Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	433 in 26 sports
Flag bearer	James Tomkins (opening) Stephanie Rice (closing)
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 14	Silver 15	Bronze 17	Total 46
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A total of 433 competitors competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 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. 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
1 Gold	Rice, StephanieStephanie Rice	Swimming	Women's 400 metre individual medley
1 Gold	Trickett, LibbyLibby Trickett	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly
1 Gold	Jones, LeiselLeisel Jones	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
1 Gold	Rice, StephanieStephanie Rice	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley
1 Gold	Rice, StephanieStephanie Rice Bronte Barratt Kylie Palmer Linda Mackenzie Felicity Galvez (heats only) Angie Bainbridge (heats only) Melanie Schlanger (heats only) Lara Davenport (heats only)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
1 Gold	Ginn, DrewDrew Ginn Free, DuncanDuncan Free	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
1 Gold	Brennan, ScottScott Brennan Crawshay, DavidDavid Crawshay	Rowing	Men's double sculls
1 Gold	Seebohm, EmilyEmily Seebohm Jones, LeiselLeisel Jones Schipper, JessicahJessicah Schipper Trickett, LibbyLibby Trickett White, TarneeTarnee White (heats only) Galvez, FelicityFelicity Galvez (heats only) Reese, ShayneShayne Reese (heats only)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
1 Gold	Snowsill, EmmaEmma Snowsill	Triathlon	Women's triathlon
1 Gold	Wilmot, NathanNathan Wilmot Page, MalcolmMalcolm Page	Sailing	Men's 470 class
1 Gold	Parkinson, TessaTessa Parkinson Rechichi, EliseElise Rechichi	Sailing	Women's 470 class
1 Gold	Hooker, StevenSteven Hooker	Athletics	Men's pole vault
1 Gold	Wallace, KenKen Wallace	Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 metres
1 Gold	Mitcham, MatthewMatthew Mitcham	Diving	Men's 10 metre platform
2 Silver	Cole, BrionyBriony Cole Melissa Wu	Diving	Women's synchronised 10 metre platform
2 Silver	Fredericks, ClaytonClayton Fredericks Lucinda Fredericks Sonja Johnson Megan Jones Shane Rose	Equestrian	Team eventing
2 Silver	Sullivan, EamonEamon Sullivan	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle
2 Silver	Rickard, BrentonBrenton Rickard	Swimming	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
2 Silver	Jones, LeiselLeisel Jones	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
2 Silver	Trickett, LibbyLibby Trickett	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle
2 Silver	Lawrence, JacquelineJacqueline Lawrence	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1
2 Silver	Ryan, MattMatt Ryan James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Francis Hegerty	Rowing	Men's coxless four
2 Silver	Hackett, GrantGrant Hackett	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
2 Silver	Stoeckel, HaydenHayden Stoeckel Rickard, BrentonBrenton Rickard Lauterstein, AndrewAndrew Lauterstein Sullivan, EamonEamon Sullivan Delaney, AshleyAshley Delaney (heats only) Sprenger, ChristianChristian Sprenger (heats only) Pine, AdamAdam Pine (heats only) Targett, MattMatt Targett (heats only)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
2 Silver	Meares, AnnaAnna Meares	Cycling	Women's sprint
2 Silver	McLellan, SallySally McLellan	Athletics	Women's 100 m hurdles
2 Silver	Bundock, DarrenDarren Bundock Ashby, GlennGlenn Ashby	Sailing	Tornado class
2 Silver	Tallent, JaredJared Tallent	Athletics	50 km walk
2 Silver	women's national basketball team, AustraliaAustralia women's national basketball team Suzy Batkovic   Erin Phillips Tully Bevilaqua   Emma Randall Rohanee Cox   Jenni Screen Hollie Grima   Belinda Snell Kristi Harrower   Laura Summerton Lauren Jackson   Penny Taylor	Basketball	Women's tournament
3 Bronze	Campbell, CateCate Campbell Alice Mills Melanie Schlanger Libby Trickett Shayne Reese (heats only)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
3 Bronze	Schipper, JessicahJessicah Schipper	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly
3 Bronze	Sullivan, EamonEamon Sullivan Andrew Lauterstein Ashley Callus Matt Targett Leith Brodie (heats only) Patrick Murphy (heats only)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
3 Bronze	Stoeckel, HaydenHayden Stoeckel	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke
3 Bronze	Bell, RobinRobin Bell	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1
3 Bronze	Murphy, PatrickPatrick Murphy Grant Hackett Grant Brits Nic Ffrost Leith Brodie (heats only) Kirk Palmer (heats only)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
3 Bronze	Schipper, JessicahJessicah Schipper	Swimming	Women's 200 metre butterfly
3 Bronze	Potent, WarrenWarren Potent	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone
3 Bronze	Lauterstein, AndrewAndrew Lauterstein	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly
3 Bronze	Tallent, JaredJared Tallent	Athletics	20 km walk
3 Bronze	Campbell, CateCate Campbell	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle
3 Bronze	Moffatt, EmmaEmma Moffatt	Triathlon	Women's triathlon
3 Bronze	women's national softball team, AustraliaAustralia women's national softball team Jodie Bowering   Simmone Morrow   Danielle Stewart Kylie Cronk   Tracey Mosley   Natalie Titcume Kelly Hardie   Stacey Porter   Natalie Ward Tanya Harding   Melanie Roche   Belinda Wright Sandy Lewis   Justine Smethurst   Kerry Wyborn	Softball	Women's tournament
3 Bronze	women's national water polo team, AustraliaAustralia women's national water polo team Gemma Beadsworth   Emma Knox Nikita Cuffe   Alicia McCormack Suzie Fraser   Melissa Rippon Taniele Gofers   Rebecca Rippon Kate Gynther   Mia Santoromito Amy Hetzel   Jenna Santoromito Bronwen Knox	Water polo	Women's tournament
3 Bronze	Ken Wallace	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres
3 Bronze	Lisa Oldenhof Hannah Davis Chantal Meek Lyndsie Fogarty	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 metres
3 Bronze	national field hockey team, AustraliaAustralia national field hockey team Des Abbott   Rob Hammond Travis Brooks   Fergus Kavanagh Kiel Brown   Mark Knowles Liam De Young   Stephen Lambert Luke Doerner   Eli Matheson Jamie Dwyer   Eddie Ockenden Bevan George   Grant Schubert David Guest   Matt Wells	Field hockey	Men's tournament

