Swimming Summary of 2008

08 Sep 2008

For the first time in Olympic history, the Australian Team won a medal in all six relay events. Further, the Women’s 4x100m Medley relay became the first Australian relay team to successfully defend their Olympic title. AIS athletes were members of all six relay teams.

  • 11 of 14 AIS swimmers won medals 78% (4/10 in Athens 40%).
  • 7 medals won by AIS swimmers (5 in Athens)
  • 14 medals won by AIS swimmers counting individual relay positions (7 in Athens).
  • 6 of 12 AIS individual performances made finals 50% (3/12 in Athens 25%).
  • 5 of 8 AIS individual athletes made finals 63% (2/8 in Athens 25%)

1 World Record
6 Commonwealth Records
8 Australian Records

Results

GOLD:    Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:44.31
                Linda Mackenzie 
                Felicity Galvez - Heat
                Angie Bainbridge – Heat

GOLD:    Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay 3:52.69
                Tarnee White - Heat
                Felicity Galvez - Heat

SILVERBrenton Rickard Men’s 200m Breastroke 2:08.88

SILVER:  Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay 3:30.04
                 Brenton Rickard
                 Ashley Delaney
– Heat
                 Adam Pine - Heat

BRONZE:   Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:04.98
                  Patrick Murphy
                  Nick Ffrost
                  Kirk Palmer
– Heat

BRONZE:   Alice Mills Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:35.08

BRONZE:   Patrick Murphy Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 3:09.91

5th Brenton Rickard - Men’s 100m Breaststroke 59.74
5th Ashley Delaney - Men’s 100m Backstroke 53.31
5th Alicia Coutts - Women’s 200m Individual Medley 2:11.43
6th Tarnee White - Women’s 100m Breaststroke 1:07.63
8th Belinda Hocking – Women’s 200m Backstroke 2:10.12
9th Sally Foster - Women’s 200m Breastroke 2:26.33
10th Ashley Delaney - Men’s 200m Backstroke 1:57.73
10th Linda Mackenzie - Women’s 400m Freestyle 4:05.91
12th Linda Mackenzie - Women’s 200m Freestyle 1:58.19
12th Linda Mackenzie - Women’s 200m Freestyle 1:58.19
17th Adam Pine - Men’s 100m Butterfly 52.07

World Record: Linda Mackenzie Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Commonwealth Record: Linda Mackenzie Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Commonwealth Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 100m Breaststroke 59.65
Commonwealth Record: Patrick Murphy Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:12.41
Commonwealth Record: Alice Mills Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:35.08
Commonwealth Record: Ashley Delaney, Adam Pine Men’s 4x100m Medley Heat 3:32.76
Commonwealth Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 4x100m Medley 3:30.04
Australian Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 100m Breaststroke 59.65
Australian Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 100m Breaststroke 59.89
Australian Record: Patrick Murphy Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:12.41
Australian Record: Alice Mills Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:35.08
Australian Record: Linda Mackenzie Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Australian Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 200m Breastroke 2:08.88
Australian Record: Ashley Delaney, Adam Pine Men’s 4x100m Medley Heat 3:32.76
Australian Record: Brenton Rickard Men’s 4x100m Medley 3:30.04

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