2021 Australian Swimming Championships

Host city| Gold Coast, Queensland
Date(s)| 14-18 April
Venue(s)| Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Events| 41 (men: 20; women: 20, mixed: 1)

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The 2021 Australian Swimming Championships were held from 14 to 18 April 2021 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland.[1]

Following Australia's performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics where 29 medals were won and finishing 10th on the medal tally, Swimming Australia announced in the February 2017 that the timing of the selection trials would be modified. Historically, the trials were held in April several months before the Olympics were held. This will be now changed to follow the American model where the trials are held six weeks before.[2] The 2021 Australian Swimming Trials were then held at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre from 12 to 17 June and will be selection trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3]

With the 2020 Australian Championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Swimming Australia released the 2021 swimming competition calendar in July 2020.[4] In September 2020, it was announced that Gold Coast would be hosting the event.[5] This meet followed the structure of the Olympic program with heats in the evenings and finals in the morning. This follows the prescient set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where broadcaster NBC demanded this change so that the finals will be shown on primetime in the United States.[6]

The event was held in a 10-lane pool with 10 lanes being used. This meant that two non-Australian swimmers could progress through the final. With the exception of the distance events, the heats were swum in reverse order with the fastest seeded heat first. Three finals for each event were held – men's 18–19 years, men's 21–21 years, women's 17–18 years, women's 19–20 years and men's and women's open.[7]

There were no major withdrawals from the event with the exception of 2016 Olympian Georgia Bohl who pulled out due to a knee injury.[8] During the Day 2 heats session, Mitch Larkin was disqualified in the heats of the 100 metre backstroke for a false start.[9] Kyle Chalmers won the 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle events, defending his titles from 2019.[10] By taking out the 50 metre butterfly event, Holly Barratt at the age of 33 became the oldest female Australian champion eclipsing the silver medallist from the 1912 Olympics Mina Wylie. Singer, songwriter Cody Simpson made his return to competitive swimming, reaching the final of the 50 metre butterfly event.[11][12]

## Schedule

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Legend  Key  | H  | ½  | F  | TF

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Value  | Heats  | Semifinals  | Final  | Timed final

M = Morning session, E = Evening session

Men[13] | Date → | 14 Apr | 15 Apr | 16 Apr | 17 Apr | 18 Apr

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50 m freestyle |  |  |  |  | H | F |
100 m freestyle |  |  | H | F |  |  |
200 m freestyle |  | H | F |  |  |  |
400 m freestyle |  |  |  | H | F |  |
800 m freestyle |  |  | TF | TF |  |  |
1500 m freestyle |  |  |  |  | TF | TF |
50 m backstroke |  | H | F |  |  |  |
100 m backstroke |  |  | H | F |  |  |
200 m backstroke |  |  |  | H | F |  |
50 m breaststroke |  |  | H | F |  |  |
100 m breaststroke |  | H | F |  |  |  |
200 m breaststroke |  |  |  |  | H | F |
50 m butterfly |  |  |  |  | H | F |
100 m butterfly |  |  |  | H | F |  |
200 m butterfly |  |  | H | F |  |  |
200 m individual medley |  |  |  | H | F |  |
400 m individual medley |  | H | F |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  |  |  | TF |  |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  | TF |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m medley relay |  |  |  |  | TF |
Mixed[13] Date → | 14 Apr | 15 Apr | 16 Apr | 17 Apr | 18 Apr

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4 × 100 m medley relay |  |  | TF |  |  |
Women[13] | Date → | 14 Apr | 15 Apr | 16 Apr | 17 Apr | 18 Apr

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50 m freestyle |  |  |  |  | H | F |
100 m freestyle |  |  | H | F |  |  |
200 m freestyle |  | H | F |  |  |  |
400 m freestyle |  |  |  | H | F |  |
800 m freestyle |  |  |  |  | TF | TF |
1500 m freestyle |  |  | TF | TF |  |  |
50 m backstroke |  | H | F |  |  |  |
100 m backstroke |  |  | H | F |  |  |
200 m backstroke |  |  |  | H | F |  |
50 m breaststroke |  |  | H | F |  |  |
100 m breaststroke |  | H | F |  |  |  |
200 m breaststroke |  |  |  |  | H | F |
50 m butterfly |  |  |  |  | H | F |
100 m butterfly |  |  |  | H | F |  |
200 m butterfly |  |  | H | F |  |  |
200 m individual medley |  |  |  | H | F |  |
400 m individual medley |  | H | F |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  |  |  | TF |  |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  | TF |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m medley relay |  |  |  |  | TF |

## Medal winners

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The medallist for the open events are below.

### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle  | Kyle Chalmers
Marion (SA) | 22.30  | Maxim Lobanovszkij
Hungary | 22.43  | Jack Cartwright
St Peters Western (Qld) | 22.47
100 m freestyle  | Kyle Chalmers
Marion (SA) | 48.04  | Jack Cartwright
St Peters Western (Qld) | 48.81  | Louis Townsend
Rackley (Qld) | 49.10
200 m freestyle  | Kyle Chalmers
Marion (SA) | 1:47.03  | Alexander Graham
Bond (Qld) | 1:47.47  | Elijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:47.55
400 m freestyle  | Elijah Winnington
St Peters Western (Qld) | 3:45.69  | Thomas Neill
Rackley (Qld) | 3:46.35  | Brendon Smith
Nunawading (Vic) | 3:51.04
800 m freestyle  | Thomas Neill
Rackley (Qld) | 7:51.65  | Jack McLoughlin
Chandler (Qld) | 7:59.33  | Nicholas Sloman
Noosa (Qld) | 8:00.68
1500 m freestyle  | Nicholas Sloman
Noosa (Qld) | 15:02.19  | Thomas Neill
Rackley (Qld) | 15:07.23  | Jack McLoughlin
Chandler (Qld) | 15:20.95
50 m backstroke  | Mitch Larkin
St Peters Western (Qld) | 24.75  | Andrew Rice
St Andrew's (Qld) | 25.87  | Jye Cornwell
Yeronga Park (Qld) | 26.00
100 m backstroke  | Tristan Hollard
Southport Olympic (Qld) | 54.83  | Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW) | 55.34  | Thomas Hauck
All Saints Gold Coast (Qld) | 55.69
200 m backstroke  | Tristan Hollard
Southport Olympic (Qld) | 1:56.40  | Ty Hartwell
Chandler (Qld) | 1:58.73  | Bradley Woodward
Mingara (NSW) | 1:58.76
50 m breaststroke  | Matthew Wilson
SOPAC (NSW) | 27.55  | Jake Packard
USC Spartans (Qld) | 27.76  | James McKechnie
Starplex (SA) | 28.00
100 m breaststroke  | Zac Stubblety-Cook
Chandler (Qld) | 59.87  | Matthew Wilson
SOPAC (NSW) | 1:00.27  | Jake Packard
USC Spartans (Qld) | 1:00.87
200 m breaststroke  | Zac Stubblety-Cook
Chandler (Qld) | 2:08.28  | Matthew Wilson
SOPAC (NSW) | 2:09.44  | Daniel Cave
Melbourne Vicentre (Vic) | 2:14.22
50 m butterfly  | Shaun Champion
Abbotsleigh (NSW) | 23.94  | William Yang
Loreto Normanhurst (NSW) | 24.08  | Edward Marks
Carlile (NSW) | 24.25
100 m butterfly  | Matthew Temple
Nunawading (Vic) | 51.83  | Shaun Champion
Abbotsleigh (NSW) | 53.01  | Bowen Gough
Nunawading (Vic) | 53.01
200 m butterfly  | Bowen Gough
Nunawading (Vic) | 1:57.08  | Matthew Temple
Nunawading (Vic) | 1:57.92  | David Morgan
TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 1:58.87
200 m IM  | Mitch Larkin
St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:56.74  | Louis Townsend
Rackley (Qld) | 2:02.98  | Thomas Hauck
All Saints Gold Coast (Qld) | 2:03.23
400 m IM  | Brendon Smith
Nunawading (Vic) | 4:15.48  | Elliott Rogerson
Nunawading (Vic) | 4:21.09  | Thomas Hauck
All Saints Gold Coast (Qld) | 4:21.17
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  | SOPAC A (NSW)
Tomas Kapocius (51.00)
Joshua Hertz (49.87)
Joshua Simat (51.07)
Angus McDonald (50.38) | 3:22.32  | Nunawading A (Vic)
Matthew Temple (49.18)
Bowen Gough (50.96)
Elliot Rogerson (50.73)
Brendon Smith (51.57) | 3:22.44  | TSS Aquatic A (Qld)
Cameron McEvoy (50.52)
David Morgan (50.94)
Grayson Bell (51.73)
Zach Maher (50.04) | 3:23.23
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  | Sydney University A (NSW)
Daniel Perez (1:53.16)
James Koch (1:49.12)
Ryan Wilkes (1:51.44)
Jack Wilson (1:55.68) | 7:29.40  | Nunawading A (Vic)
Matthew Temple (1:49.45)
Silas Harris (1:52.63)
Elliot Rogerson (1:56.51)
Brendon Smith (1:53.40) | 7:31.99  | TSS Aquatic A (Qld)
Cameron McEvoy (1:54.26)
Kai Edwards (1:54.00)
David Morgan (1:52.12)
Zach Maher (1:51.82) | 7:32.20
4 × 100 m medley relay  | TSS Aquatic A (Qld)
Connor O'Neill (58.78)
Grayson Bell (1:03.57)
David Morgan (52.91)
Zach Maher (49.55) | 3:44.81  | Moreton Bay A (Qld)
Conor Daff (57.40)
Josh Hardess (1:03.10)
Peter Mills (54.23)
Alexander Grant (51.39) | 3:46.12  | Nunawading A (Vic)
Will Sharp (58.03)
Calvin Reed (1:03.33)
Ryan Bicknell (57.63)
Nicholas Wu (50.94) | 3:49.93

