Swimming at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was the 15th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. Competition featured 34 events and was held in Victoria, Canada, from 18 to 28 August 1994.
The events were held at the Saanich Aquatic Complex, at Saanich Commonwealth Place, on 4636 Elk Lake Drive in Saanich. The centre was constructed in 1993, specifically with the Games in mind and cost $22 million.
Australia topped the medal table with 25 gold medals.
Medal table
Key Host nation
Medallists Men 50 m freestyle23.1223.1323.16100 m freestyle50.2150.5150.71200 m freestyle1:49.311:49.471:49.53400 m freestyle3:45.77GR3:49.653:50.411500 m freestyle14:41.66WR14:53.6115:02.59100 m backstroke55.7756.0956.52200 m backstroke2:00.792:02.192:02.43100 m breaststroke1:02.621:02.651:03.20200 m breaststroke2:12.542:13.562:14.91100 m butterfly54.3954.4554.76200 m butterfly1:59.541:59.702:00.87200 m individual medley2:02.282:03.472:04.28400 m individual medley4:17.014:17.734:21.344 × 100 m freestyleAndrew BaildonChris FydlerDarren LangeDwade Sheehan3:20.89Danyon LoaderJohn SteelNicholas TongueTrent Bray3:21.79Andrew ClaytonMark FosterMichael FibbensNicholas Shackell3:22.614 × 200 m freestyleGlen HousmanKieren PerkinsMartin RobertsMatthew Dunn7:20.80Danyon LoaderGuy CallaghanJohn SteelTrent Bray7:21.67Andrew ClaytonJames SalterNicholas ShackellSteven Mellor7:26.194 × 100 m medleyChris FydlerPhil RogersScott MillerSteven Dewick3:40.41Chris RenaudJon ClevelandRobert BraknisStephen Clarke3:43.25James HickmanMartin HarrisNick GillinghamNicholas Shackell3:44.72
Women 50 m freestyle25.9026.2426.27100 m freestyle56.2056.4256.44200 m freestyle2:00.862:01.342:01.50400 m freestyle4:12.564:13.064:13.29800 m freestyle8:30.188:30.728:37.70100 m backstroke1:02.681:02.901:03.27200 m backstroke2:12.732:13.942:14.96100 m breaststroke1:08.021:09.401:09.86200 m breaststroke2:25.532:30.242:31.85100 m butterfly1:00.211:00.241:01.88200 m butterfly2:09.962:12.212:12.43200 m individual medley2:15.592:15.972:16.67400 m individual medley4:44.014:46.204:46.624 × 100 m freestyleAlex Bennett Claire HuddartKaren PickeringSue Rolph3:46.23Elli OvertonKaren van WirdumSarah RyanSusan O'Neill3:46.73Glencara MaughanJessica AmeyMarianne LimpertShannon Shakespeare3:47.254 × 200 m freestyleAnna WindsorHayley LewisNicole StevensonSusan O'Neill8:08.06Alex Bennett Claire HuddartKaren PickeringSarah Hardcastle8:09.62 Not awarded(only 4 entries)4 × 100 m medleySamantha RileyKaren Van WirdumPetria ThomasNicole Stevenson4:07.89Alex Bennett Karen PickeringKathy OsherMarie Hardiman4:12.83Beth HazelJessica AmeyLisa FloodMarianne Limpert4:14.04
Paralympic Men's 100 m freestyle S91:03.071:03.751:05.30Women's 100 m freestyle S91:09.611:11.001:11.03
Finals (men) 50m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Mark Foster 23.122 Darren Lange 23.133 Peter Williams 23.164 Roger David Smith x23.265 Rob Braknis 23.496 Dwade Sheehan 23.636 Stephen Clarke 23.638 Stavros Michaelides 23.69
100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Stephen Clarke 50.212 Chris Fydler 50.513 Andrew Baildon 50.714 John Steel 51.155 Dwade Sheehan 51.256 Trent Bray 51.367 Mike Fibbens 51.447 Nicholas Shackell 51.44
200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Kieren Perkins 1:49.312 Trent Bray 1:49.473 Danyon Loader 1:49.534 Glen Housman 1:51.105 Andrew Clayton 1:51.816 Turlough O'Hare 1:51.837 Steve Mellor 1:51.998 Owen Von Richter 1:52.60
