2023 Australian Swimming Championships

2023 Australian Swimming Championships
Host cityGold Coast, Queensland
Date(s)17–20 April
Venue(s)Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Events64 (men: 31; women: 31, mixed: 2)
2022
2024

The 2023 Australian Swimming Championships are scheduled to be held from 17 to 20 April 2023 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland.[1]

This event will double as the national selection trials for the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships to be held in Manchester in July.[2] It will also form part of the selection process for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships and 2023 US TYR Pro Championships, however final team selections will not be announced until the 2023 Australian Swimming Trials in Melbourne, Victoria in June.[3]

There were no major withdrawals from the event with the exception of 2020 Olympian Chelsea Hodges who has required surgery to repair torn cartilage in her right hip.[4] Minna Atherton also missed the event due to injury.[5]

Schedule

Legend
Key H ½ F TF
Value Heats Semifinals Final Timed final

M = Morning session (starting at 10:00), E = Evening session (starting at 18:00)

Medal winners

The medallist for the open events are below.[7]

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle Cameron McEvoy
Somerville House (Qld)
22.11 Thomas Nowakowski
Somerset (Qld)
22.17 Flynn Southam
Rackley (Qld)
22.32
100 metre freestyle Kyle Chalmers
Marion (SA)
48.00 Kai Taylor
St Peters Western (Qld)
48.41 Flynn Southam
Rackley (Qld)
48.53
200 metre freestyle Kai Taylor
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:46.65 Flynn Southam
Rackley (Qld)
1:46.67 Elijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:47.24
400 metre freestyle Samuel Short
Rackley (Qld)
3:42.46 Elijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld)
3:46.39 Thomas Neill
Rackley (Qld)
3:49.28
800 metre freestyle Samuel Short
Rackley (Qld)
7:42.96 Elijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld)
7:49.81 Matthew Galea
SOPAC (NSW)
7:58.64
1500 metre freestyle Samuel Short
Rackley (Qld)
14:58.90 Matthew Galea
SOPAC (NSW)
15:10.22 Nicholas Sloman
Noosa (Qld)
15:18.20
50 metre backstroke Ben Armbruster
Bond (Qld)
25.27 Mark Nikolaev
 Russia
25.43 Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW)
25.44
100 metre backstroke Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW)
54.66 Mark Nikolaev
 Russia
54.76 Ty Hartwell
Chandler (Qld)
54.83
200 metre backstroke Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW)
1:57.42 Joshua Edwards-Smith
Griffith University (Qld)
1:57.63 Ty Hartwell
Chandler (Qld)
1:57.84
50 metre breaststroke Sam Williamson
Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)
27.48 Joshua Yong
UWA West Coast (WA)
27.84 Joshua Collett
Bond (Qld)
28.06
100 metre breaststroke Zac Stubblety-Cook
Chandler (Qld)
1:00.07 Joshua Yong
UWA West Coast (WA)
1:00.57 Matthew Wilson
SOPAC (NSW)
1:00.68
200 metre breaststroke Zac Stubblety-Cook
Chandler (Qld)
2:09.03 Matthew Wilson
SOPAC (NSW)
2:12.38 Angus Menzies
Knox Pymble (NSW)
2:13.35
50 metre butterfly Ben Armbruster
Bond (Qld)
23.05 ACR Kyle Chalmers
Marion (SA)
23.35 Cameron McEvoy
Somerville House (Qld)
23.68
100 metre butterfly Matthew Temple
Marion (SA)
51.49 Ben Armbruster
Bond (Qld)
51.96 Shaun Champion
Abbotsleigh (NSW)
52.01
200 metre butterfly Matthew Temple
Marion (SA)
1:56.96 Ruan Van Der Riet
USC Spartans (Qld)
1:59.22 Bowen Gough
Griffith University (Qld)
1:59.42
200 metre individual medley Thomas Neill
Rackley (Qld)
1:58.99 Finlay Knox
 Canada
1:59.19 William Petric
Nunawading (Vic)
2:00.84
400 metre individual medley Brendon Smith
Griffith University (Qld)
4:16.37 Se-Bom Lee
Carlile (NSW)
4:16.73 Wiliam Petric
Nunawading (Vic)
4:17.85
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Bond A (Qld)
Ben Armbruster (50.63)
Joshua Collett (50.05)
Jesse Coleman (49.96)
Flynn Southam (47.71)
3:18.35 St Andrew's A (Qld)
Jezze Gorman (50.93)
Jack Carr (48.99)
Isaac Cooper (49.45)
Lewis Blackburn (50.85)
3:20.22 Knox Pymble A (NSW)
Tomas Kapocius (50.95)
Joseph Hamson (50.44)
Joel Ivory (49.66)
Tyson Upton (50.35)
3:21.40
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Nunawading A (NSW)
Elliot Rogerson (1:51.06)
William Petric (1:50.75)
Silas Harris (1:51.07)
Evan Chee (1:54.20)
7:27.08 Propulsion A (Vic)
Robbe Dilissen (1:55.14)
Lev Makarushkin (1:53.00)
Lachlan Jackett-Simpson (1:53.60)
James McBride (1:55.08)
7:36.82 Sydney University A (NSW)
Cormac Guthrie (1:54.21)
Fergus Henderson (1:57.78)
Harry Hay (1:56.11)
Thomas Hay (1:51.63)
7:39.73
4 × 100 metre medley relay Marion A (SA)
Mark Ducaj (59.13)
Harrison Biddell (1:03.40)
Matthew Temple (51.50)
Kyle Chalmers (48.09)
3:42.12 Chandler A (Qld)
Ty Hartwell (54.75)
Bailey Lello (1:02.99)
Lucas Humeniuk (53.83)
Harrison Turner (50.83)
3:42.40 Knox Pymble A (NSW)
Toby Peknice (58.17)
Angus Menzies (1:01.68)
Joseph Hamson (53.75)
Tomas Kapocius (50.34)
3:43.94