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

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

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	Individual	654	39	Sian (MAS) (26) L 101–109	Did not advance					45
Sky Kim	Individual	665	14	Girouille (FRA) (51) W 112–110	Proć (POL) (19) L 110–111	Did not advance				21
Michael Naray	Individual	658	30	Valladont (FRA) (35) W 108–106	Ruban (UKR) (3) L 105–115	Did not advance				26
Matthew Gray Sky Kim Michael Naray	Team	1977	9			Poland (POL) (8) L 218–223	Did not advance			10

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	Individual	580	59	Yuan (TPE) (6) L 101–104	Did not advance					59
Jane Waller	Individual	634	28	Vardineni (IND) (37) L 100–106	Did not advance					38

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia sent forty representatives to compete in athletics events. Jana Rawlinson, who was to have competed in the women's 400m hurdles, withdrew in July due to a toe injury. Nathan Deakes, who was to have competed in walking and was described as the "gold medal favourite", also withdrew a few days later due to a persistent hamstring injury.

Men

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Youcef Abdi	3000 m steeplechase	8:17.97	6			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					Disqualified
Mitchell Kealey	1500 m	3:46.31	45	Did not advance
Joel Milburn	400 m	44.8 (PB)	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
Jeffrey Riseley	1500 m	3:53.95	47	Did not advance
Adam Rutter	50 km walk					Did not finish
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 (PB)	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 (Milburn, Ormrod, Steffensen, Hill)	4 Q			3:00.02 (Wroe, Steffensen, Hill, Milburn)	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Justin Anlezark	Shot put	19.91m	16	Did not advance
Jarrod Bannister	Javelin	79.79m	5 Q	83.45	6
Paul Burgess	Pole vault	5.55m	8	Did not advance
Benn Harradine	Discus	58.55m	31	Did not advance
Steven Hooker	Pole vault	5.65m	5 Q	5.96 (OR)
Fabrice Lapierre	Long jump	7.90m	16	Did not advance
Scott Martin	Shot put	19.75m	21	Did not advance

Women

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Lisa Corrigan	1500 m	4:16.32	9			Did not advance
Sarah Jamieson	1500 m	4:06.64	5			Did not advance
Benita Johnson	Marathon					2:32:06	21
Tamsyn Lewis	400 m	52.38	4	Did not advance
	800 m	1:59.67	4 Q	2:01.41	20	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 Jane Weightman	Marathon					2:34:16	33
Claire Woods	20 km walk					1:33:02	28

Field events

Athlete	Events	Qualifying		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Alana Boyd	Pole vault	4.30m	16	Did not advance
Dani Samuels	Discus	61.72m	7	60.15	9
Bronwyn Thompson	Long jump	6.53m	17	Did not advance

Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m hurdles		High jump		Shot put		200 m		Long jump		Javelin		800 m		Final
		Time	Points	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Time	Points	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Time	Points	Points	Position
Kylie Wheeler	Heptathlon	13.68	1024	1.89m	1093	13.06m	731	24.28	954	6.11m	883	43.81m	741	2:11.49	943	6369	10

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.

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
Stuart Gomez	Singles	Kehlhoffner (FRA)  L 21–19 20–22 15–21	Did not advance
Ross Smith Glenn Warfe	Doubles			Łogosz and Mateusiak (POL) L 13–21 16–21	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
Erin Caroll	Singles	Martínez (ESP)  L 9–21,16–21	Did not advance
Tania Luiz Eugenia Tanaka	Doubles			Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)  L 4–21 8–21	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Men's team

• David Andersen
• Chris Anstey
• David Barlow
• Andrew Bogut
• C. J. Bruton
• Joe Ingles
• Patrick Mills
• Brad Newley
• Matthew Nielsen
• Shawn Redhage
• Glen Saville
• Mark Worthington

Women's team

• Suzy Batkovic
• Tully Bevilaqua
• Rohanee Cox
• Hollie Grima
• Lauren Jackson
• Erin Phillips
• Emma Randall
• Jenni Screen
• Belinda Snell
• Laura Summerton
• Penny Taylor
• Kristi Harrower

Men

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men

Preliminary round

The top four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Lithuania	5	4	1	9
Argentina	5	4	1	9
Croatia	5	3	2	8
Australia	5	3	2	8
Russia	5	1	4	6
Iran	5	0	5	5

2008-08-10
Croatia	97–82	Australia
2008-08-12
Argentina	85–68	Australia
2008-08-14
Australia	106–68	Iran
2008-08-16
Australia	95–80	Russia
2008-08-18
Australia	106–75	Lithuania

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

2008-08-20
United States	116–85	Australia

Women

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women

Preliminary round

The top four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Australia	5	5	0	10
Russia	5	4	1	9
Korea	5	2	3	7
Belarus	5	2	3	7
Latvia	5	1	4	6
Brazil	5	1	4	6

2008-08-09
Australia	83–64	Belarus
2008-08-11
Australia	80–65	Brazil
2008-08-13
Australia	90–62	Korea
2008-08-15
Australia	96–73	Latvia
2008-08-17
Australia	75–55	Russia

