Aquatics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

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Aquatics
at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
  1982
1990  

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]

Contents

Diving

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2226
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2215
3Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 0011
Totals (3 entries)44412

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard Shaun Panayi
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
648.33 John Nash
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
647.64 Craig Rogerson
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
620.43
10 m platform Craig Rogerson
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
600.87 David Bédard
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
576.81 Bob Morgan
Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
561.54

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard Debbie Fuller
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
513.09 Jenny Donnet
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
494.52 Kathy Keleman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
484.65
10 m platform Debbie Fuller
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
431.61 Valerie Beddoe
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
414.78 Julie Kent
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
411.13

Swimming

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 11111133
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 117725
3Flag of England.svg  England 67922
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2316
5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland*0224
Totals (5 entries)30303090

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Synchronised swimming

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2002
2Flag of England.svg  England 0202
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0011
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0011
Totals (4 entries)2226
EventGoldSilverBronze
Solo Sylvie Fréchette
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
199.5 Amanda Dodd
Flag of England.svg  England
188.05 Katie Sadleir
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
175.08 [3]
Duet Michelle Cameron
Carolyn Waldo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
199.54 Amanda Dodd
Nicola Shearn
Flag of England.svg  England
186.59 Lisa Lieschke
Donna Rankin
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
173 [4]

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