Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Australasia was the name of the team was made up of athletes from Australia and New Zealand and took part in the Summer Olympic Games in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. A total of 26 participants from both countries. Australasia has performed at the Summer Olympics in 1908 as a merger of Australia and New Zealand. In the following 1920 Summer Olympics, both teams were separated to each other.

The team consisted of three New Zealanders together ( Malcolm Champion, Tony Wilding and George Hill ) and 23 Australians. Tony Wilding won a bronze medal in the indoor tennis and Malcolm Champion as part of the swimming team a gold medal.

  • 2.1 Athletics
  • 2.2 Rowing
  • 2.3 Swimming
  • 2.4 Tennis

Medalist

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Participants by sport

Athletics

  • William Murray 10 - kilometer walk: DSQ
  • George Hill 5000 meters: ? 10000 meters DNF
  • Stuart Poulter Marathon: DNF
  • Claude Ross 400 meters: ?
  • William Stewart 100 meters: Heats 200 meters: Heats

Rowing

  • Cecil McVilly One: DSQ
  • John Ryrie, Simon Fraser, Hugh Ward, Thomas Parker, Henry Hauenstein, Sydney Middleton, Harry Ross- ground and Roger Fitzhardinge Eighth: quarter-finals

Swimming

  • Leslie Boardman 100m freestyle: Quarter-finals 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay: Gold
  • Malcolm Champion 400 -meter freestyle: Semi-finals 1500 meters freestyle: DNF in the final 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay: Gold
  • Fanny Durack Women's 100m freestyle: Gold
  • Harold Hardwick 100m freestyle: Quarter-finals 400 -meter freestyle: Bronze 1500 meters freestyle: Bronze 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay: Gold
  • Cecil Healy 100m freestyle: Silver 400 -meter freestyle: 4th place 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay: Gold
  • William Longworth 100m freestyle: waiver of participation in the final 1500 meters freestyle: waiver of participation in the semi-finals
  • Frank Schryver 200m breaststroke: Quarter-finals 400 Meter Breaststroke: Quarter-finals
  • Theodore Tartakover 100m freestyle: Flow 400 -meter freestyle: Quarter-finals
  • Wilhelmina Wylie 100m freestyle: Silver

Tennis

  • Anthony Wilding Men's indoor tournament: Bronze
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