In the 1978 he competed in the 4000m team pursuit, coming 2nd for silver. And the 4000m individual pursuit. In the 1982 he competed in the Team time trial, coming 3rd for bronze.
And the Road Race, coming 15th.
He was described as "the blond-haired giant of New Zealand cycling for the best part of a decade through to 1986".
He was not chosen for the 1984 Summer Olympics despite a world-class performance in the Coors International in Colorado, the selectors apparently regarded him as a tour rider not an individual racer despite having won two New Zealand road championships. Swart and Blair Stockwell were the only two riders to win the "Dulux North Island Tour" three times. He was born in Tuakau to a dairy farmer from the Netherlands. His younger brother Stephen Swart was also a champion road cyclist.
