Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Australia at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  AUS
NOC Australian Olympic Committee
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 348 in 24 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Australia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Australian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, alongside Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland.

Competitors

Kitty Chiller, who competed as a modern pentathlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, was selected as the team's Chef de Mission, the first female to hold the role for Australia.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 1 4
Athletics 15 23 38
Badminton 4 2 6
Basketball 12 12 24
Boxing 2 1 3
Canoeing 12 4 16
Cycling 13 9 22
Diving 4 4 8
Equestrian 1 1 12
Field hockey 16 16 32
Football 0 18 18
Gymnastics 1 2 3
Modern pentathlon 1 1 2
Rowing 12 7 19
Rugby sevens 12 12 24
Sailing 7 7 14
Shooting 12 6 18
Swimming 15 19 34
Synchronized swimming — 9 9
Table tennis 3 3 6
Taekwondo 2 2 4
Triathlon 1 1 2
Water polo 13 13 26
Wrestling 4 0 4
Total 165 173 348

Funding

In May 2014 Australian Sports Minister Peter Dutton announced that 650 Australian athletes identified as medal prospects would receive funding directly from a newly designed program that reallocated A$1.6 million from the Direct Athlete Support program.[2][3]

In June 2014 the Australian Institute of Sport revealed its allocation of A$120 million worth of funding for 2014-15. Sports to receive increased funding included canoeing, rowing, sailing, swimming and taekwondo.[4]

Archery

Three Australian archers qualified for the men's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[5] Another Australian archer has been added to the squad by finishing in the top two of the women's individual recurve at the Oceania Qualification Tournament in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.[6]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
  Men's individual
 
 
 
 
 		 Men's team N/A
  Women's individual

Athletics

Australian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[7][8] The team will select its athletes with a specific qualifying standard based on the results at the 2016 Australian Championships and Olympic Trials (March 31 to April 3) in Sydney.[9]

On 8 January 2016, the Australian Olympic Committee had selected the two long-distance runners (one each in both men's and women's 10,000 m) and three race walkers, including three-time Olympic medalist Jared Tallent, in the men's 50 km.[10] Twenty-seven track and field athletes, highlighted by 2012 Olympic champion Sally Pearson in the 100 m hurdles, were announced on 3 April 2016, following the completion of the Australian Championships.[11]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Dane Bird-Smith 20 km walk N/A
Josh Clarke 100 m BYE
Chris Erickson 50 km walk N/A
Alex Hartmann 200 m N/A
Luke Mathews 800 m N/A
David McNeill 10000 m N/A
Brendon Reading 50 km walk N/A
Brett Robinson 5000 m N/A
Jared Tallent 50 km walk N/A
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Damien Birkinhead Shot put
Henry Frayne Long jump
Benn Harradine Shot put
Fabrice Lapierre Long jump
Brandon Starc High jump
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Cedric Dubler Result
Points
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Milly Clark Marathon N/A
Melissa Duncan 1500 m
Madeline Heiner 3000 m steeplechase N/A
Michelle Jenneke 100 m hurdles
Genevieve LaCaze 3000 m steeplechase N/A
Morgan Mitchell 400 m
Victoria Mitchell 3000 m steeplechase N/A
Ella Nelson 200 m
Sally Pearson 100 m hurdles
Anneliese Rubie 400 m
Rachel Tallent 20 km walk N/A
Jessica Trengrove Marathon N/A
Lisa Weightman N/A
Eloise Wellings 5000 m N/A
10000 m N/A
Lauren Wells 400 m hurdles
Morgan Mitchell
Anneliese Rubie

 4×400 m relay N/A
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Alana Boyd Pole vault
Chelsea Jaensch Long jump
Kim Mickle Javelin throw
Kathryn Mitchell
Eleanor Patterson High jump
Kelsey-Lee Roberts Javelin throw
Dani Samuels Discus throw
Brooke Stratton Long jump

Badminton

Australia has qualified a total of six badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: one entry each in the men's and women's singles, as well as the pair each in the men's and mixed doubles through the Oceania continental representation system.[12]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Ashwant Gobinathan Singles
Matthew Chau
Sawan Serasinghe		 Doubles N/A
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Wendy Chen Hsuan-Yu Singles
Mixed
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Robin Middleton
Leanne Choo		 Doubles

Basketball

Men's tournament

Australia men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship in Melbourne and Wellington.[13]

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 OQT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 OQT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Women's tournament

Australia women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championships in Melbourne and Tauranga.[14]

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 OQT 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 OQT 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 OQT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.

