By Sean Griffin 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 (also available via Meet Mobile: “2024 Australian Open Championships”)
- Australian Channel 9 Livestream / YouTube Livestream
Good morning (or evening, for some) and welcome to the first day of the 2024 Australian Open Championships.
As a reminder, this meet is NOT a selection meet for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Most elite-level swimmers will use this meet as a tune-up for the Olympic Trials, which are scheduled to take place from June 10-15 at the Brisbane Aquatic Center.
This first heats session will feature the men’s 100 breaststroke, women’s 200 IM, men’s 50 butterfly, women’s 100 freestyle, men’s 400 freestyle, women’s 50 breaststroke, and men’s 200 backstroke.
MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – HEATS
- World Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (2019)
- Australian Record – 58.58, Brenton Rickard (2009)
- Commonwealth Record – 56.88, Adam Peaty (2019)
- Australian Olympic Qualifying Time – 59.49
Top 10 Qualifiers:
WOMEN’S 200 IM – HEATS
- 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 Qualifying Time – 2:10.62
Top 10 Qualifiers:
MEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – HEATS
- World Record: 22.27, Andriy Govorov (2018)
- Australian Record: 22.73, Matt Targett (2009)
- Commonwealth Record: 22.73, Matt Targett (2009)
Top 10 Qualifiers:
WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE — HEATS
- World Record: 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (2017)
- Australian Record: 51.96, Emma McKeon (2021)
- Commonwealth Record: 51.96, Emma McKeon (2021)
- Australian Olympic Qualifying Time – 53.61
Top 10 Qualifiers:
MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE — HEATS
- 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 Qualifying Time – 3:45.43
Top 10 Qualifiers:
WOMEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – HEATS
- World Record – 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (2023)
- Australian Record – 30.05, Chelsea Hodges (2022)
- Commonwealth Record – 29.72, Lara van Niekerk (2022)
Top 10 Qualifiers:
MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – HEATS
- 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 Qualifying Time – 1:57.28
Top 10 Qualifiers:
SwimSwam: 2024 Australian Open Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap
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