Swimming at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was the 14th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. Competition featured 32 swimming events, held in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 January to 3 February 1990.
The events were held at the West Auckland Swimming Centre on Alderman Drive in Henderson. The venue had been specifically built for the Games but faced late issues relating to the 3,200 grandstand seating. It was however described as technologically advanced with a variable floor and movable bulkhead.
Australia topped the medal table with 21 gold medals.
Medal table
Medallists Men 50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle 200 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle 100 m backstroke 200 m backstroke 100 m breaststroke 200 m breaststroke 100 m butterfly 200 m butterfly 200 m individual medley 400 m individual medley 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Andrew BaildonChris FydlerIan Vander-WalJason CooperMatthew RenshawThomas Stachewicz Austyn ShortmanMark FosterMike FibbensNeil MetcalfeSteve Dronsfield Blair HickenDarren WardMarcel GeryStephane HerbertStephen Vandermeulen4 × 200 m freestyle relay Gary LordIan BrownMartin RobertsThomas Stachewicz Edward ParentiGary VandermeulenJon KellyTurlough O'Hare Anthony MosseJohn SteelRichard TapperRoss Anderson4 × 100 m medley relay Jon ClevelandMarcel GeryMark TewksburyTom Ponting Adrian MoorhouseAustyn ShortmanGary BinfieldMike Fibbens Andrew BaildonChris FydlerPhil RogersThomas Stachewicz
Women 50 m freestyle100 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 relay Angela MullensKaren van WirdumLisa Curry-KennySusan O'Neill Allison HigsonErin MurphyKimberley PatonPatricia Noall June CroftKaren PickeringSharron DaviesZara Long4 × 200 m freestyle relay Hayley LewisJanelle ElfordJennifer McMahonJulie McDonald Joanna CoullJudy LancasterJune CroftSharron Davies Linda RobinsonMichelle BurkePhillippa LangrellSharon Hanley4 × 100 m medley relay Karen van WirdumLara HooiveldLisa Curry-KennyNicole Livingstone Joanne DeakinsKaren PickeringMadeleine ScarboroughSuki Brownsdon Keltie DugganLori MelienNancy SweetnamPatricia Noall
Finals (men) 50m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Andrew Baildon 22.762 Angus Waddell 23.033 Mark Foster 23.164 Mike Fibbens 23.32 5 Matthew Renshaw 23.366 Nicholas Sanders 23.417 Marcel Gery 23.618 Blair Hicken 23.74
100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Andrew Baildon 49.802 Chris Fydler 50.493 Mike Fibbens 50.764 Marcel Gery 50.825 John Steel 51.176 Gary Lord 51.37 7 Austyn Shortman 51.728 Steve Dronsfield 52.26
200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Martin Roberts 1:49.582 Ian Brown 1:49.603 Thomas Stachewicz 1:49.984 Turlough O'Hare 1:50.825 Eddie Parenti 1:51.516 Paul Howe 1:51.82 7 Jonathan Broughton 1:52.218 John Steel 1:53.20
400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Ian Brown 3:49.912 Glen Housman 3:53.903 Chris Bowie 3:54.044 Turlough O'Hare 3:54.405 Kevin Boyd 3:55.856 Ian Wilson 3:56.017 Gary Vandermeulen 3:57.628 Richard Tapper 4:01.11
1500m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Glen Housman 14:55.252 Kieren Perkins 14:58.083 Michael McKenzie 15:09.25 4 Harry Taylor 15:12.635 Ian Wilson 15:20.236 Chris Bowie 15:29.157 Paul Dashaies 15:35.818 Kevin Boyd 15:38.85
100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Mark Tewksbury 56.072 Gary Anderson 56.84 3 Paul Kingsman 57.074 Kevin Draxinger 57.775 Simon Percy 57.896 Thomas Stachewicz 58.047 Gary Binfield 58.268 Grant Robins 58.95
