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Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
inLondon
Competitors	410 in 23 sports
Flag bearers	Lauren Jackson (opening) Malcolm Page (closing)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 8 Silver 15 Bronze 12 Total 35
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The Australian Olympic Committee sent a total of 410 athletes to the Games to compete in 23 sports.

Australia left London with a total of 35 medals (8 gold, 15 silver, and 12 bronze), the lowest in Summer Olympics since 1992. Ten of these medals were awarded to the athletes in swimming, including the gold from the women's freestyle relay team; six in cycling, five in rowing, and four in sailing. Nine Australian athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London, while 11 of them managed to claim their Olympic titles for the first time. From the twenty-three sports played by the athletes, fourteen of them contained at least a single Olympic medal. With the absence of baseball and softball at the Olympics, Australia's team-based athletes proved successful in London, as the field hockey teams and the women's basketball team each won bronze medals. For the first time since 2000, Australia did not win an Olympic gold medal in rowing.

Among the nation's medalists were sailor Malcolm Page, who successfully defended his Olympic title in the men's 470 class, and hurdler Sally Pearson, who became the first Australian female athlete to win gold in athletics after 12 years. Anna Meares, who won gold and bronze in London, became one of the most successful track cyclists in history, with a total of five Olympic medals. Meanwhile, Leisel Jones, who competed at her fourth Olympics, emerged as the greatest Australian female swimmer in history, with a total of nine Olympic medals, including one from London.

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Cate Campbell Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Yolane Kukla* Melanie Schlanger Emily Seebohm* Lisbeth Trickett* Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 28 July  Gold Tom Slingsby Sailing Laser class 6 August  Gold Anna Meares Cycling Women's sprint 7 August  Gold Sally Pearson Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles 7 August  Gold Iain Jensen Nathan Outteridge Sailing 49er class 8 August  Gold Jacob Clear David Smith Tate Smith Murray Stewart Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 m 9 August  Gold Malcolm Page Mathew Belcher Sailing Men's 470 class 10 August  Gold Jared Tallent Athletics Men's 50 km walk 11 August  Silver Christian Sprenger Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke 29 July  Silver Emily Seebohm Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 30 July  Silver Alicia Coutts Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley 31 July  Silver Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait Rowing Women's coxless pair 1 August  Silver James Magnussen Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 1 August  Silver Angie Bainbridge* Bronte Barratt Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie* Blair Evans* Jade Neilsen* Kylie Palmer Melanie Schlanger Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 1 August  Silver Jessica Fox Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 2 August  Silver Kim Crow Brooke Pratley Rowing Women's double sculls 3 August  Silver Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn Glenn O'Shea Cycling Men's team pursuit 3 August  Silver James Chapman Drew Ginn Josh Dunkley-Smith Will Lockwood Rowing Men's coxless four 4 August  Silver Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie* Leisel Jones Melanie Schlanger Emily Seebohm Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4 August  Silver Mitchell Watt Athletics Men's long jump 4 August  Silver Brittany Broben Diving Women's 10 m platform 9 August  Silver Sam Willoughby Cycling Men's BMX 10 August  Silver Olivia Price Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty Sailing Elliott 6m 11 August  Bronze Alicia Coutts Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly 29 July  Bronze Bronte Barratt Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle 31 July  Bronze Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares Cycling Women's team sprint 2 August  Bronze Karsten Forsterling James McRae Chris Morgan Daniel Noonan Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 3 August  Bronze Erin Densham Triathlon Women's triathlon 4 August  Bronze Kim Crow Rowing Women's single sculls 4 August  Bronze Tommaso D'Orsogna* James Magnussen Brenton Rickard* Christian Sprenger Hayden Stoeckel Matt Targett Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4 August  Bronze Shane Perkins Cycling Men's sprint 6 August  Bronze Annette Edmondson Cycling Women's omnium 7 August  Bronze Australia women's national water polo team Victoria Brown Gemma Beadsworth Sophie Smith Holly Lincoln-Smith Jane Moran Bronwen Knox Rowena Webster Kate Gynther Glencora Ralph Ashleigh Southern Melissa Rippon Nicola Zagame Alicia McCormack Water polo Women's tournament 9 August  Bronze Australia men's national field hockey team Mark Knowles (C) Jamie Dwyer (VC) Liam de Young (VC) Simon Orchard Glenn Turner Chris Ciriello Matthew Butturini Russell Ford Eddie Ockenden Joel Carroll Matthew Gohdes Tim Deavin Matthew Swann Nathan Burgers Kieran Govers Fergus Kavanagh Field hockey Men's tournament 11 August  Bronze Australia women's national basketball team Lauren Jackson (C) Jenna O'Hea Samantha Richards Jennifer Screen Abby Bishop Suzy Batkovic Kathleen MacLeod Kristi Harrower Laura Summerton Belinda Snell Rachel Jarry Liz Cambage Basketball Women's tournament 11 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Sailing 3 1 0 4 Athletics 2 1 0 3 Swimming 1 6 3 10 Cycling 1 2 3 6 Canoeing 1 1 0 2 Rowing 0 3 2 5 Diving 0 1 0 1 Triathlon 0 0 1 1 Water polo 0 0 1 1 Field hockey 0 0 1 1 Basketball 0 0 1 1 Total 8 15 12 35