Men's multi-class events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle Tom Gallagher S10
Somerset (Qld)
23.85 Rowan Crothers S10
Yeronga Park (Qld)
24.16 Layton Nicholas S15
Propulsion (Vic)
23.81
100 metre freestyle Rowan Crothers S10
Yeronga Park (Qld)
52.05 Tom Gallagher S10
Somerset (Qld)
52.89 Jack Ireland S14
University of Queensland (Qld)
52.83
200 metre freestyle Jack Ireland S14
University of Queensland (Qld)
1:56.40 Liam Schluter S14
USC Spartans (Qld)
1:56.95 Darren Sisman S14
Engadine (NSW)
1:59.11
400 metre freestyle Timothy Hodge S9
ACU Blacktown (NSW)
4:15.43 Q Brenden Hall S9
USC Spartans (Qld)
4:18.18 Harrison Vig S9
University of Queensland (Qld)
4:24.59
50 metre backstroke Timothy Hodge S9
ACU Blacktown (NSW)
29.26 Declan Budd S14
Knox Pymble (NSW)
31.46 Dylan Logan S15
Melbourne (Vic)
29.15
100 metre backstroke Benjamin Hance S14
St Andrew's (Qld)
57.46 Timothy Hodge S9
ACU Blacktown (NSW)
1:01.29 Ricky Betar S14
Cruiz (ACT)
1:01.62
50 metre breaststroke Jake Michel S14
Carina Leagues (Qld)
29.34 Timothy Disken S8
PLC Aquatic (Vic)
32.92 Dylan Logan S15
Melbourne (Vic)
32.37
100 metre breaststroke Jake Michel S14
Carina Leagues (Qld)
1:05.47 Timothy Hodge S9
ACU Blacktown (NSW)
1:12.37 Riley Moore S9
Woy Woy (NSW)
1:12.22
50 metre butterfly Nicholas Layton S15
Propulsion (Vic)
24.92 Dylan Logan S15
Melbourne (Vic)
26.24 Declan Budd S14
Knox Pymble (NSW)
27.88
100 metre butterfly Timothy Hodge S9
ACU Blacktown (NSW)
59.69 Col Pearse S10
Nunawading (Vic)
56.76 Alex Saffy S10
Bunbury (Qld)
57.46
200 metre individual medley Timothy Hodge S9
ACU Blacktown (NSW)
2:12.06 Ricky Betar S14
Cruiz (ACT)
2:12.72 Liam Schluter S14
USC Spartans (Qld)
2:14.92

