Brian Johns

Olympic Highlights

Games Sport Event Finish
2000 Sydney Aquatics - SwimmingFreestyle Relay 4x200m - Men7
2000 Sydney Aquatics - SwimmingIndividual Medley 200m - Men15
2004 Athens Aquatics - SwimmingFreestyle Relay 4x200m - Men5
2004 Athens Aquatics - SwimmingIndividual Medley 400m - Men15
2004 Athens Aquatics - SwimmingIndividual Medley 200m - Men28
2008 Beijing Aquatics - SwimmingFreestyle Relay 4x200m - Men5
2008 Beijing Aquatics - SwimmingIndividual Medley 400m - Men7
2008 Beijing Aquatics - SwimmingIndividual Medley 200m - Men18

Notable International Results

  • Three-time Olympian with a best finish of 5th in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay in 2004 and 2008 (7th in 4x200-metre freestyle relay in 2000)
  • The seventh Canadian to swim at three Olympic Games for Canada
  • Set a world record of 4:02.72 in the short course 400-metre IM at the 2003-04 Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) Championships in Victoria (breaking the previous mark of 4:04.24 set by Matthew Dunn of Australia in 1998) - the first world record by a Canadian swimmer since Chris Renaud broke the 50-metre backstroke short course mark at the 1997 Canadian university championships
  • The most decorated swimmer in Canadian university history and Canada's flag-bearer at the 2007 Universiade in Bangkok