Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

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

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's 400 m individual medley
			Women's 100 m butterfly
			Women's 100 m breaststroke
			Women's 200 m individual medley
	Bronte Barratt Kylie Palmer Linda Mackenzie Felicity Galvez Angie Bainbridge Melanie Schlanger Lara Davenport		Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
			Men's coxless pair
			Men's double sculls
	* * *		Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
			Women's triathlon
			Men's 470 class
			Women's 470 class
			Men's pole vault
			Men's K-1 500 m
			Men's 10 m platform
			Women's 10 m synchronised platform
			Team eventing
			Men's 100 m freestyle
			Men's 200 m breaststroke
			Women's 200 m breaststroke
			Women's 100 m freestyle
			Women's slalom K-1
			Men's coxless four
			Men's 1500 m freestyle
	* * * *		Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
			Women's sprint
			Women's 100 m hurdles
			Tornado class
			50 km walk
			Women's tournament
	Alice Mills Melanie Schlanger Libby Trickett Shayne Reese		Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
			Women's 100 m butterfly
	Andrew Lauterstein Ashley Callus Matt Targett Leith Brodie Patrick Murphy		Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
			Men's 100 m backstroke
			Men's slalom C-1
	Grant Hackett Grant Brits Nick Ffrost Leith Brodie Kirk Palmer *		Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
			Women's 200 m butterfly
			Men's 50 m rifle prone
			Men's 100 m butterfly
			20 km walk
			Women's 50 m freestyle
			Women's triathlon
			Women's tournament
			Women's tournament
			Men's K-1 1000 m
			Women's K-4 500 m
			Men's tournament

Archery

See main article: article and 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 /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matthew Gray	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	654	39	(26) L 101–109	Did not advance
Sky Kim	665	14	(51) W 112–110	(19) L 110–111	Did not advance
Michael Naray	658	30	(35) W 108–106	(3) L 105–115	Did not advance
Matthew Gray Sky Kim Michael Naray	Team	1977	9	(8) L 218–223	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexandra Feeney	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	580	59	(6) L 101–104	Did not advance
Jane Waller	634	28	(37) L 100–106	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and 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. The athletics did not start until the 15th of August, day seven of competition.^[5]

On day one of athletics, two finals were held 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 20kilometre race walk. Tallent came third, only 15second in front of fellow countryman Luke Adams who finished 6th. 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
align=left rowspan=2	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
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
align=left rowspan=2	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
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	align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=2	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				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kylie Wheeler	Result	13.68	1.89	13.06	24.28	6.11	43.81	2:11.49	6369	10
Points	1024	1093	731	954	883	741	943

Notes

Badminton

See main article: article and 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.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Stuart Gomez	Men's singles	L 21–19, 20–22, 15–21	Did not advance
Ross Smith Glenn Warfe	Men's doubles	L 13–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Erin Carroll	Women's singles	L 9–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Tania Luiz Eugenia Tanaka	Women's doubles	L 4–21, 8–21	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and 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.^[11]

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia had nine boxers qualify for the Olympics. All qualified at the Oceanian qualifying tournament.^[12]

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	L 2–14	Did not advance
Luke Boyd	Bantamweight	L 8–18	Did not advance
Paul Fleming	Featherweight	L 9–13	Did not advance
Anthony Little	Lightweight	W 14–2	L 3–11	Did not advance
Todd Kidd	Light welterweight	L 2–23	Did not advance
Gerard O'Mahony	Welterweight	L 2–7	Did not advance
Jarrod Fletcher	Middleweight	L 4–17	Did not advance
Bradley Pitt	Heavyweight		L 6–11	Did not advance
Daniel Beahan	Super heavyweight		L	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Robin Bell	Men's C-1	88.86	6	87.59	9	176.45	7 Q	91.16	5 Q	89.43	3	180.59
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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=2	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	1:43.969	6
Hannah Davis Lyndsie Fogarty Chantal Meek Lisa Oldenhof	K-4 500 m	1:36.516	3 QF	1:34.704