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle Shayna Jack
St Peters Western (Qld)
24.45 Meg Harris
Marion (SA)
24.55 Cate Campbell
Rackley (Qld)
24.88
100 metre freestyle Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
52.63 Shayna Jack
St Peters Western (Qld)
52.64 Emma McKeon
Griffith University (Qld)
53.22
200 metre freestyle Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:55.15 Ariarne Titmus
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:55.28 Shayna Jack
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:55.37
400 metre freestyle Ariarne Titmus
St Peters Western (Qld)
4:00.49 Lani Pallister
Griffith University (Qld)
4:05.86 Eve Thomas
 New Zealand
4:06.10
800 metre freestyle Ariarne Titmus
St Peters Western (Qld)
8:20.19 Lani Pallister
Griffith University (Qld)
8:24.72 Madeleine Gough
Carlile (NSW)
8:26.08
1500 metre freestyle Madeleine Gough
Carlile (NSW)
16:08.76 Tiana Kritzinger
Rackley (Qld)
16:33.96 Chelsea Gubecka
Yeronga Park (Qld)
16:34.14
50 metre backstroke Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
27.42 Bronte Job
Rackley (Qld)
28.21 Jaclyn Barclay
St Peters Western (Qld)
28.23
100 metre backstroke Kaylee McKeown
Griffith University (Qld)
57.90 Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)
58.42 Jaclyn Barclay
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:00.31
200 metre backstroke Jaclyn Barclay
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:11.50 Hannah Fredericks
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:11.72 Jenna Forrester
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:11.95
50 metre breaststroke Jenna Strauch
Miami (Qld)
31.16 Mia O'Leary
Bond (Qld)
31.29 Talara-Jade Dixon
St Hilda's (WA)
31.53
100 metre breaststroke Abbey Harkin
St Peters Western (Qld)
1:07.77 Jenna Strauch
Miami (Qld)
1:08.16 Talara-Jade Dixon
St Hilda's (WA)
1:08.60
200 metre breaststroke Kaylee McKeown
Griffith University (Qld)
2:24.18 Abbey Harkin
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:25.72 Jenna Strauch
Miami (Qld)
2:25.94
50 metre butterfly Brianna Throssell
St Peters Western (Qld)
26.06 Alexandria Perkins
USC Spartans (Qld)
26.26 Lily Price
Rackley (Qld)
26.46
100 metre butterfly Brianna Throssell
St Peters Western (Qld)
57.57 Alexandria Perkins
USC Spartans (Qld)
57.64 Kayla Costa
Southport (Qld)
59.37
200 metre butterfly Elizabeth Dekkers
Chandler (Qld)
2:06.55 Brianna Throssell
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:07.08 Emma McKeon
Griffith University (Qld)
2:09.47
200 metre individual medley Kaylee McKeown
Griffith University (Qld)
2:08.16 ACR Jenna Forrester
St Peters Western (Qld)
2:09.32 Ella Ramsay
Chandler (Qld)
2:12.39
400 metre individual medley Jenna Forrester
St Peters Western (Qld)
4:35.05 Kiah Melverton
St Peters Western (Qld)
4:45.41 Ella Ramsay
Chandler (Qld)
4:45.48
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Marion A (SA)
Ellysia Oldsen (57.43)
Madison Wilson (53.75)
Isabel McLachlan (58.45)
Meg Harris (53.65)
3:43.28 St Andrew's A (Qld)
Georgia Pendergast (55.99)
Chloe Rowe-Hagans (57.04)
Tahlia Prenzler (58.86)
Lauren Maguire (59.40)
3:51.29 Knox Pymble A (NSW)
Claudia Fydler (59.77)
Bella Zhang (57.38)
Jaya Lilienthal (59.51)
Paris Zhang (57.65)
3:54.31
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay St Andrew's (Qld)
Georgia Pendergast (2:01.88)
Tahlia Prenzler (2:09.37)
Finella Gibbs-Beal (2:07.81)
Lauren Maguire (2:08.43)
8:27.49 Nunawading A (Vic)
Chantelle Underwood (2:10.38)
Kirralee Shepherd (2:09.70)
Lucy Webster (2:08.25)
Reidel Smith (2:11.62)
8:39.95 None awarded
4 × 100 metre medley relay Bond A (Qld)
Layla Day (1:01.79)
Tilly King (1:10.09)
Mikayla Bird (1:00.81)
Milla Jansen (55.21)
4:07.90 Griffith University A (Qld)
Jade Starr (1:06.84)
Hayley Mackinder (1:09.88)
Jessica Madden (1:02.70)
Phoebe Bentley (55.35)
4:14.77 Nunawading A (Vic)
Olivia Lefoe (1:03.71)
Zoe Deacon (1:10.28)
Abby Harrington (1:04.83)
Abbey Kearney (56.76)
4:15.58

