Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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)

Overall medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	30	24	23	71
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	–	2	3
8	Papua New Guinea	1	–	–	1
9	Malaysia	–	2	–	2

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 m springboard	Alexandre Despatie Canada (CAN)	853.50	Yeoh Ken Nee Malaysia (MAS)	844.95	Steven Barnett Australia (AUS)	777.85
3 m springboard	Alexandre Despatie Canada (CAN)	941.60	Robert Newbery Australia (AUS)	906.30	Steven Barnett Australia (AUS)	869.40
10 m platform	Mathew Helm Australia (AUS)	1085.60	Peter Waterfield England (ENG)	1030.50	Alexandre Despatie Canada (CAN)	1016.95
3 m synchronised 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
10 m synchronised platform	Australia (AUS) Mathew Helm Robert Newbery	440.58	Malaysia (MYS) 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 (CAN)	644.65	Sharleen Stratton Australia (AUS)	596.45	Kathryn Blackshaw Australia (AUS)	544.40
3 m springboard	Blythe Hartley Canada (CAN)	690.05	Chantelle Newbery Australia (AUS)	681.30	Kathryn Blackshaw Australia (AUS)	629.00
10 m platform	Loudy Tourky Australia (AUS)	737.75	Chantelle Newbery Australia (AUS)	733.55	Émilie Heymans Canada (CAN)	733.50
3 m synchronised 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
10 m synchronised 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	–	2	1	3
4	Malaysia	–	2	–	2

