Scott Goodman

This article is about the Australian swimmer. For the Australian athletics coach, see Scott Goodman (coach).

Scott Goodman

Personal information
Full name	Scott Linton Goodman
National team	Australia
Born	(1973-08-20) 20 August 1973 Hobart, Tasmania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 200 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 1995 Rio de Janeiro 200 m butterfly 1997 Gothenburg 200 m butterfly Pan Pacific Championships 1995 Atlanta 200 m butterfly 1997 Fukuoka 4x100 m medley 1997 Fukuoka 200 m butterfly

Scott Linton Goodman (born 20 August 1973) is an Australian butterfly swimmer who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

Born and raised in Tasmania, Goodman was selected for his debut at the 1991 Pan Pacific Championships, but then missed selection for the 1992 Summer Olympics the following year. He was selected for 1993 Pan Pacific Championships in Kobe, Japan, but was forced to withdraw with glandular fever. He defied medical experts who claimed that he would never swim competitively again in 1994, and won a silver medal in the 200-metre butterfly at the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1996, Goodman went into the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta as the No. 1 ranked swimmer, and fastest qualifier in the heats of the 200-metre butterfly. However, he succumbed to pressure, executing poor turns, finishing with a bronze medal behind Denis Pankratov of Russia and Tom Malchow of the United States.

In 1998, Goodman went to the World Swimming Championships in Perth, but overbalanced and fell into the pool during the final. He was deemed to have entered the water deliberately and was disqualified for a false start. Goodman reacted by throwing and knocking over a poolside chair as he left the arena. Devastated, he quit swimming, but resumed training in 1999 in order to attempt to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to gain selection for the Sydney Olympics.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)