Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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.

Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
in Beijing
Competitors	433 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)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games –––– Australasia (1908–1912)

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 edit

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 Suzy Batkovic Tully Bevilaqua Rohanee Cox Hollie Grima Kristi Harrower Lauren Jackson Erin Phillips Emma Randall Jenni Screen Belinda Snell Laura Summerton Penny Taylor	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 Jodie Bowering Kylie Cronk Kelly Hardie Tanya Harding Sandy Lewis Simmone Morrow Tracey Mosley Stacey Porter Melanie Roche Justine Smethurst Danielle Stewart Natalie Titcume Natalie Ward Belinda Wright Kerry Wyborn	Softball	Women's tournament
Bronze	Australia women's national water polo team Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Suzie Fraser Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Amy Hetzel Bronwen Knox Emma Knox Alicia McCormack Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Mia Santoromito Jenna Santoromito	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 Des Abbott Travis Brooks Kiel Brown Liam De Young Luke Doerner Jamie Dwyer Bevan George David Guest Rob Hammond Fergus Kavanagh Mark Knowles Stephen Lambert Eli Matheson Eddie Ockenden Grant Schubert Matt Wells	Field hockey	Men's tournament

Archery edit

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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	Individual	634	28	Vardineni (IND) (37) L 100–106	Did not advance

Athletics edit

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
Athlete	Event	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
Luke Adams	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
Jared Tallent	50 km walk	—				3:39:27
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	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.68	4 q	—		3:00.02	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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
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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lisa Corrigan	1500 m	4:16.32	9	—		Did not advance
Sarah Jamieson	1500 m	4:06.64	5	—		Did not advance
Benita Johnson	Marathon	—				2:32:06	21
Tamsyn Lewis	400 m	52.38	4	Did not advance
Tamsyn Lewis	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
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
Athlete	Event	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]
Kylie Wheeler	Points	1024	1093	731	954	883	741	943	6369	10^[a]

Notes

^ 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 edit

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
Athlete	Event	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 edit

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 edit

Roster

The following is the Australia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[13]

Australia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	4	Chris Anstey	33 – (1975-01-01)January 1, 1975	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Melbourne Tigers
PG	5	Patrick Mills	19 – (1988-08-11)August 11, 1988	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Saint Mary's Gaels
C	6	Andrew Bogut	23 – (1984-11-28)November 28, 1984	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Milwaukee Bucks
G/F	7	Joe Ingles	20 – (1987-10-02)October 2, 1987	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	South Dragons
G/F	8	Brad Newley	23 – (1985-02-18)February 18, 1985	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Panellinios
G	9	C. J. Bruton	32 – (1975-12-13)December 13, 1975	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	New Zealand Breakers
F	10	David Barlow	24 – (1983-10-22)October 22, 1983	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Melbourne Tigers
SF	11	Mark Worthington	25 – (1983-06-08)June 8, 1983	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	South Dragons
G/F	12	Glen Saville	32 – (1976-01-17)January 17, 1976	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Wollongong Hawks
F/C	13	David Andersen	28 – (1980-06-23)June 23, 1980	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	FC Barcelona
F/C	14	Matthew Nielsen (C)	30 – (1978-02-03)February 3, 1978	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	BC Lietuvos rytas
F	15	Shawn Redhage	27 – (1981-01-21)January 21, 1981	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Perth Wildcats

Head coach

Brian Goorjian

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9^[a]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8^[b]
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8^[b]
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

10 August 2008
20:00

Australia	82–97	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 17–26, 22–26, 29–24
Pts: Nielsen 13 Rebs: Anstey 7 Asts: Barlow 3		Pts: Prkačin, Banić 16 Rebs: Lončar 10 Asts: Popović 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

12 August 2008
22:15

Argentina	85–68	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 16–18, 24–17, 22–22
Pts: Ginobili 21 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Ginobili 7		Pts: Mills 22 Rebs: Andersen 6 Asts: Bogut, Bruton 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

14 August 2008
11:15

Australia	106–68	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 25–14, 22–19, 31–20
Pts: Newley 24 Rebs: Bogut 7 Asts: Mills, Worthington, Bruton 5		Pts: Nikkhah 23 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: Davari 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

16 August 2008
11:15

Russia	80–95	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–22, 22–20, 25–26
Pts: Khriapa 21 Rebs: Khriapa 9 Asts: Holden 6		Pts: Bogut, Bruton 22 Rebs: Bogut 8 Asts: Bruton 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

18 August 2008
11:15

Australia	106–75	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 27–15, 20–22, 31–24
Pts: Bogut 23 Rebs: Mills 4 Asts: Anstey 4		Pts: K. Lavrinovič 14 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008
20:00

United States	116–85	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 30–19, 34–18, 27–24
Scoring by half: 55–43, 61–42
Pts: Bryant 25 Rebs: James 9 Asts: James, Paul, Wade, Williams 3		Pts: Mills 20 Rebs: Worthington 6 Asts: Newley 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)

Women's tournament edit

Roster

The following is the Australia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Australia women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Erin Phillips	23 – (1985-07-19)July 19, 1985	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Connecticut Sun
G	5	Tully Bevilaqua	36 – (1972-05-19)May 19, 1972	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Indiana Fever
G	6	Jennifer Screen	26 – (1982-02-19)February 19, 1982	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Lavezzini Basket Parma
F	7	Penny Taylor	27 – (1981-05-24)May 24, 1981	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Phoenix Mercury
F/C	8	Suzy Batkovic	27 – (1981-05-24)May 24, 1981	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	UMMC Ekaterinburg
C	9	Hollie Grima	24 – (1983-12-16)December 16, 1983	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Italmoka Pozzuoli
PG	10	Kristi Harrower	33 – (1975-03-04)March 4, 1975	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	UMMC Ekaterinburg
F	11	Laura Summerton	24 – (1983-12-13)December 13, 1983	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Levoni Taranto
F	12	Belinda Snell	27 – (1981-01-10)January 10, 1981	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	CJM Bourges Basket
C	13	Emma Randall	23 – (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Bulleen Boomers
F	14	Rohanee Cox	28 – (1980-04-23)April 23, 1980	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Townsville Fire
PF	15	Lauren Jackson (C)	27 – (1981-05-11)May 11, 1981	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Seattle Storm

