View source for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

{{infobox country at games
| NOC = AUS
| NOCname = [[Australian Olympic Committee]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 2008
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = {{url|www.olympics.com.au }}
| location = [[Beijing]]
| competitors = '''433'''
| sports = '''26'''
| flagbearer = [[James Tomkins (rower)|James Tomkins]] (opening)<br />[[Stephanie Rice]] (closing)
| rank = 6
| gold = 14
| silver = 15
| bronze = 17
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = [[Australia at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1906]] Intercalated Games<br />{{flagIOC|ANZ}} (1908–1912)
}}

A total of 433 competitors competed for '''Australia at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]''' in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Portals/3/pdf/2008_Australian_Team_030808.pdf |title=2008 Australian Olympic Team |work=olympics.com.au/ |date=4 August 2008 |access-date=2008-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911144149/http://www.olympics.com.au/Portals/3/pdf/2008_Australian_Team_030808.pdf |archive-date=September 11, 2008 }}</ref> This was Australia's second largest Olympic contingent after the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, which included 482 competitors.  Australian athletes have competed in every [[Summer Olympic Games]] of the modern era.

In addition to competitors, 418 officials and 38 medical personnel were part of the Australian team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympics.com.au/TheTeam/2008TeamTrivia/tabid/359/Default.aspx?link=359& |title=Team Trivia |work=olympics.com.au/ |date=4 August 2008 |access-date=2008-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080806084036/http://www.olympics.com.au/TheTeam/2008TeamTrivia/tabid/359/Default.aspx?link=359& |archive-date=6 August 2008 }}</ref>  Australia competed in 26 of the 28 Olympic program sports; they failed to qualify in baseball and [[team handball]]. Australia also sent a men's but not a women's [[association football|football (soccer)]] squad, and had two [[beach volleyball]] but no [[indoor volleyball]] teams competing.

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Stephanie|Rice}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley|Women's 400 m individual medley]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Lisbeth|Trickett}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|Women's 100 m butterfly]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Leisel|Jones}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke|Women's 100 m breaststroke]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Stephanie|Rice}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley|Women's 200 m individual medley]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Stephanie|Rice}}<br />[[Bronte Barratt]]<br />[[Kylie Palmer]]<br />[[Linda Mackenzie]]<br />[[Felicity Galvez]]*<br />[[Angie Bainbridge]]*<br />[[Melanie Schlanger]]*<br />[[Lara Davenport]]* || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Drew|Ginn}}<br />{{sortname|Duncan|Free}} || [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Men's coxless pair]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Scott|Brennan|Scott Brennan (rower)}}<br />{{sortname|David|Crawshay}} || [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls|Men's double sculls]]
|-
|{{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Emily|Seebohm}}<br />{{sortname|Leisel|Jones}}<br />{{sortname|Jessicah|Schipper}}<br />{{sortname|Libby|Trickett}}<br />{{sortname|Tarnee|White}} *<br />{{sortname|Felicity|Galvez}}*<br />{{sortname|Shayne|Reese}}*|| [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Emma|Snowsill|Emma Snowsill}} || [[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Triathlon]] || [[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's|Women's triathlon]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Nathan|Wilmot}}<br />{{sortname|Malcolm|Page|Malcolm Page (sailor)}} || [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Sailing]] || [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470 class|Men's 470 class]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Tessa|Parkinson}}<br />{{sortname|Elise|Rechichi}} || [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Sailing]] || [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470 class|Women's 470 class]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Steven|Hooker}} || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Men's pole vault]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Ken|Wallace|Ken Wallace (canoeist)}} || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres|Men's K-1 500 m]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Matthew|Mitcham}} || [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|Men's 10 m platform]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Briony|Cole}}<br />[[Melissa Wu (diver)|Melissa Wu]] || [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Diving]] || [[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|Women's 10 m synchronised platform]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Clayton|Fredericks}}<br />[[Lucinda Fredericks]]<br />[[Sonja Johnson]]<br />[[Megan Jones (rider)|Megan Jones]]<br />[[Shane Rose]] || [[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]] || [[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team eventing]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Eamon|Sullivan}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|Men's 100 m freestyle]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Brenton|Rickard}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|Men's 200 m breaststroke]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Leisel|Jones}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|Women's 200 m breaststroke]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Libby|Trickett}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|Women's 100 m freestyle]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Jacqueline|Lawrence|Jacqueline Lawrence (canoeist)}} || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|Women's slalom K-1]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Matt|Ryan|Matt Ryan (rower)}}<br />[[James Marburg]]<br />[[Cameron McKenzie-McHarg]]<br />[[Francis Hegerty]] || [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Men's coxless four]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Grant|Hackett}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle|Men's 1500 m freestyle]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Hayden|Stoeckel}}<br />{{sortname|Brenton|Rickard}}<br />{{sortname|Andrew|Lauterstein}}<br />{{sortname|Eamon|Sullivan}}<br />{{sortname|Ashley|Delaney}} *<br />{{sortname|Christian|Sprenger}}*<br />{{sortname|Adam|Pine}}*<br />{{sortname|Matt|Targett|Matt Targett (swimmer)}}* || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Anna|Meares}} || [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint|Women's sprint]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Sally|McLellan}} || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|Women's 100 m hurdles]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Darren|Bundock}}<br />{{sortname|Glenn|Ashby}} || [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Sailing]] || [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado class|Tornado class]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Jared|Tallent}} || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Australia|women's national basketball team}}<br/>{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|[[Suzy Batkovic]]|[[Tully Bevilaqua]]|[[Rohanee Cox]]|[[Hollie Grima]]|[[Kristi Harrower]]|[[Lauren Jackson]]|[[Erin Phillips]]|[[Emma Randall]]|[[Jenni Screen]]|[[Belinda Snell]]|[[Laura Summerton]]|[[Penny Taylor]]}}}}
|| [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Basketball]] || [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women|Women's tournament]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Cate|Campbell}}<br />[[Alice Tait|Alice Mills]]<br />[[Melanie Schlanger]]<br />[[Libby Trickett]]<br />[[Shayne Reese]]* || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Jessicah|Schipper}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|Women's 100 m butterfly]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Eamon|Sullivan}}<br />[[Andrew Lauterstein]]<br />[[Ashley Callus]]<br />[[Matt Targett (swimmer)|Matt Targett]]<br />[[Leith Brodie]]*<br />[[Patrick Murphy (swimmer)|Patrick Murphy]]* || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Hayden|Stoeckel}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|Men's 100 m backstroke]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Robin|Bell}} || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|Men's slalom C-1]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Patrick|Murphy|Patrick Murphy (swimmer)}}<br />[[Grant Hackett]]<br />[[Grant Brits]]<br />[[Nick Ffrost]]<br />[[Leith Brodie]]*<br />[[Kirk Palmer]] * || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Jessicah|Schipper}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|Women's 200 m butterfly]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Warren|Potent}} || [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|Men's 50 m rifle prone]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Andrew|Lauterstein}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|Men's 100 m butterfly]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Jared|Tallent}} || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Cate|Campbell}} || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|Women's 50 m freestyle]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Emma|Moffatt|Emma Moffatt}} || [[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Triathlon]] || [[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's|Women's triathlon]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Australia|women's national softball team}}<br/>{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:32em|{{ubl|[[Jodie Bowering]]|[[Kylie Cronk]]|[[Kelly Hardie]]|[[Tanya Harding]]|[[Sandy Lewis (softball)|Sandy Lewis]]|[[Simmone Morrow]]|[[Tracey Mosley]]|[[Stacey Porter]]|[[Melanie Roche]]|[[Justine Smethurst]]|[[Danielle Stewart]]|[[Natalie Titcume]]|[[Natalie Ward (softball player)|Natalie Ward]]|[[Belinda Wright (softball)|Belinda Wright]]|[[Kerry Wyborn]]}}}}
|| [[Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Softball]] || [[Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Women's tournament]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Australia|women's national water polo team}}<br/>{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|[[Gemma Beadsworth]]|[[Nikita Cuffe]]|[[Suzie Fraser]]|[[Taniele Gofers]]|[[Kate Gynther]]|[[Amy Hetzel]]|[[Bronwen Knox]]|[[Emma Knox]]|[[Alicia McCormack]]|[[Melissa Rippon]]|[[Rebecca Rippon]]|[[Mia Santoromito]]|[[Jenna Santoromito]]}}}}
|| [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Water polo]] || [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Women's tournament]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || [[Ken Wallace (canoeist)|Ken Wallace]] || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|Men's K-1 1000 m]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || [[Lisa Oldenhof]]<br />[[Hannah Davis (kayaker)|Hannah Davis]]<br />[[Chantal Meek]]<br />[[Lyndsie Fogarty]] || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || [[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres|Women's K-4 500 m]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Australia|national field hockey team|Australia men's national field hockey team}}<br/>{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|[[Des Abbott]]|[[Travis Brooks]]|[[Kiel Brown]]|[[Liam De Young]]|[[Luke Doerner]]|[[Jamie Dwyer]]|[[Bevan George]]|[[David Guest (field hockey)|David Guest]]|[[Robert Hammond (field hockey)|Rob Hammond]]|[[Fergus Kavanagh]]|[[Mark Knowles (field hockey)|Mark Knowles]]|[[Stephen Lambert (field hockey)|Stephen Lambert]]|[[Eli Matheson]]|[[Eddie Ockenden]]|[[Grant Schubert]]|[[Matthew Wells (field hockey)|Matt Wells]]}}}}
|| [[Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Men's tournament]]
|}

