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2016 Australian Swimming Championships

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Date(s)
  
7–14 April

Host city
  
Adelaide, South Australia

Venue(s)
  
South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre

Events
  
65 (men: 32; women: 32, mixed: 1)

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.

Contents

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

    M = Morning session, E = Evening session

    Qualification criteria

    Below are the men's entry multiclass qualifying times for each event.

    Below are the women's entry multiclass qualifying times for each event.

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

    Mixed multiclass events

    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 Grammer (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. The following day, the team for the 2016 Olympic Games was announced. 34 members were named with 21 of them making their Olympic debut. 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.

    Club points scores

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

    Broadcast

    The morning sessions were streamed live on the website of Swimming Australia. The evening sessions were broadcast live on Channel Seven. 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.

    References

    2016 Australian Swimming Championships Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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