Aquatics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games consisted of diving, swimming and synchronised swimming.[1] They were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2]

Aquatics
at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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Diving

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia2226
2  Canada2215
3  Wales0011
Totals (3 entries)44412

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard Shaun Panayi
  Australia
648.33 John Nash
  Canada
647.64 Craig Rogerson
  Australia
620.43
10 m platform Craig Rogerson
  Australia
600.87 David Bédard
  Canada
576.81 Bob Morgan
  Wales
561.54

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard Debbie Fuller
  Canada
513.09 Jenny Donnet
  Australia
494.52 Kathy Keleman
  Canada
484.65
10 m platform Debbie Fuller
  Canada
431.61 Valerie Beddoe
  Australia
414.78 Julie Kent
  Australia
411.13

Swimming

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia11111133
2  Canada117725
3  England67922
4  New Zealand2316
5  Scotland*0224
Totals (5 entries)30303090

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Greg Fasala
  Australia
50.95 CGR Neil Brooks
  Australia
51.18 Andy Jameson
  England
51.21
200 m freestyle Robert Gleria
  Australia
1:50.57 Peter Dale
  Australia
1:51.16 Thomas Stachewicz
  Australia
1:51.21
400 m freestyle Duncan Armstrong
  Australia
3:52.25 Kevin Boyd
  England
3:55.00 Mike Davidson
  New Zealand
3:56.96
1500 m freestyle Jason Plummer
  Australia
15:12.62 Michael McKenzie
  Australia
15:12.72 Chris Chalmers
  Canada
15:18.05
100 m backstroke Mark Tewksbury
  Canada
56.45 Paul Kingsman
  New Zealand
57.17 Mike West
  Canada
57.46
200 m backstroke Sandy Goss
  Canada
2:02.55 Paul Kingsman
  New Zealand
2:02.90 Sean Murphy
  Canada
2:03.05
100 m breaststroke Victor Davis
  Canada
1:03.01 Adrian Moorhouse
  England
1:03.09 Brett Stocks
  Australia
1:03.75
200 m breaststroke Adrian Moorhouse
  England
2:16.35 Victor Davis
  Canada
2:16.70 Nick Gillingham
  England
2:20.46
100 m butterfly Andy Jameson
  England
54.07 Anthony Mosse
  New Zealand
54.31 Tom Ponting
  Canada
54.56
200 m butterfly Anthony Mosse
  New Zealand
1:57.27 Tom Ponting
  Canada
1:58.54 Nick Hodgson
  England
2:00.50
200 m individual medley Alex Baumann
  Canada
2:01.80 Rob Woodhouse
  Australia
2:04.19 Neil Cochran
  Scotland
2:04.34
400 m individual medley Alex Baumann
  Canada
4:18.29 Rob Woodhouse
  Australia
4:22.51 Steve Poulter
  England
4:24.71
4 × 100 m freestyle relay   Australia (AUS)
Greg Fasala (50.81) CGR
Matthew Renshaw
Mark Stockwell
Neil Brooks
3:21.58   Canada (CAN)
Vlastimil Černý (51.06)
Sandy Goss (50.66)
Blair Hicken (50.92)
Alex Baumann (50.34)
3:22.98   England (ENG)
Andy Jameson
Mark Foster
Geoffrey Stewart
Roland Lee
3:25.01
4 × 200 m freestyle relay   Australia (AUS)
Duncan Armstrong
Peter Dale
Roberto Gleria
Thomas Stachewicz
7:23.49   Canada (CAN)
Paul Szekula
Sandy Goss
Scott Flowers
Tom Ponting
7:29.52   England (ENG)
John Davey
Jonathan Broughton
Kevin Boyd
Paul Howe
7:33.39
4 × 100 m medley relay
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  Canada (CAN)
Mark Tewksbury
Victor Davis
Tom Ponting
Alex Baumann
Heat swimmers
Mike West
Darcy Wallingford
Claude Lamy
Sandy Goss
3:44.00   England (ENG)
Neil Harper
Adrian Moorhouse
Andy Jameson
Roland Lee
Heat swimmers
Nick Gillingham
3:44.85   Australia (AUS)
Carl Wilson
Brett Stocks
Barry Armstrong
Greg Fasala
3:45.86

