Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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)
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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[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
		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[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]

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
	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
		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
		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
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

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
		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 Ctr. 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) Brendan Joyce Gordon McLeod 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

Quarterfinals

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 Ctr. 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]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

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
		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
		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
		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
	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
		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
	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
		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
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

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	6

Diving[edit]

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
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

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
			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
								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

# - 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 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
		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

Reserve:

17. Andrew Smith
30. 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
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

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:

1. Toni Cronk (GK)
13. Shelly Liddelow

Notes

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
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

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

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*	(1978-10-23)23 October 1978 (aged 29)	0	0	Melbourne Victory
11	3MF	David Carney*	(1983-11-30)30 November 1983 (aged 24)	0	0	Sheffield United
12	2DF	Trent McClenahan	(1985-02-04)4 February 1985 (aged 23)	12	0	Hereford United
13	3MF	Ruben Zadkovich	(1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 22)	19	1	Derby County
14	3MF	James Troisi	(1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 20)	7	2	Gençlerbirliği
15	3MF	Kristian Sarkies	(1986-10-25)25 October 1986 (aged 21)	16	7	Adelaide United
16	3MF	Billy Celeski	(1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 23)	6	0	Melbourne Victory
17	4FW	Nikita Rukavytsya	(1987-06-22)22 June 1987 (aged 21)	6	1	Perth Glory
18	1GK	Tando Velaphi	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 21)	6	0	Perth Glory
21	4FW	Matt Simon[n 1]	(1986-01-22)22 January 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Central Coast Mariners

* Over-aged player.

Notes

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Australia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Gymnastics[edit]

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:^[32][33][34]

Artistic[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Judo[edit]

Australia has selected a team of 13 for the 2008 Games:^[35]

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