2026 Australian Open (swimming)

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Host cityGold Coast, Queensland
Date6–8 April
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Events65 (men: 32; women: 32, mixed: 1)
2026 Australian Open
Host cityGold Coast, Queensland
Date6–8 April
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Events65 (men: 32; women: 32, mixed: 1)
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The 2026 Australian Open was held from 6 to 8 April 2026 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Legend
Key H ½ F TF
Value Heats Semifinals Final Timed final

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

Results

The medallist for all events are below.[7]

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle Jamie Jack
St Peters Western (Qld)		21.71 Thomas Robinson
Cruiz (ACT)		22.32 Ben Armbruster
Bond (Qld)		22.45
100 metre freestyle Kyle Chalmers
Marion (SA)		48.39 Flynn Southam
Bond (Qld)		48.80 Kai Taylor
St Peters Western (Qld)		48.94
200 metre freestyle Lewis Clareburt
 New Zealand		1:45.57 Edward Sommerville
Brisbane Grammar (Qld)		1:46.08 Kai Taylor
St Peters Western (Qld)		1:46.67
400 metre freestyle Samuel Short
Rackley (Qld)		3:42.53 Elijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld)		3:46.36 Lewis Clareburt
 New Zealand		3:46.86
800 metre freestyle Samuel Short
Rackley (Qld)		7:41.04 Elijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld)		7:51.74 Tex Cross
Highlanders (WA)		7:57.06
1500 metre freestyle Samuel Short
Rackley (Qld)		14:54.75 Benjamin Goedemans
St Peters Western (Qld)		15:12.37 Tex Cross
Highlanders (WA)		15:23.24
50 metre backstroke Mark Nikolaev
Somerset (Qld)		25.20 Isaac Cooper
St Andrew's (Qld)		25.30 Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW)
Ethan MacDonald
 New Zealand		25.82
100 metre backstroke Mark Nikolaev
Somerset (Qld)		54.69 Enoch Robb
Griffith University (Qld)		55.02 Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW)		55.56
200 metre backstroke Stuart Swinburn
City of Sydney (NSW)		1:58.25 Matthew Magnussen
Nudgee College (Qld)		1:59.96 Enoch Robb
Griffith University (Qld)		2:00.36
50 metre breaststroke Samuel Williamson
Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)		27.14 Gideon Burnes
Bond (Qld)		27.40 Joshua Anderson
Brisbane Grammar (Qld)		27.66
100 metre breaststroke Gideon Burnes
Bond (Qld)		1:00.66 Bailey Lello
St Peters Western (Qld)		1:00.67 Zac Stubblety-Cook
Griffith University (Qld)		1:00.86
200 metre breaststroke Bailey Lello
St Peters Western (Qld)		2:09.79 Zac Stubblety-Cook
Griffith University (Qld)		2:10.03 William Petric
Nunawading (Vic)		2:11.27
50 metre butterfly Kyle Chalmers
Marion (SA)		22.77 ACR Ben Armbruster
Bond (Qld)		23.46 Isaac Cooper
St Andrew's (Qld)		23.57
100 metre butterfly Matthew Temple
Marion (SA)		51.60 Harrison Turner
Nudgee College (Qld)		51.70 Ben Armbruster
Bond (Qld)		52.33
200 metre butterfly Harrison Turner
Nudgee College (Qld)		1:56.47 Alex Quach
Nudgee College (Qld)		1:58.08 Caio Gallo
Logan Vikings (Qld)		1:58.93
200 metre individual medley Lewis Clareburt
 New Zealand		1:58.42 William Petric
Nunawading (Vic)		1:59.22 Se-Bom Lee
SOPAC (NSW)		2:00.82
400 metre individual medley Lewis Clareburt
 New Zealand		4:10.10 William Petric
Nunawading (Vic)		4:10.20 Se-Bom Lee
SOPAC (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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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)
 New Zealand		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)
 New Zealand		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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle Shayna Jack
St Peters Western (Qld)		24.60 Olivia Wunsch
Carlile (NSW)		24.84 Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)		24.89