==Archery==
{{main article|Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia had two archers earn qualification spots at the [[2007 World Outdoor Target Championships]] and three earn spots at the Oceania continental championship. [[David Barnes (archer)|David Barnes]] and [[Sky Kim]] earned the men two spots at the World tournament, with [[Michael Naray]] earning a third spot, and the team qualification at the Oceania competition. [[Jade Lindsey]] and [[Jane Waller]] were the qualifying women at the Oceania tournament.

In making its final selections, Australia selected Kim and Naray along with [[Matthew Gray (archer)|Matthew Gray]] for the men's team, and Waller and [[Lexie Feeney]] for the women's team.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=19&SportID=2&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Archery | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-04-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614024049/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=19&SportID=2&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-06-14 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Men
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Ranking round
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Seed
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Matthew Gray (archer)|Matthew Gray]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual|Individual]]
|654
|39
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Cheng Chu Sian|Cheng C S]]|MAS|2008 Summer}} (26)<br />'''L''' 101–109
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sky Kim]]
|665
|14
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Romain Girouille|Girouille]]|FRA|2008 Summer}} (51)<br />'''W''' 112–110
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jacek Proć|Proć]]|POL|2008 Summer}} (19)<br />'''L''' 110–111
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Michael Naray]]
|658
|30
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jean-Charles Valladont|Valladont]]|FRA|2008 Summer}} (35)<br />'''W''' 108–106
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Viktor Ruban|Ruban]]|UKR|2008 Summer}} (3)<br />'''L''' 105–115
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Matthew Gray (archer)|Matthew Gray]]<br />[[Sky Kim]]<br />[[Michael Naray]]
|align=left|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team|Team]]
|1977
|9
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCteam|POL|2008 Summer}} (8)<br />'''L''' 218–223
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Ranking round
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Seed
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Alexandra Feeney]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|Individual]]
|580
|59
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yuan Shu Chi|Yuan S-C]]|TPE|2008 Summer}} (6)<br />'''L''' 101–104
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jane Waller]]
|634
|28
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Pranitha Vardineni|Vardineni]]|IND|2008 Summer}} (37)<br />'''L''' 100–106
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

==Athletics==
{{main article|Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia sent 40 representatives to compete in athletics events.<ref name="Sports Reference - Beijing 2008 - Australia - Athletics">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2008/ATH/ |title=Sports Reference - Beijing 2008 - Australia - Athletics |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |access-date=23 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129061132/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/2008/ATH/ |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> 22 of these men competed in [[Track and field#Running|track events]], ten in [[Track and field#Jumping|field events]], seven in [[race walking]], four in the [[marathon]]s and one in [[Heptathlon|combined events]].<ref name="Sports Reference - Beijing 2008 - Australia - Athletics" /> The [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|athletics]] did not start until the 15th of August, day seven of competition.<ref name="2008 Summer Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/index.html |title=2008 Summer Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule |publisher=[[IAAF]] |access-date=23 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421005454/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/index.html |archive-date=21 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On day one of athletics, two finals were held<ref name="2008 Summer Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule" /> but no Australians qualified to compete in either.<ref name="IAAF - Results - Olympic Games - 2008 - 10,000 meters - Women - Final - Results">{{cite web | url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2008/the-xxix-olympic-games-3659/women/10000-metres/final/result | title=IAAF - Results - Olympic Games - 2008 - 10,000 meters - Women - Final - Results | publisher=[[IAAF]] | access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="IAAF - Results - Olympic Games - 2008 - Shot Put - Men - Final - Results">{{cite web | url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2008/the-xxix-olympic-games-3659/men/shot-put/final/result | title=IAAF - Results - Olympic Games - 2008 - Shot Put - Men - Final - Results | publisher=[[IAAF]] | access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> On the second day of athletics, Australia won their first Olympic Medal for athletics in 2008.<ref name="IAAF - 2008 Olympics program - Day 2 - Men - 20 KM walk - Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventcode=3659/racedate=08-16-2008/sex=M/discCode=20KR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html |title=IAAF - 2008 Olympics program - Day 2 - Men - 20 KM walk - Results |publisher=[[IAAF]] |access-date=23 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212054059/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventcode%3D3659/racedate%3D08-16-2008/sex%3DM/discCode%3D20KR/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/results.html |archive-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This person was [[Jared Tallent]], an Olympic debutant, who competed in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|men's 20{{nbsp}}kilometre race walk]]. Tallent came third, only 15{{nbsp}}second in front of fellow countryman [[Luke Adams (racewalker)|Luke Adams]] who finished 6th.<ref name="IAAF - 2008 Olympics program - Day 2 - Men - 20 KM walk - Results" /> On the third day of competition, four Australians competed, three in medal events.<ref name="IAAF - 2008 Olympics program - Day 3 - Men - Women's 100 meters hurdles - Heats - Results">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917042408/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventcode%3D3659/racedate%3D08-17-2008/sex%3DW/discCode%3D100H/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Dh/results.html |url=http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventcode=3659/racedate=08-17-2008/sex=W/discCode=100H/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html |title=IAAF - 2008 Olympics program - Day 3 - Men - Women's 100 meters hurdles - Heats - Results |publisher=[[IAAF]] |access-date=23 September 2014 |archive-date=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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;Key
*'''Note'''–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
*'''Q''' = Qualified for the next round
*'''q''' = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
*'''NR''' = National record
*N/A = Round not applicable for the event
*Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}

