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.
The swimming events were held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and featured 42 medal events.
Australia topped the medal table by virtue of winning 19 gold medals. Medal table
Medallists Men 50 m freestyle 22.03GR 22.19 22.31 50 m EAD freestyle 26.06WR 24.84 28.94 100 m freestyle 48.57GR 49.20 49.24 100 m EAD freestyle 56.73WR 53.22WR 1:01.85 200 m freestyle 1:47.29 1:47.38 1:47.41 400 m freestyle 3:48.17 3:49.08 3:49.44 1500 m freestyle 14:57.63 15:09.44 15:11.88 50 m backstroke 25.04 25.10 25.16 100 m backstroke 54.53GR 54.82 54.89 200 m backstroke 1:58.65GR 2:00.32 2:00.72 50 m breaststroke 28.01 28.07 28.14 100 m breaststroke 1:00.98 1:01.10 1:01.17 200 m breaststroke 2:12.23GR 2:12.24 2:12.26 50 m butterfly 23.34 23.63 23.74 100 m butterfly 52.64 52.70 52.73 200 m butterfly 1:56.64GR 1:57.26 1:59.18 200 m individual medley 2:00.73 2:01.08 2:01.56 400 m individual medley 4:15.98GR 4:17.15 4:17.24 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Roland Schoeman (48.65)Lyndon Ferns (48.43)Gerhard Zandberg (49.44)Ryk Neethling (48.45) 3:14.97GR Michael Klim (49.28)Eamon Sullivan (48.21)Brett Hawke (49.49)Ashley Callus (48.46) 3:15.54 Yannick Lupien (49.65)Matthew Rose (48.85)Colin Russell (49.11)Brent Hayden (48.13) 3:15.74 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Simon Burnett (1:47.57)Alexander Scotcher (1:50.01)Dean Milwain (1:49.85)Ross Davenport (1:46.71) 7:14.14 David Carry (1:48.25)Euan Dale (1:48.99)Andrew Hunter (1:48.54)Robert Renwick (1:48.62) 7:14.40 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 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 Liam Tancock (54.42)Chris Cook (1:00.29)Matthew Bowe (52.53)Ross Davenport (49.16) 3:36.40 Gregor Tait (55.15)Kristopher Gilchrist (1:01.83)Todd Cooper (52.85)Craig Houston (49.92)Chris Jones* 3:39.75 Legend WR: World record, (EAD events: World record) GR: Games record *: Swam only in the heats
Women 50 m freestyle 24.61GR 24.72 25.03 50 m EAD freestyle 29.27WR 28.63 30.25 100 m freestyle 53.54GR 53.78 54.31 100 m EAD freestyle 1:01.81 1:01.02 1:03.10 200 m freestyle 1:57.25GR 1:57.51 1:58.11 400 m freestyle 4:07.69 4:08.36 4:08.65 800 m freestyle 8:29.50 8:30.79 8:38.05 50 m backstroke 28.42=GR 28.43 28.71 100 m backstroke 1:00.93GR 1:01.42 1:01.55 200 m backstroke 2:10.36GR 2:10.87 2:12.47 50 m breaststroke 30.55 30.84 31.26 100 m breaststroke 1:05.09WR 1:07.24 1:07.83 200 m breaststroke 2:20.72GR 2:24.04 2:25.39 50 m butterfly 26.43GR 26.65 26.78 100 m butterfly 57.48GR 57.80 58.89 200 m butterfly 2:06.09GR 2:08.16 2:09.87 200 m individual medley 2:12.90GR 2:13.62 2:13.86 400 m individual medley 4:41.91GR 4:44.60 4:47.13 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Libby Lenton (53.74)Jodie Henry (53.30)Alice Mills (54.42)Shayne Reese (55.03) 3:36.49 Melanie Marshall (55.24)Rosalind Brett (55.22)Amy Smith (57.22)Francesca Halsall (55.01) 3:42.69 Erica Morningstar (55.63)Victoria Poon (56.24)Geneviève Saumur (54.85)Sophie Simard (56.12) 3:42.84 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Libby Lenton (2:00.04)Bronte Barratt (1:59.14)Kelly Stubbins (1:58.98)Linda Mackenzie (1:58.52) 7:56.68 Joanne Jackson (1:59.12)Kate Richardson (2:01.86)Julia Beckett (2:00.80)Melanie Marshall (1:59.45) 8:01.23 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 Sophie Edington (1:01.06)Leisel Jones (1:05.51)Jessicah Schipper (56.86)Libby Lenton (52.87) 3:56.30WR Melanie Marshall (1:01.64)Kate Haywood (1:08.54)Terri Dunning (59.40)Fran Halsall (55.03) 4:04.61 Kelly Stefanyshyn (1:02.26)Lauren van Oosten (1:09.53)Audrey Lacroix (59.27)Erica Morningstar (54.89) 4:05.95 Legend WR: World record, (EAD events: World record) GR: Games record
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