100 metre freestyle Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)		52.66 Meg Harris
Rackley (Qld)		53.36 Olivia Wunsch
Carlile (NSW)		53.58
200 metre freestyle Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)		1:53.69 Lani Pallister
St Peters Western (Qld)		1:55.66 Erika Fairweather
 New Zealand		1:55.72
400 metre freestyle Lani Pallister
St Peters Western (Qld)		3:59.36 Erika Fairweather
 New Zealand		4:02.09 Maria da Costa
 Brazil		4:03.41
800 metre freestyle Lani Pallister
St Peters Western (Qld)		8:11.28 Maria da Costa
 Brazil		8:23.98 Erika Fairweather
 New Zealand		8:26.55
1500 metre freestyle Lani Pallister
St Peters Western (Qld)		15:44.07 Gan Ching Hwee
 Singapore		16:08.83 Molly Walker
Southern Performance (SA)		16:14.80
50 metre backstroke Alexandria Perkins
USC Spartans (Qld)		27.79 Savannah Martin
 New Zealand		28.03 Mackenzie Burns
St Andrew's (Qld)		28.25
100 metre backstroke Kaylee McKeown
USC Spartans (Qld)		58.06 Mollie O'Callaghan
St Peters Western (Qld)		58.98 Hannah Fredericks
St Peters Western (Qld)		1:00.19
200 metre backstroke Kaylee McKeown
USC Spartans (Qld)		2:05.66 Hannah Fredericks
St Peters Western (Qld)		2:08.80 Jenna Forrester
St Peters Western (Qld)		2:10.74
50 metre breaststroke Sienna Toohey
Albury (NSW)		30.39 Mia O'Leary
Griffith University (Qld)		30.75 Lily Koch
Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)		31.25
100 metre breaststroke Sienna Toohey
Albury (NSW)		1:06.69 Ella Ramsay
Griffith University (Qld)		1:07.12 Tara Kinder
Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)		1:07.76
200 metre breaststroke Tara Kinder
Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)		2:24.19 Sienna Toohey
Albury (NSW)		2:26.43 Ella Ramsay
Griffith University (Qld)		2:26.81
50 metre butterfly Alexandria Perkins
USC Spartans (Qld)		25.62 Hazel Ouwehand
 New Zealand		26.13 Mackenzie Burns
St Andrew's (Qld)		26.34
100 metre butterfly Alexandria Perkins
USC Spartans (Qld)		57.21 Elizabeth Dekkers
St Peters Western (Qld)		58.21 Lily Price
Rackley (Qld)		58.70
200 metre butterfly Elizabeth Dekkers
St Peters Western (Qld)		2:05.39 Bella Grant
USC Spartans (Qld)		2:09.97 Poppy Stephen
Brisbane Grammar (Qld)		2:10.20
200 metre individual medley Kaylee McKeown
USC Spartans (Qld)		2:09.22 Ella Ramsay
Griffith University (Qld)		2:09.94 Tara Kinder
Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)
Jenna Forrester
St Peters Western (Qld)		2:11.97
400 metre individual medley Jenna Forrester
St Peters Western (Qld)		4:35.40 Tara Kinder
Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)		4:37.72 Ella Ramsay
Griffith University (Qld)		4:40.78
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay St Peters Western A (Qld)
Milla Jansen (54.18)
Shayna Jack (52.95)
Mollie O'Callaghan (53.12)
Lani Pallister (54.36)		3:34.61 Club Bond A (Qld)
Dominique Melbourn (56.60)
Ainsley Trotter (56.24)
Mikayla Bird (56.80)
Hannah Casey (54.68)		3:45.40 St Peters Western B (Qld)
Amelia Weber (55.83)
Jacqueline Davison-McGovern (56.29)
Stefanie McCarthy (56.67)
Jenna Forrester (56.61)		3:45.40
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay St Peters Western B (Qld)
Milla Jansen (2:04.32)
Stefanie McCarthy (2:04.94)
Lani Pallister (1:58.58)
Jenna Forrester (2:04.94)		8:12.78 St Peters Western A (Qld)
Amelia Weber (2:04.42)
Shayna Jack (2:04.98)
Mollie O'Callaghan (1:58.05)
Jacqueline Davison-McGovern (2:05.72)		8:13.17 None awarded
4 × 100 metre medley relay St Peters Western A (Qld)
Mollie O'Callaghan (59.92)
Jenna Forrester (1:12.07)
Elizabeth Dekkers (59.44)
Shayna Jack (53.57)		4:05.00 Bond A (Qld)
Layla Day (1:01.36)
Tilly King (1:09.59)
Claudia Fydler (1:00.20)
Hannah Casey (54.15)		4:05.30 Nunawading A (Vic)
Semra Olowoniyi (1:02.58)
Alannah Torrance (1:11.44)
Isabella Boyd (58.17)
Abbey Kearney (57.88)		4:10.07

