Australia to send 34 swimmers to Rio Olympics

Australia will take a total of 34 swimmers to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games after the qualifiers at the Australian Swimming Championships concluded in Adelaide overnight.

Teenager Mack Horton stole the spotlight on the final night of qualifying, eclipsing Australian swimming legend Kieren Perkins' fastest time in the 1500 meters freestyle event.

Horton, 19, swam a brisk 14 minutes 39.54 seconds in the pool, but was five seconds off the Australian record set by Grant Hackett (14:34.56). 21-year-old Jack McLoughlin also qualified for the games with his second-placed swim of 14:48.60.

Horton said he had no idea how fast he was swimming, and admitted his form didn't feel the best while he was in the pool.

"Yesterday I had a fast heat so I was trying to replicate what it was going to be like by swimming 14:48 in the heats," Horton said post-race.

"I got to the 100 meter mark and started to struggle a little bit but I thought that might have been after yesterday morning's heat swim, so maybe I did go out a little bit hard."

The teenager said he now has his eyes set on the 1500 meter world record time of 14:31.02 set by China's Sun Yang at the 2012 Olympics in London.

"It's getting pretty close, that was the aim of that swim to try and close that gap," Horton said.

Earlier in the evening, freestyle superstar Cate Campbell continued her scintillating form in the sprint events, taking out the 50 meter freestyle to go with her victory in the 100 meters.

Campbell swam the second-fastest 50 meters in history (23.84 seconds), just behind German Britta Steffen's world record of 23.73.

Sister Bronte (24.24) wrapped up another start in Rio after her second-placed swim while Shayna Jack finished third but missed out on an Olympics berth with her 24.95 swim.

Following the conclusion of the meet, Australia's head coach Jacco Verhaeren said the 34-strong Australian team heading to Rio was "one of the best" he has ever seen.

Following are the Australian swimmers to travel to Rio:

Jessica Ashwood, Bronte Barratt, Joshua Beaver, Georgia Bohl, Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell, Kyle Chalmers, Tamsin Cook, Alicia Coutts, Brittany Elmslie, Blair Evans, Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Madeline Groves, Jacob Hansford, Belinda Hocking, Mack Horton, Grant Irvine, Mitch Larkin, Travis Mahoney, Cameron McEvoy, David McKeon, Emma McKeon, Taylor McKeown, Jack McLoughlin, Keryn McMaster, David Morgan, Leah Neale, Kotuku Ngawati, Jake Packard, Joshua Palmer, Emily Seebohm, Daniel Smith, Brianna Throssell, Madison Wilson. Endit