Head coach

Jan Stirling

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	424	319	+105	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	339	333	+6	9
3	Belarus	5	2	3	324	332	−8	7^[a]
4	South Korea	5	2	3	327	360	−33	7^[a]
5	Latvia	5	1	4	334	387	−53	6^[b]
6	Brazil	5	1	4	337	354	−17	6^[b]

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Belarus 1–0 South Korea
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Latvia 1–0 Brazil

9 August 2008
09:00

Belarus	64–83	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 16–25 , 22–21, 14–18
Pts: Leuchanka 13, Troina 13 Rebs: Leuchanka 10 Asts: Marchanka 2		Pts: Jackson 18 Rebs: Batkovic 12 Asts: Harrower 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

11 August 2008
22:15

Australia	80–65	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 21–15, 11–20, 19–16
Pts: Summerton 18 Rebs: Taylor 8 Asts: Harrower 5		Pts: Santos 21 Rebs: Santos 10 Asts: Santos 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

13 August 2008
20:00

Australia	90–62	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 24–19, 26–17, 17–12
Pts: Taylor, Batkovic 18 Rebs: Batkovic 10 Asts: Harrower 5		Pts: Beon 20 Rebs: seven players 2 Asts: Lee 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

15 August 2008
11:15

Latvia	73–96	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 20–22, 18–35, 17–20
Pts: Tāre 14 Rebs: Brumermane, Jansone 5 Asts: Tāre 4		Pts: Jackson 30 Rebs: Taylor 11 Asts: Harrower, Taylor 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG)

17 August 2008
11:15

Australia	75–55	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 10–18, 30–10, 20–8
Pts: Snell, Jackson 16 Rebs: Jackson 14 Asts: Harrower 7		Pts: Hammon 20 Rebs: Abrosimova, Osipova 9 Asts: Karpunina 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG)

Quarterfinals

19 August 2008
16:45

Australia	79–46	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 15–7, 23–10, 17–19
Pts: Jackson 17 Rebs: Jackson 12 Asts: Harrower 4		Pts: Vecerova, Machova 8 Rebs: Kulichova 5 Asts: Machova 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Semifinals

21 August 2008
22:15

Report^{[dead link]}

China	56–90	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 7–21, 21–23, 17–33
Pts: Bian 20 Rebs: Liu, Sui 7 Asts: Bian 2		Pts: Snell 16 Rebs: Batkovic 13 Asts: Harrower, Snell 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA)

Gold medal match

23 August 2008
22:00

Report

United States	92–65	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 25–15, 22–24, 23–11
Pts: Lawson 15 Rebs: Leslie 7 Asts: Thompson 4		Pts: Jackson 20 Rebs: Jackson 10 Asts: Grima 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Boxing edit

Australia had nine boxers qualify for the Olympics. All qualified at the Oceanian qualifying tournament.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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 edit

Slalom edit

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
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

Sprint edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Torsten Lachmann	C-1 500 m	2:00.594	7 QS	1:59.119	7	Did not advance
Torsten Lachmann	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
Ken Wallace	K-1 1000 m	3:30.306	2 QS	3:33.255	1 Q	3:27.485
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
Athlete	Event	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

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

Cycling edit

Australia selected competitors in all four cycling disciplines – BMX,^[16] mountain biking,^[17] road racing^[18] and track racing.^[19] 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.^[20]

Road edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cadel Evans	Road race	6:24:11	15
Cadel Evans	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
Michael Rogers	Time trial	1:04:46	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Katherine Bates	Road race	Did not finish
Sara Carrigan	Road race	3:33:25	38
Oenone Wood	Road race	3:33:17	29
Oenone Wood	Time trial	38:53.45	22

Track edit

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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	Men's sprint	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
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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Bradley McGee	Men's individual pursuit	4:26.084	9	Did not advance
Brett Lancaster	Men's individual pursuit	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
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Ryan Bayley	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	6	8
Shane Kelly	Men's keirin	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 edit

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 edit

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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	Women's BMX	36.717	6	—		12	4 Q	1:19.609	6

Diving edit

Australia selected a team of nine divers to compete at the 2008 Olympics:^[21]

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Mitcham	3 m springboard	439.85	15 Q	427.45	16	Did not advance
Robert Newbery	3 m springboard	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	10 m platform	509.60	2 Q	532.20	2 Q	537.00
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
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chantelle Newbery	3 m springboard	284.85	15 Q	294.45	14	Did not advance
Sharleen Stratton	3 m springboard	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	10 m platform	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

Equestrian edit

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.^[22]^[23]^[24]

Dressage edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	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 edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			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

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

Show jumping edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			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 edit

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.^[25]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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 edit

The Australian men's and women's field hockey teams both qualified for Beijing.^[26] The men's team won the bronze medal, while the women's team finished in 5th place for the tournament.

Men's tournament edit

Roster

The following is the Australian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[27]

Head Coach: Barry Dancer

Australia's team just before the group stage match against Pakistan. Standing from the left: Abbott, Lambert, Kavanagh, Matheson, Guest, Ockenden, Brooks, Wells. Front row from the left: Brown, Dwyer, Hammond, George, Doerner, de Young, Schubert, Knowles.

