Aquatics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

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]

Aquatics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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Diving

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	2	2	2	6
2	Canada	2	2	1	5
3	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		4	4	4	12

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Shaun Panayi  Australia	648.33	John Nash  Canada	647.64	Craig Rogerson  Australia	620.43
10 m platform	Craig Rogerson  Australia	600.87	David Bédard  Canada	576.81	Bob Morgan  Wales	561.54

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	Debbie Fuller  Canada	513.09	Jenny Donnet  Australia	494.52	Kathy Keleman  Canada	484.65
10 m platform	Debbie Fuller  Canada	431.61	Valerie Beddoe  Australia	414.78	Julie Kent  Australia	411.13

Swimming

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	11	11	11	33
2	Canada	11	7	7	25
3	England	6	7	9	22
4	New Zealand	2	3	1	6
5	Scotland*	0	2	2	4
Totals (5 entries)		30	30	30	90

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Synchronised swimming

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	2	0	0	2
2	England	0	2	0	2
3	Australia	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Solo	Sylvie Fréchette  Canada	199.5	Amanda Dodd  England	188.05	Katie Sadleir  New Zealand	175.08[3]
Duet	Michelle Cameron Carolyn Waldo  Canada	199.54	Amanda Dodd Nicola Shearn  England	186.59	Lisa Lieschke Donna Rankin  Australia	173[4]

References

1. Brasher, Christopher (27 July 1986). "Viewers' Guide". The Observer. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
2. Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
3. "Sylvie Shines". Calgary Herald. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
4. "Results: Day Four". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1986. Retrieved 7 August 2023.