2016 Australian Swimming Championships

2016 Australian Swimming Championships

Host city	Adelaide, South Australia
Date(s)	7–14 April
Venue(s)	South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre
Events	65 (men: 32; women: 32, mixed: 1)
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The 2016 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 7 to 14 April 2016 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. They doubled up as the national trials for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[1]

Events

A total of 65 events (32 for men, 32 for women and 1 mixed event) were contested. For able bodies swimmers these consisted of:

Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500;
Backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
Breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
Butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
Individual medley: 200 and 400;
Relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free; 4×100 medley

For para-swimmers these consisted of:

Freestyle: 50, 100, 200 and 400;
Backstroke: 50 and 100;
Breaststroke: 50 and 100;
Butterfly: 50 and 100;
Individual medley: 150 (mixed) and 200;
Relays: 4×50 free

Schedule

Legend
Key	H	½	F	TF
Value	Heats	Semifinals	Final	Timed final

M = Morning session, E = Evening session

Men^[2]
Date →	Apr 7		Apr 8		Apr 9		Apr 10		Apr 11		Apr 12		Apr 13		Apr 14
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle											H	½		F
100 m freestyle							H	½		F
200 m freestyle			H	½		F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle									TF
1500 m freestyle													H			F
50 m backstroke													H	F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke									H	½		F
50 m breaststroke											H	F
100 m breaststroke	H	½		F
200 m breaststroke							H	½		F
50 m butterfly	H	F
100 m butterfly											H	½		F
200 m butterfly					H	½		F
200 m individual medley									H	½		F
400 m individual medley	H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay			TF	TF
4 × 200 m freestyle relay							TF	TF
4 × 100 m medley relay													TF			TF

Men's multiclass^[2]
Date →	Apr 7		Apr 8		Apr 9		Apr 10		Apr 11		Apr 12		Apr 13		Apr 14
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle	H	F
100 m freestyle									H	F
200 m freestyle							H	F
400 m freestyle					H	F
50 m backstroke											H	F
100 m backstroke			H	F
50 m breaststroke					H	F
100 m breaststroke													H	F
50 m butterfly													H	F
100 m butterfly							H	F
200 m individual medley											H	F
4×50 m freestyle relay																F

Women^[2]
Date →	Apr 7		Apr 8		Apr 9		Apr 10		Apr 11		Apr 12		Apr 13		Apr 14
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle													H	½		F
100 m freestyle									H	½		F
200 m freestyle					H	½		F
400 m freestyle			H	F
800 m freestyle											H			F
1500 m freestyle							TF
50 m backstroke	H	F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke											H	½		F
50 m breaststroke													H	F
100 m breaststroke			H	½		F
200 m breaststroke									H	½		F
50 m butterfly											H	F
100 m butterfly	H	½		F
200 m butterfly							H	½		F
200 m individual medley					H	½		F
400 m individual medley	H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	TF	TF
4 × 200 m freestyle relay									TF	TF
4 × 100 m medley relay													TF			TF

Women's multiclass^[2]
Date →	Apr 7		Apr 8		Apr 9		Apr 10		Apr 11		Apr 12		Apr 13		Apr 14
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle	H	F
100 m freestyle									H	F
200 m freestyle							H	F
400 m freestyle					H	F
50 m backstroke											H	F
100 m backstroke			H	F
50 m breaststroke					H	F
100 m breaststroke													H	F
50 m butterfly													H	F
100 m butterfly							H	F
200 m individual medley											H	F
4×50 m freestyle relay																F

Mixed multiclass^[2]
Date →	Apr 7		Apr 8		Apr 9		Apr 10		Apr 11		Apr 12		Apr 13		Apr 14
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
150 m individual medley									TF

Qualification criteria

Below are the entry qualifying times for each event that had to be achieved after 1 January 2015 in a 50m pool.^[3]

Event	Men	Women
50 m freestyle	23.90	27.00
100 m freestyle	52.00	57.90
200 m freestyle	1:55.00	2:06.00
400 m freestyle	4:06.00	4:26.00
800 m freestyle	8:37.00	9:02.00
1500 m freestyle	16:00.00	17:40.00
50 m backstroke	28.00	31.00
100 m backstroke	59.90	1:06.00
200 m backstroke	2:09.80	2:21.50
50 m breaststroke	30.80	34.50
100 m breaststroke	1:07.10	1:15.00
200 m breaststroke	2:27.00	2:41.50
50 m butterfly	25.50	28.70
100 m butterfly	56.90	1:03.50
200 m butterfly	2:07.00	2:21.20
200 m IM	2:10.00	2:23.20
400 m IM	4:39.70	5:04.50
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.00	4:05.00
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.00	8:40.00
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:00.00	4:30.00

Below are the FINA A and B qualifying times for the 2016 Summer Olympics for each event. The A standard times were the times of those who finished 16th in the heats in each event at the London Olympics. The B standard times is an increase of 3.5% of the A times.^[4]

Event	Men		Women
Event	A	B	A	B
50 m freestyle	22.27	23.05	25.28	26.17
100 m freestyle	48.99	50.70	54.43	56.34
200 m freestyle	1.47.97	1.51.75	1.58.96	2.03.13
400 m freestyle	3.50.44	3.58.51	4.09.08	4.17.80
800 m freestyle	—	—	8.33.97	8.51.96
1500 m freestyle	15.14.77	15.46.79	—	—
100 m backstroke	54.36	56.26	1.00.25	1.02.36
200 m backstroke	1.58.22	2.02.36	2.10.60	2.15.17
100 m breaststroke	1.00.57	1.02.69	1.07.85	1.10.22
200 m breaststroke	2.11.66	2.16.27	2.26.94	2.32.08
100 m butterfly	52.36	54.19	58.74	1.00.80
200 m butterfly	1.56.97	2.01.06	2.09.33	2.13.86
200 m IM	2.00.28	2.04.39	2.14.26	2.18.96
400 m IM	4.16.71	4.25.69	4.43.46	4.53.38

