Swimming at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Swimming at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Saanich Aquatic Complex, Saanich Commonwealth Place
Location	Victoria, Canada
Dates	18 to 28 August 1994

Swimming at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was the 15th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. Competition featured 34 events and was held in Victoria, Canada, from 18 to 28 August 1994.^[1]

The events were held at the Saanich Aquatic Complex,^[2] at Saanich Commonwealth Place, on 4636 Elk Lake Drive in Saanich. The centre was constructed in 1993, specifically with the Games in mind and cost $22 million.^[3]

Australia topped the medal table with 25 gold medals.^[4]^[5]

Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)

Key

Host nation

Medallists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Mark Foster England	23.12	Darren Lange Australia	23.13	Peter Williams South Africa	23.16
100 m freestyle	Stephen Clarke Canada	50.21	Chris Fydler Australia	50.51	Andrew Baildon Australia	50.71^[6]
200 m freestyle	Kieren Perkins Australia	1:49.31	Trent Bray New Zealand	1:49.47	Danyon Loader New Zealand	1:49.53
400 m freestyle	Kieren Perkins Australia	3:45.77 GR	Danyon Loader New Zealand	3:49.65	Daniel Kowalski Australia	3:50.41^[6]
1500 m freestyle	Kieren Perkins Australia	14:41.66 WR	Daniel Kowalski Australia	14:53.61	Glen Housman Australia	15:02.59

100 m backstroke	Martin Harris England	55.77	Steven Dewick Australia	56.09	Adam Ruckwood England	56.52
200 m backstroke	Adam Ruckwood England	2:00.79	Kevin Draxinger Canada	2:02.19	Scott Miller Australia	2:02.43^[6]

100 m breaststroke	Phil Rogers Australia	1:02.62	Nick Gillingham England	1:02.65	Jon Cleveland Canada	1:03.20
200 m breaststroke	Nick Gillingham England	2:12.54	Phil Rogers Australia	2:13.56	Jon Cleveland Canada	2:14.91^[6]

100 m butterfly	Scott Miller Australia	54.39	Stephen Clarke Canada	54.45	Adam Pine Australia	54.76
200 m butterfly	Danyon Loader New Zealand	1:59.54	Scott Miller Australia	1:59.70	James Hickman England	2:00.87

200 m individual medley	Matt Dunn Australia	2:02.28	Curtis Myden Canada	2:03.47	Fraser Walker Scotland	2:04.28
400 m individual medley	Matt Dunn Australia	4:17.01	Curtis Myden Canada	4:17.73	Philip Bryant Australia	4:21.34

4 × 100 m freestyle	Australia Andrew Baildon Chris Fydler Darren Lange Dwade Sheehan	3:20.89	New Zealand Danyon Loader John Steel Nicholas Tongue Trent Bray	3:21.79	England Andrew Clayton Mark Foster Michael Fibbens Nicholas Shackell	3:22.61
4 × 200 m freestyle	Australia Glen Housman Kieren Perkins Martin Roberts Matthew Dunn	7:20.80	New Zealand Danyon Loader Guy Callaghan John Steel Trent Bray	7:21.67	England Andrew Clayton James Salter Nicholas Shackell Steven Mellor	7:26.19
4 × 100 m medley	Australia Chris Fydler Phil Rogers Scott Miller Steven Dewick	3:40.41	Canada Chris Renaud Jon Cleveland Robert Braknis Stephen Clarke	3:43.25	England James Hickman Martin Harris Nick Gillingham Nicholas Shackell	3:44.72

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Karen Van Wirdum Australia	25.90	Andrea Nugent Canada	26.24	Shannon Shakespeare Canada	26.27
100 m freestyle	Karen Pickering England	56.20	Karen Van Wirdum Australia	56.42	Marianne Limpert Canada	56.44
200 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill Australia	2:00.86	Nicole Stevenson Australia	2:01.34	Karen Pickering England	2:01.50
400 m freestyle	Hayley Lewis Australia	4:12.56	Stacey Gartrell Australia	4:13.06	Sarah Hardcastle England	4:13.29^[6]
800 m freestyle	Stacey Gartrell Australia	8:30.18	Hayley Lewis Australia	8:30.72	Nikki Dryden Canada	8:37.70

