Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Dates	16–25 March 2006
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Leisel Jones won four gold medals, sweeping the breaststroke events and the medley relay.

The Aquatics events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held at the Melbourne 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 the Diving, Swimming and Synchronized swimming was done by local swimmer and radio announcer Alex Cooke.

Overall medal table

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

Diving

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Medal table

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

Swimming

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Medal table

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

Synchronised swimming

Women's events

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

Medal table

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

References

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