2024 Australian Open Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

2024 AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, April 17th – Saturday, April 20th
• Prelims at 10am local (8pm previous night ET), Finals at 6pm local (4am ET)
• Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Queensland, Australia
• LCM (50m)
• Non-Olympic Qualifying Event
• Women’s Races to Watch/Men’s Races to Watch
• Meet Central
• Final Start List
• Live Results
• Livestream

The 2024 Australian Swimming Championships kicked off today with most of the nation’s biggest stars competing on the Gold Coast for high-octane action.

Although the 4-day competition is a non-Olympic selection event, the performances will give us glimpses into where key athletes are at along their journey to June’s Australian Olympic Trials.

But Aussies aren’t the only ones diving in as the green and gold will be sprinkled with athletes from Korea, Japan, New Zealand and beyond.

MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (2019)
• Australian Record – 58.58, Brenton Rickard (2009)
• Commonwealth Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (2019)
• Australian Olympic QT – 59.49

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

WOMEN’S 200 IM – FINAL

• World Record – 2:06.12, Katinka Hosszu (2015)
• Australian Record – 2:07.03, Stephanie Rice (2009)
• Commonwealth Record – 2:06.88, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (2016)
• Australian Olympic QT – 2:10.62

GOLD –  
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

MEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• World Record: 22.27, Andriy Govorov (2018)
• Australian Record: 22.73, Matt Targett (2009)
• Commonwealth Record: 22.73, Matt Targett (2009)

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE — FINAL

• World Record: 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (2017)
• Australian Record: 51.96, Emma McKeon (2021)
• Commonwealth Record: 51.96, Emma McKeon (2021)
• Australian Olympic QT – 53.61

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE –

MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE — FINAL

• World Record – 3:40.07, Paul Biedermann (2009)
• Australian Record – 3:40.08, Ian Thorpe (2002)
• Commonwealth Record – 3:40.08, Ian Thorpe (2002)
• Australian Olympic QT – 3:45.43

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

WOMEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record – 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (2023)
• Australian Record – 30.05, Chelsea Hodges (2022)
• Commonwealth Record – 29.72, Lara van Niekerk (2022)

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

• World Record: 1:51.92, Aaron Piersol (2009)
• Australian Record: 1:53.17, Mitch Larkin (2015)
• Commonwealth Record: 1:53.17, Mitch Larkin (2015)
• Australian Olympic QT – 1:57.28

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

WOMEN’S 800 FREE – FINAL

• World Record: 8:04.79, Katie Ledecky (2016)
• Australian Record: 8:13.59, Ariarne Titmus (2022 & 2023)
• Commonwealth Record: 8:11.39, Summer McIntosh (2024)
• Australian Olympic QT – 8:22.20

GOLD – 
SILVER – 
BRONZE – 

SwimSwam: 2024 Australian Open Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap