Penny McCarthy

Penny McCarthy

Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Representing   New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 100 m butterfly

Penny McCarthy is a New Zealand swimmer. She won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres butterfly representing her country at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, recording a time of 1:02.27, and finishing 0.35 s behind the winner, Wendy Quirk from Canada. ^{[1] [2]} She also competed in the 200 metres butterfly at those games, but finished ninth in the heats and did not progress further. ^[3]

At the 1978 World Swimming Championships in West Berlin, McCarthy finished 12th in the women's 100 metres butterfly. ^[4] The following year, at the 1978 Australian national swimming championships in Perth, she was second in the women's 100 metres butterfly, behind fellow New Zealander Rebecca Perrott. ^[5]

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)

References

1. "Penny McCarthy". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee.
2. "Swimming 100m butterfly – women Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
3. "Swimming 200m butterfly – women Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
4. "Women 100m butterfly swimming world championship 1978 West Berlin". 1 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
5. "Record swim lost by timing failure". Canberra Times. 25 February 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

External links

• Penny McCarthy at World Aquatics
• Penny McCarthy at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)