2012 Australian Swimming Championships

The 2012 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 15 March until 22 March 2012 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. They double up as the national trials for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Qualification criteria

Event	Men	Women
50m freestyle	22.11	25.27
100m freestyle	48.82	54.57
200m freestyle	1:47.82	1:58.33
400m freestyle	3:48.92	4:09.35
800m freestyle	—	8:33.84
1500m freestyle	15:11.83	—
100m backstroke	54.40	1:00.82
200m backstroke	1:58.48	2:10.84
100m breaststroke	1:00.79	1:08.49
200m breaststroke	2:11.74	2:26.89
100m butterfly	52.36	58.70
200m butterfly	1:56.86	2:08.95
200m IM	2:00.17	2:13.36
400m IM	4:16.36	4:41.75

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	James Magnussen SOPAC (NSW)	21.74	Eamon Sullivan SOPAC (NSW)	21.92	Matthew Abood Cranbrook Eastern Edge (NSW)	21.94
100 m freestyle	James Magnussen SOPAC (NSW)	47.10 ACR	James Roberts Somerset (Qld)	47.63	Matt Targett Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	48.32
200 m freestyle	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Miami (Qld)	1:46.88	Kenrick Monk St Peters Western (Qld)	1:47.16	David McKeon Wests Illawarra (NSW)	1:47.55
400 m freestyle	David McKeon Wests Illawarra (NSW)	3:46.36	Ryan Napoleon St Peters Western (Qld)	3:47.93	Robert Hurley SOPAC (NSW)	3:48.60
800 m freestyle	David McKeon Wests Illawarra (NSW)	7:57.22	Jarrod Poort Wests Illawarra (NSW)	8:05.73	Matthew Terry Redcliffe Leagues (Qld)	8:07.28
1500 m freestyle	Jarrod Poort Wests Illawarra (NSW)	15:13.38	Mack Horton Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	15:14.73	George O'Brien Kawana Waters (Qld)	15:18.52
50 m backstroke	Benjamin Treffers Burley Griffin (ACT)	25.19	Daniel Arnamnart SOPAC (NSW)	25.41	Max Ackermann Chandler (Qld)	53.98
100 m backstroke	Hayden Stoeckel Berri (SA)	53.98	Daniel Arnamnart SOPAC (NSW)	54.05	Benjamin Treffers Burley Griffin (ACT)	54.16
200 m backstroke	Mitch Larkin St Peters Western (Qld)	1:57.90	Matson Lawson Tigersharks (Vic)	1:58.32	Joshua Beaver Tigersharks (Vic)	1:58.58
50 m breaststroke	Christian Sprenger Indooroopilly (Qld)	27.43	Brenton Rickard Southport Olympic (Qld)	27.97	Joshua Palmer LeFevre Portside (SA)	28.39
100 m breaststroke	Christian Sprenger Indooroopilly (Qld)	59.91	Brenton Rickard Southport Olympic (Qld)	1:00.13	Jeremy Meyer Traralgon (Vic)	1:01.82
200 m breaststroke	Brenton Rickard Southport Olympic (Qld)	2:11.03	Jeremy Meyer Traralgon (Vic)	2:12.76	Nicholas Schafer River City Rapids (Qld)	2:12.96
50 m butterfly	Chris Wright Southport Olympic (Qld)	23.79	Daniel Lester Lawnton (Qld)	23.81	Ryan Pini  Papua New Guinea	23.87
100 m butterfly	Chris Wright Southport Olympic (Qld)	51.67	Jayden Hadler SOPAC (NSW)	52.09	Matt Targett Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	52.24
200 m butterfly	Nick D'Arcy SOPAC (NSW)	1:54.71	Chris Wright Southport Olympic (Qld)	1:56.40	Grant Irvine St Peters Western (Qld)	1:56.67
200 m IM	Daniel Tranter SOPAC (NSW)	1:58.19	Jayden Hadler SOPAC (NSW)	1:58.99	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Miami (Qld)	1:59.02
400 m IM	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Miami (Qld)	4:11.81 OR	Daniel Tranter SOPAC (NSW)	4:16.38	Mitch Larkin St Peters Western (Qld)	4:18.38
4×100 m freestyle relay	Cranbrook Eastern Edge A (NSW) Andrew Abood (51.17) Matthew Abood (49.11) Mitchell Patterson (50.77) Tom Miller (50.13)	3:21.18	SOPAC A (NSW) Te Haumi Maxwell (51.80) Jayden Hadler (49.82) Eamon Sullivan (49.88) Mitchell Dixon (50.34)	3:21.84	Melbourne Vicentre A (Vic) Lloyd Townsing (50.87) Daniel Blackborrow (51.61) Phil Butcher (52.50) Cameron Prosser (49.62)	3:24.60
4×200 m freestyle relay	Melbourne Vicentre A (Vic) Mack Horton (1:55.60) Andrew Cameron (1:54.37) Daniel Blackborrow (1:54.13) Jack Gerrard (1:54.67)	7:38.77	Carlile A (NSW) Tim Harris (1:57.10) Nick Robertson (1:57.01) Sho Nishimoto (V) (1:56.22) Luke Stirton (1:52.02)	7:42.35	Norwood A (SA) Nick Clarke (1:54.17) Luke Curtis (1:55.20) Kyle Chalmers (1:58.54) Cameron Wong (1:56.14)	7:44.05
4×100 m medley relay	Melbourne Vicentre A (Vic) Daniel Blackborrow (56.10) Justin Woolley (1:05.56) Matthew Targett (52.76) Cameron Prosser (50.40)	3:44.82	Arena A (WA) Bobby Jovanovich (56.04) Lennard Bremer (1:04.37) Ben Lindsay (54.70) Patrick Hoey (51.28)	3:46.39	Tigersharks A (Vic) Joshua Beaver (55.52) Tyrone Dobrunz (1:05.93) Mitchell Pratt (55.77) Matson Lawson (51.23)	3:48.45