400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Kieren Perkins 3:45.772 Danyon Loader 3:49.653 Daniel Kowalski 3:50.414 Trent Bray 3:52.86 5 Glen Housman 3:55.936 Turlough O'Hare 3:56.507 Graeme Smith 3:58.148 Robert McFarlane 4:01.37
1500m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Kieren Perkins 14:41.662 Daniel Kowalski 14:53.613 Glen Housman 15:02.594 Ian Wilson 15:08.775 Graeme Smith 15:13.616 Brett Creed 15:42.027 Frans Neethling 15:42.72 8 Stephen Baird 15:56.10
100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Martin Harris 55.772 Steven Dewick 56.093 Adam Ruckwood 56.524 Rob Braknis 56.86 5 Chris Renaud 57.016 Raymond Brown 57.387 Jonathan Winter 57.408 Craig Ford 57.42
200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Adam Ruckwood 2:00.792 Kevin Draxinger 2:02.193 Scott Miller 2:02.434 Matthew O'Connor 2:03.275 Simon Patrick Beqir 2:03.286 Chris Renaud 2:03.477 Gary Anderson 2:05.358 Andrew Aitken 2:07.85
100m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Phil Rogers 1:02.622 Nick Gillingham 1:02.653 Jon Cleveland 1:03.204 Paul Kent 1:03.625 Russell Patrick 1:04.046 Shane Lewis 1:04.137 James Parrack 1:04.288 Michael Mason 1:04.29
200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Nick Gillingham 2:12.542 Phil Rogers 2:13.563 Jon Cleveland 2:14.914 Ryan Mitchell 2:17.005 Michael Mason 2:18.866 Rodney Lawson 2:19.237 Neil Hudghton 2:19.77 8 Paul Kent 2:20.87
100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Scott Miller 54.392 Stephen Clarke 54.453 Adam Pine 54.764 Danyon Loader 55.075 Martin Roberts 55.246 Guy Callaghan 55.627 James Hickman 55.818 Eddie Parenti 55.87
200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Danyon Loader 1:59.542 Scott Miller 1:59.703 James Hickman 2:00.874 Bill Kirby 2:01.005 Eddie Parenti 2:01.26 6 Dino Verbrugge 2:02.947 Kevin Crosby 2:04.098 Michael Watkins 2:04.19
200m medley PosAthleteTime1 Matt Dunn 2:02.282 Curtis Myden 2:03.473 Fraser Walker 2:04.284 Gary Anderson 2:05.105 Robert Van Der Zant 2:05.556 Mark Versfeld 2:05.827 Jonathan Kerr 2:07.208 Hamish Cameron 2:07.98
400m medley PosAthleteTime1 Matt Dunn 4:17.012 Curtis Myden 4:17.733 Philip Bryant 4:21.344 Owen Von Richter 4:23.395 Stephen Baird 4:27.556 Hamish Cameron 4:28.447 John Munro 4:29.748 Jonathan Kerr 4:31.45
freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Baildon, Fydler, Lange, Sheehan 3:20.892 Loader, Steel, Tongue, Bray3:21.793 Clayton, Foster, Fibbens, Shackell3:22.614 Brankis, Watson, Clarke, Vandermeulen 3:23.025 Albertyn, Tiltman, Fryer, Williams 3:27.306 Aitken, Stewart, Walker, Hunter 3:35.037 Mewett, Harris, Fahy, Ferguson 3:41.718 Brown, Charles, Clarke, Johnny 4:08.95
freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Housman, Perkins, Roberts, Dunn7:20.802 Loader, Callaghan, Steel, Bray7:21.673 Clayton, Salter, Shackell, Mellor7:26.194 Parenti, von Richter, Clarke, O'Hare 7:26.705 Fryer, Albertyn, Morrison, Tiltman 7:42.286 C. Jones, Lundie, M. Jones, Watkins 7:57.70
medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Fydler, Rogers, Miller, Dewick3:40.412 Renaud, Cleveland, Braknis, Clarke3:43.253 Hickman, Harris, Gillingham, Shackell3:43.724 Ford, Loader, Kent, Bray 3:46.025 Albertyn, Louw, Fryer, Verster 3:54.586 Ayers, C. Jones, M. Jones, Watkins 3:54.937 Aitken, Stewart, Hunter, Hudghton 3:55.45 8 Flook, Mewett, Harris, Fahy 4:03.38
Finals (women) 50m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Karen Van Wirdum 25.902 Andrea Nugent 26.243 Shannon Shakespeare 26.274 Sarah Ryan 26.325 Sue Rolph 26.496 Toni Jeffs 26.627 Alison Sheppard 26.698 Monica Dahl 27.09
