The 2026 Australian Open was held from 6 to 8 April 2026 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland. In April 2025, Swimming Australia announced that the Gold Coast would be hosting the Open in 2026, 2028 and 2030 in the lead up to the 2032 Brisbane Summer Olympics.

In July 2025, it was announced that the Australian Open Championships will be renamed the Australian Open and would no longer be the Australian Long Course Championships event for swimmers. Australian champions will now determined at the annual Australian Swimming Trials event for able bodied swimmers. This decision was reflective that the fastest racing of the year occurs at Trials. Australian champions in multi-class events however will be continued to be recognised at the Open as this event caters for the entire multi-class community (S1–S19), and not just the para swimmers (S1–S14) with medals presented for this cohort. The Open will also serve at the Open Club Championships event each year with points score being decided on individual and club relay performances.

During the heats, three dogs from Guide Dogs Queensland were present on pool deck to help address anxiety and calm the nerves of the swimmers. This was an initiative by Linley Frame, Swimming Australia's national wellbeing and engagement manager and Shayna Jack who is an ambassador for the organisation. This was well received by the competitors. It follows on the 2024 United States Olympic gymnastics trials in Minneapolis where a four-year-old golden retriever was present.

Schedule The event was held over three days in a 10-lane pool with heats in the morning and finals in the evenings. There were no semi finals held with the fastest ten swimmers from the heats advancing to the A Final and the next ten fasting contesting the B Final in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 metre events, provided that 24 swimmers entered in the heats. The A Final was swum before the B Final. The heats for these events were swum in the order of fastest to slowest. The 800 and 1500 metre distance events were timed finals with the slow heats being swum in the morning and the fastest heat being contested in the evening. The relay events were also timed finals with all of them being raced in the evening session, slowest to fastest heat. A maximum of two visitors were permitted to progress to the A Final of the multi-class events and there was no restrictions on the number of visitors who were permitted to advance to the A Final of the able-bodied events and the B Finals of all events.

M = Morning session (starting at 09:00), E = Evening session (starting at 18:00)

+Men Date → 6 April 7 April 8 April Event ↓ M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 800 m freestyle TF TF 1500 m freestyle TF TF 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 200 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 200 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 200 m butterfly H F 200 m individual medley H F 400 m individual medley H F 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay TF 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay TF 4 × 100 metre medley relay TF +Men Multi-Class Date → 6 April 7 April 8 April Event ↓ M E M E M E 50 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 150 m individual medley H F 200 m individual medley H F +Mixed Date → 6 April 7 April 8 April Event ↓ M E M E M E 4 × 100 m medley relay TF

+Women Date → 6 April 7 April 8 April Event ↓ M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 800 m freestyle TF TF 1500 m freestyle TF TF 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 200 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 200 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 200 m butterfly H F 200 m individual medley H F 400 m individual medley H F 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay TF 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay TF 4 × 100 metre medley relay TF +Women's Multi-Class Date → 6 April 7 April 8 April Event ↓ M E M E M E 50 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 150 m individual medley H F 200 m individual medley H F

Results The medallist for all events are below.

