Swimming at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Venue	West Auckland Swimming Centre
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Dates	24 January – 3 February 1990

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

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	21	19	13	53
2	Canada	8	5	9	22
3	New Zealand*	2	2	3	7
4	England	1	6	7	14
Totals (4 entries)		32	32	32	96

Medallists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Andrew Baildon  Australia	Angus Waddell  Australia	Mark Foster  England
100 m freestyle	Andrew Baildon  Australia	Chris Fydler  Australia	Mike Fibbens  England
200 m freestyle	Martin Roberts  Australia	Ian Brown  Australia	Thomas Stachewicz  Australia
400 m freestyle	Ian Brown  Australia	Glen Housman  Australia	Christopher Bowie  Canada
1500 m freestyle	Glen Housman  Australia	Kieren Perkins  Australia	Mike McKenzie  Australia
100 m backstroke	Mark Tewksbury  Canada	Gary Anderson  Canada	Paul Kingsman  New Zealand
200 m backstroke	Gary Anderson  Canada	Paul Kingsman  New Zealand	Kevin Draxinger  Canada
100 m breaststroke	Adrian Moorhouse  England	James Parrack  England	Nick Gillingham  England
200 m breaststroke	Jonathan Cleveland  Canada	Rodney Lawson  Australia	Nick Gillingham  England
100 m butterfly	Andrew Baildon  Australia	Marcel Gery  Canada	Jason Cooper  Australia
200 m butterfly	Anthony Mosse  New Zealand	Martin Roberts  Australia	Jon Kelly  Canada
200 m individual medley	Gary Anderson  Canada	Robert Bruce  Australia	Martin Roberts  Australia
400 m individual medley	Robert Bruce  Australia	Rob Woodhouse  Australia	Jon Kelly  Canada
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Andrew Baildon Chris Fydler Ian Vander-Wal Jason Cooper Matthew Renshaw Thomas Stachewicz	England Austyn Shortman Mark Foster Mike Fibbens Neil Metcalfe Steve Dronsfield	Canada Blair Hicken Darren Ward Marcel Gery Stephane Herbert Stephen Vandermeulen
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Gary Lord Ian Brown Martin Roberts Thomas Stachewicz	Canada Edward Parenti Gary Vandermeulen Jon Kelly Turlough O'Hare	New Zealand Anthony Mosse John Steel Richard Tapper Ross Anderson
4 × 100 m medley relay	Canada Jon Cleveland Marcel Gery Mark Tewksbury Tom Ponting	England Adrian Moorhouse Austyn Shortman Gary Binfield Mike Fibbens	Australia Andrew Baildon Chris Fydler Phil Rogers Thomas Stachewicz

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Lisa Curry-Kenny  Australia	Karen van Wirdum  Australia	Andrea Nugent  Canada
100 m freestyle	Karen van Wirdum  Australia	Lisa Curry-Kenny  Australia	Trish Noall  Canada
200 m freestyle	Hayley Lewis  Australia	Jennifer McMahon  Australia	Trish Noall  Canada
400 m freestyle	Hayley Lewis  Australia	Julie McDonald  Australia	Janelle Elford  Australia
800 m freestyle	Julie McDonald  Australia	Janelle Elford  Australia	Sheridan Burge-Lopez  Australia
100 m backstroke	Nicole Livingstone  Australia	Anna Simcic  New Zealand	Johanna Griggs  Australia
200 m backstroke	Anna Simcic  New Zealand	Nicole Livingstone  Australia	Karen Lord  Australia
100 m breaststroke	Keltie Duggan  Canada	Guylaine Cloutier  Canada	Suki Brownsdon  England
200 m breaststroke	Nathalie Giguère  Canada	Guylaine Cloutier  Canada	Helen Morris  Australia
100 m butterfly	Lisa Curry-Kenny  Australia	Susie O'Neill  Australia	Madeleine Scarborough  England
200 m butterfly	Hayley Lewis  Australia	Helen Morris  Australia	Nicole Redford  Australia
200 m individual medley	Nancy Sweetnam  Canada	Jodie Clatworthy  Australia	Hayley Lewis  Australia
400 m individual medley	Hayley Lewis  Australia	Jodie Clatworthy  Australia	Donna Procter  Australia
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Angela Mullens Karen van Wirdum Lisa Curry-Kenny Susan O'Neill	Canada Allison Higson Erin Murphy Kimberley Paton Patricia Noall	England June Croft Karen Pickering Sharron Davies Zara Long
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Hayley Lewis Janelle Elford Jennifer McMahon Julie McDonald	England Joanna Coull Judy Lancaster June Croft Sharron Davies	New Zealand Linda Robinson Michelle Burke Phillippa Langrell Sharon Hanley
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Karen van Wirdum Lara Hooiveld Lisa Curry-Kenny Nicole Livingstone	England Joanne Deakins Karen Pickering Madeleine Scarborough Suki Brownsdon	Canada Keltie Duggan Lori Melien Nancy Sweetnam Patricia Noall

