The peerless Cats won 17.14 (116) to 10.5 (65) after staging a seven-goals-to-three second term and finishing with five majors to three in the final stanza.
The Swans, who haven't won in Geelong since round eight, 1999, strangled the Cats early and fought back in the third term, but weren't able to go with the 2007 premiers for the duration of the afternoon.
Geelong forward Steve Johnson stepped up and filled the match-winning role vacated by the injured Gary Ablett by breaking open a stagnant game in the second term.
The Swans simply didn't have a defender capable of stopping Johnson early on, who ended the match with 28 touches, 11 marks, four goals and four goal assists.
Joel Selwood was also terrific in collecting 34 possessions against a variety of opponents including Brett Kirk, Kieren Jack and Jude Bolton, while Joel Corey – who ran with dual Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes in the third quarter – also had 34; 12 of which were contested.
Defender Harry Taylor was strong against Michael O'Loughlin (three goals) and Matthew Scarlett beat Barry Hall (five touches, one behind), while Jimmy Bartel overcame a slow start for 19 classy touches and nine tackles.
For the Swans, Goodes and Ryan O'Keefe got their side back in contention after it drifted six goals in arrears early in the second half, but the Cats used a combination of Corey, Cameron Ling and Max Rooke to reduce the pair's effectiveness.
Jude Bolton was also one of the visitors' best with 21 touches and 11 tackles, while Amon Buchanan had 22 handy possessions and Rhyce Shaw continued his successful rebirth as a Swan with 24 touches.
Geelong captain Tom Harley got through his first game since the grand final and spent time on Heath Grundy and O'Loughlin, while Ling was solid against Kirk, Jude Bolton, Jarrad McVeigh and Goodes after overcoming his achilles complaint.
Johnson troubled the Swans' backmen in the first half and dispatched of Craig Bolton midway through the opening term after having three – albeit inaccurate – shots at goal.
Paul Bevan was moved to Johnson in an attempt to nullify his effectiveness, but the shift was fruitless as the 25-year-old danced around him to have 17 touches, two goal assists and 4.4 on the stats sheet by the main break.
After leading by just three points in a low-scoring first quarter, the Cats broke open the game with six unanswered goals that moved them 33 points clear.
The Swans hit back with two through Jarred Moore and O'Loughlin, but a six-pointer to Cameron Mooney and a poster to Johnson had the half time margin at 28 points.
The Cats opened the second half with a goal to Bartel before the Swans got a run on and registered three straight after Goodes moved from attack into the midfield.
The margin was cut to 15 points before Cats' defender Harry Taylor brilliantly forced the ball through the centre square for it to end with Mathew Stokes, who dribbled it through for a goal.
The home side went on to kick the only other goals of the term through Rooke and Stokes, with the Swans unable to reply until nine minutes into the final quarter when Grundy answered Mooney's early major.
Hawkins kicked his second after 12 minutes to push the Cats 43 points clear, with premiership player Shannon Byrnes following it up four minutes later.
The burly young 'Tomahawk' nailed another before the Swans snared two in a row, but a six-pointer to James Kelly at the 28-minute mark was a fitting way for the Cats' afternoon to end.
Geelong now host North Melbourne at Skilled Stadium next Saturday afternoon while the Swans will face West Coast at ANZ Stadium that night.
Geelong 1.5 8.7 12.10 17.14 (116)
Sydney Swans 1.2 4.3 7.4 10.5 (65)
GOALS
Geelong: Johnson 4, Stokes 3, Mooney 3, Hawkins 3, Bartel, Rooke, Byrnes, Kelly
Sydney Swans: O'Loughlin 3, Goodes 2, Grundy 2, Moore, J. Bolton, Meredith
BEST
Geelong: Corey, Selwood, S. Johnson, Scarlett, Bartel, Mooney, Taylor, Stokes
Sydney Swans: Goodes, O'Keefe, J. Bolton, Buchanan, Shaw
INJURIES
Geelong: Nil
Sydney Swans: Nil
Reports: Nil
Umpires: Stevic, McLaren, Armstrong
Official crowd: 22,050 at Skilled Stadium
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