Medals by date Date Total 28 July 1 0 0 1 29 July 0 1 1 2 30 July 0 1 0 1 31 July 0 1 1 2 1 August 0 3 0 3 2 August 0 1 1 2 3 August 0 2 1 3 4 August 0 3 3 6 5 August 0 0 0 0 6 August 1 0 1 2 7 August 2 0 1 3 8 August 1 0 0 1 9 August 1 1 1 3 August 10 1 1 0 2 August 11 1 1 2 4 August 12 0 0 0 0 Total 8 15 12 35

^* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final relay.

Delegation[edit]

The Australian Olympic Committee selected a team of 410 athletes, 224 men and 186 women, to compete in 23 sports; it was the nation's fifth largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[1] 227 Australian athletes had competed at their first Games, including freestyle swimmer and pre-Olympic favorite James Magnussen, and slalom kayaker Jessica Fox.^[1]

The Australian team featured twelve defending Olympic champions, including swimmer Stephanie Rice, who won a total of three Olympic gold medals, pole vaulter Steve Hooker, who broke an Olympic record in Beijing, and diver Matthew Mitcham, who won a gold medal for the first time in men's platform. Equestrian eventing rider Andrew Hoy became the first Australian athlete in history to participate in seven Olympic Games.^[2] Three athletes made their sixth Olympic appearance: road cyclist Stuart O'Grady, and trap shooters Michael Diamond and Russell Mark.^[3] Beach volleyballer and two-time Olympic medalist Natalie Cook became the first Australian female athlete to compete at five Olympic Games.^[4] Dressage rider Mary Hanna, at age 57, was the oldest athlete of the team,^[5] while diver Brittany Broben was the youngest at age 16.^[1]

Former Olympic rowing champion Nick Green served as Australia's chef de mission.^[6] Basketball player Lauren Jackson, who led her team by winning the silver medal in her three consecutive Olympics, became Australia's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1992.^[7]

Australia did not qualify teams in football, women's indoor volleyball, handball and fencing. There was only a single competitor in men's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics, and wrestling. Athletics was the nation's largest team by sport, with a total of 52 competitors.^[8]

Archery[edit]

Australia qualified two archers.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Taylor Worth	Men's individual	668	23	Wills (GBR) (42) W 6–5	Ellison (USA) W 7–1	Dai Xx (CHN) L 5–6	Did not advance
Elisa Barnard	Women's individual	601	58	Christiansen (DEN) (7) L 3–7	Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Australia sent its second largest team from the track and field to the Olympics outside the host nation.^[9] A total of 52 track and field athletes were selected to the team, after having achieved the required qualifying standards in their respective events (up to a maximum of three athletes in each event at the "A" standard, and one at the "B" standard).^[10][11] Pole vaulter, defending Olympic champion, and current Olympic record holder Steve Hooker was appointed as the team captain; however, he missed out of the medal standings and lost his Olympic record to France's Renaud Lavillenie, after failing to clear the height in the finals.^[12]

Australia left London with a total of three track and field medals at the Olympics. Sprint hurdler and pre-Olympic favorite Sally Pearson became the first woman to win the nation's gold medal in the track and field since Cathy Freeman in 2000. Long jumper Mitchell Watt, competing at his first Olympics, became the fourth man to claim the silver medal in that event. Jared Tallent was initially presented with the silver medal for the men's 50 km race walk, matching the silver medal he won four years earlier in Beijing, but he was subsequently awarded the gold medal for the London event after Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin was stripped of his first-place finish after being found guilty of doping.^[13] Tallent was presented with his gold medal for the London 50 km (31 mi) race at a ceremony held in Melbourne on 17 June 2016.^[14]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Youcef Abdi	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.81	6	—		Did not advance
Luke Adams	50 km walk	—				3:53:41	26
Collis Birmingham	5000 m	13:50.39	16	—		Did not advance
Brendan Cole	400 m hurdles	49.24	2Q	49.55	5	Did not advance
Nathan Deakes	50 km walk	—				3:48:45	22
Martin Dent	Marathon	—				2:14:10	28
Chris Erickson	20 km walk	—				1:24:19	38
Ryan Gregson	1500 m	3:38.54	9q	3:51.86	12	Did not advance
Jeffrey Hunt	Marathon	—				2:22:59	63
David McNeill	5000 m	13:45.88	12	—		Did not advance
Craig Mottram		13:40.24	16	—		Did not advance
Jeff Riseley	800 m	1:46.99	5	Did not advance
Adam Rutter	20 km walk	—				DNF
Michael Shelley	Marathon	—				2:14:10	16
Steven Solomon	400 m	45.18	1Q	44.97	3q	45.14	8
Ben St. Lawrence	10000 m	—				28:32.67	20
Jared Tallent	20 km walk	—				1:20:02	7
	50 km walk	—				3:36:53
Tristan Thomas	400 m hurdles	49.13	4q	50.55	7	Did not advance
Anthony Alozie Andrew McCabe Isaac Ntiamoah Josh Ross	4 × 100 m relay	38.17	5q	—		38.43	7
Brendan Cole Ben Offereins Steven Solomon John Steffensen	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.17	5	—		Did not advance