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

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia selected competitors in all four cycling disciplines – BMX,^[13] mountain biking,^[14] road racing^[15] and track racing.^[16] 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.^[17]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Cadel Evans	Road race	6:24:11	15
Time trial	1:03:34	5
Simon Gerrans	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	Did not finish
Sara Carrigan	3:33:25	38
align=left rowspan=2	Oenone Wood	Road race	3:33:17	29
Time trial	38:53.45	22

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Ryan Bayley	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	10.362 69.484	12 Q	W 10.762 66.902		L	L	Did not advance		9th place final L	11
Mark French	10.337 69.652	10 Q	L	L	Did not advance
Anna Meares	Women's sprint	11.140 64.631	3	W 11.663 61.733		W 11.716, W 12.108	L, W 11.578, W 11.617	L, L
Ryan Bayley Dan Ellis Mark French Shane Kelly	Men's team sprint	44.335 60.899	5 Q	W 44.090 61.238	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	align=left rowspan=2	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	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	3:58.633	4 Q	3:59.006	4

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Ryan Bayley	align=left rowspan=2	Men's keirin	1 Q		6	8
Shane Kelly	2 Q		2 Q	4

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Cameron Meyer	Men's points race	36	1	4
Katherine Bates	Women's points race	10	0	6

Mountain biking

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

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Jared Graves	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=2	Women's BMX	38.285	10	22	8	Did not advance
Nicole Callisto	36.717	6	12	4 Q	1:19.609	6

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia selected a team of nine divers to compete at the 2008 Olympics:^[18]

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Mitcham	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: article and 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.^{[19] [20] [21]}

Dressage

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

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Clayton Fredericks	Ben Along Time	align=left rowspan=5	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

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	align=left rowspan=4	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

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Two fencers will represent Australia in Beijing. Jo Halls will contest the women's individual foil while Amber Parkinson will contest the women's individual épée.^[22]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amber Parkinson	Individual épée		L 9–15	Did not advance
Joanna Halls	Individual foil	L 13–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Australian men's and women's field hockey teams both qualified for Beijing.^[23] The men's team won the bronze medal, while the women's team finished in 5th place for the tournament.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group playThe top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group playThe 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.

Classification match for 5th/6th place

Football (soccer)

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and 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.^[24]

Roster

Group play

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australian gymnasts qualified for Beijing in all three categories: artistic, rhythmic and trampoline. Naazmi Johnston was the only rhythmic gymast to qualify. Ben Wilden was the only trampolinist selected in the squad and Samuel Simpson was the only male artistic gymnast but a full women's artistic gymnastic team of six qualified:^{[25] [26] [27]}

Artistic

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Georgia Bonora	align=left rowspan=7	Team	14.525	14.850	14.500	15.025	58.900	18 Q	14.450	14.625	colspan=4
Ashleigh Brennan	14.625	14.775	13.700	14.150	57.250	30	14.650	15.125	colspan=2
Daria Joura	13.450	15.100	15.125	12.475	56.150	44	14.675	colspan=3
Lauren Mitchell	14.650	14.725		14.100	13.675	14.700		15.550	colspan=2
Shona Morgan	14.525	14.700	14.500	15.350	59.075	15 Q		14.825	13.800	15.225	colspan=2
Olivia Vivian	14.925	15.100	colspan=3
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
Georgia Bonora	align=left rowspan=2	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

Trampoline

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia has selected a team of 13 for the 2008 Games:^[28]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Matthew D'Aquino	−60 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Steven Brown	−66 kg		L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Dennis Iverson	−73 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Mark Anthony	−81 kg		L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Daniel Kelly	−90 kg		L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Matt Celotti	−100 kg		L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Semir Pepic	+100 kg		L 0000–0020	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tiffany Day	−48 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Kristie-Anne Ryder	−52 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Maria Pekli	−57 kg		W 0101–0100	W 1011–0000	L 0002–0010	L 0000–1000	5
Catherine Arlove	−63 kg	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Stephanie Grant	−78 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Janelle Shepherd	+78 kg	W 0001–0000	W 0110–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Alexander Parygin, who won Olympic gold in Atlanta while competing for Kazakhstan, was initially due to be Australia's only male competitor in the modern pentathlon. His qualification was overturned "on technical grounds" by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, when the Modern Pentathlon Association of Great Britain argued that he had failed to meet "eligibility criteria of 5,100 points at the relevant international competition, during the Olympic qualification period".^[29] Specifically, Parygin qualified for Beijing during a competition which lacked the equestrian event.^{[30] [31]} There being no avenue of appeal, Parygin will not compete in Beijing.^[32]

Angie Darby made her Olympic debut as the only Australian female in the competition.^[33] Darby, having qualified in the same conditions as Parygin, had her participation in the Games open to question, but she eventually competed.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. For the first time, Australia qualified for every rowing event at an Olympics.^{[34] [35]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Hardcastle	Single sculls	7:17.74	2 QF	7:00.09	3 SA/B	7:32.79	6 FB	7:27.34	12
Duncan Free Drew Ginn	Pair	6:41.15	1 SA/B	6:34.29	1 FA	6:37.44
Scott Brennan David Crawshay	Double sculls	6:21.39	1 SA/B	6:21.50	1 FA	6:27.77
Samuel Beltz Tom Gibson	Lightweight double sculls	6:19.15	3 R	6:42.42	2 SA/B	6:32.32	5 FB	6:30.11	10
Francis Hegerty James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Matt Ryan	Four	6:00.40	1 SA/B	5:56.20	2 FA	6:07.85
Brendan Long James McRae Chris Morgan Daniel Noonan	Quadruple sculls	5:36.20	1 SA/B	5:52.93	2 FA	5:44.68	4
Rod Chisholm Ben Cureton Anthony Edwards Todd Skipworth	Lightweight four	5:55.18	3 SA/B	6:12.38	4 FB	6:05.26	9
James Chapman Sam Conrad David Dennis Tom Laurich Samuel Loch Marty Rabjohns (cox) Jeremy Stevenson Stephen Stewart James Tomkins	Eight	6:55.59	4 R	5:40.31	2 FA	6:35.10	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pippa Savage	Single sculls	7:57.95	2 QF	7:34.03	3 SA/B	7:43.98	5 FB	7:53.43	10
Sarah Cook Kim Crow	Pair	7:44.04	4 R	7:38.48	3 FB	7:40.93	10
Sonia Mills Catriona Sens	Double sculls	7:13.25	4 R	7:04.30	3 FB	7:19.73	8
Amber Halliday Marguerite Houston	Lightweight double sculls	6:53.23	2 SA/B	7:13.80	5 FB	7:07.17	8
Amber Bradley Kerry Hore Amy Ives Zoe Uphill	Quadruple sculls	6:20.95	4 R	6:41.39	3 FA	6:30.05	6
Natalie Bale Pauline Frasca Sarah Heard Kate Hornsey Sally Kehoe Elizabeth Kell Elizabeth Patrick (cox) Brooke Pratley Sarah Tait	Eight	6:07.93	3 R	6:14.45	4 FA	6:14.22	6

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

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia competed in ten of the eleven sailing events.^[36]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Tom Slingsby	Laser	21	22	21	22	35	20	12	11	40	CAN	EL	164	22
Malcolm Page Nathan Wilmot	470	4	7	3	3	3	4	5	16	3	10	2	44
Iain Murray Andrew Palfrey	Star	11	15	13	15	2	11	10	14	14	8	EL	98	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Jessica Crisp	RS:X	2	4	3	8	1	8	9	14	6	5	20	66	5
Sarah Blanck	Laser Radial	6	11	7	19	4	12	8	1	5	CAN	4	58	4
Tessa Parkinson Elise Rechichi	470	2	2	4	1	9	4	2	5	3	2	18	34
Angela Farrell Karyn Gojnich Krystal Weir	Yngling	1	11	6	12	7	7	9	8	CAN	CAN	DSQ	71	10

