Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUS
Nocname:	Australian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Location:	London
Competitors:	410
Sports:	23
Flagbearer:	Lauren Jackson (opening) Malcolm Page (closing)
Rank:	8
Gold:	8
Silver:	15
Bronze:	12
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (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

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Yolane Kukla Melanie Schlanger Emily Seebohm Lisbeth Trickett
	Bronte Barratt Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Blair Evans Jade Neilsen
	Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie
	Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen Brenton Rickard

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		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 gender

Gender				Total
Female	3	9	8	20
Male	5	6	4	15
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	style=background:gold	8	style=background:silver	15	style=background:#c96	12	35

Medals by date
Date	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		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
	1	1	0	2
	1	1	2	4
	0	0	0	0
Total	8	15	12	35

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

Delegation

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. 227 Australian athletes had competed at their first Games, including freestyle swimmer and pre-Olympic favorite James Magnussen, and slalom kayaker Jessica Fox.

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. Three athletes made their sixth Olympic appearance: road cyclist Stuart O'Grady, and trap shooters Michael Diamond and Russell Mark. Beach volleyballer and two-time Olympic medalist Natalie Cook became the first Australian female athlete to compete at five Olympic Games. Dressage rider Mary Hanna, at age 57, was the oldest athlete of the team, while diver Brittany Broben was the youngest at age 16.^[1]

Former Olympic rowing champion Nick Green served as Australia's chef de mission.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

| width=78% align=left valign=top |The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	34	18	52
Badminton	2	3	5
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	10	1	11
Canoeing	13	7	20
Cycling	17	12	29
Diving	3	7	10
Equestrian	6	6	12
Field hockey	16	16	32
Gymnastics	2	6	8
Judo	5	1	6
Modern pentathlon	1	1	2
Rowing	27	19	46
Sailing	6	7	13
Shooting	10	7	17
Swimming	23	24	47
Synchronized swimming	0	9	9
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Tennis	2	4	6
Triathlon	3	3	6
Volleyball	12	4	16
Water polo	13	13	26
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	224	186	410

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified two archers.

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
Taylor Worth	Men's individual	668	23	(42) W 6–5	W 7–1	L 5–6	Did not advance
Elisa Barnard	Women's individual	601	58	(7) L 3–7	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia sent its second largest team from the track and field to the Olympics outside the host nation.^[5] 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).^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8] Tallent was presented with his gold medal for the London race at a ceremony held in Melbourne on 17 June 2016.^[9]

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	2 Q	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	9 q	3:51.86	12	Did not advance
Jeffrey Hunt	Marathon	2:22:59	63
David McNeill	align=left rowspan=2	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
Michael Shelley	Marathon	2:14:10	16
Steven Solomon	400 m	45.18	1 Q	44.97	3 q	45.14	8
Ben St. Lawrence	10000 m	28:32.67	20
align=left rowspan=2	Jared Tallent	20 km walk	1:20:02	7
50 km walk	3:36:53
Tristan Thomas	400 m hurdles	49.13	4 q	50.55	7	Did not advance
Anthony Alozie Andrew McCabe Isaac Ntiamoah Josh Ross	4 × 100 m relay	38.17	5 q	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
align=left rowspan=2	Henry Frayne	Long jump	7.95	11 Q	7.85	9
Triple jump	16.40	17	Did not advance
Benn Harradine	Discus throw	64.00	9 q	63.59	9
Steve Hooker	Pole vault	5.50	=9 q		—
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	9 Q	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	5 q	56.66	8	Did not advance
Melissa Breen	100 m	11.34	6	Did not advance
Zoe Buckman	1500 m	4:07.83	8 q	4:05.03	10	Did not advance
Genevieve LaCaze	3000 m steeplechase	9:37.90	9	Did not advance
Regan Lamble	align=left rowspan=2	20 km walk	1:30:08	17
Beki Lee	1:32:14	28
Kaila McKnight	1500 m	4:13.80	5 Q	4:08.44	12	Did not advance
Sally Pearson	100 m hurdles	12.57	1 Q	12.39	1 Q	12.35
Claire Tallent	20 km walk
Jessica Trengove	align=left rowspan=2	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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Alana Boyd	Pole vault	4.55	11 Q	4.30	11
Kim Mickle	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	59.23	17	Did not advance
Kathryn Mitchell	60.11	12 q	59.46	9
Liz Parnov	Pole vault		—	Did not advance
Dani Samuels	Discus throw	63.97	7 Q	60.40	12

