Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Australasia at the
1912 Summer Olympics

Australasian Olympic Flag

IOC code| ANZ
in Stockholm
Competitors| 26 in 4 sports
Flag bearer| Malcolm Champion
Medals
Ranked 12th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1908
* 1912

Other related appearances
Australia (1896–1904, 1920–)
New Zealand (1920–)

Australasia was the name of a combined team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, consisting of 26 athletes from Australia and New Zealand. The combined team had also competed at the 1908 Games, but Australia and New Zealand would send separate teams to the next Games in 1920.

There were three New Zealanders in the 1912 team; Malcolm Champion, Anthony Wilding and George Hill. Wilding won a bronze medal in the men's indoor tennis singles, and Champion won a gold medal as part of the swimming relay team.

## Medallists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Fanny Durack (AUS) | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle | July 12
Gold | Leslie Boardman (AUS), Malcolm Champion (NZL)
Cecil Healy (AUS), Harold Hardwick (AUS) | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | July 15
Silver | Cecil Healy (AUS) | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle | July 10
Silver | Mina Wylie (AUS) | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle | July 12
Bronze | Harold Hardwick (AUS) | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | July 14
Bronze | Harold Hardwick (AUS) | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle | July 10
Bronze | Anthony Wilding (NZL) | Tennis | Men's indoor singles | May 12

## Results by sport

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### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Five athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games.

Athlete  | Events  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
George Hill | 5000 m |  | 15:56.8  | ?  | Did not advance
10000 m |  | Did not finish  | Did not advance
William Murray | 10 km walk |  | Disqualified  | Did not advance
Stuart Poulter | Marathon |  | Did not finish
Claude Ross | 400 m | DNF | —  | Did not advance
William Stewart | 100 m | 11.0  | ?  | ?  | ?  | Did not advance
200 m | 26.0  | ?  | Did not finish  | Did not advance

### Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Ten athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. It was a match racing format.

Rower  | Cox  | Events  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Cecil McVilly |  | Single sculls | Disqualified  | Did not advance
John Ryrie
Simon Fraser
Hugh Ward
Thomas Parker
Henry Hauenstein
Sydney Middleton
Harry Ross-Soden
Roger Fitzhardinge | Robert Waley | Eight | 6:57.0  | Won  | Lost  |  | Did not advance

### Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Nine athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. The team finished with six medals, two of each color, as well as one world record and an additional Olympic record at the end of the Games.

Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the two women who swam for Australasia, finished first and second in the only women's individual event, the 100 metres freestyle. Durack set a new Olympic record in the quarterfinals, which held throughout the rest of the competition.

The men's freestyle relay team earned the gold medal, breaking the world record of 10:26.4 (itself being newly set after the Americans broke the 10:53.4 set by the British team at the 1908 Summer Olympics) swam by the United States team in the first semifinal by swimming 12.4 seconds faster in the second final. The Australasia team dropped the world record in that event a further 2.8 seconds in the final.

Harold Hardwick and Cecil Healy each briefly took the Olympic record in the men's 400 meters freestyle heats, with the pair finishing third and fourth, respectively, in the final. Hardwick took another bronze medal in the 1500 free, while Healy took silver in the 100 free.

Swimmer  | Events  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Leslie Boardman | 100 m freestyle | 1:06:0  | 6  | 1:05.4  | 7  | Did not advance
Malcolm Champion | 400 m freestyle |  | 5:37.0  | 5  | 5:38.0  | 6  | Did not advance
1500 m freestyle |  | 23:34.0  | 7  | 23:24.2  | 6  | Did not finish
Fanny Durack | 100 m freestyle |  | 1:19.8 OR | 1  | 1:20.2  | 1  | 1:22.2  |
Harold Hardwick | 100 m freestyle | 1:05.8  | 5  | 1:06.0  | 8  | Did not advance
400 m freestyle |  | 5:36.0 OR | 3  | 5:31.0  | 3  | 5:31.2  |
1500 m freestyle |  | 23:23.2  | 6  | 23:14.0  | 4  | 23:15.4  |
Cecil Healy | 100 m freestyle | 1:05:2  | 3  | 1:04.8  | 5  | 1:05.6  | 3  | 1:04.6  |
400 m freestyle |  | 5:34.0 OR | 1  | 5:37.8  | 5  | 5:37.8  | 4
William Longworth | 100 m freestyle | 1:05.2  | 3  | 1:05.2  | 6  | 1:06.2  | 5  | Did not start
1500 m freestyle |  | 23:03.6  | 3  | Did not start  | Did not advance
Frank Schryver | 200 m breaststroke |  | 3:24.0  | 17  | Did not advance
400 m breaststroke |  | 7:07.8  | 10  | Did not advance
Theodore Tartakover | 100 m freestyle | 1:12.2  | ?  | Did not advance
400 m freestyle |  | Did not finish  | Did not advance
Mina Wylie | 100 m freestyle |  | 1:26.8  | 6  | 1:27.0  | 3  | 1:25.4  |
Leslie Boardman
Malcolm Champion
Harold Hardwick
Cecil Healy | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  | 10:14.0 WR | 1  | 10:11.2 WR |

### Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics

One athlete competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. Anthony Wilding competed only in the indoor men's singles, finishing with the bronze medal.

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals  | Rank

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
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Anthony Wilding | Men's indoor singles |  |  Silfverstolpe (SWE)
W – 6–0, 6–1, 6–1  |  Grönfors (SWE)
W – 6–3, 6–3, 6–3  |  Caridia (GBR)
W – 6–1, 6–2, 6–2  |  Dixon (GBR)
L – 6–0, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4  |  Lowe (GBR)
W – 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–0  |

## References

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* The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 – Official Report (digitized copy online)
* International Olympic Committee website for Stockholm 1912
* Australian Olympic Committee
* sports-reference[dead link]

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1912 Australasian Olympic team

Athletics|

* George Hill†
* William Murray
* Stuart Poulter
* Claude Ross
* William Stewart

Rowing|

* Roger Fitzhardinge
* Simon Fraser
* Henry Hauenstein
* Cecil McVilly
* Sydney Middleton
* Thomas Parker
* Harry Ross-Soden
* John Ryrie
* Robert Waley
* Hugh Ward

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* Leslie Boardman
* Malcolm Champion†
* Fanny Durack
* Harold Hardwick
* Cecil Healy
* William Longworth
* Frank Schryver
* Theo Tartakover
* Mina Wylie

Tennis|

* Anthony Wilding†

† New Zealand nationals

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Nations at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden

* Australasia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bohemia
* Canada
* Chile
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
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* Norway
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* Russia
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