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]
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]
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]