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.
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:
M = Morning session, E = Evening session
Below are the entry qualifying times for each event that had to be achieved after 1 January 2015 in a 50m pool.
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.
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.
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.
The results are below.
Legend:
Australia did not automatically qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in the men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m freestyle relay, as they had finished outside the top 12 at the 2015 World Championships. Because 4 additional berths were still to be allocated to the fastest non-qualified nations from 1 March 2015 to 31 May 2016, Swimming Australia organised a time trial to ensure Olympic qualification in the event. This was held on the final day of the Australian Championships.
The time trial result of 3:12.26 was a four-second improvement over the nation's world championship performance. At the end of the qualification period, Australia was ranked first among the non-qualified nations. Consequently, on 7 June, James Roberts, James Magnussen and Matthew Abood were named to the Olympic team for the 4 ÃÂ 100 m freestyle relay.
Legend:
During the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.
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. James Roberts, James Magnussen and Matthew Abood were not initially included, but were given a berth on 7 June, after the relay qualification period closed on 31 May.
The final club point scores are below. Note: Only the top ten clubs are listed.
Note: Unattached swimmers in Queensland finished with 167 points.
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.