Penny McCarthy explained

Penny McCarthy
Sport:	Swimming
Country:	New Zealand

Penny McCarthy is a New Zealand swimmer. She won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres butterfly representing her country at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, recording a time of 1:02.27, and finishing 0.35 s behind the winner, Wendy Quirk from Canada. ^[1] She also competed in the 200 metres butterfly at those games, but finished ninth in the heats and did not progress further.^[2]

At the 1978 World Swimming Championships in West Berlin, McCarthy finished 12th in the women's 100 metres butterfly.^[3] The following year, at the 1978 Australian national swimming championships in Perth, she was second in the women's 100 metres butterfly, behind fellow New Zealander Rebecca Perrott.^[4]

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming 100m butterfly – women Edmonton 1978 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 2018 . 16 January 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming 200m butterfly – women Edmonton 1978 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 2018 . 16 January 2022.
3. Web site: Women 100m butterfly swimming world championship 1978 West Berlin . 1 August 2011 . 16 January 2022.
4. News: Record swim lost by timing failure . 25 February 1979 . Canberra Times . 3 . 16 January 2022.