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    <periodOfReport>2019-03-12</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001598968</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Antero Midstream Partners LP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001327059</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Peters David A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1615 WYNKOOP STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DENVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Units representing limited partner interests</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-03-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>21666</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each common unit representing limited partnership interests of the Issuer (&quot;AM Common Units&quot;) was disposed of pursuant to the Simplification Agreement (the &quot;Simplification Agreement&quot;), dated as of October 9, 2018, by and among the Issuer, Antero Midstream Corporation (f/k/a Antero Midstream GP LP, &quot;New AM&quot;)  and certain of their affiliates.  Pursuant to the Simplification Agreement, holders of AM Common Units (other than Antero Resources Corporation) received, in exchange for each AM Common Unit held, (i) $3.415 in cash without interest and 1.6350 shares of New AM Common Stock (&quot;New AM Common Stock&quot;), (ii) 1.8926 shares of New AM Common Stock, or (iii) $10.1364 in cash and 1.1279 shares of New AM Common Stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Alvyn A. Schopp, as attorney-in-fact for David A. Peters</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-03-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
