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The Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) and were divided into 3 separate disciplines.

• Diving
• Swimming
• Synchronized swimming

which were then split into individual events as follows:

Men's Diving: 1 m springboard | 3 m springboard | 10 m platform | synchronise platform
Men's Swimming 50 m freestyle | 50 m freestyle (EAD) | 100 m freestyle | 100 m freestyle (EAD) | 200 m freestyle | 400 m freestyle | 1500 m freestyle | 50 m backstroke | 100 m backstroke | 200 m backstroke | 50 m breaststroke | 100 m breaststroke | 200 m breaststroke | 50 m butterfly | 100 m butterfly | 200 m butterfly | 200 m individual medley | 400 m individual medley | 4 x 100 m medley relay

Women's Diving: 1 m springboard | 3 m springboard | 10 m platform | synchronise platform
Women's Swimming 50 m freestyle | 50 m freestyle (EAD) | 100 m freestyle | 100 m freestyle (EAD) | 200 m freestyle | 400 m freestyle | 800 m freestyle | 50 m backstroke | 100 m backstroke | 200 m backstroke | 50 m breaststroke | 100 m breaststroke | 200 m breaststroke | 50 m butterfly | 100 m butterfly | 200 m butterfly | 200 m individual medley | 400 m individual medley | 4 x 100 m medley relay
Synchronised Swimming Technical solo | Technical duet | Free solo | Free Duet

Medal tables

Swimming

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

Diving

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	5	5	5	15
2	Canada	5	1	3	9
3	England	0	2	1	3
4	Malaysia	0	2	0	2

Synchronised swimming

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

Aquatics medals by event

Diving

1 metre springboard men

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Alexandre Despatie (CAN)	853.50
Silver	Yeoh Ken Nee (MAS)	844.95
Bronze	Steven Barnett (AUS)	777.85

1 metre springboard women

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Blythe Hartley (CAN)	644.65
Silver	Sharleen Stratton (AUS)	596.45
Bronze	Kathryn Blackshaw (AUS)	544.40

3 metre springboard men

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Alexandre Despatie (CAN)	941.60
Silver	Robert Newbery (AUS)	906.30
Bronze	Steven Barnett (AUS)	869.40

3 metre springboard women

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Blythe Hartley (CAN)	690.05
Silver	Chantelle Newbery (AUS)	681.30
Bronze	Kathryn Blackshaw (AUS)	629.00

synchronised 3 metre springboard men

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Canada	444.87
Silver	England	423.00
Bronze	Australia	421.35

synchronised 3 metre springboard women

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Australia	296.07
Silver	Canada	273.72
Bronze	England	270.63

10 metre platform men

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Matthew Helm (AUS)	1085.60
Silver	Peter Waterfield (ENG)	1030.50
Bronze	Alexandre Despatie (CAN)	1016.95

10 metre platform women

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Loudy Tourky (AUS)	737.75
Silver	Chantelle Newbery (AUS)	733.55
Bronze	Emilie Heymans (CAN)	733.50

synchronised 10 metre platform men

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Australia	440.58
Silver	Malaysia	427.44
Bronze	England	404.82

synchronised 10 metre platform women

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Australia	317.58
Silver	Australia	309.90
Bronze	Canada	303.15

