1985 Australian Swimming Championships

The 1985 Australian Swimming Championships were held at the Melbourne State Swimming Centre from Thursday 21 February to Sunday 24 February. They were organised by Amateur Swimming Union of Australia.^[1]

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Greg Fasala Nautilus (Vic)	23.27	Neil Brooks City of Perth (WA)	23.29	Mark Stockwell St. Peters (Qld)	23.42
100 m freestyle	Mark Stockwell St. Peters (Qld) Neil Brooks City of Perth (WA)	51.12			Matthew Renshaw Knox (NSW)	51.69
200 m freestyle	Thomas Stachewicz Beatty Park (WA)	1:51.48	Anthony McDonald Beatty Park (WA)	1:54.80	Michael Bruce McKenzie Carina Chandler (Qld)	1:54.86
400 m freestyle	Michael Bruce McKenzie Carina Chandler (Qld)	3:59.04	Jason Plummer St. Peters (Qld)	4:00.89	Scott Hamlet St. Bernadette's (Qld)	4:01.27
800 m freestyle	Michael Bruce McKenzie Carina Chandler (Qld)	8:11.42	Jason Plummer St. Peters (Qld)	8:20.86	Stephen Cameron Parkes (NSW)	8:25.31
1500 m freestyle	Michael Bruce McKenzie Carina Chandler (Qld)	15:38.84	Jason Plummer St. Peters (Qld)	15:57.99	Stephen Cameron Parkes (NSW)	16:06.85
50 m backstroke	Paul Kingman Roskill (NZ)	27.54 ACR[2]	Kim Terrell CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	27.65 AR[3]	Neil Brooks City of Perth (WA)	27.66
100 m backstroke	Paul Kingman Roskill (NZ)	58.05	Thomas Stachewicz Beatty Park (WA)	58.73	Matthew Renshaw Knox (NSW)	58.84
200 m backstroke	Paul Kingman Roskill (NZ)	2:04.81	Rob Woodhouse Melbourne Aquatic (Vic)	2:06.01	Kim Terrell CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	2:06.26
50 m breaststroke	Brett Stocks Leander (Qld)	29.53 AR[3]	Lance Leech Leander (Qld)	29.62	Greg Fasala Nautilus (Vic)	30.19
100 m breaststroke	Brett Stocks Leander (Qld)	1:03.89	Lance Leech Leander (Qld)	1:05.11	Glenn Beringen Marion (SA)	1:05.16
200 m breaststroke	Glenn Beringen Marion (SA)	2:20.71	Lance Leech Leander (Qld)	2:20.80	Jonathan Barrett ACI Vicentre (Vic)	2:23.73
50 m butterfly	Barry Armstrong Carine (WA)	25.37 AR[3]	Greg Fasala Nautilus (Vic)	25.63	Michael Delany Carlile (NSW)	25.83
100 m butterfly	Barry Armstrong Carine (WA)	54.69 ACR[2]	Anthony McDonald Beatty Park (WA)	55.37	Paul Rowe CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	57.03
200 m butterfly	Anthony McDonald Beatty Park (WA)	1:59.36 ACR[2]	Ralph Taylor Carina Chandler (Qld)	2:03.69	Peter Gee CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	2:04.03
200 m individual medley	Rob Woodhouse Melbourne Aquatic (Vic)	2:06.58	Anthony McDonald Beatty Park (WA)	2:06.81	Paul Lee Victoria Park Carlisle (WA)	2:08.86
400 m individual medley	Rob Woodhouse Melbourne Aquatic (Vic)	4:28.82	Paul Lee Victoria Park Carlisle (WA)	4:32.72	Steven Clarke Leander (Qld)	4:32.75
4×100 m state freestyle relay	Western Australia[4] Tom Stachewicz Paul Lee Barry Armstrong Neil Brooks	3:32.68	Queensland	3:35.82	New South Wales	3:36.84
4×200 m state freestyle relay	New South Wales	7:50.54	Queensland	8:00.15	Victoria	8:10.50
4×100 m state medley relay	Western Australia	3:55.07	Victoria	3:55.77	New Zealand	3:57.12
4×100 m club freestyle relay	Knox A (NSW)	3:31.12	Beatty Park (WA)	3:36.19	CIG Burley Griffin A (ACT)	3:37.86
4×200 m club freestyle relay	CIG Burley Griffin A (ACT)	7:50.08	St. Peters (Qld)	7:55.35	Knox A (NSW)	7:56.56
4×100 m club medley relay	Knox (NSW)	3:55.56	ACI Vicentre (Vic)	3:59.15	Marion (SA)	4:00.09

