Australian Swimming Championships

The Australian Swimming Championships is the national Swimming championships for Australia. It is organized by Swimming Australia, and is held annually in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) pools (2 separate meets). The two meets are the country's top domestic meet for their respective course.

The meet usually also double as a selection event for international competitions such as the: Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships. Some consider the meet the second-toughest domestic competition in the world, behind the USA's national championships.

The venue of the first edition of the championships was Wylie's Baths near Coogee Beach.[1]

The state that wins the most points at the championships is awarded the Kieran Shield, named in memory of Barney B. Kieran, a swimmer from New South Wales, who was a world record holder, and who died, aged 18, in 1905.[2]

The 1990 Australian Swimming Championships saw events for disabled athletes added for the first time.[3]

Editions

Long course

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YearDatesPoolCityStateSelection for
1964 Ashfield Olympic PoolSydney New South Wales
1965 Clarence Olympic PoolHobart Tasmania
1966 Valley PoolBrisbane Queensland
1967 Adelaide City BathsAdelaide South Australia
1968 Melbourne Olympic PoolMelbourne Victoria
1969 Beatty Park PoolPerth Western Australia
1970 Ashfield Olympic PoolSydney New South Wales
1971 Clarence Olympic PoolHobart Tasmania
1972 Valley PoolBrisbane Queensland
1973 North Adelaide Swimming CentreAdelaide South Australia
1974 Melbourne Olympic PoolMelbourne Victoria
1975 Beatty Park PoolPerth Western Australia
1975 Sydney University PoolSydney New South Wales
1977 Bellerive Olympic PoolHobart Tasmania
1978 Valley PoolBrisbane Queensland
1979 Beatty Park PoolPerth Western Australia
198521–24 February Melbourne State Swimming CentreMelbourne Victoria
1986
198726 February – 1 March Beatty Park PoolPerth Western Australia The selection trials for the 1987 Pan Pacs were conducted in Brisbane from 22 to 25 July.[4]
198825–28 February[5] Sydney New South Wales The selection trials for the 1988 Summer Olympics were conducted in Sydney from 11 to 14 May.[6]
198923–26 March[7] Melbourne Victoria The 1989 Australian Open Winter Championships and selection trials for the 1989 Pan Pacs were conducted in Perth in August.[8]
1990December 1989[8] Adelaide Aquatic CentreAdelaide South Australia 1990 Comm Games
199110–14 October 1990[9] Brisbane Queensland 1991 Worlds
199125–29 April Melbourne Victoria 1991 Pan Pacs
19921–5 April[10] Australian Institute of SportCanberra Australian Capital Territory 1992 Summer Olympics
199324–28 March[11] Claremont SuperdromePerth Western Australia 1993 Pan Pacs
200013–20 May Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales Olympics 2000
200124–31 March Hobart Aquatic CentreHobart Tasmania
200218–23 March Chandler Aquatic CentreBrisbane Queensland
200322–29 March Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales
200427 March – 3 April Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales Olympics 2004
200512–19 March Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales
200630 January – 4 February Melbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourne Victoria Commonwealths 2006
20073–10 December 2006 Chandler Aquatic CentreBrisbane Queensland Worlds 2007
200822–29 March Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales Olympics 2008
200917–22 March Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales Worlds 2009
201016–21 March Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales Commonwealths 2010,
Pan Pacs 2010
20111–8 April Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales Worlds 2011
201215–22 March South Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaide South Australia Olympics 2012
201326 April–3 May South Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaide South Australia Worlds 2013
20141–6 April Brisbane Aquatic CentreBrisbane Queensland Commonwealths 2014,
Pan Pacs 2014
20153–10 April Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales Worlds 2015
20167–14 April South Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaide South Australia Olympics 2016
20179–13 April Brisbane Aquatic CentreBrisbane Queensland Worlds 2017
201828 February–3 March[12] Gold Coast Aquatic CentreGold Coast Queensland Commonwealths 2018
20181 July–4 March[13] South Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaide South Australia Pan Pacs 2018

Short course

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YearDatesPoolCityStateSelection for
19865–7 September Mowbray PoolLaunceston Tasmania
198725–27 September[5] Olympic Swimming Stadium Melbourne Victoria
199025–27 September[14] Adelaide Aquatic CentreAdelaide South Australia
199127–29 September[10] Adelaide Aquatic CentreAdelaide South Australia
199225–27 September[11] Casuarina PoolDarwin Northern Territory
2001August (beginning) Challenge StadiumPerth Western Australia
200729 August – 2 September Melbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourne Victoria
200820–24 SeptemberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourne Victoria
20098–12 August Hobart Aquatic CentreHobart Tasmania
201014–18 July Brisbane Aquatics CentreBrisbane Queensland SC Worlds 2010
20111–3 July SA Aquatic & Leisure CentreAdelaide South Australia
2012September Challenge StadiumPerth Western Australia SC Worlds 2012
201322–31 August Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales
20145–9 November SA Aquatic & Leisure CentreAdelaide South Australia 2014 SC Worlds
201526–28 November Sydney International Aquatic CentreSydney New South Wales
20161–5 November Brisbane Aquatics CentreBrisbane Queensland SC Worlds 2016
201726–28 October SA Aquatic & Leisure CentreAdelaide South Australia
2018Unknown Melbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourne Victoria

Championships records

See List of Australian Championships records in swimming

References

  1. ↑ "Wylie's Baths". About Randwick - Heritage - A to Z of people and places. Randwick City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Fletcher, Russell. "1904-1905 - Membership 86" (pdf). Melbourne Collegians Water Polo Club Inc. - A History - 1894-1994 - The Beginning. Melbourne Collegians Water Polo Club Inc. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Catherine Huggett". Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  4. ↑ Sweetenham, Bill (1988). "Australian Institute of Sport Report" (pdf). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1987-88. Australian Swimming: 45. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 Sweetenham, Bill (1988). "Australian Institute of Sport Report" (pdf). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1987-88. Australian Swimming: 46. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Sweetenham, Bill (1988). "Australian Institute of Sport Report" (pdf). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1987-88. Australian Swimming: 47. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "1988/89 Highlights and Happenings" (pdf). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1988-89. Australian Swimming: 31. 1989. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  8. 1 2 "National Team Report" (pdf). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1989-90. Australian Swimming: 28. 1990. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Honorary Secretary's Report" (pdf). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1990-91. Australian Swimming: 7. 1991. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  10. 1 2 "The Year in Detail" (pdf). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1991-92. Australian Swimming: 7. 1992. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  11. 1 2 "The Year in Detail" (PDF). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1992-93. Australian Swimming: 3. 1993. Archived from the original (pdf) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "2018 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Trials". Swimming Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Swimming Australia - 2018 Hancock Prospecting Pan Pacific Championship Trials".
  14. ↑ "National Team Report" (pdf). Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1989-90. Australian Swimming: 30. 1990. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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