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Anthony Nossiter	Finn	11	22	8	17	13	21	11	20	CAN	CAN	EL	101	16
Ben Austin Nathan Outteridge	49er	20	1	7	3	1	1	6	4	6	12	2	18	CAN	CAN	CAN	12	73	5
Glenn Ashby Darren Bundock	Tornado	5	4	3	1	5	9	2	8	7	4	10	49

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia has selected a squad of seventeen sport shooters to contest the 2008 Olympic competition:^[37]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
George Barton	Skeet	116	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Benjamin Burge	10 m air rifle	576	49	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	588	40	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1152	40	Did not advance
Michael Diamond	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	119	5 Q	142 S/O 2	4
Craig Henwood	109	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Matthew Inabinet	10 m air rifle	579	47	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1141	45	Did not advance
Russell Mark	Double trap	136	6 Q	181	5
align=left rowspan=2	David Moore	10 m air pistol	571	36	Did not advance
50 m pistol	546	35	Did not advance
Warren Potent	50 m rifle prone	595	4 Q	700.5
Bruce Quick	25 m rapid fire pistol	560	17	Did not advance
Paul Rahman	Skeet	110	30	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Daniel Repacholi	10 m air pistol	573	32	Did not advance
50 m pistol	540	41	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Dina Aspandiyarova	10 m air pistol	375	36	Did not advance
25 m pistol	571	33	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sue McCready	10 m air rifle	386	42	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	550	43	Did not advance
Natalia Rahman	Skeet	66	11	Did not advance
Stacy Roiall	Trap	62	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Robyn van Nus	10 m air rifle	384	44	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	566	40	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Lalita Yauhleuskaya	10 m air pistol	381	18	Did not advance
25 m pistol	581	14	Did not advance

Softball

See main article: article and Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Australian softball team has qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team selected to compete in the games is:^[38]

• 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

Group stage

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Eliminated

The top four teams will advance to the semifinal round.

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	14	7	7	0	53	1	1.000	-
	12	7	6	1	23	13	.857	1
	10	7	5	2	30	11	.714	2
	6	7	3	4	17	23	.429	4
	4	7	2	5	19	21	.286	5
	4	7	2	5	10	23	.286	5
	4	7	2	5	15	35	.286	5
	2	7	1	6	8	48	.143	6

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	4–3
2008-08-13
	3–0
2008-08-14
	3–1
2008-08-15
	3–1
2008-08-16
	8–0
2008-08-17
	4–0
2008-08-18
	9–2

Semifinal

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	5–3

Preliminary final

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	4–3

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia sent 43 swimmers to Beijing.^[39] The men's team won 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, while the women's team won 6 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals and set 4 world records. The members of the swim team and their results were:^[40]

Men

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

* Competed in the heats only

Women

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

* Competed in the heats only

Synchronised swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia has qualified both a duet and a group entry in synchronised swimming.^[41]

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

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia has qualified both men's and women's table tennis teams for Beijing. Each team includes three competitors. The men's team is Kyle Davis, William Henzell and David Zalcberg. The women's team is Lay Jian Fang, Miao Miao and Stephanie Sang Xu.^[42]