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

2008-08-19
Australia	79–46	Czech Republic

Semifinals

2008-08-21
China	56–90	Australia

Gold medal match

2008-08-23
United States	92–65	Australia

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Stephen Sutherland	Flyweight	Walid Cherif (CHI) L 2–14	Did not advance
Luke Boyd	Bantamweight	Khumiso Ikgopoleng (BOT) L 8–18	Did not advance
Paul Fleming	Featherweight	Khedafi 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	Driss Moussaid (MAR) L 2–23	Did not advance
Gerard O'Mahony	Welterweight	Vitalie Gruşac (MDA) L 2–7	Did not advance
Jarrod Fletcher	Middleweight	Emilio Correa (CUB) L 4–17	Did not advance
Bradley Pitt	Heavyweight		Mohamed Arjaoui (MAR) L 6–11	Did not advance
Daniel Beahan	Super heavyweight		Ruslan Myrsatayev (KAZ) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Torsten Lachmann	C-1 500 m	2:00.594	7 Q	1:59.119	7	Did not advance
	C-1 1000 m	4:15.188	5 Q	4:09.792	6	Did not advance
Ken Wallace	K-1 500 m	1:36.208	2 Q	1:43.340	3 Q	1:37.252
	K-1 1000 m	3:30.306	2 Q	3:33.255	1 Q	3:27.485
Jacob Clear Clint Robinson	K-2 500 m	1:31.712	6 Q	1:33.839	7	Did not advance
Clint Robinson Tony Schumacher Dave Smith Tate Smith	K-4 1000 m	3:00.920	5 Q	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 Q	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

Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Robin Bell	C-1	88.86	6	87.59	9	176.45	7 Q	91.16	5 Q	89.43	3	180.59
Mark Bellofiore Lachlan Milne	C-2	104.61	11	98.21	7	202.82	9 Q	104.17	7	Did not advance			7
Warwick Draper	K-1	86.28	13	86.30	9	172.58	10 Q	86.09	2 Q	91.76	8	177.85	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jacqueline Lawrence	K-1	103.18	10	96.95	6	200.13	7 Q	103.40	4	103.54	2	206.94

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia selected competitors in all four cycling disciplines – BMX, mountain biking, road racing and track racing. 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.

BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jared Graves	Individual	36.372	11	4	1 Q	10	3 Q	6	6
Kamakazi	Individual	36.492	15	13	4 Q	18	6	Did not advance
Luke Madill	Individual	36.795	22	18	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tanya Bailey	Individual	38.285	10			22	8	Did not advance
Nicole Callisto	Individual	36.717	6			12	4 Q	6	6

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniel McConnell	Cross-country	−2 Laps	39

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dellys Starr	Cross-country	−2 Laps	26

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cadel Evans	Road race	6:24:11 (+0:22)	15
	Time trial	1:03:34.97 (+1:23.54)	5
Simon Gerrans	Road race	6:26:17 (+2:28)	37
Matthew Lloyd	Road race	6:26:17 (+2:28)	31
Stuart O'Grady	Road race	Did not finish
Michael Rogers	Road race	6:23:49 (+0:00)	6
	Time trial	1:04:46.85 (+2:35.42)	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Katherine Bates	Road race	Did not finish
Sara Carrigan	Road race	3:33:25 (+1:01)	38
Oenone Wood	Road race	3:33:17 (+0:53)	29
	Time trial	38:53.45 (+4:01.73)	22

Track

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st round	2nd round	Semifinal	Final
		Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time/Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryan Bayley	Men's sprint	10.362	12 Q	M. Awang (MAS) 10.763 W	M. Levy (GER) 10.763 L (3rd in repechage)	Did not advance
Mark French	Men's sprint	10.337	10 Q	Theo Bos (NED) 10.959 L (2nd in repechage)	Did not advance
Anna Meares	Women's sprint	11.140	3 Q	Y. Hijgenaar (NED) 11.663 W	Sanchez (FRA) 2–0 W	Shuang (CHN) 2–1 W	Pendleton (GBR) 0–2 L
Ryan Bayley Dan Ellis Mark French Shane Kelly	Men's team sprint	44.335 60.899 km/h (Ellis, French, Kelly)	5 Q	Netherlands (NED) 44.090 W 61.238 km/h (Bayley, Ellis, French)		Germany (GER) 44.022 L 61.332 km/h (Bayley, Ellis, French)	Did not advance	4

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st round		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Bradley McGee	Men's individual pursuit	4:26.084	9	Did not advance
Brett Lancaster	Men's individual pursuit	4:26.139	12	Did not advance
Katie Mactier	Women's individual pursuit	3:38.178	7 Q	3:37.296	7	Did not advance
From: Jack Bobridge Graeme Brown Mark Jamieson Brett Lancaster Bradley McGee Luke Roberts	Men's team pursuit			Netherlands (NED) 3:58.633	4Q	New Zealand (NZL) 3:59.06 L	4

Keirin

Australian track cyclists Jack Bobridge, Anna Meares and Shane Kelly.

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

Points races

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

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Mitcham	3 m individual springboard	439.85	15 Q	427.45	16	Did not advance
	10 m individual platform	509.60	2 Q	532.20	2 Q	537
Robert Newbery	3 m individual springboard	465.15	6 Q	460.35	11 Q	461.05	9
Mathew Helm	10 m individual platform	484.40	5 Q	485.20	6 Q	467.70	6
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	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chantelle Newbery	3 m individual springboard	284.85	15 Q	294.45	14	Did not advance
Sharleen Stratton	3 m individual springboard	288.00	13 Q	325.90	8 Q	331.00	7
Alex Croak	10 m individual platform	383.75	4 Q	250.30	18	Did not advance
Melissa Wu	10 m individual platform	340.35	8 Q	331.35	8 Q	338.15	6
Briony Cole Sharleen Stratton	3 m synchronised springboard					311.34	5
Briony Cole Melissa Wu	10 m synchronised platform					335.16

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Hayley Beresford	Remlampago	Individual	65.583	26	66.320	19	Did not advance
Kristy Oatley	Quando Quando	Individual	65.750	25	66.080	20	Did not advance
Heath Ryan	Greenoaks Dundee	Individual	62.541	35	Did not advance
Hayley Beresford Kristy Oatley Heath Ryan	as above	Team	64.625	8