Women's multi-class events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle Jasmine Greenwood (S10)
Woden Valley (ACT)		27.98
(909)		 Kirralee Hayes (S13)
Genesis (Qld)		27.92
(861)		 Madeleine McTernan (S14)
Griffith University (Qld)		28.02
(802)
100 metre freestyle Chloe Osborn (S7)
Aquablitz (NSW)		1:12.72
(819)		 Lakeisha Patterson (S9)
USC Spartans (Qld)		1:03.20
(809)		 Ikuha Nakahigashi (S15)
 Japan		1:02.81
(754)
200 metre freestyle Madeleine McTernan (S14)
Griffith University (Qld)		2:10.63
(816)		 Stephanie Bruzzese (S14)
PLC Sydney (NSW)		2:16.53
(715)		 Jade Lucy (S14)
SLC Aquadot (NSW)		2:19.39
(672)
400 metre freestyle Lakeisha Patterson (S9)
USC Spartans (Qld)		4:36.15
(872)		 Ikuha Nakahigashi (S15)
 Japan		4:49.77
(773)		 Chloe Osborn (S7)
Aquablitz (NSW)		5:19.56
(759)
50 metre backstroke Ikuha Nakahigashi (S15)
 Japan		32.42
(741)		 Madeleine McTernan (S14)
Griffith University (Qld)		32.27
(709)		 Elodie Sebire (S18)
The Hills (NSW)		45.34
(669)
100 metre backstroke Madeleine McTernan (S14)
Griffith University (Qld)		1:08.94
(802)		 Gemma Sellick (S9)
Warringah (NSW)		1:15.54
(711)		 Elodie Sebire (S18)
The Hills (NSW)		1:39.07
(670)
50 metre breaststroke Imogen Nolan (SB15)
Nunawading (Vic)		34.29
(810)		 Sahrah Hancock (SB6)
Darwin (NT)		47.81
(626)		 Summer Klein (SB14)
Kincumber Pacific Dolphins (NSW)		40.31
(473)
100 metre breaststroke Keira Stephens (SB9)
Griffith University (Qld)		1:17.23
(777)		 Stephanie Bruzzese (SB14)
PLC Sydney (NSW)		1:20.36
(720)		 Ikuha Nakahigashi (SB15)
 Japan		1:21.16
(685)
50 metre butterfly Kael Thompson (S14)
USC Spartans (Qld)		30.31
(867)		 Montana Atkinson (S14)
USC Spartans (Qld)		31.36
(783)		 Rylee Sayer (S7)
 New Zealand		36.66
(729)
100 metre butterfly Kael Thompson (S14)
USC Spartans (Qld)		1:06.73
(825)		 Jasmine Greenwood (S10)
Woden Valley (ACT)		1:07.39
(802)		 Montana Atkinson (S14)
USC Spartans (Qld)		1:09.97
(715)
150 metre individual medley Not contested
200 metre individual medley Lakeisha Patterson (SM9)
USC Spartans (Qld)		2:38.85
(764)		 Ikuha Nakahigashi (SM15)
 Japan		2:31.18
(763)		 Stephanie Bruzzese (SM14)
PLC Sydney (NSW)		2:32.59
(746)

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 100 metre medley relay St Peters Western A (Qld)
Hannah Fredericks (1:01.16)
Bailey Lello (1:00.04)
Hugh Dolle (54.11)
Lani Pallister (54.29)		3:49.60 Bond A (Qld)
James Biddington (57.18)
Gideon Burnes (1:00.58)
Claudia Fydler (1:00.36)
Dominique Melbourn (56.77)		3:54.89 Manly A (NSW)
Callyn Fenwick-Kearns (56.69)
Ethan Buckland (1:04.65)
Lexi Harrison (1:01.21)
Sarah Locke (56.12)		3:58.67

Records broken

During the 2026 Australian Open the following records were set.

Allcomers records set at the 2026 Australian Open
Event Swimmer Club Time Stage Previous swimmer Previous club Previous time Previous stage Previous meet Date Difference Ref
Men's 50 m butterfly Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA) 22.77 A Final Kyle Chalmers Marion (SA) 22.89 A Final 2025 Australian Swimming Trials 9 June 2025 -0.12 [8][9]
Club records set at the 2026 Australian Open
Event Swimmers Club Time Stage Previous swimmers Previous club Previous time Previous stage Previous meet Date Difference Ref
Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Kai Taylor
Jack Cartwright
Elijah Winnington
Jamie Jack		 St Peters Western (Qld) 3:15.27 Timed Final Jack Cartwright
Clyde Lewis
Max Carleton
Mitch Larkin		 St Peters Western (Qld) 3:16.53 Timed Final 2018 Australian Swimming Championships 3 April 2018 -1.26 [10][11]
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Milla Jansen
Shayna Jack
Mollie O'Callaghan
Lani Pallister		 St Peters Western (Qld) 3:34.61 Timed Final Ariarne Titmus
Meg Harris
Abbey Harkin
Shayna Jack		 St Peters Western (Qld) 3:36.27 Timed Final 2019 Australian Swimming Championships 9 April 2019 -1.66 [10][12]

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