Boxing

Australia has entered three boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Daniel Lewis, Jason Whateley, and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Shelley Watts had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China.[15][16]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Daniel Lewis Middleweight
Jason Whateley Heavyweight
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Shelley Watts Lightweight

Canoeing

Slalom

Australian canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the 2016 Oceania Championships.[17] They must also compete at the Australian Open and in two trials of the Oceania Championships, both held in Penrith, New South Wales, to assure their selection to the nation's Olympic slalom canoeing team.[18]

On February 25, 2016, the Australian Olympic Committee had announced the entire Olympic team of slalom canoeists for the Games, including 2012 Olympic silver medalist Jessica Fox in the women's K-1.[19]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ian Borrows Men's C-1
Lucien Delfour Men's K-1
Jessica Fox Women's K-1

Sprint

Australian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and the 2016 Oceania Championships (the first of 2 Olympic selection trials).[20][21] They must also compete at the 2016 Australian National Sprint Championships in Perth (March 2 to 8) to assure their selection to the nation's Olympic sprint canoeing team.[22]

The entire Olympic team of sprint canoe and kayak paddlers were named on 16 March 2016, featuring two of men's K-4 1000 m champions Murray Stewart and Jacob Clear, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Ken Wallace, and three-time bronze medalist Martin Marinov, who has been set to appear at his fifth Games.[23] The final women's spot on the team will be determined at the completion of ICF World Cup meet in Duisburg, Germany by May 2016.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stephen Bird K-1 200 m
Daniel Bowker K-1 1000 m
Riley Fitzsimmons
Jordan Wood		 K-2 1000 m
Martin Marinov
Ferenc Szekszárdi		 C-2 1000 m
Jacob Clear
Murray Stewart
Lachlan Tame
Ken Wallace		 K-4 1000 m
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
K-1 500 m
Alyssa Bull
Alyce Burnett		 K-2 500 m

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

Cycling

Road

Australian riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).[24]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
  Road race
Time trial
  Road race
Time trial
  Road race
 
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Road race
Time trial

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Australian riders have accumulated spots in both men's and women's team pursuit, and men's and women's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Australia has won the right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.[25]

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
  Men's sprint  
 
 
 
 		 Men's team sprint  
 		 N/A
Women's sprint  
 
 
 		 Women's team sprint  
 		 N/A
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank
 
 
 
 		 Men's team pursuit
 
 
 
 		 Women's team pursuit
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Men's keirin
Women's keirin
Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Individual pursuit Elimination race Time trial Flying lap Points race Total points Rank
Rank Time Rank Rank Time Rank Time Rank Points Rank
Men's omnium
Women's omnium

Mountain biking

Diving

Australian divers qualified for eight individual spots and three synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. They must compete at the 2016 Australian Open Championships to assure their selection to the Olympic team.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
  3 m springboard
 
  10 m platform
 
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
  3 m springboard
 
  10 m platform
 
 
 		 3 m synchronized springboard N/A

Equestrian

Australia is expected to be confirmed as having qualified a complete team in dressage by finishing in tenth position in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, held in Normandy, France. The team will qualify as the top ranked nation from South East Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Middle East.[26] The Australian eventing team also qualified for Rio by finishing fifth at the same World Games.[27]

Dressage

Dressage shortlist is expected to be announced by April 15. Final dressage team will be named after the FEI Nations Cup event in Rotterdam (23-26 June 2016).[28]

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
  Individual
 






See above Team N/A

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank

 Individual







See above Team N/A

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Jumping

First two members of the jumping team (Keach and Tops-Alexander) were announced on April 28. The two remaining spots will be named in late June, after FEI Nations Cup events in Linz, Odense and Sopot.[29]

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
Scott Keach Fedor Individual
Edwina Tops-Alexander Caretina de Joter


Scott Keach
Edwina Tops-Alexander


 See above Team N/A

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Australia men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the second stop of the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.[30] Only three nations qualified through this route, but India had already secured qualification as the continental champion after the team's success at the 2014 Asian Games, leaving the remaining teams automatically received three quotas.

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host.

Women's tournament

Australia women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the second stop of the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.[31]

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.

Football

Women's tournament

Australia women's football team qualified for the Olympics, by virtue of a top two finish in the 2015–16 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Japan.[32][33]

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals or elimination[lower-alpha 1]
4  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA
Notes:
  1. ↑ The two best third-placed teams across all three groups will advance to the quarter-finals.

