2021 Australian Swimming Championships | |
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Host city | Gold Coast, Queensland |
Date(s) | 14–18 April |
Venue(s) | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre |
Events | 41 (men: 20; women: 20, mixed: 1) |
← 2019 2022 → |
The 2021 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 14 to 18 April 2021 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland. [1]
Following Australia's performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics where 29 medals were won and finishing 10th on the medal tally, Swimming Australia announced in the February 2017 that the timing of the selection trials would be modified. Historically, the trials were held in April several months before the Olympics were held. This will be now changed to follow the American model where the trials are held six weeks before. [2] The 2021 Australian Swimming Trials were then held at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre from 12 to 17 June and will be selection trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [3]
With the 2020 Australian Championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Swimming Australia released the 2021 swimming competition calendar in July 2020. [4] In September 2020, it was announced that Gold Coast would be hosting the event. [5] This meet followed the structure of the Olympic program with heats in the evenings and finals in the morning. This follows the prescient set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where broadcaster NBC demanded this change so that the finals will be shown on primetime in the United States. [6]
The event was held in a 10-lane pool with 10 lanes being used. This meant that two non-Australian swimmers could progress through the final. With the exception of the distance events, the heats were swum in reverse order with the fastest seeded heat first. Three finals for each event were held – men's 18–19 years, men's 21–21 years, women's 17–18 years, women's 19–20 years and men's and women's open. [7]
There were no major withdrawals from the event with the exception of 2016 Olympian Georgia Bohl who pulled out due to a knee injury. [8] During the Day 2 heats session, Mitch Larkin was disqualified in the heats of the 100 metre backstroke for a false start. [9] Kyle Chalmers won the 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle events, defending his titles from 2019. [10] By taking out the 50 metre butterfly event, Holly Barratt at the age of 33 became the oldest female Australian champion eclipsing the silver medallist from the 1912 Olympics Mina Wylie. Singer, songwriter Cody Simpson made his return to competitive swimming, reaching the final of the 50 metre butterfly event. [11] [12]
Key | H | ½ | F | TF |
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Value | Heats | Semifinals | Final | Timed final |
M = Morning session, E = Evening session
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The medallist for the open events are below.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle | Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA) | 22.30 | Maxim Lobanovszkij Hungary | 22.43 | Jack Cartwright St Peters Western (Qld) | 22.47 |
100 m freestyle | Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA) | 48.04 | Jack Cartwright St Peters Western (Qld) | 48.81 | Louis Townsend Rackley (Qld) | 49.10 |
200 m freestyle | Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA) | 1:47.03 | Alexander Graham Bond (Qld) | 1:47.47 | Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:47.55 |
400 m freestyle | Elijah Winnington St Peters Western (Qld) | 3:45.69 | Thomas Neill Rackley (Qld) | 3:46.35 | Brendon Smith Nunawading (Vic) | 3:51.04 |
800 m freestyle | Thomas Neill Rackley (Qld) | 7:51.65 | Jack McLoughlin Chandler (Qld) | 7:59.33 | Nicholas Sloman Noosa (Qld) | 8:00.68 |
1500 m freestyle | Nicholas Sloman Noosa (Qld) | 15:02.19 | Thomas Neill Rackley (Qld) | 15:07.23 | Jack McLoughlin Chandler (Qld) | 15:20.95 |
50 m backstroke | Mitch Larkin St Peters Western (Qld) | 24.75 | Andrew Rice St Andrew's (Qld) | 25.87 | Jye Cornwell Yeronga Park (Qld) | 26.00 |