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Clayton Fredericks	Ben Along Time	Individual	37.00	6	16.40	11	4	=17	4	=11	61.40	7
Lucinda Fredericks	Headley Britannia	Individual	30.40	1	27.20	31	2	=12	Did not advance		59.60	26
Sonja Johnson	Ringwould Jaguar	Individual	45.20	23	13.60	6	0	=1	8	=19	66.80	10
Megan Jones	Irish Jester	Individual	35.40	4	15.60	9	4	=17	4	=11	59.00	4
Shane Rose	All Luck	Individual	53.30	46	9.20	1	8	=30	Did not advance		70.50	27
Clayton Fredericks Lucinda Fredericks Sonja Johnson Megan Jones Shane Rose	as above	Team	102.80	1	59.20	3	9.20	2			171.20

Individual jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. round 1		Ind. round 2			Ind. round 3			Final
											Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Edwina Alexander	Itot Du Chateau	Individual	4	=30	0	4	=8	0	4	=2	4	=11	4	=10	8	=10
Laurie Lever	Dan Drossel	Individual	1	=14	16	17	=37	4	21	=29	8	=23	Did not advance
Peter McMahon	Genoa	Individual	4	=30	16	20	=47	Did Not Start
Matt Williams	Leconte	Individual	4	=30	4	8	=16	17	25	36	4	=11	20	21	24	21

Team jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying round		Team final 1		Team final 2
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total penalties	Rank
Edwina Alexander Laurie Lever Peter McMahon Matt Williams	as above	Team	9	8	20	=8	21	41	9

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.

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
Amber Parkinson (18)	Individual épée		Harada (JPN) (15) L 9–15	Did not advance
Joanna Halls (32)	Individual foil	Compañy (CUB) (33) L 13–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Australian men's and women's hockey teams both qualified for Beijing:

Men's 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

Women's team

• Nicole Arrold
• Teneal Attard
• Madonna Blyth
• Casey Eastham
• Emily Halliday
• Kate Hollywood
• Nikki Hudson
• Rachel Imison
• Fiona Johnson
• Angie Lambert
• Kobie McGurk
• Hope Munro
• Megan Rivers
• Kim Walker
• Melanie Wells
• Sarah Young

Men

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

Preliminary round

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

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands	13	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10
Australia	11	5	3	2	0	24	7	+17
Great Britain	8	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3
Pakistan	6	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2
Canada	4	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7
South Africa	0	5	0	0	5	4	25	−21

Pool matches
2008-08-11
Australia	6–1	Canada
2008-08-13
Australia	10–0	South Africa
2008-08-15
Australia	3–1	Pakistan
2008-08-17
Australia	2–2	Netherlands
2008-08-19
Australia	3–3	Great Britain
Semifinals
2008-08-21
Australia	2–3	Spain
Bronze medal match
2008-08-23
Australia	6–2	Netherlands

Women

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

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advance to the Semifinals. Australia were eliminated on goal difference with China and entered the playoff for 5th/6th.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands	15	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11
China	10	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10
Australia	10	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8
Spain	6	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8
South Africa	3	5	1	0	4	5	15	−10
Korea	0	5	0	0	5	10	21	−11

2008-08-10
Australia	5–4	Korea
2008-08-12
Australia	6–1	Spain
2008-08-14
Australia	3–0	South Africa
2008-08-16
Netherlands	2–1	Australia
2008-08-18
China	2–2	Australia

Classification 5th–6th

2008-08-22
Australia	2–0	Great Britain

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's team: Australia's under-23 football team, commonly referred to as the 'Olyroos', qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

The following players were named in the final squad for the 2008 Olympic Games.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Adam Federici 31 January 1985 0 0 Reading 2 DF Ruben Zadkovich 23 May 1986 19 1 Derby County 3 DF Jade North* 7 January 1982 0 0 Newcastle Jets 4 DF Adrian Leijer 25 March 1986 20 1 Fulham F.C. 5 DF Mark Milligan (c) 4 August 1985 18 5 6 MF Stuart Musialik 29 March 1985 12 0 Sydney FC 7 MF David Carney* 30 November 1983 0 0 Sheffield United 8 MF Kristian Sarkies 25 October 1986 16 7 Adelaide United 9 FW Mark Bridge 7 November 1985 17 3 Sydney FC 10 FW Archie Thompson* 23 October 1978 0 0 Melbourne Victory 11 MF James Troisi 3 July 1988 7 2 12 DF Trent McClenahan 4 February 1985 12 0 Hereford United 13 DF Matthew Spiranovic 27 June 1988 1 0 1. FC Nuremberg 14 MF Neil Kilkenny 19 December 1985 6 0 Leeds United 15 DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley 11 March 1985 21 4 Perth Glory 16 MF Billy Celeski 14 July 1985 6 0 Melbourne Victory 17 FW Nikita Rukavytsya 22 June 1987 6 1 Perth Glory 18 GK Tando Velaphi 17 April 1987 6 0 Perth Glory

*Over-age players

Results

2008-08-07 17:00	Australia	1–1	Serbia	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 36,184 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
	Zadkovich  69'	(Report)	Rajković  78'

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2008-08-10 17:00	Argentina	1–0	Australia	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 38,182 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Lavezzi  76'	(Report)

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2008-08-13 19:45	Côte d'Ivoire	1–0	Australia	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 50,437 Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
	Kalou  81'	(Report)

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Australia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
Serbia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Women's team: The Australian women's football team failed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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:

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Samuel Simpson	All-around	15.600	14.550	14.000	13.800	14.200	13.475	85.625	39	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Georgia Bonora	All-around	14.850	14.500	15.025	14.525	58.900	18 Q	58.950	13
Ashleigh Brennan	All-around	14.775	13.700	14.150	14.625	57.250	30	Did not advance
Daria Joura	All-around	15.100	15.125	12.475	13.450	56.150	44	Did not advance
Lauren Mitchell	All-around	14.725		14.100	14.650	43.475	69	Did not advance
Shona Morgan	All-around	14.700	14.500	15.350	14.525	59.075	15 Q	58.800	15
Olivia Vivian	All-around		14.925			14.925	96	Did not advance
Georgia Bonora Ashleigh Brennan Daria Joura Lauren Mitchell Shona Morgan Olivia Vivian	Team	59.450	58.325	59.050	58.625	235.450	5 Q	176.525	6

Rhythmic

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

Trampoline

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ben Wilden	Individual	67.10	13th	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal contest	Gold medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Matthew D'Aquino	−60 kg	L. Alexandis (GRE)          L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Steven Brown	−66 kg	Mounir Benamadi (ALG)          L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Dennis Iverson	−73 kg	Sezer Huysuz (TUR)          L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Mark Anthony	−81 kg	Mario Valles (COL)          L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Daniel Kelly	−90 kg	Hiroshi Izumi (JPN)          L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Matt Celotti	−100 kg	Oreydis Despaigne (CUB)          L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Semir Pepic	+100 kg	Y. Ikhsangaliyev (KAZ)          L 0000–0020	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal contest	Gold medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tiffany Day	−48 kg	Paula Pareto (ARG)          L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Kristie-Anne Ryder	−52 kg	Ilse Heylen (BEL)          L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Maria Pekli	−57 kg	Bye	B. Baczko (HUN) W 0101–0100	Nesria Jelassi (TUN) W 1011–0000	Giulia Quintavalle (ITA) L 0002–0010	Ketleyn Quadros (BRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Catherine Arlove	−63 kg	D. Krukower (ARG)          L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Stephanie Grant	−78 kg	M. Levesque (CAN)          L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Janelle Shepherd	+78 kg	M. Torrenti (ITA)          W 0001–0000	S.Zuckschwerdt (GER) W 0110–0000	Idalys Ortiz (CUB) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

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

Women

Athlete	Shoot		Fence			Swim		Ride		Run		Overall
	Score	Points	Wins	Defeats	Points	Time	Points	Time	Points	Time	Points	Total points	Rank
Angie Darby	164	904	12	23	688	2:35.59	1056	67.23	1172	11:21.96	996	4816	35

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

For the first time, Australia qualified for every rowing event at an Olympics:

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal / Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Hardcastle	Single sculls	7:17.74	2 Q	7:00.09	3 Q	7:32.79	12	7:27.34	12 (6th Final B)
Duncan Free Drew Ginn	Pairs	6:41.15	1 Q			6:34.29	1 Q	6:37.44
Scott Brennan David Crawshay	Double sculls	6:21.39	1 Q			6:21.50	1 Q	6:27.77
Samuel Beltz Tom Gibson	Lightweight double sculls	6:19.15	3 R	6:42.42	2 Q	6:32.32	5	6:30.11	10 (4th Final B)
Francis Hegerty James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Matt Ryan	Fours	6:00.40	1 Q			5:56.20	2 Q	6:07.85
Brendan Long James McRae Chris Morgan Daniel Noonan	Quadruple sculls	5:36.20	1 Q			5:52.93	4 Q	5:44.68	4
James Chapman Sam Conrad David Dennis Tom Laurich Samuel Loch Marty Rabjohns (cox) Jeremy Stevenson Stephen Stewart James Tomkins	Eights	6:55:59	4 R	5:40.31	2 Q			6:35:10	6
Rod Chisholm Ben Cureton Anthony Edwards Todd Skipworth	Lightweight fours	5:55.18	3 Q			6:12.38	7	6:05.26	9 (3rd Final B)

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage / Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pippa Savage	Single sculls	7:57.95	2 Q	7:34.03	3 Q	7:43.98	8	7:53.43	10 (4th Final B)
Sarah Cook Kim Crow	Pairs	7:44.04	4 R	7:38.48	3			7:40.93	10 (4th Final B)
Sonia Mills Catriona Sens	Double sculls	7:13.25	4 R	7:04.30	3			7:19.73	8 (2nd Final B)
Amber Halliday Marguerite Houston	Lightweight double sculls	6:53.23	2 Q			7:13.80	9	7:07.17	8 (2nd Final B)
Amber Bradley Kerry Hore Amy Ives Zoe Uphill	Quadruple sculls	6:20.95	4 R	6:41.39	3 Q			6:30.05	6
Natalie Bale Pauline Frasca Sarah Heard Kate Hornsey Sally Kehoe Elizabeth Kell Elizabeth Patrick (cox) Brooke Pratley Sarah Tait	Eights	6:07.93	3 R	6:14.45	4 Q			6:14.22	6

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Australia won the 470 class in both men's and women's competition. Pictured here are Elise Rechichi and Nathan Wilmot, the respective skippers.

Australia competed in ten of the eleven sailing events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Tom Slingsby	Laser	21	22	21	22	35	20	12	11	(40)	CAN	DNQ	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	DNQ	98	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Jessica Crisp	Sailboard	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		22 DSQ	71	10

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Anthony Nossiter	Finn	11	(22)	8	17	13	21	11	20	CAN		DNQ						101	16
Ben Austin Nathan Outteridge	49er	(20)	1	7	3	1	1	6	4	6	12	2	18	CAN			12	73	5
Glenn Ashby Darren Bundock	Tornado	5	4	3	1	5	(9)	2	8	7	4	10						49

Key

• (X) – Worst result discarded
• OCS – On the course side of the starting line
• DSQ – Disqualified
• DNF – Did not finish
• BFD – Black flag disqualification
• CAN – Race cancelled due to bad weather
• DNQ – Did not qualify

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Ben Burge	10 m air rifle	576	49	Did not advance		49
	50 m rifle prone	588	40	Did not advance		40
	50 m rifle three positions	1152	40	Did not advance		40
Matthew Inabinet	10 m air rifle	579	47	Did not advance		47
	50 m rifle three positions	1141	45	Did not advance		45
Warren Potent	50 m rifle prone	595	4	105.5	700.5
David Moore	10 m air pistol	571	36	Did not advance		36
	50 m pistol	546	35	Did not advance		35
Daniel Repacholi	10 m air pistol	573	32	Did not advance		32
	50 m pistol	540	41	Did not advance		41
Bruce Quick	25 m rapid fire pistol	560	17	Did not advance		17
George Barton	Skeet	116	17	Did not advance		17
Paul Rahman	Skeet	110	30	Did not advance		30
Michael Diamond	Trap	119(+3)	5	23	142(+2)	4
Craig Henwood	Trap	109	31	Did not advance		31
Russell Mark	Double trap	136(+6)	6	45	181	5

Women

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

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

• 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.