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ross Smith Glenn Warfe	Men's doubles	L 11–21, 17–21	L 14–21, 13–21	L 13–21, 14–21	4		Did not advance
Victoria Na	Women's singles	L 10–21, 7–21	W 21–12, 21–18		2	Did not advance
Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	Women's doubles	L 11–21, 22–20, 7–21	W 21–9, 21–7	L 21–7, 21–19	3 Q*		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

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarter-final

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified boxers for all of the weight categories in the men's event and one in the women's event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Billy Ward	Light flyweight	L 4–26	Did not advance
Jackson Woods	Flyweight	L 12–14	Did not advance
Ibrahim Balla	Bantamweight	W 16^+–16	L 10–14	Did not advance
Luke Jackson	Lightweight	L 7–20	Did not advance
Jeff Horn	Light welterweight	W 19–5	W 17–11	L 13–21	Did not advance
Cameron Hammond	Welterweight	W 13–6	L 11–14	Did not advance
Jesse Ross	Middleweight	L 11–13	Did not advance
Damien Hooper	Light heavyweight	W 13–11	L 11–19	Did not advance
Jai Opetaia	Heavyweight		L 11–12	Did not advance
Johan Linde	Super heavyweight		L	Did not advance

Women

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Australia qualified boats for the following events.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Warwick Draper	Men's K-1	95.20	16	95.08	16	95.08	18	Did not advance
Kynan Maley	Men's C-1	96.07	6	96.68	9	96.07	12 Q	105.49	8 Q	107.08	6
Kynan Maley Robin Jeffery	Men's C-2	113.96	13	107.47	7	107.47	10 Q	162.14	10	Did not advance
Jessica Fox	Women's K-1	165.36	18	100.33	2	100.33	4 Q	112.63	8 Q	106.51

Sprint

Australia qualified boats for the following events.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jake Donaghey	C-1 1000 m	4:21.928	4 Q	4:26.202	6 FB	4:22.005	12
Sebastian Marczak	C-1 200 m	42.845	5 Q	43.441	6	Did not advance
Murray Stewart	K-1 200 m	37.202	6	Did not advance
K-1 1000 m	3:32.768	6 Q	3:32.975	6 FB	3:40.834	16
Jake Donaghey Alexander Haas	C-2 1000 m	3:52.589	6 Q	3:52.018	5 FB	3:50.782	11
Stephen Bird Jesse Phillips	K-2 200 m	34.120	4 Q	34.071	4 FA	35.315	6
David Smith Ken Wallace	K-2 1000 m	3:19.073	2 Q	3:13.239	2 FA	3:11.456	4
Jacob Clear David Smith Tate Smith Murray Stewart	K-4 1000 m	2:59.789	3 Q	2:52.505	1 FA	2:55.085

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alana Nicholls	K-1 200 m	42.453	2 Q	41.595	4 FB	45.819	16
K-1 500 m	1:53.823	2 Q	1:52.224	5 FB	1:59.033	16
Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty	K-2 500 m	1:46.554	4 Q	1:45.372	7 FB	1:47.650	12
Jo Brigden-Jones Hannah Davis Lyndsie Fogarty Rachel Lovell	K-4 500 m	1:41.794	6 Q	1:33.671	6	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified cyclists for the following events

Road

The Australian men's road cycling team consisted of Stuart O'Grady, Cadel Evans, Michael Rogers, Simon Gerrans and Matthew Goss while the women's team was Shara Gillow, Chloe Hosking and Amanda Spratt.^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cadel Evans	Road race	5:46:37	80
Time trial	Withdrew
Matthew Goss	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	5:46:37	85
Simon Gerrans	5:46:37	83
Stuart O'Grady	5:46:05	6
Michael Rogers	Road race	5:46:37	91
Time trial	52:51.39	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Shara Gillow	Road race	3:37:22	39
Time trial	40:25.03	13
Chloe Hosking	align=left rowspan=2	Road race
Amanda Spratt

