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Australia at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Beijing
Competitors433 in 26 sports
Flag bearers James Tomkins (opening)
Stephanie Rice (closing)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
14
Silver
15
Bronze
17
Total
46
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

 Australasia (1908–1912)

A total of 433 competitors competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] The team was Australia's second largest away team after the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which included a team of 482 competitors. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era.

In addition to competitors, 418 officials and 38 medical personnel were part of the Australian team.[2] Australia competed in 26 of the 28 Olympic program sports; they failed to qualify in baseball and team handball. Australia also sent a men's but not a women's football (soccer) squad, and had two beach volleyball but no indoor volleyball teams competing.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Stephanie Rice Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley
 Gold Lisbeth Trickett Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly
 Gold Leisel Jones Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke
 Gold Stephanie Rice Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley
 Gold Stephanie Rice
Bronte Barratt
Kylie Palmer
Linda Mackenzie
Felicity Galvez*
Angie Bainbridge*
Melanie Schlanger*
Lara Davenport*		 Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
 Gold Drew Ginn
Duncan Free		 Rowing Men's coxless pair
 Gold Scott Brennan
David Crawshay		 Rowing Men's double sculls
 Gold Emily Seebohm
Leisel Jones
Jessicah Schipper
Libby Trickett
Tarnee White *
Felicity Galvez*
Shayne Reese*		 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
 Gold Emma Snowsill Triathlon Women's triathlon
 Gold Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page		 Sailing Men's 470 class
 Gold Tessa Parkinson
Elise Rechichi		 Sailing Women's 470 class
 Gold Steven Hooker Athletics Men's pole vault
 Gold Ken Wallace Canoeing Men's K-1 500 m
 Gold Matthew Mitcham Diving Men's 10 m platform
 Silver Briony Cole
Melissa Wu		 Diving Women's 10 m synchronised platform
 Silver Clayton Fredericks
Lucinda Fredericks
Sonja Johnson
Megan Jones
Shane Rose		 Equestrian Team eventing
 Silver Eamon Sullivan Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
 Silver Brenton Rickard Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke
 Silver Leisel Jones Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke
 Silver Libby Trickett Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle
 Silver Jacqueline Lawrence Canoeing Women's slalom K-1
 Silver Matt Ryan
James Marburg
Cameron McKenzie-McHarg
Francis Hegerty		 Rowing Men's coxless four
 Silver Grant Hackett Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
 Silver Hayden Stoeckel
Brenton Rickard
Andrew Lauterstein
Eamon Sullivan
Ashley Delaney *
Christian Sprenger*
Adam Pine*
Matt Targett*		 Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
 Silver Anna Meares Cycling Women's sprint
 Silver Sally McLellan Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles
 Silver Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby		 Sailing Tornado class
 Silver Jared Tallent Athletics 50 km walk
 Silver Australia women's national basketball team
 Basketball Women's tournament
 Bronze Cate Campbell
Alice Mills
Melanie Schlanger
Libby Trickett
Shayne Reese*		 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
 Bronze Jessicah Schipper Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly
 Bronze Eamon Sullivan
Andrew Lauterstein
Ashley Callus
Matt Targett
Leith Brodie*
Patrick Murphy*		 Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
 Bronze Hayden Stoeckel Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
 Bronze Robin Bell Canoeing Men's slalom C-1
 Bronze Patrick Murphy
Grant Hackett
Grant Brits
Nick Ffrost
Leith Brodie*
Kirk Palmer *		 Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
 Bronze Jessicah Schipper Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly
 Bronze Warren Potent Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone
 Bronze Andrew Lauterstein Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly
 Bronze Jared Tallent Athletics 20 km walk
 Bronze Cate Campbell Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle
 Bronze Emma Moffatt Triathlon Women's triathlon
 Bronze Australia women's national softball team
 Softball Women's tournament
 Bronze Australia women's national water polo team
 Water polo Women's tournament
 Bronze Ken Wallace Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m
 Bronze Lisa Oldenhof
Hannah Davis
Chantal Meek
Lyndsie Fogarty		 Canoeing Women's K-4 500 m
 Bronze Australia national field hockey team
 Field hockey Men's tournament

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia had two archers earn qualification spots at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships and three earn spots at the Oceania continental championship. David Barnes and Sky Kim earned the men two spots at the World tournament, with Michael Naray earning a third spot, and the team qualification at the Oceania competition. Jade Lindsey and Jane Waller were the qualifying women at the Oceania tournament.

In making its final selections, Australia selected Kim and Naray along with Matthew Gray for the men's team, and Waller and Lexie Feeney for the women's team.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Matthew Gray Individual 654 39  Cheng C S (MAS) (26)
L 101–109 		Did not advance
Sky Kim 665 14  Girouille (FRA) (51)
W 112–110 		 Proć (POL) (19)
L 110–111 		Did not advance
Michael Naray 658 30  Valladont (FRA) (35)
W 108–106 		 Ruban (UKR) (3)
L 105–115 		Did not advance
Matthew Gray
Sky Kim
Michael Naray 		Team 1977 9 —  Poland (POL) (8)
L 218–223 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Alexandra Feeney Individual 580 59  Yuan S-C (TPE) (6)
L 101–104 		Did not advance
Jane Waller 634 28  Vardineni (IND) (37)
L 100–106 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia sent 40 representatives to compete in athletics events.[4] 22 of these men competed in track events, ten in field events, seven in race walking, four in the marathons and one in combined events.[4] The athletics did not start until the 15th of August, day seven of competition.[5]

