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.
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:
For para-swimmers these consisted of:
Schedule.
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M = Morning session, E = Evening session
Qualification criteria.
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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.
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Medal winners.
The results are below.
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.
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 Summer Olympics 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.
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Club points scores.
The final club point scores are below. Note: Only the top ten clubs are listed.
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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.
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