Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics
| Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | AUS |
| NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Vancouver | |
| Competitors | 40 in 11 sports |
| Flag bearers | Torah Bright (opening) Lydia Lassila (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Australia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A team of forty athletes was selected to compete in eleven sports. The Chef de Mission was Ian Chesterman who has held the position since the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Australia achieved its best ever results, winning two gold medals; in the women's aerials (Lydia Lassila) and women's snowboard halfpipe (Torah Bright); and a silver in the men's moguls. To date Australia has won a total of five gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals in Winter Olympic competition.
Medalists
[edit]| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Torah Bright | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | 18 February |
| Gold |
Lydia Lassila | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | 24 February |
 Silver |
Dale Begg-Smith | Freestyle Skiing | Men's moguls | 14 February |
Alpine skiing
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Branch | Men's downhill | 1:57.19 | 34 |
| Men's super-G | 1:32:89 | 29 | |
| Jono Brauer | Men's downhill | 1:58.08 | 39 |
| Men's super-G | 1:32:92 | 30 |
Biathlon
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Alexei Almoukov | Men's sprint | 30:57.9 | 4 | 87 |
Bobsleigh
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Time | Rank | ||
| Chris Spring Duncan Harvey (heats 1 and 2) Anthony Ryan (heat 3) |
Two-man | 53.14 | 54.41 | 53.18 | DNQ | 2:40.73 | 22 |
| Jeremy Rolleston Duncan Pugh |
Two-man | DNF | DNS | ||||
| Jeremy Rolleston Duncan Pugh Duncan Harvey Anthony Ryan |
Four-man | DNS | |||||
| Astrid Loch-Wilkinson Cecilia Mcintosh |
Two-woman | 54.85 | 54.66 | 55.16 | DNQ | 2:44.67 | 19 |
Cross-country skiing
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Esther Bottomley | Women's sprint | 4:05.12 | 50 | Did not advance | 50 | ||||
| Paul Murray | Men's sprint | 3:52.96 | 55 | Did not advance | 55 | ||||
| Ben Sim | 15 km freestyle | N/A | 35:48.6 | 45 | |||||
| 30 km pursuit | N/A | 1:23:25.8 | 47 | ||||||
| Paul Murray Ben Sim |
Men's team sprint | 19:57.0 | 10 | N/A | Did not advance | 20 | |||
Figure skating
[edit]| Athlete(s) | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Cheltzie Lee[1] | Ladies' | N/A | 52.16 | 18 | 86.00 | 20 | 138.16 | 20 | |
Freestyle skiing
[edit]- Men's team – aerials and moguls
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points 663 | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Dale Begg-Smith | Moguls | 25.03 | 4 Q | 26.58 | 
|
| Ramone Cooper | Moguls | 21.11 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| David Morris | Aerials | 221.02 | 13 | Did not advance | |
- Men's team – ski cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Final | Rank | ||
| Scott Kneller | Ski cross | 1:13.85 | 12 Q | 2 Q | 2 Q | 3 q | Small Final 3 |
7 |
- Women's team – aerials and moguls
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Britteny Cox | Moguls | 19.87 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Jacqui Cooper | Aerials | 162.99 | 11 Q | 194.29 | 5 |
| Elizabeth Gardner | Aerials | 164.60 | 10 Q | 86.70 | 12 |
| Lydia Lassila | Aerials | 167.55 | 9 Q | 214.74 | 
|
| Bree Munro | Aerials | 143.46 | 18 | Did not advance | |
- Women's team – ski cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Final | Rank | ||
| Katya Crema | Ski cross | 1:20.19 | 17 Q | 2 Q | 3 | Did not advance | 15 | |
| Jenny Owens | Ski cross | 1:19.80 | 15 Q | 2 Q | 3 | Did not advance | 13 | |
Luge
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Time | Rank | ||
| Hannah Campbell-Pegg | Women's singles | 42.527 | 42.570 | 42.606 | 42.519 | 2:50.222 | 23 |
Short track speed skating
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Tatiana Borodulina | Women's 500 metres | 44.901 | 3 | did not advance | 21 | |||||
| Women's 1000 metres | 1:32.509 | 1 Q | 1:32.465 | 2 Q | 1:29.663 | 3 QB | Final B 1:32.661 |
4 | 7 | |
| Women's 1500 metres | 2:27:408 | 2 Q | N/A | 2:21.617 | 4 QB | Final B 2:43.051 |
3 | 11 | ||
| Lachlan Hay | Men's 1000 metres | 1:26.132 | 4 | Did not advance | 26 | |||||
Skeleton
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Anthony Deane | Men's | 54.55 | 54.12 | 54.68 | DNQ | 2:43.45 | 23 |
| Melissa Hoar | Women's | 54.73 | 54.48 | 54.48 | 54.53 | 3:38.22 | 12 |
| Emma Lincoln-Smith | Women's | 54.28 | 54.41 | 54.54 | 54.40 | 3:37.63 | 10 |
Snowboarding
[edit]- Halfpipe
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
| Torah Bright | Women's | 41.3 | 45.8 | 1 QF | Bye | 5.9 | 45.0 |
| ||
| Holly Crawford | Women's | 38.6 | 39.5 | 7 QS | 17.3 | 41.7 | 1 QF | 23.9 | 30.3 | 8 |
| Scott James | Men's | 7.6 | 28.2 | 12 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ben Mates | Men's | 28.3 | 29.6 | 9 QS | 3.6 | 27.5 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
- Parallel giant slalom
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
| Johanna Shaw | Women's | 1:26:10 | 19 | Did not advance | 19 | |||
- Snowboard cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
| Damon Hayler | Men's | 1.21.81 | 9 | 2 Q | 4 | Did not advance | 10 |
| Stephanie Hickey | Women's | 1:35.26 | 18 | Did not advance | 18 | ||
| Alex Pullin | Men's | 1.20.15 | 1 | 3 | Did not advance | 17 | |
Speed skating
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sophie Muir | Women's 500 metres | 39.649 | 31 | 39.400 | 27 | 1:19.04 | 29 |
| Women's 1000 metres | N/A | 1:18.79 | 30 | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lee's Vancouver spot confirmed". Australian Olympic Committee. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