On day one of athletics, two finals were held[5] but no Australians qualified to compete in either.[6][7] On the second day of athletics, Australia won their first Olympic Medal for athletics in 2008.[8] This person was Jared Tallent, an Olympic debutant, who competed in the men's 20 kilometre race walk. Tallent came third, only 15 second in front of fellow countryman Luke Adams who finished 6th.[8] On the third day of competition, four Australians competed, three in medal events.[9]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Youcef Abdi 3000 m steeplechase 8:17.97 6 q — 8:16.36 6
Luke Adams 20 km walk — 1:19:57 6
50 km walk — 3:47:45 10
Collis Birmingham 5000 m 13:44.90 10 — Did not advance
Chris Erickson 20 km walk — DSQ
Mitchell Kealey 1500 m 3:46.31 11 Did not advance
Joel Milburn 400 m 44.80 2 Q 45.06 3 Did not advance
Craig Mottram 5000 m 13:44.59 5 — Did not advance
Lachlan Renshaw 800 m 1:49.19 6 Did not advance
Jeff Riseley 1500 m 3:53.95 12 Did not advance
Adam Rutter 50 km walk — DNF
Jared Tallent 20 km walk — 1:19:42 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50 km walk — 3:39:27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lee Troop Marathon — 2:27:17 60
Sean Wroe 400 m 45.17 2 Q 45.56 7 Did not advance
Clinton Hill
Joel Milburn
Mark Ormrod*
John Steffensen
Sean Wroe
Marshawn Lacy 		4 × 400 m relay 3:00.68 4 q — 3:00.02 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Justin Anlezark Shot put 19.91 16 Did not advance
Jarrod Bannister Javelin throw 79.79 11 q 83.45 6
Paul Burgess Pole vault 5.55 =16 Did not advance
Benn Harradine Discus throw 58.55 31 Did not advance
Steven Hooker Pole vault 5.65 12 q 5.96 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Fabrice Lapierre Long jump 7.90 16 Did not advance
Scott Martin Shot put 19.75 21 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Lisa Corrigan 1500 m 4:16.32 9 — Did not advance
Sarah Jamieson 4:06.64 5 — Did not advance
Benita Johnson Marathon — 2:32:06 21
Tamsyn Lewis 400 m 52.38 4 Did not advance
800 m 1:59.67 4 q 2:01.41 8 Did not advance
Donna MacFarlane 3000 m steeplechase 9:32.05 9 — Did not advance
Sally McLellan 100 m hurdles 12.83 2 Q 12.70 4 Q 12.64 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Victoria Mitchell 3000 m steeplechase 9:47.88 13 — Did not advance
Madeleine Pape 800 m 2:03.09 6 Did not advance
Jane Saville 20 km walk — 1:31:17 20
Kate Smyth Marathon — 2:36:10 44
Kellie Wapshott 20 km walk — 1:37:59 40
Lisa Weightman Marathon — 2:34:16 33
Claire Woods 20 km walk — 1:33:02 28
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Alana Boyd Pole vault 4.30 =16 Did not advance
Dani Samuels Discus throw 61.72 7 Q 60.15 9
Bronwyn Thompson Long jump 6.53 17 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Kylie Wheeler Result 13.68 1.89 13.06 24.28 6.11 43.81 2:11.49 6369 10[a]
Points 1024 1093 731 954 883 741 943
Notes
  1. ^ The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[10] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Wheeler moved up a position.

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia sent a team of six to Beijing. Stuart Gomez competed in the men's singles, while Erin Carroll competed in women's singles. Ross Smith and Glenn Warfe competed in the men's doubles and Tania Luiz and Eugenia Tanaka competed in the women's doubles.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Stuart Gomez Men's singles  Kehlhoffner (FRA)
L 21–19, 20–22, 15–21 		Did not advance
Ross Smith
Glenn Warfe 		Men's doubles —  Łogosz /
Mateusiak (POL)
L 13–21, 16–21 		Did not advance
Erin Carroll Women's singles  Martínez (ESP)
L 9–21, 16–21 		Did not advance
Tania Luiz
Eugenia Tanaka 		Women's doubles —  Maeda /
Suetsuna (JPN)
L 4–21, 8–21 		Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by defeating New Zealand in a best-of-three series to win the FIBA Oceania Championship 2007. The women's team automatically qualified as the reigning world champions after winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women.[12]

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Australia men's basketball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A6 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A7 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game A14

Quarterfinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's basketball game C3

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Australia women's basketball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A6 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A13

Quarterfinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game C2

Semifinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game D2

Gold medal match

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game E2

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia had nine boxers qualify for the Olympics. All qualified at the Oceanian qualifying tournament.[13]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Stephen Sutherland Flyweight  Cherif (CHI)
L 2–14 		Did not advance
Luke Boyd Bantamweight  Ikgopoleng (BOT)
L 8–18 		Did not advance
Paul Fleming Featherweight  Djelkhir (FRA)
L 9–13 		Did not advance
Anthony Little Lightweight  Indongo (NAM)
W 14–2 		 Tishchenko (RUS)
L 3–11 		Did not advance
Todd Kidd Light welterweight  Moussaid (MAR)
L 2–23 		Did not advance
Gerard O'Mahony Welterweight  Gruşac (MDA)
L 2–7 		Did not advance
Jarrod Fletcher Middleweight  Correa (CUB)
L 4–17 		Did not advance
Bradley Pitt Heavyweight —  Arjaoui (MAR)
L 6–11 		Did not advance
Daniel Beahan Super heavyweight —  Myrsatayev (KAZ)
L RSC 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank Total Rank
Robin Bell Men's C-1 88.86 6 87.59 9 176.45 7 Q 91.16 5 Q 89.43 3 180.59 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Warwick Draper Men's K-1 86.28 13 86.30 9 172.58 10 Q 86.09 2 Q 91.76 8 177.85 5
Mark Bellofiore
Lachie Milne 		Men's C-2 104.61 11 98.21 7 202.82 9 Q 104.17 7 Did not advance
Jacqueline Lawrence Women's K-1 103.18 10 96.95 6 200.13 7 Q 103.40 4 103.54 2 206.94 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Torsten Lachmann C-1 500 m 2:00.594 7 QS 1:59.119 7 Did not advance
C-1 1000 m 4:15.188 5 QS 4:09.792 6 Did not advance
Ken Wallace K-1 500 m 1:36.208 2 QS 1:43.340 3 Q 1:37.252 1st place, gold medalist(s)
K-1 1000 m 3:30.306 2 QS 3:33.255 1 Q 3:27.485 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jacob Clear
Clint Robinson 		K-2 500 m 1:31.712 6 QS 1:33.839 7 Did not advance
Clint Robinson
Tony Schumacher
Dave Smith
Tate Smith 		K-4 1000 m 3:00.920 5 QS 3:02.743 4 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chantal Meek K-1 500 m 1:53.374 5 QS 1:54.876 7 Did not advance
Hannah Davis
Lyndsie Fogarty 		K-2 500 m 1:45.124 3 QF Bye 1:43.969 6
Hannah Davis
Lyndsie Fogarty
Chantal Meek
Lisa Oldenhof 		K-4 500 m 1:36.516 3 QF Bye 1:34.704 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia selected competitors in all four cycling disciplines – BMX,[14] mountain biking,[15] road racing[16] and track racing.[17] Mountain biker Chris Jongewaard lost his legal appeal to be included in the team after being excluded because of a car accident, involving another cyclist for which he was due to face court in late 2008.[18]

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Cadel Evans Road race 6:24:11 15
Time trial 1:03:34 5
Simon Gerrans Road race 6:26:17 37
Matthew Lloyd 6:26:17 31
Stuart O'Grady Did not finish
Michael Rogers Road race 6:23:49 6
Time trial 1:04:46 8
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Katherine Bates Road race Did not finish
Sara Carrigan 3:33:25 38
Oenone Wood Road race 3:33:17 29
Time trial 38:53.45 22

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Ryan Bayley Men's sprint 10.362
69.484 		12 Q  Awang (MAS)
W 10.762
66.902 		Bye  Levy (GER)
L 		 Sireau (FRA)
 Watanabe (JPN)
L 		Did not advance 9th place final
 Nimke (GER)
 Chiappa (ITA)
 Watanabe (JPN)
L 		11
Mark French 10.337
69.652 		10 Q  Bos (NED)
L 		 Mulder (NED)
 Dmitriev (RUS)
L 		Did not advance
Anna Meares Women's sprint 11.140
64.631 		3  Hijgenaar (NED)
W 11.663
61.733 		Bye —  Sanchez (FRA)
W 11.716,
W 12.108 		 Guo (CHN)
L, W 11.578,
W 11.617 		 Pendleton (GBR)
L, L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ryan Bayley
Dan Ellis
Mark French
Shane Kelly* 		Men's team sprint 44.335
60.899 		5 Q  Netherlands (NED)
W 44.090
61.238 		—  Germany (GER)
L 44.022
61.332 		4

* Qualified only in the first round

Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank
Bradley McGee Men's individual pursuit 4:26.084 9 Did not advance
Brett Lancaster 4:26.139 12 Did not advance
Katie Mactier Women's individual pursuit 3:38.178 7 Q  Romero (GBR)
3:37.296 		7 Did not advance
Jack Bobridge
Graeme Brown
Mark Jamieson
Brett Lancaster
Bradley McGee
Luke Roberts 		Men's team pursuit 4:02.041 3 Q  Netherlands (NED)
3:58.633 		4 Q  New Zealand (NZL)
3:59.006 		4
Keirin
Australian track cyclists Jack Bobridge, Anna Meares and Shane Kelly.
Athlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Ryan Bayley Men's keirin 1 Q Bye 6 8
Shane Kelly 2 Q Bye 2 Q 4
Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Cameron Meyer Men's points race 36 1 4
Katherine Bates Women's points race 10 0 6

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Daniel McConnell Men's cross-country LAP (2 laps) 39
Dellys Starr Women's cross-country LAP (2 laps) 26

BMX

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Jared Graves Men's BMX 36.372 11 4 1 Q 10 3 Q 2:19.233 6
Kamakazi 36.492 15 13 4 Q 18 6 Did not advance
Luke Madill 36.795 22 18 7 Did not advance
Tanya Bailey Women's BMX 38.285 10 — 22 8 Did not advance
Nicole Callisto 36.717 6 — 12 4 Q 1:19.609 6

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia selected a team of nine divers to compete at the 2008 Olympics:[19]

Men
Athlete Events Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Matthew Mitcham 3 m springboard 439.85 15 Q 427.45 16 Did not advance
Robert Newbery 465.15 6 Q 460.35 11 Q 461.05 9
Mathew Helm 10 m platform 484.40 5 Q 485.20 6 Q 467.70 6
Matthew Mitcham 509.60 2 Q 532.20 2 Q 537.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Robert Newbery
Scott Robertson 		3 m synchronised springboard — 393.60 8
Mathew Helm
Robert Newbery 		10 m synchronised platform — 444.84 4
Women
Athlete Events Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Chantelle Newbery 3 m springboard 284.85 15 Q 294.45 14 Did not advance
Sharleen Stratton 288.00 13 Q 325.90 8 Q 331.00 7
Alex Croak 10 m platform 383.75 4 Q 250.30 18 Did not advance
Melissa Wu 340.35 8 Q 331.35 8 Q 338.15 6
Briony Cole
Sharleen Stratton 		3 m synchronised springboard — 311.34 5
Briony Cole
Melissa Wu 		10 m synchronised platform — 335.16 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia selected a team of twelve equestrians to compete at the 2008 Olympics. Hayley Beresford, Kristy Oatley and Heath Ryan competed in dressage. Edwina Alexander, Laurie Lever, Peter McMahon and Matt Williams were selected for the jumping competition. Clayton Fredericks, Lucinda Fredericks, Sonja Johnson, Megan Jones and Shane Rose were selected for the three-day event.[20][21][22]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Hayley Beresford Remlampago Individual 65.583 26 Q 66.320 19 Did not advance
Kristy Oatley Quando Quando 65.750 25 Q 66.080 20 Did not advance
Heath Ryan Greenoaks Dundee 62.541 35 Did not advance
Hayley Beresford
Kristy Oatley
Heath Ryan 		See above Team 64.625 8 — 64.625 7

