The Australian Swimming Championships 2024 will run from April 17 to 20. Get full list of medal winners.
6 minBy Ali Asgar Nalwala
Swimming
The Australian Open Swimming Championships 2024 is being held at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Queensland. The event started on April 17 and will end on the 20th.
Although national selection for the Australian swimming team at the Paris 2024 Olympics is not on the line at the championships, the event features a stacked field comprising swimmers from Australia, the Republic of Korea, Japan and New Zealand.
The women’s 100m freestyle in Gold Coast featured five of the top ten fastest swimmers in history, including five-time Olympic gold medallist Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell, Mollie O’Callaghan, Bronte Campbell and Shayna Jack.
O’Callaghan will also compete in the women’s 200m freestyle, an event in which she is the current world record holder.
The women’s 200m individual medley on the opening day saw 22-year-old Olympic gold medallist Kaylee McKeown win gold with a new national record of 2:06.99, rewriting Stephanie Rice‘s previous mark of 2:07.03 set in 2009. On the second day, McKeown clocked 4:28.22 to win gold in the 400m individual medley, breaking another one of Rice's national records - a 4:29.45 mark set in the final of the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
The men’s 400m freestyle saw three world champions - Kim Woomin of South Korea (2024), Australia’s Sam Short (2023) and Elijah Winington (2022) - go head to head.
Cameron McEvoy, the 2023 World Championships gold medalist, leads the field in the men’s 50m freestyle and will be up against South Korea’s national record holder Ji Yuchan. In the 100m freestyle, national record holder Matt Temple will be the one to watch out for.
The Australian Open Championships 2024 swimming is the first of the two national meets for the Australian swimmers before the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The Australian Swimming Trials 2024 at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre from June 10 to 15 will serve as the sole selection meet to pick the Australian swimming team for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Here’s a look at all the medal winners from the Australian Open Championships 2024.
Australian Open Swimming Championships 2024 medal winners
April 17, Wednesday
- Men’s 100m breaststroke: 1. Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.85); 2. Joshua Yong (1:00.16); 3. Ippei Watanabe (1:00.42)
- Women’s 200m individual medley: 1. Kaylee McKeown (2:06.99); 2. Ella Ramsay (2:10.71); 3. Isabella Boyd (2:13.22)
- Men’s 50m butterfly: 1. Kyle Chalmers (23.10); Ben Armbruster (23.35); 3. Cameron McEvoy (23.52)
- Women’s 100 freestyle: 1. Mollie O’Callaghan (52.27); Meg Harris (52.59); 3. Emma McKeon, (53.09)
- Men’s 400m freestyle: 1. Elijah Winnington (3:41.41); Sam Short (3:41.64); 3. Kim Woomin, (3:45.12)
- Women’s 50m breaststroke: 1. Jenna Strauch (31.04); 2. Sienna Toohey (31.43); 3. Sally Hunter (31.77)
- Men’s 200m backstroke: 1. Lee Juho (1:56.97); 2. Bradley Woodward (1:57.67); 3. Josh Edwards-Smith (1:59.08)
- Women’s 800m freestyle: 1. Ariarne Titmus (8:17.80); 2. Lani Pallister (8:19.38) and Eve Thomas (8:25.71)
- Men’s 400m freestyle multi-class: 1. Timothy Hodge (4:15.36); 2. Brenden Hall (4:19.83); 3. Hamish Keenan (5:07.80)
- Women’s 400m freestyle multi-class: 1. Katja Dedekind (4:39.24); 2. Poppy Wilson (4:44.23); 3. Lakeisha Patterson (4:44.20)
- Men’s 200m freestyle multi-class: 1. Jack Ireland (1:53.86); 2 Ricky Betar (1:57.60); 3. Samuel Gould (2:00.43)
- Women’s 200m freestyle multi-class: 1. Ruby Storm (2:13.28); 2. Jade Lucy (2:15.46); 3. Madeleine Mcternan (2:15.60)
- Men’s 50m butterfly multi-class: 1. Benjamin Hance (24.65); 2 Nicholas Layton (24.90); 3. Jarred Dyer (27.86)
- Women's 50m butterfly multi-class: 1. Paige Leonhardt (29.21); 2 Ruby Storm (30.54); 3. Jasmine Greenwood (30.42)
- Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Taylor Kai/Hugh Dolle/Matthew Magnussen/Gilbert Kai (7:21.15); 2. Oliver Mackenzie/Tanin Kursidim/Flynn Phillips/Anthony Lin (7:45.49); 3. Finley Roddis/ Fergus Henderson/Yousief Hassan/Cormac Guthrie (7:52.96)
April 18, Thursday