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Shane Perkins	Men's sprint	9.987 72.093	3	W 10.722 67.151		W 10.978 65.585		W 10.520, W 10.263	L, L	W 10.489, W 10.297
Anna Meares	Women's sprint	10.805 66.635	2	W 11.800 61.016		W 11.566 62.251		W 11.465, W 11.573	W 11.683, W 11.284	W 11.218, W 11.348

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland^[13]	Men's team sprint	43.377 62.244	3 Q	W 43.261 62.411	4 Q	L 43.355 62.276	4
Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch	Women's team sprint	32.825 54.836	4 Q	W 32.806 54.868	3 Q	W 32.727 55.000

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn Glenn O'Shea	Men's team pursuit	3:55.694	2 Q	3:54.317	2	3:54.581
Amy Cure Annette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josie Tomic	Women's team pursuit	3:19.719	3 Q	3:16.935	3	3:18.096	4

• Note: Alex Edmondson was named on the men's team pursuit squad but did not compete.

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Shane Perkins	Men's keirin	5 R	3 Q	3 Q	5
Anna Meares	Women's keirin	2 Q		1 Q	5

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Glenn O'Shea	Men's omnium	13.22	3	25	8	3	4:24.811	3	14	1:02.513	3	34	5
Annette Edmondson	Women's omnium	14.261	3	10	11	3	3:35.958	4	1	35.140	2	24

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniel McConnell	Men's cross-country	1:33:22	21
Rebecca Henderson	Women's cross-country	1:41:35	25

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Brian Kirkham	align=left rowspan=3	Men's BMX^[14]	39.610	22	25	7	Did not advance
Sam Willoughby	38.496	6	16	3 q	5	1 Q	37.929
Khalen Young	39.304	17	19	4 q	25	8	Did not advance
Caroline Buchanan	align=left rowspan=2	Women's BMX	38.434	1	4	1 Q	38.903	5
Lauren Reynolds	40.045	9	19	8	Did not advance

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ethan Warren	3 m springboard	441.5	15 Q	456.85	11 Q	488.95	7
James Connor	10 m platform	427.45	20	Did not advance
Matthew Mitcham	457.20	9 Q	482.40	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jaele Patrick	3 m springboard	289.65	18 Q	315.60	11 Q	309.40	11
Sharleen Stratton	342.70	5 Q	327.60	9 Q	345.65	5
Brittany Broben	10 m platform	339.80	4 Q	359.55	3 Q	366.50
Melissa Wu	337.90	5 Q	355.60	4 Q	358.10	4
Anabelle Smith Sharleen Stratton	3 m synchronised springboard	304.95	5
Rachel Bugg Loudy Wiggins	10 m synchronised platform	323.55	4

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified a team for the show jumping event based on their performance at the 2010 World Equestrian Games.^[15] Australia also qualified a team in dressage and eventing.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Mary Hanna	Sancette	Individual	67.964	43	Did not advance
Kristy Oatley	Clive	68.222	42	Did not advance
Lyndal Oatley	Sandro Boy	69.377	37	Did not advance
Mary Hanna Kristy Oatley Lyndal Oatley	See above	Team	68.521	9	Did not advance		68.521	9

^[16]

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Chris Burton	HP Leilani	Individual	46.10	24	0.00	46.10	1	4.00	50.10	17 Q	12.0	62.10	22	62.10	16
Clayton Fredericks	Bendigo	40.40	10	Eliminated			Did not advance
Lucinda Fredericks	Flying Finish	40.00	7	38.00	78.00	49	1.00	79.00	12	Did not advance			79.00	35
Sam Griffiths	Happy Times	45.40	23	Eliminated			Did not advance
Andrew Hoy	Rutherglen	41.70	13	7.60	49.30	28	8.00	57.30	31 Q	0.00	57.30	1	57.30	13
Chris Burton Clayton Fredericks Lucinda Fredericks Sam Griffiths Andrew Hoy	See above	Team	122.10	2	51.30	173.40	9	13.0	186.40	7	186.40	6

^[17]

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Julia Hargreaves	Vedor	Individual	0	=1 Q	8	8	31 Q	5	13	31 Q	17	35	Did not advance
James Paterson-Robinson	Lanosso	4	=42 Q	4	8	31 Q	13	21	41	Did not advance
Edwina Tops-Alexander	Itot du Chateau	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1Q	4	4	4 Q	4	11 Q	9	13	17	13	20
Matt Williams	Watch Me	42	72	Did not advance
Julia Hargreaves James Paterson-Robinson Edwina Tops-Alexander Matt Williams	See above	Team	4	10	8	12	10	12	10

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Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified a men's and a women's team. Each team had 16 athletes with two reserves.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group playAustralia was in Pool A of the men's tournament.----------------

Semi-final

Bronze medal

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group playAustralia was in Pool B of the women's competition.----------------

5th/6th place

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Australia qualified a women's team and an individual man.

Men

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Georgia Bonora	align=left rowspan=6	Team		13.800	13.100	13.066	Did not advance
Ashleigh Brennan	14.200	13.700	13.266	13.066	54.232	28 Q
Emily Little	12.666	14.766	13.433	13.633	54.498	24 Q
Larrissa Miller	13.466		14.025	colspan=3
Lauren Mitchell	14.833 Q	13.933		14.300	colspan=2
Total^[21]	42.999	42.099	40.724	40.999	166.721	10

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Ashleigh Brennan	align=left rowspan=2	All-around	13.233	13.533	14.400	14.166	55.332	20
Emily Little	14.866	13.933	13.666	13.300	55.765	15
Lauren Mitchell	Floor	14.833	14.833	5

Rhythmic

Australia qualified one woman.^[22]

Trampoline

Australia qualified one male athlete.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified six judokas, five men and one woman.^[24]

^[25]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arnie Dickens	−60 kg	L 0000–0103	Did not advance
Ivo Dos Santos	−66 kg		L 0002–0002	Did not advance
Mark Anthony	−90 kg			W 0101–0020	L 0002–0010	Did not advance	L 0000–1000	Did not advance	7
Daniel Kelly	−100 kg		L 0003–0100	Did not advance
Jake Andrewartha	+100 kg		L 0000–0100	Did not advance

Women

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Based on their results at the 2011 Asian/Oceania Championships Edward Fernon and Chloe Esposito have qualified for modern pentathlon events in London.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Edward Fernon	Men's	14–21	=29	736	2:13.10	33	1204	68	17	1132	10:48.19	14	2408	5480	27
Chloe Esposito	Women's	14–21	=28	736	2:12.28	5	1216	44	8	1156	11:55.40	5	2140	5248	7

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified 13 boats and 46 athletes.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brodie Buckland James Marburg	Pair	6:24.83	2 SA/B	7.02.12	3 FA	7:02.12	5
Scott Brennan David Crawshay	Double sculls	6:21.25	4 R	6:25.36	1 SA/B	6:23.47	5 FB	6:22.19	8
Rod Chisholm Tom Gibson	Lightweight double sculls	6:47.33	3 R	6:34.29	3 SC/D	7:06.24	1 FC	6:44.40	13
James Chapman Josh Dunkley-Smith Drew Ginn Will Lockwood	Four	5:47.06 OR	1 SA/B	5:59.23	2 FA	6:05.19
Karsten Forsterling James McRae Chris Morgan Daniel Noonan	Quadruple sculls	5:41.56	3 SA/B	6:05.45	2 FA	5:45.22
Samuel Beltz Ben Cureton Anthony Edwards Todd Skipworth	Lightweight four	5:55.18	2 SA/B	6:05.31	3 FA	6:04.05	4
Josh Booth Bryn Coudraye Francis Hegerty Tobias Lister Samuel Loch Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Nick Purnell Matt Ryan Tom Swann	Eight	5:32.43	2 R	5:28.67	4 FA	5:51.87	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Crow	Single sculls	7:41.18	1 QF	7:34.29	1 SA/B	7:44.69	2 FA	7:58.04
Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait	Pair	7:01.60	1 FA	7:29.86
Kim Crow Brooke Pratley	Double sculls	6:48.80	1 FA	6:58.55
Hannah Every-Hall Bronwen Watson	Lightweight double sculls	7:05.30	2 SA/B	7:12.35	3 FA	7:20.68	5
Amy Clay Dana Faletic Pauline Frasca Kerry Hore	Quadruple sculls	6:17.52	2 R	6:18.80	1 FA	6:41.67	4
Renee Chatterton Sarah Cook Tess Gerrand Alexandra Hagan Sally Kehoe Elizabeth Patrick Robyn Selby Smith Phoebe Stanley Hannah Vermeersch	Eight	6:20.89	2 R	6:18.63	3 FA	6:18.86	6

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

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Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Tom Slingsby	Laser	2	1	2	6	9	2	15	1	1	1	9	43
Brendan Casey	Finn	25	7	9	16	10	17	19	9	9	5	EL	106	13
Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page	470	3	9	2	1	1	1	3	5	1	1	4	22
Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen	49er	8	1	2	4	2	1	10	6	9	5	4	1	1	1	3	4	56

Women

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Jessica Crisp	RS:X	11	10	17	17	7	12	5	8	13	13	EL	96	11
Krystal Weir	Laser Radial	18	18	10	23	7	35	7	12	4	22	EL	121	12
Elise Rechichi Belinda Stowell	470	14	7	3	21 BFD	9	7	9	13	4	1	16	83	7

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Round Robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
														valign=middle	Q-final	valign=middle		S-final	valign=middle	Final
Nina Curtis Olivia Price Lucinda Whitty	Elliott 6m	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	1 Q	valign=bottom	W (3–1)	valign=bottom	W (2–1)	valign=bottom	L (2–3)

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified the following shooters.^[29]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Clive Barton	Skeet	109	33	Did not advance
David Chapman	25 m rapid fire pistol	559	18	Did not advance
Michael Diamond	Trap	125	1 Q	145	4
Keith Ferguson	Skeet	116	20	Did not advance
Will Godward	10 m air rifle	588	40	Did not advance
Russell Mark	Double trap	128	20	Did not advance
Warren Potent	50 m rifle prone	591	32	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Daniel Repacholi	10 m air pistol	575	28	Did not advance
50 m pistol	557	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Dane Sampson	10 m air rifle	587	42	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1151	37	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	583	48	Did not advance
Adam Vella	Trap	119	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dina Aspandiyarova	10 m air pistol	382	14	Did not advance
Suzanne Balogh	Trap	72	3 Q	87	6
Hayley Chapman	25 m pistol	278	39	Did not advance
Lauryn Mark	Skeet	59	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Alethea Sedgman	10 m air rifle	387	52	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Robyn van Nus	10 m air rifle	391	45	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	570	41	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Lalita Yauhleuskaya	10 m air pistol	371	40	Did not advance
25 m pistol	288	23	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia entered swimmers in most events, after having achieved the qualifying standards (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)).^[30] 47 swimmers were selected to the team after the 2012 Australian Swimming Championships, held in Adelaide from 15 to 22 March 2012.^[31]

The Australian swimmers included the pre-Olympic favorite James Magnussen, competing in four of his individual and relay events, defending champion Stephanie Rice in the individual medley events, and breaststroker and former world-record holder Leisel Jones, who was at her fourth Olympics.

Australia left London with 10 swimming medals, one gold, six silver, and three bronze. The only gold medal was awarded to the women's 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay team. Swimmer Alicia Coutts became the nation's only female athlete to win five Olympic medals, including two from her individual events. Backstroker Emily Seebohm, on the other hand, broke a new Olympic record during the heats in the women's 100 m backstroke event, but managed to settle for silver in the finals. Jones and Rice qualified successfully for the final rounds of their respective individual events, but missed out of the medal standings. Magnussen, however, made a disappointing finish in all of his events, after winning only the silver medal in men's 100 m freestyle, behind U.S. swimmer Nathan Adrian, and the bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres medley relay event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Arnamnart	100 m backstroke	54.28	15 Q	54.48	16	Did not advance
Nick D'Arcy	200 m butterfly	1:56.25	12 Q	1:56.07	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	200 m freestyle	1:47.50	13 Q	1:46.80	8 Q	1:46.93	7
400 m individual medley	4:12.66	5 Q	4:13.49	7
align=left rowspan=2	Jayden Hadler	100 m butterfly	52.52	22	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:01.54	31	Did not advance
Ky Hurst	10 km open water	1:51:41.3	20
Mitch Larkin	align=left rowspan=2	200 m backstroke	1:57.53	10 Q	1:56.82	7 Q	1:58.02	8
Matson Lawson	1:58.92	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	James Magnussen	50 m freestyle	22.11	10 Q	22.00	11	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	48.38	4 Q	47.63	1 Q	47.53
David McKeon	400 m freestyle	3:48.57	13	Did not advance
Kenrick Monk	200 m freestyle	1:46.94	7 Q	1:47.38	13	Did not advance
Ryan Napoleon	400 m freestyle	3:47.01	6 Q	3:49.25	8
Jarrod Poort	1500 m freestyle	15:20.82	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Brenton Rickard	100 m breaststroke	1:00.07	14 Q	59.50	3 Q	59.87	6
200 m breaststroke	2:11.41	15 Q	2:09.31	5 Q	2:09.28	7
James Roberts	100 m freestyle	48.93	13 Q	48.57	=12	Did not advance
Christian Sprenger	100 m breaststroke	59.62	1 Q	59.61	4 Q	58.93
Hayden Stoeckel	100 m backstroke	53.88	9 Q	53.72	8 Q	53.55	7
Eamon Sullivan	50 m freestyle	22.27	16 Q	21.88	=7 Q	21.98	8
align=left rowspan=2	Daniel Tranter	200 m individual medley	1:59.70	13 Q	2:00.46	13	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:25.76	32	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Chris Wright	100 m butterfly	52.11	10 Q	52.11	11	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	1:56.69	14 Q	1:58.56	16	Did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy James Roberts Eamon Sullivan Matt Targett	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.29	1 Q	3:11.63	4
Thomas Fraser-Holmes Cameron McEvoy Ned McKendry David McKeon Kenrick Monk Ryan Napoleon	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:10.50	4 Q	7.07.00	5
Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen Brenton Rickard Christian Sprenger Hayden Stoeckel Matt Targett	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.73	4 Q	3:31.58

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jessica Ashwood	800 m freestyle	8:37.21	20	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Bronte Barratt	200 m freestyle	1:58.12	10 Q	1:56.08	1 Q	1:55.81
400 m freestyle	4:07.99	12	Did not advance
Bronte Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.87	9 Q	24.94	=10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Cate Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.94	=10 Q	25.01	13	Did not advance
100 m freestyle			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Alicia Coutts	100 m butterfly	57.36	3 Q	56.85	2 Q	56.94
200 m individual medley	2:10.74	5 Q	2:09.83	2 Q	2:08.15
Blair Evans	400 m individual medley	4:40.32	14	Did not advance
Sally Foster	200 m breaststroke	2:26.04	10 Q	2:24.48	8 Q	2:26.00	8
Melissa Gorman	10 km open water	1:58:53.1	11
Samantha Hamill	200 m butterfly	2:11.07	20	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Belinda Hocking	100 m backstroke	59.61	3 Q	59.79	4 Q	59.29	7
200 m backstroke	2:08.75	5 Q	2:09.35	10	Did not advance
Leisel Jones	100 m breaststroke	1:06.98	5 Q	1:06.81	5 Q	1:06.95	5
Meagen Nay	200 m backstroke	2:08.40	4 Q	2:07.42	3 Q	2:07.43	5
align=left rowspan=3	Kylie Palmer	200 m freestyle	1:58.16	11 Q	1:57.44	7 Q	1:57.68	8
400 m freestyle	4:07.27	11	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:35.75	18	Did not advance
Leiston Pickett	100 m breaststroke	1:07.41	11 Q	1:07.74	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Stephanie Rice	200 m individual medley	2:12.23	3 Q	2:10.80	5 Q	2:09.15	4
400 m individual medley	4:35.76	7 Q	4:35.49	6
align=left rowspan=2	Jessicah Schipper	100 m butterfly	59.17	24	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:08.74	12 Q	2:08.21	13	Did not advance
Melanie Schlanger	100 m freestyle	53.50	2 Q	53.38	2 Q	53.47	4
Emily Seebohm	100 m backstroke	58.23	1 Q	58.39	1 Q	58.68
Tessa Wallace	200 m breaststroke	2:26.94	16 Q	2:27.38	15	Did not advance
Cate Campbell Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Yolane Kukla Melanie Schlanger Emily Seebohm Lisbeth Trickett	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.34	1 Q	3:33.15
Angie Bainbridge Bronte Barratt Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Blair Evans Jade Neilsen Kylie Palmer Melanie Schlanger	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:49.44	1 Q	7:44.41
Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Leisel Jones Melanie Schlanger Emily Seebohm	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:55.42	1 Q	3:54.02

Synchronised swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified a duet and a team, for a total of nine athletes.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Eloise Amberger Sarah Bombell	Duet	77.400	23	77.480	154.880	23	Did not advance
Eloise Amberger Jenny-Lyn Anderson Sarah Bombell Olga Burtaev Tamika Domrow Bianca Hammett Tarren Otte Frankie Owen Samantha Reid	Team	77.500	8	77.430	154.930	8

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified four athletes for the singles competitions, and one team of three in both team competitions.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Justin Han	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 4–2	L 0–4	Did not advance
William Henzell		W 4–1	W 4–2	L 3–4	Did not advance
Robert Frank Justin Han William Henzell	Team	L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jian Fang Lay	align=left rowspan=2	Singles		W 4–1	L 3–4	Did not advance
Miao Miao		W 4–2	L 0–4	Did not advance
Jian Fang Lay Miao Miao Vivian Tan	Team	L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified two athletes.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Safwan Khalil	Men's −58 kg	W 9–4	L 3–5	Did not advance	W 4–1	L 1–3	Did not advance	5
Carmen Marton	Women's −67 kg	W 5–4	W 6–3	L 0–6		L 2–8	Did not advance	5

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bernard Tomic	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
Lleyton Hewitt	W 6–3, 4–6, 6–3	W 6–4, 7–5	L 6–4, 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Samantha Stosur	Singles	L 6–3, 5–7, 8–10	Did not advance
Jarmila Gajdošová Anastasia Rodionova	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Casey Dellacqua Samantha Stosur		L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Australia qualified six athletes.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Courtney Atkinson	align=left rowspan=3	Men's^[32]	17:26	0:39	1:16:53	0:28	31:58	1:49:19	18
Brad Kahlefeldt	18:06	0:39	1:18:25	0:29	31:29	1:50:23	32
Brendan Sexton	18:53	0:42	1:18:26	0:29	31:41	1:50:36	35
Erin Densham	Women's^[33]	19:25	0:40	1:05:33	0:30	33.42	1:59.50
Emma Jackson		19:25	0:42	1:05:32	0:30	35:07	2:01:16	8
Emma Moffatt		19:23	0:43	did not finish

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Australia qualified two women teams, one via the Olympic ranking and other after winning the AVC Continental Beach Volleyball Cup.^{[34] [35]}

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Louise Bawden Becchara Palmer	Women's	Pool E L 1 – 2 (18–21, 21–19, 8–15) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 15–21) L 1 – 2 (21–18, 16–21, 9–15)	4	Did not advance				19
Natalie Cook Tamsin Hinchley	Pool C L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21) L 1 – 2 (21–18, 20–22, 10–15) L 1 – 2 (16–21, 21–18, 11–15)	4	Did not advance				19

Indoor

Men's tournament

Australian men's team qualified after finishing 2nd FIVB in the men's Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo.^[36]

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified a men's and a women's team. Each team was made up of 13 athletes.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarter-final

Fifth-sixth place game

Seventh-eight place game

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia won 2 quotas in weightlifting.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Damon Kelly	Men's +105 kg	165	16	216	13	381	16
Seen Lee	Women's −63 kg	83	7	103	7	186	7

^[37]

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Australia qualified one quota place.