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Clayton Fredericks Ben Along Time Individual 37.00 6 16.40 53.40 4 4.00 57.40 =6 Q 4.00 61.40 7 61.40 7
Lucinda Fredericks Headley Britannia 30.40 1 27.20 57.60 11 2.00 59.60 # 10* Did not advance 59.60 26
Sonja Johnson Ringwould Jaguar 45.20 # 23 13.60 58.80 # 13 0.00 58.80 9 Q 8.00 66.80 10 66.80 10
Megan Jones Irish Jester 35.40 4 15.60 51.00 9 4.00 55.00 3 4.00 59.00 4 Q 59.00 4
Shane Rose All Luck 53.30 # 46 9.20 62.50 # 16 8.00 70.50 # 17* Did not advance 70.50 27
Clayton Fredericks
Lucinda Fredericks
Sonja Johnson
Megan Jones
Shane Rose 		See above Team 102.80 1 59.20 162.00 2 9.20 171.20 2 — 171.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total
* Only three riders are eligible to qualify for the jumping final.

Show jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Edwina Alexander Itot Du Chateau Individual 4 =30 0 4 =8 Q 0 4 =2 Q 4 =11 Q 4 8 =10 8 =10
Laurie Lever Dan Drossel 1 =14 16 17 =37 Q 4 21 =29 Q 8 =23 Did not advance 8 =23
Peter McMahon Genoa 4 =30 16 20 =47 Q Did not start
Matt Williams Leconte 4 =30 4 8 =16 Q 17 25 36 Q 4 =11 Q 20 24 21 24 21
Edwina Alexander
Laurie Lever
Peter McMahon
Matt Williams 		See above Team — 20 =8 Q 21 41 9 41 8

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Two fencers will represent Australia in Beijing. Jo Halls will contest the women's individual foil while Amber Parkinson will contest the women's individual épée.[23]

Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Amber Parkinson Individual épée —  Harada (JPN)
L 9–15 		Did not advance
Joanna Halls Individual foil  Compañy (CUB)
L 13–15 		Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Australian men's and women's field hockey teams both qualified for Beijing.[24] The men's team won the bronze medal, while the women's team finished in 5th place for the tournament.

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Australia men's field hockey team roster

Group play

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game B15

Semifinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game D2

Bronze medal match

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game E1

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Australia women's field hockey team roster

Group play

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. Australia were eliminated on goal difference with China and entered the playoff for 5th/6th place. Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A15

Classification match for 5th/6th place

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game C4

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Australia's under-23 football team, commonly referred to as the 'Olyroos', qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[25]

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Australia men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game A1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game A3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game A5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australian gymnasts qualified for Beijing in all three categories: artistic, rhythmic and trampoline. Naazmi Johnston was the only rhythmic gymast to qualify. Ben Wilden was the only trampolinist selected in the squad and Samuel Simpson was the only male artistic gymnast but a full women's artistic gymnastic team of six qualified:[26][27][28]

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Samuel Simpson All-around 14.550 14.000 13.800 15.600 14.200 13.475 85.625 39 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Georgia Bonora Team 14.525 14.850 14.500 15.025 58.900 18 Q 14.450 14.625 —
Ashleigh Brennan 14.625 14.775 13.700 14.150 57.250 30 14.650 — 15.125 —
Daria Joura 13.450 15.100 15.125 12.475 56.150 44 — 14.675 —
Lauren Mitchell 14.650 14.725 — 14.100 — 13.675 14.700 — 15.550 —
Shona Morgan 14.525 14.700 14.500 15.350 59.075 15 Q — 14.825 13.800 15.225 —
Olivia Vivian — 14.925 — — 15.100 —
Total 58.625 59.450 58.325 59.050 235.450 5 Q 42.775 44.150 43.575 45.900 176.400 6
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB
Georgia Bonora All-around 14.375 14.850 14.625 15.100 58.950 13
Shona Morgan 14.425 14.650 14.625 15.100 58.800 15