;Men
;Track & road events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Youcef Abdi]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|8:17.97
|6 '''q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|8:16.36
|6
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Luke Adams (racewalker)|Luke Adams]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|1:19:57
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|3:47:45
|10
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Collis Birmingham]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:44.90
|10
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Chris Erickson]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DSQ|Disqualified}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Mitchell Kealey]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:46.31
|11
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Joel Milburn]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
|44.80
|2 '''Q'''
|45.06
|3
|colspan=2 |Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Craig Mottram]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|13:44.59
|5
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Lachlan Renshaw]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:49.19
|6
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jeff Riseley]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:53.95
|12
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Adam Rutter]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Jared Tallent]]'''
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|1:19:42
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|3:39:27
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Lee Troop]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|2:27:17
|60
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sean Wroe]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 m]]
|45.17
|2 '''Q'''
|45.56
|7
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Clinton Hill (athlete)|Clinton Hill]]<br />[[Joel Milburn]]<br />[[Mark Ormrod (athlete)|Mark Ormrod]]*<br />[[John Steffensen]]<br />[[Sean Wroe]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
|3:00.68
|4 '''q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:00.02
|6
|}

;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Justin Anlezark]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|Shot put]]
|19.91
|16
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jarrod Bannister]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]
|79.79
|11 '''q'''
|83.45
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Paul Burgess (athlete)|Paul Burgess]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]
|5.55
|=16
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Benn Harradine]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw|Discus throw]]
|58.55
|31
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Steven Hooker]]'''
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]
|5.65
|12 '''q'''
|5.96 {{OlyR|athletics}}
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Fabrice Lapierre]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]
|7.90
|16
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Scott Martin (athlete)|Scott Martin]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|Shot put]]
|19.75
|21
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Women
;Track & road events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Lisa Corrigan]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|4:16.32
|9
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sarah Jamieson]]
|4:06.64
|5
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Benita Johnson]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|Marathon]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|2:32:06
|21
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Tamsyn Lewis]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]
|52.38
|4
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|800 m]]
|1:59.67
|4 '''q'''
|2:01.41
|8
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Donna MacFarlane]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|9:32.05
|9
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Sally McLellan]]'''
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|100 m hurdles]]
|12.83
|2 '''Q'''
|12.70
|4 '''Q'''
|12.64
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Victoria Mitchell]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|9:47.88
|13
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Madeleine Pape]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|800 m]]
|2:03.09
|6
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jane Saville]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|1:31:17
|20
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kate Smyth]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|Marathon]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|2:36:10
|44
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kellie Wapshott]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|1:37:59
|40
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Lisa Weightman]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|Marathon]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|2:34:16
|33
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Claire Woods]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|1:33:02
|28
|}

;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Alana Boyd]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault|Pole vault]]
|4.30
|=16
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Dani Samuels]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw|Discus throw]]
|61.72
|7 '''Q'''
|60.15
|9
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Bronwyn Thompson]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump|Long jump]]
|6.53
|17
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Combined events – [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!{{Tooltip| 100H | 100 m hurdles}}
!{{Tooltip| HJ | High jump }}
!{{Tooltip| SP | Shot put}}
! 200 m
!{{Tooltip| LJ | Long jump}}
!{{Tooltip| JT | Javelin throw}}
! 800 m
!Final
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Kylie Wheeler]]
!style="font-size:95%"|Result
|13.68
|1.89
|13.06
|24.28
|6.11
|43.81
|2:11.49
|rowspan=2|6369
|rowspan=2|10{{efn|The athlete who finished in second place, [[Lyudmila Blonska]] of [[Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Ukraine]], tested positive for a banned substance.<ref name="Blonska thrown out of long jump">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7571867.stm | title=Blonska thrown out of long jump | work=IAAF - 2008 Olympics program - Day 2 - Men - 20 KM walk - Results | date=21 August 2008 | access-date=21 August 2008}}</ref> Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Wheeler moved up a position.}}
|- align=center
!style="font-size:95%"|Points
|1024
|1093
|731
|954
|883
|741
|943
|}
;Notes
{{Notelist}}

==Badminton==
{{main article|Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia sent a team of six to Beijing. [[Stuart Gomez]] competed in the men's singles, while [[Erin Carroll]] competed in women's singles. [[Ross Smith (badminton)|Ross Smith]] and [[Glenn Warfe]] competed in the men's doubles and [[Tania Luiz]] and [[Eugenia Tanaka]] competed in the women's doubles.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=32&SportID=4&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer| title=The Team – Badminton| publisher=Australian Olympic Committee| access-date=2008-06-25| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121229/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=32&SportID=4&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer| archive-date=2008-07-21| url-status=dead}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Stuart Gomez]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Erwin Kehlhoffner|Kehlhoffner]]|FRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 21–19, 20–22, 15–21
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ross Smith (badminton)|Ross Smith]]<br />[[Glenn Warfe]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michał Łogosz|Łogosz]] / <br />[[Robert Mateusiak|Mateusiak]]|POL|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 13–21, 16–21
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Erin Carroll]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yoana Martínez|Martínez]]|ESP|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 9–21, 16–21
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Tania Luiz]]<br />[[Eugenia Tanaka]]
|align=left|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Miyuki Maeda|Maeda]] / <br />[[Satoko Suetsuna|Suetsuna]]|JPN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 4–21, 8–21
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Basketball==
{{main article|Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by defeating New Zealand in a best-of-three series to win the [[FIBA Oceania Championship 2007]]. The women's team automatically qualified as the reigning world champions after winning the [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=34&SportID=6&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Basketball | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713142211/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=34&SportID=6&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-13 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Men's tournament===
{{main article|Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
;Roster
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|AUS}}

;Group play
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A3}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A6}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A7}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A10}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A14}}

;Quarterfinals
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|C3}}

===Women's tournament===
{{main article|Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}
;Roster
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|AUS}}

;Group play
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A1}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A6}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A9}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A10}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A13}}

;Quarterfinals
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C2}}

;Semifinals
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|D2}}

;Gold medal match
{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|E2}}

==Boxing==
{{main article|Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia had nine boxers qualify for the Olympics. All qualified at the Oceanian qualifying tournament.<ref name=BoxingQual>[http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1301 AIBA Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429155802/http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1301 |date=April 29, 2008 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Stephen Sutherland]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Walid Cherif|Cherif]]|CHI|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 2–14
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Luke Boyd]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight|Bantamweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Khumiso Ikgopoleng|Ikgopoleng]]|BOT|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 8–18
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Paul Fleming (boxer)|Paul Fleming]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Featherweight|Featherweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Khedafi Djelkhir|Djelkhir]]|FRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 9–13
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Anthony Little (boxer)|Anthony Little]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Lightweight|Lightweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Julius Indongo|Indongo]]|NAM|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 14–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Aleksei Tishchenko|Tishchenko]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 3–11
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Todd Kidd]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight|Light welterweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Driss Moussaid|Moussaid]]|MAR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 2–23
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Gerard O'Mahony]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Welterweight|Welterweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vitalie Gruşac|Gruşac]]|MDA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 2–7
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jarrod Fletcher]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Emilio Correa (boxer born 1985)|Correa]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 4–17
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Brad Pitt (boxer)|Bradley Pitt]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight|Heavyweight]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohamed Arjaoui|Arjaoui]]|MAR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 6–11
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Daniel Beahan]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight|Super heavyweight]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ruslan Myrsatayev|Myrsatayev]]|KAZ|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' {{abbr|RSC|Referee stops contest}}
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Canoeing==
{{main article|Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

===Slalom===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="6"|Preliminary
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="4"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Run 1
!Rank
!Run 2
!Rank
!Total
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Total
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Robin Bell]]'''
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|Men's C-1]]
|88.86
|6
|87.59
|9
|176.45
|7 '''Q'''
|91.16
|5 '''Q'''
|89.43
|3
|180.59
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Warwick Draper]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|Men's K-1]]
|86.28
|13
|86.30
|9
|172.58
|10 '''Q'''
|86.09
|2 '''Q'''
|91.76
|8
|177.85
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Mark Bellofiore]]<br />[[Lachie Milne]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2|Men's C-2]]
|104.61
|11
|98.21
|7
|202.82
|9 '''Q'''
|104.17
|7
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Jacqueline Lawrence (canoeist)|Jacqueline Lawrence]]'''
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|Women's K-1]]
|103.18
|10
|96.95
|6
|200.13
|7 '''Q'''
|103.40
|4
|103.54
|2
|206.94
|{{silver02}}
|}

