Swimming at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Swimming at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
VenueWest Auckland Swimming Centre
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Dates24 January – 3 February 1990

Swimming at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was the 14th appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. Competition featured 32 swimming events, held in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 January to 3 February 1990.[1]

The events were held at the West Auckland Swimming Centre on Alderman Drive in Henderson.[2] The venue had been specifically built for the Games[3] but faced late issues relating to the 3,200 grandstand seating. It was however described as technologically advanced with a variable floor and movable bulkhead.[4]

Australia topped the medal table with 21 gold medals.[5][6]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia21191353
2 Canada85922
3 New Zealand*2237
4 England16714
Totals (4 entries)32323296

Medallists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Andrew Baildon
 Australia 		Angus Waddell
 Australia 		Mark Foster
 England
100 m freestyle Andrew Baildon
 Australia 		Chris Fydler
 Australia 		Mike Fibbens
 England
200 m freestyle Martin Roberts
 Australia 		Ian Brown
 Australia 		Thomas Stachewicz
 Australia
400 m freestyle Ian Brown
 Australia 		Glen Housman
 Australia 		Christopher Bowie
 Canada
1500 m freestyle Glen Housman
 Australia 		Kieren Perkins
 Australia 		Mike McKenzie
 Australia
100 m backstroke Mark Tewksbury
 Canada 		Gary Anderson
 Canada 		Paul Kingsman
 New Zealand
200 m backstroke Gary Anderson
 Canada 		Paul Kingsman
 New Zealand 		Kevin Draxinger
 Canada
100 m breaststroke Adrian Moorhouse
 England 		James Parrack
 England 		Nick Gillingham
 England
200 m breaststroke Jonathan Cleveland
 Canada 		Rodney Lawson
 Australia 		Nick Gillingham
 England
100 m butterfly Andrew Baildon
 Australia 		Marcel Gery
 Canada 		Jason Cooper
 Australia
200 m butterfly Anthony Mosse
 New Zealand 		Martin Roberts
 Australia 		Jon Kelly
 Canada
200 m individual medley Gary Anderson
 Canada 		Robert Bruce
 Australia 		Martin Roberts
 Australia
400 m individual medley Robert Bruce
 Australia 		Rob Woodhouse
 Australia 		Jon Kelly
 Canada
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  Australia
Andrew Baildon
Chris Fydler
Ian Vander-Wal
Jason Cooper
Matthew Renshaw
Thomas Stachewicz 		 England
Austyn Shortman
Mark Foster
Mike Fibbens
Neil Metcalfe
Steve Dronsfield 		 Canada
Blair Hicken
Darren Ward
Marcel Gery
Stephane Herbert
Stephen Vandermeulen
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  Australia
Gary Lord
Ian Brown
Martin Roberts
Thomas Stachewicz 		 Canada
Edward Parenti
Gary Vandermeulen
Jon Kelly
Turlough O'Hare 		 New Zealand
Anthony Mosse
John Steel
Richard Tapper
Ross Anderson
4 × 100 m medley relay  Canada
Jon Cleveland
Marcel Gery
Mark Tewksbury
Tom Ponting 		 England
Adrian Moorhouse
Austyn Shortman
Gary Binfield
Mike Fibbens 		 Australia
Andrew Baildon
Chris Fydler
Phil Rogers
Thomas Stachewicz