Reserve:

Andrew Smith
Stephen Mowlam (GK)

Group play

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10	13	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	2	0	24	7	+17	11	Semi-finals
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8	Fifth place game
4	Pakistan	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2	6	Seventh place game
5	Canada	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7	4	Ninth place game
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	4	25	−21	0	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH

11 August 2008
18:30

Australia	6–1	Canada
Abbott 15', 16', 54' Kavanagh 22' Ockenden 48' Schubert 57'	Report	P. Short 38'

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Chen Dekang (CHN)

13 August 2008
08:30

South Africa	0–10	Australia
	Report	Dwyer 2', 42' Matheson 14', 29', 57' Schubert 27' Guest 35+', 38' Kavanagh 47' Abbott 67'

Umpires:
Andy Mair (GBR)
Roel van Eert (NED)

15 August 2008
18:30

Pakistan	1–3	Australia
Abbasi 16'	Report	Schubert 20' Dwyer 41' Brooks 59'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)

17 August 2008
20:30

Australia	2–2	Netherlands
Ockenden 58' Doerner 61'	Report	Taekema 55', 70'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Christian Blasch (GER)

19 August 2008
20:30

Australia	3–3	Great Britain
George 40' Dwyer 45' Ockenden 68'	Report	Middleton 34' R. Mantell 47' Moore 55'

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Semifinal

21 August 2008
20:30

Spain	3−2	Australia
Tubau 39', 44' Freixa 68'	Report	Abbott 1' Ockenden 37'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Christian Blasch (GER)

Bronze medal match

23 August 2008
18:00

Netherlands	2–6	Australia
Taekema 12' De Nooijer 27'	Report	Ockenden 5', 6' Abbott 9' Matheson 28' Hammond 42' Doerner 62'

Umpires:
Andy Mair (GBR)
Christian Blasch (GER)

Women's tournament edit

Roster

The following is the Australian roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[28]

Head Coach: Frank Murray

Reserve:

Toni Cronk (GK)
Shelly Liddelow

Notes

^ ^a ^b Melanie Wells and Nikki Hudson were co-captains of the Australian team.

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.

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11	15	Advanced to semifinals
China	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10	10	Advanced to semifinals
Australia	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8	10
Spain	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5	3
South Africa	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008
18:00

Australia	5–4	South Korea
Liddelow 25', 50' Hudson 47' Young 56' Eastham 65'	Report	Kim Mi-sun 18' Kim Da-rae 27' Gim Sung-hee 32' Park Mi-hyun 34'

Umpires:
Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

12 August 2008
10:30

Australia	6–1	Spain
Lambert 27', 60' Hudson 47' Eastham 54' Halliday 66' Rivers 70'	Report	Muñoz 6'

Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Miao Lin (CHN)

14 August 2008
20:30

South Africa	0–3	Australia
	Report	Hudson 10' Lambert 44' Eastham 62'

Umpires:
Carol Metchette (IRL)
Ute Conen (GER)

16 August 2008
10:30

Australia	1–2	Netherlands
Young 17'	Report	Paumen 20', 46'

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

18 August 2008
21:00

China	2–2	Australia
Li Hongxia 30', 38'	Report	Eastham 51' Young 62'

Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Classification match for 5th/6th place

22 August 2008
11:00

Australia	2–0	Great Britain
Blyth 29' Munro 68'	Report

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Miao Lin (CHN)

Football (soccer) edit

Men's tournament edit

Australia's under-23 football team, commonly referred to as the 'Olyroos', qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[29]

Roster

The following is the Australia squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[30]

Head coach: Graham Arnold

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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 Australia at the2008 Summer OlympicsIOC codeAUSNOCAustralian Olympic CommitteeWebsitewww wbr olympics wbr com wbr auin BeijingCompetitors433 in 26 sportsFlag bearersJames Tomkins opening Stephanie Rice closing MedalsRanked 6thGold 14 Silver 15 Bronze 17 Total 46Summer Olympics appearances overview 189619001904190819121920192419281932193619481952195619601964196819721976198019841988199219962000200420082012201620202024Other related appearances1906 Intercalated Games Australasia 1908 1912 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 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Archery 3 Athletics 4 Badminton 5 Basketball 5 1 Men s tournament 5 2 Women s tournament 6 Boxing 7 Canoeing 7 1 Slalom 7 2 Sprint 8 Cycling 8 1 Road 8 2 Track 8 3 Mountain biking 8 4 BMX 9 Diving 10 Equestrian 10 1 Dressage 10 2 Eventing 10 3 Show jumping 11 Fencing 12 Field hockey 12 1 Men s tournament 12 2 Women s tournament 13 Football soccer 13 1 Men s tournament 14 Gymnastics 14 1 Artistic 14 2 Rhythmic 14 3 Trampoline 15 Judo 16 Modern pentathlon 17 Rowing 18 Sailing 19 Shooting 20 Softball 21 Swimming 22 Synchronised swimming 23 Table tennis 24 Taekwondo 25 Tennis 26 Triathlon 27 Volleyball 27 1 Beach 28 Water polo 28 1 Men s tournament 28 2 Women s tournament 29 Weightlifting 30 Wrestling 31 Media coverage 32 See also 33 External links 34 ReferencesMedalists editMedal Name Sport Event nbsp Gold Stephanie Rice Swimming Women s 400 m individual medley nbsp Gold Lisbeth Trickett Swimming Women s 100 m butterfly nbsp Gold Leisel Jones Swimming Women s 100 m breaststroke nbsp Gold Stephanie Rice Swimming Women s 200 m individual medley nbsp Gold Stephanie Rice Bronte BarrattKylie PalmerLinda MackenzieFelicity Galvez Angie Bainbridge Melanie Schlanger Lara Davenport Swimming Women s 4 200 m freestyle relay nbsp Gold Drew Ginn Duncan Free Rowing Men s coxless pair nbsp Gold Scott Brennan David Crawshay Rowing Men s double sculls nbsp Gold Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Libby Trickett Tarnee White Felicity Galvez Shayne Reese Swimming Women s 4 100 m medley relay nbsp Gold Emma Snowsill Triathlon Women s triathlon nbsp Gold Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page Sailing Men s 470 class nbsp Gold Tessa Parkinson Elise Rechichi Sailing Women s 470 class nbsp Gold Steven Hooker Athletics Men s pole vault nbsp Gold Ken Wallace Canoeing Men s K 1 500 m nbsp Gold Matthew Mitcham Diving Men s 10 m platform nbsp Silver Briony Cole Melissa Wu Diving Women s 10 m synchronised platform nbsp Silver Clayton Fredericks Lucinda FredericksSonja JohnsonMegan JonesShane Rose Equestrian Team eventing nbsp Silver Eamon Sullivan Swimming Men s 100 m freestyle nbsp Silver Brenton Rickard Swimming Men s 200 m breaststroke nbsp Silver Leisel Jones Swimming Women s 200 m breaststroke nbsp Silver Libby Trickett Swimming Women s 100 m freestyle nbsp Silver Jacqueline Lawrence Canoeing Women s slalom K 1 nbsp Silver Matt Ryan James MarburgCameron McKenzie McHargFrancis Hegerty Rowing Men s coxless four nbsp Silver Grant Hackett Swimming Men s 1500 m freestyle nbsp 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 nbsp Silver Anna Meares Cycling Women s sprint nbsp Silver Sally McLellan Athletics Women s 100 m hurdles nbsp Silver Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby Sailing Tornado class nbsp Silver Jared Tallent Athletics 50 km walk nbsp Silver Australia women s national basketball team Suzy BatkovicTully BevilaquaRohanee CoxHollie GrimaKristi HarrowerLauren JacksonErin PhillipsEmma RandallJenni ScreenBelinda SnellLaura SummertonPenny Taylor Basketball Women s tournament nbsp Bronze Cate Campbell Alice MillsMelanie SchlangerLibby TrickettShayne Reese Swimming Women s 4 100 m freestyle relay nbsp Bronze Jessicah Schipper Swimming Women s 100 m butterfly nbsp Bronze Eamon Sullivan Andrew LautersteinAshley CallusMatt TargettLeith Brodie Patrick Murphy Swimming Men s 4 100 m freestyle relay nbsp Bronze Hayden Stoeckel Swimming Men s 100 m backstroke nbsp Bronze Robin Bell Canoeing Men s slalom C 1 nbsp Bronze Patrick Murphy Grant HackettGrant BritsNick FfrostLeith Brodie Kirk Palmer Swimming Men s 4 200 m freestyle relay nbsp Bronze Jessicah Schipper Swimming Women s 200 m butterfly nbsp Bronze Warren Potent Shooting Men s 50 m rifle prone nbsp Bronze Andrew Lauterstein Swimming Men s 100 m butterfly nbsp Bronze Jared Tallent Athletics 20 km walk nbsp Bronze Cate Campbell Swimming Women s 50 m freestyle nbsp Bronze Emma Moffatt Triathlon Women s triathlon nbsp Bronze Australia women s national softball team Jodie BoweringKylie CronkKelly HardieTanya HardingSandy LewisSimmone MorrowTracey MosleyStacey PorterMelanie RocheJustine SmethurstDanielle StewartNatalie TitcumeNatalie WardBelinda WrightKerry Wyborn Softball Women s tournament nbsp Bronze Australia women s national water polo team Gemma BeadsworthNikita CuffeSuzie FraserTaniele GofersKate GyntherAmy HetzelBronwen KnoxEmma KnoxAlicia McCormackMelissa RipponRebecca RipponMia SantoromitoJenna Santoromito Water polo Women s tournament nbsp Bronze Ken Wallace Canoeing Men s K 1 1000 m nbsp Bronze Lisa OldenhofHannah DavisChantal MeekLyndsie Fogarty Canoeing Women s K 4 500 m nbsp Bronze Australia national field hockey team Des AbbottTravis BrooksKiel BrownLiam De YoungLuke DoernerJamie DwyerBevan GeorgeDavid GuestRob HammondFergus KavanaghMark KnowlesStephen LambertEli MathesonEddie OckendenGrant SchubertMatt Wells Field hockey