1986 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships

The 1986 Australian Short Course Swimming Championships were held at the Mowbray Pool in Launceston, Tasmania from Friday 5 September to Sunday 7 September. They were organised by Australian Swimming. ^[1]

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Thomas Stachewicz Beatty Park (WA)	23.98	Dominic Sheldrick City of Perth (WA)	24.03	Gary Lord Shellharbour-Warilla (NSW)	24.12
100 m freestyle	Roberto Gleria Cabramatta (NSW)	51.13	Gary Lord Shellharbour-Warilla (NSW)	51.20	Thomas Stachewicz Beatty Park (WA)	51.32
200 m freestyle	Thomas Stachewicz Beatty Park (WA)	1:50.92	Roberto Gleria Cabramatta (NSW)	1:51.10	Ian Brown Maida Vale (WA)	1:51.29
400 m freestyle	Ian Brown Maida Vale (WA)	3:53.88	Martin Roberts Marion (SA)	3:55.17	Matthew Brown Maida Vale (WA)	3:57.00
800 m freestyle	Stuart Feenstra Olympia (NSW)	7:57.31 AR , =ACR [2]	Matthew Brown Maida Vale (WA)	7:57.75	Ian Brown Maida Vale (WA)	8:03.11
1500 m freestyle	Stuart Feenstra Olympia (NSW)	15:10.66	Matthew Brown Maida Vale (WA)	15:15.50	David O'Brien Roselands (NSW)	15:37.58 [a]
50 m backstroke	Martin Davies CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	26.58 AR [2]	David Morarty ACI Vicentre (Vic)	27.54	Robert Whyte Wales Smithfield (NSW)	27.76
100 m backstroke	Martin Davies CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	57.46	David Morarty ACI Vicentre (Vic)	58.29	Simon Upton ACI Carlile (NSW)	58.30
200 m backstroke	Simon Upton ACI Carlile (NSW)	2:02.47	Martin Davies CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	2:02.93	Craig Boettcher Hunter (NSW)	2:05.34
50 m breaststroke	David Moon MLC Leander (Qld)	29.99	Brad Simpson MLC Leander (Qld)	30.15	James Legge City of Perth (WA)	30.88
100 m breaststroke	Brad Simpson MLC Leander (Qld)	1:04.42	Ian McAdam Wales (NSW)	1:05.75	Gary Barclay Melbourne Aquatic (Vic)	1:05.99
200 m breaststroke	Brad Simpson MLC Leander (Qld)	2:17.97	Ian McAdam Wales (NSW)	2:18.12	Gary Barclay Melbourne Aquatic (Vic)	2:20.47
50 m butterfly	Ian Brown Maida Vale (WA)	25.79 [b]	Mark Weldon New Zealand	26.00	Anthony McDonald Beatty Park (WA)	26.31
100 m butterfly	Ian Brown Maida Vale (WA)	55.38	Anthony McDonald Beatty Park (WA)	56.16	David Wilson ACI Vicentre (Vic)	56.30
200 m butterfly	David Wilson ACI Vicentre (Vic)	1:59.25 AR [2]	Ian Brown Maida Vale (WA)	1:59.32	Paul Block British Columbia	2:04.82
200 m individual medley	Ian McAdam Wales (NSW) Martin Roberts Marion (SA)	2:04.92			Vincent Cossetto CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	2:05.75
400 m individual medley	Martin Roberts Marion (SA)	4:22.63	Matthew Brown Maida Vale (WA)	4:24.53	Craig Boettcher Hunter (NSW)	4:24.82
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	New South Wales	3:28.50	ACI Carlile A (NSW)	3:29.23	Western Australia	3:29.36
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	New South Wales	7:40.29	ACI Vicentre (Vic)	7:43.16	British Columbia	7:43.83
4 × 100 m medley relay	New South Wales	3:51.30 [c]	ACI Vicentre (Vic)	3:51.58	Western Australia	3:54.07

