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The '''2012 [[Australian Swimming Championships]]''' were held from 15 March until 22 March 2012 at the [[South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre]] in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. They doubled up as the national trials for the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]].
{{wikinews|Paralympic swim records tumble at Australian championships}}

==Qualification criteria==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|- 
! Event !! Men !! Women
|-
| 50m freestyle || 22.11 || 25.27
|-
| 100m freestyle || 48.82 || 54.57
|-
| 200m freestyle || 1:47.82 || 1:58.33
|-
| 400m freestyle || 3:48.92 || 4:09.35
|-
| 800m freestyle || align="center"| — || 8:33.84
|-
| 1500m freestyle || 15:11.83 || align="center"| —
|-
| 100m backstroke || 54.40 || 1:00.82
|-
| 200m backstroke || 1:58.48 || 2:10.84
|-
| 100m breaststroke || 1:00.79 || 1:08.49
|-
| 200m breaststroke || 2:11.74 || 2:26.89
|-
| 100m butterfly || 52.36 || 58.70
|-
| 200m butterfly || 1:56.86 || 2:08.95
|-
| 200m IM || 2:00.17 || 2:13.36
|-
| 400m IM || 4:16.36 || 4:41.75 
|}

==Medal winners==
===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=115|type=Event|columns=2}} 
|-valign="top"
|50 m freestyle
| [[James Magnussen]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 21.74<br />
| [[Eamon Sullivan]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 21.92<br />
| [[Matthew Abood]]<br />Cranbrook Eastern Edge (NSW) || 21.94<br />
|-valign="top"
|100 m freestyle<br />
| [[James Magnussen]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 47.10<br />'''[[List of Australian records in swimming#Current Australian All Comers records|ACR]]'''
| [[James Roberts (swimmer)|James Roberts]]<br />Somerset (Qld) || 47.63<br />
| [[Matt Targett (swimmer)|Matt Targett]]<br />[[Melbourne Vicentre]] (Vic) || 48.32<br />
|-valign="top"
|200 m freestyle<br />
| [[Thomas Fraser-Holmes]]<br />Miami (Qld) || 1:46.88<br />
| [[Kenrick Monk]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 1:47.16<br />
| [[David McKeon]]<br />Wests Illawarra (NSW) || 1:47.55<br />
|-valign="top"
|400 m freestyle<br />
| [[David McKeon]]<br />Wests Illawarra (NSW) || 3:46.36<br />
| [[Ryan Napoleon]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 3:47.93<br />
| [[Robert Hurley (swimmer)|Robert Hurley]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 3:48.60<br />
|-valign="top"
|800 m freestyle<br />
| [[David McKeon]]<br />Wests Illawarra (NSW) || 7:57.22<br />
| [[Jarrod Poort]]<br />Wests Illawarra (NSW) || 8:05.73<br />
| [[Matthew Terry]]<br />Redcliffe Leagues (Qld) || 8:07.28<br />
|-valign="top"
|1500 m freestyle<br />
| [[Jarrod Poort]]<br />Wests Illawarra (NSW) || 15:13.38<br />
| [[Mack Horton]]<br />[[Melbourne Vicentre]] (Vic) || 15:14.73<br />
| [[George O'Brien (swimmer)|George O'Brien]]<br />Kawana Waters (Qld) || 15:18.52<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|50 m backstroke<br />
| [[Benjamin Treffers]]<br />Burley Griffin (ACT) || 25.19<br />
| [[Daniel Arnamnart]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 25.41<br />
| [[Max Ackermann (swimmer)|Max Ackermann]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 53.98<br />
|-valign="top"
|100 m backstroke<br />
| [[Hayden Stoeckel]]<br />Berri (SA) || 53.98<br />
| [[Daniel Arnamnart]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 54.05<br />
| [[Benjamin Treffers]]<br />Burley Griffin (ACT) || 54.16<br />
|-valign="top"
|200 m backstroke<br />
| [[Mitch Larkin]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 1:57.90<br />
| [[Matson Lawson]]<br />Tigersharks (Vic) || 1:58.32<br />
| [[Joshua Beaver]]<br />Tigersharks (Vic) || 1:58.58<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|50 m breaststroke<br />
| [[Christian Sprenger]]<br />Indooroopilly (Qld) || 27.43<br />
| [[Brenton Rickard]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 27.97<br />
