Ottawa – Did you know that George Hodgson was Canada’s first Olympic Gold medalist?
George competed at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm where he won 2 gold medals in the 400m and 1500m freestyle.
Throughout the year long celebration, Swimming Canada will be highlighting special moments from the last 100 years on the website each week.
Below is a list of things to come, stay tuned!
List of National Champions
– Male & Female winners from every event 1909-2008
Provincial Section Profiles
– Historical facts, figures, photos from each of our Provincial sections
100m Freestyle Challenge
-Every swim club in Canada will be challenged to race 100m freestyle on the 100th day of the current season (December 9th, 2008)
-Entry Fee: 100 pennies with proceeds going to charity
– More details to come!
100 greatest events/moments in Canadian Swimming
– Vote for top 100 on website
Stories from past Century of Olympics/Paralympics
Olympic/Paralympic Profiles & Special Features
Let’s kick off the commemoration by profiling the long course National Champions in the 50m Freestyle from 1909-2008
| 50m Freestyle | |||||
| Year | Male/Female | Name | Time | Club | Age |
| 1909 | Male | Robert M. Zimmerman | 23 secs (40 yards) | MSC | |
| 1910 | Male | Gordon Johnston | 26 4/5 secs (50 yards) | ||
| 1911 | Male | L. E. Earl | 27 1/3 secs (50 yards Open) | MAAA | |
| 1912 | Male | G. R. Hodgson | 19 2/5 secs (40 yards) | MAAA | |
| Male | L.F. Lee | 29 2/5 secs (60 yards) | Victoria YMCA | ||
| 1913 | No National 50m Freestyle Event | ||||
| 1914 | |||||
| 1915 | |||||
| 1916 | |||||
| 1917 | |||||
| 1918 | |||||
| 1919 | |||||
| 1920 | |||||
| 1921 | Male | Clayton Bourne | 26 2/5 secs (50 yards) | MAAA | |
| 1922 | Female | Hazel Kessler | 32 2/5 secs(50 yards) | Winnipeg | |
| 1923 | No National 50m Freestyle Event | ||||
| 1924 | |||||
| 1925 | |||||
| 1926 | |||||
| 1927 | Male | Bert Gibson | 24 4/5 secs (SC) | Dolphinets | |
| Female | Arvila Gilding | 30.0 secs (50 yards) | Toronto Central YMCA | ||
| 1928 | No National 50m Freestyle Event | ||||
| 1929 | |||||
| 1930 | |||||
| 1931 | Male | Munroe Bourne | No time (40 yards) | McGill U. | |
| Female | 1. Helene Madison (USA) | 27.8 | Wash. U.S.A. | ||
| 2. Margaret Hutton | 29 1/5 secs (50 yards) | Dolphinets | |||
| 1932 | No National 50m Freestyle Event | ||||
| 1933 | |||||
| 1934 | |||||
| 1935 | |||||
| 1936 | |||||
| 1937 | Male | G. Larson | 23.4 secs (50 yards) | Ham. G.C. | |
| Female | D. Lyon | 28.2 secs (50 yards) | Dolphinets | ||
| 1938 | No National 50m Freestyle Event | ||||
| 1939 | |||||
| 1940 | Female | Catherine Gordon | 27.4 secs (50 yards) | Wom. ASC. | |
| 1941 | No National 50m Freestyle Event | ||||
| 1942 | |||||
| 1943 | |||||
| 1944 | K. Hurn | 26.0 (50 yards) | Victoria | ||
| 1945 – 1975 | No National 50m Freestyle Event | ||||
| 1976 | Male | Stephen Pickell | 24.49 | CDSC | 19 19 |
| Female | Gail Amundrud | 27.39 | CDSC | ||
| 1977 | Male | Gary McDonald | 24 | CDSC | 23 18 |
| Female | Anne Jardin | 27.02 | Pt-Claire | ||
| 1978 | Male Female | Mike Blondal Anne Jardin |
24.32 26.74 (CR) |
Mtl.Aquatic Pt-Claire | 20 19 |
| 1979 | Male | Graham Welbourn | 23.96 | Cdn.Dol. | 18 20 |
| Female | Anne Jardin | 26.77 | Pt-Claire | ||
| 1980 (Olympic Trials) | Male Female | Graham Welbourn 1. Carol Klimpel 2.Anne Jardin |
23.69 26.25 26.68 |
Cdn.Dol. SSAC Pt-Claire | 19 17 20 |
| 1981 | Male Female | Graham Welbourn Carol Klimpel | 23.93 25.87 |
Cdn.Dol. SSAC | 20 18 |
| 1982 Commonwealth Trials | Male Female | G. Welbourn N. Marubashi | 23.93 26.31 |
CDSC Scarboro | 21 18 |
| 1983 | Male Female | G. Welbourn C. Klimpel |
23.85 26.62 |
CDSC SSAC | |
| 1984 | Male Female | G. Luxenberg Pamela Rai |
24.12 26.9 |
PCSC HYAC | |
| 1985 (Pan Pacific Trials) | Male | Blair Hicken Vlastimir Cerny Andrea Nugent |
23.65 23.69 26.61 |
NYAC MANTA UCSC | 20 22 16 |
| 1986 | Male | Steven VanDerMeulen Chantal Rouleau | 23.75 27.31 |
VK SAMAK |
17 21 |
