Tom Ponting

Tom Ponting

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Harold Ponting
Nickname	"Tom"
National team	Canada
Born	(1965-01-28) January 28, 1965 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
College team	University 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 1986 Edinburgh 4×100 m medley 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

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.

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, which still stands as the CIS record. According to the Team Canada Web site in 2025, Ponting is one of only two swimmers 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)

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay