| Invictus Games – Sydney 2018 | |
| Host City: | Sydney, Australia |
| Motto: | Game On Down Under |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Debuting Countries: | 1 |
| Athletes: | ~500 |
| Opened By: | Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex |
| Stadium: | Sydney Olympic Park |
| Previous: | 2017 Toronto |
| Next: | 2020 The Hague |
The 2018 Invictus Games was an adaptive mulit-sport event for wounded, injured and ill veteran and active defence personnel, held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The fourth Invictus Games, an event founded in 2014 by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, included 13 sports (11 medal sports). It was the first Invictus Games held in the southern hemisphere.[1]
The events were staged on and around Sydney Harbour and at Sydney Olympic Park, in venues used for the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2] [3]
Jaguar Land Rover was the Presenting Partner for 2018 Sydney Invictus Games, as it had been for the Invictus Games since its inception in London in 2014. Premier Partners were Fisher House Foundation, Medibank, Sage Group, UNSW Canberra and Westpac. Aon, Boeing, Defence Housing Australia, Fidelity, Hyatt Regency Sydney, icare, ISPS Handa, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Minter Ellison, Raytheon, Royal Australian Mint, SAAB Australia, Ticketek, Unisys and Workwear Group were Official supporters. The event Official suppliers were Amazon, Accor, CSM Live, George P. Johnson, Gold Medal Systems, Goodman, Great Big Events, Harvey Norman, Isentia, Norwest, Ottobock, Pages and Technical Direction Company. The Packer Family Foundation was a Philanthropic Supporter. Founding Partners were the Australian Defence Force, Deloitte, Legacy NSW, Clubs NSW and RSL NSW. The Australian government donated $10,000 to the Games to mark the occasion of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.[5]
All 17 countries from the 2017 Games were invited to attend, with Poland joining for the first time, for a total of 18 countries.[6] [7]
Afghanistan
Australia (host)
Canada
Denmark
Estonia
France
United Kingdom
Georgia
Germany
Iraq
Italy
Jordan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Romania
Ukraine
United StatesAnother team titled "Unconquered" also participated in certain events consisting of competitors from multiple nations.[8]
Source: Web site: Competitors . 2018 Sydney Invictus Games . 28 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001825/https://www.invictusgames2018.org/the-games/competitors/ . 19 October 2018 . dead .
There were 12 adaptive sports contested at the Games (with golf and wheelchair tennis as non-medal sports) as well as the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge.[9]
Wheelchair rugby was held at the Quaycentre over a two-day period from 24 to 25 October.[10] Men and women competed in mixed teams. Competitors from 6 nations competed in wheelchair rugby at the 2018 Invictus Games.
Sitting volleyball was held at the Quaycentre over a two-day period from 22 to 23 October.[11] One event took place, which was jointly staged at the Genea Netball Centre and Quaycentre. Teams from 12 nations competed in this event.
There is no competitive medal tally at the Invictus Games. Medals are awarded, but Invictus Games does not endorse or maintain an official scoreboard of gold, silver and bronze medals.
Competitors, not athletes, participate in the event that supports rehabilitation and recovery for wounded, injured and ill defence personnel and veterans.
| Men's novice recurve | |||||
| Men's open recurve | |||||
| Women's novice recurve | |||||
| Women's open recurve | nowrap | ||||
| Team novice recurve | Maiia Moskvych Serhii Shymchak Andrii Usach | nowrap | Christian Claydon-Smith Morten Bach Jensen Anker Sewohl | Cyril Auxant Luc Berton Jean-François Montoya | |
| Team open recurve | Bonaventura Bove Piero Rosario Suma Fabio Tomasulo | Danut Nicola Ion-Catalin Pârvu Eugen-Valentin Pătru | Jennifer Collins Scott McNeice Poppy Pawsey | ||
| Men's open compound | |||||