200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Gary Anderson 2:01.69 2 Paul Kingsman 2:01.863 Kevin Draxinger 2:02.024 Gary Binfield 2:03.405 Grant Robins 2:03.916 Matthew O'Connor 2:05.667 Ian Rosser 2:06.268 Peter Doig 2:08.33
100m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Adrian Moorhouse 1:01.492 James Parrack 1:03.153 Nick Gillingham 1:03.164 Jon Cleveland 1:03.335 Phil Rogers 1:03.446 Brett Stocks 1:03.647 Robert Fox 1:04.258 Rodney Lawson 1:04.32
200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Jon Cleveland 2:14.962 Rodney Lawson 2:15.683 Nick Gillingham 2:16.024 Adrian Moorhouse 2:16.065 Phil Rogers 2:16.356 Neil Hudghton 2:18.857 Robert Fox 2:20.148 Brett Stocks 2:21.27
100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Andrew Baildon 53.982 Marcel Gery 54.423 Jason Cooper 54.474 Anthony Mosse 54.605 Tom Ponting 54.726 John Steel 55.427 Ross Anderson 55.588 Mike Fibbens 56.00
200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Anthony Mosse 1:57.33 2 Martin Roberts 1:59.953 Jon Kelly 2:00.374 Tom Ponting 2:00.415 Simon McKillop-Davies 2:01.286 David Wilson 2:01.687 Ross Anderson 2:01.838 Gary Vandermeulen 2:02.05
200m medley PosAthleteTime1 Gary Anderson 2:02.942 Robert Bruce 2:03.783 Martin Roberts 2:04.03 4 Robert Woodhouse 2:04.35 5 John Davey 2:04.376 Jon Kelly 2:05.327 Gary Binfield 2:06.008 Darren Ward 2:07.09
400m medley PosAthleteTime1 Robert Bruce 4:20.26 2 Robert Woodhouse 4:21.793 Jon Kelly 4:23.96 4 John Davey 4:24.745 Paul Brew 4:25.216 John Munro 4:25.497 Peter O'Sullivan 4:25.758 Brent Andrew Harding 4:27.55
4x100m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Baildon, Fydler, Vander-Wal, Cooper, Renshaw, Stachewicz 3:20.05 2 Shortman, Foster, Fibbens, Metcalfe, Dronsfield 3:22.613 Hicken, Ward, Marcel Gery, Herbert, Vandermeulen 3:22.794 Reid, Steel, Weldon, Sanders 3:25.555 McNeil, Brew, Henry, Smith, McQuaid 3:32.116 A. Cheung, Li, Wright, Wu Tat Cheung 3:36.607 Morbey, Mewett, Raynor, Cash 3:37.26 8 Glover, Picken, G. Stigant, S. Stigant 3:47.36
4x200m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Lord, Brown, Roberts, Stachewicz 7:21.172 Edward Parenti, Gary Vandermeulen, Jon Kelly, Turlough O'Hare 7:25.533 Mosse, Steel, Tapper, Anderson 7:30.104 Broughton, Boyd, Fibbens, Howe 7:31.045 McNeil, Brew, Henry, Smith, McQuaid 7:42.306 Watkins, Jones, Day, Rosser 7:47.807 Glover, Picken, G. Stigant, S. Stigant 8:34.39
4x100m medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Cleveland, Gery, Tewksbury, Ponting 3:42.45 2 Moorhouse, Shortman, Binfield, Fibbens 3:43.883 Basildon, Fydler, Rogers, Stachewicz 3:43.914 Mosse, Steel, Paul Kingsman, Lockhart 3:45.30 5 McNeil, Peyrebrune, Hudghton, Leishman 3:52.496 Jones, Rosser, Watkins, Brown 3:56.857 Glover, Picken, G. Stignant, S. Stignant 4:15.988 Lopez, Cassaglia, Ian Martinez, Cruz 4:17.80
Finals (women) 50m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Lisa Curry-Kenny 25.802 Karen Van Wirdum 26.003 Andrea Nugent 26.264 Kristin Topham 26.495 Jeannette Gunston 26.546 Caroline Woodcock 26.577 Angela Mullens 26.648 Toni Jeffs 26.68
100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Karen Van Wirdum 56.48 2 Lisa Curry-Kenny 56.613 Patricia Noall 56.67 4 Karen Pickering 57.445 Toni Jeffs 57.82 6 Kimberley Paton 58.07 7 Ruth Gilfillan 58.398 June Croft 58.47
200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Hayley Lewis 2:00.792 Jennifer Ann McMahon 2:02.433 Patricia Noall 2:02.664 Allison Higson 2:03.465 June Croft 2:03.666 Joanna Coull 2:03.777 Ruth Gilfillan 2:04.118 Janelle Elford 2:04.56