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kyle Davis	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 1–4	Did not advance
William Henzell	W 4–1	W 4–2	L 3–4	Did not advance
David Zalcberg	L 0–4	Did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jian Fang Lay	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W 4–1	L 3–4	Did not advance
Miao Miao	W 4–0	W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance
Stephanie Sang Xu	W 4–1	W	L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kyle Davis William Henzell David Zalcberg	Men's team	Group A L 0 – 3 L 0 – 3 L 0 – 3	4	Did not advance
Jian Fang Lay Miao Miao Stephanie Sang Xu	Women's team	Group D L 0 – 3 L 0 – 3 L 0 – 3	4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Four Australians have qualified for the Beijing Olympics. Ryan Carneli will compete in the men's under 58 kg division and Burak Hasan in the men's 58–68 kg division. Carmen Marton will compete in the women's over 67 kg division and Tina Morgan in the women's 57–67 kg division.^[43]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryan Carneli	Men's −58 kg	W 1–0	L 0–2	Did not advance
Burak Hasan	Men's −68 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance
Tina Morgan	Women's −67 kg	L 0–0	Did not advance		W 9–2	L 1–4	Did not advance	5
Carmen Marton	Women's +67 kg	W 2–0	L 2–5	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia has qualified two men and three women for the singles competition in Beijing while two doubles pairs have qualified in each of the men's and women's draws. The team is:^{[44] [45]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chris Guccione	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L 3–6, 6–7(3–7)	Did not advance
Lleyton Hewitt	W 7–5, 7–6(7–2)	L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Chris Guccione Lleyton Hewitt	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		W 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 18–16	W 6–2, 7–6(7–5)	L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Paul Hanley Jordan Kerr		L 6–7(7–9), 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Casey Dellacqua	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W 6–3, 6–4	L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Alicia Molik	L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Samantha Stosur	W 6–3, 6–2	L 2–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Casey Dellacqua Alicia Molik	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs		W 6–1, 6–0	L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Five Australians were selected to compete in the triathlon at the 2008 Olympics. Courtney Atkinson and Brad Kahlefeldt will contest the men's competition while Erin Densham, Emma Moffatt and Emma Snowsill will battle it out for the women's title.^[46]

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

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beach

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrew Schacht Joshua Slack	Men's	Pool C W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–19) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–9) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 17–21)	2 Q	L 0 – 2 (16–21, 14–21)	Did not advance
Tamsin Barnett Natalie Cook	Women's	Pool C W 2 – 1 (21–8, 19–21, 15–12) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–12) W 2 – 0 (23–21, 23–21)	1 Q	W 2 – 1 (22–20, 19–21, 15–12)	L 0 – 2 (22–24, 14–21)	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Australia participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 8th place, while the women's team won the bronze medal. Australia's squads included three sets of siblings: Jamie and Gemma Beadsworth, the Santoromito sisters and the Rippon sisters. Kate Gynther is also a stepsister of the Rippons.^[47] (Bronwen and Emma Knox are unrelated.)

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Classification round

Classification semi-final

Classification 7th–8th

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Two Australians will compete in the weightlifting at Beijing. Damon Kelly will lift in the men's over 105 kg class and Deborah Lovely in women's over 75 kg class.^[48]

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

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Four wrestlers represented Australia at the 2008 Games:.^{[49] [50]} None of them made it past the qualification round.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ali Abdo	−74 kg	L 0–3	Did not advance						21
Sandeep Kumar	−84 kg		L 0–3	Did not advance			L 0–3	Did not advance	20

Men's Greco-Roman

Women's freestyle

Media coverage

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

An estimated eight million viewers in Australia watched the televised broadcast of the Opening Ceremony, the largest number ever, surpassing that of the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening ceremony.^[51] Seven was the only network to televise the Opening Ceremony in Australia.

Seven has been criticised for broadcasting Australian Football League games in lieu of Olympic events with Australian athletes in contention for medals, as well as for the quality of their coverage in general.^{[52] [53]} The network cited existing contractual obligations for their AFL scheduling.^[54] In response, the AFL made concessions to Seven that allowed more Olympics coverage to be broadcast in certain markets.^[55]

During the closing days of the games, Seven and the rival Nine Network engaged in a "bidding war" to secure athletes, particularly gold medalists, for exclusive contracts to appear on their respective programs. Stephanie Rice signed a $800,000 two-year contract with Seven, and as a result withdrew (along with several other athletes) from being filmed for Nine's 60 Minutes hours before the show.^[56] Both networks are fighting for the lead in the Australian television ratings and, whilst Seven has broadcast the last several Olympics, Nine will be co-broadcasting with Foxtel the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