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03)
15:00

Canada  Match 2  Australia

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
18:00

Germany  Match 9  Australia

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
16:00

Australia  Match 17  Zimbabwe

Golf

Australia is expecting to send up to five golfers for the sport's first Olympic appearance since 1904. A maximum of four golfers from each country who are listed in the top 15 players, or two from the top 60, on the International Golf Federation's Olympic rankings on 11 July 2016 will be permitted to compete.[34]

Adam Scott, seventh in the men's world rankings, announced in April 2016 that he would not compete in Rio, choosing instead to focus on the 2016 PGA Tour.[35] Marc Leishman, who was in line to be selected following Scott's withdrawal announced on 5 May 2016 that he would not play in Rio as his wife Audrey is recovering from toxic shock syndrome.[36]

Gymnastics

Artistic

Australia has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition, failing to send any of the all-around teams for the first time since 1988. This Olympic berth had been awarded to the Australian female gymnast, who participated in the apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[37]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
 

Rhythmic

Australia has qualified one rhythmic gymnast in the individual all-around for the Games by picking up the continental spot as Oceania's sole representative at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[38]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Individual

Trampoline

Australia has qualified one gymnast in the men's trampoline by virtue of a top six finish at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[39]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Men's

Modern pentathlon

Australia has qualified the following athletes based on the results from the 2015 Asian/Oceania Championships.[40]

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)		 Swimming
(200 m freestyle)		 Riding
(show jumping)		 Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)		 Total points Final rank
Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Max Esposito Men's
Chloe Esposito Women's

Rowing

Australian rowers have qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2015 FISA World Championships.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank


 Pair N/A


Double sculls N/A




Four N/A




Quadruple sculls N/A
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Single sculls


Double sculls N/A




Quadruple sculls N/A

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

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

The Australian men's team qualified for the Games by winning the 2015 FORU Men's Sevens Championships.[41][42]

Team roster

Women's tournament

The Australian women's team qualified for the Games by virtue of a third-place finish in the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[43]

Team roster

Sailing

Australian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and Oceanian qualifying regattas.[44] On 4 December 2015, the Australian Olympic Committee had announced the first three double-handed crews to compete at the Games, including defending champions Iain Jensen and Nathan Outteridge (49er) and Mathew Belcher (470).[45] Laser sailor Tom Burton was named to the Australian team in March 2016, and was followed by two female sailing crews (Smith & Ryan in 470, and Stoddart in Laser Radial) two months later. Further sailors from the remaining fleets (Finn, women's RS:X, & 49er) are expected to round out the selection by late May 2016, once the appeal process had been concluded.[46]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Tom Burton Laser N/A
Finn N/A
Mathew Belcher
William Ryan		 470 N/A
Iain Jensen
Nathan Outteridge		 49er
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
RS:X
Ashley Stoddart Laser Radial N/A
Jaime Ryan
Carrie Smith		 470 N/A
 
 		 49erFX
Mixed
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Jason Waterhouse
Lisa Darmanin		 Nacra 17

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

Shooting

Australian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Oceanian Championships, as long as they have obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[47][48] They must compete in two selection meets of the Australia Cup in Sydney to attain their benchmark scores and assure their selection to the Olympic team.

The Australian Olympic Committee confirmed a roster of sixteen shooters to the Olympic team in a selection event on April 8, 2016, with Belarussian-born Lalita Yauhleuskaya remarkably going to her sixth Olympics, reigning World champion Warren Potent to his fifth, and pistol ace Daniel Repacholi to his fourth.[49]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Paul Adams Skeet
Blake Blackburn 10 m air pistol N/A
David Chapman 25 m rapid fire pistol N/A
Keith Ferguson Skeet
William Godward 50 m rifle 3 positions N/A
Warren Potent 50 m rifle prone N/A
Daniel Repacholi 10 m air pistol N/A
50 m pistol N/A
Jack Rossiter 10 m air rifle N/A
Dane Sampson 10 m air rifle N/A
50 m rifle prone N/A
50 m rifle 3 positions N/A
James Willett Double trap
  Trap
 
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Elena Galiabovitch 10 m air pistol N/A
25 m pistol
Jennifer Hens 10 m air rifle N/A
Aislin Jones Skeet
Laetisha Scanlan Trap
Catherine Skinner
Lalita Yauhleuskaya 10 m air pistol N/A
25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Australian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[50][51] To assure their nomination to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual pool events under both the benchmark standard and the FINA A-cut at the 2016 Australian Championships and Olympic Trials (April 7 to 14) in Adelaide.