Below are the qualifying times set by Swimming Australia for the 2016 Summer Olympics for each event. They are the times of those who finished 8th in the semifinals of the 50, 100 and 200 metre events and 8th in the heats of the 400, 800, 1500 metre events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.^[5]

Event	Men	Women
50 m freestyle	22.02	24.52
100 m freestyle	48.49	53.92
200 m freestyle	1:46.45	1:56.95
400 m freestyle	3:47.19	4:07.58
800 m freestyle	—	8:26.96
1500 m freestyle	14:57.82	—
100 m backstroke	53.39	59.71
200 m backstroke	1:57.12	2:09.16
100 m breaststroke	59.75	1:07.11
200 m breaststroke	2:09.64	2:23.06
100 m butterfly	51.51	58.05
200 m butterfly	1:55.75	2:07.69
200 m IM	1:58.54	2:11.39
400 m IM	4:15.47	4:38.20
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.26	3:39.14
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:11.70	7:55.81
4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.44	3:59.88

Below are the men's entry multiclass qualifying times for each event.^[6]

Event

Classification

S16

S15

S14

S13

S12

S11

S10

50 m freestyle

33.15

30.06

31.86

29.92

28.97

32.53

29.53

31.93

33.32

34.86

37.52

46.43

53.27

1:03.85

1:30.09

1:36.78

100 m freestyle

1:15.60

1:05.76

1:09.72

1:06.96

1:04.14

1:11.40

1:04.09

1:09.67

1:12.60

1:16.02

1:22.46

1:39.96

1:57.30

2:20.45

3:14.91

3:30.27

200 m freestyle

3:06.23

2:22.52

2:30.71

2:33.23

2:30.47

2:33.94

2:24.21

2:34.40

2:44.53

2:49.55

2:56.63

3:27.90

4:09.47

4:53.46

6:49.88

7:24.84

400 m freestyle

6:51.99

4:54.09

5:28.84

5:11.09

5:13.27

5:28.63

5:07.67

5:23.82

5:35.24

6:02.09

6:02.54

—

50 m backstroke

41.93

35.15

38.35

36.85

36.32

40.71

36.03

37.55

38.98

44.21

44.55

49.72

1:00.60

1:06.19

1:34.36

2:01.37

100 m backstroke

1:29.62

1:14.90

1:20.38

1:15.41

1:14.80

1:25.35

1:16.29

1:17.93

1:21.48

1:30.64

1:33.22

1:48.65

2:18.11

2:55.06

3:30.37

4:48.26

50 m butterfly

38.30

31.27

34.22

34.35

33.69

35.86

32.24

34.57

35.33

38.26

38.79

48.71

1:00.48

1:26.36

2:05.06

2:56.48

100 m butterfly

1:25.67

1:07.91

1:16.12

1:12.17

1:11.69

1:17.01

1:10.54

1:14.76

1:16.16

1:25.98

1:30.40

1:53.85

—

SB16

SB15

SB14

SB13

SB12

SB11

—

SB9

SB8

SB7

SB6

SB5

SB4

SB3

SB2

SB1

50 m breaststroke

42.88

35.87

38.16

39.52

41.54

43.71

36.74

42.02

48.39

48.73

59.88

1:05.94

1:12.43

1:24.06

2:14.35

100 m breaststroke

1:34.72

1:15.60

1:23.68

1:21.43

1:24.99

1:28.86

1:23.10

1:24.43

1:43.05

1:47.23

2:09.84

2:17.09

2:46.02

3:19.30

—

SM16

SM15

SM14

SM13

SM12

SM11

SM10

SM9

SM8

SM7

SM6

SM5

SM4

SM3

SM2

SM1

150 m IM

—

3:27.14

4:04.57

6:29.27

8:46.51

200 m IM

3:28.38

2:33.99

2:54.02

2:46.11

2:45.19

3:00.13

2:45.43

2:48.33

2:57.55

3:16.45

3:24.33

4:00.12

—

Below are the women's entry multiclass qualifying times for each event.^[6]