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Lisa Curry-Kenny
 Australia 		Karen van Wirdum
 Australia 		Andrea Nugent
 Canada
100 m freestyle Karen van Wirdum
 Australia 		Lisa Curry-Kenny
 Australia 		Trish Noall
 Canada
200 m freestyle Hayley Lewis
 Australia 		Jennifer McMahon
 Australia 		Trish Noall
 Canada
400 m freestyle Hayley Lewis
 Australia 		Julie McDonald
 Australia 		Janelle Elford
 Australia
800 m freestyle Julie McDonald
 Australia 		Janelle Elford
 Australia 		Sheridan Burge-Lopez
 Australia
100 m backstroke Nicole Livingstone
 Australia 		Anna Simcic
 New Zealand 		Johanna Griggs
 Australia
200 m backstroke Anna Simcic
 New Zealand 		Nicole Livingstone
 Australia 		Karen Lord
 Australia
100 m breaststroke Keltie Duggan
 Canada 		Guylaine Cloutier
 Canada 		Suki Brownsdon
 England
200 m breaststroke Nathalie Giguère
 Canada 		Guylaine Cloutier
 Canada 		Helen Morris
 Australia
100 m butterfly Lisa Curry-Kenny
 Australia 		Susie O'Neill
 Australia 		Madeleine Scarborough
 England
200 m butterfly Hayley Lewis
 Australia 		Helen Morris
 Australia 		Nicole Redford
 Australia
200 m individual medley Nancy Sweetnam
 Canada 		Jodie Clatworthy
 Australia 		Hayley Lewis
 Australia
400 m individual medley Hayley Lewis
 Australia 		Jodie Clatworthy
 Australia 		Donna Procter
 Australia
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  Australia
Angela Mullens
Karen van Wirdum
Lisa Curry-Kenny
Susan O'Neill 		 Canada
Allison Higson
Erin Murphy
Kimberley Paton
Patricia Noall 		 England
June Croft
Karen Pickering
Sharron Davies
Zara Long
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  Australia
Hayley Lewis
Janelle Elford
Jennifer McMahon
Julie McDonald 		 England
Joanna Coull
Judy Lancaster
June Croft
Sharron Davies 		 New Zealand
Linda Robinson
Michelle Burke
Phillippa Langrell
Sharon Hanley
4 × 100 m medley relay  Australia
Karen van Wirdum
Lara Hooiveld
Lisa Curry-Kenny
Nicole Livingstone 		 England
Joanne Deakins
Karen Pickering
Madeleine Scarborough
Suki Brownsdon 		 Canada
Keltie Duggan
Lori Melien
Nancy Sweetnam
Patricia Noall

Finals (men)

50m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Andrew Baildon 22.76
2 Angus Waddell 23.03
3 Mark Foster 23.16
4 Mike Fibbens 23.32
5 Matthew Renshaw 23.36
6 Nicholas Sanders 23.41
7 Marcel Gery 23.61
8 Blair Hicken 23.74

100m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Andrew Baildon 49.80
2 Chris Fydler 50.49
3 Mike Fibbens 50.76
4 Marcel Gery 50.82
5 John Steel 51.17
6 Gary Lord 51.37
7 Austyn Shortman 51.72
8 Steve Dronsfield 52.26

200m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Martin Roberts 1:49.58
2 Ian Brown 1:49.60
3 Thomas Stachewicz 1:49.98
4 Turlough O'Hare 1:50.82
5 Eddie Parenti 1:51.51
6 Paul Howe 1:51.82
7 Jonathan Broughton 1:52.21
8 John Steel 1:53.20

400m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Ian Brown 3:49.91
2 Glen Housman 3:53.90
3 Chris Bowie 3:54.04
4 Turlough O'Hare 3:54.40
5 Kevin Boyd 3:55.85
6 Ian Wilson 3:56.01
7 Gary Vandermeulen 3:57.62
8 Richard Tapper 4:01.11

1500m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Glen Housman 14:55.25
2 Kieren Perkins 14:58.08
3 Michael McKenzie 15:09.25
4 Harry Taylor 15:12.63
5 Ian Wilson 15:20.23
6 Chris Bowie 15:29.15
7 Paul Dashaies 15:35.81
8 Kevin Boyd 15:38.85

100m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Mark Tewksbury 56.07
2 Gary Anderson 56.84
3 Paul Kingsman 57.07
4 Kevin Draxinger 57.77
5 Simon Percy 57.89
6 Thomas Stachewicz 58.04
7 Gary Binfield 58.26
8 Grant Robins 58.95

200m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Gary Anderson 2:01.69
2 Paul Kingsman 2:01.86
3 Kevin Draxinger 2:02.02
4 Gary Binfield 2:03.40
5 Grant Robins 2:03.91
6 Matthew O'Connor 2:05.66
7 Ian Rosser 2:06.26
8 Peter Doig 2:08.33

100m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Adrian Moorhouse 1:01.49
2 James Parrack 1:03.15
3 Nick Gillingham 1:03.16
4 Jon Cleveland 1:03.33
5 Phil Rogers 1:03.44
6 Brett Stocks 1:03.64
7 Robert Fox 1:04.25
8 Rodney Lawson 1:04.32

200m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Jon Cleveland 2:14.96
2 Rodney Lawson 2:15.68
3 Nick Gillingham 2:16.02
4 Adrian Moorhouse 2:16.06
5 Phil Rogers 2:16.35
6 Neil Hudghton 2:18.85
7 Robert Fox 2:20.14
8 Brett Stocks 2:21.27

100m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Andrew Baildon 53.98
2 Marcel Gery 54.42
3 Jason Cooper 54.47
4 Anthony Mosse 54.60
5 Tom Ponting 54.72
6 John Steel 55.42
7 Ross Anderson 55.58
8 Mike Fibbens 56.00