Women's multi-class events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle Katja Dedekind S13
Yeronga Park (Qld)
27.71 Jasmine Greenwood S10
Cruiz (ACT)
28.58 Rachael Watson S4
Chandler (Qld)
39.65
100 metre freestyle Alexa Leary S9
St Hilda's (Qld)
1:01.08 Emily Beecroft S9
USC Spartans (Qld)
1:03.93 Jasmine Greenwood S10
Cruiz (ACT)
1:02.47
200 metre freestyle Madeleine McTernan S14
All Saints (Qld)
2:13.01 Ruby Storm S14
St Andrew's (Qld)
2:14.85 Jade Lucy S14
SLC Aquadot (NSW)
2:17.73
400 metre freestyle Lakeisha Patterson S9
USC Spartans (Qld)
4:44.31 Q Poppy Wilson S10
Yeronga Park (Qld)
4:49.25 Q Chloe Osborn S7
ACU Blackburn (NSW)
5:29.15
50 metre backstroke Madeleine McTernan S14
All Saints (Qld)
33.07 Hannah Price S10
Campbelltown (NSW)
34.98 Michelle Fawer S10
Engadine (NSW)
35.40
100 metre backstroke Katja Dedekind S13
Yeronga Park (Qld)
1:07.44 Holly Warn S7
St Hilda's (Qld)
1:26.97 Madeleine McTernan S14
All Saints (Qld)
1:10.97
50 metre breaststroke Keira Stephens S9
Southport (Qld)
Jenna Jones S12
USC Spartans (Qld)
35.54

37.63
Ashley Van Risjwijk S14
Wagga Wagga (NSW)
37.79
100 metre breaststroke Keira Stephens S9
Southport (Qld)
1:16.18 Q Paige Leonhardt S14
USC Spartans (Qld)
1:18.53 Ashley Van Risjwijk S14
Wagga Wagga (NSW)
1:20.34
50 metre butterfly Paige Leonhardt S14
USC Spartans (Qld)
29.92 Taylor Corry S14
Kincumber Pacific Dolphins (NSW)
30.50 Montana Atkinson S14
Helensvale (Qld)
31.39
100 metre butterfly Taylor Corry S14
Kincumber Pacific Dolphins (NSW)
1:08.54 Jasmine Greenwood S10
Cruiz (ACT)
1:08.05 Ruby Storm S14
St Andrew's (Qld)
1:09.43
200 metre individual medley Katja Dedekind S13
Yeronga Park (Qld)
2:33.64 Lakeisha Patterson S9
USC Spartans (Qld)
2:38.80 Kael Thompson S14
Sunshine Coast Grammar (Qld)
2:39.19

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
150 metre individual medley (multi class) Ahmed Kelly
Yarra Plenty (Vic)
3:05.84 Grant Patterson
Central Cairns (Qld)
3:12.43 None awarded
4 × 100 metre medley relay Nunawading A (Vic)
Olivia Lefoe (1:02.27)
Zoe Deacon (1:11.62)
William Petric (53.86)
Zander Coates (50.23)
3:57.98 Knox Pymble A (NSW)
Paris Zhang (1:05.50)
Angus Menzies (1:01.92)
Joseph Hamson (53.82)
Claudia Fydler (59.29)
4:00.53 Marion A (SA)
Isabel McLachlan (1:05.31)
Harrison Biddell (1:03.29)
Ellysia Oldsen (1:02.09)
Mark Ducaj (51.72)
4:02.41

Records broken

During the 2023 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.

World records

Event Name (Previous) Time (Previous) Year Location Name (New) Time (New) Difference
200m individual medley Australia Timothy Hodge SM9 2:13.27 2023 Australia Melbourne, Australia Australia Timothy Hodge 2:12.06 -1.21

All Comers and Championship records

Event Name (Previous) Time (Previous) Year Location Name (New) Time (New) Difference
200m individual medley Australia Kaylee McKeown 2:08.19 2021 Australia Adelaide, Australia Australia Kaylee McKeown 2:08.16 -0.03
50m butterfly Australia Geoff Huegill 23.11 2009 Australia Canberra, Australia Australia Ben Armbruster 23.05 -0.06

Paralympic team

The following 26 Paralympic athletes were selected to be part of the team to represent Australia by meeting the qualifying times in either the heats or finals.[8]

Men Women

Broadcast

In April 2023, it was announced that the Nine Network's streaming service 9Now had secured an exclusive broadcast streaming deal with Swimming Australia, after the network had previously committed to broadcasting the next five Olympic Games as well as the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.[9][10]

References

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  2. ^ "Aussie Dolphins Star at Home in Para World Swimming Series". Commonwealth Games Australia. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 Australian Swimming Championships Information Book" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ^ Overend, Riley (17 April 2023). "Australian Olympic Gold Medalist Chelsea Hodges Will Miss World Champs After Hip Surgery". SwimSwam. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ Sutherland, James (15 May 2023). "World Record Holder Minna Atherton Dealing With Injury, Plans on Racing World Trials". SwimSwam. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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  7. ^ Hy-Tek (17 April 2023). "2023 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Swimming Australia Announces Australian Dolphins Team For World Para Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  9. ^ "9Now Dives into Swimming's Showcase Event". Swimming Australia. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  10. ^ Perry, Kevin (14 September 2022). "Channel 9 unveils new and returning slate of programming for 2023". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 2 April 2023.