Rhythmic

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Naazmi Johnston Individual 15.300 14.075 14.825 14.800 59.000 22 Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Ben Wilden Men's 67.10 13 Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia has selected a team of 13 for the 2008 Games:[29]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Matthew D'Aquino −60 kg Bye  Alexanidis (GRE)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Steven Brown −66 kg Bye  Benamadi (ALG)
L 0000–1010 		Did not advance
Dennis Iverson −73 kg —  Huysuz (TUR)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Mark Anthony −81 kg Bye  Valles (COL)
L 0000–1010 		Did not advance
Daniel Kelly −90 kg —  Izumi (JPN)
L 0000–0010 		Did not advance
Matt Celotti −100 kg —  Despaigne (CUB)
L 0000–0010 		Did not advance
Semir Pepic +100 kg Bye  Ikhsangaliyev (KAZ)
L 0000–0020 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Tiffany Day −48 kg Bye  Pareto (ARG)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Kristie-Anne Ryder −52 kg Bye  Heylen (BEL)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Maria Pekli −57 kg Bye  Baczkó (HUN)
W 0101–0100 		 Jelassi (TUN)
W 1011–0000 		 Quintavalle (ITA)
L 0002–0010 		Bye  Quadros (BRA)
L 0000–1000 		5
Catherine Arlove −63 kg  Krukower (ARG)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Stephanie Grant −78 kg Bye  Levesque (CAN)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Janelle Shepherd +78 kg  Torrenti (ITA)
W 0001–0000 		 Köppen (GER)
W 0110–0000 		 Ortiz (CUB)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance Bye  Ramadan (EGY)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Alexander Parygin, who won Olympic gold in Atlanta while competing for Kazakhstan, was initially due to be Australia's only male competitor in the modern pentathlon. His qualification was overturned "on technical grounds" by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, when the Modern Pentathlon Association of Great Britain argued that he had failed to meet "eligibility criteria of 5,100 points at the relevant international competition, during the Olympic qualification period".[30] Specifically, Parygin qualified for Beijing during a competition which lacked the equestrian event.[31][32] There being no avenue of appeal, Parygin will not compete in Beijing.[33]

Angie Darby made her Olympic debut as the only Australian female in the competition.[34] Darby, having qualified in the same conditions as Parygin, had her participation in the Games open to question, but she eventually competed.[32]

Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol) 		Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Running
(3000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Points Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Angie Darby Women's 164 36 904 12–23 =31 688 2:35.59 35 1056 28 7 1172 11:21.96 31 996 4816 35

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

For the first time, Australia qualified for every rowing event at an Olympics.[35][36]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Hardcastle Single sculls 7:17.74 2 QF — 7:00.09 3 SA/B 7:32.79 6 FB 7:27.34 12
Duncan Free
Drew Ginn 		Pair 6:41.15 1 SA/B Bye — 6:34.29 1 FA 6:37.44 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Scott Brennan
David Crawshay 		Double sculls 6:21.39 1 SA/B Bye — 6:21.50 1 FA 6:27.77 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Samuel Beltz
Tom Gibson 		Lightweight double sculls 6:19.15 3 R 6:42.42 2 SA/B — 6:32.32 5 FB 6:30.11 10
Francis Hegerty
James Marburg
Cameron McKenzie-McHarg
Matt Ryan 		Four 6:00.40 1 SA/B Bye — 5:56.20 2 FA 6:07.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Brendan Long
James McRae
Chris Morgan
Daniel Noonan 		Quadruple sculls 5:36.20 1 SA/B Bye — 5:52.93 2 FA 5:44.68 4
Rod Chisholm
Ben Cureton
Anthony Edwards
Todd Skipworth 		Lightweight four 5:55.18 3 SA/B Bye — 6:12.38 4 FB 6:05.26 9
James Chapman
Sam Conrad
David Dennis
Tom Laurich
Samuel Loch
Marty Rabjohns (cox)
Jeremy Stevenson
Stephen Stewart
James Tomkins 		Eight 6:55.59 4 R 5:40.31 2 FA — 6:35.10 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pippa Savage Single sculls 7:57.95 2 QF — 7:34.03 3 SA/B 7:43.98 5 FB 7:53.43 10
Sarah Cook
Kim Crow 		Pair 7:44.04 4 R 7:38.48 3 FB — 7:40.93 10
Sonia Mills
Catriona Sens 		Double sculls 7:13.25 4 R 7:04.30 3 FB — 7:19.73 8
Amber Halliday
Marguerite Houston 		Lightweight double sculls 6:53.23 2 SA/B Bye — 7:13.80 5 FB 7:07.17 8
Amber Bradley
Kerry Hore
Amy Ives
Zoe Uphill 		Quadruple sculls 6:20.95 4 R 6:41.39 3 FA — 6:30.05 6
Natalie Bale
Pauline Frasca
Sarah Heard
Kate Hornsey
Sally Kehoe
Elizabeth Kell
Elizabeth Patrick (cox)
Brooke Pratley
Sarah Tait 		Eight 6:07.93 3 R 6:14.45 4 FA — 6:14.22 6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Australia won the 470 class in both men's and women's competition. Pictured here are Elise Rechichi and Nathan Wilmot, the respective skippers.

Australia competed in ten of the eleven sailing events.[37]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Tom Slingsby Laser 21 22 21 22 35 20 12 11 40 CAN EL 164 22
Malcolm Page
Nathan Wilmot 		470 4 7 3 3 3 4 5 16 3 10 2 44 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Iain Murray
Andrew Palfrey 		Star 11 15 13 15 2 11 10 14 14 8 EL 98 14
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Jessica Crisp RS:X 2 4 3 8 1 8 9 14 6 5 20 66 5
Sarah Blanck Laser Radial 6 11 7 19 4 12 8 1 5 CAN 4 58 4
Tessa Parkinson
Elise Rechichi 		470 2 2 4 1 9 4 2 5 3 2 18 34 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Angela Farrell
Karyn Gojnich
Krystal Weir 		Yngling 1 11 6 12 7 7 9 8 CAN CAN DSQ 71 10
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Anthony Nossiter Finn 11 22 8 17 13 21 11 20 CAN CAN — EL 101 16
Ben Austin
Nathan Outteridge 		49er 20 1 7 3 1 1 6 4 6 12 2 18 CAN CAN CAN 12 73 5
Glenn Ashby
Darren Bundock 		Tornado 5 4 3 1 5 9 2 8 7 4 — 10 49 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled; OCS = On the course side of the starting line; BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNF – Did not finish

