featured 30 swimming events and was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 24 July to 2 August 1986.

The events were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, which also hosted the events in 1970.

Australia topped the medal table with 11 gold medals.

Medal table

Medallists Men 100 m freestyle200 m freestyle400 m freestyle1500 m freestyle100 m backstroke200 m backstroke100 m breaststroke200 m breaststroke100 m butterfly200 m butterfly200 m individual medley400 m individual medley4 × 100 m freestyle relayGreg Fasala (50.81) CGR Matthew RenshawMark StockwellNeil BrooksVlastimil Černý (51.06)Sandy Goss (50.66)Blair Hicken (50.92)Alex Baumann (50.34)Andy JamesonMark FosterGeoffrey StewartRoland Lee4 × 200 m freestyle relayDuncan ArmstrongPeter DaleRoberto GleriaThomas StachewiczPaul SzekulaSandy GossScott FlowersTom PontingJohn DaveyJonathan BroughtonKevin BoydPaul Howe4 × 100 m medley relayMark TewksburyVictor DavisTom PontingAlex BaumannHeat swimmersMike WestDarcy WallingfordClaude LamySandy GossNeil HarperAdrian MoorhouseAndy JamesonRoland LeeHeat swimmersNick GillinghamCarl WilsonBrett StocksBarry ArmstrongGreg Fasala

Women 100 m freestyle200 m freestyle400 m freestyle800 m freestyle100 m backstroke200 m backstroke100 m breaststroke200 m breaststroke100 m butterfly200 m butterfly200 m individual medley400 m individual medley4 × 100 m freestyle relayAndrea NugentJane KerrPamela RaiPatricia NoallAnnabelle CrippsCaroline CooperNicola FibbensZara LongAngela HarrisJacqueline GrantJulie PughSarah Thorpe4 × 200 m freestyle relayJenni BurkeMichelle PearsonSarah ThorpeSusie BaumerAnnabelle CrippsKaren MellorSarah HardcastleZara LongDonna McGinnisJane KerrPatricia NoallSophie Dufour4 × 100 m medley relayCaroline CooperNicola FibbensSimone HindmarchSuki BrownsdonAllison HigsonBarbara McBainDonna McGinnisJane KerrAngela HarrisDimity DouglasGeorgina ParkesKaren Phillips

Finals Men 100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Greg Fasala 50.952 Neil Brooks 51.183 Andy Jameson 51.214 Sandy Goss 51.455 Roland Lee 51.476 Vlastimil Černý 51.537 Mark Stockwell 51.617 Blair Hicken 51.61

200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Roberto Gleria 1:50.57 2 Peter Dale 1:51.163 Thomas Stachewicz 1:51.214 Tom Ponting 1:52.375 Neil Cochran 1:52.496 Kevin Boyd 1:52.757 Scott Flowers 1:53.768 Paul Howe 1:54.55

400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Duncan Armstrong 3:52.25 2 Kevin Boyd 3:55.003 Mike Davidson 3:56.964 Scott Flowers 3:57.435 John Davey 3:57.556 Tony Day 3:58.207 Chris Bowie 3:58.28 8 Turlough O'Hare 3:58.33

1500m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Jason Plummer 15:12.622 Michael McKenzie 15:12.723 Chris Chalmers 15:18.054 Tony Day 15:22.765 Harry Taylor 15:24.45 6 Mike Davidson 15:38.547 Duncan Cruickshank 15:44.73 8 David Stacey 15:48.02

100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Mark Tewksbury 56.452 Paul Kingsman 57.173 Mike West 57.46 4 Sean Murphy 57.935 Carl Wilson 58.286 Neil Harper 58.627 Thomas Stachewicz 58.648 Neil Cochran 58.82

200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Sandy Goss 2:02.552 Paul Kingsman 2:02.90 3 Sean Murphy 2:03.054 Gary Binfield 2:04.545 Michael West 2:04.866 David Orbell 2:05.597 Neil Cochran 2:06.52 8 Kirk Torrance 2:07.79

100m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Victor Davis 1:03.02 Adrian Moorhouse 1:03.093 Brett Stocks 1:03.75 4 Rodney Lawson 1:04.725 Gary Watson 1:05.206 Iain Campbell 1:05.30 7 Darcy Wallingford 1:05.618 Grant Forbes 1:06.34