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

2008-08-12
Japan	4–3	Australia
2008-08-13
United States	3–0	Australia
2008-08-14
Australia	3–1	China
2008-08-15
Australia	3–1	Chinese Taipei
2008-08-16
Australia	8–0	Netherlands
2008-08-17
Australia	4–0	Canada
2008-08-18
Australia	9–2	Venezuela

Semifinal

2008-08-20
Australia	5–3	Canada

Preliminary final

2008-08-20
Japan	4–3	Australia

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia sent 43 swimmers to Beijing. 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:

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Leith Brodie	200 m individual medley	1:59.96	15 Q	2:00.57	14	Did not advance
Ashley Callus	50 m freestyle	22.11	13 Q	21.68	3 Q	21.62	5
Ashley Delaney	100 m backstroke	54.08	9 Q	53.76	8 Q	53.31	5
	200 m backstroke	1:57.87	9 Q	1:57.73	10	Did not advance
Grant Hackett	400 m freestyle	3:44.03	5 Q			3:43.84	6
	1500 m freestyle	14:38.92	1 Q			14:41.53
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
Travis Nederpelt	200 m butterfly	1:56.64	18	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.37	14			Did not advance
Adam Pine	100 m butterfly	52.07	17	Did not advance
Brenton Rickard	100 m breaststroke	59.89	4 Q	59.65	3 Q	59.74	5
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.00	13 Q	2:09.72	4 Q	2:08.88
Christian Sprenger	100 m breaststroke	1:00.36	10 Q	1:00.76	14	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:12.56	26	Did not advance
Nicholas Sprenger	200 m freestyle	1:47.64	12 Q	1:47.80	12	Did not advance
Craig Stevens	400 m freestyle	3:50.22	25			Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:04.82	15			Did not advance
Hayden Stoeckel	100 m backstroke	53.93	7 Q	52.97	1 Q	53.18
	200 m backstroke	1:57.15	6 Q	1:56.73	7 Q	1:56.39	6
Eamon Sullivan	50 m freestyle	21.79	7 Q	21.75	6 Q	21.65	6
	100 m freestyle	47.80	1 Q	47.05 (WR)	1 Q	47.32
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	3:12.41 (Lauterstein, Brodie, Murphy, Targett)	3 Q			3:09.91 (Sullivan, Lauterstein, Callus, Targett)
Grant Brits Leith Brodie Nicholas Ffrost Grant Hackett Patrick Murphy Kirk Palmer	4 × 200 m freestyle	7:08.41 (Ffrost, Brits, Palmer, Brodie)	6 Q			7:04.98 (Murphy, Hackett, Brits, Ffrost)
Ashley Delaney Andrew Lauterstein Adam Pine Brenton Rickard Christian Sprenger Hayden Stoeckel Eamon Sullivan Matt Targett	4 × 100 m medley	3:32.76 (Delaney, Sprenger, Pine, Targett)	2 Q			3:30.04 (Stoeckel, Rickard, Lauterstein, Sullivan)

Women

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

Synchronised swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)				Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Myriam Glez Erika Leal-Ramirez	Duet	41.250	21	41.584	21	82.834	21	Did not progress
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	7	82.167	7

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 Jian Fang Lay, Miao Miao and Stephanie Sang.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3/4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kyle Davis	Singles	Ahmed Ali Saleh (EGY) L 7–11 6–11 12–10 7–11 8–11	Did not advance
William Henzell	Singles	Idir Khourta (ALG) W 8–11 11–3 11–2 11–5 11–8	Jens Lundqvist (SWE) W 15–13 11–9 8–11 5–11 12–10 11–3	Yoon Jae Young (KOR) L 11–4 11–7 9–11 12–10 5–11 7–11 4–11	Did not advance
David Zalcberg	Singles	Doan Kien Quoc (VIE) L 8–11 7–11 10–12 5–11	Did not advance

Men's team

August 13

Australia	0–3	Austria

August 14

Australia	0–3	China
Australia	0–3	Greece

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team (Group A)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
China	6	3	3	0	27	5
Austria	4	3	2	1	20	11
Greece	2	3	1	2	12	18
Australia	0	3	0	3	2	27

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3/4	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jian Fang Lay	Singles	Aggarwal Neha (IND) W 10–12 11–8 13–11 11–8 11–4	Sandra Paovic (CRO) L 11–5 9–11 10–12 12–10 14–12 4–11 9–11	Did not advance
Miao Miao	Singles	Cecilia Otu Offiong (NGR) W 11–7 11–5 11–5 14–12	Irina Kotikhina (RUS) W 11–9 15–13 5–11 10–12 11–8 4–11 11–9	Dang Ye-Seo (KOR) L 3–11 11–7 3–11 6–11 6–11	Did not advance
Stephanie Sang	Singles	Bose Kaffo (NGR) W 11–8 10–12 11–9 11–2 11–7	Svetlana Ganina (RUS) W (W.O.)	Wu Xue (DOM) L 5–11 11–13 9–11 6–11	Did not advance

