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: 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

+Men Date → Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 14Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E50 m freestyle H ½ F 100 m freestyle H ½ F 200 m freestyle H ½ F 400 m freestyle H F 800 m freestyle TF 1500 m freestyle H F50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H ½ F 200 m backstroke H ½ F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H ½ F 200 m breaststroke H ½ F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H ½ F 200 m butterfly H ½ F 200 m individual medley H ½ F 400 m individual medley H F 4 × 100 m freestyle relay TF TF 4 × 200 m freestyle relay TF TF 4 × 100 m medley relay TF TF +Men's multiclass Date → Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 14Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 200 m individual medley H F 4×50 m freestyle relay F +Women Date → Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 14Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E50 m freestyle H ½ F100 m freestyle H ½ F 200 m freestyle H ½ F 400 m freestyle H F 800 m freestyle H F 1500 m freestyle TF 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H ½ F 200 m backstroke H ½ F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H ½ F 200 m breaststroke H ½ F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H ½ F 200 m butterfly H ½ F 200 m individual medley H ½ F 400 m individual medley H F 4 × 100 m freestyle relay TF TF 4 × 200 m freestyle relay TF TF 4 × 100 m medley relay TF TF +Women's multiclass Date → Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 14Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 200 m individual medley H F 4×50 m freestyle relay F +Mixed multiclass Date → Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10 Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 14Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E150 m individual medley TF

Qualification criteria

Below are the entry qualifying times for each event that had to be achieved after 1 January 2015 in a 50m pool. 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. 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. 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.

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 colspan=5 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 colspan=4 SB16 SB15 SB14 SB13 SB12 SB11 rowspan=3 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 colspan=12 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 colspan=4

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

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 colspan=5 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 colspan=2 100 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 colspan=4 SB16 SB15 SB14 SB13 SB12 SB11 rowspan=3 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 colspan=12 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 colspan=4

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

Event Class Men Women MQS MET MQS MET 50 m freestyle S3 1:02.15 1:07.12 colspan=2 S4 41.66 44.99 1:01.07 1:05.96 S5 38.95 42.07 45.29 48.91 S6 33.25 35.91 37.60 40.61 S7 30.29 32.71 36.13 39.02 S8 28.44 30.72 33.36 36.03 S9 26.95 29.11 30.49 32.93 S10 25.24 27.26 29.81 32.19 S11 28.83 31.14 35.15 37.96 S12 25.39 27.42 31.00 33.48 S13 25.46 27.50 30.01 32.41 100 m freestyle S3 colspan=2 2:39.50 2:50.67 S4 1:34.25 1:40.85 colspan=2 S5 1:26.37 1:32.42 1:39.75 1:46.73 S6 1:14.22 1:19.42 1:23.38 1:29.22 S7 1:07.03 1:11.72 1:18.40 1:23.89 S8 1:02.59 1:06.97 1:14.65 1:19.88 S9 58.53 1:02.63 1:06.94 1:11.63 S10 55.91 59.82 1:04.58 1:09.10 S11 1:06.69 1:11.36 1:19.55 1:25.12 S13 56.66 1:00.63 1:05.99 1:10.61 200 m freestyle S2 5:47.05 6:07.87 colspan=2 S3 4:51.12 5:08.59 colspan=2 S4 3:41.97 3:55.29 colspan=2 S5 3:05.10 3:16.21 3:38.74 3:51.86 S14 2:02.84 2:08.98 2:21.10 2:29.57

Event Class Men Women MQS MET MQS MET 400 m freestyle S6 5:45.65 6:02.93 6:23.20 6:42.36 S7 5:22.72 5:38.86 5:53.48 6:11.15 S8 4:49.29 5:03.75 5:37.95 5:54.85 S9 4:34.39 4:48.11 5:16.28 5:32.09 S10 4:24.23 4:37.44 4:52.79 5:07.43 S11 5:40.84 5:57.88 6:13.47 6:32.14 S13 4:45.69 4:59.97 5:22.29 5:38.40 50 m backstroke S1 1:42.21 1:50.39 colspan=2 S2 1:11.32 1:17.03 1:33.10 1:40.55 S3 1:04.59 1:09.76 1:20.16 1:26.57 S4 52.95 57.19 1:05.85 1:11.12 S5 44.33 47.88 56.11 1:00.60 100 m backstroke S1 3:45.40 4:01.18 colspan=2 S2 2:47.92 2:59.67 2:58.30 3:10.78 S6 1:27.08 1:33.18 1:39.21 1:46.15 S7 1:18.99 1:24.52 1:35.96 1:42.68 S8 1:12.25 1:17.31 1:29.39 1:35.65 S9 1:07.48 1:12.20 1:17.70 1:23.14 S10 1:04.75 1:09.28 1:13.40 1:18.54 S11 1:19.52 1:25.09 1:32.78 1:39.27 S12 1:11.86 1:16.89 1:23.21 1:29.03 S13 1:10.38 1:15.31 1:21.22 1:26.91 S14 1:05.99 1:10.61 1:16.23 1:21.57 50 m breaststroke SB2 1:38.35 1:46.22 colspan=2 SB3 55.36 59.79 1:32.87 1:40.30