===Sprint===
;Men
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heats
!colspan=2|Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Torsten Lachmann]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|C-1 500 m]]
|2:00.594
|7 '''QS'''
|1:59.119
|7
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|C-1 1000 m]]
|4:15.188
|5 '''QS'''
|4:09.792
|6
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Ken Wallace (canoeist)|Ken Wallace]]'''
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]
|1:36.208
|2 '''QS'''
|1:43.340
|3 '''Q'''
|1:37.252
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 m]]
|3:30.306
|2 '''QS'''
|3:33.255
|1 '''Q'''
|3:27.485
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jacob Clear]]<br />[[Clint Robinson (canoeist)|Clint Robinson]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres|K-2 500 m]]
|1:31.712
|6 '''QS'''
|1:33.839
|7
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Clint Robinson (canoeist)|Clint Robinson]]<br /> [[Tony Schumacher (kayaker)|Tony Schumacher]]<br />[[Dave Smith (canoeist)|Dave Smith]]<br />[[Tate Smith]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres|K-4 1000 m]]
|3:00.920
|5 '''QS'''
|3:02.743
|4
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heats
!colspan=2|Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Chantal Meek]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]
|1:53.374
|5 '''QS'''
|1:54.876
|7
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Hannah Davis (kayaker)|Hannah Davis]] <br />[[Lyndsie Fogarty]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres|K-2 500 m]]
|1:45.124
|3 '''QF'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|1:43.969
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Hannah Davis (kayaker)|Hannah Davis]]<br />[[Lyndsie Fogarty]]<br />[[Chantal Meek]]<br />[[Lisa Oldenhof]]'''
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres|K-4 500 m]]
|1:36.516
|3 '''QF'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|1:34.704
|{{bronze03}}
|}
Qualification Legend: '''QS''' = Qualify to semi-final; '''QF''' = Qualify directly to final

==Cycling==
{{main article|Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia selected competitors in all four cycling disciplines – BMX,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=41&SportID=9&DisciplineID=36#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Cycling – BMX | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120112/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=41&SportID=9&DisciplineID=36#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> mountain biking,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=38&SportID=9&DisciplineID=10#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Cycling – MTB | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120532/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=38&SportID=9&DisciplineID=10#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> road racing<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=39&SportID=9&DisciplineID=12#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Cycling – Road | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120238/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=39&SportID=9&DisciplineID=12#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and track racing.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=40&SportID=9&DisciplineID=16#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Cycling – Track | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121128/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=40&SportID=9&DisciplineID=16#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Mountain biker [[Chris Jongewaard]] lost his legal appeal to be included in the team after being excluded because of a car accident, involving another cyclist for which he was due to face court in late 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=25 July 2008 |title=Jongewaard shattered by Olympics omission |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/25/2314613.htm?site=local |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107202908/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/25/2314613.htm?site=local |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |access-date=2008-08-05 |newspaper=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

===Road===
;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cadel Evans]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Road race]]
|6:24:11
|15
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|Time trial]]
|1:03:34
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Simon Gerrans]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Road race]]
|6:26:17
|37
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Matthew Lloyd (cyclist)|Matthew Lloyd]]
|6:26:17
|31
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Stuart O'Grady]]
|colspan=2|Did not finish
|- align=center
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Michael Rogers (cyclist)|Michael Rogers]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Road race]]
|6:23:49
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|Time trial]]
|1:04:46
|8
|}

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Katherine Bates]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race|Road race]]
|colspan=2|Did not finish
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sara Carrigan]]
|3:33:25
|38
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Oenone Wood]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race|Road race]]
|3:33:17
|29
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial|Time trial]]
|38:53.45
|22
|}

===Track===
;Sprint
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!Round 1
!Repechage 1
!Round 2
!Repechage 2
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time<br />Speed (km/h)
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Time<br />Speed (km/h)
!Opposition<br />Time<br />Speed (km/h)
!Opposition<br />Time<br />Speed (km/h)
!Opposition<br />Time<br />Speed (km/h)
!Opposition<br />Time<br />Speed (km/h)
!Opposition<br />Time<br />Speed (km/h)
!Opposition<br />Time<br />Speed (km/h)
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ryan Bayley]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint|Men's sprint]]
|10.362<br/>69.484
|12 '''Q'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Azizulhasni Awang|Awang]]|MAS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 10.762<br/>66.902
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Maximilian Levy|Levy]]|GER|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''L'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kévin Sireau|Sireau]]|FRA|2008 Summer}}<br/>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kazunari Watanabe|Watanabe]]|JPN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L'''
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|''9th place final''<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Stefan Nimke|Nimke]]|GER|2008 Summer}}<br/>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Roberto Chiappa|Chiappa]]|ITA|2008 Summer}}<br/>{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kazunari Watanabe|Watanabe]]|JPN|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''L'''
|11
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Mark French]]
|10.337<br/>69.652
|10 '''Q'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Theo Bos|Bos]]|NED|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Teun Mulder|Mulder]]|NED|2008 Summer}}<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Denis Dmitriev|Dmitriev]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L'''
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Anna Meares]]'''
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint|Women's sprint]]
|11.140<br/>64.631
|3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yvonne Hijgenaar|Hijgenaar]]|NED|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 11.663<br />61.733
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Clara Sanchez (cyclist)|Sanchez]]|FRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 11.716,<br/>'''W''' 12.108
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Guo Shuang|Guo]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''', '''W''' 11.578,<br/>'''W''' 11.617
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Victoria Pendleton|Pendleton]]|GBR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''', '''L'''
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ryan Bayley]]<br />[[Dan Ellis (cyclist)|Dan Ellis]]<br />[[Mark French]]<br />[[Shane Kelly]]*
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team sprint|Men's team sprint]]
|44.335<br />60.899
|5 '''Q'''
|{{flagIOCteam|NED|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 44.090 <br/>61.238
|colspan=5 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCteam|GER|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 44.022 <br/>61.332
|4
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Qualified only in the first round

;Pursuit
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Opponent<br />Results
!Rank
!Opponent<br />Results
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Bradley McGee]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Men's individual pursuit]]
|4:26.084
|9
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Brett Lancaster]]
|4:26.139
|12
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Katie Mactier]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit|Women's individual pursuit]]
|3:38.178
|7 '''Q'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rebecca Romero|Romero]]|GBR|2008 Summer}}<br />3:37.296
|7
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jack Bobridge]] <br />[[Graeme Brown]]<br />[[Mark Jamieson]] <br />[[Brett Lancaster]]<br />[[Bradley McGee]]<br />[[Luke Roberts (cyclist)|Luke Roberts]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Men's team pursuit]]
|4:02.041
|3 '''Q'''
|{{flagIOCteam|NED|2008 Summer}}<br />3:58.633
|4 '''Q'''
|{{flagIOCteam|NZL|2008 Summer}}<br />3:59.006
|4
|}

;Keirin
[[File:Bobridge, meares and kelly.jpg|thumb|270px|Australian track cyclists Jack Bobridge, Anna Meares and Shane Kelly.]]
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!1st round
!Repechage
!2nd round
!Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Rank
!Rank
!Rank
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ryan Bayley]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin|Men's keirin]]
|1 '''Q'''
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|6
|8
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shane Kelly]]
|2 '''Q'''
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|2 '''Q'''
|4
|}

;Omnium
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Points
!Laps
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Cameron Meyer]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's points race|Men's points race]]
|36
|1
|4
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Katherine Bates]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's points race|Women's points race]]
|10
|0
|6
|}

