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2026 AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Monday, April 6th – Wednesday, April 8th Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Southport, Queensland, Australia Prelims M 9am local (7pm ET previous night)/Finals at 6pm local (4am ET) LCM (50m) SwimSwam Preview #1 SwimSwam Preview #2 Meet Central Start List Day 1 Recap Live Results Livestream (Aussie only or use VPN)The 2026 Australian Open may not be a selection meet for the competitors but that didn’t stop Kiwi swimmer Lewis Clareburt from delivering a new national record in the men’s 200m freestyle.
Racing in the final of the event on night two at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, 26-year-old Clareburt fired off a lifetime best of 1:45.57 to destroy his previous New Zealand standard of 1:47.03. That former effort was put up just last December at the 2025 Queensland Championships.
Tonight Clareburt beat Aussies Edward Sommerville and Kai Taylor, who were relegated to the minor medals. The former logged 1:46.08 to the latter’s 1:46.67.
As for Clareburt, the Commonwealth Games champion and Olympic finalist entirely skipped the 1:46 zone and delved right into the 1:45 territory en route to ranking 9th in the world this season.
2025-2026 LCM Men 200 FREE
HwangKORSUNWOO10/181:43.922Luke Hobson USA1:44.4912/053Zhang ZhanshuoCHN1:44.8003/194Tatsuya MurasaJPN1:45.1503/205LukasMÄRTENSGER1:45.2203/196Edward SommervilleAUS1:45.3411/287Chris Guiliano USA1:45.3803/068Gabriel Jett USA1:45.5403/069Katsuhiro MatsumotoJPN1:45.9103/2010Ji Xinjie CHN1:45.9611/12View Top 26»Split Comparison
Clareburt’s Old NZL Record – 1:47.03 Clareburt’s New NZL Record – 1:45.57 25.22 24.87 26.85 (52.07) 26.57 (51.44) 27.45 27.22 27.51 26.91Clareburt has been on a record-breaking tear over the past two years, now owning six individual national marks across both LCM and SCM. He moved his training base to Nunawading instead of his native New Zealand.
Clareburt’s NZL Records
LCM 200 free – 1:45.57 2026 LCM 400 free – 3:46.85, 2024 LCM 200 IM – 1:57.06, 2025 LCM 400 IM – 4:08.70, 2022 SCM 200 free – 1:43.21, 2024 SCM 400 IM – 4:03.66, 2025Read the full story on SwimSwam: Lewis Clareburt Crushes 1:45.57 NZL Record in 200 Free
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