• Note: Tim Leathart was selected in the team for the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, but did not compete.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jarrod Bannister	Javelin throw	77.38	13	Did not advance
Henry Frayne	Long jump	7.95	11Q	7.85	9
	Triple jump	16.40	17	Did not advance
Benn Harradine	Discus throw	64.00	9q	63.59	9
Steve Hooker	Pole vault	5.50	=9 q	NM	—
Scott Martin	Discus throw	62.14	19	Did not advance
Dale Stevenson	Shot put	19.17	26	Did not advance
Mitchell Watt	Long jump	7.99	9Q	8.16
Julian Wruck	Discus throw	60.08	28	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lauren Boden	400 m hurdles	56.27	5q	—		56.66	8	Did not advance
Melissa Breen	100 m	Bye		11.34	6	Did not advance
Zoe Buckman	1500 m	4:07.83	8q	—		4:05.03	10	Did not advance
Genevieve LaCaze	3000 m steeplechase	9:37.90	9	—				Did not advance
Regan Lamble	20 km walk	—						1:30:08	17
Beki Lee		—						1:32:14	28
Kaila McKnight	1500 m	4:13.80	5Q	—		4:08.44	12	Did not advance
Sally Pearson	100 m hurdles	12.57	1Q	—		12.39	1Q	12.35 OR
Claire Tallent	20 km walk	—						DSQ
Jessica Trengove	Marathon	—						2:31:17	39
Lisa Weightman		—						2:27:32	17
Eloise Wellings	10000 m	—						32:25.43	21
Benita Willis	Marathon	—						2:49:38	100

Field events

Badminton[edit]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ross Smith Glenn Warfe	Men's doubles	Cai Y / Fu Hf (CHN) L 11–21, 17–21	Fang C-m / Lee S-m (TPE) L 14–21, 13–21	Kindervater / Schöttler (GER) L 13–21, 14–21	4	—	Did not advance
Victoria Na	Women's singles	Gu (SIN) L 10–21, 7–21	Fašungová (SVK) W 21–12, 21–18	—	2	Did not advance
Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	Women's doubles	Jauhari / Polii (INA) L 11–21, 22–20, 7–21	Edwards / Viljoen (RSA) W 21–9, 21–7	Ha J-e / Kim M-j (KOR) L 21–7, 21–19	3Q*	—	Bruce / Li (CAN) L 9–21, 21–18, 18–21	Did not advance

* Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii initially qualified in the quarterfinal round, but they were disqualified after being found guilty of "not using best efforts" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" by playing to lose matches in order to manipulate the draw for the knockout stage.

Basketball[edit]

Australia qualified a men's and a women's team.

• Men's team event – one team of 12 players
• Women's team event – one team of 12 players

Men's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the Australia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[15]

Australia men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Peter Crawford 32 – (1979-11-06)6 November 1979 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Townsville Crocodiles PG 5 Patty Mills 23 – (1988-08-11)11 August 1988 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) San Antonio Spurs PG 6 Adam Gibson 25 – (1986-10-30)30 October 1986 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Adelaide 36ers SF 7 Joe Ingles 24 – (1987-10-02)2 October 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet G/F 8 Brad Newley 27 – (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Gran Canaria SG 9 Matthew Dellavedova 21 – (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Saint Mary's Gaels SF 10 David Barlow 28 – (1983-10-22)22 October 1983 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Murcia PF 11 Mark Worthington 29 – (1983-06-08)8 June 1983 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Radnički Kragujevac F/C 12 Aron Baynes 25 – (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ikaros Kallitheas B.C. C 13 David Andersen 32 – (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Fenerbahçe Ülker PF 14 Matthew Nielsen (C) 34 – (1978-02-03)3 February 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Khimki C 15 Aleks Marić 27 – (1984-10-22)22 October 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	Head coach Brett Brown Assistant coach(es) Andrej Lemanis Marty Clarke Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	1	400	359	+41	9[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	402	349	+53	9[a]
3	Spain	5	3	2	414	394	+20	8[b]
4	Australia	5	3	2	410	373	+37	8[b]
5	Great Britain (H)	5	1	4	380	405	−25	6
6	China	5	0	5	313	439	−126	5