===Mountain biking===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Daniel McConnell (cyclist)|Daniel McConnell]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country|Men's cross-country]]
|{{abbr|LAP|Lapped}} (2 laps)
|39
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Dellys Starr]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country|Women's cross-country]]
|{{abbr|LAP|Lapped}} (2 laps)
|26
|}

===BMX===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Seeding
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jared Graves]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX|Men's BMX]]
|36.372
|11
|4
|1 '''Q'''
|10
|3 '''Q'''
|2:19.233
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kamakazi (BMX rider)|Kamakazi]]
|36.492
|15
|13
|4 '''Q'''
|18
|6
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Luke Madill]]
|36.795
|22
|18
|7
|colspan=4 |Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Tanya Bailey]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX|Women's BMX]]
|38.285
|10
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|22
|8
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Nicole Callisto]]
|36.717
|6
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|12
|4 '''Q'''
|1:19.609
|6
|}

==Diving==
{{main article|Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia selected a team of nine divers to compete at the 2008 Olympics:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=4&SportID=1&DisciplineID=3#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Diving | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121202/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=4&SportID=1&DisciplineID=3#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Events
!colspan="2"|Preliminaries
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Matthew Mitcham]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]
|439.85
|15 '''Q'''
|427.45
|16
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Robert Newbery]]
|465.15
|6 '''Q'''
|460.35
|11 '''Q'''
|461.05
|9
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Mathew Helm]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|10 m platform]]
|484.40
|5 '''Q'''
|485.20
|6 '''Q'''
|467.70
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Matthew Mitcham]]'''
|509.60
|2 '''Q'''
|532.20
|2 '''Q'''
|537.00
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Robert Newbery]]<br />[[Scott Robertson (diver)|Scott Robertson]]
|align=left|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard|3 m synchronised springboard]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|393.60
|8
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Mathew Helm]]<br />[[Robert Newbery]]
|align=left|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchronised platform]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|444.84
|4
|}

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Events
!colspan="2"|Preliminaries
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Chantelle Newbery]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]
|284.85
|15 '''Q'''
|294.45
|14
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sharleen Stratton]]
|288.00
|13 '''Q'''
|325.90
|8 '''Q'''
|331.00
|7
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Alex Croak]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform|10 m platform]]
|383.75
|4 '''Q'''
|250.30
|18
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Melissa Wu (diver)|Melissa Wu]]
|340.35
|8 '''Q'''
|331.35
|8 '''Q'''
|338.15
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Briony Cole]] <br />[[Sharleen Stratton]]
|align=left|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|3 m synchronised springboard]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|311.34
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Briony Cole]]<br />[[Melissa Wu (diver)|Melissa Wu]]'''
|align=left|[[Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchronised platform]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|335.16
|{{silver02}}
|}

==Equestrian==
{{main article|Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia selected a team of twelve equestrians to compete at the 2008 Olympics. [[Hayley Beresford]], [[Kristy Oatley]] and [[Heath Ryan]] competed in dressage. [[Edwina Alexander]], [[Laurie Lever]], [[Peter McMahon (equestrian)|Peter McMahon]] and [[Matt Williams (equestrian)|Matt Williams]] were selected for the jumping competition. [[Clayton Fredericks]], [[Lucinda Fredericks]], [[Sonja Johnson]], [[Megan Jones (rider)|Megan Jones]] and [[Shane Rose]] were selected for the three-day event.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=5&SportID=10&DisciplineID=4#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Equestrian – Dressage | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121503/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=5&SportID=10&DisciplineID=4#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=7&SportID=10&DisciplineID=9#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Equestrian – Jumping | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121401/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=7&SportID=10&DisciplineID=9#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=6&SportID=10&DisciplineID=5#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Equestrian – Eventing | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121101/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=6&SportID=10&DisciplineID=5#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Dressage===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Horse
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Grand Prix
!colspan="2"|Grand Prix Special
!colspan="2"|Grand Prix Freestyle
!colspan="2"|Overall
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Hayley Beresford]]
|align=left|Remlampago
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|[[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage|Individual]]
|65.583
|26 '''Q'''
|66.320
|19
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kristy Oatley]]
|align=left|Quando Quando
|65.750
|25 '''Q'''
|66.080
|20
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Heath Ryan]]
|align=left|Greenoaks Dundee
|62.541
|35
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Hayley Beresford]]<br />[[Kristy Oatley]]<br />[[Heath Ryan]]
|align=left|''See above''
|align=left|[[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team dressage|Team]]
|64.625
|8
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|64.625
|7
|}

===Eventing===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="3"|Athlete
!rowspan="3"|Horse
!rowspan="3"|Event
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Dressage
!colspan="3" rowspan="2"|Cross-country
!colspan="6"|Jumping
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Total
|- style="font-size:95%"
!colspan="3"|Qualifier
!colspan="3"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Penalties
!Rank
!Penalties
!Total
!Rank
!Penalties
!Total
!Rank
!Penalties
!Total
!Rank
!Penalties
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Clayton Fredericks]]
|align=left|Ben Along Time
|align=left rowspan=5|[[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing|Individual]]
|37.00
|6
|16.40
|53.40
|4
|4.00
|57.40
|=6 '''Q'''
|4.00
|61.40
|7
|61.40
|7
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Lucinda Fredericks]]
|align=left|Headley Britannia
|30.40
|1
|27.20
|57.60
|11
|2.00
|59.60 #
|10*
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|59.60
|26
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sonja Johnson]]
|align=left|Ringwould Jaguar
|45.20 #
|23
|13.60
|58.80 #
|13
|0.00
|58.80
|9 '''Q'''
|8.00
|66.80
|10
|66.80
|10
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Megan Jones (rider)|Megan Jones]]
|align=left|Irish Jester
|35.40
|4
|15.60
|51.00
|9
|4.00
|55.00
|3
|4.00
|59.00
|4 '''Q'''
|59.00
|4
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shane Rose]]
|align=left|All Luck
|53.30 #
|46
|9.20
|62.50 #
|16
|8.00
|70.50 #
|17*
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|70.50
|27
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Clayton Fredericks]]<br />[[Lucinda Fredericks]]<br />[[Sonja Johnson]]<br />[[Megan Jones (rider)|Megan Jones]]<br />[[Shane Rose]]'''
|align=left|''See above''
|align=left|[[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|Team]]
|102.80
|1
|59.20
|162.00
|2
|9.20
|171.20
|2
|colspan=3 {{n/a}}
|171.20
|{{silver02}}
|}
<small><nowiki>#</nowiki> - Indicates that points do not count in team total<br/>
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only three riders are eligible to qualify for the jumping final.</small>

===Show jumping===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="3"|Athlete
!rowspan="3"|Horse
!rowspan="3"|Event
!colspan="8"|Qualification
!colspan="5"|Final
!rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Total
|- style="font-size:95%"
!colspan="2"|Round 1
!colspan="3"|Round 2
!colspan="3"|Round 3
!colspan="2"|Round A
!colspan="3"|Round B
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Penalties
!Rank
!Penalties
!Total
!Rank
!Penalties
!Total
!Rank
!Penalties
!Rank
!Penalties
!Total
!Rank
!Penalties
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Edwina Alexander]]
|align=left|Itot Du Chateau
|align=left rowspan=4|[[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping|Individual]]
|4
|=30
|0
|4
|=8 '''Q'''
|0
|4
|=2 '''Q'''
|4
|=11 '''Q'''
|4
|8
|=10
|8
|=10
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Laurie Lever]]
|align=left|Dan Drossel
|1
|=14
|16
|17
|=37 '''Q'''
|4
|21
|=29 '''Q'''
|8
|=23
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|8
|=23
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Peter McMahon (equestrian)|Peter McMahon]]
|align=left|Genoa
|4
|=30
|16
|20
|=47 '''Q'''
|colspan=10|Did not start
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Matt Williams (equestrian)|Matt Williams]]
|align=left|Leconte
|4
|=30
|4
|8
|=16 '''Q'''
|17
|25
|36 '''Q'''
|4
|=11 '''Q'''
|20
|24
|21
|24
|21
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Edwina Alexander]]<br />[[Laurie Lever]]<br />[[Peter McMahon (equestrian)|Peter McMahon]]<br />[[Matt Williams (equestrian)|Matt Williams]]
|align=left|''See above''
|align=left|[[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team jumping|Team]]
|colspan=8 {{n/a}}
|20
|=8 '''Q'''
|21
|41
|9
|41
|8
|}

