By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
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: Prelims: Day 1 Final: Day 1Leave it to Sam Short to give Aussie trials a dynamite start. In the meet’s first event, the men’s 400 freestyle, he gave the World and national records a proper scare with a 3:40.67, marked by an aggressive front half.
Though he missed the aforementioned records, it still marked one of the best swims of the 22-year-old’s career and one of the strongest performances in any event anywhere in the world this year. The time checks in as Short’s lifetime best — .01 under the 3:40.68 he delivered to take the 2023 World Title. It also keeps him as the #5 all-time performer and just outside the top 10 all-time performances at #11.
All-Time Performers, Men’s LCM 400 free:
Lukas Märtens (GER) — 3:39.96, 2025 Paul Biedermann (GER) — 3:40.07, 2009 Ian Thorpe (AUS) — 3:40.08, 2002 Sun Yang (CHN) — 3:40.14, 2012 Sam Short (AUS) — 3:40.67, 2026Domestically, it stands as the #2 Australian performance all-time, trailing only Ian Thorpe’s legendary 3:40.08 from nearly a quarter-century ago.
With Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacs privileges secured, Short takes the pole position in the season’s world rankings. He leapfrogs over previous #2 Märtens (3:41.76) and former #1 Zhang Zhanshuo of China (3:41.55) to lead the globe by nearly a second. Short previously had the #3 spot at 3:42.53 from the Australian Open.
2025-2026 LCM Men 400 FREESamuelAUSSHORT06/083:40.672Zhang Zhanshuo CHN3:41.5503/213Lukas MärtensGER3:41.7604/234Oliver KlemetGER3:43.1404/095RyanERISMANUSA3:44.0305/24View Top 26»
To bring home Short’s aggressive first half, compare his splits this evening to his previous pb as well as Märtens. It was under Märtens’ world record pace from the 150 to the 350. That swim in its own right was already known for an aggressive first 200.
Sam Short, 2023 Worlds Sam Short, 2026 Aussie Trials Lukas Märtens, 2025 Stockholm Open 50 25.91 25.22 24.75 100 53.58 (27.67) 52.28 (27.06) 51.90 (27.15) 150 1:21.33 (27.75) 1:19.47 (27.19) 1:19.65 (27.75) 200 1:49.29 (27.96) 1:47.33 (27.86) 1:47.55 (27.90) 250 2:17.46 (28.17) 2:15.22 (27.89) 2:15.83 (28.28) 300 2:45.49 (28.03) 2:43.69 (28.47) 2:44.01 (28.18) 350 3:13.67 (28.18) 3:12.38 (28.69) 3:12.39 (28.38) 400 3:40.68 (27.01) 3:40.67 (28.29) 3:39.96 (27.57)Read the full story on SwimSwam: Sam Short Unloads 3:40.67 400 Free Personal Best For #1 In World Rankings
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