Thomas Harold Ponting (born January 28, 1965) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specialized in the butterfly stroke. Ponting competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada starting with the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. At every occasion he won a medal with the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay team: two silver and one bronze.

Tom Ponting
Personal information
Full nameThomas Harold Ponting
Nickname"Tom"
National teamCanada
Born (1965-01-28) January 28, 1965 (age 59)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
College teamUniversity of Calgary
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place 1987 Brisbane 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Tokyo 200 m medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland 4×100 m medley
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas 4x100 m medley
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Edmonton 100 m butterfly

At the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) swimming championships in 1989, Ponting broke the world and Canadian records in the 100-metre butterfly, with a time of 52.62 seconds. The record still stands as the CIS record.

Ponting is the only swimmer in Canadian history to win three Olympic medals in three different Olympic Games (1992, 1988 and 1984).

World Record Short Course:
4 × 100 m medley relay (1991) 4 × 100 m medley relay (1992)
100 m butterfly - 52.62 (1989)

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