| [[Joshua Palmer]]<br />LeFevre Portside (SA) || 28.39<br />
|-valign="top"
|100 m breaststroke<br />
| [[Christian Sprenger]]<br />Indooroopilly (Qld) || 59.91<br />
| [[Brenton Rickard]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 1:00.13<br />
| [[Jeremy Meyer]]<br />Traralgon (Vic) || 1:01.82<br />
|-valign="top"
|200 m breaststroke<br />
| [[Brenton Rickard]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 2:11.03<br />
| [[Jeremy Meyer]]<br />Traralgon (Vic) || 2:12.76<br />
| [[Nicholas Schafer]]<br />River City Rapids (Qld) || 2:12.96<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|50 m butterfly<br />
| [[Chris Wright (swimmer)|Chris Wright]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 23.79<br />
| [[Daniel Lester (swimmer)|Daniel Lester]]<br />Lawnton (Qld) || 23.81<br />
| [[Ryan Pini]]<br />{{PNG}} || 23.87<br />
|-valign="top"
|100 m butterfly<br />
| [[Chris Wright (swimmer)|Chris Wright]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 51.67<br />
| [[Jayden Hadler]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 52.09<br />
| [[Matt Targett (swimmer)|Matt Targett]]<br />[[Melbourne Vicentre]] (Vic) || 52.24<br />
|-valign="top"
|200 m butterfly<br />
| [[Nick D'Arcy]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 1:54.71<br />
| [[Chris Wright (swimmer)|Chris Wright]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 1:56.40<br />
| [[Grant Irvine]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 1:56.67<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|200 m IM<br />
| [[Daniel Tranter]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 1:58.19<br />
| [[Jayden Hadler]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 1:58.99<br />
| [[Thomas Fraser-Holmes]]<br />Miami (Qld) || 1:59.02<br />
|-valign="top"
|400 m IM<br />
| [[Thomas Fraser-Holmes]]<br />Miami (Qld) || 4:11.81<br />'''[[List of Oceanian records in swimming|OR]]'''
| [[Daniel Tranter]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 4:16.38<br />
| [[Mitch Larkin]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 4:18.38<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} freestyle relay
| Cranbrook Eastern Edge A (NSW)<br />[[Andrew Abood]] (51.17)<br />[[Matthew Abood]] (49.11)<br />[[Mitchell Patterson]] (50.77)<br />[[Tom Miller (swimmer)|Tom Miller]] (50.13)|| 3:21.18<br />
| SOPAC A (NSW)<br />[[Te Haumi Maxwell]] (51.80)<br />[[Jayden Hadler]] (49.82)<br />[[Eamon Sullivan]] (49.88)<br />[[Mitchell Dixon]] (50.34)|| 3:21.84<br />
| [[Melbourne Vicentre]] A (Vic)<br />[[Lloyd Townsing]] (50.87)<br />[[Daniel Blackborrow]] (51.61)<br />[[Phil Butcher]] (52.50)<br />[[Cameron Prosser]] (49.62)|| 3:24.60<br />
|-valign="top"
|{{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} freestyle relay
| [[Melbourne Vicentre]] A (Vic)<br />[[Mack Horton]] (1:55.60)<br />[[Andrew Cameron (swimmer)|Andrew Cameron]] (1:54.37)<br />[[Daniel Blackborrow]] (1:54.13)<br />[[Jack Gerrard]] (1:54.67)|| 7:38.77<br />
| Carlile A (NSW)<br />[[Tim Harris (swimmer)|Tim Harris]] (1:57.10)<br />[[Nick Robertson (swimmer)|Nick Robertson]] (1:57.01)<br />[[Sho Nishimoto]] (V) (1:56.22)<br />[[Luke Stirton]] (1:52.02)|| 7:42.35<br />
| Norwood A (SA)<br />[[Nick Clarke (swimmer)|Nick Clarke]] (1:54.17)<br />[[Luke Curtis]] (1:55.20)<br />[[Kyle Chalmers]] (1:58.54)<br />[[Cameron Wong]] (1:56.14)|| 7:44.05<br />
|-valign="top"
|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} medley relay
| [[Melbourne Vicentre]] A (Vic)<br />[[Daniel Blackborrow]] (56.10)<br />[[Justin Woolley]] (1:05.56)<br />[[Matthew Targett (swimmer)|Matthew Targett]] (52.76)<br />[[Cameron Prosser]] (50.40)|| 3:44.82<br />
| Arena A (WA)<br />[[Bobby Jovanovich]] (56.04)<br />[[Lennard Bremer]] (1:04.37)<br />[[Ben Lindsay (swimmer)|Ben Lindsay]] (54.70)<br />[[Patrick Hoey]] (51.28)|| 3:46.39<br />
| Tigersharks A (Vic)<br />[[Joshua Beaver]] (55.52)<br />[[Tyrone Dobrunz]] (1:05.93)<br />[[Mitchell Pratt]] (55.77)<br />[[Matson Lawson]] (51.23)|| 3:48.45<br />
