George Burleigh (swimmer)

George Burleigh was a Canadian swimmer. He won gold at the Commonwealth Games in 1934.^[1]

References

Commonwealth Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1930 – 1934: 100 yards 1938 – 1966: 110 yards 1970 – 2014: 100 metres

1930: Munroe Bourne (CAN) 1934: George Burleigh (CAN) 1938: Bob Pirie (CAN) 1950: Peter Salmon (CAN) 1954: Jon Henricks (AUS) 1958: John Devitt (AUS) 1962: Dick Pound (CAN) 1966: Michael Wenden (AUS) 1970: Michael Wenden (AUS) 1974: Michael Wenden (AUS) 1978: Mark Morgan (AUS) 1982: Neil Brooks (AUS) 1986: Greg Fasala (AUS) 1990: Andrew Baildon (AUS) 1994: Stephen Clarke (CAN) 1998: Michael Klim (AUS) 2002: Ian Thorpe (AUS) 2006: Simon Burnett (ENG) 2010: Brent Hayden (CAN) 2014: James Magnussen (AUS)

Commonwealth Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1934: 3×100 yards 1938 – 1954: 3×110 yards 1958 – 1966: 4×110 yards 1970 – 2014: 4×100 metres

1934: Canada (Gazell, Burleigh, Puddy) 1938: England (Dove, Davies, Taylor) 1950: England (Hale, Kendall, Romain) 1954: Australia (Weld, Hawkins, Henricks) 1958: Australia (Chapman, Monckton, Devitt, Gathercole) 1962: Australia (Dickson, O'Brien, Carroll, Berry) 1966: Canada (Gilchrist, Chase, Hutton, Jacks) 1970: Canada (MacDonald, Kasting, Mahony, Kennedy) 1974: Canada (Phillips, Robertson, Pickell, Mahony) 1978: Canada (Sawchuk, Thompson, Smith, Tapp) 1982: Australia (Orbell, Sieben, Brooks, Evans) 1986: Canada (Tewksbury, Davis, Ponting, Baumann) 1990: Canada (Cleveland, Gery, Tewksbury, Ponting) 1994: Australia (Fydler, Rogers, Miller, Dewick) 1998: Australia (Watson, Cowley, Huegill, Klim) 2002: Australia (Welsh, Piper, Huegill, Thorpe) 2006: Australia (Welsh, Rickard, Klim, Sullivan) 2010: Australia (Delaney, Rickard, Huegill, Sullivan) 2014: England (Walker-Hebborn, Peaty, Barrett, Brown)

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