Australia / New Zealand Travel

  1. Home
  2. Travel
  3. Australia / New Zealand Travel

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Australia's Medal Winners

By Larry Rivera, About.com

August 8-24, 2008

Australia's medal winners to date:

GOLD

  • Bronte Barratt, Stephanie Rice, Linda Mackenzie, Kylie Palmer, swimming, women's 4x200m freestyle relay, 7:44.31 (world record)
  • Duncan Free, Drew Ginn, rowing, men's pair without coxswain, 6:37.44
  • Emma Snowsill, women's individual triathlon, 1h58:27.66
  • Ken Wallace, canoe/kayak flatwater, kayak single (K1) men's 500m, 1:37.252
  • Leisel Jones, swimming, women's 100m breaststroke, 1:05.17 (Olympic record)
  • Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Emily Seebohm, Lisbeth Trickett, swimming, women's 4x100m medley relay, 3:52.69 (world record)
  • Lisbeth Trickett, swimming, women's 100m butterfly, 26.77
  • Malcolm Page, Nathan Wilmot, sailing, men's 470 class, two person dinghy, 44.0
  • Matthew Mitcham, diving, men's 10m platform, 537.95
  • Scott Brennan, David Crawshay, rowing, men's double sculls, 6:27.77
  • Stephanie Rice, swimming, women's 400m individual medley, 4:29.45 (world record).
  • Stephanie Rice, swimming, women's 200m individual medley, 2:08.45 (world record)
  • Steve Hooker, athletics, men's pole vault, 5.96 (Olympic record)
  • Tessa Parkinson, Elise Rechichi, sailing, women's 470 class, two person dinghy, 43.0

SILVER

  • Andrew Lauterstein, Brenton Rickard, Hayden Stoeckel, Eamon Sullivan, swimming, men's 4x100m medley relay, 3:30.04
  • Anna Meares, cycling, track, women's sprint
  • Australia, women's basketball
  • Brenton Rickard, swimming, men's 200m breaststroke, 2:08.88
  • Briony Cole, Melissa Wu, women's synchronised diving 10m platform, 335.16
  • Clayton Fredericks, Lucinda Fredericks, Sonja Johnson, Megan Jones, Shane Rose, equestrian, team eventing, 171.20
  • Eamon Sullivan, swimming, men's 100m freestyle, 47/32
  • Glenn Ashey, Darren Bundock, sailing, Tornado class - double handed catamaran
  • Grant Hackett, swimming, men's 1500m freestyle, 14:41.53
  • Jacqueline Lawrence, canoe/kayak slalom racing, women's K1 (kayak single), 206.94
  • Jared Tallent, athletics, men's 50km walk, 3h39:27
  • Leisel Jones, swimming, women's 200m breaststroke, 2:22.05
  • Lisbeth Trickett, swimming, women's 100m freestyle, 53.16
  • Francis Heggerty, James Marburg, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg, Matt Ryan, rowing, men's four without coxswain, 6:07.85
  • Sally Mclellan, athletics, women's 100m hurdles, 12.64

BRONZE

  • Andrew Lauterstein, swimming, men's 100m butterfly, 51.12
  • Ashley Callus, Andrew Lauterstein, Eamon Sullivan, Matt Targett, swimming, men's 4x100m freestyle relay, 3:09.91
  • Australia, men's hockey
  • Australia, softball
  • Australia, women's water polo
  • Cate Campbell, swimming, women's 50m freestyle, 24.17
  • Cate Campbell, Alice Mills, Melanie Schlanger, Libby Trickett, swimming, women's 4x100m freestyle relay, 3:35.05.
  • Emma Moffatt, women's individual triathlon, 1h59:55.84
  • Grant Brits, Nick Ffrost, Grant Hackett, Patrick Murphy, swimming, 4x200m freestle relay, 7:04.98
  • Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty, Chantal Meek, Lisa Oldenhof, canoe/kayak flatwater, women's kayak four (K4) 500m, 1:34.704
  • Hayden Stoeckel, swimming, men's 100m backstroke, 53.18
  • Jared Tallent, men's athletics, 20km walk, 1h19:42
  • Jessicah Schipper, swimming, women's 200m butterfly, 2:06.26
  • Jessicah Schipper, swimming, women's 100m butterfly, 57.25
  • Ken Wallace, canoe/kayak flatwater, kayak single (K1) men's 1000m, 3:27.485
  • Robin Bell, men's canoe/kayak single (C1) slalom, 180.59
  • Warren Potent, shooting, men's 50m rifle prone, 700.5

Australia won a total of 14 gold, 15 silver and 17 bronze medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Larry Rivera
Guide since 1997

Larry Rivera
Australia / NZ Travel Guide

Explore Australia / New Zealand Travel

About.com Special Features

Australia / New Zealand Travel

  1. Home
  2. Travel
  3. Australia / New Zealand Travel
  4. Events and Festivals
  5. Australia's Medal Winners - Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.