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Australian Swimming Championships

The Australian Swimming Championships is the national Swimming championships for Australia. They are organised by Swimming Australia and separate championships are held annually in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) pools. 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, Paralympics, 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 first edition of the championships was held in Sydney in January 1896 with events at the Natatorium, Sutherland Dock (Cockatoo Island) and on the Hawkesbury River.

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.

The 1990 Australian Swimming Championships saw events for para athletes added for the first time.

Editions

Long course

YearDatesPoolCityStateSelection trials for
189615–17 JanuaryNatatorium, Sutherland Dock (Cockatoo Island) and on the Hawkesbury RiverSydneyNew South Wales
193025 January–1 FebruaryCity Baths, Footscray Baths, Brunswick BathsMelbourne
8–15 FebruarySandy Bay BathsHobart
193110–17 JanuaryMunicipal (Domain) Baths, Drummoyne Baths, Coogee AquariumSydney
21–28 JanuaryValley Baths, Booroodabin Baths, City Baths (Toowoomba)Brisbane
1932Not held
193325 January – 4 FebruaryClaremont BathsPerth
9–14 FebruaryCrystal Swimming PoolAdelaide
193424–30 JanuaryValley BathsBrisbane
3–10 FebruaryCoogee Aquarium, Municipal (Domain) BathsSydney
193519–26 JanuaryMelbourne Olympic PoolMelbourne
2–9 FebruarySandy Bay BathsHobart
19368–17 FebruaryCrawley BathsPerthWestern Australia
19379–13 JanuaryNorth Sydney Olympic PoolSydneyNew South Wales
25–30 JanuaryValley BathsBrisbaneQueensland
193931 January–2 FebruaryMelbourne Olympic PoolMelbourneVictoria
6–11 FebruarySandy Bay BathsHobartTasmania
19462–9 FebruaryRichmond Baths; Brunswick BathsMelbourneVictoria
19471–8 FebruaryAdelaide Olympic PoolAdelaideSouth Australia
19488–14 FebruaryNorth Sydney Olympic Pool; Granville Olympic PoolSydneyNew South Wales1948 Olympic Games
194919–26 FebruaryValley BathsBrisbaneQueensland
19509–17 December (1949)North Sydney Olympic PoolSydneyNew South Wales1950 Commonwealth Games
195117–24 FebruaryMelbourne Olympic Pool; Brunswick BathsMelbourneVictoria
195216–23 FebruaryMelbourne Olympic PoolMelbourneVictoria1952 Olympic Games
195321–28 FebruaryNorth Sydney Olympic Pool; Enfield Olympic Swimming PoolSydneyNew South Wales
195420–27 FebruaryMelbourne Olympic PoolMelbourneVictoria1954 Commonwealth Games
195519–26 FebruaryAdelaide Olympic PoolAdelaideSouth Australia
195616–23 FebruaryNorth Sydney Olympic Pool; Enfield Olympic Swimming PoolSydneyNew South WalesThe selection trials for the 1956 Olympic Games were held in Melbourne in October.
195715–23 FebruaryCanberra Olympic PoolCanberraAustralian Capital Territory
195815–22 FebruaryOlympic Swimming StadiumMelbourneVictoria1958 Commonwealth Games
195913–21 FebruaryHobart Olympic PoolHobartTasmania
196023–27 FebruaryNorth Sydney Olympic PoolSydneyNew South Wales1960 Olympic Games
196117–25 FebruaryValley PoolBrisbaneQueensland
196217–24 FebruaryOlympic Swimming StadiumMelbourneVictoriaThe selection trials for the 1962 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne in October.
196316–23 FebruaryBeatty Park Aquatic CentrePerthWestern Australia
196428 February–1 MarchNorth Sydney Olympic PoolSydneyNew South Wales1964 Olympic Games
196527 February–1 MarchHobart Olympic PoolHobartTasmania
196625–27 FebruaryValley PoolBrisbaneQueensland1966 Commonwealth Games
196723–25 FebruaryAdelaide Olympic PoolAdelaideSouth Australia
196823–25 FebruaryOlympic Swimming StadiumMelbourneVictoria1968 Olympic Games
196921–23 FebruaryBeatty Park Aquatic CentrePerthWestern Australia
197027 February–1 MarchDrummoyne Olympic PoolSydneyNew South Wales1970 Commonwealth Games
19715–7 FebruaryHobart Olympic PoolHobartTasmania
197211–13 FebruaryValley PoolBrisbaneQueensland1972 Olympic Games
19739–11 FebruaryAdelaide Swimming CentreAdelaideSouth AustraliaThe selection trials for the 1973 FINA World Championships were held in Brisbane in August. The selection trials for the 1974 Commonwealth Games were held in Sydney in December.
19741–3 MarchOlympic Swimming StadiumMelbourneVictoria
197521– 23 FebruaryBeatty Park Aquatic CentrePerthWestern AustraliaThe selection trials for the 1975 FINA World Championships were held in Brisbane in June.
197627–29 FebruaryNorth Sydney Olympic PoolSydneyNew South Wales1976 Olympic Games
197725–27 FebruaryClarence Memorial Olympic PoolHobartTasmania
197823–26 FebruaryValley PoolBrisbaneQueenslandThe selection trials for the 1978 Commonwealth Games and 1978 FINA World Championships were held in Sydney in June.
197922–25 FebruaryBeatty Park Aquatic CentrePerthWestern Australia
198020–23 MarchOlympic Swimming StadiumMelbourneVictoria1980 Olympic Games
198126 February–1 MarchAdelaide Swimming CentreAdelaideSouth Australia
198218–21 MarchWarringah Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales1982 FINA World Championships. The selection trials for the 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Sydney in August.
198324–27 FebruaryClarence Memorial Olympic PoolHobartTasmania
198423–26 FebruaryBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland1984 Olympic Games
198521–24 FebruaryState Swimming CentreMelbourneVictoria
198627 February–2 MarchAdelaide Aquatic CentreAdelaideSouth Australia1986 Commonwealth Games, 1986 FINA World Championships
198726 February–1 MarchBeatty Park Aquatic CentrePerthWestern AustraliaThe selection trials for the 1987 Pan Pacs were conducted in Brisbane from 22 to 25 July.