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Commonwealth record; OR – Oceanian record; AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record; Club – Australian Club record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Cate Campbell Indooroopilly (Qld)	24.44	Bronte Campbell Indooroopilly (Qld)	24.61	Yolane Kukla St Peters Western (Qld)	24.76
100 m freestyle	Melanie Schlanger Southport Olympic (Qld)	53.85	Cate Campbell Indooroopilly (Qld)	54.01	Brittany Elmslie Nudgee Brothers (Qld) Yolane Kukla St Peters Western (Qld)	54.08
200 m freestyle	Bronte Barratt St Peters Western (Qld)	1:55.99	Kylie Palmer Chandler (Qld)	1:56.04	Melanie Schlanger Southport Olympic (Qld)	1:56.73
400 m freestyle	Kylie Palmer Chandler (Qld)	4:03.40 AR	Bronte Barratt St Peters Western (Qld)	4:05.74	Remy Fairweather Kawana Waters (Qld)	4:08.63
800 m freestyle	Kylie Palmer Chandler (Qld)	8:26.60	Jessica Ashwood SOPAC (NSW)	8:27.97	Melissa Gorman Redcliffe Leagues (Qld)	8:29.73
1500 m freestyle	Melissa Gorman Redcliffe Leagues (Qld)	16:27.50	Kareena Lee Unattached (Qld)	17:05.97	Leah Cutting Norwood (SA)	17:08.86
50 m backstroke	Emily Seebohm Nudgee Brothers (Qld)	28.03	Sophie Edington Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	28.04	Hayley Baker Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	28.87
100 m backstroke	Emily Seebohm Nudgee Brothers (Qld)	59.28	Belinda Hocking Albury (NSW)	59.41	Sophie Edington Melbourne Vicentre (Vic)	1:00.65
200 m backstroke	Belinda Hocking Albury (NSW)	2:06.68 ACR	Meagen Nay St Peters Western (Qld)	2:07.83	Mikkayla Sheridan Chandler (Qld)	2:10.33
50 m breaststroke	Leiston Pickett Southport Olympic (Qld)	30.68	Sarah Katsoulis Nunawading (Vic)	31.28	Lorna Tonks Redcliffe Leagues (Qld)	31.56
100 m breaststroke	Leiston Pickett Southport Olympic (Qld)	1:06.88	Leisel Jones Unattached (Qld)	1:07.64	Sarah Katsoulis Nunawading (Vic)	1:08.11
200 m breaststroke	Tessa Wallace Pelican Waters (Qld)	2:26.31	Sally Foster Central Aquatic (WA)	2:26.51	Taylor McKeown Australian Crawl (Qld)	2:26.90
50 m butterfly	Alice Tait Southport Olympic (Qld)	26.59	Jessicah Schipper Chandler (Qld)	26.65	Brianna Throssell City of Perth (WA)	26.76
100 m butterfly	Alicia Coutts Redlands (Qld)	57.59	Jessicah Schipper Chandler (Qld)	57.88	Libby Trickett Chandler (Qld)	58.64
200 m butterfly	Jessicah Schipper Chandler (Qld)	2:06.93	Samantha Hamill Kawana Waters (Qld)	2:08.92	Amy Smith St Peters Western (Qld)	2:10.71
200 m IM	Stephanie Rice St Peters Western (Qld)	2:09.38	Alicia Coutts Redlands (Qld)	2:09.83	Emily Seebohm Nudgee Brothers (Qld)	2:12.37
400 m IM	Stephanie Rice St Peters Western (Qld)	4:33.45	Blair Evans City of Perth (WA)	4:37.80	Samantha Hamill Kawana Waters (Qld)	4:42.69
4×100 m freestyle relay	Carlile A (NSW) Leanne Wright (56.84) Georgia Miller (57.48) Alicia Caldwell (57.61) Ami Matsuo (55.30)	3:47.23	Nunawading (Vic) Belinda Parslow (57.17) Belinda Bennett (57.10) Ellese Zalewski (56.27) Samantha Bennett (57.48)	3:48.02	Norwood A (SA) Sumin Song (V) (57.56) Emma Duncan (57.59) Lauren Mathews (58.14) Jenni O'Neil (57.70)	3:50.99
4×200 m freestyle relay	Nunawading (Vic) Belinda Parslow (2:01.06) Belinda Bennett (2:04.36) Ellese Zalewski (2:04.45) Samantha Bennett (2:04.56)	8:14.43	Norwood A (SA) Sumin Song (V) (2:03.19) Leah Cutting (2:05.00) Emma Duncan (2:05.29) Jenni O'Neil (2:05.03)	8:18.51	Carlile A (NSW) Leanne Wright (2:07.51) Georgia Miller (2:05.26) Jessie Quinn (2:09.13) Alicia Caldwell (2:05.16)	8:27.06
4×100 m medley relay	Melbourne Vicentre A (Vic) Sophie Edington (1:01.44) Samantha Marshall (1:08.75) Marieke Guehrer (1:00.70) Jessica Morrison (56.66)	4:07.55	Nunawading (Vic) Samantha Bennett (1:04.77) Sarah Katsoulis (1:07.49) Ellese Zalewski (1:01.21) Belinda Parslow (56.22)	4:09.69	Norwood A (SA) Jenni O'Neil (1:02.46) Amelia Dahlitz (1:11.79) Jackie Staples (1:01.46) Sumin Song (V) (56.94)	4:12.65

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Commonwealth record; OR – Oceanian record; AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record; Club – Australian Club record

References

• Championships results