Australasia at the Olympics explained

Noc:ANZ
Games:Olympics
Flagcaption:Australasian Olympic Flag
Rank:85
Gold:3
Silver:4
Bronze:5
See also: (1896–1904, 1920–)
(1920–)

Australasia was a combined team of athletes from Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand that competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. When the Olympic Games resumed in 1920 after World War I, the two nations sent separate teams to the Games, and have done so ever since.

Participation

Timeline of participation

Date Team
1900–1904
1908–1912
1920–

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1 2 2 5 11
2 2 3 7 12
Total 3 4 5 12 85

Medals by sport

width=120SportGoldSilverBronzewidth=60Total
2 3 3 8
1 0 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
Total 3 4 5 12

List of medalists

The Australasia team won a total of twelve medals in the two Olympiads in which they competed, mostly in swimming. One New Zealander won a medal in 1908 (Harry Kerr a bronze in athletics[1]), and two New Zealanders (Malcolm Champion a gold in swimming,[2] Anthony Wilding a bronze in tennis[3]) won medals in 1912; all other medalists for Australasia were Australians.

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Australia national team1 Men's competition
Men's middleweight
Men's 400 m freestyle
Men's 3500 m walk
Men's 1500 m freestyle
Women's 100 m freestyle
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Men's 100 m freestyle
Women's 100 m freestyle
Men's 1500 m freestyle
Men's 400 m freestyle
Men's indoor singles

1 Rugby players who competed at the 1908 Games:

Phil Carmichael, Charles Russell, Daniel Carroll, Jack Hickey, Frank Smith, Chris McKivat, Arthur McCabe, Thomas Griffen, Jumbo Barnett, Patrick McCue, Sydney Middleton, Tom Richards, Malcolm McArthur, Charles McMurtrie, Robert Craig

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harry Kerr . . 20 August 2016 . 13 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210113215024/https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/harry-kerr/ . live .
  2. Web site: Malcolm Champion . . 20 August 2016 . 19 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210219092859/https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/malcolm-champion/ . live .
  3. Web site: Anthony Wilding . . 20 August 2016 . 2 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201102121328/https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/anthony-wilding/ . live .