Event

Classification

S16

S15

S14

S13

S12

S11

S10

50 m freestyle

39.94

32.95

36.47

34.50

33.97

39.32

35.72

36.59

39.32

39.86

44.85

50.91

1:04.90

1:25.21

1:48.11

1:47.15

100 m freestyle

1:26.66

1:12.18

1:19.12

1:14.17

1:14.93

1:26.38

1:17.35

1:16.96

1:23.85

1:26.24

1:35.72

1:48.77

2:16.73

3:02.99

3:35.36

4:01.00

200 m freestyle

3:26.49

2:40.17

2:46.10

2:45.58

2:47.98

3:09.46

2:48.68

2:43.64

2:57.81

3:00.95

3:18.48

3:53.58

4:35.13

6:20.10

7:13.25

8:12.45

400 m freestyle

7:23.64

5:37.43

5:59.41

5:38.47

5:49.46

6:31.55

5:44.15

5:32.38

5:59.92

6:24.11

6:52.80

—

50 m backstroke

47.52

39.20

41.02

41.48

42.04

46.29

40.99

42.75

46.88

49.82

53.08

54.89

1:09.43

1:24.58

1:43.01

1:46.02

100 m backstroke

1:54.70

1:24.63

1:27.89

1:27.05

1:26.80

1:40.52

1:23.75

1:27.31

1:33.69

1:44.81

1:49.45

2:11.84

2:39.95

3:14.33

4:21.70

4:31.50

50 m butterfly

42.40

36.74

39.12

38.35

37.89

45.77

39.84

40.29

42.45

43.43

48.43

57.48

1:19.97

1:27.90

—

100 m butterfly

2:24.89

1:20.66

1:27.77

1:23.09

1:19.51

1:40.74

1:25.75

1:24.09

1:30.26

1:40.97

1:52.91

2:48.05

—

SB16

SB15

SB14

SB13

SB12

SB11

—

SB9

SB8

SB7

SB6

SB5

SB4

SB3

SB2

SB1

50 m breaststroke

49.51

41.92

46.38

45.89

45.02

52.43

48.61

48.81

55.78

58.03

1:05.26

1:18.60

1:20.98

1:48.48

2:35.19

100 m breaststroke

1:55.41

1:32.59

1:42.71

1:37.17

1:36.79

1:52.76

1:36.93

1:37.77

1:54.65

2:00.34

2:13.17

2:39.83

3:13.67

4:31.56

—

SM16

SM15

SM14

SM13

SM12

SM11

SM10

SM9

SM8

SM7

SM6

SM5

SM4

SM3

SM2

SM1

150 m IM

—

3:58.16

5:12.74

8:02.98

200 m IM

3:55.48

3:01.25

3:13.27

3:06.66

3:09.10

3:37.16

3:09.16

3:06.25

3:19.46

3:32.21

3:58.43

4:34.69

—

Below are the IPC minimum qualification standard (MQS) and minimum entry times (MET) for the 2016 Paralympic Games for each event.^[7]

Event	Class	Men		Women
Event	Class	MQS	MET	MQS	MET
50 m freestyle	S3	1:02.15	1:07.12	—
	S4	41.66	44.99	1:01.07	1:05.96
	S5	38.95	42.07	45.29	48.91
	S6	33.25	35.91	37.60	40.61
	S7	30.29	32.71	36.13	39.02
	S8	28.44	30.72	33.36	36.03
	S9	26.95	29.11	30.49	32.93
	S10	25.24	27.26	29.81	32.19
	S11	28.83	31.14	35.15	37.96
	S12	25.39	27.42	31.00	33.48
	S13	25.46	27.50	30.01	32.41
100 m freestyle	S3	—		2:39.50	2:50.67
	S4	1:34.25	1:40.85	—
	S5	1:26.37	1:32.42	1:39.75	1:46.73
	S6	1:14.22	1:19.42	1:23.38	1:29.22
	S7	1:07.03	1:11.72	1:18.40	1:23.89
	S8	1:02.59	1:06.97	1:14.65	1:19.88
	S9	58.53	1:02.63	1:06.94	1:11.63
	S10	55.91	59.82	1:04.58	1:09.10
	S11	1:06.69	1:11.36	1:19.55	1:25.12
	S13	56.66	1:00.63	1:05.99	1:10.61
200 m freestyle	S2	5:47.05	6:07.87	—
	S3	4:51.12	5:08.59	—
	S4	3:41.97	3:55.29	—
	S5	3:05.10	3:16.21	3:38.74	3:51.86
	S14	2:02.84	2:08.98	2:21.10	2:29.57

Event	Class	Men		Women
Event	Class	MQS	MET	MQS	MET
400 m freestyle	S6	5:45.65	6:02.93	6:23.20	6:42.36
	S7	5:22.72	5:38.86	5:53.48	6:11.15
	S8	4:49.29	5:03.75	5:37.95	5:54.85
	S9	4:34.39	4:48.11	5:16.28	5:32.09
	S10	4:24.23	4:37.44	4:52.79	5:07.43
	S11	5:40.84	5:57.88	6:13.47	6:32.14
	S13	4:45.69	4:59.97	5:22.29	5:38.40
50 m backstroke	S1	1:42.21	1:50.39	—
	S2	1:11.32	1:17.03	1:33.10	1:40.55
	S3	1:04.59	1:09.76	1:20.16	1:26.57
	S4	52.95	57.19	1:05.85	1:11.12
	S5	44.33	47.88	56.11	1:00.60
100 m backstroke	S1	3:45.40	4:01.18	—
	S2	2:47.92	2:59.67	2:58.30	3:10.78
	S6	1:27.08	1:33.18	1:39.21	1:46.15
	S7	1:18.99	1:24.52	1:35.96	1:42.68
	S8	1:12.25	1:17.31	1:29.39	1:35.65
	S9	1:07.48	1:12.20	1:17.70	1:23.14
	S10	1:04.75	1:09.28	1:13.40	1:18.54
	S11	1:19.52	1:25.09	1:32.78	1:39.27
	S12	1:11.86	1:16.89	1:23.21	1:29.03
	S13	1:10.38	1:15.31	1:21.22	1:26.91
	S14	1:05.99	1:10.61	1:16.23	1:21.57
50 m breaststroke	SB2	1:38.35	1:46.22	—
50 m breaststroke	SB3	55.36	59.79	1:32.87	1:40.30

