For able bodies swimmers these consisted of: For para-swimmers these consisted of: M = Morning session, E = Evening session Below are the entry qualifying times for each event that had to be achieved after 1 January 2015 in a 50m pool.

Below are the qualifying times set by Swimming Australia for the 2016 Summer Olympics for each event.

[10] On 7 June it was announced that James Roberts, James Magnussen and Matthew Abood had also made the squad as members of the 4 × 100 men's freestyle relay team.

With Australia finishing outside the top 12 at the 2015 World Championships, the trio had to wait until FINA finalised their rankings on 31 May.

The morning sessions were streamed live on the website of Swimming Australia.

[13] This was the first national championships to be screen by Seven after securing the broadcast rights with Swimming Australia in September 2015.