Brazil	75–71	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 17–15, 20–14, 19–22
Pts: Barbosa16 Rebs: three players7 Asts: Huertas10		Pts: Mills20 Rebs: Andersen8 Asts: Mills, Nielsen4

Australia	70–82	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 13–23, 10–26, 28–19
Pts: Ingles12 Rebs: Andersen7 Asts: Dellavedova4		Pts: P. Gasol20 Rebs: Reyes12 Asts: three players3

Australia	81–61	China
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 28–11, 12–19, 20–9
Pts: Mills20 Rebs: Worthington8 Asts: Ingles7		Pts: Wang Shipeng21 Rebs: Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi12 Asts: Wang Shipeng3

Great Britain	75–106	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 21–18, 14–30, 15–40
Pts: Freeland16 Rebs: Freeland7 Asts: Archibald4		Pts: Mills39 Rebs: Newley8 Asts: Ingles, Newley4

Australia	82–80	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 17–25, 23–19, 13–16
Pts: Ingles20 Rebs: Dellavedova6 Asts: Dellavedova7		Pts: Kaun18 Rebs: three players6 Asts: Khryapa8

Quarter-final

United States	119–86	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 28–21, 28–28, 35–16
Pts: Bryant20 Rebs: James14 Asts: James11		Pts: Mills26 Rebs: Ingles8 Asts: Ingles6

Women's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following was the Australia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[16][17]

Australia women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Jenna O'Hea 25 – (1987-06-06)6 June 1987 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Dandenong Rangers G 5 Samantha Richards 29 – (1983-02-24)24 February 1983 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Bulleen Boomers G 6 Jennifer Screen 30 – (1982-02-19)19 February 1982 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Adelaide Lightning C 7 Abby Bishop 23 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Perpignan Basket C 8 Suzy Batkovic 31 – (1980-12-17)17 December 1980 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Adelaide Lightning G 9 Kathleen MacLeod 25 – (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Dandenong Rangers PG 10 Kristi Harrower 37 – (1975-03-04)4 March 1975 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Bendigo Spirit C 11 Laura Summerton 28 – (1983-12-13)13 December 1983 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Geas Basket F 12 Belinda Snell 31 – (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) CCC Polkowice F 13 Rachel Jarry 20 – (1991-12-06)6 December 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Bulleen Boomers C 14 Liz Cambage 20 – (1991-08-18)18 August 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Tulsa Shock PF 15 Lauren Jackson 31 – (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Seattle Storm	Head coach Carrie Graf Assistant coach(es) Phil Brown Michele Timms Peter Buckle Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	356	319	+37	10	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	5	4	1	353	322	+31	9
3	Russia	5	3	2	314	308	+6	8
4	Canada	5	2	3	328	332	−4	7
5	Brazil	5	1	4	329	354	−25	6
6	Great Britain (H)	5	0	5	327	372	−45	5

Australia	74–58	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 23–15, 18–16, 17–16
Pts: Jackson18 Rebs: Batkovic7 Asts: Richards4		Pts: Vanderwal, Leedham11 Rebs: Page7 Asts: Stafford, Leedham 3

France	74–70 (OT)	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–13, 24–24, 13–14, Overtime: 9–5
Pts: Gomis22 Rebs: Yacoubou7 Asts: Beikes, Dumerc2		Pts: Batkovic17 Rebs: Batkovic10 Asts: O'Hea5

Australia	67–61	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 16–8, 20–22, 16–21
Pts: Jackson18 Rebs: Cambage10 Asts: Harrower5		Pts: Costa22 Rebs: Dantas do Amaral10 Asts: Costa3

Russia	66–70	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 15–11, 18–22, 18–16
Pts: Osipova15 Rebs: Osipova9 Asts: Danilochkina4		Pts: Cambage17 Rebs: Cambage10 Asts: O'Hea, Harrower5

Canada	63–72	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 12–11, 20–12, 21–25
Pts: Smith17 Rebs: Murphy5 Asts: Thorburn5		Pts: Snell12 Rebs: Jackson9 Asts: Screen, Harrower4

Quarter-final

Australia	75–60	China
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 13–20, 20–16, 20–8
Pts: Cambage17 Rebs: Batkovic9 Asts: Richards7		Pts: Ma Zengyu15 Rebs: Chen Nan7 Asts: Gao Song3