Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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TheAquatics events at the2006 Commonwealth Games were held at theMelbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) and were divided into 3 separate disciplines, with medals awarded in 54 events:

• Diving (10)
• Swimming (42)
• Synchronized swimming (2)

Announcing for theDiving,Swimming andSynchronized swimming was done by local swimmer and radio announcer Alex Cooke.

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

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 Alexandre Despatie Arturo Miranda	444.87	England Tony Ally Mark Shipman	423.00	Australia Robert Newbery Steven Barnett	421.35
Synchronized 10 m platform	Australia Mathew Helm Robert Newbery	440.58	Malaysia Bryan Nickson James Sandayud	427.44	England Callum Johnstone Gary Hunt	404.82

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 Briony Cole Sharleen Stratton	296.07	Canada Melanie Rinaldi Rebecca Barras	273.72	England Hayley Sage Tandi Indergaard	270.63
Synchronized 10 m platform	Australia Chantelle Newbery Loudy Tourky	317.58	Australia Alex Croak Melissa Wu	309.90	Canada Meaghan Benfeito Roseline Filion	303.15

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

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

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

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

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 Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Isabelle Rampling	92.500	Australia Dannielle Liesch Irena Olevsky	84.000	New Zealand Lisa Daniels Nina Daniels	83.667

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

• "MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Diving)"(PDF). Omega Timing. 2006-03-25. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2012-02-19. Retrieved2009-04-19.
• "MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Swimming)"(PDF). Omega Timing. 2006-03-21. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2009-07-23. Retrieved2009-04-19.
• "MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Synchronised swimming)"(PDF). Omega Timing. 2006-03-19. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2012-03-04. Retrieved2009-04-19.

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