200m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Anthony Mosse 1:57.33
2 Martin Roberts 1:59.95
3 Jon Kelly 2:00.37
4 Tom Ponting 2:00.41
5 Simon McKillop-Davies 2:01.28
6 David Wilson 2:01.68
7 Ross Anderson 2:01.83
8 Gary Vandermeulen 2:02.05

200m medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 Gary Anderson 2:02.94
2 Robert Bruce 2:03.78
3 Martin Roberts 2:04.03
4 Robert Woodhouse 2:04.35
5 John Davey 2:04.37
6 Jon Kelly 2:05.32
7 Gary Binfield 2:06.00
8 Darren Ward 2:07.09

400m medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 Robert Bruce 4:20.26
2 Robert Woodhouse 4:21.79
3 Jon Kelly 4:23.96
4 John Davey 4:24.74
5 Paul Brew 4:25.21
6 John Munro 4:25.49
7 Peter O'Sullivan 4:25.75
8 Brent Andrew Harding 4:27.55

4x100m freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Baildon, Fydler, Vander-Wal, Cooper, Renshaw, Stachewicz 3:20.05
2 Shortman, Foster, Fibbens, Metcalfe, Dronsfield 3:22.61
3 Hicken, Ward, Marcel Gery, Herbert, Vandermeulen 3:22.79
4 Reid, Steel, Weldon, Sanders 3:25.55
5 McNeil, Brew, Henry, Smith, McQuaid 3:32.11
6 A. Cheung, Li, Wright, Wu Tat Cheung 3:36.60
7 Morbey, Mewett, Raynor, Cash 3:37.26
8 Glover, Picken, G. Stigant, S. Stigant 3:47.36

4x200m freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Lord, Brown, Roberts, Stachewicz 7:21.17
2 Edward Parenti, Gary Vandermeulen, Jon Kelly, Turlough O'Hare 7:25.53
3 Mosse, Steel, Tapper, Anderson 7:30.10
4 Broughton, Boyd, Fibbens, Howe 7:31.04
5 McNeil, Brew, Henry, Smith, McQuaid 7:42.30
6 Watkins, Jones, Day, Rosser 7:47.80
7 Glover, Picken, G. Stigant, S. Stigant 8:34.39

4x100m medley relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Cleveland, Gery, Tewksbury, Ponting 3:42.45
2 Moorhouse, Shortman, Binfield, Fibbens 3:43.88
3 Basildon, Fydler, Rogers, Stachewicz 3:43.91
4 Mosse, Steel, Paul Kingsman, Lockhart 3:45.30
5 McNeil, Peyrebrune, Hudghton, Leishman 3:52.49
6 Jones, Rosser, Watkins, Brown 3:56.85
7 Glover, Picken, G. Stignant, S. Stignant 4:15.98
8 Lopez, Cassaglia, Ian Martinez, Cruz 4:17.80

Finals (women)

50m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Lisa Curry-Kenny 25.80
2 Karen Van Wirdum 26.00
3 Andrea Nugent 26.26
4 Kristin Topham 26.49
5 Jeannette Gunston 26.54
6 Caroline Woodcock 26.57
7 Angela Mullens 26.64
8 Toni Jeffs 26.68

100m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Karen Van Wirdum 56.48
2 Lisa Curry-Kenny 56.61
3 Patricia Noall 56.67
4 Karen Pickering 57.44
5 Toni Jeffs 57.82
6 Kimberley Paton 58.07
7 Ruth Gilfillan 58.39
8 June Croft 58.47

200m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Hayley Lewis 2:00.79
2 Jennifer Ann McMahon 2:02.43
3 Patricia Noall 2:02.66
4 Allison Higson 2:03.46
5 June Croft 2:03.66
6 Joanna Coull 2:03.77
7 Ruth Gilfillan 2:04.11
8 Janelle Elford 2:04.56

400m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Hayley Lewis 4:08.89
2 Julie McDonald 4:09.72
3 Janelle Elford 4:10.74
4 Phillippa Langrell 4:15.64
5 Linda Robinson 4:18.69
6 Ruth Gilfillan 4:19.34
7 Karen Mellor 4:19.8
8 Michelle Sallee 4:20.07

800m freestyle

Pos Athlete Time
1 Julie McDonald 8:30.27
2 Janelle Elford 8:30.47
3 Sheridan Burge-Lopez 8:36.78
4 Phillippa Langrell 8:37.80
5 Karen Mellor 8:43.45
6 Elizabeth Arnold 8:48.27
7 Michelle Sallee 8:51.57
8 Joanne Currah 8:55.88