Men's events 50 metre freestyle Jamie JackSt Peters Western (Qld) 21.71 Thomas RobinsonCruiz (ACT) 22.32 Ben ArmbrusterBond (Qld) 22.45 100 metre freestyle Kyle ChalmersMarion (SA) 48.39 Flynn SouthamBond (Qld) 48.80 Kai TaylorSt Peters Western (Qld) 48.94 200 metre freestyle Lewis Clareburt 1:45.57 Edward SommervilleBrisbane Grammar (Qld) 1:46.08 Kai TaylorSt Peters Western (Qld) 1:46.67 400 metre freestyle Samuel ShortRackley (Qld) 3:42.53 Elijah WinningtonSt Peters Western (Qld) 3:46.36 Lewis Clareburt 3:46.86 800 metre freestyle Samuel ShortRackley (Qld) 7:41.04 Elijah WinningtonSt Peters Western (Qld) 7:51.74 Tex CrossHighlanders (WA) 7:57.06 1500 metre freestyle Samuel ShortRackley (Qld) 14:54.75 Benjamin GoedemansSt Peters Western (Qld) 15:12.37 Tex CrossHighlanders (WA) 15:23.24 50 metre backstroke Mark NikolaevSomerset (Qld) 25.20 Isaac CooperSt Andrew's (Qld) 25.30 Bradley WoodwardMingara (NSW)Ethan MacDonald 25.82 100 metre backstroke Mark NikolaevSomerset (Qld) 54.69 Enoch RobbGriffith University (Qld) 55.02 Bradley WoodwardMingara (NSW) 55.56 200 metre backstroke Stuart SwinburnCity of Sydney (NSW) 1:58.25 Matthew MagnussenNudgee College (Qld) 1:59.96 Enoch RobbGriffith University (Qld) 2:00.36 50 metre breaststroke Samuel WilliamsonMelbourne Vicentre (Vic) 27.14 Gideon BurnesBond (Qld) 27.40 Joshua AndersonBrisbane Grammar (Qld) 27.66 100 metre breaststroke Gideon BurnesBond (Qld) 1:00.66 Bailey LelloSt Peters Western (Qld) 1:00.67 Zac Stubblety-CookGriffith University (Qld) 1:00.86 200 metre breaststroke Bailey LelloSt Peters Western (Qld) 2:09.79 Zac Stubblety-CookGriffith University (Qld) 2:10.03 William PetricNunawading (Vic) 2:11.27 50 metre butterfly Kyle ChalmersMarion (SA) 22.77 ACR Ben ArmbrusterBond (Qld) 23.46 Isaac CooperSt Andrew's (Qld) 23.57 100 metre butterfly Matthew TempleMarion (SA) 51.60 Harrison TurnerNudgee College (Qld) 51.70 Ben ArmbrusterBond (Qld) 52.33 200 metre butterfly Harrison TurnerNudgee College (Qld) 1:56.47 Alex QuachNudgee College (Qld) 1:58.08 Caio GalloLogan Vikings (Qld) 1:58.93 200 metre individual medley Lewis Clareburt 1:58.42 William PetricNunawading (Vic) 1:59.22 Se-Bom LeeSOPAC (NSW) 2:00.82 400 metre individual medley Lewis Clareburt 4:10.10 William PetricNunawading (Vic) 4:10.20 Se-Bom LeeSOPAC (NSW) 4:17.40 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay St Peters Western A (Qld)Kai Taylor (47.97)Jack Cartwright (49.91)Elijah Winnington (49.71)Jamie Jack (47.68) 3:15.27 Club Nudgee College A (Qld)Dylan Andrea (50.97)Olive Linde (50.45)Alex Quach (49.47)Harrison Turner (48.24) 3:19.13 Bond A (Qld)Ben Armbruster (50.41)Jesse Coleman (50.63)Campbell Wilson-Moran (49.57)Flynn Southam (49.73) 3:20.34 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay St Peters Western A (Qld)Brendon Smith (1:51.32)Kai Taylor (1:46.43)Elijah Winnington (1:48.12)Matthew Galea (1:51.46) 7:17.33 Nudgee College A (Qld)Alex Quach (1:50.65)Lincoln Burrowes (1:52.27)Matthew Magnussen (1:51.82)Harrison Turner (1:49.87) 7:24.61 St Peters Western B (Qld)Hugh Dolle (1:57.10)Nicholas Nankervis (1:55.18)Bailey Lello (1:52.39)Benjamin Goedemans (1:51.32) 7:35.99 4 × 100 metre medley relay Bond A (Qld)Campbell Wilson-Moran (56.59)Joshua Collett (1:01.10)Ben Armbruster (51.87)Flynn Southam (49.63) 3:39.19 Nudgee College A (Qld)Matthew Magnussen (57.08)Finlay Schuster (1:02.44)Harrison Turner (52.76)Dylan Andrea (50.21) 3:42.49 Nunawading A (Vic)Will Sharp (57.68)Lachlan Chan (1:01.43)Callum Halloran-Lavelle (53.86)Zander Coates (50.90) 3:43.87

Men's multi-class events 50 metre freestyle Benjamin Hance (S14)St Andrew's (Qld) 23.21(968) Rowan Crothers (S10)Marion (SA) 23.59(946) Nicholas Layton (S15)Melbourne Vicentre (Vic) 23.76(924) 100 metre freestyle Rowan Crothers (S10)Marion (SA) 51.18(969) Alexander Tuckfield (S10)Aquablitz (NSW) 53.39(853) Callum Simpson (S8)Flinders Phoenix (Qld) 59.36(832) 200 metre freestyle Jack Ireland (S14)University of Queensland (Qld) 1:55.92(880) Declan Budd (S14)Knox Pymble (NSW) 1:56.61(864) Darren Sisman (S14)SLC Aquadot (NSW) 1:57.88(837) 400 metre freestyle Callum Simpson (S9)Flinders Phoenix (Qld) 4:29.73(893) Harrison Vig (S9)University of Queensland (Qld) 4:20.69(881) Brenden Hall (S9)USC Spartans (Qld) 4:21.10(877) 50 metre backstroke Benjamin Hance (S14)St Andrew's (Qld) 26.10(857) James Logan (S15)Geelong Sharks (Vic) 31.53(557) Jack Carey (S15)SOPAC (NSW) 31.89(539) 100 metre backstroke Liam Togher (S9)Knox Pymble (NSW) 1:04.20(805) Timothy Hodge (S9)Blacktown (NSW) 1:04.25(803) Harrison Vig (S9)University of Queensland (Qld) 1:07.58(690) 50 metre breaststroke Joshua Willmer (SB8) 32.94(755) Riley Moore (SB9)Woden Valley (ACT) 31.28(695) Beau Matthews (SB9)Aquablitz (NSW) 31.65(671) 100 metre breaststroke Jake Michel (SB14)Carina Leagues CJ's (Qld) 1:05.00(895) Joshua Willmer (SB8) 1:12.53(789) Timothy Hodge (SB8)Blacktown (NSW) 1:13.55(756) 50 metre butterfly Benjamin Hance (S14)St Andrew's (Qld) 24.21(906) Col Pearse (S10)Nunawading (Vic) 26.80(685) Ricky Betar (S14)USC Spartans (Qld) 26.61(682) 100 metre butterfly Declan Budd (S14)Knox Pymble (NSW) 56.56(879) Nicholas Layton (S15)Melbourne Vicentre (Vic) 56.42(872) Timothy Hodge (SB8)Blacktown (NSW) 1:01.29(812) 150 metre individual medley Ahmed Kelly (SM3)Yarra Plenty (Vic) 3:16.36(543) None awarded None awarded 200 metre individual medley Timothy Hodge (SM9)Blacktown (NSW) 2:14.35(949) Ricky Betar (SM14)USC Spartans (Qld) 2:13.98(820) Beau Matthews (SM10)Aquablitz (NSW) 2:15.98(789)

Women's events