|}
'''Legend:''' {{nowrap|'''WR''' – [[List of world records in swimming|World record]];}} {{nowrap|'''CR''' – [[List of Commonwealth records in swimming|Commonwealth record]];}} {{nowrap|'''OR''' – [[List of Oceanian records in swimming|Oceanian record]];}} {{nowrap|'''AR''' – [[List of Australian records in swimming|Australian record]];}} {{nowrap|'''ACR''' – [[List of Australian records in swimming#Current Australian All Comers records|Australian All Comers record]];}} {{nowrap|'''Club''' – [[List of Australian records in swimming#Current Australian club records|Australian Club record]]}}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-valign="top"
|50 m freestyle<br />
| [[Cate Campbell]]<br />Indooroopilly (Qld) || 24.44<br />
| [[Bronte Campbell]]<br />Indooroopilly (Qld) || 24.61<br />
| [[Yolane Kukla]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 24.76<br />
|-valign="top"
|100 m freestyle<br />
| [[Melanie Schlanger]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 53.85<br />
| [[Cate Campbell]]<br />Indooroopilly (Qld) || 54.01<br />
| [[Brittany Elmslie]]<br />Nudgee Brothers (Qld)<br />[[Yolane Kukla]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 54.08<br />
|-valign="top"
|200 m freestyle<br />
| [[Bronte Barratt]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 1:55.99<br />
| [[Kylie Palmer]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 1:56.04<br />
| [[Melanie Schlanger]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 1:56.73<br />
|-valign="top"
|400 m freestyle<br />
| [[Kylie Palmer]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 4:03.40<br />'''[[List of Australian records in swimming|AR]]'''
| [[Bronte Barratt]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 4:05.74<br />
| [[Remy Fairweather]]<br />Kawana Waters (Qld) || 4:08.63<br />
|-valign="top"
|800 m freestyle<br />
| [[Kylie Palmer]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 8:26.60<br />
| [[Jessica Ashwood]]<br />SOPAC (NSW) || 8:27.97<br />
| [[Melissa Gorman]]<br />Redcliffe Leagues (Qld) || 8:29.73<br />
|-valign="top"
|1500 m freestyle<br />
| [[Melissa Gorman]]<br />Redcliffe Leagues (Qld) || 16:27.50<br />
| [[Kareena Lee]]<br />Unattached (Qld) || 17:05.97<br />
| [[Leah Cutting]]<br />Norwood (SA) || 17:08.86<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|50 m backstroke<br />
| [[Emily Seebohm]]<br />Nudgee Brothers (Qld) || 28.03<br />
| [[Sophie Edington]]<br />[[Melbourne Vicentre]] (Vic) || 28.04<br />
| [[Hayley Baker]]<br />[[Melbourne Vicentre]] (Vic) || 28.87<br />
|-valign="top"
|100 m backstroke<br />
| [[Emily Seebohm]]<br />Nudgee Brothers (Qld) || 59.28<br />
| [[Belinda Hocking]]<br />Albury (NSW) || 59.41<br />
| [[Sophie Edington]]<br />[[Melbourne Vicentre]] (Vic) || 1:00.65<br />
|-valign="top"
|200 m backstroke<br />
| [[Belinda Hocking]]<br />Albury (NSW) || 2:06.68<br />'''[[List of Australian records in swimming#Current Australian All Comers records|ACR]]'''
| [[Meagen Nay]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 2:07.83<br />
| [[Mikkayla Sheridan]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 2:10.33<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|50 m breaststroke<br />
| [[Leiston Pickett]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 30.68<br />
| [[Sarah Katsoulis]]<br />Nunawading (Vic) || 31.28<br />
| [[Lorna Tonks]]<br />Redcliffe Leagues (Qld) || 31.56<br />
|-valign="top"
|100 m breaststroke<br />
| [[Leiston Pickett]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 1:06.88<br />
| [[Leisel Jones]]<br />Unattached (Qld) || 1:07.64<br />
| [[Sarah Katsoulis]]<br />Nunawading (Vic) || 1:08.11<br />
|-valign="top"
|200 m breaststroke<br />
| [[Tessa Wallace]]<br />Pelican Waters (Qld) || 2:26.31<br />
| [[Sally Hunter (swimmer)|Sally Foster]]<br />Central Aquatic (WA) || 2:26.51<br />
| [[Taylor McKeown]]<br />Australian Crawl (Qld) || 2:26.90<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|50 m butterfly<br />
