Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...

was the name of a combined team at the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...

in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, consisting of 26 athletes from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. The combined team had also competed at the 1908 Games
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

, but Australia
Australia at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Australia competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.A brother and sister combination swam for Australia, Frank and Lily Beaurepaire.- Silver:...

 and New Zealand
New Zealand at the 1920 Summer Olympics
New Zealand competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the first time that the nation had competed independently at the Olympic Games...

 would send separate teams to the next Games in 1920
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

.

There were three New Zealanders in the 1912 team; Malcolm Champion
Malcolm Champion
Malcolm Eadie Champion was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, and the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games...

, Tony Wilding
Tony Wilding
Anthony "Tony" Frederick Wilding was a champion tennis player from Christchurch, New Zealand and a soldier killed in action during World War I near Neuve-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France....

 and George Hill
George Hill (athlete)
George Neville Hill known as Neville Hill was a New Zealand track and field athlete who competed as a member of the Australasian team in the 1912 Summer Olympics at Stockholm....

. Wilding won a bronze medal in the men's indoor singles event, and Champion won a gold medal as part of the swimming relay team.

Gold

  • Fanny Durack
    Fanny Durack
    Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack was an Australian swimmer. From 1910 until 1918 she was the world's greatest female swimmer of all distances from freestyle sprints to the mile marathon.-Life and career:...

     — swimming, 100 metre freestyle
  • Leslie Boardman
    Leslie Boardman
    Leslie Boardman was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....

    , Malcolm Champion
    Malcolm Champion
    Malcolm Eadie Champion was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, and the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games...

    , Cecil Healy
    Cecil Healy
    Cecil Patrick Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay...

     and Harold Hardwick
    Harold Hardwick
    Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...

     — swimming, 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Silver

  • Cecil Healy
    Cecil Healy
    Cecil Patrick Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay...

     — swimming, 100 metre freestyle
  • Wilhelmina Wylie
    Mina Wylie
    Wilhelmina "Mina" Wylie was one of Australia's first two female Olympic swimming representatives, along with friend Fanny Durack.-Early life:...

     — swimming, 100 metre freestyle

Bronze

  • Harold Hardwick
    Harold Hardwick
    Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...

     — swimming, 400 metre freestyle
  • Harold Hardwick
    Harold Hardwick
    Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...

     — swimming, 1500 metre freestyle
  • Anthony Wilding
    Tony Wilding
    Anthony "Tony" Frederick Wilding was a champion tennis player from Christchurch, New Zealand and a soldier killed in action during World War I near Neuve-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France....

     — tennis, men's indoor singles

Swimming

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
Fanny Durack
Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack was an Australian swimmer. From 1910 until 1918 she was the world's greatest female swimmer of all distances from freestyle sprints to the mile marathon.-Life and career:...

 and Mina Wylie
Mina Wylie
Wilhelmina "Mina" Wylie was one of Australia's first two female Olympic swimming representatives, along with friend Fanny Durack.-Early life:...

, 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
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

) 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
Harold Hardwick
Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...

 and Cecil Healy
Cecil Healy
Cecil Patrick Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay...

 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
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Leslie Boardman
Leslie Boardman
Leslie Boardman was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....

100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had not been featured at the 1900 Games...

1:06:0 6 1:05.4 7 Did not advance
Malcolm Champion
Malcolm Champion
Malcolm Eadie Champion was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, and the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games...

400 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904...

5:37.0 5 5:38.0 6 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. At the 1904 and 1906 Olympics a one mile freestyle contest was held...

23:34.0 7 23:24.2 6 Did not finish
Fanny Durack
Fanny Durack
Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack was an Australian swimmer. From 1910 until 1918 she was the world's greatest female swimmer of all distances from freestyle sprints to the mile marathon.-Life and career:...

100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of a women's event in Olympic swimming, followed closely by the 4x100 metre free relay...

1:19.8 OR 1 1:20.2 1 1:22.2
Harold Hardwick
Harold Hardwick
Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...

100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had not been featured at the 1900 Games...

1:05.8 5 1:06.0 8 Did not advance
400 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904...