Men s tournamentArchery editMain 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 OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Matthew Gray Individual 654 39 nbsp Cheng C S MAS 26 L 101 109 Did not advance Sky Kim 665 14 nbsp Girouille FRA 51 W 112 110 nbsp Proc POL 19 L 110 111 Did not advance Michael Naray 658 30 nbsp Valladont FRA 35 W 108 106 nbsp Ruban UKR 3 L 105 115 Did not advance Matthew GraySky KimMichael Naray Team 1977 9 nbsp 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 OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Alexandra Feeney Individual 580 59 nbsp Yuan S C TPE 6 L 101 104 Did not advance Jane Waller 634 28 nbsp Vardineni IND 37 L 100 106 Did not advanceAthletics editMain 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 amp 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 nbsp 50 km walk 3 39 27 nbsp Lee Troop Marathon 2 27 17 60 Sean Wroe 400 m 45 17 2 Q 45 56 7 Did not advance Clinton HillJoel MilburnMark Ormrod John SteffensenSean Wroe 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 nbsp Fabrice Lapierre Long jump 7 90 16 Did not advance Scott Martin Shot put 19 75 21 Did not advance Women Track amp 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 nbsp 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 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 editMain 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 OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Stuart Gomez Men s singles nbsp Kehlhoffner FRA L 21 19 20 22 15 21 Did not advance Ross SmithGlenn Warfe Men s doubles nbsp Logosz Mateusiak POL L 13 21 16 21 Did not advance Erin Carroll Women s singles nbsp Martinez ESP L 9 21 16 21 Did not advance Tania LuizEugenia Tanaka Women s doubles nbsp Maeda Suetsuna JPN L 4 21 8 21 Did not advanceBasketball editMain 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 edit Main article Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s tournament Roster The following is the Australia roster in the men s basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics 13 Australia men s national basketball team 2008 Summer Olympics roster Players Coaches Pos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr C 4 Chris Anstey 33 1975 01 01 January 1 1975 7 ft 0 in 2 13 m Melbourne Tigers nbsp PG 5 Patrick Mills 19 1988 08 11 August 11 1988 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m Saint Mary s Gaels nbsp C 6 Andrew Bogut 23 1984 11 28 November 28 1984 7 ft 0 in 2 13 m Milwaukee Bucks nbsp G F 7 Joe Ingles 20 1987 10 02 October 2 1987 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m South Dragons nbsp G F 8 Brad Newley 23 1985 02 18 February 18 1985 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m Panellinios nbsp G 9 C J Bruton 32 1975 12 13 December 13 1975 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m New Zealand Breakers nbsp F 10 David Barlow 24 1983 10 22 October 22 1983 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m Melbourne Tigers nbsp SF 11 Mark Worthington 25 1983 06 08 June 8 1983 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m South Dragons nbsp G F 12 Glen Saville 32 1976 01 17 January 17 1976 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m Wollongong Hawks nbsp F C 13 David Andersen 28 1980 06 23 June 23 1980 6 ft 11 in 2 11 m FC Barcelona nbsp F C 14 Matthew Nielsen C 30 1978 02 03 February 3 1978 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m BC Lietuvos rytas nbsp F 15 Shawn Redhage 27 1981 01 21 January 21 1981 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m Perth Wildcats nbsp Head coach nbsp Brian Goorjian Assistant coach es nbsp Brendan Joyce nbsp Gordon McLeod Legend C Team captain Club describes lastclub before the tournament Age describes ageon August 9 2008 Group play Pos Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Lithuania 5 4 1 425 400 25 9 a Quarterfinals 2 nbsp Argentina 5 4 1 425 361 64 9 a 3 nbsp Croatia 5 3 2 399 380 19 8 b 4 nbsp Australia 5 3 2 457 405 52 8 b 5 nbsp Russia 5 1 4 387 406 19 6 6 nbsp Iran 5 0 5 323 464 141 5Source FIBA archiveRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal average 4 head to head number of points scored Notes a b Head to head record Lithuania 1 0 Argentina a b Head to head record Croatia 1 0 Australia 10 August 2008 20 00 Report Australia nbsp 82 97 nbsp Croatia Scoring by quarter 14 21 17 26 22 26 29 24Pts Nielsen 13Rebs Anstey 7Asts Barlow 3 Pts Prkacin Banic 16Rebs Loncar 10Asts Popovic 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Eddie Rush USA 12 August 2008 22 15 Report Argentina nbsp 85 68 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 23 11 16 18 24 17 22 22Pts Ginobili 21Rebs Nocioni 8Asts Ginobili 7 Pts Mills 22Rebs Andersen 6Asts Bogut Bruton 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 14 August 2008 11 15 Report Australia nbsp 106 68 nbsp Iran Scoring by quarter 28 15 25 14 22 19 31 20Pts Newley 24Rebs Bogut 7Asts Mills Worthington Bruton 5 Pts Nikkhah 23Rebs Haddadi 8Asts Davari 4 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE 16 August 2008 11 15 Report Russia nbsp 80 95 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 16 27 17 22 22 20 25 26Pts Khriapa 21Rebs Khriapa 9Asts Holden 6 Pts Bogut Bruton 22Rebs Bogut 8Asts Bruton 6 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Carl Jungebrand FIN 18 August 2008 11 15 Report Australia nbsp 106 75 nbsp Lithuania Scoring by quarter 28 14 27 15 20 22 31 24Pts Bogut 23Rebs Mills 4Asts Anstey 4 Pts K Lavrinovic 14Rebs K Lavrinovic 8Asts Jasikevicius 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE Quarterfinals 20 August 2008 20 00 Report United States nbsp 116 85 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 25 24 30 19 34 18 27 24Scoring by half 55 43 61 42Pts Bryant 25Rebs James 9Asts James Paul Wade Williams 3 Pts Mills 20Rebs Worthington 6Asts Newley 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Juan Carlos Arteaga ESP Women s tournament edit Main article Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Roster The following is the Australia roster in the women s basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics 14 Australia women s national basketball team 2008 Summer Olympics roster Players Coaches Pos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr G 4 Erin Phillips 23 1985 07 19 July 19 1985 5 ft 8 in 1 73 m Connecticut Sun nbsp G 5 Tully Bevilaqua 36 1972 05 19 May 19 1972 5 ft 5 in 1 65 m Indiana Fever nbsp G 6 Jennifer Screen 26 1982 02 19 February 19 1982 5 ft 11 in 1 8 m Lavezzini Basket Parma nbsp F 7 Penny Taylor 27 1981 05 24 May 24 1981 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m Phoenix Mercury nbsp F C 8 Suzy Batkovic 27 1981 05 24 May 24 1981 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m UMMC Ekaterinburg nbsp C 9 Hollie Grima 24 1983 12 16 December 16 1983 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m Italmoka Pozzuoli nbsp PG 10 Kristi Harrower 33 1975 03 04 March 4 1975 5 ft 4 in 1 63 m UMMC Ekaterinburg nbsp F 11 Laura Summerton 24 1983 12 13 December 13 1983 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m Levoni Taranto nbsp F 12 Belinda Snell 27 1981 01 10 January 10 1981 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m CJM Bourges Basket nbsp C 13 Emma Randall 23 1985 05 06 May 6 1985 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m Bulleen Boomers nbsp F 14 Rohanee Cox 28 1980 04 23 April 23 1980 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m Townsville Fire nbsp PF 15 Lauren Jackson C 27 1981 05 11 May 11 1981 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m Seattle Storm nbsp Head coach nbsp Jan Stirling Legend C Team captain Club describes lastclub before the tournament Age describes ageon August 9 2008 Group play Pos Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Australia 5 5 0 424 319 105 10 Quarterfinals 2 nbsp Russia 5 4 1 339 333 6 9 3 nbsp Belarus 5 2 3 324 332 8 7 a 4 nbsp South Korea 5 2 3 327 360 33 7 a 5 nbsp Latvia 5 1 4 334 387 53 6 b 6 nbsp Brazil 5 1 4 337 354 17 6 b Source FIBA archiveRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal average 4 head to head number of points scored Notes a b Head to head record Belarus 1 0 South Korea a b Head to head record Latvia 1 0 Brazil 9 August 2008 09 00 Report Belarus nbsp 64 83 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 12 19 16 25 22 21 14 18Pts Leuchanka 13 Troina 13Rebs Leuchanka 10Asts Marchanka 2 Pts Jackson 18Rebs Batkovic 12Asts Harrower 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE 11 August 2008 22 15 Report Australia nbsp 80 65 nbsp Brazil Scoring by quarter 29 14 21 15 11 20 19 16Pts Summerton 18Rebs Taylor 8Asts Harrower 5 Pts Santos 21Rebs Santos 10Asts Santos 3 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Pitsilkas GRE 13 August 2008 20 00 Report Australia nbsp 90 62 nbsp South Korea Scoring by quarter 23 14 24 19 26 17 17 12Pts Taylor Batkovic 18Rebs Batkovic 10Asts Harrower 5 Pts Beon 20Rebs seven players 2Asts Lee 5 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Romualdas Brazauskas LTU 15 August 2008 11 15 Report Latvia nbsp 73 96 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 18 19 20 22 18 35 17 20Pts Tare 14Rebs Brumermane Jansone 5Asts Tare 4 Pts Jackson 30Rebs Taylor 11Asts Harrower Taylor 4 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Pablo Estevez ARG 17 August 2008 11 15 Report Australia nbsp 75 55 nbsp Russia Scoring by quarter 15 19 10 18 30 10 20 8Pts Snell Jackson 16Rebs Jackson 14Asts Harrower 7 Pts Hammon 20Rebs Abrosimova Osipova 9Asts Karpunina 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Pablo Estevez ARG Quarterfinals 19 August 2008 16 45 Report Australia nbsp 79 46 nbsp Czech Republic Scoring by quarter 23 10 15 7 23 10 17 19Pts Jackson 17Rebs Jackson 12Asts Harrower 4 Pts Vecerova Machova 8Rebs Kulichova 5Asts Machova 4 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Romualdas Brazauskas LTU Semifinals 21 August 2008 22 15 Report dead link China nbsp 56 90 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 11 13 7 21 21 23 17 33Pts Bian 20Rebs Liu Sui 7Asts Bian 2 Pts Snell 16Rebs Batkovic 13Asts Harrower Snell 4 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Chantal Julien FRA Gold medal match 23 August 2008 22 00 Report nbsp United States nbsp 92 65 nbsp Australia nbsp Scoring by quarter 22 15 25 15 22 24 23 11Pts Lawson 15Rebs Leslie 7Asts Thompson 4 Pts Jackson 20Rebs Jackson 10Asts Grima 2 Wukesong Indoor Stadium BeijingAttendance 11 083Referees Nikolaos Zavlanos GRE Boxing editMain article Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Australia had nine boxers qualify for the Olympics All qualified at the Oceanian qualifying tournament 15 Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank Stephen Sutherland Flyweight nbsp Cherif CHI L 2 14 Did not advance Luke Boyd Bantamweight nbsp Ikgopoleng BOT L 8 18 Did not advance Paul Fleming Featherweight nbsp Djelkhir FRA L 9 13 Did not advance Anthony Little Lightweight nbsp Indongo NAM W 14 2 nbsp Tishchenko RUS L 3 11 Did not advance Todd Kidd Light welterweight nbsp Moussaid MAR L 2 23 Did not advance Gerard O Mahony Welterweight nbsp