1988first=Billlast=Sweetenhamyear=1988title=Australian Institute of Sport Reportjournal=Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1987-88pages=46publisher=Australian Swimmingformat=pdfurl=https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/194007/Australian_Swimming_Annual_Report_1987-1988.pdfaccessdate=11 May 2013}}Warringah Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South WalesThe selection trials for the 1988 Olympic Games were conducted in Sydney from 11 to 14 May.
198923–26 FebruaryState Swimming CentreMelbourneVictoriaThe selection trials for the 1989 Pan Pacs were conducted in Perth in August. The selection trials for the 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Adelaide in December.
199010–14 OctoberBrisbane Aquatic CentreBrisbaneQueensland1991 FINA World Championships
199125–29 AprilState Swimming CentreMelbourneVictoria1991 Pan Pacs
1992year=1992title=The Year in Detailjournal=Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1991-92pages=7publisher=Australian Swimmingformat=pdfurl=https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/149200/Australian_Swimming_Annual_Report_1991-1992.pdfaccessdate=11 May 2013}}Australian Institute of SportCanberraAustralian Capital Territory1992 Olympic Games
1993year=1993title=The Year in Detailjournal=Australian Swimming Inc. Annual Report 1992-93pages=3publisher=Australian Swimmingformat=pdfurl=https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/149204/Australian_Swimming_Annual_Report_1992-1993.pdfaccessdate=12 May 2013url-status=deadarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425081854/https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/149204/Australian_Swimming_Annual_Report_1992-1993.pdfarchivedate=25 April 2012 }}Perth SuperdromePerthWestern Australia1993 Pan Pacs
199415–20 MarchBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland1994 Commonwealth Games. 1994 FINA World Championships
199530 March –2 AprilPerth SuperdromePerthWestern Australia1995 Pan Pacs
199621–27 AprilSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales1996 Olympic Games
19975–11 OctoberBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland1998 FINA World Championships. The selection trials for the 1997 Pan Pacs were held in Adelaide in March.
199827 April–2 MayMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria1998 Commonwealth Games
199920–27 MarchBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland1999 Pan Pacs
200013–20 MaySydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2000 Olympic Games
200124–31 MarchHobart Aquatic CentreHobartTasmania2001 FINA World Championships
200218–23 MarchBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland2002 Commonwealth Games, 2002 Pan Pacs
200322–29 MarchSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2003 FINA World Championships
200427 March – 3 AprilSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2004 Olympic Games
200512–19 MarchSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2005 FINA World Championships
200630 January–4 FebruaryMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria2006 Commonwealth Games, 2006 Pan Pacs
20073–10 December (2006)Brisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland2007 FINA World Championships
200822–29 MarchSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2008 Olympic Games
200917–22 MarchSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2009 FINA World Championships
201016–21 MarchSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2010 Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacs 2010
20111–8 AprilSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2011 FINA World Championships
201215–22 MarchSouth Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth Australia2012 Olympic Games
201326 April–3 MaySouth Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth Australia2013 FINA World Championships
20141–6 AprilBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland2014 Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacs 2014
20153–10 AprilSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales2015 FINA World Championships
20167–14 AprilSouth Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth Australia2016 Olympic Games
20179–13 AprilBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland2017 FINA World Championships
201828 February–3 MarchGold Coast Aquatic CentreGold CoastQueensland2018 Commonwealth Games. The selection trials for Pan Pacs 2018 were held in Adelaide in June–July.
20197–12 AprilSouth Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth AustraliaThe Australian selection trials for the 2019 FINA World Championships were held in Brisbane in June.
202017–21 AprilPerth SuperdromePerthWestern AustraliaCancelled due to COVID-19. The selection trials for the 2020 Olympic Games in June in Adelaide were also cancelled.
202114–18 AprilGold Coast Aquatic CentreGold CoastQueenslandThe Australian swimming selection trials for the 2020 Olympic Games were held in Adelaide in June.
202218–22 MaySouth Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth Australia2022 FINA World Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games
202317–20 AprilGold Coast Aquatic CentreGold CoastQueenslandThe Australian selection trials for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships were held in Melbourne from 13–18 June.
202417–20 AprilGold Coast Aquatic CentreGold CoastQueenslandThe trials for the 2024 Olympic Games were held in Brisbane from 10–15 June.
202521–24AprilBrisbane Aquatic CentreBrisbaneQueenslandThe Australian selection trials for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships were held in Melbourne from 9–14 June.