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia has selected a squad of seventeen sport shooters to contest the 2008 Olympic competition:[38]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
George Barton Skeet 116 17 Did not advance
Benjamin Burge 10 m air rifle 576 49 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 588 40 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1152 40 Did not advance
Michael Diamond Trap 119 5 Q 142 S/O 2 4
Craig Henwood 109 31 Did not advance
Matthew Inabinet 10 m air rifle 579 47 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1141 45 Did not advance
Russell Mark Double trap 136 6 Q 181 5
David Moore 10 m air pistol 571 36 Did not advance
50 m pistol 546 35 Did not advance
Warren Potent 50 m rifle prone 595 4 Q 700.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bruce Quick 25 m rapid fire pistol 560 17 Did not advance
Paul Rahman Skeet 110 30 Did not advance
Daniel Repacholi 10 m air pistol 573 32 Did not advance
50 m pistol 540 41 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Dina Aspandiyarova 10 m air pistol 375 36 Did not advance
25 m pistol 571 33 Did not advance
Sue McCready 10 m air rifle 386 42 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 550 43 Did not advance
Natalia Rahman Skeet 66 11 Did not advance
Stacy Roiall Trap 62 14 Did not advance
Robyn van Nus 10 m air rifle 384 44 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 566 40 Did not advance
Lalita Yauhleuskaya 10 m air pistol 381 18 Did not advance
25 m pistol 581 14 Did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Australian softball team has qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team selected to compete in the games is:[39]

Group stage

Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated

The top four teams will advance to the semifinal round.

Team Pts Pld W L RS RA WIN% GB
 United States 14 7 7 0 53 1 1.000 -
 Japan 12 7 6 1 23 13 .857 1
 Australia 10 7 5 2 30 11 .714 2
 Canada 6 7 3 4 17 23 .429 4
 China 4 7 2 5 19 21 .286 5
 Chinese Taipei 4 7 2 5 10 23 .286 5
 Venezuela 4 7 2 5 15 35 .286 5
 Netherlands 2 7 1 6 8 48 .143 6
2008-08-12
Japan  4–3  Australia
2008-08-13
United States  3–0  Australia
2008-08-14
Australia  3–1  China
2008-08-15
Australia  3–1  Chinese Taipei
2008-08-16
Australia  8–0  Netherlands
2008-08-17
Australia  4–0  Canada
2008-08-18
Australia  9–2  Venezuela

Semifinal

2008-08-20
Australia  5–3  Canada

Preliminary final

2008-08-20
Japan  4–3  Australia

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia sent 43 swimmers to Beijing.[40] The men's team won 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, while the women's team won 6 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals and set 4 world records. The members of the swim team and their results were:[41]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Leith Brodie 200 m individual medley 1:59.96 15 Q 2:00.57 14 Did not advance
Ashley Callus 50 m freestyle 22.11 13 Q 21.68 3 Q 21.62 5
Ashley Delaney 100 m backstroke 54.08 9 Q 53.76 8 Q 53.31 5
200 m backstroke 1:57.87 9 Q 1:57.73 10 Did not advance
Grant Hackett 400 m freestyle 3:44.03 5 Q — 3:43.84 6
1500 m freestyle 14:38.92 1 Q — 14:41.53 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ky Hurst 10 km open water — 1:52:13.7 11
Andrew Lauterstein 100 m butterfly 51.37 6 Q 51.27 3 Q 51.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kenrick Monk 200 m freestyle 1:48.17 22 Did not advance
Travis Nederpelt 200 m butterfly 1:56.64 18 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:15.37 14 — Did not advance
Adam Pine 100 m butterfly 52.07 17 Did not advance
Brenton Rickard 100 m breaststroke 59.89 4 Q 59.65 3 Q 59.74 5
200 m breaststroke 2:11.00 13 Q 2:09.72 4 Q 2:08.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christian Sprenger 100 m breaststroke 1:00.36 10 Q 1:00.76 14 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:12.56 26 Did not advance
Nicholas Sprenger 200 m freestyle 1:47.64 12 Q 1:47.80 12 Did not advance
Craig Stevens 400 m freestyle 3:50.22 25 — Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:04.82 15 — Did not advance
Hayden Stoeckel 100 m backstroke 53.93 7 Q 52.97 1 Q 53.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 1:57.15 6 Q 1:56.73 7 Q 1:56.39 6
Eamon Sullivan 50 m freestyle 21.79 7 Q 21.75 6 Q 21.65 6
100 m freestyle 47.80 1 Q 47.05 WR 1 Q 47.32 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Matt Targett 100 m freestyle 48.40 11 Q 47.88 4 Q 48.20 7
Leith Brodie*
Ashley Callus
Andrew Lauterstein
Patrick Murphy*
Eamon Sullivan
Matt Targett 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:12.41 3 Q — 3:09.91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Grant Brits
Leith Brodie*
Nick Ffrost
Grant Hackett
Patrick Murphy
Kirk Palmer* 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:08.41 6 Q — 7:04.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ashley Delaney*
Andrew Lauterstein
Adam Pine*
Brenton Rickard
Christian Sprenger*
Hayden Stoeckel
Eamon Sullivan
Matt Targett* 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:32.76 2 Q — 3:30.04 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