Grusac MDA L 2 7 Did not advance Jarrod Fletcher Middleweight nbsp Correa CUB L 4 17 Did not advance Bradley Pitt Heavyweight nbsp Arjaoui MAR L 6 11 Did not advance Daniel Beahan Super heavyweight nbsp Myrsatayev KAZ L RSC Did not advanceCanoeing editMain article Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Slalom edit 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 nbsp 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 BellofioreLachie 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 nbsp Sprint edit 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 nbsp K 1 1000 m 3 30 306 2 QS 3 33 255 1 Q 3 27 485 nbsp Jacob ClearClint Robinson K 2 500 m 1 31 712 6 QS 1 33 839 7 Did not advance Clint Robinson Tony SchumacherDave SmithTate 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 DavisLyndsie FogartyChantal MeekLisa Oldenhof K 4 500 m 1 36 516 3 QF Bye 1 34 704 nbsp Qualification Legend QS Qualify to semi final QF Qualify directly to finalCycling editMain article Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Australia selected competitors in all four cycling disciplines BMX 16 mountain biking 17 road racing 18 and track racing 19 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 20 Road edit 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 edit Sprint Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final TimeSpeed km h Rank OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h Rank Ryan Bayley Men s sprint 10 36269 484 12 Q nbsp Awang MAS W 10 76266 902 Bye nbsp Levy GER L nbsp Sireau FRA nbsp Watanabe JPN L Did not advance 9th place final nbsp Nimke GER nbsp Chiappa ITA nbsp Watanabe JPN L 11 Mark French 10 33769 652 10 Q nbsp Bos NED L nbsp Mulder NED nbsp Dmitriev RUS L Did not advance Anna Meares Women s sprint 11 14064 631 3 nbsp Hijgenaar NED W 11 66361 733 Bye nbsp Sanchez FRA W 11 716 W 12 108 nbsp Guo CHN L W 11 578 W 11 617 nbsp Pendleton GBR L L nbsp Ryan BayleyDan EllisMark FrenchShane Kelly Men s team sprint 44 33560 899 5 Q nbsp Netherlands NED W 44 090 61 238 nbsp Germany GER L 44 022 61 332 4 Qualified only in the first round Pursuit Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final Time Rank OpponentResults Rank OpponentResults 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 nbsp Romero GBR 3 37 296 7 Did not advance Jack Bobridge Graeme BrownMark Jamieson Brett LancasterBradley McGeeLuke Roberts Men s team pursuit 4 02 041 3 Q nbsp Netherlands NED 3 58 633 4 Q nbsp New Zealand NZL 3 59 006 4 Keirin nbsp 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 edit 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 edit 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 6Diving editMain article Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics Australia selected a team of nine divers to compete at the 2008 Olympics 21 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 nbsp Robert NewberyScott Robertson 3 m synchronised springboard 393 60 8 Mathew HelmRobert 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 ColeMelissa Wu 10 m synchronised platform 335 16 nbsp Equestrian editMain 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 22 23 24 Dressage edit 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 BeresfordKristy OatleyHeath Ryan See above Team 64 625 8 64 625 7 Eventing edit 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 FredericksLucinda FredericksSonja JohnsonMegan JonesShane Rose See above Team 102 80 1 59 20 162 00 2 9 20 171 20 2 171 20 nbsp Indicates that points do not count in team total Only three riders are eligible to qualify for the jumping final Show jumping edit 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 AlexanderLaurie LeverPeter McMahonMatt Williams See above Team 20 8 Q 21 41 9 41 8Fencing editMain 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 epee 25 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 epee nbsp Harada JPN L 9 15 Did not advance Joanna Halls Individual foil nbsp Company CUB L 13 15 Did not advanceField hockey editMain article Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Australian men s and women s field hockey teams both qualified for Beijing 26 The men s team won the bronze medal while the women s team finished in 5th place for the tournament Men s tournament edit Main article Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s tournament Roster The following is the Australian roster in the men s field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics 27 Head Coach Barry Dancer nbsp Australia s team just before the group stage match against Pakistan Standing from the left Abbott Lambert Kavanagh Matheson Guest Ockenden Brooks Wells Front row from the left Brown Dwyer Hammond George Doerner de Young Schubert Knowles Jamie Dwyer Liam de Young Robert Hammond Mark Knowles Eddie Ockenden David Guest Luke Doerner Grant Schubert Bevan George c Stephen Lambert GK Eli Matheson Matthew Wells Travis Brooks Kiel Brown Fergus Kavanagh Des Abbott Reserve Andrew Smith Stephen Mowlam GK Group play The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Netherlands 5 4 1 0 16 6 10 13 Semi finals 2 nbsp Australia 5 3 2 0 24 7 17 11 3 nbsp Great Britain 5 2 2 1 10 7 3 8 Fifth place game 4 nbsp Pakistan 5 2 0 3 11 13 2 6 Seventh place game 5 nbsp Canada 5 1 1 3 10 17 7 4 Ninth place game 6 nbsp South Africa 5 0 0 5 4 25 21 0 Eleventh place gameSource FIH 11 August 2008 18 30 Australia nbsp 6 1 nbsp Canada Abbott nbsp 15 16 54 Kavanagh nbsp 22 Ockenden nbsp 48 Schubert nbsp 57 Report P Short nbsp 38 Umpires Christian Blasch GER Chen Dekang CHN 13 August 2008 08 30 