Australia dominated the Glasgow pool, but how would they rate at the Olympics? We’ve run the numbers

AdvertisementAnalysis SportSwimmingCommonwealth Games Australia dominated the Glasgow pool, but how would they rate at the Olympics? Getty Images But for most Australian sports fans, there is only one benchmark that matters when it comes to the country’s elite swimmers: the Olympic Games. AdvertisementHow many of these swimmers are genuine Olympic gold medal contenders? Lani Pallister’s 800m swim at these Commonwealth Games was 0.08 seconds shy of US legend Katie Ledecky’s mark in Paris. Getty Images Australia won seven swimming gold medals in Paris, one fewer than the United States, with five of those in individual events.