Australasia at the Olympics

Australasia at the Olympic Games
Australasian Olympic Flag – Flag bearers IOC code   ANZ
Olympic history
Summer Games
1908 • 1912
Other related appearances
Australia (1896–1904, 1920-) New Zealand (1896–1904, 1920-)

Australasia was the name of a combined team of athletes from Australia and New Zealand that competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. When the Olympic Games resumed in 1920 after World War I, the two nations sent separate teams to the Games.

See also: Australia at the Olympics and New Zealand at the Olympics

Medalists

The Australasia team won a total of twelve medals in the two Olympiads in which they competed, mostly in swimming. One New Zealander won a medal in 1908 (Harry Kerr a bronze in athletics), and two New Zealanders (Malcolm Champion a gold in swimming, Tony Wilding a bronze in tennis) won medals in 1912; all other medalists for Australasia were Australians.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Australia national team1	1908 London	Rugby union	Men's competition
2 Silver	Baker, ReginaldReginald Baker	1908 London	Boxing	Men's middleweight
2 Silver	Beaurepaire, FrankFrank Beaurepaire	1908 London	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle
3 Bronze	Kerr, HarryHarry Kerr	1908 London	Athletics	Men's 3500 m walk
3 Bronze	Beaurepaire, FrankFrank Beaurepaire	1908 London	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
1 Gold	Durack, FannyFanny Durack	1912 Stockholm	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
1 Gold	Healy, CecilCecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	1912 Stockholm	Swimming	Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
2 Silver	Healy, CecilCecil Healy	1912 Stockholm	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
2 Silver	Wylie, MinaMina Wylie	1912 Stockholm	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
3 Bronze	Hardwick, HaroldHarold Hardwick	1912 Stockholm	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
3 Bronze	Hardwick, HaroldHarold Hardwick	1912 Stockholm	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle
3 Bronze	Wilding, TonyTony Wilding	1912 Stockholm	Tennis	Men's indoor singles

¹ Rugby players who competed at the 1908 Games: Phil Carmichael, Charles Russell, Daniel Carroll, Jack Hickey, Frank Smith, Chris McKivat, Arthur McCabe, Thomas Griffen, Jumbo Barnett, Patrick McCue, Sydney Middleton, Tom Richards, Malcolm McArthur, Charles McMurtrie, Robert Craig

Medals by Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1908 London	1	2	2	5
1912 Stockholm	2	2	3	7
Total	3	4	5	12

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	2	3	3	8
Rugby	1	0	0	1
Boxing	0	1	0	1
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	3	4	5	12

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-18. 
• Medal Count for ANZ at DatabaseOlympics.com