Queensland swimming qualifying times
Swimming Queensland publishes qualifying times for four championships: the Country Championships for Country-eligible clubs, the Short Course Championships, the Sprint Championships, and the Queensland Championships, the marquee long-course state age meet. Two long-course preparation meets in October and November, each with its own cuts, lead into the Queensland Championships. Queensland publishes both a long-course and a short-course standard for each event, and a swim on either course qualifies.
Queensland Championships
2026 standardsQueensland's marquee state age championships, held around December in long course.
Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships · 472 published standards across 7 age groups
All Queensland Championships timesQueensland Short Course
2026 standardsQueensland's short-course state championships, held around August — the meet that also runs a 100 IM.
Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships · 474 published standards across 7 age groups
All Queensland Short Course timesQueensland Country
2026 standardsThe Country championships, held around January, for swimmers at Country-eligible Queensland clubs.
Queensland Country Championships · 480 published standards across 8 age groups
All Queensland Country timesQueensland Sprint
2026 standardsThe Sprint championships, held around February — a 50m-only meet across the four strokes, open from the 10s up.
Hancock Prospecting Queensland Sprint Championships · 144 published standards across 9 age groups
All Queensland Sprint timesQLD LC Prep #1
2026 standardsThe first of two long-course preparation meets before the Queensland Championships, and a chance to swim a Championships qualifying time. Its own cuts are easier than the Championships'.
2026 Long Course Preparation Meet #1 · 472 published standards across 7 age groups
All QLD LC Prep #1 timesQLD Multi Class qualifying times
Published per classification (S, SB and SM) rather than per age alone.
Multi Class cuts for the Queensland Championships, by classification and age band. Queensland publishes a long-course and a short-course standard for every cell, and a swim on either course qualifies.
View timesMulti Class cuts for the Queensland Short Course Championships, by classification and age band, with a long-course and a short-course standard per cell.
View timesMulti Class cuts for the Queensland Country Championships. Published without age bands — one standard per classification — with a long-course and a short-course figure per cell.
View timesMulti Class cuts for the Queensland Sprint Championships, by classification and age band, with a long-course and a short-course standard per cell.
View timesWhich row applies to your swimmer
Use the age the swimmer will be on the meet's age-as-at date, which each championship page states. Standards are published per age group and per event — where a table shows no time for an event at an age, that event simply isn't offered to that group.
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