Legend: AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Angela Russell Commercial (Qld)	26.73	Jenny Messenger Marion (SA)	26.74	Julie Pugh St. Bernadette's (Qld)	27.29
100 m freestyle	Sarah Thorpe Beatty Park (WA)	58.21	Michelle Pearson CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	58.34	Jenny Messenger Marion (SA)	58.35
200 m freestyle	Jenni Burke ACI Lawrence (Qld)	2:03.19	Anna McVann ACI Burnside Southside (SA)	2:03.74	Donna Procter Hunter (NSW)	2:06.09
400 m freestyle	Anna McVann ACI Burnside Southside (SA)	4:13.54	Donna Procter Hunter (NSW)	4:17.22	Jenni Burke ACI Lawrence (Qld)	4:18.43
800 m freestyle	Anna McVann ACI Burnside Southside (SA)	8:37.85	Donna Procter Hunter (NSW)	8:45.95	Trudy Housman CQ Aquajets (Qld)	8:48.48
1500 m freestyle	Anna McVann ACI Burnside Southside (SA)	16:19.44	Dianna Bova Maroubra (NSW)	16:57.24	Tabithia Andriunas St. Bernadette's (Qld)	17:05.45
50 m backstroke	Kim Gasch Freeway Waterlions (Vic)	30.22 AR[3]	Angela Russell Commercial (Qld)	30.59	Georgina Parkes St. Peters (Qld)	30.89
100 m backstroke	Georgina Parkes St. Peters (Qld)	1:05.40	Nicole Livingstone ACI Vicentre (Vic)	1:05.44	Lauren Wilkinson Jones (NSW)	1:05.83
200 m backstroke	Georgina Parkes St. Peters (Qld)	2:16.53	Lauren Wilkinson Jones (NSW)	2:19.28	Nicole Livingstone ACI Vicentre (Vic)	2:20.43
50 m breaststroke	Dimity Douglas CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	33.33 AR[3]	Claudia Dullo Wales (NSW)	33.37	Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick Leander (Qld)	34.29
100 m breaststroke	Dimity Douglas CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	1:12.85	Claudia Dullo Wales (NSW)	1:13.07	Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick Leander (Qld)	1:14.34
200 m breaststroke	Dimity Douglas CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	2:35.95	Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick Leander (Qld)	2:36.06	Joanne Earle Rockdale (NSW)	2:39.50
50 m butterfly	Angela Russell Commercial (Qld)	28.65 AR[3]	Janet Tibbits Leander (Qld)	28.66	Fiona Alessandri Beatty Park (WA)	29.12
100 m butterfly	Janet Tibbits Leander (Qld)	1:01.70	Celina Hardy Wales (NSW)	1:03.07	Joy Celotti ACI Vicentre (Vic)	1:03.89
200 m butterfly	Janet Tibbits Leander (Qld)	2:14.40	Celina Hardy Wales (NSW)	2:14.82	Julie West St. Bernadette's (Qld)	2:15.21
200 m individual medley	Michelle Pearson CIG Burley Griffin (ACT)	2:19.12	Celina Hardy Wales (NSW)	2:20.91	Suzie Landells Leander (Qld)	2:22.94
400 m individual medley	Anna McVann ACI Burnside Southside (SA)	4:51.85 ACR[2]	Celina Hardy Wales (NSW)	4:55.04	Julie West St. Bernadette's (Qld)	4:58.97
4×100 m state freestyle relay	Queensland	3:58.02	New South Wales	3:58.14	Victoria	4:07.00
4×200 m state freestyle relay	Queensland	8:28.37	New South Wales	8:29.92	Victoria	9:05.80
4×100 m state medley relay	Queensland	4:20.06	New South Wales	4:25.35	Victoria	4:30.85
4×100 m club freestyle relay	St. Bernadette's (Qld)	3:57.73	CIG Burley Griffin A (ACT)	3:59.29	ACI Burnside Southside (SA)	4:01.41
4×200 m club freestyle relay	CIG Burley Griffin A (ACT)	8:31.24	Hunter (NSW)	8:31.75	St. Bernadette's (Qld)	8:33.31
4×100 m club medley relay	CIG Burley Griffin A (ACT)	4:24.48	Leander (Qld)	4:25.42	Marion (SA)	4:31.19

Legend: AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record

References

1. "Australian Swimming Reports, Results and Records 1984–1985 Season" (PDF). Amateur Swimming Union of Australia. 1985: 8. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
2. "Australian Swimming Reports, Results and Records 1984–1985 Season" (PDF). Amateur Swimming Union of Australia. 1985: 23. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
3. "Australian Swimming Reports, Results and Records 1984–1985 Season" (PDF). Amateur Swimming Union of Australia. 1985: 24. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
4. Howell, Reet; Howell, Max (1988). Aussie Gold: the story of Australia at the Olympics. Albion, Queensland: Brooks Waterloo. p. 247. ISBN 0-86440-680-0.