Tom Ponting

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Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Men's Swimming
Olympic Games
Silver	1984 Los Angeles	4x100m Medley
Silver	1988 Seoul	4x100m Medley
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	4x100m Medley
Pan Pacific Games
Silver	1987 Brisbane	200m Butterfly
Bronze	1985 Tokyo	200m Medley

Thomas ("Tom") Ponting (born January 28, 1965 in Montréal, Quebec) is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. At every occasion he won a medal with the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Team: two silver and one bronze.

At the Canadian Interuniversity Swimming Championships in 1989. Tom broke the World and Canadian Records in 100m Butterfly/Papillon, with a time of 52.62. This record still stands as CIS record, and possibly Canadian record.

World Record Short Course:
4 x 100 m Medley relay (1992)
100 m Butterfly - 52.62 (1989)

Tom Ponting is the only swimmer in Canadian history to win four Olympic medals in three different Olympic Games (1992, 1988 and 1984).