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Roland Schoeman South Africa (RSA)	22.03 GR	Brent Hayden Canada (CAN)	22.19	Brett Hawke Australia (AUS)	22.31
50 m EAD freestyle	Matthew Cowdrey Australia (AUS)	26.06 WR	Benoît Huot Canada (CAN)	24.84	Matt Walker England (ENG)	28.94
100 m freestyle	Simon Burnett England (ENG)	48.57 GR	Ryk Neethling South Africa (RSA)	49.20	Roland Schoeman South Africa (RSA)	49.24
100 m EAD freestyle	Matthew Cowdrey Australia (AUS)	56.73 WR	Benoît Huot Canada (CAN)	53.22 WR	David Roberts Wales (WAL)	1:01.85
200 m freestyle	Ross Davenport England (ENG)	1:47.29	Simon Burnett England (ENG)	1:47.38	Brent Hayden Canada (CAN)	1:47.41
400 m freestyle	David Carry Scotland (SCO)	3:48.17	Andrew Hurd Canada (CAN)	3:49.08	David Davies Wales (WAL)	3:49.44
1500 m freestyle	David Davies Wales (WAL)	14:57.63	Andrew Hurd Canada (CAN)	15:09.44	Troyden Prinsloo South Africa (RSA)	15:11.88
50 m backstroke	Matthew Clay England (ENG)	25.04	Liam Tancock England (ENG)	25.10	Johannes Zandberg South Africa (RSA)	25.16
100 m backstroke	Liam Tancock England (ENG)	54.53 GR	Matthew Welsh Australia (AUS)	54.82	Gregor Tait Scotland (SCO)	54.89
200 m backstroke	Gregor Tait Scotland (SCO)	1:58.65 GR	Johannes Du Rand South Africa (RSA)	2:00.32	Cameron Gibson New Zealand (NZL)	2:00.72
50 m breaststroke	Christopher Cook England (ENG)	28.01	Darren Mew England (ENG)	28.07	Brenton Rickard Australia (AUS)	28.14
100 m breaststroke	Christopher Cook England (ENG)	1:00.98	James Gibson England (ENG)	1:01.10	Brenton Rickard Australia (AUS)	1:01.17
200 m breaststroke	Mike Brown Canada (CAN)	2:12.23 GR	Brenton Rickard Australia (AUS)	2:12.24	Jim Piper Australia (AUS)	2:12.26
50 m butterfly	Roland Schoeman South Africa (RSA)	23.34	Matthew Welsh Australia (AUS)	23.63	Michael Klim Australia (AUS)	23.74
100 m butterfly	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea (PNG)	52.64	Michael Klim Australia (AUS)	52.70	Moss Burmester New Zealand (NZL)	52.73
200 m butterfly	Moss Burmester New Zealand (NZL)	1:56.64 GR	Travis Nederpelt Australia (AUS)	1:57.26	Joshua Krogh Australia (AUS)	1:59.18
200 m individual medley	Gregor Tait Scotland (SCO)	2:00.73	Dean Kent New Zealand (NZL)	2:01.08	Brian Johns Canada (CAN)	2:01.56
400 m individual medley	David Carry Scotland (SCO)	4:15.98 GR	Euan Dale Scotland (SCO)	4:17.15	Travis Nederpelt Australia (AUS)	4:17.24
4×100 m freestyle relay	South Africa (RSA) Gerhard Zandberg Lyndon Ferns Roland Schoeman Ryk Neethling	3:14.97 GR	Australia (AUS) Ashley Callus Brett Hawke Eamon Sullivan Michael Klim	3:15.54	Canada (CAN) Brent Hayden Colin Russell Matthew Rose Yannick Lupien	3:15.74
4×200 m freestyle relay	England (ENG) Alexander Scotcher Dean Milwain Ross Davenport Simon Burnett	7:14.14	Scotland (SCO) Andrew Hunter David Carry Euan Dale Robert Renwick	7:14.40	Australia (AUS) Andrew Mewing Joshua Krogh Kenrick Monk Nicholas Ffrost	7:14.99
4×100 m medley relay	Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh Brenton Rickard Michael Klim Eamon Sullivan Andrew Lauterstein* Christian Sprenger* Adam Pine* Kenrick Monk*	3:34.37	England (ENG) Liam Tancock Christopher Cook Matthew Bowe Ross Davenport	3:36.40	Scotland (SCO) Gregor Tait Todd Cooper Craig Houston Kristopher Gilchrist 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 (AUS)	24.61 GR	Jodie Henry Australia (AUS)	24.72	Alice Mills Australia (AUS)	25.03
50 m EAD freestyle	Natalie du Toit South Africa (RSA)	29.27 WR	Anne Polinario Canada (CAN)	28.63	Annabelle Williams Australia (AUS)	30.25
100 m freestyle	Libby Lenton Australia (AUS)	53.54 GR	Jodie Henry Australia (AUS)	53.78	Alice Mills Australia (AUS)	54.31
100 m EAD freestyle	Natalie du Toit South Africa (RSA)	1:01.81	Valérie Grand'Maison Canada (CAN)	1:01.02	Anne Polinario Canada (CAN)	1:03.10
200 m freestyle	Caitlin McClatchey Scotland (SCO)	1:57.25 GR	Libby Lenton Australia (AUS)	1:57.51	Melanie Marshall England (ENG)	1:58.11
400 m freestyle	Caitlin McClatchey Scotland (SCO)	4:07.69	Joanne Jackson England (ENG)	4:08.36	Bronte Barratt Australia (AUS)	4:08.65
800 m freestyle	Rebecca Cooke England (ENG)	8:29.50	Melissa Gorman Australia (AUS)	8:30.79	Brittany Reimer Canada (CAN)	8:38.05
50 m backstroke	Sophie Edington Australia (AUS)	28.42 =GR	Giaan Rooney Australia (AUS)	28.43	Tayliah Zimmer Australia (AUS)	28.71
100 m backstroke	Sophie Edington Australia (AUS)	1:00.93 GR	Giaan Rooney Australia (AUS)	1:01.42	Melanie Marshall England (ENG)	1:01.55
200 m backstroke	Joanna Fargus Australia (AUS)	2:10.36 GR	Melanie Marshall England (ENG)	2:10.87	Hannah McLean New Zealand (NZL)	2:12.47
50 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia (AUS)	30.55	Jade Edmistone Australia (AUS)	30.84	Tarnee White Australia (AUS)	31.26
100 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia (AUS)	1:05.09 WR	Jade Edmistone Australia (AUS)	1:07.24	Kirsty Balfour Scotland (SCO)	1:07.83
200 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones Australia (AUS)	2:20.72 GR	Kirsty Balfour Scotland (SCO)	2:24.04	Suzaan van Biljon South Africa (RSA)	2:25.39
50 m butterfly	Danni Miatke Australia (AUS)	26.43 GR	Jessicah Schipper Australia (AUS)	26.65	Alice Mills Australia (AUS)	26.78
					Lize-Mari Retief South Africa (RSA)
100 m butterfly	Jessicah Schipper Australia (AUS)	57.48 GR	Libby Lenton Australia (AUS)	57.80	Audrey Lacroix Canada (CAN)	58.89
200 m butterfly	Jessicah Schipper Australia (AUS)	2:06.09 GR	Felicity Galvez Australia (AUS)	2:08.16	Terri Dunning England (ENG)	2:09.87
200 m individual medley	Stephanie Rice Australia (AUS)	2:12.90 GR	Brooke Hanson Australia (AUS)	2:13.62	Lara Carroll Australia (AUS)	2:13.86
400 m individual medley	Stephanie Rice Australia (AUS)	4:41.91 GR	Rebecca Cooke England (ENG)	4:44.60	Jennifer Reilly Australia (AUS)	4:47.13
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Libby Lenton Jodie Henry Alice Mills Shayne Reese	3:36.49	England (ENG) Melanie Marshall Rosalind Brett Amy Smith Francesca Halsall	3:42.69	Canada (CAN) Erica Morningstar Victoria Poon Geneviève Saumur Sophie Simard	3:42.84
4×200 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Libby Lenton Bronte Barratt Kelly Stubbins Linda Mackenzie	7:56.68	England (ENG) Joanne Jackson Kate Richardson Julia Beckett Melanie Marshall	8:01.23	New Zealand (NZL) Lauren Boyle Helen Norfolk Alison Fitch Melissa Ingram	8:02.20
4×100 m medley relay	Australia (AUS) Sophie Edington Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton	3:56.30 WR	England (ENG) Melanie Marshall Kate Haywood Terri Dunning Fran Halsall	4:04.61	Canada (CAN) Kelly Stefanyshyn Lauren van Oosten Audrey Lacroix Erica Morningstar	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	–	2	3
8	Papua New Guinea	1	–	–	1

Synchronised swimming

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Free routine solo	Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Canada (CAN)	93.833	Jenna Randall England (ENG)	85.334	Irena Olevsky Australia (AUS)	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

References

• "MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Diving)". Omega Timing. 2006-03-25. http://www.omegatiming.com/diving/racearchives/2006/melbourne2006/All_Results_Book.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
• "MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Swimming)". Omega Timing. 2006-03-21. http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2006/melbourne2006/CG06_SW_OMEGA_Results.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
• "MELBOURNE 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games: Complete results book (Synchronised swimming)". Omega Timing. 2006-03-19. http://www.omegatiming.com/synchro/racearchives/2006/melbourne2006/All_Results_Book.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-19.