The 2026 Australian Swimming Trials were held from 8 to 13 June 2026 at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the selection meet for the 2026 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland, the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships held in Irvine, California and the 2026 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships held in Walnut, California.

In July 2025, Swimming Australia announced a series of changes to the Australian Open Championships and the Australian Swimming Trials, effective from 2026. The Australian Open Championships was renamed the Australian Open. Australian champions in able-bodied events will now be determined at the Trials, reflecting that the year's fastest racing takes place there. Australian champions in multi-class events, however, will continue to be recognised at the Open, as it caters for the entire multi-class community (S1–S19), rather than only para swimmers (S1–S14). The Open will also serve as the annual Open Club Championships.

Dogs from Guide Dogs NSW/ACT were present on the pool deck to help reduce swimmers' anxiety and calm their nerves. The initiative was introduced by Linley Frame, Swimming Australia's national wellbeing and engagement manager, and Shayna Jack, an ambassador for the organisation. The dogs also attended the 2026 Australian Open, where they were well received by competitors. The initiative followed the use of a therapy dog at the 2024 United States Olympic gymnastics trials in Minneapolis.

Samuel Short became the Australian champion in the men's 200, 400, 800 and 1500 metre freestyle events, becoming the first swimmer to do so since Grant Hackett in 2005.

Alexa Leary, who won gold in the Women's 100 metre freestyle S9 event at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore, was absent from the meet, due to reclassification to the S10 class and the occurrence of seizures.

One day prior to the meet, Bronte Campbell announced her retirement from competitive swimming.

Schedule The event was held over six days in a 10-lane pool with all 10 lanes used for the morning heats and 8 lanes used for the evening finals. There were no semi finals held with the fastest eight swimmers from the heats advancing to the A Final and the next eight fastest contesting the B Final in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 metre events, provided that 24 swimmers entered in the heats. The A Final was swum before the B Final. The heats for these events were swum in the order of fastest to slowest. The 800 and 1500 metre distance events were timed finals with the slow heats being swum in the morning and the fastest heat being contested in the evening. As this was a selection event, no visitors were permitted to progress to the A Final however there was no restrictions on the number of visitors who were permitted to advance to the B Final. There were no relay events contested and the meet was not scored. The minimum age for swimmers to compete was 13 years for able bodied events and 12 years for multi-class events with the age determined as swimmer's age on 8 June 2026.

|M = Morning session (starting at 11:00), E = Evening session (starting at 19:30)

+Men Date → 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 800 m freestyle TF TF 1500 m freestyle TF TF 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 200 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 200 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 200 m butterfly H F 200 m individual medley H F 400 m individual medley H F +Men Multi-Class Date → 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 150 m individual medley H F 200 m individual medley H F

+Women Date → 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 800 m freestyle TF TF 1500 m freestyle TF TF 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 200 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 200 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 200 m butterfly H F 200 m individual medley H F 400 m individual medley H F +Women's Multi-Class Date → 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E 50 m freestyle H F 100 m freestyle H F 200 m freestyle H F 400 m freestyle H F 50 m backstroke H F 100 m backstroke H F 50 m breaststroke H F 100 m breaststroke H F 50 m butterfly H F 100 m butterfly H F 150 m individual medley H F 200 m individual medley H F

Qualification criteria The priority 1 selection criteria consisted of finishing either first and second in the A final of an individual event and finishing in time equal or fastest of the qualification times set out below by Swimming Australia. The times were those set by the last place qualifier of the final in each event of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.

+ 2026 Australian Swimming Trials qualification times Event Men Women 50 metre freestyle 21.77 24.45 100 metre freestyle 47.64 53.51 200 metre freestyle 1:45.60 1:56.03 400 metre freestyle 3:45.88 4:06.75 800 metre freestyle 7:46.36 8:27.51 1500 metre freestyle 14:51.06 16:08.19 50 metre backstroke 24.53 27.57 100 metre backstroke 52.57 59.56 200 metre backstroke 1:55.64 2:09.09 50 metre breaststroke 26.93 30.37 100 metre breaststroke 59.39 1:06.17 200 metre breaststroke 2:09.32 2:24.10 50 metre butterfly 22.91 25.62 100 metre butterfly 50.88 57.11 200 metre butterfly 1:54.94 2:07.95 200 metre individual medley 1:57.49 2:10.49 400 metre individual medley 4:13.59 4:38.31

The priority 1 selection criteria for the para swimming events consisted of finishing first, second and third per class in each event and swimming a time equal or faster of the qualification times set out below by Swimming Australia. Due to the multi-class system that is used to determine who advanced to the final, qualification times could also be achieved in the heats. The times were calculated as the average eight place World Para Swimming world ranking time at the end of each calendar year over the previous four years.