Finals (men)

50m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Andrew Baildon	22.76
2	Angus Waddell	23.03
3	Mark Foster	23.16
4	Mike Fibbens	23.32
5	Matthew Renshaw	23.36
6	Nicholas Sanders	23.41
7	Marcel Gery	23.61
8	Blair Hicken	23.74

100m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Andrew Baildon	49.80
2	Chris Fydler	50.49
3	Mike Fibbens	50.76
4	Marcel Gery	50.82
5	John Steel	51.17
6	Gary Lord	51.37
7	Austyn Shortman	51.72
8	Steve Dronsfield	52.26

200m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Martin Roberts	1:49.58
2	Ian Brown	1:49.60
3	Thomas Stachewicz	1:49.98
4	Turlough O'Hare	1:50.82
5	Eddie Parenti	1:51.51
6	Paul Howe	1:51.82
7	Jonathan Broughton	1:52.21
8	John Steel	1:53.20

400m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Ian Brown	3:49.91
2	Glen Housman	3:53.90
3	Chris Bowie	3:54.04
4	Turlough O'Hare	3:54.40
5	Kevin Boyd	3:55.85
6	Ian Wilson	3:56.01
7	Gary Vandermeulen	3:57.62
8	Richard Tapper	4:01.11

1500m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Glen Housman	14:55.25
2	Kieren Perkins	14:58.08
3	Michael McKenzie	15:09.25
4	Harry Taylor	15:12.63
5	Ian Wilson	15:20.23
6	Chris Bowie	15:29.15
7	Paul Dashaies	15:35.81
8	Kevin Boyd	15:38.85

100m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mark Tewksbury	56.07
2	Gary Anderson	56.84
3	Paul Kingsman	57.07
4	Kevin Draxinger	57.77
5	Simon Percy	57.89
6	Thomas Stachewicz	58.04
7	Gary Binfield	58.26
8	Grant Robins	58.95

200m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Gary Anderson	2:01.69
2	Paul Kingsman	2:01.86
3	Kevin Draxinger	2:02.02
4	Gary Binfield	2:03.40
5	Grant Robins	2:03.91
6	Matthew O'Connor	2:05.66
7	Ian Rosser	2:06.26
8	Peter Doig	2:08.33

100m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Adrian Moorhouse	1:01.49
2	James Parrack	1:03.15
3	Nick Gillingham	1:03.16
4	Jon Cleveland	1:03.33
5	Phil Rogers	1:03.44
6	Brett Stocks	1:03.64
7	Robert Fox	1:04.25
8	Rodney Lawson	1:04.32

200m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Jon Cleveland	2:14.96
2	Rodney Lawson	2:15.68
3	Nick Gillingham	2:16.02
4	Adrian Moorhouse	2:16.06
5	Phil Rogers	2:16.35
6	Neil Hudghton	2:18.85
7	Robert Fox	2:20.14
8	Brett Stocks	2:21.27

100m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Andrew Baildon	53.98
2	Marcel Gery	54.42
3	Jason Cooper	54.47
4	Anthony Mosse	54.60
5	Tom Ponting	54.72
6	John Steel	55.42
7	Ross Anderson	55.58
8	Mike Fibbens	56.00