Event	Class	Men		Women
Event	Class	MQS	MET	MQS	MET
100 m breaststroke	SB4	1:59.46	2:07.82	2:20.22	2:30.04
	SB5	1:46.50	1:53.95	2:04.13	2:12.82
	SB6	1:34.29	1:40.89	1:53.07	2:00.98
	SB7	1:26.73	1:32.80	1:52.17	2:00.02
	SB8	1:18.05	1:23.51	1:32.10	1:38.55
	SB9	1:14.45	1:19.66	1:23.02	1:28.83
	SB11	1:25.79	1:31.80	1:46.05	1:53.47
	SB12	1:16.02	1:21.34	—
	SB13	1:18.87	1:24.39	1:29.76	1:36.04
	SB14	1:13.10	1:18.22	1:24.15	1:30.04
50 m butterfly	S5	45.34	48.97	54.29	58.63
	S6	35.25	38.07	42.61	46.02
	S7	33.92	36.63	42.51	45.91
100 m butterfly	S8	1:07.15	1:11.85	1:24.79	1:30.73
	S9	1:03.49	1:07.93	1:14.03	1:19.21
	S10	1:00.47	1:04.70	1:12.80	1:17.90
	S11	1:20.98	1:26.65	—
	S13	1:09.22	1:14.07	1:24.59	1:30.51
150 m IM	SM3	3:39.92	3:53.12	—
150 m IM	SM4	3:01.38	3:12.26	4:21.50	4:37.19
200 m IM	SM5	—		4:29.30	4:45.46
	SM6	3:06.57	3:17.76	3:28.61	3:41.13
	SM7	2:54.47	3:04.94	3:40.07	3:53.27
	SM8	2:33.40	2:42.60	3:07.34	3:18.58
	SM9	2:26.38	2:35.16	2:47.98	2:58.06
	SM10	2:17.20	2:25.43	2:39.82	2:49.41
	SM11	2:54.09	3:04.54	3:30.34	3:42.96
	SM13	2:36.28	2:45.66	2:52.27	3:02.61
	SM14	2:20.78	2:29.23	2:41.83	2:51.54
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	34 points	4:35.76		5:36.00
4 × 100 m medley relay	34 points	4:49.19		5:51.81
Mixed 4×50 m freestyle relay	20 points	3:35.00

Medal winners

The results are below.^[8]

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Cameron McEvoy Bond University (Qld)	21.44	Matthew Abood Canberra (ACT)	22.08	James Magnussen Ravenswood (NSW)	22.12
100 m freestyle	Cameron McEvoy Bond University (Qld)	47.04 CR, ACR, MR	Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA)	48.03 WJR	James Roberts Somerset College (Qld)	48.32
200 m freestyle	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Miami (Qld) Cameron McEvoy Bond University (Qld)	1:45.63	none awarded		David McKeon Chandler (Qld)	1:46.61
400 m freestyle	Mack Horton Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	3:41.65	David McKeon Chandler (Qld)	3:45.09	Jack McLoughlin Chandler (Qld)	3:46.27
800 m freestyle	Jack McLoughlin Chandler (Qld)	8:00.71	Ethan Owens Marion (SA)	8:06.70	Nathan Robinson St Peters Western (Qld)	8:13.69
1500 m freestyle	Mack Horton Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	14:39.54 ACR, MR	Jack McLoughlin Chandler (Qld)	14:48.60	Jordan Harrison Miami (Qld)	15:18.92

50 m backstroke	Mitch Larkin St Peters Western (Qld)	24.73	Robert Hurley Unattached (NSW)	25.07	Joshua Beaver Nunawading (Vic)	25.25
100 m backstroke	Mitch Larkin St Peters Western (Qld)	52.54	Joshua Beaver Nunawading (Vic)	53.77	Ashley Delaney Nunawading (Vic)	54.29
200 m backstroke	Mitch Larkin St Peters Western (Qld)	1:53.90 MR	Joshua Beaver Nunawading (Vic)	1:56.19	Matson Lawson Tigersharks (Vic)	1:59.37

50 m breaststroke	Joshua Palmer Marion (SA)	27.85	Jake Packard USC Spartans (Qld)	27.86	Matthew Treloar Trinity Grammar (NSW) Tommy Sucipto Rockingham (WA)	27.96
100 m breaststroke	Jake Packard USC Spartans (Qld)	59.65	Joshua Palmer Marion (SA)	1:00.51	Matthew Wilson SOPAC (NSW)	1:00.54
200 m breaststroke	Matthew Wilson SOPAC (NSW)	2:09.90	Nicholas Schafer Acqua Rosa Clayfield (Qld)	2:10.75	Jake Packard USC Spartans (Qld)	2:12.65

50 m butterfly	Ryan Pini Papua New Guinea	23.67 =NR	Daniel Lester Lawton (Qld)	23.72	David Morgan TSS Aquatic (Qld)	23.76
100 m butterfly	David Morgan TSS Aquatic (Qld)	51.64	Grant Irvine St Peters Western (Qld)	51.76	Daniel Lester Lawton (Qld)	52.33
200 m butterfly	David Morgan TSS Aquatic (Qld)	1:55.63	Grant Irvine St Peters Western (Qld)	1:55.73	Keiran Qaium Sydney University (NSW)	1:56.84

200 m IM	Daniel Tranter Trinity Grammar (NSW)	1:58.72	Justin James Mackay (Qld)	1:59.12	Travis Mahoney Nunawading (Vic)	2:00.53
400 m IM	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Miami (Qld)	4:11.09	Travis Mahoney Nunawading (Vic)	4:14.98	Clyde Lewis St Peters Western (Qld)	4:16.58