A total of 34 swimmers (15 men and 19 women) were named to the Australian team for the Olympics, featuring 2015 World backstroke double champions Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm, sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, siblings David and Emma McKeon, London 2012 medalists Alicia Coutts and Bronte Barratt, and freestyle aces Cameron McEvoy (sprint) and Mack Horton (long-distance).[52]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Josh Beaver 200 m backstroke
Kyle Chalmers 100 m freestyle
Thomas Fraser-Holmes 200 m freestyle
400 m individual medley N/A
Mack Horton 400 m freestyle N/A
1500 m freestyle N/A
Grant Irvine 200 m butterfly
Mitch Larkin 100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
Travis Mahoney 400 m individual medley N/A
Cameron McEvoy 50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
David McKeon 400 m freestyle N/A
Jack McLoughlin 1500 m freestyle N/A
David Morgan 200 m butterfly
Jake Packard 100 m breaststroke
Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Jacob Hansford*
Mack Horton*
Cameron McEvoy
David McKeon
Daniel Smith		 4×200 m freestyle relay N/A
Mitch Larkin
Cameron McEvoy
David Morgan
Jake Packard
Joshua Palmer*		 4×100 m medley relay N/A
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jessica Ashwood 400 m freestyle N/A
800 m freestyle N/A
Bronte Barratt 200 m freestyle
Georgia Bohl 100 m breaststroke
Bronte Campbell 50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
Cate Campbell 50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
Tamsin Cook 400 m freestyle N/A
Alicia Coutts 200 m individual medley
Blair Evans 400 m individual medley N/A
Madeline Groves 100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
Belinda Hocking 200 m backstroke
Emma McKeon 200 m freestyle
100 m butterfly
Taylor McKeown 100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
Keryn McMaster 400 m individual medley N/A
Kotuku Ngawati 200 m individual medley
Emily Seebohm 100 m backstroke
Brianna Throssell 200 m butterfly
Madison Wilson 100 m backstroke
Bronte Campbell
Cate Campbell
Brittany Elmslie
Emma McKeon		 4×100 m freestyle relay N/A
Bronte Barratt
Madeline Groves
Emma McKeon
Leah Neale		 4×200 m freestyle relay N/A
Georgia Bohl
Bronte Campbell*
Cate Campbell
Emma McKeon
Taylor McKeown*
Emily Seebohm		 4×100 m medley relay N/A

Synchronized swimming

Australia has fielded a squad of nine synchronized swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team events, by virtue of their top national finish for Oceania at the 2015 FINA World Championships.[53]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
 
 		 Duet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		 Team N/A

Table tennis

Australia has fielded a team of four table tennis players (two men and two women) at the Olympics. David Powell and Chris Yan secured the spots in the men's singles, while Olympic veteran Lay Jian Fang and Melissa Tapper, the first Australian to compete at both Olympics and Paralympics, did so in the women's singles, by virtue of their top three finish respectively at the Oceania Qualification Tournament in Bendigo, New South Wales.[54]

Hu Heiming and Sally Zhang were each awarded the third spot to build the men's and women's teams for the Games as the top Oceania nation in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.[55]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
David Powell Singles
Chris Yan
Hu Heiming
David Powell
Chris Yan		 Team N/A
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Lay Jian Fang Singles
Melissa Tapper
Lay Jian Fang
Melissa Tapper
Sally Zhang		 Team N/A

Taekwondo

Australia entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition. Sisters Caroline and 2012 Olympian Carmen Marton, along with the latter's husband Safwan Khalil, and Iranian-born fighter Hayder Shkara secured spots in the women's lightweight (57 kg), women's welterweight (67 kg), men's flyweight (58 kg), and men's welterweight category (80 kg) respectively by virtue of their top finish at the 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Port Moresby.[56]

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
Hayder Shkara Men's −80 kg
Caroline Marton Women's −57 kg
Carmen Marton Women's −67 kg

Triathlon

Australian triathletes qualified for the following events at the 2016 Olympic Games. Marcel Walkington and two-time Olympian Emma Moffatt secured their Olympic spots in the men's and women's triathlon, respectively, as a result of their gold medal victory at the 2016 Oceanian Championships in Gisborne, New Zealand.[57]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Marcel Walkington Men's
Emma Moffatt Women's

Water polo

Men's tournament

Australia men's water polo team was confirmed by the NOC to compete at the Olympic Games through an Oceania continental selection.[53]

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host.
6 August 2016
Brazil  –  Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
8 August 2016
Hungary  –  Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
10 August 2016
Australia  –  Japan Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
12 August 2016
Serbia  –  Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
14 August 2016
Australia  –  Greece Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Women's tournament

Australia women's water polo team was confirmed by the NOC to compete at the Olympic Games through an Oceania continental selection.[53]

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Brazil (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host.
9 August 2016
Russia  –  Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
11 August 2016
Italy  –  Australia Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro
13 August 2016
Australia  –  Brazil Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

Wrestling

Australia has qualified four wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.[58][59] The entire wrestling squad was announced on 12 April 2016, with Sahit Prizreni remarkably going to his third Olympics after he represented Albania in 2004 and 2008.[60]

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Sahit Prizreni −65 kg
Talgat Ilyasov −74 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Vinod Kumar −66 kg
Ivan Popov −130 kg

See also

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