Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Aquatics
at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Aquatics ; at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Dates	16–25 March 2006
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The Aquatics events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) and were divided into 3 separate disciplines, with medals awarded in 54 events:

Announcing for the Diving, Swimming and Synchronized swimming was done by local swimmer and radio announcer Alex Cooke.

Overall medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	30	24	23	77
2	England	8	14	5	27
3	Canada	8	8	11	27
4	Scotland	6	3	3	12
5	South Africa	5	2	5	12
6	New Zealand	1	1	5	7
7	Wales	1	0	2	3
8	Papua New Guinea	1	0	0	1
9	Malaysia	0	2	0	2
Totals (9 entries)		60	54	54	168

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Alexandre Despatie Canada	853.50	Yeoh Ken Nee Malaysia	844.95	Steven Barnett Australia	777.85
3 m springboard	Alexandre Despatie Canada	941.60	Robert Newbery Australia	906.30	Steven Barnett Australia	869.40
10 m platform	Mathew Helm Australia	1085.60	Peter Waterfield England	1030.50	Alexandre Despatie Canada	1016.95
Synchronized 3 m springboard	Canada (CAN) Alexandre Despatie Arturo Miranda	444.87	England (ENG) Tony Ally Mark Shipman	423.00	Australia (AUS) Robert Newbery Steven Barnett	421.35
Synchronized 10 m platform	Australia (AUS) Mathew Helm Robert Newbery	440.58	Malaysia (MAS) Bryan Nickson James Sandayud	427.44	England (ENG) Callum Johnstone Gary Hunt	404.82

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Blythe Hartley Canada	644.65	Sharleen Stratton Australia	596.45	Kathryn Blackshaw Australia	544.40
3 m springboard	Blythe Hartley Canada	690.05	Chantelle Newbery Australia	681.30	Kathryn Blackshaw Australia	629.00
10 m platform	Loudy Tourky Australia	737.75	Chantelle Newbery Australia	733.55	Émilie Heymans Canada	733.50
Synchronized 3 m springboard	Australia (AUS) Briony Cole Sharleen Stratton	296.07	Canada (CAN) Melanie Rinaldi Rebecca Barras	273.72	England (ENG) Hayley Sage Tandi Indergaard	270.63
Synchronized 10 m platform	Australia (AUS) Chantelle Newbery Loudy Tourky	317.58	Australia (AUS) Alex Croak Melissa Wu	309.90	Canada (CAN) Meaghan Benfeito Roseline Filion	303.15

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	5	5	5	15
2	Canada	5	1	3	9
3	England	0	2	2	4
4	Malaysia	0	2	0	2
Totals (4 entries)		10	10	10	30

Swimming

Men's events

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 (RSA) Roland Schoeman (48.65) Lyndon Ferns (48.43) Gerhard Zandberg (49.44) Ryk Neethling (48.45)	3:14.97 GR	Australia (AUS) Michael Klim (49.28) Eamon Sullivan (48.21) Brett Hawke (49.49) Ashley Callus (48.46)	3:15.54	Canada (CAN) 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 (ENG) Simon Burnett (1:47.57) Alexander Scotcher (1:50.01) Dean Milwain (1:49.85) Ross Davenport (1:46.71)	7:14.14	Scotland (SCO) David Carry (1:48.25) Euan Dale (1:48.99) Andrew Hunter (1:48.54) Robert Renwick (1:48.62)	7:14.40	Australia (AUS) 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 (AUS) 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 (ENG) Liam Tancock (54.42) Chris Cook (1:00.29) Matthew Bowe (52.53) Ross Davenport (49.16)	3:36.40	Scotland (SCO) 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's events

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 (AUS) Libby Lenton (53.74) Jodie Henry (53.30) Alice Mills (54.42) Shayne Reese (55.03)	3:36.49	England (ENG) Melanie Marshall (55.24) Rosalind Brett (55.22) Amy Smith (57.22) Francesca Halsall (55.01)	3:42.69	Canada (CAN) 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 (AUS) Libby Lenton (2:00.04) Bronte Barratt (1:59.14) Kelly Stubbins (1:58.98) Linda Mackenzie (1:58.52)	7:56.68	England (ENG) 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 (NZL) 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 (AUS) Sophie Edington (1:01.06) Leisel Jones (1:05.51) Jessicah Schipper (56.86) Libby Lenton (52.87)	3:56.30 WR	England (ENG) Melanie Marshall (1:01.64) Kate Haywood (1:08.54) Terri Dunning (59.40) Fran Halsall (55.03)	4:04.61	Canada (CAN) 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

Medal table


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

Synchronised swimming

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Free routine solo	Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Canada	93.833	Jenna Randall England	85.334	Irena Olevsky Australia	83.833
Free routine duet	Canada (CAN) Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Isabelle Rampling	92.500	Australia (AUS) Dannielle Liesch Irena Olevsky	84.000	New Zealand (NZL) Lisa Daniels Nina Daniels	83.667

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	2	0	0	2
2	Australia	0	1	1	2
3	England	0	1	0	1
4	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

"MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Diving)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2006-03-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
"MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Swimming)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2006-03-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
"MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Synchronised swimming)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 2006-03-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-19.