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Marion A (SA) Hayden Lewis (52.02) Andrew Abood (49.41) Ben Edmonds (51.14) Kyle Chalmers (48.18)	3:20.75	Sydney University A (NSW) Thomas Meggitt (50.80) Te Haumi Maxwell (50.06) Benjamin Lindsay (49.86) Kazimir Boskovic (50.43)	3:21.15	Carlile A (NSW) Callum Sherington (52.40) Leon MacAlister (51.72) Brian de Bono (52.63) Luke Bibby (50.38)	3:27.13
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Melbourne Vicentre A (Vic) Jorden Merrilees (1:51.10) Mitchell Davenport-Wright (1:51.89) Jack Kelly (1:58.25) Ben Schreiner (1:53.85)	7:35.09	Carlile A (NSW) Callum Sherington (1:53.89) Luke Bibby (1:53.32) Nick Jennens (1:57.44) Leon MacAlister (1:53.82)	7:38.47	Yeronga Park A (Qld) Rowan Crothers (1:56.05) Douglas Oliver (1:55.87) Michael Barker (1:57.28) Jye Cornwell (1:55.28)	7:44.48
4 × 100 m medley relay	Marion A (SA) Ben Edmonds (55.76) Joshua Palmer (1:00.29) Kyle Chalmers (52.67) Andrew Abood (48.41)	3:37.13	Trinity Grammar A (NSW) James Traiforos (55.89) Matthew Treloar (1:01.24) Daniel Tranter (53.27) Kenneth To (48.72)	3:39.12	TSS Aquatic (Qld) Joshua Parrish (59.34) Grayson Bell (1:01.57) David Morgan (51.26) Buster Sykes (49.61)	3:41.78

Men's multiclass events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Daniel Fox (S14) Chandler (Qld) Mitchell Kilduff (S14) MLC Marlins (NSW)	24.67 (985)	none awarded		Joshua Alford (S14) Tuggeranong Vikings (ACT)	25.18 (927)
100 m freestyle	Daniel Fox (S14) Chandler (Qld)	53.72 (988)	Joshua Alford (S14) Tuggeranong Vikings (ACT)	54.60 (941)	Matt Levy (S8) Cranbrook Eastern Edge (NSW)	1:02.06 (919)
200 m freestyle	Daniel Fox (S14) Chandler (Qld)	1:57.54 (968)	Liam Schluter (S14) Kawana Waters (Qld)	1:59.57 (919)	Joshua Alford (S14) Tuggeranong Vikings (ACT)	2:00.05 (908)
400 m freestyle	Brenden Hall (S9) Lawnton (Qld)	4:12.60 (969)	Rowan Crothers (S10) Yeronga Park (Qld)	4:09.87 (969)	Guy Harrison-Murray (S10) USC Spartans (Qld)	4:15.35 (868)

50 m backstroke	Jeremy McClure (S11) Canning Lightning (WA)	32.22 (1008) WR	Daniel Fox (S14) Chandler (Qld)	30.06 (972)	Michael Anderson (S10) USC Spartans (Qld)	28.80 (905)
100 m backstroke	Michael Anderson (S10) USC Spartans (Qld)	1:00.96 (933)	Jeremy McClure (S11) Canning Lightning (WA)	1:10.23 (897)	Brenden Hall (S9) Lawnton (Qld)	1:05.45 (840)

50 m breaststroke	Blake Cochrane (SB7) USC Spartans (Qld)	35.55 (997)	Matt Levy (SB7) Cranbrook Eastern Edge (NSW)	36.69 (907)	Richard Eliason (SB14) Ginninderra (ACT)	31.63 (878)
100 m breaststroke	Ahmed Kelly (SB3) Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	1:50.59 (982)	Blake Cochrane (SB7) USC Spartans (Qld)	1:17.26 (978)	Grant Patterson (SB2) Cairns Central (Qld)	2:17.09 (906)

50 m butterfly	Mitchell Kilduff (S14) MLC Marlins (NSW)	27.00 (1010) WR	Daniel Fox (S14) Chandler (Qld)	27.74 (931)	Jack Ireland (S14) Gladstone (Qld)	28.40 (868)
100 m butterfly	Brenden Hall (S9) Lawnton (Qld)	1:02.13 (852)	Sam Bramham (S9) Unattached (Vic)	1:03.72 (790)	Rick Pendleton (S10) USC Spartans (Qld)	1:00.61 (788)

200 m IM	Matt Levy (SM7) Cranbrook Eastern Edge (NSW)	2:36.67 (934)	Jesse Aungles (SM8) Marion (SA)	2:28.68 (851)	Timothy Disken (SM9) PLC Aquatic (Vic)	2:21.54 (841)
4 × 50 m freestyle relay	Australia E Sean Russo (S13) (26.61) Blake Cochrane (S8) (28.23) Timothy Hodge (S9) (27.23) Guy Harrison-Murray (S10) (25.93)	1:48.00	Australia A Liam Schluter (S14) (26.65) Matt Levy (S7) (30.08) Liam Bekric (S13) (26.82) Rowan Crothers (S10) (24.89)	1:48.44	Australia C Jeremy McClure (S11) (30.27) Jacob Templeton (S13) (26.63) Brenden Hall (S9) (26.82) Daniel Fox (S14) (25.36)	1:49.10

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Cate Campbell Commercial (Qld)	23.84 CR, ACR, MR	Bronte Campbell Commercial (Qld)	24.24	Shayna Jack Commercial (Qld)	24.95
100 m freestyle	Cate Campbell Commercial (Qld)	52.38 ACR, MR	Bronte Campbell Commercial (Qld)	52.58	Emma McKeon St Peters Western (Qld)	52.80
200 m freestyle	Emma McKeon St Peters Western (Qld)	1:54.83 CR, ACR, MR	Bronte Barratt St Peters Western (Qld)	1:56.34	Madeline Groves St Peters Western (Qld)	1:57.74
400 m freestyle	Jessica Ashwood Chandler (Qld)	4:03.71	Tamsin Cook UWA West Coast (WA)	4:06.38	Kiah Melverton TSS Aquatic (Qld)	4:10.20
800 m freestyle	Jessica Ashwood Chandler (Qld)	8:18.42 MR	Tamsin Cook UWA West Coast (WA)	8:27.01	Kareena Lee Mountain Creek (Qld)	8:31.06
1500 m freestyle	Kareena Lee Mountain Creek (Qld)	16:27.26	Chelsea Gubecka Kawana Waters (Qld)	16:42.03	Zoe Elkerton TSS Aquatic (Qld)	16:51.43

