Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | AUS |
NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Sochi | |
Competitors | 60 in 11 sports |
Flag bearers | Alex Pullin (opening)[1][2] David Morris (closing)[3][4] |
Medals Ranked 24th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Australia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Australia's team consisted of 60 athletes competing in 11 sports, which represented the largest Winter Olympics team the country had ever sent.[5]
Medalists
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Alpine skiing
[edit]Australia had five athletes in qualification position.[6]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dominic Demschar[7] | Men's giant slalom | 1:26.47 | 42 | 1:27.30 | 38 | 2:53.77 | 39 |
Men's slalom | 58.52 | 66 | DNF | ||||
Ross Peraudo | Men's giant slalom | 1:29.07 | 50 | DNF | |||
Men's slalom | DNF | ||||||
Emily Bamford | Women's giant slalom | 1:28.57 | 56 | 1:27.23 | 49 | 2:55.80 | 50 |
Women's slalom | 1:02.13 | 41 | DNF | ||||
Lavinia Chrystal | Women's giant slalom | 1:25.18 | 46 | 1:23.39 | 39 | 2:48.57 | 40 |
Women's slalom | 59.74 | 34 | 58.16 | 33 | 1:57.90 | 32 | |
Greta Small | Women's combined | 1:47.99 | 29 | 52.31 | 12 | 2:40.30 | 15 |
Women's downhill | — | 1:44.79 | 29 | ||||
Women's giant slalom | 1:25.22 | 47 | 1:24.44 | 42 | 2:49.66 | 41 | |
Women's slalom | 1:01.19 | 40 | 56.41 | 28 | 1:57.60 | 31 | |
Women's super-G | — | DNF |
Biathlon
[edit]Australia was awarded quota spots in biathlon after higher-placed nations decided to forgo their athlete allocations. The full list of biathlon team was announced on 24 January 2014.[8]
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Alexei Almoukov | Men's sprint | 27:24.6 | 2 (0+2) | 73 |
Men's individual | 54:35.4 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 45 | |
Lucy Glanville | Women's sprint | 26:57.1 | 2 (0+2) | 82 |
Women's individual | 1:01:00.7 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | 78 |
Bobsleigh
[edit]Australia had one sled in each of the three events for a total of 6 athletes. Bobsleigh rider Jana Pittman made history for Australia as she became the nation's first female athlete to compete in both Summer and Winter Olympics. She previously competed as a sprinter in track and field at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[9]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Duncan Harvey Heath Spence* |
Two-man | 57.96 | 28 | 57.99 | 26 | 57.78 | 25 | Did not advance | 2:53.73 | 26 | |
Duncan Harvey Lucas Mata Gareth Nichols Heath Spence* |
Four-man | 56.20 | 20 | 56.21 | 21 | 56.23 | 19 | Did not advance | 2:48.64 | 20 | |
Jana Pittman Astrid Radjenovic* |
Two-woman | 58.62 | 15 | 58.50 | 13 | 59.06 | 15 | 58.37 | 8 | 3:54.55 | 14 |
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
Cross-country skiing
[edit]Australia had four athletes in qualification position.[6]
- Distance
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Phil Bellingham | Men's 15 km classical | — | 46:16.4 | +7:46.7 | 76 | |||
Callum Watson | — | 45:46.5 | +7:16.8 | 75 | ||||
Callum Watson | Men's 30 km skiathlon | 40:09.8 | 62 | 36:21.6 | 59 | 1:17:00.4 | +8:45.0 | 60 |
Esther Bottomley | Women's 10 km classical | — | 34:30.1 | +6:12.3 | 61 | |||
Aimee Watson | — | 34:56.0 | +6:38.2 | 63 | ||||
Aimee Watson | Women's 30 km freestyle | — | 1:34:00.1 | +22:54.9 | 54 |
- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Phil Bellingham | Men's sprint | 3:45.65 | 55 | Did not advance | |||||
Callum Watson | 5:29.62 | 85 | Did not advance | ||||||
Phil Bellingham Callum Watson |
Men's team sprint | — | 25:54.31 | 12 | Did not advance | ||||
Esther Bottomley | Women's sprint | 2:50.54 | 56 | Did not advance |
Figure skating
[edit]Australia had achieved three quota places:[10] Australian skater Chantelle Kerry appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport asking that Brooklee Han should not be able to represent Australia, because she did not have federation approval. This appeal was rejected.[11]
Athlete | Event | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Brendan Kerry | Men's singles | 47.12 | 29 | Did not advance | |||