100m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Karen Pickering 56.202 Karen Van Wirdum 56.423 Marianne Limpert 56.444 Sarah Ryan 56.555 Susie O'Neill 56.566 Sue Rolph 56.737 Shannon Shakespeare 56.758 Jessica Amey 57.79
200m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Susie O'Neill 2:00.862 Nicole Stevenson 2:01.343 Karen Pickering 2:01.504 Anna Windsor 2:01.915 Alex Bennett 2:02.166 Marianne Limpert 2:03.237 Stephanie Richardson 2:04.278 Donna Wu 2:06.43
400m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Hayley Lewis 4:12.562 Stacey Gartrell 4:13.063 Sarah Hardcastle 4:13.294 Nikki Dryden 4:13.495 Julie Majer 4:16.456 Phillippa Langrell 4:16.957 Joanne Currah 4:18.028 Stephanie Richardson 4:19.30
800m freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Stacey Gartrell 8:30.182 Hayley Lewis 8:30.723 Nikki Dryden 8:37.704 Phillippa Langrell 8:40.355 Sarah Hardcastle 8:41.626 Julie Majer 8:45.417 Stephanie Richardson 8:57.798 Karen Allers 9:06.16
100m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Nicole Stevenson 1:02.682 Elli Overton 1:02.903 Kathy Osher 1:03.274 Marianne Kriel 1:03.615 Anna Simcic 1:03.916 Beth Hazel 1:03.957 Julie Howard 1:04.037 Emma Tattam 1:04.03
200m backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Nicole Stevenson 2:12.732 Anna Simcic 2:13.943 Elli Overton 2:14.964 Beth Hazel 2:15.245 Suzanne Weckend 2:15.946 Kathy Osher 2:16.257 Nikki Dryden 2:16.698 Jill Brukman 2:17.64
100m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Samantha Riley 1:08.022 Rebecca Brown 1:09.403 Penny Heyns 1:09.864 Lisa Flood 1:10.395 Guylaine Cloutier 1:10.53 6 Debby Wade 1:11.037 Marie Hardiman 1:12.368 Jaime King 1:12.87
200m breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Samantha Riley 2:25.532 Rebecca Brown 2:30.243 Lisa Flood 2:31.854 Brooke Hanson 2:32.265 Guylaine Cloutier 2:32.286 Marie Hardiman 2:32.657 Penny Heyns 2:33.578 Jaime King 2:37.77
100m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Petria Thomas 1:00.212 Susie O'Neill 1:00.243 Elli Overton 1:01.884 Joscelin Yeo 1:02.235 Alex Bennett 1:02.266 Shona Kitson 1:02.727 Jessica Amey 1:02.74 8 Marion Madine 1:03.02
200m butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Susie O'Neill 2:09.962 Hayley Lewis 2:12.213 Julie Majer 2:12.434 Marion Madine 2:15.445 Helen Slatter 2:16.156 Alex Bennett 2:18.237 Joanne Malar 2:18.448 Shona Kitson 2:19.53
200m medley PosAthleteTime1 Elli Overton 2:15.592 Marianne Limpert 2:15.973 Nancy Sweetnam 2:16.674 Joanne Malar 2:17.515 Anna Wilson 2:18.936 Anna Windsor 2:19.147 Jacqueline McKenzie 2:20.908 Sue Rolph 2:22.27
400m medley PosAthleteTime1 Elli Overton 4:44.012 Nancy Sweetnam 4:46.203 Hayley Lewis 4:46.624 Julie Majer 4:47.695 Joanne Malar 4:48.266 Anna Wilson 4:48.637 Helen Slatter 4:58.338 Christine Jeffrey 5:03.64
freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Bennett, Huddart, Pickering, Rolph3:46.232 Overton, van Wirdum, Ryan, O'Neill 3:46.733 Maughan, Amey, Limpert, Shakespeare 3:47.254 Hunter-Beckinsall, Elliott, Allers, Kriel 3:55.015 Niblett, Lock, Hopkins, Hale 3:58.15
freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Windsor, Lewis, Stevenson, O'Neill8:08.062 Bennett, Huddart, Pickering, Hardcastle 8:09.623 Wu, Malar, Limpert, Richardson8:14.974 Hunter-Beckinsall, Bruckman, Allers, Kriel 8:34.10
medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Riley, van Wirdum, Thomas, Stevenson 4:07.892 Bennett, Pickering, Osher, Hardiman4:12.833 Hazel, Amey, Flood, Limpert 4:14.044 Kriel, Heyns, Loots, Hunter-Beckinsall 4:16.285 Simcic, Wilson, Langrell, Jeffs disq
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