400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Hayley Lewis 4:08.89 2 Julie McDonald 4:09.72 3 Janelle Elford 4:10.74 4 Phillippa Langrell 4:15.645 Linda Robinson 4:18.69 6 Ruth Gilfillan 4:19.347 Karen Mellor 4:19.88 Michelle Sallee 4:20.07
800m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Julie McDonald 8:30.272 Janelle Elford 8:30.47 3 Sheridan Burge-Lopez 8:36.784 Phillippa Langrell 8:37.805 Karen Mellor 8:43.45 6 Elizabeth Arnold 8:48.277 Michelle Sallee 8:51.578 Joanne Currah 8:55.88
100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Nicole Livingstone 1:02.462 Anna Simcic 1:02.55 3 Johanna Griggs 1:03.694 Joanne Deakins 1:04.135 Lori Melien 1:04.486 Kathy Read 1:04.597 Anne Barnes 1:04.748 Sharon Musson 1:05.26
200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Anna Simcic 2:12.322 Nicole Livingstone 2:12.623 Karen Lord 2:14.534 Joanne Deakins 2:14.745 Kathy Read 2:15.756 Sharron Davies 2:18.127 Anne Barnes 2:18.798 Sharon Musson 2:19.09
100m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Keltie Duggan 1:10.742 Guylaine Cloutier 1:11.223 Suki Brownsdon 1:11.544 Lara Hooiveld 1:11.775 Jean Hill 1:11.856 Lorraine Coombes 1:11.907 Margaret Hohmann 1:12.108 Nathalie Giguère 1:12.79
200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Nathalie Giguère 2:32.162 Guylaine Cloutier 2:32.913 Helen Louise Morris 2:33.574 Lara Hooiveld 2:35.045 Nicole Taylor 2:35.156 Suki Brownsdon 2:35.737 Jean Hill 2:36.718 Michaela Ross 2:38.05
100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Lisa Curry-Kenny 1:00.662 Susie O'Neill 1:01.03 3 Madeleine Scarborough 1:01.334 Nancy Sweetnam 1:02.155 Fiona Alessandri 1:02.296 Caroline Foot 1:02.93 7 Samantha Purvis 1:03.58 8 Kristin Topham 1:04.47
200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Hayley Lewis 2:11.152 Helen Louise Morris 2:11.763 Nicole Janice Redford 2:13.53 4 Mojca Carter 2:13.655 Madeleine Scarborough 2:14.486 Alyson Duffy 2:16.307 Samantha Purvis 2:17.528 Nichola West 2:17.93
200m medley PosAthleteTime1 Nancy Sweetnam 2:15.612 Jodie Clatworthy 2:17.103 Hayley Lewis 2:17.134 Zara Long 2:17.965 Joanne Malar 2:18.516 Sharron Davies 2:18.64 7 Judy Lancaster 2:20.958 Nichola West 2:22.73
400m medley PosAthleteTime1 Hayley Lewis 4:42.652 Jodie Clatworthy 4:45.763 Donna Procter 4:47.384 Nancy Sweetnam 4:49.755 Zara Long 4:51.39 6 Joanne Malar 4:52.357 Linda Robinson 4:52.668 Michaela Ross 4:57.03
4x100m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Mullens, van Wirdum, Curry-Kenny, O'Neill 3:46.85 2 Higson, Murphy, Paton, Noall 3:48.69 3 Croft, Pickering, Davies, Long 3:51.26 4 Jeffs, Burke, Luff, Hanley 3:52.705 Donnelly, Sheppard, Gilfillan, McHarg 3:56.216 Jones, Evans, Henwood, Mansfield 3:57.17
4x200m freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Lewis, Elford, McMahon, McDonald 8:08.952 Coull, Lancaster, Croft, Davies 8:16.313 Robinson, Burke, Langrell, Hanley 8:22.60 4 Hill, Donnelly, Sheppard, Gilfillan 8:26.955 Jones, Evans, Henwood, Mansfield 8:40.58 6 Higson, Murphy, Paton, Noall disq+ +Canada finished first but were disqualified for a faulty changeover.
4x100m medley relay PosAthleteTime1 van Wirdum, Hooiveld, Curry-Kenny, Livingstone 4:10.872 Deakins, Pickering, Scarborough, Brownsdon 4:11.88 3 Duggan, Melien, Sweetnam, Noall 4:12.20 4 Simic, Bates, Rodahl, Jeffs 4:20.355 Sheppard, Hill, Ewing, Gilfillan 4:23.976 Evans, Henwood, Mansfield, Lock 4:24.52
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