| Women's open compound | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| Team open compound | nowrap | Ionut-Claudiu Butoi Augustin-Nicuşor Pegulescu Dorin Petrut | Matt Blunt Garry Robinson Steven Sandman | Derek Anderson Mathew Belear Frank Gauvin | |
| 100 m | IT1 | ||||
| 200 m | IT1 | ||||
| 400 m | IT1 | ||||
| 1500 m | IT1 | ||||
| Long jump | IJ1 | ||||
| Shot put | IF1 | ||||
| Discus throw | IF1 | ||||
| Shot put | IF2 | not awarded | |||
| Discus throw | IF2 | ||||
| 100 m | IT3 | ||||
| 200 m | IT3 | ||||
| 400 m | IT3 | ||||
| 1500 m | IT3 | ||||
| Long jump | IJ3 | not awarded | |||
| Shot put | IF3 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Discus throw | IF3 | not awarded | |||
| 100 m | IT4 | ||||
| 200 m | IT4 | ||||
| 400 m | IT4 | ||||
| 1500 m | IT4 | ||||
| Long jump | IJ4 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Shot put | IF4 | ||||
| Discus throw | IF4 | ||||
| 100 m | IT5 | nowrap | |||
| 200 m | IT5 | ||||
| 400 m | IT5 | not awarded | |||
| 1500 m | IT5 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Long jump | IJ5 | ||||
| Shot put | IF5 | ||||
| Discus throw | IF5 | ||||
| Shot put | IF6 | ||||
| Discus throw | IF6 | ||||
| 100 m | IT7 | ||||
| 200 m | IT7 | nowrap | |||
| 400 m | IT7 | nowrap | |||
| 1500 m | IT7 | ||||
| Shot put | IF7 | ||||
| Discus throw | IF7 | not awarded | |||
| 100 m | IT1 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 200 m | IT1 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Shot put | IF1 | not awarded | |||
| Discus throw | IF1 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 100 m | IT3 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 200 m | IT3 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 400 m | IT3 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 100 m | IT4 | ||||
| 200 m | IT4 | ||||
| 400 m | IT4 | ||||
| 1500 m | IT4 | ||||
| Shot put | IF4 | nowrap | |||
| Discus throw | IF4 | nowrap | |||
| 100 m | IT5 | nowrap | not awarded | not awarded | |
| Long jump | IJ5 | ||||
| Shot put | IF5 | ||||
| Discus throw | IF5 | ||||
| 100 m | IT7 | ||||
| 200 m | IT7 | ||||
| 400 m | IT7 | ||||
| 1500 m | IT7 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | Linn Aubrey Dillard Gabriel Graves-Wake Stephanie Johnson Dawn Maria Page | Naomi Adie Kelly Ganfield Alexandra McClellan Debbie O'Connell | not awarded | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | nowrap | Matt Model Nathan Parker Stix Parker Benjamin Yeomans | nowrap | Joe Dillnut Kushal Limbu Daniel Majid Alex Tate | nowrap | Benjamin Bouquet Guillaume Ducrocq Jean-Philippe Golf Mickael Ranchin |
| One-minute sprint | IR1 | |||||
| Four-minute endurance | not awarded | |||||
| One-minute sprint | IR2 | |||||
| Four-minute endurance | ||||||
| One-minute sprint | IR3 | nowrap | ||||
| Four-minute endurance | ||||||
| One-minute sprint | IR4 | |||||
| Four-minute endurance | ||||||
| One-minute sprint | IR5 | nowrap | nowrap | |||
| Four-minute endurance | ||||||
| One-minute sprint | IR6 | |||||
| Four-minute endurance |
| One-minute sprint | IR2 | nowrap | not awarded | not awarded | |
| One-minute sprint | IR3 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Four-minute endurance | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| One-minute sprint | IR4 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Four-minute endurance | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| One-minute sprint | IR5 | nowrap | |||
| Four-minute endurance | |||||
| One-minute sprint | IR6 | nowrap | |||
| Four-minute endurance |
| Team | nowrap | Cédric Arci Mickaël Ranchin | nowrap | Craig McGrath Scott Reynolds | nowrap | Daniel Bingley Mark Perkins |
| Men's lightweight | IP4 | nowrap | |||
| Men's midweight | IP5 | nowrap | |||
| Men's heavyweight | IP6 | nowrap | |||
| Women's lightweight | IP1 | ||||
| Women's midweight | IP2 | ||||
| Women's heavyweight | IP3 | ||||
| Hand bike time trial | IHB1 | |||||
| Hand bike criterium | ||||||
| Recumbent bike time trial | IRECB1 | |||||
| Recumbent bike criterium | ||||||
| Road cycling time trial | IRB1 | |||||
| Road cycling criterium | ||||||
| Hand bike time trial | IHB2 | |||||
| Hand bike criterium | nowrap | |||||
| Road cycling time trial | IRB2 | nowrap | nowrap | |||
| Road cycling criterium | ||||||
| Road cycling time trial | IRB3 | |||||
| Road cycling criterium | nowrap |
| Recumbent bike time trial | IRECB1 | ||||
| Recumbent bike criterium | nowrap | ||||
| Hand bike time trial | IHB2 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Hand bike criterium | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| Road cycling time trial | IRB2 | nowrap | |||
| Road cycling criterium | |||||
| Road cycling time trial | IRB3 | nowrap | |||
| Road cycling criterium | nowrap |
| Hansa Dinghy | nowrap | |||||
| Elliott 7 team | Paul Langley Craig McGrath Rob Saunders Marcus Wilson | nowrap | Joakim Juul Eriksen Johan Høeg Hansen Trine Holst Jensen Kim Wilsborg | nowrap | Jeroen Lunsingh Marc van de Kuilen Luuk Veltink Edwin Vermetten |
| Mixed team | nowrap valign=top | David Dardzuli Enver Giglemiani Besarion Gudushauri Giorgi Jabakhidze Paata Jibuti Levan Mikava Mirian Mirianashvili Manuchar Nakishashvili Murtaz Osepaishvili Kakhaberi Zirakashvili | nowrap valign=top | Daniel Bingley Kushal Limbu Scott McNeice Michael Mellon Pa Modou Njie Netra Rana James Rose Daniel Shanahan Aveuta Tuila Paul Twitchell Alan White Darren Young | nowrap valign=top | Egerd Erreline Rene Hinrikus Margus Hoop Ott Jõesaar Tarmo Lepik Ergo Mets Marek Piirimägi Madis Põri Ivan Smirnov Agor Tettermann |
| 50 m freestyle | ISA | not awarded | |||
| 100 m freestyle | not awarded | ||||
| 50 m backstroke | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| 50 m breaststroke | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| 50 m freestyle | ISB | nowrap | |||
| 100 m freestyle | |||||
| 50 m backstroke | nowrap | ||||
| 50 m breaststroke | |||||
| 50 m freestyle | ISC | ||||
| 100 m freestyle | nowrap | ||||
| 50 m backstroke | |||||
| 50 m breaststroke | |||||
| 50 m freestyle | ISD | ||||
| 100 m freestyle | |||||
| 50 m backstroke | |||||
| 50 m breaststroke |
| 50 m freestyle | ISB | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| 100 m freestyle | nowrap | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| 50 m backstroke | not awarded | not awarded | ||||
| 50 m breaststroke | not awarded | not awarded | ||||
| 50 m freestyle | ISC | |||||
| 100 m freestyle | ||||||
| 50 m backstroke | nowrap | |||||
| 50 m breaststroke | ||||||
| 50 m freestyle | ISD | |||||
| 100 m freestyle | ||||||
| 50 m backstroke | ||||||
| 50 m breaststroke | ||||||
| 4 × 50 m freestyle relay | Linn Aubrey Dillard Kira Lavine Kristen Elizabeth Morris Danielle Nichole Pothoof | nowrap | Unconquered Taryn Barbara Raina Marie Hockenberry Ruth Hunt Sonya Newman | not awarded | ||
| 4 × 50 m freestyle relay | nowrap | Tom Foster Dean Knobel Nathan Whittington Andrew Wilkinson | nowrap | Alex Dewar Richard Gamble Michael Goody David Watts | nowrap | Steven Bortle Dorian Gardner Alexis Eugene Padilla Michael Anthony Sousadocarma |
| Mixed team | nowrap | Ross Alewine Josue Paul Barron Brian Canich Chance Field Matthew Grashen Stephanie Johnson Alex Michael Nguyen Chris Parks Ryan Pinney Joshua David Smith George Edward Vera Brian Anthony Williams | nowrap valign=top | Jacco Dudink Jeroen Lunsingh Marc van de Kuilen Jelle van der Steen Ronald van Dort Edwin Vermetten Jeffrey Vroegop Alina Zoet | nowrap valign=top | Daniel Bingley Paul Guest Ryan Hewitt Lee Matthews Michael Mellon Richard Pullen James Rose |
| Mixed team | nowrap | Pete Arbuckle Matt Blunt Davin Bretherton Matthew Brumby Dave Connolly Mark Daniels Braedon Griffiths Trudi Lines Pete Rudland Jamie Tanner Jeff Wright | nowrap valign=top | Daniel Bingley Peter Dunning Michael Matthews Scott McNeice Michael Mellon Jeff Robinson Clive Smith Martin Tye | nowrap valign=top | Josue Paul Barron Jay Collins Brant Ireland Sebastiana Lopez Ryan Major Alex Michael Nguyen Joel Rodriguez Joshua David Smith Sua Tui Brian Anthony Williams |
ABC was the broadcast partner for the fourth Invictus Games with extensive broadcasting relating to the Invictus Games broadcast across the network on free-to-air, video on demand (iVIEW), YouTube live streaming, radio, podcasts and online.[12] APN Outdoor was the official outdoor media partner, and Facebook the social media partner.[13]