* Competed in the heats only

Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bronte Barratt 200 m freestyle 1:57.75 10 Q 1:57.55 5 Q 1:57.83 7
400 m freestyle 4:04.16 5 Q — 4:05.05 7
Cate Campbell 50 m freestyle 24.20 1 Q 24.42 2 Q 24.17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m freestyle 54.55 13 Q 54.54 10 Did not advance
Alicia Coutts 200 m individual medley 2:11.55 1 Q 2:12.03 5 Q 2:11.43 5
Sophie Edington 100 m backstroke 1:00.65 14 Q 1:01.05 13 Did not advance
Sally Foster 200 m breaststroke 2:25.54 10 Q 2:26.33 9 Did not advance
Melissa Gorman 800 m freestyle 8:32.34 17 — Did not advance
10 km open water — 2:00:33.6 15
Samantha Hamill 200 m butterfly 2:08.83 13 Q 2:09.58 12 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:41.89 22 — Did not advance
Belinda Hocking 200 m backstroke 2:09.54 11 Q 2:08.80 6 Q 2:10.12 8
Leisel Jones 100 m breaststroke 1:05.64 1 Q 1:05.80 1 Q 1:05.17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke 2:23.81 2 Q 2:23.04 2 Q 2:22.05 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Linda Mackenzie 200 m freestyle 1:57.96 12 Q 1:58.19 12 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:05.91 10 — Did not advance
Meagen Nay 200 m backstroke 2:08.79 3 Q 2:08.09 3 Q 2:08.84 7
Kylie Palmer 800 m freestyle 8:22.81 5 Q — 8:26.39 6
Stephanie Rice 200 m individual medley 2:12.07 6 Q 2:10.58 2 Q 2:08.45 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m individual medley 4:35.11 3 Q — 4:29.45 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Emily Seebohm 100 m backstroke 1:00.27 9 Q 1:00.31 9 Did not advance
Jessicah Schipper 100 m butterfly 57.58 1 Q 57.43 3 Q 57.25 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m butterfly 2:08.11 11 Q 2:06.34 2 Q 2:06.26 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Libby Trickett 50 m freestyle 24.67 4 Q 24.47 5 Q 24.25 4
100 m freestyle 53.99 6 Q 54.10 8 Q 53.16 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m butterfly 58.37 12 Q 57.05 1 Q 56.73 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tarnee White 100 m breaststroke 1:07.83 7 Q 1:07.48 4 Q 1:07.63 6
Cate Campbell
Alice Mills
Shayne Reese*
Melanie Schlanger
Libby Trickett 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:37.81 6 Q — 3:35.05 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Angie Bainbridge*
Bronte Barratt
Lara Davenport*
Felicity Galvez*
Linda Mackenzie
Kylie Palmer
Stephanie Rice
Melanie Schlanger* 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:55.10 6 Q — 7:44.31 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Felicity Galvez*
Leisel Jones
Shayne Reese*
Jessicah Schipper
Emily Seebohm
Libby Trickett
Tarnee White* 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:57.94 1 Q — 3.52.69 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

* Competed in the heats only

Synchronised swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia has qualified both a duet and a group entry in synchronised swimming.[42]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Myriam Glez
Erika Leal-Ramirez 		Duet 41.250 21 41.584 82.834 21 Did not advance
Eloise Amberger
Coral Bentley
Sarah Bombell
Tamika Domrow
Myriam Glez
Erika Leal-Ramirez
Tarren Otte
Samantha Reid
Bethany Walsh 		Team 40.417 7 — 41.750 82.167 7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia has qualified both men's and women's table tennis teams for Beijing. Each team includes three competitors. The men's team is Kyle Davis, William Henzell and David Zalcberg. The women's team is Lay Jian Fang, Miao Miao and Stephanie Sang Xu.[43]

Men's singles
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kyle Davis Singles  Saleh (EGY)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
William Henzell  Khourta (ALG)
W 4–1 		 Lundqvist (SWE)
W 4–2 		 Yoon J-Y (KOR)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
David Zalcberg  Doan (VIE)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Women's singles
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jian Fang Lay Singles  Aggarwal (IND)
W 4–1 		 Paovic (CRO)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Miao Miao  Offiong (NGR)
W 4–0 		 Kotikhina (RUS)
W 4–3 		 Dang Y-S (KOR)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Stephanie Sang Xu  Kaffo (NGR)
W 4–1 		 Ganina (RUS)
W WO 		 Wu X (DOM)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group round Semifinals Bronze playoff 1 Bronze playoff 2 Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kyle Davis
William Henzell
David Zalcberg 		Men's team Group A
 China (CHN)
L 0 – 3
 Austria (AUT)
L 0 – 3
 Greece (GRE)
L 0 – 3 		4 Did not advance
Jian Fang Lay
Miao Miao
Stephanie Sang Xu 		Women's team Group D
 South Korea (KOR)
L 0 – 3
 Japan (JPN)
L 0 – 3
 Spain (ESP)
L 0 – 3 		4 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Four Australians have qualified for the Beijing Olympics. Ryan Carneli will compete in the men's under 58 kg division and Burak Hasan in the men's 58–68 kg division. Carmen Marton will compete in the women's over 67 kg division and Tina Morgan in the women's 57–67 kg division.[44]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ryan Carneli Men's −58 kg  Go (PHI)
W 1–0 		 Khawlaor (THA)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Burak Hasan Men's −68 kg  López (PER)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Tina Morgan Women's −67 kg  Sergerie (CAN)
L 0–0 SUP 		Did not advance  Sánchez (ARG)
W 9–2 		 Épangue (FRA)
L 1–4 		Did not advance 5
Carmen Marton Women's +67 kg  Benítes (ECU)
W 2–0 		 Falavigna (BRA)
L 2–5 		Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia has qualified two men and three women for the singles competition in Beijing while two doubles pairs have qualified in each of the men's and women's draws. The team is:[45][46]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Chris Guccione Singles  Blake (USA)
L 3–6, 6–7(3–7) 		Did not advance
Lleyton Hewitt  Björkman (SWE)
W 7–5, 7–6(7–2) 		 Nadal (ESP)
L 1–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Chris Guccione
Lleyton Hewitt 		Doubles —  Calleri /
Mónaco (ARG)
W 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 18–16 		 Nadal /
Robredo (ESP)
W 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 		 B Bryan /
M Bryan (USA)
L 4–6, 3–6 		Did not advance
Paul Hanley
Jordan Kerr 		—  Aspelin /
Johansson (SWE)
L 6–7(7–9), 3–6 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Casey Dellacqua Singles  Dulko (ARG)
W 6–3, 6–4 		 Azarenka (BLR)
L 2–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Alicia Molik  Martínez Sánchez (ESP)
L 1–6, 1–6 		Did not advance
Samantha Stosur  Errani (ITA)
W 6–3, 6–2 		 S Williams (USA)
L 2–6, 0–6 		Did not advance
Casey Dellacqua
Alicia Molik 		Doubles —  Pennetta /
Schiavone (ITA)
L 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Samantha Stosur
Rennae Stubbs 		—  Kvitová /
Šafářová (CZE)
W 6–1, 6–0 		 Medina Garrigues /
Ruano Pascual (ESP)
L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Five Australians were selected to compete in the triathlon at the 2008 Olympics. Courtney Atkinson and Brad Kahlefeldt will contest the men's competition while Erin Densham, Emma Moffatt and Emma Snowsill will battle it out for the women's title.[47]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Courtney Atkinson Men's 18:06 0:27 59:08 0:29 32:00 1:50:10.02 11
Brad Kahlefeldt 18:17 0:29 58:56 0:28 32:26 1:50:36.00 16
Erin Densham Women's 20:54 0:30 1:05:27 0:31 35:46 2:03:08.76 22
Emma Moffatt 19:55 0:31 1:04:12 0:31 34:46 1:59:55.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Emma Snowsill 19:51 0:28 1:04:20 0:31 33:17 1:58:27.66 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Two teams qualified for the Olympics: the women's team Barnett-Cook (Tamsin Barnett and Natalie Cook), and the men's team Schacht-Slack (Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack).