200m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Anthony Mosse	1:57.33
2	Martin Roberts	1:59.95
3	Jon Kelly	2:00.37
4	Tom Ponting	2:00.41
5	Simon McKillop-Davies	2:01.28
6	David Wilson	2:01.68
7	Ross Anderson	2:01.83
8	Gary Vandermeulen	2:02.05

200m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Gary Anderson	2:02.94
2	Robert Bruce	2:03.78
3	Martin Roberts	2:04.03
4	Robert Woodhouse	2:04.35
5	John Davey	2:04.37
6	Jon Kelly	2:05.32
7	Gary Binfield	2:06.00
8	Darren Ward	2:07.09

400m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Robert Bruce	4:20.26
2	Robert Woodhouse	4:21.79
3	Jon Kelly	4:23.96
4	John Davey	4:24.74
5	Paul Brew	4:25.21
6	John Munro	4:25.49
7	Peter O'Sullivan	4:25.75
8	Brent Andrew Harding	4:27.55

4x100m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Baildon, Fydler, Vander-Wal, Cooper, Renshaw, Stachewicz	3:20.05
2	Shortman, Foster, Fibbens, Metcalfe, Dronsfield	3:22.61
3	Hicken, Ward, Marcel Gery, Herbert, Vandermeulen	3:22.79
4	Reid, Steel, Weldon, Sanders	3:25.55
5	McNeil, Brew, Henry, Smith, McQuaid	3:32.11
6	A. Cheung, Li, Wright, Wu Tat Cheung	3:36.60
7	Morbey, Mewett, Raynor, Cash	3:37.26
8	Glover, Picken, G. Stigant, S. Stigant	3:47.36

4x200m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Lord, Brown, Roberts, Stachewicz	7:21.17
2	Edward Parenti, Gary Vandermeulen, Jon Kelly, Turlough O'Hare	7:25.53
3	Mosse, Steel, Tapper, Anderson	7:30.10
4	Broughton, Boyd, Fibbens, Howe	7:31.04
5	McNeil, Brew, Henry, Smith, McQuaid	7:42.30
6	Watkins, Jones, Day, Rosser	7:47.80
7	Glover, Picken, G. Stigant, S. Stigant	8:34.39

4x100m medley relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Cleveland, Gery, Tewksbury, Ponting	3:42.45
2	Moorhouse, Shortman, Binfield, Fibbens	3:43.88
3	Basildon, Fydler, Rogers, Stachewicz	3:43.91
4	Mosse, Steel, Paul Kingsman, Lockhart	3:45.30
5	McNeil, Peyrebrune, Hudghton, Leishman	3:52.49
6	Jones, Rosser, Watkins, Brown	3:56.85
7	Glover, Picken, G. Stignant, S. Stignant	4:15.98
8	Lopez, Cassaglia, Ian Martinez, Cruz	4:17.80

Finals (women)

50m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Lisa Curry-Kenny	25.80
2	Karen Van Wirdum	26.00
3	Andrea Nugent	26.26
4	Kristin Topham	26.49
5	Jeannette Gunston	26.54
6	Caroline Woodcock	26.57
7	Angela Mullens	26.64
8	Toni Jeffs	26.68

100m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Karen Van Wirdum	56.48
2	Lisa Curry-Kenny	56.61
3	Patricia Noall	56.67
4	Karen Pickering	57.44
5	Toni Jeffs	57.82
6	Kimberley Paton	58.07
7	Ruth Gilfillan	58.39
8	June Croft	58.47

200m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Hayley Lewis	2:00.79
2	Jennifer Ann McMahon	2:02.43
3	Patricia Noall	2:02.66
4	Allison Higson	2:03.46
5	June Croft	2:03.66
6	Joanna Coull	2:03.77
7	Ruth Gilfillan	2:04.11
8	Janelle Elford	2:04.56

400m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Hayley Lewis	4:08.89
2	Julie McDonald	4:09.72
3	Janelle Elford	4:10.74
4	Phillippa Langrell	4:15.64
5	Linda Robinson	4:18.69
6	Ruth Gilfillan	4:19.34
7	Karen Mellor	4:19.8
8	Michelle Sallee	4:20.07

