{"id":642845,"date":"2026-04-28T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=642845"},"modified":"2026-04-28T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:45:00","slug":"passages-australian-olympian-brian-wilkinson-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/passages-australian-olympian-brian-wilkinson-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Passages: Australian Olympian Brian Wilkinson, 88"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passages: Australian Olympian Brian Wilkinson, 88<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian Olympian Brian Wilkinson<\/strong> died on April 27 in his native New South Wales. He was 88 years old. Wilkinson died after a short illness.<\/p>\n

Wilkinson represented Australia at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, part of a medal table-topping Aussie team. He made the final of the men\u2019s 200 butterfly, finishing seventh in his only event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The native of Muswellbrook set a world record in the men\u2019s 110-yard fly in 1958. He was part of the 4 x 220-yard freestyle relay that won gold at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, on a team with John Konrads, John Devitt<\/strong> and Gary Chapman.<\/strong> He also took bronze in the 220-yard fly at that meet.<\/p>\n