Olympics, the International Olympic Committee awarding them retrospectively. On 10 October 2022, Wood died of cancer at John Flynn Private Hospital in Tugun, Gold Coast. He was 79. References External links 1943 births 2022 deaths Australian male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Wollongong Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Australia Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Deaths from cancer in Queensland Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games