Legend:AR – Australian record;ACR – Australian All Comers record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Andrea Houlden ACI Vicentre (Vic)	27.27	Narelle Marks Acacia (Qld)	27.49	Jaye Butler ACI Carlile (NSW)	27.60
100 m freestyle	Carolyn Reid ACI Lawrence (Qld)	57.99	Anne McCloghry Bluehaven Toongabbie (NSW)	59.35	Andrea Houlden ACI Vicentre (Vic)	59.47
200 m freestyle	Donna Procter Hunter (NSW)	2:02.96	Carolyn Reid ACI Lawrence (Qld)	2:04.09	Sheridan Burge-Lopez ACI Carlile (NSW)	2:04.43
400 m freestyle	Donna Procter Hunter (NSW)	4:14.29	Sheridan Burge-Lopez ACI Carlile (NSW)	4:15.68	Krista Muir Morgan/Miami (Qld)	4:19.03
800 m freestyle	Donna Procter Hunter (NSW)	8:35.19	Kim Bowerman Cabramatta (NSW)	8:48.14 [d]	Sheridan Burge-Lopez ACI Carlile (NSW)	8:48.54 [e]
1500 m freestyle	Maura Connolly ACI Lawrence (Qld)	16:44.07	Michelle Gallen CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	16:44.85	Kim Bowerman Cabramatta (NSW)	16:49.14
50 m backstroke	Karen Lord Shellharbour-Warilla (NSW)	30.29	Pippa Downes CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	30.56	Nicole Livingstone ACI Vicentre (Vic)	30.93
100 m backstroke	Pippa Downes CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	1:04.36	Karen Lord Shellharbour-Warilla (NSW)	1:04.50	Astrid Howton Bluehaven Toongabbie (NSW)	1:05.59
200 m backstroke	Pippa Downes CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	2:16.35	Karen Lord Shellharbour-Warilla (NSW)	2:16.43	Astrid Howton Bluehaven Toongabbie (NSW)	2:17.70
50 m breaststroke	Lara Hooiveld MLC Leander (Qld)	32.72 AR [4]	Claudia Dullo Wales (NSW)	33.14	Louise Bastian Norwood (SA)	33.90
100 m breaststroke	Claudia Dullo Wales (NSW)	1:09.78 AR , [4] ACR [2]	Lara Hooiveld MLC Leander (Qld)	1:11.37	Kellie Lowns Morgan/Miami (Qld)	1:12.86
200 m breaststroke	Kellie Lowns Morgan/Miami (Qld)	2:34.84	Angie Greenwood Morgan/Miami (Qld)	2:35.20	Louise Bastian Norwood (SA)	2:38.12
50 m butterfly	Narelle Marks Acacia (Qld)	29.02	Krista Muir Morgan/Miami (Qld)	29.19	Fiona Alessandri Beatty Park (WA)	29.32
100 m butterfly	Krista Muir Morgan/Miami (Qld)	1:03.92	Celina Hardy Wales (NSW)	1:03.95	Narelle Marks Acacia (Qld)	1:04.21
200 m butterfly	Celina Hardy Wales (NSW)	2:16.87	Jennie Whitford Marion (SA)	2:17.63	Krista Muir Morgan/Miami (Qld)	2:17.94
200 m individual medley	Donna Procter Hunter (NSW)	2:19.41	Pippa Downes CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	2:19.98	Jennie Whitford Marion (SA)	2:20.05
400 m individual medley	Donna Procter Hunter (NSW)	4:50.41	Jennie Whitford Marion (SA)	4:58.60	Linda Jesson Rockdale (NSW)	4:58.99
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	New South Wales	3:57.60	ACI Carlile (NSW)	3:57.90	Morgan/Miami (Qld)	4:02.58
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	New South Wales	8:28.14	ACI Carlile (NSW)	8:31.61	Morgan/Miami (Qld)	8:35.44
4 × 100 m medley relay	Wales (NSW)	4:23.38	New South Wales	4:26.26	Beatty Park (WA)	4:30.91

Legend:AR – Australian record;ACR – Australian All Comers record

Notes

1. The Annual Report lists Jamie King of British Columbia finishing third in a time of 15:42.34. ^[3]
2. This time was incorrectly listed as 23.79 in the Annual Report. ^[3]
3. This time was incorrectly listed as 3:53.30 in the Annual Report. ^[3]
4. The Annual Report lists Maura Connolly of ACI Lawrence finishing second in a time of 8:52.20. ^[3]
5. The Annual Report lists Jacqui Greaves of CIG Burley Griffin finishing third in a time of 8:56.30. ^[3]

References

1. "Australian Swimming – Swimming Statistics 1986–1987 Season". Australian Swimming – 78th Annual Report 1986–1987 Season (PDF) (Report). Australian Swimming. 1987. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
2. "Australian Swimming – Swimming Statistics 1986–1987 Season". Australian Swimming – 78th Annual Report 1986–1987 Season (PDF) (Report). Australian Swimming. 1987. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
3. "Sport – Swimming – Australian Winter C'Ships At Launceston". The Canberra Times . 8 September 1986. p. 17 – via Trove.
4. "Australian Swimming – Swimming Statistics 1986–1987 Season". Australian Swimming – 78th Annual Report 1986–1987 Season (PDF) (Report). Australian Swimming. 1987. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2010.