2026 Australian Open (swimming) – Wikipedia

The 2026 Australian Open was held from 6 to eight April 2026 on the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland.^[1] In April 2025, Swimming Australia introduced that the Gold Coast could be internet hosting the Open in 2026, 2028 and 2030 within the lead as much as the 2032 Brisbane Summer Olympics.^[2]

In July 2025, it was introduced that the Australian Open Championships will probably be renamed the Australian Open and would not be the Australian Long Course Championships occasion for swimmers. Australian champions will now decided on the annual Australian Swimming Trails occasion for in a position bodied swimmers. This determination was reflective that the quickest racing of the yr happens at Trails. Australian champions in multi-class occasions nevertheless will probably be continued to be recognised on the Open as this occasion caters for the whole multi-class group (S1–S19), and never simply the para swimmers (S1–S14) with medals introduced for this cohort. The Open can even serve on the Open Club Championships occasion every year with factors rating being selected particular person and membership relay performances.^[3]

During the heats, three canine from Guide Dogs Queensland had been current on pool deck to assist handle nervousness and calm the nerves of the swimmers. This was an initiative by Linley Frame, Swimming Australia’s nationwide wellbeing and engagement supervisor and Shayna Jack who’s an envoy for the organisation. This was effectively obtained by the opponents. It follows on the 2024 United States Olympic gymnastics trials in Minneapolis the place a four-year-old golden retriever was current.^[4]

The occasion was held over three days in a 10-lane pool with heats within the morning and finals within the evenings. There had been no semi finals held with the quickest ten swimmers from the heats advancing to the A Final and the subsequent ten fasting contesting the B Final within the 50 m, 100 m and 200 metre occasions, supplied that 24 swimmers entered within the heats. The A Final was swum earlier than the B Final. The heats for these occasions had been swum within the order of quickest to slowest. The 800 and 1500 metre distance occasions had been timed finals with the sluggish heats being swum within the morning and the quickest warmth being contested within the night. The relay occasions had been additionally timed finals with all of them being raced within the night session, slowest to quickest warmth. A most of two guests had been permitted to progress to the A Final of the multi-class occasions and there was no restrictions on the variety of guests who had been permitted to advance to the A Final of the able-bodied occasions and the B Finals of all occasions.^[5]

Legend

Key	H	½	F	TF
Value	Heats	Semifinals	Final	Timed ultimate

M = Morning session (beginning at 09:00), E = Evening session (beginning at 18:00)

The medallist for all occasions are beneath.^[7]

During the 2026 Australian Open the next information had been set.

The ultimate membership level scores are beneath. Note: Only the highest ten golf equipment are listed.^[13]

In January 2025, it was introduced that the Nine Network has secured a ten-year multi-platform media settlement with Swimming Australia by to 2034.^[14] Both the morning warmth periods and night ultimate periods had been streamed reside on 9Now. The commentary workforce consisted of Mat Thompson, Jacob Templeton, Matt Welsh and Emily Seebohm with Welsh and Welsh conducting the poolside interviews.