50 m backstroke	Emily Seebohm Brisbane Grammar (Qld)	27.72	Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar (Qld)	27.80	Holly Barratt Rockingham (WA)	27.90
100 m backstroke	Emily Seebohm Brisbane Grammar (Qld)	58.73 MR	Madison Wilson St Peters Western (Qld)	59.26	Minna Atherton Brisbane Grammar (Qld)	59.59
200 m backstroke	Belinda Hocking Nunawading (Vic)	2:06.49 ACR, MR	Emily Seebohm Brisbane Grammar (Qld)	2:06.59	Sian Whittaker Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	2:07.47

50 m breaststroke	Georgia Bohl St Peters Western (Qld)	30.58	Jennie Johansson Sweden	30.71	Sally Hunter Marion (SA)	31.04
100 m breaststroke	Georgia Bohl St Peters Western (Qld)	1:06.12	Taylor McKeown USC Spartans (Qld)	1:06.68	Jessica Hansen Nunawading (Vic)	1:07.29
200 m breaststroke	Taylor McKeown USC Spartans (Qld)	2:21.45	Georgia Bohl St Peters Western (Qld)	2:23.95	Tessa Wallace Pelican Waters Caloundra (Qld)	2:24.37

50 m butterfly	Holly Barratt Rockingham (WA)	26.19	Marieke D'Cruz SOPAC (NSW)	26.62	Sara Saal Commercial	26.82
100 m butterfly	Emma McKeon St Peters Western (Qld)	56.89	Madeline Groves St Peters Western (Qld)	57.08	Alicia Coutts Redlands (Qld)	57.27
200 m butterfly	Madeline Groves St Peters Western (Qld)	2:05.47	Brianna Throssell Perth City (WA)	2:06.58	Laura Taylor TSS Aquatic (Qld)	2:10.19

200 m IM	Alicia Coutts Redlands (Qld)	2:09.95	Kotuku Ngawati Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	2:11.03	Blair Evans UWA West Coast (WA)	2:11.14
400 m IM	Blair Evans UWA West Coast (WA)	4:35.26	Keryn McMaster Chandler (Qld)	4:37.94	Elle Fullerton Chandler (Qld)	4:39.72

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Marion A (SA) Emily Liu (56.01) Ellysia Oldsen (57.59) Zoe Williams (57.21) Sally Hunter (55.31)	3:46.12	Ravenswood A (NSW) Alicia Walker (57.32) Clare Robertson (57.57) Olivia Adams (58.60) Ami Matsuo (55.20)	3:48.69	Yeronga Park A (Qld) Lorna Tonks (57.05) Caitlin Mitchell (57.78) Amy Levings (56.02) Lauren Rettie (58.15)	3:49.00
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Ravenswood A (NSW) Amy Van Dongen (2:04.94) Ami Matsuo (2:02.50) Clare Robertson (2:06.08) Olivia Adams (2:05.67)	8:19.19	Yeronga Park A (Qld) Amy Levings (2:03.44) Caitlin Mitchell (2:06.14) Lorna Tonks (2:07.15) Lauren Rettie (2:05.65)	8:22.38	Norwood A (SA) Abby Duncan (2:04.82) Emma Duncan (2:06.30) Tess Bastian (2:07.32) Kista Ceplite (2:05.96)	8:24.40
4 × 100 m medley relay	St Peters Western A (Qld) Madison Wilson (59.77) Georgia Bohl (1:06.61) Madeline Groves (57.79) Emma McKeon (53.17)	3:57.34 Club	Brisbane Grammar (Qld) Minna Atherton (59.87) Aisling Scott (1:10.03) Brittany Elmslie (59.38) Emily Seebohm (54.81)	4:04.09	Melbourne Vicentre (Vic) Hayley Baker (59.94) Kotuku Ngawati (1:09.58) Christina Licciardi (1:01.03) Sian Whittaker (55.73)	4:06.28

Women's multiclass events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Ellie Cole (S9) Castle Hill RSL (NSW)	28.75 (1031) WR	Lakeisha Patterson (S8) Unattached (Qld)	30.56 (958)	Ashleigh McConnell (S9) Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	29.52 (952)
100 m freestyle	Maddison Elliott (S8) Newcastle University (NSW)	1:05.34 (971)	Rachael Watson (S4) Chandler (Qld)	1:31.78 (928)	Ellie Cole (S9) Castle Hill RSL (NSW)	1:02.69 (925)
200 m freestyle	Lakeisha Patterson (S8) Unattached (Qld)	2:18.98 (988)	Kayla Clarke (S14) Waterworx (Qld)	2:16.25 (772)	Katja Dedekind (S13) University of Queensland (Qld)	2:20.97 (754)
400 m freestyle	Monique Murphy (S10) Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	4:35.53 (970)	Lakeisha Patterson (S8) Unattached (Qld)	4:45.06 (952)	Jade Lucy (S14) SLC Aquadot (NSW)	4:52.82 (871)

50 m backstroke	Taylor Corry (S14) Nelson Bay (NSW)	32.17 (951)	Nicole Miro (S10) SLC Aquadot (NSW)	34.08 (803)	Madeleine McTernan (S14) Coffs Harbour (NSW)	34.07 (801)
100 m backstroke	Ellie Cole (S9) Castle Hill RSL (NSW)	1:10.69 (917)	Maddison Elliott (S8) Newcastle University (NSW)	1:19.59 (816)	Lakeisha Patterson (S8) Unattached (Qld)	1:19.84 (808)