Brooklee Han | Ladies' singles | 49.32 | 22 Q | 94.52 | 18 | 143.84 | 20 |
Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman | Ice dancing | 52.68 | 20 Q | 75.85 | 20 | 128.53 | 20 |
Freestyle skiing
[edit]Australia had eighteen athletes in qualification position.[6] The full list of Australian freestyle skiers was officially named on 22 January 2014.[12]
- Aerials
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
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Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | |||||||
Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
David Morris | Men's aerials | 118.59 | 2 Q | Bye | 101.87 | 8 Q | 115.05 | 4 Q | 110.41 | ![]() | |
Lydia Lassila | Women's aerials | 66.12 | 15 | 90.65 | 1 Q | 95.76 | 2 Q | 99.22 | 2 Q | 72.12 | ![]() |
Laura Peel | 67.68 | 13 | 85.99 | 3 Q | 83.79 | 5 Q | 64.50 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
Danielle Scott | 85.36 | 3 Q | Bye | 76.23 | 9 | Did not advance | |||||
Samantha Wells | 78.12 | 7 | 57.13 | 12 | Did not advance |
- Halfpipe
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
Amy Sheehan | Women's halfpipe | 19.60 | 70.60 | 70.60 | 12 Q | 15.00 | 40.60 | 40.60 | 10 |
Davina Williams | 5.40 | 63.00 | 63.00 | 15 | Did not advance |
- Moguls
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | ||
Dale Begg-Smith | Men's moguls | 25.06 | 13.56 | 19.74 | 19 | 28.39 | 5.04 | 9.65 | 15 | Did not advance | |||||||||||
Matt Graham | 24.36 | 15.02 | 21.53 | 10 Q | Bye | 24.85 | 16.21 | 22.49 | 7 Q | 25.08 | 17.14 | 23.31 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||||
Sam Hall | 24.52 | 12.35 | 18.79 | 21 | 27.54 | 6.49 | 11.50 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||||||||||
Brodie Summers | 25.73 | 15.69 | 21.56 | 9 Q | Bye | 25.73 | 15.91 | 21.78 | 13 | Did not advance | |||||||||||
Britteny Cox | Women's moguls | 31.74 | 14.84 | 20.19 | 12 | 31.48 | 10.1 | 19.93 | 4 Q | 30.87 | 15.18 | 20.88 | 8 Q | 30.73 | 15.84 | 21.59 | 4 Q | 31.19 | 13.86 | 19.43 | 5 |
Taylah O'Neill | 33.14 | 13.78 | 18.57 | 16 | 33.39 | 9.4 | 17.81 | 7 Q | 33.03 | 13.34 | 18.18 | 16 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Nicole Parks | 31.45 | 13.02 | 18.49 | 17 | 32.65 | 8.7 | 17.77 | 8 Q | 32.05 | 13.14 | 18.37 | 15 | Did not advance |
- Ski cross
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Anton Grimus | Men's ski cross | 1:16.82 | 5 | DNF | Did not advance | 25 | ||
Scott Kneller | 1:18.58 | 24 | 3 | Did not advance | 23 | |||
Katya Crema | Women's ski cross | 1:23.47 | 11 | 2 Q | 1 Q | 3 FB | 3 | 7 |
Sami Kennedy-Sim | 1:38.51 | 25 | DNF | Did not advance | 28 | |||
Jenny Owens | 1:59.84 | 26 | 2 Q | 3 | Did not advance | 12 |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
- Slopestyle
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
Russ Henshaw | Men's slopestyle | 84.60 | 83.40 | 84.60 | 5 Q | 80.40 | 28.80 | 80.40 | 8 |
Anna Segal | Women's slopestyle | 75.40 | 78.80 | 78.80 | 7 Q | 77.00 | 28.80 | 77.00 | 4 |
Luge
[edit]Australia qualified a place in the men's singles when Alex Ferlazzo finished in the top 38 (with a maximum of three per nation qualifying) during the 2013–14 Luge World Cup.[13]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alex Ferlazzo | Men's singles | 53.528 | 29 | 53.686 | 34 | 53.323 | 33 | 53.507 | 35 | 3:34.044 | 33 |
Short track speed skating
[edit]Based on their performance at World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013, Australia qualified 1 man (500 m) and 1 woman (1000 m, 1500 m).[14] Pierre Boda qualified to be Australia's male representative by beating Andy Jung in a three race series.[15] Deanna Lockett represented the women.[16]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Pierre Boda | 500 m | 42.702 | 4 | Did not advance | 30 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Deanna Lockett | 1000 m | 1:34.845 | 1 Q | 1:29.256 | 3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
1500 m | 2:25.140 | 5 | — | Did not advance | 26 |
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Skeleton