- Women’s 100m butterfly multi-class: 1. Paige Leonhardt (1:06.29); 2. Ruby Storm (1:08.95); 3. Emily Beecroft (1:08.22)
- Men’s 100m butterfly multi-class: 1. Timothy Hodge (1:00.20); 2. Alex Saffy (57.23); 3. Ricky Betar (58.76)
- Women’s 400m individual medley: 1. Kaylee McKeown (4:28.22); 2. Ella Ramsay (4:36.94); 3. Jenna Forrester (4:47.18)
- Men’s 200m freestyle: 1. Flynn Southam (1:46.11); 2. Elijah Winnington (1:46.56); 3. Thomas Neil (1:46.60)
- Women’s 100m backstroke: 1. Mollie O'callaghan (58.09); 2. Iona Anderson (59.53); 3. Hannah Fredericks (59.69)
- Women’s 50m breaststroke: 1. Keira Stephens (35.08); 2. Paige Leonhardt (36.37 ); 3. Amel Springett-Kelly (48.34)
- Men’s 50m breaststroke: 1. Jake Michel (30.05); 2. Samuel Gould (33.90); 3. Matthew Swinbourne (34.62)
- Women’s 50m freestyle: 1. Shayna Jack (30.05); 2. Meg Harris (24.28); 3. Emma McKeon (24.46)
- Men’s 200m breaststroke: 1. Zac Stubblety-Cook (2:07.50); 2. Ippei Watanabe (2:07.62); 3. Joshua Yong (2:08.54)
- Women’s 200m butterfly: 1. Elizabeth Dekkers (2:05.20); 2. Brianna Throssell (2:06.98); 3. Abbey Connor (2:07.20)
- Women’s 100m backstroke multi-class: 1. Jasmine Greenwood (1:12.07); 2. Madeleine McTernan (1:11.83); 3. Ruby Storm (1:13.14)
- Men’s 100m backstroke multi-class: 1. Benjamin Hance (57.76); 2. Timothy Hodge (1:01.85); 3. Tom Gallagher (1:02.40)
- Men’s 50m backstroke: 1. Lewis Blackburn (25.03); 2. Ben Armbruster (25.12); 3. Mark Nikolaev (25.42)
- Women’s 100m breaststroke: 1. Jenna Strauch (1:07.37); 2. Abbey Harkin (1:07.71); 3. Matilda Smith (1:07.83)
- Men’s 1500m freestyle: 1. Samuel Short (15:03.25); 2. Benjamin Goedemans (15:14.68); 3. Matthew Galea (15:21.73)
- Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay: 1. Elyse Weston/Iona Anderson/Lauren Gastevich/Alyssa Burges (3:44.80); 2. Kaci Curtis/J Forrester/Davison McGoverline/Stef McCarthy (3:49.27); 3. Isabella Boyd/Semra Olowoniyi/Olivia Lefoe/Abbey Kearney (3:50.17)
- Men’s 4x100m medley relay: 1. Thomas Anderson/Joshua Anderson/William Jordan/Joseph Jackson (3:41.13); 2. Lewis Blackburn/James Morrow/Kyle Chalmers/Jezze Gorman (3:41.22); 3. Tane Bidois/Angus Menzies/Joseph Hamson/Tomas Kapocius (3:42.95)
April 19, Friday
- Men’s 200m individual medley multi-class: 1. Timothy Hodge (2:15.02); 2. Betar Ricky (2:12.75) 3 Col Pearse (2:20.25)
- Women’s 200m individual medley multi-class: 1. Ruby Storm (2:35.61); 2. Amel Springett-Kelly (3:18.79); 3. Jasmin Fullgrabe (2:47.27)
- Men’s 200m individual medley: 1. William Petric (1:58.43); 2. Lewis Clareburt (1:58.73); 3. Se-Bom Lee (2:00.90)
- Women’s 200m breaststroke: 1. Jenna Strauch (2:23.33); 2. Matilda Smith (2:24.89); 3. Abbey Harkin (2:26.11)
- Men’s 50m freestyle: 1. Cameron McEvoy (21.93); 2. Kyle Chalmers (21.98); 3. Thomas Nowakowski (22.08)
- Women’s 50 backstroke: 1. Kaylee McKeown (27.07); 2. Mollie O’Callaghan (27.16); 3. Iona Anderson (27.75)
- Men’s 100m butterfly: 1. Matt Temple (50.80); 2. Shaun Champion (51.28); 3. Ben Armbruster (51.88)
- Women’s 400m freestyle: 1. Ariarne Titmus (3:59.13); 2. Lani Pallister (4:01.75); 3. Kiah Melverton (4:06.95)
- Men’s 100m freestyle multi-class: 1. Rowan Crothers (52.04); 2. Tom Gallagher (52.49); 3. Jack Ireland (52.41)
- Men’s 100m backstroke: 1. Mark Nikolaev (54.61); 2. Lee Juho (54.64); 3. Bradley Woodward (54.74)
- Women’s 50m butterfly: 1. Rikako Ikee (25.33); 2. Emma McKeon (25.70); 3. Alexandria Perkins (25.90)
- Men’s 800m freestyle: 1. Elijah Winnington (7:43.08); 2. Sam Short (7:43.98); 3. Kim Woomin (7:49.69)
- Women’s 100m freestyle multi-class: 1. Alexa Leary (59.64); 2. Rachael Watson (1:34.21); 3. Jasmine Greenwood (1:02.64)
- Men’s 50m backstroke multi-class: 1 Joshua Alford (31.73); 2. Matthew Swinbourne (33.63); 3. Kaden Smith (34.37)
- Women’s 50m backstroke multi-class: 1. Jasmine Greenwood (33.37); 2. Michelle Fawer (35.95); 3. Airlie Davis (35.96)
- Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Jacqueline Davison-mcgovern/Jenna Forrester/Stef Mccarthy/Macy Beuzeville (8:20.43); 2. Lily Taylor/Sophie Klube/ Ava Caddy/ Tameeka Johnson (8:45.90)
- Mixed 4x100m medley relay: 1. Thomas Henderson/Joshua Anderson/Gemma Cooney/Rebecca Jacobson (3:53.61); 2. Matthew Magnussen/Joshua Staples/Jenna Forrester/Stef Mccarthy (4:00.22); 3. Nicholas Nankervis/Randal Ingram/Davison-McGoverine/Kaci Curtis (4:01.13)