Women's team

August 13

Australia	0–3	Japan

August 14

Australia	0–3	South Korea
Australia	0–3	Spain

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team (Group D)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	6	3	3	0	27	6
Japan	4	3	2	1	25	21
Spain	2	3	1	2	20	23
Australia	0	3	0	3	5	27

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Bronze medal match	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ryan Carneli	−58 kg	Tsholmlee Go (PHI) W 1–0	C. Khawlaor (THA) L 0–2	Did not advance
Burak Hasan	−68 kg	Peter López (PER) L 1–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Bronze medal match	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tina Morgan	−67 kg	Karine Sergerie (CAN) L 0–0 (SUP: Won by Superiority)	Did not advance		Vanina Sánchez (ARG) W 9–2	Gwladys Épangue (FRA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Carmen Marton	+67 kg	Lorena Benitez (ECU) W 2–0	Natália Falavigna (BRA) L 2–5	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Chris Guccione	Singles	James Blake (USA) L 3–6 6–7(3–7)	Did not advance
Lleyton Hewitt	Singles	Jonas Björkman (SWE) W 7–5 7–6(7–2)	R Nadal (ESP) L 1–6 2–6	Did not advance
Chris Guccione Lleyton Hewitt	Doubles		A Calleri (ARG)  J Mónaco (ARG) W 4-, 7–6(4) 18–16	R Nadal (ESP)  T Robredo (ESP) W 6–2 7–6(5)	B Bryan (USA)  M Bryan (USA) L 4–6 3–6	Did not advance
Paul Hanley Jordan Kerr	Doubles		S Aspelin (SWE)  T Johansson (SWE) L 6(7)-7 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Casey Dellacqua	Singles	G Dulko (ARG) W 6–3 6–4	V Azarenka (BLR) L 2–6 2–6	Did not advance
Alicia Molik	Singles	MJ Martínez Sánchez (ESP) L 1–6 1–6	Did not advance
Samantha Stosur	Singles	S Errani (ITA) W 6–3 6–2	S Williams (USA) L 2–6 0–6	Did not advance
Casey Dellacqua Alicia Molik	Doubles		F Pennetta (ITA)  F Schiavone (ITA) L 4–6 4–6	Did not advance
Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	Doubles		P Kvitová (CZE)  L Šafářová (CZE) W 6–1 6–0	A Medina Garrigues (ESP)   V Ruano Pascual (ESP) L 6–4 4–6 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Courtney Atkinson	Men's	18.06	59.08	32.00	1.50.10	11
Brad Kahlefeldt	Men's	18.17	58.56	32.26	1.50.36	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Erin Densham	Women's	20.54	1.05.27	35.46	2.03.08	22
Emma Moffatt	Women's	19.55	1.04.12	34.46	1.59.55
Emma Snowsill	Women's	19.51	1.04.20	33.17	1.58.27

Volleyball

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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).

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Andrew Schacht Joshua Slack (10)	Doubles	Geor – Gia (GEO) W 21–17, 21–19  Fernandes – Morais (ANG) W 21–15, 21–9  Ricardo – Emanuel (BRA) L 14–21, 17–21	2nd in group	Schuil – Nummerdor (NED) L 16–21, 14–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tamsin Barnett Natalie Cook (10)	Doubles	Uryadova – Shiryaeva (RUS) W 21–8, 19–21, 15–12  Saka – Rtvelo (GEO) W 21–18, 21–12  Larissa – Ana Paula (BRA) W 23–21, 23–21	1st in group	Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani (GRE) W 22–20, 19–21, 15–12	Ribeiro – Rocha (BRA) L 22–24, 14–21	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Australia participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 8th place, while the women's team won the bronze medal.

Australia's squads included three sets of siblings: Jamie and Gemma Beadsworth, the Santoromito sisters and the Rippon sisters. Kate Gynther is also a stepsister of the Rippons. (Bronwen and Emma Knox are unrelated.)

Men's tournament

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

Roster

The following is the Australian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Stanton, JamesJames Stanton	GK	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (210 lb)	01983-07-21 21 July 1983	CN Novarra Barcelona
02 !2	Campbell, RichieRichie Campbell	CB	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (200 lb)	01987-09-18 18 September 1987	CN Barcelona
03 !3	Franklin, TrentTrent Franklin	D	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (180 lb)	01979-02-12 12 February 1979	Sydney ONI
04 !4	Figlioli, PietroPietro Figlioli	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (210 lb)	01984-05-29 29 May 1984	Chiavari Nouk
05 !5	Maitland, RobertRobert Maitland	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	01983-09-04 4 September 1983	CN Mediferrow Barcelona
06 !6	Martin, AnthonyAnthony Martin	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (210 lb)	01985-03-22 22 March 1985	KFC Breakers Brisbane
07 !7	Neesham, TimTim Neesham	D	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	01979-10-20 20 October 1979	Fremantle Perth
08 !8	Macgregor, SamSam McGregor	CB	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	01984-08-12 12 August 1984	CN Alcorcon Madrid
09 !9	Whalan, ThomasThomas Whalan	D	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	89 kg (200 lb)	01980-10-13 13 October 1980	Savona
10	Woods, GavinGavin Woods	CF	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	01978-03-01 1 March 1978	Balmain Tigers Sydney
11	Howden, RhysRhys Howden	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	78 kg (170 lb)	01987-04-02 2 April 1987	Brisbane Barracudas
12	Beadsworth, JamieJamie Beadsworth	CF	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	110 kg (240 lb)	01985-06-11 11 June 1985	Fremantle Perth
13	Sterk, RafaelRafael Sterk	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	01978-01-27 27 January 1978	KFC Breakers Brisbane

Head coach: John Fox

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–10
	Will play for places 7–12

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	4	1	0	60	36	+24	9
Spain	5	4	0	1	52	34	+18	8
Montenegro	5	2	2	1	43	33	+10	6
Australia	5	2	1	2	45	40	+5	5
Greece	5	1	0	4	39	56	−17	2
Canada	5	0	0	5	21	61	−40	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 14:00	Game reference	Australia	12 – 8	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Bock (GER), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5-5, 4-3, 2-0, 1-0
		Figlioli 4, McGregor 3	Goals	Ntoskas 3