100 m backstroke	Nicole Stevenson Australia	1:02.68	Elli Overton Australia	1:02.90	Kathy Osher England	1:03.27^[6]
200 m backstroke	Nicole Stevenson Australia	2:12.73	Anna Simcic New Zealand	2:13.94	Elli Overton Australia	2:14.96

100 m breaststroke	Samantha Riley Australia	1:08.02	Rebecca Brown Australia	1:09.40	Penny Heyns South Africa	1:09.86^[6]
200 m breaststroke	Samantha Riley Australia	2:25.53	Rebecca Brown Australia	2:30.24	Lisa Flood Canada	2:31.85

100 m butterfly	Petria Thomas Australia	1:00.21	Susie O'Neill Australia	1:00.24	Elli Overton Australia	1:01.88^[6]
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill Australia	2:09.96	Hayley Lewis Australia	2:12.21	Julie Majer Australia	2:12.43

200 m individual medley	Elli Overton Australia	2:15.59	Marianne Limpert Canada	2:15.97	Nancy Sweetnam Canada	2:16.67
400 m individual medley	Elli Overton Australia	4:44.01	Nancy Sweetnam Canada	4:46.20	Hayley Lewis Australia	4:46.62

4 × 100 m freestyle	England Alex Bennett Claire Huddart Karen Pickering Sue Rolph	3:46.23	Australia Elli Overton Karen van Wirdum Sarah Ryan Susan O'Neill	3:46.73	Canada Glencara Maughan Jessica Amey Marianne Limpert Shannon Shakespeare	3:47.25
4 × 200 m freestyle	Australia Anna Windsor Hayley Lewis Nicole Stevenson Susan O'Neill	8:08.06	England Alex Bennett Claire Huddart Karen Pickering Sarah Hardcastle	8:09.62	Not awarded (only 4 entries)
4 × 100 m medley	Australia Samantha Riley Karen Van Wirdum Petria Thomas Nicole Stevenson	4:07.89	England Alex Bennett Karen Pickering Kathy Osher Marie Hardiman	4:12.83	Canada Beth Hazel Jessica Amey Lisa Flood Marianne Limpert	4:14.04

Paralympic

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's 100 m freestyle S9	Andrew Haley Canada	1:03.07	Brendan Burkett Australia	1:03.75	Sean Tretheway New Zealand	1:05.30^[6]
Women's 100 m freestyle S9	Melissa Carlton Australia	1:09.61	Claire Bishop England	1:11.00	Kelly Barnes Australia	1:11.03

Finals (men)

50m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mark Foster	23.12
2	Darren Lange	23.13
3	Peter Williams	23.16
4	Roger David Smith	x23.26
5	Rob Braknis	23.49
6	Dwade Sheehan	23.63
6	Stephen Clarke	23.63
8	Stavros Michaelides	23.69

100m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Stephen Clarke	50.21
2	Chris Fydler	50.51
3	Andrew Baildon	50.71
4	John Steel	51.15
5	Dwade Sheehan	51.25
6	Trent Bray	51.36
7	Mike Fibbens	51.44
7	Nicholas Shackell	51.44

200m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Kieren Perkins	1:49.31
2	Trent Bray	1:49.47
3	Danyon Loader	1:49.53
4	Glen Housman	1:51.10
5	Andrew Clayton	1:51.81
6	Turlough O'Hare	1:51.83
7	Steve Mellor	1:51.99
8	Owen Von Richter	1:52.60

400m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Kieren Perkins	3:45.77
2	Danyon Loader	3:49.65
3	Daniel Kowalski	3:50.41
4	Trent Bray	3:52.86
5	Glen Housman	3:55.93
6	Turlough O'Hare	3:56.50
7	Graeme Smith	3:58.14
8	Robert McFarlane	4:01.37

1500m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Kieren Perkins	14:41.66
2	Daniel Kowalski	14:53.61
3	Glen Housman	15:02.59
4	Ian Wilson	15:08.77
5	Graeme Smith	15:13.61
6	Brett Creed	15:42.02
7	Frans Neethling	15:42.72
8	Stephen Baird	15:56.10

