The 2019

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were held from 7 to 12 April 2019 at the

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. Following Australia's performance at the

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where 29 medals were won and finishing 10th on the medal tally,

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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. The 2019 Australian World Swimming Trials will be held at the Brisbane Aquatics Centre in June 2019 and will be selection trials for the

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, South Korea. This event doubled up as the national trials for the

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in London, the

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, Hungary. There was an increase in the number of events contested from 63 to 64 from the 2018 National Championships with addition of the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay. This was due to the

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announcing in June 2017 that this event as well as the men's 800 m freestyle and the women's 1500 m freestyle events will be added to the Olympic swimming program at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

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, China, while

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was away competing at the Helsinki Swim Meet and Bergen Swim Festival.

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was forced out due to a shoulder injury. During night three of the championships,

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on behalf of Swimming Australia paid tribute to

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who died a few weeks prior. Defending women's 200 metre backstroke champion

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was disqualified during the heats of the event. She was permitted to swim a time trial where she stopped the clock at 2:08.56 well ahead of

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's winning time of 2:11.18 in the final. The legends relay was a mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle event swum on the penultimate night of the meet. The team were: * Team Bramham - Andrew Abood,

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and Robert van der Zant * Team Klim -

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, Dimity Douglas, Sally Hunter,

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* Team Trickett -

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* Team Schipper -

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, Craig Stevens The event was won by Team Bramham in a time of 1:47.14, followed by Team Schipper (1:49.72), Team Trickett (1:50.01) and Team Klim (1:52.54).

Schedule

M = Morning session, E = Evening session

Medal winners

The results are below.

Men's events

Men's multiclass events

Women's events

Women's multiclass events

Mixed events

Mixed multiclass events

Legend:

Records broken

During the 2019 Australian Swimming Championships the following records were set.

World records

* Men's 50 m freestyle S14 – Ricky Betar, Auburn (24.37) (final) (S14) * Men's 200 m freestyle S14 – Liam Schluter, Kawana Waters (1:54.79) (final) * Men's 400 m freestyle S14 – Liam Schluter, Kawana Waters (4:06.53) (final) * Men's 50 m backstroke S9 –

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, Auburn (29.70) (final)

Commonwealth, Oceanian and Australian records

* Men's 200 m breaststroke –

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, SOPAC (2:07.16) (final) * Women's 200 m freestyle –

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, St Peters Western (1:54.30) (final) * Women's 400 m freestyle –

, St Peters Western (3:59.66) (final) (equal)

Australian club records

* Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay –

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, Abbey Harkin,

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, St Peters Western (3:36.27) (final) * Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay –

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, Abbey Harkin,

, St Peters Western (7:57.03) (final)

All Comers records

* Men's 200 m breaststroke –

, SOPAC (2:07.16) (final) * Women's 200 m freestyle –

, St Peters Western (1:54.30) (final)

Championship records

* Men's 200 m breaststroke –

, SOPAC (2:07.16) (final) * Men's 50 m butterfly – William Yang, Ravenswood (23.23) (final) * Men's 200 m individual medley –

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, St Peters Western (1:56.83) (final) * Women's 100 m freestyle –

, Knox Pymble (52.35) (final) * Women's 200 m freestyle –

, St Peters Western (1:54.30) (final) * Women's 400 m freestyle –

, St Peters Western (3:59.66) (final) * Women's 1500 m freestyle –

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, TSS Aquatic (15:58.09) (final) * Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay –

, Abbey Harkin,

, St Peters Western (3:36.27) (final) * Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay –

, Abbey Harkin,

, St Peters Western (7:57.03) (final)

World Para Swimming Championships team

On 12 April 2019, the team for the

was announced. 34 members were named with the nine making their international debut.

Club points scores

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

Broadcast

The morning sessions were streamed live on the website of Swimming Australia. The evening sessions were broadcast live on 7TWO. This was the fourth national championships to be screen by Seven after securing the broadcast rights with Swimming Australia in September 2015. The commentary team consisted of

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with poolside interviews conducted by Nathan Templeton.

Notes

References

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