12 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Spain	9 – 8	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Margeta (SLO), Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4-0, 2-4, 2-2, 1-2
		X. García 3	Goals	Whalan 2, Woods 2

02008-08-14 14 August 2008 15:20	Game reference	Australia	8 – 5	Canada	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Bock (GER), Klopper (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-1, 3-1, 1-0
		Figlioli 3, Franklin 2	Goals	Feltham 2

16 August 2008 15:20	Game reference	Australia	12 – 13	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Klopper (NED), Rak (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4-4, 1-5, 4-2, 3-2
		Figlioli 3, Whalan 2	Goals	Molnár 3, Kiss 2, Biros 2, Kis 2

18 August 2008 12:10	Game reference	Montenegro	5 – 5	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Chaney (USA), Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-2, 0-1, 2-1
		Vukčević 1, M. Janović 1, Ivović 1, Zloković 1, Gojković 1	Goals	Campbell 1, Martin 1, McGregor 1, Woods 1, Beadsworth 1

Classification round

Classification 7th–10th

22 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Australia	17 – 16	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4-2, 1-5, 4-0, 1-3  OT: 0-1, 3-2, 4-3 (PS)
		McGregor 3, Franklin 2, Figlioli 2, Maitland 2, Martin 2, Whalan 2	Goals	Calcaterra 6, Gallo 2, Felugo 2, Angelini 2, Sottani 2

Classification 7th–8th

24 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Australia	8 – 9	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Simion (ROU), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-2, 3-1, 1-3
		Figlioli 3, Campbell 2, Martin 2	Goals	Schizas 2, C. Afroudakis 2

Women's tournament

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

Roster

The following is the Australian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Knox, EmmaEmma Knox	GK	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	01978-03-02 2 March 1978	Fremantle Perth
02 !2	Beadsworth, GemmaGemma Beadsworth	CF	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (180 lb)	01987-07-17 17 July 1987	Fremantle Perth
03 !3	Cuffe, NikitaNikita Cuffe	CF	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	01979-09-26 26 September 1979	Sydney Uni
04 !4	Rippon, RebeccaRebecca Rippon	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	72 kg (160 lb)	01978-12-26 26 December 1978	Balmain Tigers
05 !5	Fraser, SuzieSuzie Fraser	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (140 lb)	01983-08-27 27 August 1983	KFC Breakers Brisbane
06 !6	Knox, BronwenBronwen Knox	CF	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (190 lb)	01986-04-16 16 April 1986	KFC Breakers Brisbane
07 !7	Gofers, TanieleTaniele Gofers	CF	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	01985-06-12 12 June 1985	Sydney Uni
08 !8	Gynther, KateKate Gynther	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	01982-07-05 5 July 1982	Brisbane Barras
09 !9	Santoromito, JennaJenna Santoromito	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (140 lb)	01987-01-21 21 January 1987	Cronulla Sharks
10	Santoromito, MiaMia Santoromito	CB	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	01985-03-29 29 March 1985	Cronulla Sharks
11	Rippon, MelissaMelissa Rippon	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	01981-01-20 20 January 1981	Brisbane Barras
12	Hetzel, AmyAmy Hetzel	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (140 lb)	01983-04-27 27 April 1983	KFC Breakers Brisbane
13	Maccormack, AliciaAlicia McCormack	GK	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	76 kg (170 lb)	01983-06-07 7 June 1983	Cronulla Sharks

Head coach: Greg McFadden

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–8

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	28	20	+8	5
Australia	3	2	1	0	25	22	+3	5
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	27	0	2
Greece	3	0	0	3	16	27	−11	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008 15:40	Game reference	Greece	6 – 8	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Patelli (BRA), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2-5, 2-2, 1-1, 1-0
		Roumpesi 3, Liosi 2	Goals	Beadsworth 4, Gofers 2

13 August 2008 13:00	Game reference	Hungary	7 – 7	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Brguljan Mario (MNE), Tulga Ahmet Erhan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 1-1, 1-2, 4-3
		Drávucz 3, Pelle 2, Valkai 2	Goals	R. Rippon 2, B. Knox 2, M. Rippon 2

15 August 2008 13:00	Game reference	Netherlands	9 – 10	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Caputi (ITA), Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-2, 1-2, 5-4
		van den Ham 3, van Belkum 2, Sijbring 2	Goals	B. Knox 4, Beadsworth 2, Gynther 2

Medal round

Semifinal

02008-08-19 19 August 2008 14:20	Game reference	United States	9 – 8	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Margeta (SLO), Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 4-1, 1-3
		Villa 3, Hayes 2	Goals	Gynther 3, R. Rippon 2

Bronze medal game

21 August 2008 17:00	Game reference	3 ! Australia	9 (3) – 9 (2)	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Antsiferov (RUS), Rak (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-3, 3-1, 1-1  OT: 2-1, 0-1, 3-2 (PS)
		B. Knox 3, Gynther 3, Fraser 2	Goals	Kisteleki 4, Valkai 3, Drávucz 2

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Damon Kelly	+105 kg	165 kg	11	221 kg	9	386 kg	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Deborah Lovely	+75 kg	113 kg	8	135 kg	8	248 kg	8

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ali Abdo	−74 kg	Ahmet Gulhan (TUR) L 0–3	Did not advance
Sandeep Kumar	−84 kg	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK) L 0–3	Did not advance

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kyla Bremner	−48 kg	Hyung-Joo Kim (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hassan Shahsavan	−74 kg	Roman Melyoshin (KAZ) L 1–3	Did not advance

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. 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. The network cited existing contractual obligations for their AFL scheduling. In response, the AFL made concessions to Seven that allowed more Olympics coverage to be broadcast in certain markets.

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. 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 Olympic Games 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.

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