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle  | Cate Campbell
Knox Pymble (NSW) | 24.28  | Emma McKeon
Griffith University (Qld) | 24.39  | Bronte Campbell
Knox Pymble (NSW) | 24.75
100 m freestyle  | Emma McKeon
Griffith University (Qld) | 52.49  | Cate Campbell
Knox Pymble (NSW) | 52.85  | Madison Wilson
Marion (SA) | 53.56
200 m freestyle  | Ariarne Titmus
St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:55.43  | Madison Wilson
Marion (SA) | 1:56.26  | Brianna Throssell
UWA West Coast (WA) | 1:57.29
400 m freestyle  | Ariarne Titmus
St Peters Western (Qld) | 4:01.34  | Leah Neale
Chandler (Qld) | 4:08.26  | Kareena Lee
Noosa (Qld) | 4:09.23
800 m freestyle  | Ariarne Titmus
St Peters Western (Qld) | 8:23.13  | Madeleine Gough
TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 8:25.24  | Kiah Melverton
TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 8:32.84
1500 m freestyle  | Madeleine Gough
TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 16:00.18  | Kareena Lee
Noosa (Qld) | 16:08.28  | Kiah Melverton
TSS Aquatic (Qld) | 16:12.43
50 m backstroke  | Kaylee McKeown
USC Spartans (Qld) | 27.45 MR | Emily Seebohm
Griffith University (Qld) | 27.94  | Madison Wilson
Marion (SA) | 28.13
100 m backstroke  | Kaylee McKeown
USC Spartans (Qld) | 58.60  | Emily Seebohm
Griffith University (Qld) | 59.22  | Jessica Unicomb
Griffith University (Qld) | 1:01.32
200 m backstroke  | Emily Seebohm
Griffith University (Qld) | 2:07.46  | Jessica Unicomb
Griffith University (Qld) | 2:13.27  | Tahlia Thornton
Rackley (Qld) | 2:16.97
50 m breaststroke  | Chelsea Hodges
Southport Olympic (Qld) | 30.20 ACR, MR | Tessa Wallace
USC Spartans (Qld) | 31.22  | Abbey Harkin
St Peters Western (Qld) | 31.43
100 m breaststroke  | Chelsea Hodges
Southport Olympic (Qld) | 1:07.14  | Abbey Harkin
St Peters Western (Qld) | 1:07.27  | Zoe Deacon
Nunawading (Vic) | 2:27.20
200 m breaststroke  | Abbey Harkin
St Peters Western (Qld) | 2:25.26  | Jenna Strauch
Bond (Qld) | 2:25.54  | Jessica Hansen
Cruiz (ACT) | 1:07.41
50 m butterfly  | Holly Barratt
Rockingham (WA) | 25.75  | Madison Wilson
Marion (SA) | 26.92  | Sasha Touretski
Switzerland | 27.16
100 m butterfly  | Emma McKeon
Griffith University (Qld) | 56.44 MR | Brianna Throssell
UWA West Coast (WA) | 57.76  | Alexandria Perkins
USC Spartans (Qld) | 59.01
200 m butterfly  | Brianna Throssell
UWA West Coast (WA) | 2:07.20  | Elizabeth Dekkers
Newmarket Racers (Qld) | 2:07.82  | Meg Bailey
Hunter (NSW) | 2:09.72
200 m IM  | Kaylee McKeown
USC Spartans (Qld) | 2:09.78  | Tessa Wallace
USC Spartans (Qld) | 2:13.14  | Meg Bailey
Hunter (NSW) | 2:13.29
400 m IM  | Jenna Forrester
St Peters Western (Qld) | 4:39.46  | Meg Bailey
Hunter (NSW) | 4:39.59  | Blair Evans
UWA West Coast (WA) | 4:48.73
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  | Nunawading A (Vic)
Kayla Costa (56.67)
Isabel Ekelmans (56.34)
Gabriella Peiniger (56.49)
Julia Hawkins (55.67) | 3:45.17  | Nudgee College A (Qld)
Brittany Courtney (57.64)
Mikayla Messer (56.69)
Nicole Sanders (57.98)
Charlotte Mitchell (58.02) | 3:50.33  | TSS Aquatic A (Qld)
Kiah Melverton (56.49)
Alice Stuart (1:00.06)
Tanya Stovgaard (57.16)
Laura Taylor (57.26) | 3:50.97
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  | TSS Aquatic A (Qld)
Kiah Melverton (1:59.85)
Laura Taylor (2:04.12)
Moesha Johnson (2:01.59)
Madeleine Gough (2:00.83) | 8:06.39  | Nunawading A (Vic)
Isabel Ekelmans (2:04.18)
Kayla Costa (2:02.19)
Gabriella Peiniger (2:02.88)
Chanelle Underwood (2:05.33) | 8:14.58  | Nudgee College A (Qld)
Mikayla Messer (1:59.82)
Jade Starr (2:05.81)
Charlotte Mitchell (2:04.28)
Jessica Mouatt (2:08.26) | 8:18.17
4 × 100 m medley relay  | Marion A (SA)
Madison Wilson (1:00.73)
Leiston Pickett (1:08.83)
Ellysia Oldsen (1:01.31)
Bethan Mounfield (54.85) | 4:05.72  | Nunawading A (Vic)
Olivia Lefoe (1:04.71)
Mikayla Smith (1:08.94)
Gabriella Peiniger (1:02.17)
Isabel Ekelmans (56.86) | 4:12.68  | TSS Aquatic A (Qld)
Tanya Stovgaard (1:04.27)
Kiah Melverton (1:11.81)
Alice Stuart (1:01.17)
Laura Taylor (57.08) | 4:14.33

### Mixed events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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4 × 100 m medley relay  | Nunawading A (Vic)
Olivia Lefoe (1:04.22)
Zoe Deacon (1:08.91)
Bowen Gough (52.71)
Nicholas Wu (51.18) | 3:57.02  | Nunawading B (Vic)
Will Sharp (57.06)
Calvin Reed (1:03.29)
Gabriella Peiniger (1:01.68)
Julia Hawkins (55.78) | 3:57.81  | TSS Aquatic A (Qld)
Cameron McEvoy (58.27)
Grayson Bell (1:03.70)
Alice Stuart (1:01.68)
Laura Taylor (57.47) | 4:00.14

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

## Records broken

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During the 2021 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.

### All Comers and Championship records

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* Women's 50 m breaststroke – Chelsea Hodges, Southport Olympic (30.20) (final)[14]
* Women's 100 m butterfly – Emma McKeon, Griffith University (56.44) (final)[15]

## Club points scores

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The final club point scores are below. Note: Only the top ten clubs are listed.[16]

Overall club point score

Rank | Club | State | Points
1 | Nunawading | Vic | 1,890.5
2 | St Peters Western | Qld | 1,432
3 | Rackley | Qld | 1,048.50
4 | TSS Aquatic | Qld | 860
5 | Griffith University | Qld | 815.5
6 | St Andrew's | Qld | 677
7 | USC Spartans | Qld | 598
8 | Chandler | Qld | 547
9 | UWA West Coast | WA | 526.5
10 | Marion | SA | 492.5

## Broadcast

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Following the delay of the Olympic trials by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seven Network agreed to terminate their broadcast partnership with Swimming Australia in October 2020. The deal was announced in September 2015 and had an option to extend to 2025.[17][18] In February 2021, it was announced the Amazon Prime Video had secured an exclusive, two-year live broadcast streaming deal with Swimming Australia.[19][20] Both the evening heat sessions and morning final sessions were streamed live on Prime Video and on Swimming Australia's digital platform SwimTV.[1] The commentary team consisted of Jon Harker and Giaan Rooney with Rooney conducting the poolside interviews.[10]

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