2016 Australian Swimming Championships

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]

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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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 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

S9

S8

S7

S6

S5

S4

S3

S2

S1

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

S9

S8

S7

S6

S5

S4

S3

S2

S1

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

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 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 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 — SB3 55.36 59.79 1:32.87 1:40.30

Event Class Men Women 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 — 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

1. As at the time of the announcement

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