==Fencing==
{{main article|Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Two fencers will represent Australia in Beijing. [[Jo Halls]] will contest the women's individual [[foil (fencing)|foil]] while [[Amber Parkinson]] will contest the women's individual [[épée]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=8&SportID=11&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Fencing | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613054003/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=8&SportID=11&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-06-13 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Opposition <br /> Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Amber Parkinson]]
|align=left|[[Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's épée|Individual épée]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Megumi Ikeda|Harada]]|JPN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 9–15
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Joanna Halls]]
|align=left|[[Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's foil|Individual foil]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Misleydis Compañy|Compañy]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 13–15
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

==Field hockey==
{{main article|Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
The Australian men's and women's field hockey teams both qualified for Beijing.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=14&SportID=15&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Hockey | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120751/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=14&SportID=15&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The men's team won the bronze medal, while the women's team finished in 5th place for the tournament.

===Men's tournament===
{{main article|Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

;Roster
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|AUS}}

;Group play
The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B2}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B4}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B8}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B12}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B15}}

;Semifinal
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|D2}}

;Bronze medal match
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|E1}}

===Women's tournament===
{{main article|Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

;Roster
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|AUS}}

;Group play
The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.  Australia were eliminated on goal difference with China and entered the playoff for 5th/6th place.
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A2}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A4}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A9}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A10}}
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A15}}

;Classification match for 5th/6th place
{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C4}}

==Football (soccer)==
{{main article|Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

===Men's tournament===
{{main article|Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
[[Australia men's national under-23 soccer team|Australia's under-23 football team]], commonly referred to as the 'Olyroos', [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|qualified]] for the 2008 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Sports/SportsFootball/tabid/229/Default.aspx?link=229& |title=Football |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |access-date=2008-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504042141/http://www.olympics.com.au/Sports/SportsFootball/tabid/229/Default.aspx?link=229& |archive-date=2008-05-04 }}</ref>

;Roster
{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|AUS}}

;Group play
{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}
{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A1}}
{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A3}}
{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A5}}

==Gymnastics==
{{main article|Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australian gymnasts qualified for Beijing in all three categories: artistic, rhythmic and trampoline. [[Naazmi Johnston]] was the only rhythmic gymast to qualify. [[Ben Wilden]] was the only trampolinist selected in the squad and [[Sam Simpson (gymnast)|Samuel Simpson]] was the only male artistic gymnast but a full women's artistic gymnastic team of six qualified:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=10&SportID=13&DisciplineID=1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Gymnastics – Artistic | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721115643/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=10&SportID=13&DisciplineID=1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=11&SportID=13&DisciplineID=11#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Gymnastics – Rhythmic | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121716/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=11&SportID=13&DisciplineID=11#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=12&SportID=13&DisciplineID=17#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Gymnastics – Trampoline | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120824/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=12&SportID=13&DisciplineID=17#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Artistic===
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=3|Athlete
!rowspan=3|Event
!colspan =8|Qualification
!colspan =8|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!colspan=6|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
!colspan=6|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}
!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}
!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}
!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}
!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sam Simpson (gymnast)|Samuel Simpson]]
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around|All-around]]
|14.550
|14.000
|13.800
|15.600
|14.200
|13.475
|85.625
|39
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="3"|Athlete
!rowspan="3"|Event
!colspan=6|Qualification
!colspan=6|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!colspan=4|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
!colspan=4|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| UB | Uneven bars}}
!{{Tooltip| BB | Balance beam}}
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| UB | Uneven bars}}
!{{Tooltip| BB | Balance beam}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Georgia Bonora]]
|align=left rowspan=7|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|Team]]
|14.525
|14.850
|14.500
|15.025
|58.900
|18 '''Q'''
|14.450
|14.625
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ashleigh Brennan]]
|14.625
|14.775
|13.700
|14.150
|57.250
|30
|14.650
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|15.125
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Daria Joura]]
|13.450
|15.100
|15.125
|12.475
|56.150
|44
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|14.675
|colspan=3 {{n/a}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Lauren Mitchell]]
|14.650
|14.725
|{{n/a}}
|14.100
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|13.675
|14.700
|{{n/a}}
|15.550
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shona Morgan]]
|14.525
|14.700
|14.500
|15.350
|59.075
|15 '''Q'''
|{{n/a}}
|14.825
|13.800
|15.225
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Olivia Vivian]]
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|14.925
|colspan=3 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|15.100
|colspan=3 {{n/a}}
|- align=center
|align=left|'''Total'''
|58.625
|59.450
|58.325
|59.050
|235.450
|5 '''Q'''
|42.775
|44.150
|43.575
|45.900
|176.400
|6
|}

;Individual finals
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan =4|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| UB | Uneven bars}}
!{{Tooltip| BB | Balance beam}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Georgia Bonora]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around|All-around]]
|14.375
|14.850
|14.625
|15.100
|58.950
|13
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shona Morgan]]
|14.425
|14.650
|14.625
|15.100
|58.800
|15
|}

===Rhythmic===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="6"|Qualification
!colspan="6"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Rope
!Hoop
!Clubs
!Ribbon
!Total
!Rank
!Rope
!Hoop
!Clubs
!Ribbon
!Total
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Naazmi Johnston]]
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around|Individual]]
|15.300
|14.075
|14.825
|14.800
|59.000
|22
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

===Trampoline===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ben Wilden]]
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's trampoline|Men's]]
|67.10
|13
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Judo==
{{main article|Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia has selected a team of 13 for the 2008 Games:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=15&SportID=16&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Judo | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120941/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=15&SportID=16&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!Repechage 3
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Matthew D'Aquino]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg|−60 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lavrentios Alexanidis|Alexanidis]]|GRE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Steven Brown (judoka)|Steven Brown]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg|−66 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mounir Benamadi|Benamadi]]|ALG|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1010
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Dennis Iverson]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg|−73 kg]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sezer Huysuz|Huysuz]]|TUR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Mark Anthony (judoka)|Mark Anthony]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg|−81 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mario Valles|Valles]]|COL|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1010
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Daniel Kelly (judoka)|Daniel Kelly]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg|−90 kg]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hiroshi Izumi|Izumi]]|JPN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–0010
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Matt Celotti]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg|−100 kg]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Oreidis Despaigne|Despaigne]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–0010
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Semir Pepic]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's +100 kg|+100 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev|Ikhsangaliyev]]|KAZ|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–0020
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!Repechage 3
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Tiffany Day]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg|−48 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Paula Pareto|Pareto]]|ARG|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kristie-Anne Ryder]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg|−52 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ilse Heylen|Heylen]]|BEL|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Maria Pekli]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg|−57 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bernadett Baczkó|Baczkó]]|HUN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 0101–0100
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nesria Jelassi|Jelassi]]|TUN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 1011–0000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Giulia Quintavalle|Quintavalle]]|ITA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0002–0010
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ketleyn Quadros|Quadros]]|BRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Catherine Arlove]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg|−63 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Daniela Krukower|Krukower]]|ARG|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Stephanie Grant]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg|−78 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marylise Levesque|Levesque]]|CAN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Janelle Shepherd]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +78 kg|+78 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michela Torrenti|Torrenti]]|ITA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 0001–0000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandra Köppen|Köppen]]|GER|2008 Summer}} <br />'''W''' 0110–0000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Idalys Ortiz|Ortiz]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|Did not advance
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Samah Ramadan|Ramadan]]|EGY|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0000–1000
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|}