| 1986 (World + Commonwealth Trials) | Male Male Female | Blair Hicken Reggie Lacoursière Andrea Nugent |
23.69 23.76 26.16 |
NYAC UCSC UCSC | 21 19 17 |
| 1987 | Male Male Female | Marcel Gery Claude Lamy Andrea Nugent |
23.38 23.58 26.01 |
NYAC SELCT UCSC | 21 22 18 |
| 1988 | Male Male Female | Vlastimir Cerny Mark Foris Andrea Nugent |
23.20 23.35 26.30 |
NYAC UWO UCSC | 25 23 19 |
| 1988 (Olympic trials) | Male Female | Mark Andrews Kristin Topham | 23.13 26.28 |
UCSC MANTA | 21 15 |
| 1989 | Male Female | Sandy Goss Kirstin Topham |
23.75 26.02 |
EPS MANTA | 22 16 |
| 1990 | Male | Dean Kondziolka | 23.12 | TOMAC | 18 |
| Female | Kristin Topham | 26.64 | EPS | 17 | |
| 1990 | Male | Dean Kondziolka | 22.99 | TOMAC | 18 |
| Female | Andrea Nugent | 26.32 | UCSC | 21 | |
| (World championships trials) | |||||
| 1991 | Male | Dean Kondziolka | 22.54 | COMET | 19 |
| Female | Kristin Topham | 26.53 | PEPSI | 18 | |
| 1992 | Male | Robert Braknis | 23.72 | CAC | 19 |
| Female | Shannon Shakespeare | 26.73 | MM | 15 | |
| Jessica Amey | UCSC | 15 | |||
| 1992 | Male | Dean Kondziolka | 23.31 | COMET | 19 |
| Female | Andrea Nugent | 26.17 | UCSC | 24 | |
| (Olympic trials) | |||||
| 1993 | Male | Dean Kondziolka | 23.18 | LASC | 21 |
| Female | Jessica Amey | 26.16 | UCSC | 16 | |
| 1994 | Male | 1. Robert Abernethy (AUS) | 23.34 | 22 | |
| Male | 2. Kris Fisher | 23.47 | MAC | 18 | |
| Male | Dean Kondziolka | LASC | 21 | ||
| Female | Jessica Amey | 26.45 | UCSC | 17 | |
| 1994 | Male | Robert Braknis | 23.73 | CAC | 21 |
| Female | Shannon Shakespeare | 26.12 | MM | 16 | |
| (Commonwealth trials) | |||||
| 1995 | Male Female |
Ryan Laurin Shannon Shakespeare | 23.47 26.29 |
SPART MM |
20 18 |
| 1996 | Male | 1. Robert Braknis | 23.28 | COBRA | 23 |
| Yannick Lupien | 26.26 | CAGRA | 16 | ||
| Female | Andrea Moody | WVOSC | 18 | ||
| 1996 | Male | Hugues Legault | 23.26 | SAMAK | 22 |
| Female | Martine Dessureault | 26.22 | CNMN | 21 | |
| (Olympic trials) | |||||
| 1997 | Male Female | Craig Hutchinson Laura Nicholls | 23.29 26.78 |
PCSC ROW |
22 18 |
| 1998 | Male | Stephen Clarke | 23.24 | COBRA | 25 |
| Female | Laura Nicholls | 25.9 | ROW | 19 | |
| (Commonwealth trials) | |||||
| 1999 | Male | Simon MacDonald | 23.32 | NKB | 20 |
| Female | Shannon Shakespeare | 26.26 | MM | 22 | |
| 2000 | Male | Thomas Kindler | 22.97 | PPO | 20 |
| Female | 1. Jenna Gresdal | 25.93 | ESWIM | 15 | |
| Female | Marianne Limpert | PDSA | 27 | ||
| 2000 | Male | Yannick Lupien | 22.95 | UL | 20 |
| Female | Laura Nicholls | 26.06 | ROW | 21 | |
| (Olympic trials) | |||||
| 2001 | Male | Matt Rose | 23.01 | TRENT | |
| Female | 1. Laura Nicholls | 26.03 | ROW | ||
| Female | Laura Pomeroy | OAK-TO | |||
| 2001 | Male | Craig Hutchinson | 23.54 | TO | |
| Female | Laura Nicholls | 26.37 | ROW | 22 | |
| (World championship trials) | |||||
| 2002 | Male | Jose M. Meoplans | 22.76 | ARG | 24 |
| Female | Laura Pomeroy | 26.15 | AOK | 18 | |
| 2002 | Male | Matt Rose | 23.15 | TRENT | |
| Female | Laura Nicholls | 26.06 | ROW | 23 | |
| (Commonwealth trials) | |||||
| 2003 | Male | Matthew Rose | 22.96 | TRENT | 26 |
| Female | Laura Nicholls | 26.21 | ROW | 24 | |
| World championship trials | |||||
| 2004 | Male | Matthew Rose | 22.42 | TRENT | 23 |
| Female | Laura Nicholls | 25.6 | TO | 25 | |
| Olympic trials | |||||
| 2005 | Male | Matthew Rose | 22.77 | TRENT | 23 |
| (World Championship trials) | Female | Jenna Gresdal | 25.82 | ESWIM | 20 |
| 2006 | Male | Brent Hayden | 22.79 | UBCD | 23 |
| (Pan Pacific Trials) | Female | Victoria Poon | 25.89 | CAMO | 21 |
| 2007 | Male Female | Richard Hortness Seanna Mitchell | 23,33 26,43 | AMAC CASC | 22 18 |
| Female | |||||
| 2008 | Male | Richard Hortness | 22.48 | AMAC | 23 |
| (Olympic Trials) | Female | Victoria Poon | 25.47 | CNPPO | 24 |
*Compiling the list of winners over the last 100 years is not an exact science; please let us know if there are any discrepancies.