Short course

YearDatesPoolCityStateSelection trials for
1979AugustMowbray PoolLauncestonTasmaniaFINA Cup, Tokyo
198029–31 AugustUniversity of NSW poolSydneyNew South Wales
1981Not held
1982Not held
1983Not held
198424–26 AugustState Swimming CentreMelbourneVictoria
198530 August – 1 SeptemberWarringah Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales
19865–7 SeptemberMowbray PoolLauncestonTasmania
198725–27 SeptemberState Swimming CentreMelbourneVictoria
1988Not held
1989Not held
19902-4 MarchAdelaide Aquatic CentreAdelaideSouth Australia
199127–29 SeptemberAdelaide Aquatic CentreAdelaideSouth Australia
199225–27 SeptemberCasuarina PoolDarwinNorthern TerritoryOceania championships
1993Melbourne
199429 September–2 OctoberWarringah Aquatic CentreSydney
199531 August – 3 SeptemberAdelaideSC Worlds 1995
199619–22 DecemberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria
199717–20 JulyMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria
199824–27 SeptemberPerth SuperdromePerthWestern Australia
19992–5 SeptemberAIS poolCanberraAustralian Capital Territory
200012–15 OctoberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourne
20013–7 AugustPerth SuperdromePerthWestern Australia
20022–5 SeptemberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria
20032–5 AugustHobart Aquatic CentreHobartTasmania
200425–29 SeptemberBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueensland
20057–11 AugustMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria
200625–28 AugustHobart Aquatic CentreHobartTasmania
200729 August – 2 SeptemberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria
200820–24 SeptemberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria
20098–12 AugustHobart Aquatic CentreHobartTasmania
201014–18 JulyBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueenslandSC Worlds 2010
20111–3 JulySA Aquatic & Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth Australia
201212-16 SeptemberPerth SuperdromePerthWestern AustraliaSC Worlds 2012
201322–31 AugustSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales
20145–9 NovemberSA Aquatic & Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth Australia2014 SC Worlds
201526–28 NovemberSydney International Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales
20161–5 NovemberBrisbane Aquatic Centre, ChandlerBrisbaneQueenslandShort Course World Championships 2016
201726–28 OctoberSouth Australia Aquatic and Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth Australia
201825–27 OctoberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoriaShort Course World Championships 2018
201924–26 OctoberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria
202027–29 Novembervarious locationsVirtual Championship held in various locations replaced the originally planned Championships in Melbourne.
202123–26 SeptemberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoriaCancelled due to COVID-19.
202224–27 AugustSydney Olympic Park Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South WalesShort Course World Championships 2022
202313–16 SeptemberSydney Olympic Park Aquatic CentreSydneyNew South Wales
202426–29 SeptemberSA Aquatic & Leisure CentreAdelaideSouth Australia
20251–3 OctoberMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreMelbourneVictoria

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