The program of events for the 2026 Country Swimming Championships has being fialised, and along with the Qualifying Times can be found below.

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Please Note:

Heats will be swam in a multi-aged format (no age separation - heats swam fastest to slowest)

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Timed Finals - All 400m IM, 800m and 1500m Freestyle events will be swam as Open Timed Finals. Medals will be awarded in the following age groups for these timed final events - 13-14yrs, 15-16yrs and 17yrs & over. All 100m form strokes and above for swimmers aged 25yrs & over will also be timed finals.

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Finals - All 50m strokes and 100m Freestyle events, will be conducted youngest to oldest in the following age categories –
11-12, 13, 14, 15, 16-24yrs and 25yrs & over. All 100m form strokes, 200m Freestyle and IM events, will be conducted youngest to oldest in the following age categories – 11-12, 13, 14, 15, 16yrs & over. All 200m form stroke events (Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly) will be conducted youngest to oldest in the following age categories – 11-12, 13-14, 15yrs & over. Medals will be awarded to the following age groups for these events 11-12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17-24yr and 25yrs & over. NOTE: finals may be combined by the Technical Manager / Meet Director if numbers are insufficient to hold individually aged finals. A maximum of 3 visitors can make an A-final.

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B-Finals B-finals will be conducted in 50m and 100m events. B-Finals will be conducted in the age grouping categories of 11-13yrs, 14-15yrs and 16yrs+. Determination of the final structure of B-Finals will be dependant on nomination numbers and this will be communicated following the close of nominations. These B-Finals will be swam at the completion of the finals, as outlined in the Program of Events. There must be a minimum of 6 swimmers eligible for a B-final to be conducted.   NOTE: B-finals may be combined by the Technical Manager / Meet Director if numbers permit.

A maximum of 5 visitors can make a B-final.

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Relays will be swam as Open Timed Finals, slowest to fastest. Medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd overall only, with any club able to win a maximum of 2 medals in each event.

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Medals will be awarded as 1st, 2nd and 3rd, while Regional-Based swimmers will be awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd best Regional-Based swimmer, where applicable.

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If there are only enough entrants for 1 heat (<10 entries), then heats and finals will still apply for those events.

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Also below are the qualifying times for the 2026 Country Swimming Championships. These times must have been achieved after 1st January 2025.

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If you have any queries regarding the qualifying times please contact us.