2023 AUSTRALIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS
- Tuesday, June 13th – Sunday, June 18th
- Prelims at 10am local (8pm previous day EDT)/Finals at 7pm local (5am EDT)
- Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Center
- LCM (50m)
- World Championships Selection Criteria
- Meet Central
- Final Start List
- Live Results
- Livestream (9now)
The 2023 Australian World Championship Trials are upon us, with the action kicking off at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Center tomorrow, Tuesday, June 13th.
The meet spans a total of six days and represents the sole opportunity for Aussie swimmers to earn qualification for next month’s World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
Heats are scheduled for 10am local (8pm EDT previous day) while finals are scheduled for 7pm local (5am EDT) and the event lineup is as follows:
As a refresher, after following the FINA time standards for the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, Swimming Australia has reverted to its prior practices of setting its own qualification times which, in most cases, are faster than the FINA ‘A’ time standards.
Swimming Australia Qualification Times for 2023 World Championships
The Trials will be streamed through the Nine Network’s streaming platform.
We’ve published several previews to get hyped for this elite event so you have fewer than 12 hours to brush up on the key swimmers and races to watch.
- McKeown Eyes 800 Free Relay, Chalmers Entered in 100 Fly for Aussie World Trials
- Cate Campbell Drops Out of Aussie World Championship Trials
- World Championships Medalist William Yang to Undergo Back Surgery
- Who’s Missing from the 2023 Australian World Championship Trials?
- What Will Aussie Women’s 400 Medley Look Like Without Their Top Breaststrokers?
- 36-year-old Olympic Medalist Andrew Lauterstein Entered in Aussie World Trials
- Jack Cartwright Now Entered In Aussie World Championship Trials
- Olympian Zac Incerti Choosing Shoulder Rehab Over Aussie World Trials
- Kyle Chalmers Working on Construction Site Two Days a Week for Mental Health
- Aussie Head Coach Rohan Taylor Eyes World Record Opportunities at World Trials
Some of those qualification times are very fast… and on the men’s side quite tough in some events to get 2 swimmers qualified, and potentially even 1.
On the women’s side, aside from the breaststrokes, Australia already quite a few swimmers under those marks, and by some margins.
Largely agree; some of these QTs are challenging but, unlike GBR, they are realistically achievable with the probably exception of M100BK & M200FLY.
Women should have little issue qualifying 2 per event except for the breaststrokes but FINA A marks are well within reach.
Men ?? It’s going to be patchy but that’s merely indicative of “how things are”. I see the QT as being problematic in the following events:
and a 2nd qualifier debatable for:
What will we see ? TBH, “usual programming”; ie. the usual mix of the sublime with the occasionally ridiculous with regards to quality. There is certainly some WR potential… Read more »
I feel in some of those men’s events there is already a trend of moving in the right direction.
100 back could see a surprise, while the 100 fly is probably the most competitive it’s been in years so I am kinda expecting the top swimmers in that event to push each other to qualification.
200 fly and 200 IM could be problematic.
On the women’s side, I’d expect in some events the majority of finalists being under the QT as in the 100 and 200 free, and in other events at least the top 3.
M100BK is absolutely achievable. It’s only 0.3 faster than Cooper went 2 years ago at 17 years old. I definitely see him beating it.
That was 2 years ago, currently he’s not breaking 54 …. then again, neither is anyone else.
Not saying that he WON’T somehow rediscover the capacity to swim distances beyond 50m LC; but the cold hard evidence of his 2023 to date does not inspire massive confidence.
To reply to PB; the M100fly QT is within range for nearly a handful of swimmers but Temple is the only one whom I would even consider betting on that proposition.
Gough should be able to meet FINA A for 200fly but QT is problematic. There are a few around 1.58-1.59 for M200IM but making QT is maybe rather than likely.
Women’s free should see most events with at least 50%… Read more »
He hasn’t swam a tapered meet this year. He also skipped the backstrokes at Nationals.
His 54.49 from Sydney is his fastest in-season time ever. Considering that he does lean more sprinter, taper clearly has a massive impact on his times.
I’m not saying he’s guaranteed to hit it, but you said it’s “not achievable” which just isn’t right.
Anyone know how to stream/watch replays in the US?
there’s a good chance the session replays will be uploaded to youtube a few hours of their completion, as this was the case for nationals. you’d definitely need a vpn to watch live, but I’m not entirely sure that works.
either way, there’ll definitely be people uploading individual race videos in good time
Is there a way to measure the pool using video?
You should check before the event starts:
1) set your VPN to Australia
2) visit 9now.com.au
3) Register – use Sydney 2000 as a postcode if necessary – & Login
4) Watch any programme displayed to check it’s all working