[edit]Australia had one sled in the men's event and two in the women's for a total of 3 athletes.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
John Farrow | Men's | 57.84 | 19 | 57.73 | 19 | 57.75 | 16 | 57.35 | 16 | 3:50.67 | 17 |
Lucy Chaffer | Women's | 1:00.16 | 20 | 59.25 | 10 | 58.74 | =13 | 58.49 | 9 | 3:56.64 | 17 |
Michelle Steele | 59.42 | 10 | 59.41 | 14 | 58.76 | 15 | 58.69 | 16 | 3:56.28 | =14 |
Snowboarding
[edit]Australia had thirteen athletes in qualification position.[6]
- Freestyle
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
Kent Callister | Halfpipe | 87.00 | 25.50 | 87.00 | 6 QS | 49.25 | 79.50 | 79.50 | 3 Q | 40.00 | 68.50 | 68.50 | 9 |
Scott James | 68.50 | 15.00 | 68.50 | 10 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Nathan Johnstone | 86.00 | 27.50 | 86.00 | 7 QS | 25.75 | 73.50 | 73.50 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
Scott James | Slopestyle | 36.00 | 44.00 | 44.00 | 11 QS | 77.25 | 19.00 | 77.25 | 8 | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
Torah Bright | Halfpipe | 93.00 | 28.75 | 93.00 | 1 QF | Bye | 58.25 | 91.50 | 91.50 | ![]() | |||
Holly Crawford | 43.00 | 33.75 | 43.00 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Stephanie Magiros | 27.25 | 57.25 | 57.25 | 9 QS | 26.50 | 20.50 | 26.50 | 12 | Did not advance | ||||
Hannah Trigger | 51.25 | 33.00 | 51.25 | 10 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Torah Bright | Slopestyle | 85.25 | 80.00 | 85.25 | 2 QF | Bye | 64.75 | 66.25 | 66.25 | 7 |
Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
- Snowboard cross
Athlete | Event | Seeding | 1/8 Final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Cam Bolton | Men's snowboard cross | CAN | 1 Q | 1 Q | 4 FB | DNF | 11 | |
Jarryd Hughes | CAN | 3 Q | 5 | Did not advance | =17 | |||
Alex Pullin | CAN | 1 Q | 4 | Did not advance | =13 | |||
Torah Bright | Women's snowboard cross | 1:23.96 | 15 | — | 5 | Did not advance | 18 | |
Belle Brockhoff | 1:23.22 | 7 | — | 3 Q | 5 FB | 2 | 8 |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final
Speed skating
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Daniel Greig | 500 m | 1:20.55 | 40 | 35.29 | 17 | 1:55.84 | 39 |
1000 m | — | 1:10.13 | 22 |
References
[edit]- ^ Webster, Andrew (6 February 2014). "Sochi Winter Olympics: Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin named Australia's flagbearer for opening ceremony". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ Webster, Andrew (6 February 2014). "Sochi Winter Olympics: David Morris is Australia's flagbearer for closing ceremony". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Australia team increased to 60 for Sochi". Associated Press. Sydney, Australia. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Summary of Quota allocation as per 30.12.2013" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ Thatcher, Leslie (23 January 2014). "Dominic Demschar Named To Australian Olympic Team". KPCW. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ Conomos, Taya. "Olympic Surprise for Australian Biathletes". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Souness, Damien. "Jana Pittman to make history at Winter Olympics". Sportal. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ Wheeler, Alice (28 September 2013). "Brooklee Han secures Olympic quota place". Official Site of the 2014 Australian Olympic Team. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ Cullen, Glenn (19 December 2013). "Australian skater loses Olympic appeal". NineMsn. Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ Sharwood, Anthony. "Australia names 56 athletes in biggest ever Winter Olympic Games team". News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ Viessmann Luge World Cup 2013/2014 Standing - World Cup Men
- ^ "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ Smart, Nick (31 December 2013). "Pierre Boda beats mate Andy Jung for Winter Olympics speed skating berth". couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ Jeffrey, Nicole (31 December 2013). "Beating a mate for Olympics berth 'bittersweet'". The Australian. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
External links
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