Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Australia at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  AUS
NOC Australian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 24 in 5 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Olympic history (summary)
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* with New Zealand as Australasia
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906

Australia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August to 21 August 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in the team dressage.

Team leaders

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]

In April 2014 team leaders were selected for ten sports. They were; Michael Scott for swimming, Simon Nathan for athletics, Chris O'Brien for rowing, Richard Fox for canoeing and kayaking, Tim Mahon for shooting, Chris Webb for equestrian, Adam Sachs for gymnastics, Graeme Rose for diving, Bernard Savage for triathlon and Peter Conde for sailing.[2][3] In August 2014 a further six team leaders were named; former winner of The Open Championship, Ian Baker-Finch for golf; Luca Liussi and Scott Bowen, as heads of the men's and women's rugby sevens squads; former world cup bronze medalist Trish Heberle for the men's and women's field hockey teams; Jonathan Grady and Tamara Sheppard for the men's and women's basketball squads.[4]

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.[5][6]

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.[7]

Cycling

Australian cyclists qualify for the following events.[8]

Mountain biking

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.[9] The Australian eventing team also qualified for Rio by finishing fifth at the same World Games.[10]

Sailing

Australia has qualified one boat for each of the following events upon receiving a place from the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.[11]

Shooting

Australian shooters have achieved the following quotas based on their performance at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships.[12]

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)):[13][14] Swimmers must qualify at the 2016 Australian Swimming Championships (for pool events).

Olympic Qualifying Time

References

  1. ↑ Mackay, Duncan (23 August 2013). "Australia appoints first female Chef de Mission for Rio 201". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Australian Olympic Committee names 10 team leaders for Rio 2016". ABC News. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Butler, Nick (30 April 2014). "Australia's Campaign Rio steps up with sport team leaders announced". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Shirinian, Zjan (5 August 2014). "Major winner Baker-Finch to lead Australian golf team at Rio 2016". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Australia to splash cash on medal prospects". Reuters. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Butler, Nick (9 May 2014). "Funding boost for 650 Australian medal prospects for Rio 2016 unveiled". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Goddard, Emily (27 June 2014). "Sailing, swimming and taekwondo among sports to receive Australian Institute of Sport funding boost". Inside the Games. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Cooper, Fluker runners-up in Oceania Mountain Bike". Voxy.co.nz. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Australia secure Dressage Team spot for Rio, Hanna makes Special final". 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Williams, Ollie (31 August 2014). "World Equestrian Games: GB silver as Fox-Pitt wins bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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