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 doubled up as the national trials for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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## Qualification criteria

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Event | Men | Women

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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

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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