2023 Australian Swimming Championships

2023 Australian Swimming Championships
Host city	Gold Coast, Queensland
Date(s)	17–20 April
Venue(s)	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Events	64 (men: 31; women: 31, mixed: 2)
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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)

Men [6] Date → 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April Event ↓ M E 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 [6] Date → 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April Event ↓ M E 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 200 m individual medley H F Mixed [6] Date → 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April Event ↓ M E M E M E M E 150 m individual medley (multi class) H F 4 × 100 m medley relay TF

Women [6] Date → 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April Event ↓ M E 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 [6] Date → 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April Event ↓ M E 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 200 m individual medley H F

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
WR  World record | CR  Commonwealth record | OR  Oceania record | AR  Australian record | ACR  Australian All Comers record | Club  Australian Club record | MR  Meet record

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
WR  World record | CR  Commonwealth record | OR  Oceania record | AR  Australian record | ACR  Australian All Comers record | Club  Australian Club record | MR  Meet record

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
WR  World record | CR  Commonwealth record | OR  Oceania record | AR  Australian record | ACR  Australian All Comers record | Club  Australian Club record | MR  Meet record

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
WR  World record | CR  Commonwealth record | OR  Oceania record | AR  Australian record | ACR  Australian All Comers record | Club  Australian Club record | MR  Meet record

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
WR  World record | CR  Commonwealth record | OR  Oceania record | AR  Australian record | ACR  Australian All Comers record | Club  Australian Club record | MR  Meet record

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	Timothy Hodge SM9	2:13.27	2023	Melbourne, 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	Kaylee McKeown	2:08.19	2021	Adelaide, Australia	Kaylee McKeown	2:08.16	-0.03
50m butterfly	Geoff Huegill	23.11	2009	Canberra, 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
Jesse Aungles Ricky Betar Rowan Crothers Tom Gallager Brenden Hall Benjamin Hance Timothy Hodge Jack Ireland Ahmed Kelly Will Martin Jake Michel Col Pearse Alex Saffy	Emily Beecroft Katja Dedekind Jasmine Greenwood Ella Jones Jenna Jones Alexa Leary Paige Leonhardt Madeleine McTernan Lakeisha Patterson Keira Stephens Ruby Storm Rachel Watson Poppy Wilson

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]}

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