Swimming

Men's Swimming

Event	Medal	Athlete	Time
50 m Freestyle	Gold	Roland Schoeman (RSA)	22.03 (GR)
	Silver	Brent Hayden (CAN)	22.19
	Bronze	Brett Hawke (AUS)	22.31
50 m EAD Freestyle	Gold	Matthew John Cowdrey (AUS)	26.06 (WR)
	Silver	Benoît Huot (CAN)	24.84
	Bronze	Matthew Benedict Walker (ENG)	28.94
100 m Freestyle	Gold	Simon Burnett (ENG)	48.57 (GR)
	Silver	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	49.20
	Bronze	Roland Schoeman (RSA)	49.24
100 m EAD Freestyle	Gold	Matthew John Cowdrey (AUS)	56.73 (WR/AR/NR)
	Silver	Benoît Huot (CAN)	53.22 (WR)
	Bronze	David Roberts (WAL)	1:01.85
200 m Freestyle	Gold	Ross Davenport (ENG)	1:47.29
	Silver	Simon Burnett (ENG)	1:47.38
	Bronze	Brent Hayden (CAN)	1:47.41
400 m Freestyle	Gold	David Carry (SCO)	3:48.17
	Silver	Andrew Hurd (CAN)	3:49.08
	Bronze	David Davies (WAL)	3:49.44
1500 m Freestyle	Gold	David Davies (WAL)	14:57.63
	Silver	Andrew Hurd (CAN)	15:09.44
	Bronze	Troyden Prinsloo (RSA)	15:11.88
50 m Backstroke	Gold	Matthew Clay (ENG)	25.04
	Silver	Liam Tancock (ENG)	25.10
	Bronze	Johannes Zandberg (RSA)	25.16
100 m Backstroke	Gold	Liam Tancock (ENG)	54.53 (GR)
	Silver	Matthew Welsh (AUS)	54.82
	Bronze	Gregor Tait (SCO)	54.89
200 m Backstroke	Gold	Gregor Tait (SCO)	1:58.65 (GR)
	Silver	Johannes Du Rand (RSA)	2:00.32
	Bronze	Cameron Gibson (NZL)	2:00.72
50 m Breaststroke	Gold	Christopher Cook (ENG)	28.01
	Silver	Darren Mew (ENG)	28.07
	Bronze	Brenton Rickard (AUS)	28.14
100 m Breaststroke	Gold	Christopher Cook (ENG)	1:00.98
	Silver	James Gibson (ENG)	1:01.10
	Bronze	Brenton Rickard (AUS)	1:01.17
200 m Breaststroke	Gold	Mike Brown (CAN)	2:12.23 (GR)
	Silver	Brenton Rickard (AUS)	2:12.24
	Bronze	Jim Piper (AUS)	2:12.26
50 m Butterfly	Gold	Roland Schoeman (RSA)	23.34
	Silver	Matthew Welsh (AUS)	23.63
	Bronze	Michael Klim (AUS)	23.74
100 m Butterfly	Gold	Ryan Pini (PNG)	52.64
	Silver	Michael Klim (AUS)	52.70
	Bronze	Moss Burmester (NZL)	52.73
200 m Butterfly	Gold	Moss Burmester (NZL)	1:56.64 (GR)
	Silver	Travis Nederpelt (AUS)	1:57.26
	Bronze	Joshua Krogh (AUS)	1:59.18
200 m Individual Medley	Gold	Gregor Tait (SCO)	2:00.73
	Silver	Dean Kent (NZL)	2:01.08
	Bronze	Brian Johns (CAN)	2:01.56
400 m Individual Medley	Gold	David Carry (SCO)	4:15.98 (GR)
	Silver	Euan Dale (SCO)	4:17.15
	Bronze	Travis Nederpelt (AUS)	4:17.24
4x100 m Freestyle Relay	Gold	South Africa	3:14.97 (GR)
	Silver	Australia	3:15.54
	Bronze	Canada	3:15.74
4x200 m Freestyle Relay	Gold	England	7:14.14
	Silver	Scotland	7:14.40
	Bronze	Australia	7:14.99
4x100 m Medley Relay	Gold	Australia	3:34.37
	Silver	England (Liam Tancock, Christopher Cook, Matthew Bowe, Ross Davenport)	3:36.40
	Bronze	Scotland	3:39.75