100 m backstroke | Tristan Hollard Southport Olympic (Qld) | 54.83 | Bradley Woodward Mingara (NSW) | 55.34 | Thomas Hauck All Saints Gold Coast (Qld) | 55.69 |
200 m backstroke | Tristan Hollard Southport Olympic (Qld) | 1:56.40 | Ty Hartwell Chandler (Qld) | 1:58.73 | Bradley Woodward Mingara (NSW) | 1:58.76 |
50 m breaststroke | Matthew Wilson SOPAC (NSW) | 27.55 | Jake Packard USC Spartans (Qld) | 27.76 | James McKechnie Starplex (SA) | 28.00 |
100 m breaststroke | Zac Stubblety-Cook Chandler (Qld) | 59.87 | Matthew Wilson SOPAC (NSW) | 1:00.27 | Jake Packard USC Spartans (Qld) | 1:00.87 |
200 m breaststroke | Zac Stubblety-Cook Chandler (Qld) | 2:08.28 | Matthew Wilson SOPAC (NSW) | 2:09.44 | Daniel Cave Melbourne Vicentre (Vic) | 2:14.22 |
50 m butterfly | Shaun Champion Abbotsleigh (NSW) | 23.94 | William Yang Loreto Normanhurst (NSW) | 24.08 | Edward Marks Carlile (NSW) | 24.25 |
100 m butterfly | Matthew Temple Nunawading (Vic) | 51.83 | Shaun Champion Abbotsleigh (NSW) | 53.01 | Bowen Gough Nunawading (Vic) | 53.01 |
200 m butterfly | Bowen Gough Nunawading (Vic) | 1:57.08 | Matthew Temple Nunawading (Vic) | 1:57.92 | David Morgan TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 1:58.87 |
200 m IM | Mitch Larkin St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:56.74 | Louis Townsend Rackley (Qld) | 2:02.98 | Thomas Hauck All Saints Gold Coast (Qld) | 2:03.23 |
400 m IM | Brendon Smith Nunawading (Vic) | 4:15.48 | Elliott Rogerson Nunawading (Vic) | 4:21.09 | Thomas Hauck All Saints Gold Coast (Qld) | 4:21.17 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | SOPAC A (NSW) Tomas Kapocius (51.00) Joshua Hertz (49.87) Joshua Simat (51.07) Angus McDonald (50.38) | 3:22.32 | Nunawading A (Vic) Matthew Temple (49.18) Bowen Gough (50.96) Elliot Rogerson (50.73) Brendon Smith (51.57) | 3:22.44 | TSS Aquatic A (Qld) Cameron McEvoy (50.52) David Morgan (50.94) Grayson Bell (51.73) Zach Maher (50.04) | 3:23.23 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Sydney University A (NSW) Daniel Perez (1:53.16) James Koch (1:49.12) Ryan Wilkes (1:51.44) Jack Wilson (1:55.68) | 7:29.40 | Nunawading A (Vic) Matthew Temple (1:49.45) Silas Harris (1:52.63) Elliot Rogerson (1:56.51) Brendon Smith (1:53.40) | 7:31.99 | TSS Aquatic A (Qld) Cameron McEvoy (1:54.26) Kai Edwards (1:54.00) David Morgan (1:52.12) Zach Maher (1:51.82) | 7:32.20 |
4 × 100 m medley relay | TSS Aquatic A (Qld) Connor O'Neill (58.78) Grayson Bell (1:03.57) David Morgan (52.91) Zach Maher (49.55) | 3:44.81 | Moreton Bay A (Qld) Conor Daff (57.40) Josh Hardess (1:03.10) Peter Mills (54.23) Alexander Grant (51.39) | 3:46.12 | Nunawading A (Vic) Will Sharp (58.03) Calvin Reed (1:03.33) Ryan Bicknell (57.63) Nicholas Wu (50.94) | 3:49.93 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle | Cate Campbell Knox Pymble (NSW) | 24.28 | Emma McKeon Griffith University (Qld) | 24.39 | Bronte Campbell Knox Pymble (NSW) | 24.75 |
100 m freestyle | Emma McKeon Griffith University (Qld) | 52.49 | Cate Campbell Knox Pymble (NSW) | 52.85 | Madison Wilson Marion (SA) | 53.56 |
200 m freestyle | Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:55.43 | Madison Wilson Marion (SA) | 1:56.26 | Brianna Throssell UWA West Coast (WA) | 1:57.29 |
400 m freestyle | Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld) | 4:01.34 | Leah Neale Chandler (Qld) | 4:08.26 | Kareena Lee Noosa (Qld) | 4:09.23 |
800 m freestyle | Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western (Qld) | 8:23.13 | Madeleine Gough TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 8:25.24 | Kiah Melverton TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 8:32.84 |
1500 m freestyle | Madeleine Gough TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 16:00.18 | Kareena Lee Noosa (Qld) | 16:08.28 | Kiah Melverton TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 16:12.43 |
50 m backstroke | Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans (Qld) | 27.45 MR | Emily Seebohm Griffith University (Qld) | 27.94 | Madison Wilson Marion (SA) | 28.13 |
