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Swimming Australia annually recognizes the Australian Swimmer of the Year. The Australian Swim Team has finished first in the gold medal rankings once at the Olympic Games in 1956 in Melbourne and twice at the Long Course World Championships in 2001 and 2023, both held in Fukuoka , Japan.
Swimming is Australia's most prolific Olympic sport, having been responsible for 78 of Australia's 185 Olympic gold medals. In addition, a list of the top 100 Australian Olympians of all time, compiled by the Australian Olympic Committee, named 35 swimmers in the top 100, more than any other sport. Swimmers have been given the honour of ...
The swimming program for 2000 was expanded from 1996, with the inclusion of the semifinal phase in each of the events except for some special cases. Long-distance swimming events (400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, and 400 m individual medley) and all relays still maintained the old format with only two phases: heats and final.
The 2024 Australian Swimming Trials was a sports event that is being held from 10 to 15 June 2024 at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre to determine Australia's swimming team to the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2024 Paralympics.
Country Australia Governing body Swimming Australia National team(s) Australia Nickname(s) Dolphins National competitions Australian Swimming Championships International competitions Oceania Swimming Championships Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships Audience records Single match 17,595, 16 September 2000, Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Swimming ...
Katie Ledecky of Team USA and Ariarne Titmus of Team Australia react after competing in the Women's 400-m freestyle heats on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on ...
Below is a list of current Australian swimming records as ratified by the national governing body, Swimming Australia.There are two types of Australian records. An Australian record is the best time recorded anywhere in the world by a swimmer or team holding Australian citizenship whilst an Australian All Comers record is the best time recorded in Australia by a swimmer or team.
Two of Australia's young star swimmers have already sent the Americans a message with one world-record swim and another near-world record. Opinion: Australian women send message to athletes at US ...