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Ian Thorpe, with 9 medals is equal with Leisel Jones for second-most Olympic medals by an Australian. Stephanie Rice, winner of three gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, including the medley double. Grant Hackett, winner of the 1500 m freestyle in 2000 and 2004, captained Australia's swimming team at the 2008 Olympics.
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 13 swimming events were contested, seven for men and six for women. There was a total of 235 participants from 33 countries competing. There was a total of 235 participants from 33 countries competing.
The Australian Swim Team has produced numerous world-class swimmers, with thirty-six members inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as of 2015. [2] Notable inductees include Dawn Fraser, Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Kieren Perkins, Murray Rose, and Shane Gould. Swimming Australia annually recognizes the Australian Swimmer of the Year.
At Aussie Olympic trials last month, they swam the women’s 200-meter freestyle in 1:52.23 and 1:52.48, respectively — the two fastest times in history. They also blasted through an invisible ...
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.
Melbourne Olympic Pool Melbourne Victoria: 1952 Olympic Games: 1953 21–28 February North Sydney Olympic Pool; Enfield Olympic Swimming Pool Sydney New South Wales: 1954 20–27 February Melbourne Olympic Pool Melbourne Victoria: 1954 Commonwealth Games: 1955 19–26 February Adelaide Olympic Pool Adelaide South Australia: 1956 16–23 February
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.
In May 2023, William had a benign tumor in his spinal canal, impinging on a nerve which required immediate surgery. [5] [7]William came second at the 100m freestyle at the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials, achieving a personal best time of 48.08, 0.02 seconds slower than the Swimming Australia Olympic Qualifying Time of 48.06.