Australasia at the Olympics

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Australasia at the
Olympics
Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg
Australasian Olympic Flag
IOC code ANZ
Medals
Ranked 85th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
5
Total
12
Summer appearances
Other related appearances
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (1896–1904, 1920–)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (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.

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Participation

Timeline of participation

DateTeam
1900–1904Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
1908–1912Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg  Australasia  (ANZ)
1920–Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1908 London 32 1225 11
1912 Stockholm 26 2237 12
Total34512 85

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Swimming pictogram.svg  Swimming 2338
Rugby union pictogram.svg  Rugby union 1001
Boxing pictogram.svg  Boxing 0101
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 0011
Tennis pictogram.svg  Tennis 0011
Total34512

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
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Australia national team 1 1908 London Rugby union Men's competition
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Snowy Baker 1908 London Boxing Men's middleweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Frank Beaurepaire 1908 London Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harry Kerr 1908 London Athletics Men's 3500 m walk
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Frank Beaurepaire 1908 London Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fanny Durack 1912 Stockholm Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cecil Healy
Malcolm Champion
Leslie Boardman
Harold Hardwick
1912 Stockholm Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Cecil Healy 1912 Stockholm Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mina Wylie 1912 Stockholm Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harold Hardwick 1912 Stockholm Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harold Hardwick 1912 Stockholm Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anthony Wilding 1912 Stockholm Tennis 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

References

  1. "Harry Kerr". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. "Malcolm Champion". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. "Anthony Wilding". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2016.