200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Adrian Moorhouse 2:16.35 2 Victor Davis 2:16.70 3 Nick Gillingham 2:20.464 Alex Baumann 2:20.835 Rodney Lawson 2:20.876 Iain Campbell 2:21.317 Murray Buswell 2:21.488 Brett Stocks 2:23.29

100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Andy Jameson 54.072 Anthony Mosse 54.313 Tom Ponting 54.564 Barry James Armstrong 54.855 Anthony James McDonald 55.316 Vlastimil Černý 55.747 Ross Anderson 55.938 Nick Hodgson 56.28

200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Anthony Mosse 1:57.27 2 Tom Ponting 1:58.543 Nick Hodgson 2:00.504 Peter Gilbert Gee 2:00.93 5 Vlastimil Černý 2:01.33 6 Anthony James McDonald 2:01.46 7 Steve Poulter 2:02.248 Ross Anderson 2:02.96

200m medley PosAthleteTime1 Alex Baumann 2:01.802 Rob Woodhouse 2:04.193 Neil Cochran 2:04.344 John Davey 2:05.675 Victor Davis 2:05.756 Gary Binfield 2:06.57 7 Rob Chernoff 2:08.018 Anthony James McDonald 2:08.44

400m medley PosAthleteTime1 Alex Baumann 4:18.29 2 Rob Woodhouse 4:22.513 Steve Poulter 4:24.714 John Davey 4:27.035 Jon Kelly 4:27.266 Gary Binfield 4:29.517 Tony Day 4:30.028 Deke Botsford 4:33.05

4x100m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Fasala, Renshaw, Stockwell, Brooks 3:21.582 Černý, Goss, Hicken, Baumann 3:22.983 Jameson, Foster, Stewart, Lee 3:25.014 Bole, Wilson, Cochran, Brew 3:29.795 Lim, Gee Oon, Tay, Siong 3:32.626 Hor Man Yip, Li, Coak, Yi Ming Tsang 3:38.607 Stapley, Diamond, Nissiotis, Ncala 3:58.428 Lopez, Golding, Martinez, Vinales 4:02.60

4x200m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Armstrong, Dale, Gleria, Stachewicz 7:23.492 Szekula, Goss, Flowers, Ponting 7:29.523 Davey, Broughton, Boyd, Howe 7:33.394 Bole, Wilson, Cochran, Brew 7:36.315 Gwynne, Rosser, Perry, Day 7:54.986 Lim, Gee Oon, Khoon Hean Tay, Teik Oon 8:03.28

4x100m medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Tewksbury, Davis, Ponting, Baumann, West+, Wallingford+, Lamy+, Goss+ 3:44.002 Harper, Moorhouse, Jameson, Lee, Gillingham+ 3:44.853 Wilson, Stocks, Armstrong, Fasala 3:45.864 Mosse, Forbes, Kingsman, Anderson 3:48.585 Bole, Nelson, Watson, Leishman 3:54.056 Lim, Gee Oon, Teik Oon, Siong 3:56.997 Hor Man Yip, Li, Watt, Yi Ming Tsang 4:00.29 8 Perry, Williams, Rosser, Gwynne 4:07.54 + swam in heats

Women 100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Jane Kerr 57.62 2 Angela Harris 57.643 Nicola Fibbens 57.66 4 Julie Margaret Pugh 58.105 Sarah Louise Thorpe 58.176 Annabelle Cripps 58.597 Pamela Rai 58.818 Patricia Noall 58.94

200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Susie Baumer 2:00.612 Jane Kerr 2:03.403 Ruth Gilfillan 2:03.884 Fiona McLay 2:04.015 Annabelle Cripps 2:04.19 6 Michelle Pearson 2:04.857 Patricia Noall 2:05.048 Zara Long 2:05.23

400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Sarah Hardcastle 4:07.682 Susie Baumer 4:12.773 Jenni Burke 4:14.224 Donna McGinnis 4:16.21 5 Ruth Gilfillan 4:17.256 Annabelle Cripps 4:19.057 Debby Wurzburger 4:20.978 Anna McVann 4:22.17