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Andrew Schacht
Joshua Slack 		Men's Pool C
 Geor – Gia (GEO)
W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–19)
 Fernandes – Morais (ANG)
W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–9)
 Ricardo – Emanuel (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (14–21, 17–21) 		2 Q  Nummerdor –
Schuil (NED)
L 0 – 2 (16–21, 14–21) 		Did not advance
Tamsin Barnett
Natalie Cook 		Women's Pool C
 Shiryaeva – Uryadova (RUS)
W 2 – 1 (21–8, 19–21, 15–12)
 Saka – Rtvelo (GEO)
W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–12)
 Larissa – Ana Paula (BRA)
W 2 – 0 (23–21, 23–21) 		1 Q  Koutroumanidou –
Tsiartsiani (GRE)
W 2 – 1 (22–20, 19–21, 15–12) 		 Talita –
Renata (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (22–24, 14–21) 		Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 8th place, while the women's team won the bronze medal. Australia's squads included three sets of siblings: Jamie and Gemma Beadsworth, the Santoromito sisters and the Rippon sisters. Kate Gynther is also a stepsister of the Rippons.[48] (Bronwen and Emma Knox are unrelated.)

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Australia men's water polo team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo group A standings All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A5 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A14

Classification round
Classification semi-final

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game E1

Classification 7th–8th

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game F2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Australia women's water polo team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo group B standings All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game B2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game B3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game B5

Semifinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game F1

Bronze medal game

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game G1

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Two Australians will compete in the weightlifting at Beijing. Damon Kelly will lift in the men's over 105 kg class and Deborah Lovely in women's over 75 kg class.[49]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Damon Kelly Men's +105 kg 165 11 221 9 386 9
Deborah Lovely Women's +75 kg 113 8 135 8 248 8

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Four wrestlers represented Australia at the 2008 Games:.[50][51] None of them made it past the qualification round.

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ali Abdo −74 kg  Gülhan (TUR)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 21
Sandeep Kumar −84 kg Bye  Abdusalomov (TJK)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance Bye  Danko (UKR)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 20
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hassan Shahsavan −74 kg Bye  Melyoshin (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 18
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kyla Bremner −48 kg Bye  Kim H-J (KOR)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 17

Media coverage

In Australia, both the Seven Network and SBS TV provided television coverage of the games. Live web video streaming of selected events was provided by Yahoo!7. Radio station 2GB held the exclusive Sydney radio rights through the Seven Network, while in other capital cities commercial partners were joined by ABC Local Radio in providing radio coverage. Additionally, Telstra broadcast Seven's coverage and that of selected events to 3G mobile phones via the Next G network.

An estimated eight million viewers in Australia watched the televised broadcast of the Opening Ceremony, the largest number ever, surpassing that of the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening ceremony.[52] Seven was the only network to televise the Opening Ceremony in Australia.

Seven has been criticised for broadcasting Australian Football League games in lieu of Olympic events with Australian athletes in contention for medals, as well as for the quality of their coverage in general.[53][54] The network cited existing contractual obligations for their AFL scheduling.[55] In response, the AFL made concessions to Seven that allowed more Olympics coverage to be broadcast in certain markets.[56]

During the closing days of the games, Seven and the rival Nine Network engaged in a "bidding war" to secure athletes, particularly gold medalists, for exclusive contracts to appear on their respective programs. Stephanie Rice signed a $800,000 two-year contract with Seven, and as a result withdrew (along with several other athletes) from being filmed for Nine's 60 Minutes hours before the show.[57] Both networks are fighting for the lead in the Australian television ratings and, whilst Seven has broadcast the last several Olympics, Nine will be co-broadcasting with Foxtel the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

The International Olympic Committee later awarded Seven its Golden Rings Award for "Best Olympic Programme". The award is given for the best overall Olympic coverage.[58]

See also

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