100 m backstroke | Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans (Qld) | 58.60 | Emily Seebohm Griffith University (Qld) | 59.22 | Jessica Unicomb Griffith University (Qld) | 1:01.32 |
200 m backstroke | Emily Seebohm Griffith University (Qld) | 2:07.46 | Jessica Unicomb Griffith University (Qld) | 2:13.27 | Tahlia Thornton Rackley (Qld) | 2:16.97 |
50 m breaststroke | Chelsea Hodges Southport Olympic (Qld) | 30.20 ACR , MR | Tessa Wallace USC Spartans (Qld) | 31.22 | Abbey Harkin St Peters Western (Qld) | 31.43 |
100 m breaststroke | Chelsea Hodges Southport Olympic (Qld) | 1:07.14 | Abbey Harkin St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:07.27 | Zoe Deacon Nunawading (Vic) | 2:27.20 |
200 m breaststroke | Abbey Harkin St Peters Western (Qld) | 2:25.26 | Jenna Strauch Bond (Qld) | 2:25.54 | Jessica Hansen Cruiz (ACT) | 1:07.41 |
50 m butterfly | Holly Barratt Rockingham (WA) | 25.75 | Madison Wilson Marion (SA) | 26.92 | Sasha Touretski Switzerland | 27.16 |
100 m butterfly | Emma McKeon Griffith University (Qld) | 56.44 MR | Brianna Throssell UWA West Coast (WA) | 57.76 | Alexandria Perkins USC Spartans (Qld) | 59.01 |
200 m butterfly | Brianna Throssell UWA West Coast (WA) | 2:07.20 | Elizabeth Dekkers Newmarket Racers (Qld) | 2:07.82 | Meg Bailey Hunter (NSW) | 2:09.72 |
200 m IM | Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans (Qld) | 2:09.78 | Tessa Wallace USC Spartans (Qld) | 2:13.14 | Meg Bailey Hunter (NSW) | 2:13.29 |
400 m IM | Jenna Forrester St Peters Western (Qld) | 4:39.46 | Meg Bailey Hunter (NSW) | 4:39.59 | Blair Evans UWA West Coast (WA) | 4:48.73 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Nunawading A (Vic) Kayla Costa (56.67) Isabel Ekelmans (56.34) Gabriella Peiniger (56.49) Julia Hawkins (55.67) | 3:45.17 | Nudgee College A (Qld) Brittany Courtney (57.64) Mikayla Messer (56.69) Nicole Sanders (57.98) Charlotte Mitchell (58.02) | 3:50.33 | TSS Aquatic A (Qld) Kiah Melverton (56.49) Alice Stuart (1:00.06) Tanya Stovgaard (57.16) Laura Taylor (57.26) | 3:50.97 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | TSS Aquatic A (Qld) Kiah Melverton (1:59.85) Laura Taylor (2:04.12) Moesha Johnson (2:01.59) Madeleine Gough (2:00.83) | 8:06.39 | Nunawading A (Vic) Isabel Ekelmans (2:04.18) Kayla Costa (2:02.19) Gabriella Peiniger (2:02.88) Chanelle Underwood (2:05.33) | 8:14.58 | Nudgee College A (Qld) Mikayla Messer (1:59.82) Jade Starr (2:05.81) Charlotte Mitchell (2:04.28) Jessica Mouatt (2:08.26) | 8:18.17 |
4 × 100 m medley relay | Marion A (SA) Madison Wilson (1:00.73) Leiston Pickett (1:08.83) Ellysia Oldsen (1:01.31) Bethan Mounfield (54.85) | 4:05.72 | Nunawading A (Vic) Olivia Lefoe (1:04.71) Mikayla Smith (1:08.94) Gabriella Peiniger (1:02.17) Isabel Ekelmans (56.86) | 4:12.68 | TSS Aquatic A (Qld) Tanya Stovgaard (1:04.27) Kiah Melverton (1:11.81) Alice Stuart (1:01.17) Laura Taylor (57.08) | 4:14.33 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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4 × 100 m medley relay | Nunawading A (Vic) Olivia Lefoe (1:04.22) Zoe Deacon (1:08.91) Bowen Gough (52.71) Nicholas Wu (51.18) | 3:57.02 | Nunawading B (Vic) Will Sharp (57.06) Calvin Reed (1:03.29) Gabriella Peiniger (1:01.68) Julia Hawkins (55.78) | 3:57.81 | TSS Aquatic A (Qld) Cameron McEvoy (58.27) Grayson Bell (1:03.70) Alice Stuart (1:01.68) Laura Taylor (57.47) | 4:00.14 |
Legend:WR – World record;CR – Commonwealth record;OR – Oceanian record;AR – Australian record;ACR – Australian All Comers record;Club – Australian Club record;MR – Meet record
During the 2021 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.
The final club point scores are below. Note: Only the top ten clubs are listed. [16]
Overall club point score | |||
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Rank | Club | State | Points |
1 | Nunawading | Vic | 1,890.5 |
2 | St Peters Western | Qld | 1,432 |
3 | Rackley | Qld | 1,048.50 |
4 | TSS Aquatic | Qld | 860 |
5 | Griffith University | Qld | 815.5 |
6 | St Andrew's | Qld | 677 |
7 | USC Spartans | Qld | 598 |
8 | Chandler | Qld | 547 |
9 | UWA West Coast | WA | 526.5 |
10 | Marion | SA | 492.5 |
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