100m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Martin Harris	55.77
2	Steven Dewick	56.09
3	Adam Ruckwood	56.52
4	Rob Braknis	56.86
5	Chris Renaud	57.01
6	Raymond Brown	57.38
7	Jonathan Winter	57.40
8	Craig Ford	57.42

200m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Adam Ruckwood	2:00.79
2	Kevin Draxinger	2:02.19
3	Scott Miller	2:02.43
4	Matthew O'Connor	2:03.27
5	Simon Patrick Beqir	2:03.28
6	Chris Renaud	2:03.47
7	Gary Anderson	2:05.35
8	Andrew Aitken	2:07.85

100m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Phil Rogers	1:02.62
2	Nick Gillingham	1:02.65
3	Jon Cleveland	1:03.20
4	Paul Kent	1:03.62
5	Russell Patrick	1:04.04
6	Shane Lewis	1:04.13
7	James Parrack	1:04.28
8	Michael Mason	1:04.29

200m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Nick Gillingham	2:12.54
2	Phil Rogers	2:13.56
3	Jon Cleveland	2:14.91
4	Ryan Mitchell	2:17.00
5	Michael Mason	2:18.86
6	Rodney Lawson	2:19.23
7	Neil Hudghton	2:19.77
8	Paul Kent	2:20.87

100m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Scott Miller	54.39
2	Stephen Clarke	54.45
3	Adam Pine	54.76
4	Danyon Loader	55.07
5	Martin Roberts	55.24
6	Guy Callaghan	55.62
7	James Hickman	55.81
8	Eddie Parenti	55.87

200m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Danyon Loader	1:59.54
2	Scott Miller	1:59.70
3	James Hickman	2:00.87
4	Bill Kirby	2:01.00
5	Eddie Parenti	2:01.26
6	Dino Verbrugge	2:02.94
7	Kevin Crosby	2:04.09
8	Michael Watkins	2:04.19

200m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Matt Dunn	2:02.28
2	Curtis Myden	2:03.47
3	Fraser Walker	2:04.28
4	Gary Anderson	2:05.10
5	Robert Van Der Zant	2:05.55
6	Mark Versfeld	2:05.82
7	Jonathan Kerr	2:07.20
8	Hamish Cameron	2:07.98

400m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Matt Dunn	4:17.01
2	Curtis Myden	4:17.73
3	Philip Bryant	4:21.34
4	Owen Von Richter	4:23.39
5	Stephen Baird	4:27.55
6	Hamish Cameron	4:28.44
7	John Munro	4:29.74
8	Jonathan Kerr	4:31.45

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Baildon, Fydler, Lange, Sheehan	3:20.89
2	Loader, Steel, Tongue, Bray	3:21.79
3	Clayton, Foster, Fibbens, Shackell	3:22.61
4	Brankis, Watson, Clarke, Vandermeulen	3:23.02
5	Albertyn, Tiltman, Fryer, Williams	3:27.30
6	Aitken, Stewart, Walker, Hunter	3:35.03
7	Mewett, Harris, Fahy, Ferguson	3:41.71
8	Brown, Charles, Clarke, Johnny	4:08.95

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Housman, Perkins, Roberts, Dunn	7:20.80
2	Loader, Callaghan, Steel, Bray	7:21.67
3	Clayton, Salter, Shackell, Mellor	7:26.19
4	Parenti, von Richter, Clarke, O'Hare	7:26.70
5	Fryer, Albertyn, Morrison, Tiltman	7:42.28
6	C. Jones, Lundie, M. Jones, Watkins	7:57.70

4 × 100 m medley relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Fydler, Rogers, Miller, Dewick	3:40.41
2	Renaud, Cleveland, Braknis, Clarke	3:43.25
3	Hickman, Harris, Gillingham, Shackell	3:43.72
4	Ford, Loader, Kent, Bray	3:46.02
5	Albertyn, Louw, Fryer, Verster	3:54.58
6	Ayers, C. Jones, M. Jones, Watkins	3:54.93
7	Aitken, Stewart, Hunter, Hudghton	3:55.45
8	Flook, Mewett, Harris, Fahy	4:03.38

Finals (women)