+ 2026 Australian Swimming Trials men's multi-class qualification times for freestyle, backstroke and butterfly events Event S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 50 metre freestyle – 50.82 50.82 39.92 34.13 29.30 29.30 26.05 26.05 25.10 26.92 24.69 24.69 – 100 metre freestyle – – 1:26.82 1:26.82 1:16.08 1:08.40 1:00.06 1:00.06 55.08 55.08 55.87 55.87 – – 200 metre freestyle 4:57.39 4:57.39 3:52.87 3:10.32 2:48.67 – – – – – – – – 1:57.37 400 metre freestyle – – – – 5:21.56 5:21.56 5:05.04 4:36.84 4:22.90 – 4:57.43 4:27.53 4:27.53 – 50 metre backstroke 1:53.98 1:06.79 52.83 47.10 38.63 – – – – – – – – – 100 metre backstroke 4:05.28 2:25.75 – – 1:18.97 1:18.97 1:15.83 1:09.67 1:05.05 1:03.74 1:11.86 1:07.27 1:02.05 1:01.15 50 metre butterfly – – – 36.41 36.41 33.27 33.50 – – – – – – – 100 metre butterfly – – – – – – 1:05.72 1:05.72 1:02.25 59.25 1:07.74 1:01.21 59.11 57.60 100 metre freestyle (relay only) – – – – – – – – – – – – – 53.14

+ 2026 Australian Swimming Trials men's multi-class qualification times for breaststroke events Event SB1 SB2 SB3 SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9 – SB11 SB12 SB13 SB14 50 metre breaststroke 1:11.39 1:11.39 54.38 – – – – – – – – – – – 100 metre breaststroke – – 1:49.86 1:49.86 1:40.52 1:25.86 1:14.33 1:14.33 1:10.67 – 1:22.39 1:10.29 1:10.29 1:08.15

+ 2026 Australian Swimming Trials men's multi-class qualification times for individual medley events Event SM1 SM2 SM3 SM4 SM5 SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10 SM11 SM12 SM13 SM14 150 metre individual medley – 3:20.09 3:20.09 2:49.96 – – – – – – – – – – 200 metre individual medley – – – – 2:51.49 2:51.49 2:49.64 2:31.58 2:22.39 2:18.39 2:37.92 2:17.69 2:17.69 2:13.20

+ 2026 Australian Swimming Trials women's multi-class qualification times for freestyle, backstroke and butterfly events Event S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 50 metre freestyle – – 44.19 44.19 35.71 35.71 32.64 32.64 28.48 28.48 31.51 28.54 28.54 – 100 metre freestyle – 2:16.88 2:16.88 1:33.03 1:33.03 1:15.53 1:15.53 1:04.78 1:04.78 1:02.46 1:11.18 1:04.07 – – 200 metre freestyle – – – 3:20.24 3:20.24 – – – – – – – – 2:12.98 400 metre freestyle – – – – 5:49.90 5:49.90 5:43.89 5:17.68 4:55.90 4:51.64 5:39.78 4:58.77 4:58.77 – 50 metre backstroke 1:39.42 1:39.42 1:08.28 55.57 46.47 – – – – – – – – – 100 metre backstroke 3:35.84 3:35.84 – – 1:28.96 1:28.96 1:23.26 1:23.26 1:14.64 1:12.17 1:22.29 1:16.25 1:13.14 1:10.33 50 metre butterfly – – – 51.59 51.59 39.34 37.26 – – – – – – – 100 metre butterfly – – – – – – 1:19.18 1:19.18 1:11.12 1:09.21 – 1:10.56 1:10.56 1:08.00 100 metre freestyle (relay only) – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1:01.57

+ 2026 Australian Swimming Trials women's multi-class qualification times for breaststroke events Event SB1 SB2 SB3 SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9 – SB11 SB12 SB13 SB14 50 metre breaststroke – 1:06.08 1:06.08 – – – – – – – – – – – 100 metre breaststroke – – 2:13.75 2:13.75 1:59.81 1:44.72 1:41.01 1:27.77 1:21.58 – 1:33.58 1:28.45 1:22.55 1:19.35

+ 2026 Australian Swimming Trials men's multi-class qualification times for individual medley events Event SM1 SM2 SM3 SM4 SM5 SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10 SM11 SM12 SM13 SM14 150 metre individual medley – – 3:14.33 3:14.33 – – – – – – – – – – 200 metre individual medley – – – – 4:06.34 3:18.69 3:10.25 2:56.01 2:41.11 2:37.46 3:04.75 2:36.87 2:36.87 2:33.65

Results The medallist for all events are below.

Men's events