Women's swimming

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

Event	Medal	Athlete	Time
50 m Freestyle	Gold	Libby Lenton (AUS)	24.61 (GR)
	Silver	Jodie Henry (AUS)	24.72
	Bronze	Alice Mills (AUS)	25.03
50 m EAD Freestyle	Gold	Natalie Du Toit (RSA)	29.27 (WR/AR/NR)
	Silver	Anne Polinario (CAN)	28.63
	Bronze	Annabelle Josephine Williams (AUS)	30.25
100 m Freestyle	Gold	Libby Lenton (AUS)	53.54 (GR)
	Silver	Jodie Henry (AUS)	53.78
	Bronze	Alice Mills (AUS)	54.31
100 m EAD Freestyle	Gold	Natalie Du Toit (RSA)	1:01.81
	Silver	Valerie Grandmaison (CAN)	1:01.02
	Bronze	Anne Polinario (CAN)	1:03.10
200 m Freestyle	Gold	Caitlin McClatchey (SCO)	1:57.25 (GR)
	Silver	Libby Lenton (AUS)	1:57.51
	Bronze	Melanie Marshall (ENG)	1:58.11
400 m Freestyle	Gold	Caitlin McClatchey (SCO)	4:07.69
	Silver	Joanne Jackson (ENG)	4:08.36
	Bronze	Bronte Barratt (AUS)	4:08.65
800 m Freestyle	Gold	Rebecca Cooke (ENG)	8:29.50
	Silver	Melissa Gorman (AUS)	8:30.79
	Bronze	Brittany Reimer (CAN)	8:38.05
50 m Backstroke	Gold	Sophie Edington (AUS)	28.42 (=GR)
	Silver	Giaan Rooney (AUS)	28.43
	Bronze	Tayliah Zimmer (AUS)	28.71
100 m Backstroke	Gold	Sophie Edington (AUS)	1:00.93 (GR)
	Silver	Giaan Rooney (AUS)	1:01.42
	Bronze	Melanie Marshall (ENG)	1:01.55
200 m Backstroke	Gold	Joanna Fargus (AUS)	2:10.36 (GR)
	Silver	Melanie Marshall (ENG)	2:10.87
	Bronze	Hannah McLean (NZL)	2:12.47
50 m Breaststroke	Gold	Leisel Jones (AUS)	30.55
	Silver	Jade Edmistone (AUS)	30.84
	Bronze	Tarnee White (AUS)	31.26
100 m Breaststroke	Gold	Leisel Jones (AUS)	1:05.09 (WR)
	Silver	Jade Edmistone (AUS)	1:07.24
	Bronze	Kirsty Balfour (SCO)	1:07.83
200 m Breaststroke	Gold	Leisel Jones (AUS)	2:20.72 (GR)
	Silver	Kirsty Balfour (SCO)	2:24.04
	Bronze	Suzaan van Biljon (RSA)	2:25.39
50 m Butterfly	Gold	Danni Miatke (AUS)	26.43 (GR)
	Silver	Jessicah Schipper (AUS)	26.65
	Bronze	Alice Mills (AUS) Lize-Mari Retief (RSA)	26.78
100 m Butterfly	Gold	Jessicah Schipper (AUS)	57.48 (GR)
	Silver	Libby Lenton (AUS)	57.80
	Bronze	Audrey Lacroix (CAN)	58.89
200 m Butterfly	Gold	Jessicah Schipper (AUS)	2:06.09 (GR)
	Silver	Felicity Galvez (AUS)	2:08.16
	Bronze	Terri Dunning (ENG)	2:09.87
200 m Individual Medley	Gold	Stephanie Rice (AUS)	2:12.90 (GR)
	Silver	Brooke Hanson (AUS)	2:13.62
	Bronze	Lara Carroll (AUS)	2:13.86
400 m Individual Medley	Gold	Stephanie Rice (AUS)	4:41.91 (GR)
	Silver	Rebecca Cooke (ENG)	4:44.60
	Bronze	Jennifer Reilly (AUS)	4:47.13
4x100 m Freestyle Relay	Gold	Australia	3:36.49
	Silver	England (Rosalind Brett, Amy Smith, Francesca Halsall, Melanie Marshall)	3:42.69
	Bronze	Canada	3:42.84
4x200 m Freestyle Relay	Gold	Australia	7:56.68
	Silver	England (Terri Dunning, Melanie Marshall, Kate Haywood, Francesca Halsall)	8:01.23
	Bronze	New Zealand	8:02.20
4x100 m Medley Relay	Gold	Australia	3:56.30 (WR)
	Silver	England	4:04.61
	Bronze	Canada	4:05.95

Synchronised Swimming

Free routine solo

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon (CAN)	93.833
Silver	Jenna Randall (ENG)	85.334
Bronze	Irena Olevsky (