5:36.0 OR 3 5:31.0 3 5:31.2
1500 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. At the 1904 and 1906 Olympics a one mile freestyle contest was held...

23:23.2 6 23:14.0 4 23:15.4
Cecil Healy
Cecil Healy
Cecil Patrick Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay...

100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had not been featured at the 1900 Games...

1:05:2 3 1:04.8 5 1:05.6 3 1:04.6
400 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904...

5:34.0 OR 1 5:37.8 5 5:37.8 4
William Longworth
William Longworth
William Longworth was an Australian freestyle swimmer who competed for Australasia in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Rixs Creek, Singleton, New South Wales and died in Wahroonga, New South Wales....

100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had not been featured at the 1900 Games...

1:05.2 3 1:05.2 6 1:06.2 5 Did not start
1500 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. At the 1904 and 1906 Olympics a one mile freestyle contest was held...

23:03.6 3 Did not start Did not advance
Frank Schryver 200 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. Germany swept the medals in the event...

3:24.0 17 Did not advance
400 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre breaststroke
The men's 400 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904...

7:07.8 10 Did not advance
Theodore Tartakover 100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had not been featured at the 1900 Games...

1:12.2 ? Did not advance
400 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904...

Did not finish Did not advance
Mina Wylie
Mina Wylie
Wilhelmina "Mina" Wylie was one of Australia's first two female Olympic swimming representatives, along with friend Fanny Durack.-Early life:...

100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of a women's event in Olympic swimming, followed closely by the 4x100 metre free relay...

1:26.8 6 1:27.0 3 1:25.4
Leslie Boardman
Leslie Boardman
Leslie Boardman was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....


Malcolm Champion
Malcolm Champion
Malcolm Eadie Champion was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, and the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games...


Harold Hardwick
Harold Hardwick
Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...


Cecil Healy
Cecil Healy
Cecil Patrick Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay...

4x200 m freestyle relay
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908...

10:14.0 WR 1 10:11.2 WR

Athletics

Five athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games.
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
George Hill
George Hill (athlete)
George Neville Hill known as Neville Hill was a New Zealand track and field athlete who competed as a member of the Australasian team in the 1912 Summer Olympics at Stockholm....

5000 m
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 10000 metre event replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics...

15:56.8 ? Did not advance
10000 m
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 5000 metres replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics...

Did not finish Did not advance
William Murray 10 km walk
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 kilometre walk
The men's 10 kilometres walk was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of racewalking, which had debuted at the previous games with the 10 mile and 3500 metre walks. The 10 kilometre was the only...

Disqualified Did not advance
Stuart Poulter Marathon
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon
The men's marathon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The distance used was 40.2 kilometres, nearly 2...

Did not finish
Claude Ross 400 m
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics...

? ? Did not advance
William Stewart 100 m
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics...

11.0 ? ? ? Did not advance
200 m
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which has appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics...

26.0 ? Did not finish Did not advance

Rowing

Ten athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games.
Rower Cox Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Cecil McVilly
Cecil McVilly
Cecil Leventhorpe McVilly was an Australian rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.McVilly was born on in Hobart, the son of Joseph Henry McVilly, a newspaper editor, and his wife Marion Jane Thompson, née Smith. He was educated at Queen's College, Hobart. He was a sculler and won the...

Single sculls
Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's single sculls
The men's single sculls was a rowing event held as part of the Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.-Heats:...

Disqualified Did not advance
John Ryrie
Simon Fraser
Hugh Ward
Thomas Parker
Henry Hauenstein
Sydney Middleton
Sydney Middleton
Sydney Albert 'Syd' Middleton DSO, OBE was an Australian Army officer and national representative rugby union player and rower. He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics and competed in rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He had a distinguished career in World War I being awarded...


Harry Ross-Boden
Roger Fitzhardinge
Robert Waley Eights
Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's eights
The men's eights was a rowing event held as part of the Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event...

6:57.0 ? ? ? Did not advance

Tennis

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
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Anthony Wilding Indoor singles
Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Indoor Men's Singles
-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...


W – 6-0, 6-1, 6-1

W – 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

W – 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

L – 6-0, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

W – 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-0
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