The 1986 Australian Swimming Championships were held at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre in Adelaide, South Australia from 27 February to 2 March.
They were organised by Australian Swimming.
Nautilus (Vic) Nautilus (Vic) Leander (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Carina Chandler (Qld) Leander (Qld) Leander (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Leander (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Melbourne Aquatics (Vic) Legend: AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record Commercial (Qld) Commercial (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Lawrence (Qld) Freeway Waterlions (Vic) St Peters (Qld) St Peters (Qld) Academy (NSW) Leander (Qld) Leander (Qld) FAI St Bernadette's (Qld) Commercial (Qld) Nowra (NSW) Burley-Griffin (NSW) Burley-Griffin (NSW) Legend: AR – Australian record; ACR – Australian All Comers record