Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Australasia at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg
Australasian Olympic Flag
IOC code ANZ
in Stockholm
Competitors26 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Malcolm Champion
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (1896–1904, 1920–)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (1920–)

Australasia was the name of a combined team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, consisting of 26 athletes from Australia and New Zealand. The combined team had also competed at the 1908 Games, but Australia and New Zealand would send separate teams to the next Games in 1920.

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There were three New Zealanders in the 1912 team; Malcolm Champion, Anthony Wilding and George Hill. Wilding won a bronze medal in the men's indoor tennis singles, and Champion won a gold medal as part of the swimming relay team.

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fanny Durack (AUS) Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle July 12
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Leslie Boardman (AUS), Malcolm Champion (NZL)
Cecil Healy (AUS), Harold Hardwick (AUS)
Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay July 15
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Cecil Healy (AUS) Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle July 10
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mina Wylie (AUS) Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle July 12
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harold Hardwick (AUS) Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle July 14
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harold Hardwick (AUS) Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle July 10
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anthony Wilding (NZL) Tennis Men's indoor singles May 12

Results by sport

Athletics

Five athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games.

AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
George Hill 5000 m 15:56.8 ?Did not advance
10000 m Did not finishDid not advance
William Murray 10 km walk DisqualifiedDid not advance
Stuart Poulter Marathon Did not finish
Claude Ross 400 m DNFDid not advance
William Stewart 100 m 11.0 ? ? ?Did not advance
200 m 26.0 ?Did not finishDid not advance

Rowing

Ten athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. It was a match racing format.

RowerCoxEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Cecil McVilly Single sculls DisqualifiedDid not advance
John Ryrie
Simon Fraser
Hugh Ward
Thomas Parker
Henry Hauenstein
Sydney Middleton
Harry Ross-Soden
Roger Fitzhardinge
Robert Waley Eight 6:57.0WonLostDid not advance

Swimming

Nine athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. The team finished with six medals, two of each color, as well as one world record and an additional Olympic record at the end of the Games.

Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the two women who swam for Australasia, finished first and second in the only women's individual event, the 100 metres freestyle. Durack set a new Olympic record in the quarterfinals, which held throughout the rest of the competition.

The men's freestyle relay team earned the gold medal, breaking the world record of 10:26.4 (itself being newly set after the Americans broke the 10:53.4 set by the British team at the 1908 Summer Olympics) swam by the United States team in the first semifinal by swimming 12.4 seconds faster in the second final. The Australasia team dropped the world record in that event a further 2.8 seconds in the final.

Harold Hardwick and Cecil Healy each briefly took the Olympic record in the men's 400 meters freestyle heats, with the pair finishing third and fourth, respectively, in the final. Hardwick took another bronze medal in the 1500 free, while Healy took silver in the 100 free.

SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Leslie Boardman 100 m freestyle 1:06:061:05.47Did not advance
Malcolm Champion 400 m freestyle 5:37.055:38.06Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 23:34.0723:24.26Did not finish
Fanny Durack 100 m freestyle 1:19.8 OR11:20.211:22.2 Gold medal icon.svg
Harold Hardwick 100 m freestyle 1:05.851:06.08Did not advance
400 m freestyle 5:36.0 OR35:31.035:31.2 Bronze medal icon.svg
1500 m freestyle 23:23.2623:14.0423:15.4 Bronze medal icon.svg
Cecil Healy 100 m freestyle 1:05:231:04.851:05.631:04.6 Silver medal icon.svg
400 m freestyle 5:34.0 OR15:37.855:37.84
William Longworth 100 m freestyle 1:05.231:05.261:06.25Did not start
1500 m freestyle 23:03.63Did not startDid not advance
Frank Schryver 200 m breaststroke 3:24.017Did not advance
400 m breaststroke 7:07.810Did not advance
Theodore Tartakover 100 m freestyle 1:12.2 ?Did not advance
400 m freestyle Did not finishDid not advance
Mina Wylie 100 m freestyle 1:26.861:27.031:25.4 Silver medal icon.svg
Leslie Boardman
Malcolm Champion
Harold Hardwick
Cecil Healy
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 10:14.0 WR110:11.2 WR Gold medal icon.svg

Tennis

One athlete competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. Anthony Wilding competed only in the indoor men's singles, finishing with the bronze medal.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Anthony Wilding Men's indoor singles Flag of Sweden.svg  Silfverstolpe  (SWE)
W – 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Grönfors  (SWE)
W – 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Caridia  (GBR)
W – 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Dixon  (GBR)
L – 6–0, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lowe  (GBR)
W – 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–0
Bronze medal icon.svg

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