800m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Sarah Hardcastle 8:24.772 Julie McDonald 8:29.52 3 Jenni Burke 8:41.644 Karen Mellor 8:44.155 Debby Wurzburger 8:44.16 6 Anna McVann 8:53.037 Gaynor Stanley 8:54.19 8 Kim Milne 8:57.94

100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Sylvia Hume 1:04.00 2 Georgina Parkes 1:04.073 Nicole Livingstone 1:04.424 Simone Hindmarch 1:04.62 5 Kathy Read 1:04.886 Audrey Moore 1:05.177 Carmel Clark 1:05.34 8 Beverley Rose 1:05.63

200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Georgina Parkes 2:14.882 Kathy Read 2:16.923 Jodi Lee McGibbon 2:17.66 4 Audrey Moore 2:19.20 5 Carmel Clark 2:19.296 Kerrylyne Torrance 2:19.877 Catherine White 2:19.968 Pascale Choquet 2:22.02

100m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Allison Higson 1:10.842 Jean Hill 1:11.383 Dimity Douglas 1:11.984 Suki Brownsdon 1:12.305 Cindy Õunpuu 1:12.556 Claire Tucker 1:13.947 Joanne Wood 1:14.158 Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick 1:14.38

200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Allison Higson 2:31.20 2 Cindy Õunpuu 2:32.633 Dimity Douglas 2:34.544 Jean Hill 2:35.005 Suki Brownsdon 2:35.986 Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick 2:36.587 Gaynor Stanley 2:37.738 Nina Herbert 2:39.11

100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Caroline Cooper 1:02.122 Caroline Foot 1:02.303 Samantha Purvis 1:02.494 Karen Phillips 1:03.24 5 Angela Harris 1:03.426 Celina Marie Hardy 1:03.457 Pamela Rai 1:03.48 8 Michelle MacPherson 1:03.66

200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Donna McGinnis 2:11.972 Karen Phillips 2:12.713 Jill Horstead 2:14.534 Samantha Purvis 2:14.605 Celina Marie Hardy 2:14.636 Myra O'Fee 2:16.507 Helen Bewley 2:17.448 Lorraine Montford 2:19.63

200m medley PosAthleteTime1 Suzie Landells 2:17.022 Jean Hill 2:17.213 Jane Kerr 2:18.734 Karin Helmstaedt 2:21.055 Jodie Clatworthy 2:21.076 Michelle Pearson 2:21.357 Shona Smart 2:21.718 Jennifer McElroy disq

400m medley PosAthleteTime1 Suzie Landells 4:45.822 Jodie Clatworthy 4:49.673 Sarah Hardcastle 4:50.524 Donna McGinnis 4:51.625 Jean Hill 4:54.116 Michelle Pearson 4:55.107 Gaynor Stanley 4:56.76 8 Kathy Read 4:58.91

4x100m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Nugent, Kerr, Rai, Noall 3:48.452 Cripps, Cooper, Fibbens, Long 3:49.653 Harris, Grant, Pugh, Thorpe 3:50.064 E. Gilfillan, Donnelly, R. Gilfillan, Watson 3:55.89 5 Clark, McLay, Torrance, Hume 4:02.436 Tucker, McKinnell, Cumbers, Lewis 4:02.997 Hung, Ng, Chow Lai Yee, Lee 4:06.788 Guiller, Madine, McKibben, Dugan 4:11.39

4x200m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Burke, Pearson, Thorpe, Baumer 8:12.092 Cripps, Mellor, Hardcastle, Long 8:13.703 McGinnis, Kerr, Noall, Dufour 8:20.784 E. Gilfillan, Donnelly, R. Gilfillan, Smart 8:26.58

4x100m medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Cooper, Fibbens, Hindmarch, Brownsdon 4:13.482 Higson, McBain, McGinnis, Kerr 4:14.893 Harris, Douglas, Parkes, Phillips 4:15.064 Rose, Hill, Smart, Donnelly 4:17.895 Tucker, Reeve, Lewis, McKinnell 4:30.706 Hung, Ng, Chow Lai Yee, Lee 4:36.83 7 Guiller, Madine, McKibben, Dugan 4:40.12

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