800m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Julie McDonald	8:30.27
2	Janelle Elford	8:30.47
3	Sheridan Burge-Lopez	8:36.78
4	Phillippa Langrell	8:37.80
5	Karen Mellor	8:43.45
6	Elizabeth Arnold	8:48.27
7	Michelle Sallee	8:51.57
8	Joanne Currah	8:55.88

100m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Nicole Livingstone	1:02.46
2	Anna Simcic	1:02.55
3	Johanna Griggs	1:03.69
4	Joanne Deakins	1:04.13
5	Lori Melien	1:04.48
6	Kathy Read	1:04.59
7	Anne Barnes	1:04.74
8	Sharon Musson	1:05.26

200m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Anna Simcic	2:12.32
2	Nicole Livingstone	2:12.62
3	Karen Lord	2:14.53
4	Joanne Deakins	2:14.74
5	Kathy Read	2:15.75
6	Sharron Davies	2:18.12
7	Anne Barnes	2:18.79
8	Sharon Musson	2:19.09

100m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Keltie Duggan	1:10.74
2	Guylaine Cloutier	1:11.22
3	Suki Brownsdon	1:11.54
4	Lara Hooiveld	1:11.77
5	Jean Hill	1:11.85
6	Lorraine Coombes	1:11.90
7	Margaret Hohmann	1:12.10
8	Nathalie Giguère	1:12.79

200m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Nathalie Giguère	2:32.16
2	Guylaine Cloutier	2:32.91
3	Helen Louise Morris	2:33.57
4	Lara Hooiveld	2:35.04
5	Nicole Taylor	2:35.15
6	Suki Brownsdon	2:35.73
7	Jean Hill	2:36.71
8	Michaela Ross	2:38.05

100m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Lisa Curry-Kenny	1:00.66
2	Susie O'Neill	1:01.03
3	Madeleine Scarborough	1:01.33
4	Nancy Sweetnam	1:02.15
5	Fiona Alessandri	1:02.29
6	Caroline Foot	1:02.93
7	Samantha Purvis	1:03.58
8	Kristin Topham	1:04.47

200m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Hayley Lewis	2:11.15
2	Helen Louise Morris	2:11.76
3	Nicole Janice Redford	2:13.53
4	Mojca Carter	2:13.65
5	Madeleine Scarborough	2:14.48
6	Alyson Duffy	2:16.30
7	Samantha Purvis	2:17.52
8	Nichola West	2:17.93

200m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Nancy Sweetnam	2:15.61
2	Jodie Clatworthy	2:17.10
3	Hayley Lewis	2:17.13
4	Zara Long	2:17.96
5	Joanne Malar	2:18.51
6	Sharron Davies	2:18.64
7	Judy Lancaster	2:20.95
8	Nichola West	2:22.73

400m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Hayley Lewis	4:42.65
2	Jodie Clatworthy	4:45.76
3	Donna Procter	4:47.38
4	Nancy Sweetnam	4:49.75
5	Zara Long	4:51.39
6	Joanne Malar	4:52.35
7	Linda Robinson	4:52.66
8	Michaela Ross	4:57.03

4x100m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	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	3:52.70
5	Donnelly, Sheppard, Gilfillan, McHarg	3:56.21
6	Jones, Evans, Henwood, Mansfield	3:57.17

4x200m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Lewis, Elford, McMahon, McDonald	8:08.95
2	Coull, Lancaster, Croft, Davies	8:16.31
3	Robinson, Burke, Langrell, Hanley	8:22.60
4	Hill, Donnelly, Sheppard, Gilfillan	8:26.95
5	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

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	van Wirdum, Hooiveld, Curry-Kenny, Livingstone	4:10.87
2	Deakins, Pickering, Scarborough, Brownsdon	4:11.88
3	Duggan, Melien, Sweetnam, Noall	4:12.20
4	Simic, Bates, Rodahl, Jeffs	4:20.35
5	Sheppard, Hill, Ewing, Gilfillan	4:23.97
6	Evans, Henwood, Mansfield, Lock	4:24.52