==Modern pentathlon ==
{{main article|Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
[[Alexander Parygin]], who won Olympic gold in Atlanta while competing for [[Kazakhstan]], was initially due to be Australia's only male competitor in the modern pentathlon. His qualification was overturned "on technical grounds" by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, when the Modern Pentathlon Association of Great Britain argued that he had failed to meet "eligibility criteria of 5,100 points at the relevant international competition, during the Olympic qualification period".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080702115936/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/02/2291801.htm "Controversy over Aust pentathlete's Olympic ditching"], Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2 July 2008.</ref> Specifically, Parygin qualified for Beijing during a competition which lacked the equestrian event.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/wires/07/01/2080.ap.as.spt.oly.pen.australia.parygin.1st.ld.writethru.0372/ "Parygin dropped from Australian Olympic team after British appeal"]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Associated Press, 1 July 2008.</ref><ref name="Brits want Aussie Al out of Games">[http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/brits-want-aussie-al-out-of-games/2008/06/30/1214677947322.html "Brits want Aussie Al out of Games"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 1 July 2008.</ref> There being no avenue of appeal, Parygin will not compete in Beijing.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/poms-crush-aussie-games-hopes-with-rules-not-talent/2008/07/01/1214678037680.html "Poms crush Aussie Games hopes with rules, not talent"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 July 2008.</ref>

[[Angie Darby]] made her Olympic debut as the only Australian female in the competition.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=16&SportID=17&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Modern Pentathlon | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721115526/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=16&SportID=17&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Darby, having qualified in the same conditions as Parygin, had her participation in the Games open to question, but she eventually competed.<ref name="Brits want Aussie Al out of Games" />

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=3|Shooting<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(10 m air pistol)</span>
!colspan=3|Fencing<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(épée one touch)</span>
!colspan=3|Swimming<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(200 m freestyle)</span>
!colspan=3|Riding<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(show jumping)</span>
!colspan=3|Running<br/><span style="font-size:95%">(3000 m)</span>
!rowspan=2|Total points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!MP Points
!Results
!Rank
!MP points
!Time
!Rank
!MP points
!Penalties
!Rank
!MP points
!Time
!Rank
!MP Points
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Angie Darby]]
|align=left|[[Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's|Women's]]
|164
|36
|904
|12–23
|=31
|688
|2:35.59
|35
|1056
|28
|7
|1172
|11:21.96
|31
|996
|4816
|35
|}

==Rowing==
{{main article|Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
For the first time, Australia qualified for every rowing event at an Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/news/australian_rowers_qualify_14_boats_for_beijing |title=Australian rowers qualify 14 boats for Beijing |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |access-date=2008-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721065831/http://ausport.gov.au/ais/news/australian_rowers_qualify_14_boats_for_beijing |archive-date=July 21, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=17&SportID=18&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Rowing | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120711/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=17&SportID=18&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Peter Hardcastle (rower)|Peter Hardcastle]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls|Single sculls]]
|7:17.74
|2 '''QF'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|7:00.09
|3 '''SA/B'''
|7:32.79
|6 '''FB'''
|7:27.34
|12
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Duncan Free]]<br />[[Drew Ginn]]'''
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Pair]]
|6:41.15
|1 '''SA/B'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|6:34.29
|1 '''FA'''
|6:37.44
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Scott Brennan (rower)|Scott Brennan]]<br />[[David Crawshay]]'''
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls|Double sculls]]
|6:21.39
|1 '''SA/B'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|6:21.50
|1 '''FA'''
|6:27.77
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Samuel Beltz]]<br />[[Thomas Gibson (rower)|Tom Gibson]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight double sculls|Lightweight double sculls]]
|6:19.15
|3 '''R'''
|6:42.42
|2 '''SA/B'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|6:32.32
|5 '''FB'''
|6:30.11
|10
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Francis Hegerty]]<br />[[James Marburg]]<br />[[Cameron McKenzie-McHarg]]<br />[[Matt Ryan (rower)|Matt Ryan]]'''
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Four]]
|6:00.40
|1 '''SA/B'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|5:56.20
|2 '''FA'''
|6:07.85
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Brendan Long]]<br />[[James McRae]]<br />[[Chris Morgan (rower)|Chris Morgan]]<br />[[Daniel Noonan]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls|Quadruple sculls]]
|5:36.20
|1 '''SA/B'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|5:52.93
|2 '''FA'''
|5:44.68
|4
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Roderick Chisholm (rower)|Rod Chisholm]]<br />[[Ben Cureton]]<br />[[Anthony Edwards (rower)|Anthony Edwards]]<br />[[Todd Skipworth]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight coxless four|Lightweight four]]
|5:55.18
|3 '''SA/B'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|6:12.38
|4 '''FB'''
|6:05.26
|9
|- align=center
|align=left|[[James Chapman (rower)|James Chapman]]<br />[[Sam Conrad]]<br />[[David Dennis (rower)|David Dennis]]<br />[[Tom Laurich]]<br />[[Samuel Loch]]<br />[[Marty Rabjohns]] (cox)<br />[[Jeremy Stevenson (rower)|Jeremy Stevenson]]<br />[[Stephen Stewart]]<br />[[James Tomkins (rower)|James Tomkins]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|Eight]]
|6:55.59
|4 '''R'''
|5:40.31
|2 '''FA'''
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|6:35.10
|6
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Pippa Savage]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's single sculls|Single sculls]]
|7:57.95
|2 '''QF'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|7:34.03
|3 '''SA/B'''
|7:43.98
|5 '''FB'''
|7:53.43
|10
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sarah Cook (rower)|Sarah Cook]]<br />[[Kim Brennan|Kim Crow]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair|Pair]]
|7:44.04
|4 '''R'''
|7:38.48
|3 '''FB'''
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|7:40.93
|10
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sonia Mills]]<br />[[Catriona Oliver|Catriona Sens]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's double sculls|Double sculls]]
|7:13.25
|4 '''R'''
|7:04.30
|3 '''FB'''
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|7:19.73
|8
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Amber Halliday]]<br />[[Marguerite Houston]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls|Lightweight double sculls]]
|6:53.23
|2 '''SA/B'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|7:13.80
|5 '''FB'''
|7:07.17
|8
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Amber Bradley]]<br />[[Kerry Hore]]<br />[[Amy Ives]]<br />[[Zoe Uphill]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls|Quadruple sculls]]
|6:20.95
|4 '''R'''
|6:41.39
|3 '''FA'''
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|6:30.05
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Natalie Bale]]<br />[[Pauline Frasca]]<br />[[Sarah Heard]]<br />[[Kate Hornsey]]<br /> [[Sally Kehoe]]<br />[[Elizabeth Kell]]<br />[[Elizabeth Patrick]] (cox)<br />[[Brooke Pratley]]<br />[[Sarah Tait]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's eight|Eight]]
|6:07.93
|3 '''R'''
|6:14.45
|4 '''FA'''
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|6:14.22
|6
|}
Qualification Legend: '''FA'''=Final A (medal); '''FB'''=Final B (non-medal); '''FC'''=Final C (non-medal); '''FD'''=Final D (non-medal); '''FE'''=Final E (non-medal); '''FF'''=Final F (non-medal); '''SA/B'''=Semifinals A/B; '''SC/D'''=Semifinals C/D; '''SE/F'''=Semifinals E/F; '''QF'''=Quarterfinals; '''R'''=Repechage

