Kyle Chalmers Rips 22.77 All Comers Record In 50 Fly

2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

• Monday, April 6th – Wednesday, April 8th
• Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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Although the 2026 Australian Open is a non-selection meet, Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers busted out the fastest time of his career en route to winning the men’s 50m butterfly tonight at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Taking on the final of the event, Chalmers scorched a mark of 22.77, putting the longstanding Australian national record on notice. That benchmark is represented by the supersuited 22.73 Matt Targett put on the books at the 2009 World Championships.

Chalmers’ effort resulted in the third  sub-23-second outing of his illustrious career. Entering this competition, the 27-year-old new dad’s swiftest performance checked in at the 22.89 he first established at the Swim Open Stockholm last year and then again at the 2025 World Championship Trials to reach a new All Comers Record. The All Comers Record equates to the fastest time a swimmer of any nation produces on Australian soil.

This evening Chalmers got to the wall ahead of former All Comers Record holder Ben Armbruster who settled for silver nearly a second behind in 23.46. Isaac Cooper rounded out the podium in 23.57.

Chalmers now ranks #1 in the world, dethroning two-time World Championships gold medalist Maxime Grousset of France.

Of note, Chalmers’ performance tonight would have garnered him the gold at the last edition of the Commonwealth Games. At that 2022 competition, it was Great Britain’s Ben Proud who topped the podium, hitting 22.81 while Chalmers settled for 10th place overall in 23.65.

Last year, Chalmers commented on the addition of the stroke 50s at the 2028 Olympic Games.

“The new 50s format (with all the form strokes now on the Olympic program) will keep me swimming until Brisbane 2032. I am in the very best position I’ve been in a very long time. My body is feeling good,” he said.

“And I’ve been swimming some really fast times. I can see myself swimming until Brisbane 2032 … and by then our little girl will be seven years old, so that would be pretty cool.”