The International Olympic Committee later awarded Seven its Golden Rings Award for "Best Olympic Programme". The award is given for the best overall Olympic coverage.^[57]

See also

• Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

External links

• Official website of Australia's team for the Beijing Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008 Australian Olympic Team . olympics.com.au/ . 4 August 2008 . 2008-08-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080911144149/http://www.olympics.com.au/Portals/3/pdf/2008_Australian_Team_030808.pdf . September 11, 2008 .
2. Web site: Team Trivia . olympics.com.au/ . 4 August 2008 . 2008-08-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080806084036/http://www.olympics.com.au/TheTeam/2008TeamTrivia/tabid/359/Default.aspx?link=359& . 6 August 2008 .
3. Web site: The Team – Archery . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080614024049/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=19&SportID=2&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-06-14 . dead .
4. Web site: Sports Reference - Beijing 2008 - Australia - Athletics . . 23 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129061132/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2008/ATH/ . 29 November 2014 .
5. Web site: 2008 Summer Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule . . 23 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080421005454/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/index.html . 21 April 2008 . dead .
6. Web site: IAAF - Results - Olympic Games - 2008 - 10,000 meters - Women - Final - Results . . 23 September 2014.
7. Web site: IAAF - Results - Olympic Games - 2008 - Shot Put - Men - Final - Results . . 23 September 2014.
8. Web site: IAAF - 2008 Olympics program - Day 2 - Men - 20 KM walk - Results . . 23 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101212054059/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventcode%3D3659/racedate%3D08-16-2008/sex%3DM/discCode%3D20KR/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/results.html . 12 December 2010 . dead .
9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20110917042408/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventcode%3D3659/racedate%3D08-17-2008/sex%3DW/discCode%3D100H/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Dh/results.html . IAAF - 2008 Olympics program - Day 3 - Men - Women's 100 meters hurdles - Heats - Results . . 23 September 2014 . 17 September 2011 . dead .
10. Web site: The Team – Badminton. Australian Olympic Committee. 2008-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121229/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=32&SportID=4&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer. 2008-07-21. dead.
11. Web site: The Team – Basketball . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080713142211/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=34&SportID=6&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-13 . dead .
12. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1301 AIBA Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament
13. Web site: The Team – Cycling – BMX . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120112/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=41&SportID=9&DisciplineID=36#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
14. Web site: The Team – Cycling – MTB . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120532/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=38&SportID=9&DisciplineID=10#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
15. Web site: The Team – Cycling – Road . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120238/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=39&SportID=9&DisciplineID=12#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
16. Web site: The Team – Cycling – Track . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121128/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=40&SportID=9&DisciplineID=16#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
17. News: Jongewaard shattered by Olympics omission . ABC News . 25 July 2008 . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2008-08-05 . News . A. B. C. .
18. Web site: The Team – Diving . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121202/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=4&SportID=1&DisciplineID=3#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
19. Web site: The Team – Equestrian – Dressage . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121503/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=5&SportID=10&DisciplineID=4#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
20. Web site: The Team – Equestrian – Jumping . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121401/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=7&SportID=10&DisciplineID=9#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
21. Web site: The Team – Equestrian – Eventing . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121101/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=6&SportID=10&DisciplineID=5#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
22. Web site: The Team – Fencing . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080613054003/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=8&SportID=11&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-06-13 . dead .
23. Web site: The Team – Hockey . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120751/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=14&SportID=15&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
24. Web site: Football . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080504042141/http://www.olympics.com.au/Sports/SportsFootball/tabid/229/Default.aspx?link=229& . 2008-05-04 .
25. Web site: The Team – Gymnastics – Artistic . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721115643/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=10&SportID=13&DisciplineID=1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
26. Web site: The Team – Gymnastics – Rhythmic . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121716/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=11&SportID=13&DisciplineID=11#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