50 m breaststroke	Tiffany Thomas Kane (SB6) Ravenswood (NSW)	43.06 (1104) WR	Kendall Williams (SB9) Newcastle University (NSW)	38.64 (755)	Kate Wilson (SB6) Kingscliff (NSW)	49.66 (720)
100 m breaststroke	Tiffany Thomas Kane (SB6) Ravenswood (NSW)	1:35.32 (988)	Prue Watt (SB13) Cranbrook Eastern Edge (NSW)	1:19.18 (924)	Paige Leonhardt (SB14) Wingham (NSW)	1:21.31 (847)

50 m butterfly	Taylor Corry (S14) Nelson Bay (NSW)	30.51 (966)	Emily Beecroft (S7) Traralgon (Vic)	33.53 (856)	Tiffany Thomas Kane (S7) Ravenswood (NSW)	38.32 (833)
100 m butterfly	Taylor Corry (S14) Nelson Bay (NSW)	1:09.63 (937)	Madeleine Scott (S9) Canberra (ACT)	1:10.35 (854)	Prue Watt (S13) Cranbrook Eastern Edge (NSW)	1:09.72 (811)

200 m IM	Tiffany Thomas Kane (SM7) Ravenswood (NSW)	3:08.98 (879)	Katherine Downie (SM10) Westside Christchurch (WA)	2:34.84 (832)	Madeleine Scott (SM9) Canberra (ACT)	2:38.68 (809)
4 × 50 m freestyle relay	Australia A Katja Dedekind (S13) (30.52) Maddison Elliott (S8) (31.83) Ashleigh McConnell (S9) (31.13) Taylor Corry (S14) (28.88)	2:02.36	Australia C Prue Watt (S13) (30.43) Madeleine Scott (S9) (32.03) Monique Murphy (S10) (31.75) Jenna Jones (S13) (30.45)	2:04.66	Australia B Emily Beecroft (S9) (31.37) Lakeisha Patterson (S8) (32.31) Paige Leonhardt (S10) (31.99) Ellie Cole (S9) (30.39)	2:06.06

Mixed multiclass events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
150 m IM	Grant Patterson (SM3) Cairns Central (Qld)	3:12.24 (618)	Ahmed Kelly (SM4) Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	3:06.92 (476)	None awarded

Legend: WR – World record; WJR – World Junior record; CR – Commonwealth record; OR – Oceanian record; AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record; Club – Australian Club record; MR – Meet record

Records broken

During the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.

World records

Men's 50 m backstroke S11 – Jeremy McClure, Canning Lightning (32.22) (final)
Men's 50 m butterfly S14 – Mitchell Kilduff, MLC Marlins (27.00) (final)
Women's 50 metre freestyle S9 – Ellie Cole, Castle Hill RSL (28.75) (final)
Women's 50 metre breaststroke SB6 – Tiffany Thomas Kane, Ravenswood (43.06) (final)

World Junior records

Men's 100 m freestyle – Kyle Chalmers, Marion (48.03) (final)

Commonwealth, Oceanian and Australian records

Men's 100 m freestyle – Cameron McEvoy, Bond University (47.04) (final)
Women's 50 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (23.93) (semis)
Women's 50 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (23.84) (final)
Women's 200 m freestyle – Emma McKeon, St Peters Western (1:54.83) (final)

Australian club records

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay – Madison Wilson, Georgia Bohl, Madeline Groves, Emma McKeon, St Peters Western (3:57.34) (final)

All Comers records

Men's 100 m freestyle – Cameron McEvoy, Bond University (47.04) (final)
Men's 1500 m freestyle – Mack Horton, Melbourne Vicentre (14:39.54) (final)
Men's 100 m backstroke – Mitch Larkin, St Peters Western (52.48) (semis)
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay – James Roberts, Kyle Chalmers, James Magnussen, Cameron McEvoy, Australia A (3:12.26) (time trial)
Women's 50 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (23.93) (semis)
Women's 50 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (23.84) (final)
Women's 100 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (52.41) (semis)
Women's 100 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (52.38) (final)
Women's 200 m freestyle – Emma McKeon, St Peters Western (1:54.83) (final)
Women's 200 m backstroke – Belinda Hocking, Nunawading (2:06.49) (final)

Championship records

Men's 100 m freestyle – Cameron McEvoy, Bond University (47.04) (final)
Men's 1500 m freestyle – Mack Horton, Melbourne Vicentre (14:39.54) (final)
Men's 100 m backstroke – Mitch Larkin, St Peters Western (52.48) (semis)
Men's 200 m backstroke – Mitch Larkin, St Peters Western (1:54.68) (semis)
Men's 200 m backstroke – Mitch Larkin, St Peters Western (1:53.90) (final)
Women's 50 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (23.93) (semis)
Women's 50 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (23.84) (final)
Women's 100 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (52.41) (semis)
Women's 100 m freestyle – Cate Campbell, Commercial (52.38) (final)
Women's 200 m freestyle – Emma McKeon, St Peters Western (1:54.83) (final)
Women's 800 m freestyle – Jessica Ashwood, Chandler (8:18.42) (final)
Women's 100 m backstroke – Emily Seebohm, Brisbane Grammar (58.73) (final)
Women's 200 m backstroke – Belinda Hocking, Nunawading (2:06.49) (final)

Papua New Guinean records

Men's 50 m backstroke – Ryan Pini, 25.62 (heat)
Men's 50 m backstroke – Ryan Pini, 25.55 (final)
Men's 50 m butterfly – Ryan Pini, 23.67 (heat)
Men's 50 m butterfly – Ryan Pini, 23.67 (final)