Men's freestyle

Media coverage

Nine Network and Foxtel won the television rights.^[39] Nine Network showed more than 300 hours of coverage over the 16 days. There was live coverage generally from 18:30 to 09:00 (Australian Eastern Standard Time) and a highlights package from 09:00 to 11:00 and 16:00 to 18:00 (AEST).^[40]

Foxtel had eight dedicated channels and showed 1,100 hours of live events, with a total coverage of 3,200 hours.^[41] Macquarie Radio Network and Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio are the radio rights holders.^[42]

External links

• Australian Olympic Committee London 2012 website
• London 2012 Olympics official website
• Web site: "Australia – Athletes" at the London 2012 Olympics . 18 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120826080858/http://www.london2012.com/country/australia/athletes/index.html . 26 August 2012 . bot: unknown .

Notes and References

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2. News: Nick Green: Olympic rower and team chef de mission . BackPage Lead . 31 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120524115348/http://www.backpagelead.com.au/twenty20/744-frank-costa-geelong-fc-president . 24 May 2012 .
3. News: Grin and bear it, Lauren: Jackson to carry flag at Olympics opening ceremony. 27 July 2012. 31 August 2012. The Sydney Morning Herald. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829093922/http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/off-the-field/grin-and-bear-it-lauren-jackson-to-carry-flag-at-olympics-opening-ceremony-20120727-22wlf.html. 29 August 2012.
4. Web site: Australian Olympic Committee: London 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120731170734/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athletes/2012-team-trivia. 31 July 2012. 31 July 2012.
5. News: Great expectations for super-sized team. 25 July 2012. Michael. Gleeson. The Age. Australia. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120729073848/http://www.theage.com.au/olympics/athletics-london-2012/great-expectations-for-supersized-team-20120724-22nk5.html. 29 July 2012.
6. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604220856/http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html. 4 June 2011 . live.
7. News: Steve Hooker can't recapture pole vault magic from Beijing. The Australian Sport. 11 August 2012. 31 August 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819215625/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/london-games/steve-hooker-cant-recapture-pole-vault-magic-from-beijing/story-fne39yqs-1226448063082. 19 August 2012.
8. Web site: Athletics Australia Statement from Phil Jones and Jared Tallent. Athletics Australia News, 24 March 2016. 17 June 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160629171229/http://athletics.com.au/News/Archive/Archive-List/jared-tallent-5. 29 June 2016.
9. News: Colasimone. Dan. Jared Tallent finally gets his gold medal for London Olympics 50k walk. 17 June 2016. ABC News. 17 June 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617042323/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-17/jared-tallent-finally-gets-his-gold-medal-ceremony/7519696. 17 June 2016.
10. Web site: Slalom Team announced: Youth and experience to take on London rapids. Australian Olympic Committee News, 19 March 2012. 6 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606134150/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/slalom-team-announced-youth-and-experience-to-take-on-london-rapids. 6 June 2012.
11. Web site: Powerhouse Olympic canoe team named. Australian Olympic Committee News, 27 April 2012. 6 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606132115/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/powerhouse-olympic-canoe-team-named. 6 June 2012.
12. Web site: From le Tour to London. Australian Olympic Committee. 25 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120626230739/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/from-le-tour-to-london. 26 June 2012.
13. Web site: Conomos. Taya. AUSSIE CYCLISTS TO RE-WRITE OLYMPIC HISTORY. 25 May 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120528060843/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/aussie-cyclists-to-re-write-olympic-history. 28 May 2012.
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