27. Web site: The Team – Gymnastics – Trampoline . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120824/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=12&SportID=13&DisciplineID=17#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
28. Web site: The Team – Judo . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120941/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=15&SportID=16&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
29. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/02/2291801.htm "Controversy over Aust pentathlete's Olympic ditching"
30. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/wires/07/01/2080.ap.as.spt.oly.pen.australia.parygin.1st.ld.writethru.0372/ "Parygin dropped from Australian Olympic team after British appeal"
31. http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/brits-want-aussie-al-out-of-games/2008/06/30/1214677947322.html "Brits want Aussie Al out of Games"
32. http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/poms-crush-aussie-games-hopes-with-rules-not-talent/2008/07/01/1214678037680.html "Poms crush Aussie Games hopes with rules, not talent"
33. Web site: The Team – Modern Pentathlon . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721115526/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=16&SportID=17&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
34. Web site: Australian rowers qualify 14 boats for Beijing . Australian Sports Commission . 2008-07-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721065831/http://ausport.gov.au/ais/news/australian_rowers_qualify_14_boats_for_beijing . July 21, 2008 .
35. Web site: The Team – Rowing . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120711/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=17&SportID=18&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
36. Web site: The Team – Sailing . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080614024045/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=18&SportID=19&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-06-14 . dead .
37. Web site: The Team – Shooting . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080727204231/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=20&SportID=20&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-27 . dead .
38. Web site: The Team – Softball . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080515000626/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=21&SportID=21&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-05-15 . dead .
39. http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/athleteprofile/0,27316,24071234-5017297,00.html "Australia's Olympic swimming team"
40. Web site: The Team – Swimming . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080614024103/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=1&SportID=1&DisciplineID=14#teamTableContainer . 2008-06-14 . dead .
41. Web site: The Team – Synchronised Swimming . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080415105410/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=2&SportID=1&DisciplineID=15#teamTableContainer . 2008-04-15 . dead .
42. Web site: The Team – Table Tennis . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121747/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=22&SportID=22&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
43. Web site: The Team – Taekwondo . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120903/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=23&SportID=23&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
44. Web site: The Team – Tennis . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080711204759/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=24&SportID=24&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-11 . dead .
45. Web site: Change to Beijing entry list . International Tennis Federation . 2008-07-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080728211310/http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=18938 . July 28, 2008 .
46. Web site: The Team – Triathlon . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121605/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=25&SportID=25&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
47. Web site: The Team – Water Polo . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120903/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=23&SportID=23&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
48. Web site: The Team – Weightlifting . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080620072353/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=28&SportID=27&DisciplineID=-1 . 2008-06-20 .
49. Web site: The Team – Wrestling Freestyle . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721115748/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=29&SportID=28&DisciplineID=7#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
50. Web site: The Team – Wrestling Greco-Roman . Australian Olympic Committee . 2008-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121300/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=30&SportID=28&DisciplineID=8#teamTableContainer . 2008-07-21 . dead .
51. http://www.smh.com.au/news/off-the-field/seven-in-heaven-as-8-million-tune-in/2008/08/09/1218139181035.html Seven in heaven as 8 million tune in
52. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24159914-5014105,00.html Viewers outraged as Channel Seven dumps Olympic coverage for AFL match
53. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24163544-5001030,00.html Channel 7 stumbles on Beijing Olympic Games coverage
54. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/seven-on-defense.html Seven on the defense
55. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/afl-relents-seven-allowed-more-olympics.html AFL relents, Seven allowed more Olympics
56. http://www.smh.com.au/news/latest-news/seven-nine-in-bidding-war/2008/08/22/1219262524936.html Seven, Nine in Bidding War
57. Web site: David. Knox. Seven awarded for Olympic coverage. tvtonight.com.au. 18 December 2008. 18 December 2008.