Olympic and Paralympic teams

On 13 April 2016, the team for the 2016 Paralympic Games was announced. 31 members were named with the remaining five to be announced in the coming months.^[9] The following day, the team for the 2016 Summer Olympics was announced. 34 members were named with 21 of them making their Olympic debut.^[10] On 7 June it was announced that James Roberts, James Magnussen and Matthew Abood had also made the squad as members of the 4 × 100 men's freestyle relay team. With Australia finishing outside the top 12 at the 2015 World Championships, the trio had to wait until FINA finalised their rankings on 31 May.^[11]

2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team
Name	State	Age^[a]	Olympics
Matthew Abood	ACT	29	1st
Jessica Ashwood	Qld	21	2nd
Bronte Barratt	Qld	27	3rd
Joshua Beaver	Vic	23	1st
Georgia Bohl	Qld	19	1st
Bronte Campbell	Qld	21	2nd
Cate Campbell	Qld	21	3rd
Kyle Chalmers	SA	17	1st
Tamsin Cook	WA	17	1st
Alicia Coutts	Qld	28	3rd
Brittany Elmslie	Qld	21	2nd
Blair Evans	WA	25	2nd
Thomas Fraser-Holmes	Qld	24	2nd
Madeline Groves	Qld	20	1st
Jacob Hansford	NSW	20	1st
Belinda Hocking	Vic	25	3rd
Mack Horton	Vic	19	1st
Grant Irvine	Qld	25	1st
Mitch Larkin	Qld	22	2nd
Travis Mahoney	Vic	25	1st
James Magnussen	NSW	25	2nd
Cameron McEvoy	Qld	21	2nd
David McKeon	Qld	23	2nd
Emma McKeon	Qld	21	1st
Taylor McKeown	Qld	21	1st
Jack McLoughlin	Qld	21	1st
Keryn McMaster	Qld	22	1st
David Morgan	Qld	22	1st
Leah Neale	Qld	20	1st
Kotuku Ngawati	Vic	21	1st
Jake Packard	Qld	21	1st
Joshua Palmer	SA	24	1st
James Roberts	Qld	25	2nd
Emily Seebohm	Qld	23	3rd
Daniel Smith	Qld	24	1st
Brianna Throssell	WA	20	1st
Madison Wilson	Qld	21	1st

2016 Australian Paralympic Swimming Team
Name	State	Age^[a]	Paralympics
Joshua Alford	ACT	20	1st
Michael Anderson	Qld	28	3rd
Jesse Aungles	SA	20	1st
Emily Beecroft	Vic	16	1st
Liam Bekric	SA	15	1st
Blake Cochrane	SA	25	3rd
Ellie Cole	NSW	24	3rd
Rowan Crothers	Qld	18	1st
Timothy Disken	Vic	19	1st
Maddison Elliott	NSW	17	2nd
Daniel Fox	Qld	24	2nd
Brenden Hall	Qld	22	3rd
Guy Harrison-Murray	Qld	18	1st
Timothy Hodge	NSW	15	1st
Tanya Huebner	Vic	37	2nd
Braedan Jason	Qld	17	1st
Jenna Jones	NSW	15	1st
Ahmed Kelly	Vic	24	2nd
Paige Leonhardt	NSW	15	1st
Matt Levy	NSW	29	4th
Jeremy McClure	WA	28	4th
Ashleigh McConnell	Vic	20	1st
Monique Murphy	Vic	22	1st
Lakeisha Patterson	Qld	17	1st
Rick Pendleton	Qld	31	4th
Logan Powell	Qld	17	1st
Sean Russo	NSW	25	2nd
Madeleine Scott	ACT	23	1st
Jacob Templeton	Qld	20	1st
Tiffany Thomas Kane	NSW	14	1st
Prue Watt	NSW	28	4th

Club points scores

The final club point scores are below. Note: Only the top ten clubs are listed.^[12]

Overall club point score
Rank	Club	State	Points
1	St Peters Western	Qld	749.5
2	Chandler	Qld	693.5
3	USC Spartans	Qld	656.5
4	Melbourne Vicentre	Vic	610.5
5	Marion	SA	559
6	TSS Aquatic	Qld	524
7	Nunawading	Vic	490
8	Brisbane Grammar	Qld	367
9	SOPAC	NSW	354
10	Ravenswood	NSW	295

Club point score excluding MC events
Rank	Club	State	Points
1	St Peters Western	Qld	749.5
2	TSS Aquatic	Qld	524
3	Marion	SA	476
4	Chandler	Qld	465
5	Nunawading	Vic	419
6	Melbourne Vicentre	Vic	410.5
7	Brisbane Grammar	Qld	367
8	SOPAC	NSW	346
9	Commercial	Qld	282
10	USC Spartans	Qld	268

Multi class club point score
Rank	Club	State	Points
1	USC Spartans	Qld	388.5
2	Chandler	Qld	228.5
3	SLC Aquadot	NSW	220
4	Cranbrook Eastern Edge	NSW	205
5	Melbourne Vicentre	Vic	200
6	Nelson Bay	NSW	196
7	Ravenswood	NSW	170
8	Newcastle University	NSW	157
9	Lawnton	Qld	149
10	MLC Marlins	NSW	143.5

Note: Unattached swimmers in Queensland finished with 167 points.

Broadcast

The morning sessions were streamed live on the website of Swimming Australia. The evening sessions were broadcast live on Channel Seven.^[13] This was the first national championships to be screen by Seven after securing the broadcast rights with Swimming Australia in September 2015. The deal is for the next five years with the option to extend for a further four years through until 2025.^[14]

Notes

^ ^a ^b As at the time of the announcement

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