Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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)

Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Dates	16–25 March 2006

Leisel Jones won four gold medals, sweeping the breaststroke events and the medley relay.

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 (CAN) Alexandre Despatie Arturo Miranda	444.87	England (ENG) Tony Ally Mark Shipman	423.00	Australia (AUS) Robert Newbery Steven Barnett	421.35
Synchronized 10 m platform	Australia (AUS) Mathew Helm Robert Newbery	440.58	Malaysia (MAS) Bryan Nickson James Sandayud	427.44	England (ENG) 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 (AUS) Briony Cole Sharleen Stratton	296.07	Canada (CAN) Melanie Rinaldi Rebecca Barras	273.72	England (ENG) Hayley Sage Tandi Indergaard	270.63
Synchronized 10 m platform	Australia (AUS) Chantelle Newbery Loudy Tourky	317.58	Australia (AUS) Alex Croak Melissa Wu	309.90	Canada (CAN) 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 (RSA) Roland Schoeman (48.65) Lyndon Ferns (48.43) Gerhard Zandberg (49.44) Ryk Neethling (48.45)	3:14.97 GR	Australia (AUS) Michael Klim (49.28) Eamon Sullivan (48.21) Brett Hawke (49.49) Ashley Callus (48.46)	3:15.54	Canada (CAN) 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 (ENG) Simon Burnett (1:47.57) Alexander Scotcher (1:50.01) Dean Milwain (1:49.85) Ross Davenport (1:46.71)	7:14.14	Scotland (SCO) David Carry (1:48.25) Euan Dale (1:48.99) Andrew Hunter (1:48.54) Robert Renwick (1:48.62)	7:14.40	Australia (AUS) 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 (AUS) 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 (ENG) Liam Tancock (54.42) Chris Cook (1:00.29) Matthew Bowe (52.53) Ross Davenport (49.16)	3:36.40	Scotland (SCO) 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 (AUS) Libby Lenton (53.74) Jodie Henry (53.30) Alice Mills (54.42) Shayne Reese (55.03)	3:36.49	England (ENG) Melanie Marshall (55.24) Rosalind Brett (55.22) Amy Smith (57.22) Francesca Halsall (55.01)	3:42.69	Canada (CAN) 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 (AUS) Libby Lenton (2:00.04) Bronte Barratt (1:59.14) Kelly Stubbins (1:58.98) Linda Mackenzie (1:58.52)	7:56.68	England (ENG) 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 (NZL) 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 (AUS) Sophie Edington (1:01.06) Leisel Jones (1:05.51) Jessicah Schipper (56.86) Libby Lenton (52.87)	3:56.30 WR	England (ENG) Melanie Marshall (1:01.64) Kate Haywood (1:08.54) Terri Dunning (59.40) Fran Halsall (55.03)	4:04.61	Canada (CAN) 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 (CAN) Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Isabelle Rampling	92.500	Australia (AUS) Dannielle Liesch Irena Olevsky	84.000	New Zealand (NZL) 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.