| [[Alice Tait]]<br />Southport Olympic (Qld) || 26.59<br />
| [[Jessicah Schipper]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 26.65<br />
| [[Brianna Throssell]]<br />City of Perth (WA) || 26.76<br />
|-valign="top"
|100 m butterfly<br />
| [[Alicia Coutts]]<br />Redlands (Qld) || 57.59<br />
| [[Jessicah Schipper]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 57.88<br />
| [[Libby Trickett]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 58.64<br />
|-valign="top"
|200 m butterfly<br />
| [[Jessicah Schipper]]<br />Chandler (Qld) || 2:06.93<br />
| [[Samantha Hamill]]<br />Kawana Waters (Qld) || 2:08.92<br />
| [[Amy Smith (Australian swimmer)|Amy Smith]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 2:10.71<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|200 m IM<br />
| [[Stephanie Rice]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 2:09.38<br />
| [[Alicia Coutts]]<br />Redlands (Qld) || 2:09.83<br />
| [[Emily Seebohm]]<br />Nudgee Brothers (Qld) || 2:12.37<br />
|-valign="top"
|400 m IM<br />
| [[Stephanie Rice]]<br />St Peters Western (Qld) || 4:33.45<br />
| [[Blair Evans]]<br />City of Perth (WA) || 4:37.80<br />
| [[Samantha Hamill]]<br />Kawana Waters (Qld) || 4:42.69<br />
|- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
|colspan=7|
|-valign="top"
|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} freestyle relay
| Carlile A (NSW)<br />[[Leanne Wright]] (56.84)<br />[[Georgia Miller (swimmer)|Georgia Miller]] (57.48)<br />[[Alicia Caldwell]] (57.61)<br />[[Ami Matsuo]] (55.30)|| 3:47.23<br />
| Nunawading (Vic)<br />[[Belinda Parslow]] (57.17)<br />[[Belinda Bennett]] (57.10)<br />[[Ellese Zalewski]] (56.27)<br />[[Samantha Bennett]] (57.48)|| 3:48.02<br />
| Norwood A (SA)<br />[[Sumin Song]] (V) (57.56)<br />[[Emma Duncan]] (57.59)<br />[[Lauren Mathews]] (58.14)<br />[[Jenni O'Neil]] (57.70)|| 3:50.99<br />
|-valign="top"
|{{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} freestyle relay
| Nunawading (Vic)<br />[[Belinda Parslow]] (2:01.06)<br />[[Belinda Bennett]] (2:04.36)<br />[[Ellese Zalewski]] (2:04.45)<br />[[Samantha Bennett]] (2:04.56)|| 8:14.43<br />
| Norwood A (SA)<br />[[Sumin Song]] (V) (2:03.19)<br />[[Leah Cutting]] (2:05.00)<br />[[Emma Duncan]] (2:05.29)<br />[[Jenni O'Neil]] (2:05.03)|| 8:18.51<br />
| Carlile A (NSW)<br />[[Leanne Wright]] (2:07.51)<br />[[Georgia Miller (swimmer)|Georgia Miller]] (2:05.26)<br />[[Jessie Quinn]] (2:09.13)<br />[[Alicia Caldwell]] (2:05.16)|| 8:27.06<br />
|-valign="top"
|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} medley relay
| [[Melbourne Vicentre]] A (Vic)<br />[[Sophie Edington]] (1:01.44)<br />[[Samantha Marshall (swimmer)|Samantha Marshall]] (1:08.75)<br />[[Marieke Guehrer]] (1:00.70)<br />[[Jessica Morrison (swimmer)|Jessica Morrison]] (56.66)|| 4:07.55<br />
| Nunawading (Vic)<br />[[Samantha Bennett]] (1:04.77)<br />[[Sarah Katsoulis]] (1:07.49)<br />[[Ellese Zalewski]] (1:01.21)<br />[[Belinda Parslow]] (56.22)|| 4:09.69<br />
| Norwood A (SA)<br />[[Jenni O'Neil]] (1:02.46)<br />[[Amelia Dahlitz]] (1:11.79)<br />[[Jackie Staples]] (1:01.46)<br />[[Sumin Song]] (V) (56.94)|| 4:12.65<br />
|}
'''Legend:''' {{nowrap|'''WR''' – [[List of world records in swimming|World record]];}} {{nowrap|'''CR''' – [[List of Commonwealth records in swimming|Commonwealth record]];}} {{nowrap|'''OR''' – [[List of Oceanian records in swimming|Oceanian record]];}} {{nowrap|'''AR''' – [[List of Australian records in swimming|Australian record]];}} {{nowrap|'''ACR''' – [[List of Australian records in swimming#Current Australian All Comers records|Australian All Comers record]];}} {{nowrap|'''Club''' – [[List of Australian records in swimming#Current Australian club records|Australian Club record]]}}

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120322173511/http://www.clubsonline.com.au/uploads/swimresults/National/2012Open/index.htm Championships results]

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