100m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Nicole Livingstone 1:02.46
2 Anna Simcic 1:02.55
3 Johanna Griggs 1:03.69
4 Joanne Deakins 1:04.13
5 Lori Melien 1:04.48
6 Kathy Read 1:04.59
7 Anne Barnes 1:04.74
8 Sharon Musson 1:05.26

200m backstroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Anna Simcic 2:12.32
2 Nicole Livingstone 2:12.62
3 Karen Lord 2:14.53
4 Joanne Deakins 2:14.74
5 Kathy Read 2:15.75
6 Sharron Davies 2:18.12
7 Anne Barnes 2:18.79
8 Sharon Musson 2:19.09

100m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Keltie Duggan 1:10.74
2 Guylaine Cloutier 1:11.22
3 Suki Brownsdon 1:11.54
4 Lara Hooiveld 1:11.77
5 Jean Hill 1:11.85
6 Lorraine Coombes 1:11.90
7 Margaret Hohmann 1:12.10
8 Nathalie Giguère 1:12.79

200m breaststroke

Pos Athlete Time
1 Nathalie Giguère 2:32.16
2 Guylaine Cloutier 2:32.91
3 Helen Louise Morris 2:33.57
4 Lara Hooiveld 2:35.04
5 Nicole Taylor 2:35.15
6 Suki Brownsdon 2:35.73
7 Jean Hill 2:36.71
8 Michaela Ross 2:38.05

100m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Lisa Curry-Kenny 1:00.66
2 Susie O'Neill 1:01.03
3 Madeleine Scarborough 1:01.33
4 Nancy Sweetnam 1:02.15
5 Fiona Alessandri 1:02.29
6 Caroline Foot 1:02.93
7 Samantha Purvis 1:03.58
8 Kristin Topham 1:04.47

200m butterfly

Pos Athlete Time
1 Hayley Lewis 2:11.15
2 Helen Louise Morris 2:11.76
3 Nicole Janice Redford 2:13.53
4 Mojca Carter 2:13.65
5 Madeleine Scarborough 2:14.48
6 Alyson Duffy 2:16.30
7 Samantha Purvis 2:17.52
8 Nichola West 2:17.93

200m medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 Nancy Sweetnam 2:15.61
2 Jodie Clatworthy 2:17.10
3 Hayley Lewis 2:17.13
4 Zara Long 2:17.96
5 Joanne Malar 2:18.51
6 Sharron Davies 2:18.64
7 Judy Lancaster 2:20.95
8 Nichola West 2:22.73

400m medley

Pos Athlete Time
1 Hayley Lewis 4:42.65
2 Jodie Clatworthy 4:45.76
3 Donna Procter 4:47.38
4 Nancy Sweetnam 4:49.75
5 Zara Long 4:51.39
6 Joanne Malar 4:52.35
7 Linda Robinson 4:52.66
8 Michaela Ross 4:57.03

4x100m freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Mullens, van Wirdum, Curry-Kenny, O'Neill 3:46.85
2 Higson, Murphy, Paton, Noall 3:48.69
3 Croft, Pickering, Davies, Long 3:51.26
4 Jeffs, Burke, Luff, Hanley 3:52.70
5 Donnelly, Sheppard, Gilfillan, McHarg 3:56.21
6 Jones, Evans, Henwood, Mansfield 3:57.17

4x200m freestyle relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 Lewis, Elford, McMahon, McDonald 8:08.95
2 Coull, Lancaster, Croft, Davies 8:16.31
3 Robinson, Burke, Langrell, Hanley 8:22.60
4 Hill, Donnelly, Sheppard, Gilfillan 8:26.95
5 Jones, Evans, Henwood, Mansfield 8:40.58
6 Higson, Murphy, Paton, Noall disq+

+Canada finished first but were disqualified for a faulty changeover.

4x100m medley relay

Pos Athlete Time
1 van Wirdum, Hooiveld, Curry-Kenny, Livingstone 4:10.87
2 Deakins, Pickering, Scarborough, Brownsdon 4:11.88
3 Duggan, Melien, Sweetnam, Noall 4:12.20
4 Simic, Bates, Rodahl, Jeffs 4:20.35
5 Sheppard, Hill, Ewing, Gilfillan 4:23.97
6 Evans, Henwood, Mansfield, Lock 4:24.52

References

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  3. ^ "Out of the blue - Aucklander News". NZ Herald. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
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