2026 AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- Monday, June 8 – Saturday, June 13, 2026
- Sydney, Australia
- Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
- Commonwealth Selection Criteria
- Pan Pac Selection Criteria
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream
- Storylines To Watch
- Live Recaps:
MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINAL
- World Record: 7:32.12, Zhang Lin (CHN) – 2009
Commonwealth Record: 7:37.76, Sam Short (AUS) – 2023Australian Record: 7:37.76, Sam Short – 2023All Comers Record: 7:40.39, Sam Short (AUS) – 2023- SA Qualifying Time: 7:46.36
Top 8 Overall (AUS)
- Sam Short (Rackley), 7:36.73 *Textile WR, Commonwealth, AUS, All Comers Record*
- Ben Goedemans (St. Peter’s Western), 7:47.62
- Matthew Galea (St. Peter’s Western), 7:49.09
- Elijah Winnington (St. Peter’s Western), 7:55.24
- Tex Cross (Highlanders), 7:57.80
- Tomo Shadforth (Miami), 8:02.68
- Thomas Raymond (Kawana Waters), 8:03.03
- Kyle Lee (Noosa), 8:04.56
Sam Short closed out the third night of racing at the Australian Swimming Trials in style, throwing down a blistering time of 7:36.73 in the men’s 800 free to break not one, not two, not three, but four records in the event.
Short set a new Australian record, Oceanian record, Commonwealth record and All Comers record in the 800 free, shattering his own records in all four categories. The Australian, Commonwealth and Oceanian records all previously stood at 7:37.76, which Short set at the 2023 World Championships, while the former All Comers record was set by Short in 7:40.39 at the 2023 Australian Swimming Trials.
Short’s performance also marks a textile world record, the fastest time ever posted in a textile suit since the supersuit era. His winning time narrowly beat Tunisia’s Ahmed Jaouadi‘s textile record time of 7:36.88, which he set at the 2025 World Championships.
The 22-year-old was off like a shot at the start of the race, flipping in 3:45.89 at the halfway point, which was almost a full second under Zhang Lin‘s super-suited world record pace of 3:46.79.
Short fell behind the world record line on the second half of the race but managed to stay ahead of his own record pace, posting a time of 3:50.84 on the closing 400 to stop the clock in 7:36.73 and secure the victory by nearly 11 seconds.
Split Comparison
| Short New PB | Short Old PB | |
| 100 | 54.10 | 54.31 |
| 200 | 1:50.80 (56.70) | 1:51.37 (57.06) |
| 300 | 2:48.14 (57.34) | 2:49.17 (57.80) |
| 400 | 3:45.89 (57.75) | 3:47.12 (57.95) |
| 500 | 4:43.99 (58.10) | 4:45.21 (58.09) |
| 600 | 5:42.17 (58.18) | 5:43.64 (58.43) |
| 700 | 6:40.38 (58.21) | 6:42.07 (58.43) |
| 800 | 7:36.73 (56.35) | 7:37.76 (55.69) |
Short’s record-breaking performance tonight knocked just over a second off of his lifetime best and is notably only the second time that he has ever broken 7:40 in this event.
I have a dumb question. What is an “all comers” record? Is that the equivalent of what in the US is called “US open” record?
yes
It means swum in Australia
Is World Aquatics officially recognizing textile WRs now? They should just throw out the remaining super suited records on the books tbh.
100% agree
Entirely agree. It should have been done in 2010, and it should still be done. Too many of those swims still plague the top 10s lists.
Would have never been done while Phelps was still swimming could you imagine how much USA swimming, Phelps and Bowman would have blown up
What’s Short’s vs Jaouadi’s splits?
Kornev also just went 22.59 50 fly!!!
Unrelated but Kornev just went 46.99
this is why we have separate threads
Unrelated but Kornec just went 46.99
Love seeing the fearlessness he has to take it out in his races. It’s working well for him. The back halfers like Finke need to change it up
King shit