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Jane Kerr
  Canada
57.62 Angela Harris
  Australia
57.64 Nicola Fibbens
  England
57.66
200 m freestyle Susie Baumer
  Australia
2:00.61 Jane Kerr
  Canada
2:03.40 Ruth Gilfillan
  Scotland
2:03.88
400 m freestyle Sarah Hardcastle
  England
4:07.68 Susie Baumer
  Australia
4:12.77 Jenni Burke
  Australia
4:14.22
800 m freestyle Sarah Hardcastle
  England
8:24.77 Julie McDonald
  Australia
8:29.52 Jenni Burke
  Australia
8:41.64
100 m backstroke Sylvia Hume
  New Zealand
1:04.00 Georgina Parkes
  Australia
1:04.07 Nicole Livingstone
  Australia
1:04.42
200 m backstroke Georgina Parkes
  Australia
2:14.88 Kathy Read
  England
2:16.92 Jodi McGibbon
  Australia
2:17.66
100 m breaststroke Allison Higson
  Canada
1:10.84 Jean Hill
  Scotland
1:11.38 Dimity Douglas
  Australia
1:11.98
200 m breaststroke Allison Higson
  Canada
2:31.20 Cindy Õunpuu
  Canada
2:32.63 Dimity Douglas
  Australia
2:34.54
100 m butterfly Caroline Cooper
  England
1:02.12 Caroline Foot
  England
1:02.30 Samantha Purvis
  England
1:02.49
200 m butterfly Donna McGinnis
  Canada
2:11.97 Karen Phillips
  Australia
2:12.71 Jill Horstead
  Canada
2:14.53
200 m individual medley Suzanne Landells
  Australia
2:17.02 Jean Hill
  Scotland
2:17.21 Jane Kerr
  Canada
2:18.73
400 m individual medley Suzanne Landells
  Australia
4:45.82 Jodie Clatworthy
  Australia
4:49.67 Sarah Hardcastle
  England
4:50.52
4 × 100 m freestyle relay   Canada
Andrea Nugent
Jane Kerr
Pamela Rai
Patricia Noall
3:48.45   England
Annabelle Cripps
Caroline Cooper
Nicola Fibbens
Zara Long
3:49.65   Australia
Angela Harris
Jacqueline Grant
Julie Pugh
Sarah Thorpe
3:50.06
4 × 200 m freestyle relay   Australia
Jenni Burke
Michelle Pearson
Sarah Thorpe
Susie Baumer
8:12.09   England
Annabelle Cripps
Karen Mellor
Sarah Hardcastle
Zara Long
8:13.70   Canada
Donna McGinnis
Jane Kerr
Patricia Noall
Sophie Dufour
8:20.78
4 × 100 m medley relay   England
Caroline Cooper
Nicola Fibbens
Simone Hindmarch
Suki Brownsdon
4:13.48   Canada
Allison Higson
Barbara McBain
Donna McGinnis
Jane Kerr
4:14.89   Australia
Angela Harris
Dimity Douglas
Georgina Parkes
Karen Phillips
4:15.06

Synchronised swimming

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  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada2002
2  England0202
3  Australia0011
  New Zealand0011
Totals (4 entries)2226
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo Sylvie Fréchette
  Canada
199.5 Amanda Dodd
  England
188.05 Katie Sadleir
  New Zealand
175.08[3]
Duet Michelle Cameron
Carolyn Waldo
  Canada
199.54 Amanda Dodd
Nicola Shearn
  England
186.59 Lisa Lieschke
Donna Rankin
  Australia
173[4]

References

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  1. ^ Brasher, Christopher (27 July 1986). "Viewers' Guide". The Observer. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
  3. ^ "Sylvie Shines". Calgary Herald. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Results: Day Four". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1986. Retrieved 7 August 2023.