South Africa nbsp 0 10 nbsp Australia Report Dwyer nbsp 2 42 Matheson nbsp 14 29 57 Schubert nbsp 27 Guest nbsp 35 38 Kavanagh nbsp 47 Abbott nbsp 67 Umpires Andy Mair GBR Roel van Eert NED 15 August 2008 18 30 Pakistan nbsp 1 3 nbsp Australia Abbasi nbsp 16 Report Schubert nbsp 20 Dwyer nbsp 41 Brooks nbsp 59 Umpires Henrik Ehlers DEN Gary Simmonds RSA 17 August 2008 20 30 Australia nbsp 2 2 nbsp Netherlands Ockenden nbsp 58 Doerner nbsp 61 Report Taekema nbsp 55 70 Umpires Henrik Ehlers DEN Christian Blasch GER 19 August 2008 20 30 Australia nbsp 3 3 nbsp Great Britain George nbsp 40 Dwyer nbsp 45 Ockenden nbsp 68 Report Middleton nbsp 34 R Mantell nbsp 47 Moore nbsp 55 Umpires Christian Blasch GER Xavier Adell ESP Semifinal 21 August 2008 20 30 Spain nbsp 3 2 nbsp Australia Tubau nbsp 39 44 Freixa nbsp 68 Report Abbott nbsp 1 Ockenden nbsp 37 Umpires Henrik Ehlers DEN Christian Blasch GER Bronze medal match 23 August 2008 18 00 Netherlands nbsp 2 6 nbsp Australia nbsp Taekema nbsp 12 De Nooijer nbsp 27 Report Ockenden nbsp 5 6 Abbott nbsp 9 Matheson nbsp 28 Hammond nbsp 42 Doerner nbsp 62 Umpires Andy Mair GBR Christian Blasch GER Women s tournament edit Main article Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Roster The following is the Australian roster in the women s field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics 28 Head Coach Frank Murray Casey Eastham Megan Rivers Kim Walker Kate Hollywood Emily Halliday Madonna Blyth Nicole Arrold Kobie McGurk Fiona Johnson Rachel Imison GK Angie Skirving Melanie Twitt c a Hope Munro Teneal Attard Sarah Taylor Nikki Hudson c a Reserve Toni Cronk GK Shelly Liddelow Notes a b Melanie Wells and Nikki Hudson were co captains of the Australian team 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 Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp Netherlands 5 5 0 0 14 3 11 15 Advanced to semifinals nbsp China 5 3 1 1 14 4 10 10 nbsp Australia 5 3 1 1 17 9 8 10 nbsp Spain 5 2 0 3 4 12 8 6 nbsp South Korea 5 1 0 4 13 18 5 3 nbsp South Africa 5 0 0 5 2 18 16 0Source citation needed 10 August 2008 18 00 Australia nbsp 5 4 nbsp South Korea Liddelow nbsp 25 50 Hudson nbsp 47 Young nbsp 56 Eastham nbsp 65 Report Kim Mi sun nbsp 18 Kim Da rae nbsp 27 Gim Sung hee nbsp 32 Park Mi hyun nbsp 34 Umpires Soledad Iparruguirre ARG Stella Bartlema NED 12 August 2008 10 30 Australia nbsp 6 1 nbsp Spain Lambert nbsp 27 60 Hudson nbsp 47 Eastham nbsp 54 Halliday nbsp 66 Rivers nbsp 70 Report Munoz nbsp 6 Umpires Chieko Soma JPN Miao Lin CHN 14 August 2008 20 30 South Africa nbsp 0 3 nbsp Australia Report Hudson nbsp 10 Lambert nbsp 44 Eastham nbsp 62 Umpires Carol Metchette IRL Ute Conen GER 16 August 2008 10 30 Australia nbsp 1 2 nbsp Netherlands Young nbsp 17 Report Paumen nbsp 20 46 Umpires Sarah Garnett NZL Marelize de Klerk RSA 18 August 2008 21 00 China nbsp 2 2 nbsp Australia Li Hongxia nbsp 30 38 Report Eastham nbsp 51 Young nbsp 62 Umpires Chieko Soma JPN Carolina de la Fuente ARG Classification match for 5th 6th place 22 August 2008 11 00 Australia nbsp 2 0 nbsp Great Britain Blyth nbsp 29 Munro nbsp 68 Report Umpires Sarah Garnett NZL Miao Lin CHN Football soccer editMain article Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s tournament edit 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 29 Roster The following is the Australia squad in the men s football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics 30 Head coach Graham Arnold No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club 1 1 GK Adam Federici 1985 01 31 31 January 1985 aged 23 0 0 nbsp Reading 2 2 DF Jade North 1982 01 07 7 January 1982 aged 26 0 0 nbsp Newcastle Jets 3 2 DF Adrian Leijer 1986 03 25 25 March 1986 aged 22 20 1 nbsp Fulham 4 2 DF Mark Milligan c 1985 08 04 4 August 1985 aged 23 18 5 nbsp Newcastle Jets 5 2 DF Matthew Spiranovic 1988 06 27 27 June 1988 aged 20 1 0 nbsp FC Nurnberg 6 2 DF Nikolai Topor Stanley 1985 03 11 11 March 1985 aged 23 21 4 nbsp Perth Glory 7 3 MF Neil Kilkenny 1985 12 19 19 December 1985 aged 22 6 0 nbsp Leeds United 8 3 MF Stuart Musialik 1985 03 29 29 March 1985 aged 23 12 0 nbsp Sydney FC 9 4 FW Mark Bridge 1985 11 07 7 November 1985 aged 22 17 3 nbsp Sydney FC 10 4 FW Archie Thompson td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Adam Federici	(1985-01-31)31 January 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Reading
2	2DF	Jade North*	(1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 26)	0	0	Newcastle Jets
3	2DF	Adrian Leijer	(1986-03-25)25 March 1986 (aged 22)	20	1	Fulham
4	2DF	Mark Milligan (c)	(1985-08-04)4 August 1985 (aged 23)	18	5	Newcastle Jets
5	2DF	Matthew Špiranović	(1988-06-27)27 June 1988 (aged 20)	1	0	FC Nurnberg
6	2DF	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	(1985-03-11)11 March 1985 (aged 23)	21	4	Perth Glory
7	3MF	Neil Kilkenny	(1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 22)	6	0	Leeds United
8	3MF	Stuart Musialik	(1985-03-29)29 March 1985 (aged 23)	12	0	Sydney FC
9	4FW	Mark Bridge	(1985-11-07)7 November 1985 (aged 22)	17	3	Sydney FC
10	4FW	Archie Thompson*

[11] 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.

[table_hth_A0.7839801371023-15] Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina

[table_hth_C0.7839801371023-16] Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

[table_hth_C0.51247232989989-18] Head-to-head record: Belarus 1–0 South Korea

[table_hth_E0.51247232989989-19] Head-to-head record: Latvia 1–0 Brazil

[A-34] Melanie Wells and Nikki Hudson were co-captains of the Australian team.

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