==Sailing==
{{main article|Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
[[File:Elise Rechichi and Nathan Wilmot.jpg|280px|thumb|Australia won the 470 class in both men's and women's competition. Pictured here are [[Elise Rechichi]] and [[Nathan Wilmot]], the respective skippers.]]
Australia competed in ten of the eleven sailing events.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=18&SportID=19&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Sailing | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-04-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614024045/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=18&SportID=19&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-06-14 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Men
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=11|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!M*
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Tom Slingsby]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class|Laser]]
|21
|22
|21
|22
|35
|20
|12
|11
|<s>40</s>
|CAN
|EL
|164
|22
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Malcolm Page (sailor)|Malcolm Page]]<br/>[[Nathan Wilmot]]'''
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470 class|470]]
|4
|7
|3
|3
|3
|4
|5
|<s>16</s>
|3
|10
|2
|44
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Iain Murray (sailor)|Iain Murray]]<br/>[[Andrew Palfrey]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star class|Star]]
|11
|<s>15</s>
|13
|15
|2
|11
|10
|14
|14
|8
|EL
|98
|14
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=11|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!M*
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jessica Crisp]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's sailboard|RS:X]]
|2
|4
|3
|8
|1
|8
|9
|<s>14</s>
|6
|5
|20
|66
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sarah Blanck]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Laser Radial class|Laser Radial]]
|6
|11
|7
|<s>19</s>
|4
|12
|8
|1
|5
|CAN
|4
|58
|4
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Tessa Parkinson]]<br/>[[Elise Rechichi]]'''
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470 class|470]]
|2
|2
|4
|1
|9
|4
|2
|5
|3
|2
|<s>18</s>
|34
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Angela Farrell (sailor)|Angela Farrell]]<br/>[[Karyn Gojnich]]<br/>[[Krystal Weir]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling class|Yngling]]
|1
|11
|6
|<s>12</s>
|7
|7
|9
|8
|CAN
|CAN
|DSQ
|71
|10
|}

;Open
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=16|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!M*
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Anthony Nossiter]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn class|Finn]]
|11
|<s>22</s>
|8
|17
|13
|21
|11
|20
|CAN
|CAN
|colspan=5 {{n/a}}
|EL
|101
|16
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ben Austin (sailor)|Ben Austin]]<br/>[[Nathan Outteridge]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er class|49er]]
|<s>20</s>
|1
|7
|3
|1
|1
|6
|4
|6
|12
|2
|18
|CAN
|CAN
|CAN
|12
|73
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Glenn Ashby]]<br/>[[Darren Bundock]]'''
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado class|Tornado]]
|5
|4
|3
|1
|5
|<s>9</s>
|2
|8
|7
|4
|colspan=5 {{n/a}}
|10
|49
|{{silver02}}
|}
'''M''' = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled; OCS = On the course side of the starting line; BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNF – Did not finish

==Shooting==
{{main article|Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia has selected a squad of seventeen sport shooters to contest the 2008 Olympic competition:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=20&SportID=20&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Shooting | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727204231/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=20&SportID=20&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-27 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[George Barton (sport shooter)|George Barton]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet|Skeet]]
|116
|17
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Benjamin Burge]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|576
|49
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|50 m rifle prone]]
|588
|40
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|1152
|40
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Michael Diamond (sport shooter)|Michael Diamond]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's trap|Trap]]
|119
|5 '''Q'''
|142 S/O 2
|4
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Craig Henwood]]
|109
|31
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Matthew Inabinet]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|579
|47
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|1141
|45
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Russell Mark]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap|Double trap]]
|136
|6 '''Q'''
|181
|5
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[David Moore (sport shooter)|David Moore]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]
|571
|36
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|50 m pistol]]
|546
|35
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Warren Potent]]'''
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone|50 m rifle prone]]
|595
|4 '''Q'''
|700.5
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Bruce Quick]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|25 m rapid fire pistol]]
|560
|17
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Paul Rahman]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet|Skeet]]
|110
|30
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Daniel Repacholi]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]
|573
|32
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|50 m pistol]]
|540
|41
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Dina Aspandiyarova]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]
|375
|36
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|25 m pistol]]
|571
|33
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Sue McCready]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|386
|42
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|550
|43
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Natalia Rahman]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|Skeet]]
|66
|11
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Stacy Roiall]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's trap|Trap]]
|62
|14
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Robyn van Nus]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|384
|44
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|566
|40
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Lalita Yauhleuskaya]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]
|381
|18
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|25 m pistol]]
|581
|14
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Softball==
{{main article|Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
The [[Australia women's national softball team|Australian softball team]] has qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team selected to compete in the games is:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=21&SportID=21&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Softball | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-04-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515000626/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=21&SportID=21&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-05-15 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*[[Jodie Bowering]]
*[[Kylie Cronk]]
*[[Kelly Hardie]]
*[[Tanya Harding]]
*[[Sandy Lewis (softball)|Sandy Lewis]]
*[[Simmone Morrow]]
*[[Tracey Mosley]]
*[[Stacey Porter]]
*[[Melanie Roche]]
*[[Justine Smethurst]]
*[[Danielle Stewart]]
*[[Natalie Titcume]]
*[[Natalie Ward (softball player)|Natalie Ward]]
*[[Belinda Wright (softball)|Belinda Wright]]
*[[Kerry Wyborn]]
{{colend}}

'''Group stage'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|  style="width:10px; background:#cfc;"| ||Qualified for the semifinals
|-
|  style="width:10px; background:#fcc;"| ||Eliminated
|}The top four teams will advance to the semifinal round.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=150|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|L
!width=20|RS
!width=20|RA
!width=20|WIN%
!width=20|GB
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left"|{{sbw|USA}}
||'''14'''||7||7||0||53||1||1.000||-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left"|{{sbw|JPN}}
||'''12'''||7||6||1||23||13||.857||1
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left"|{{sbw|AUS}}
||'''10'''||7||5||2||30||11||.714||2
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left"|{{sbw|CAN}}
||'''6'''||7||3||4||17||23||.429||4
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|align="left"|{{sbw|CHN}}
||'''4'''||7||2||5||19||21||.286||5
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|align="left"|{{sbw|TPE}}
||'''4'''||7||2||5||10||23||.286||5
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|align="left"|{{sbw|VEN}}
||'''4'''||7||2||5||15||35||.286||5
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|align="left"|{{sbw|NED}}
||'''2'''||7||1||6||8||48||.143||6
|}

{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|2008-08-12
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{sbw-rt|JPN}}'''||align=center| '''4–3''' ||'''{{sbw|AUS}}'''
|-
|2008-08-13
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{sbw-rt|USA}}'''||align=center| '''3–0''' ||'''{{sbw|AUS}}'''
|-
|2008-08-14
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{sbw-rt|AUS}}'''||align=center| '''3–1''' ||'''{{sbw|CHN}}'''
|-
|2008-08-15
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{sbw-rt|AUS}}'''||align=center| '''3–1''' ||'''{{sbw|TPE}}'''
|-
|2008-08-16
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{sbw-rt|AUS}}'''||align=center| '''8–0''' ||'''{{sbw|NED}}'''
|-
|2008-08-17
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{sbw-rt|AUS}}'''||align=center| '''4–0''' ||'''{{sbw|CAN}}'''
|-
|2008-08-18
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{sbw-rt|AUS}}'''||align=center| '''9–2''' ||'''{{sbw|VEN}}'''
|}

'''Semifinal'''
{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|2008-08-20
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{sbw-rt|AUS}}'''||align=center| '''5–3''' ||'''{{sbw|CAN}}'''
|}

'''Preliminary final'''

{| style="width:100%;" cellspacing="1"
|-
!width=25%|
!width=10%|
!
|-
|2008-08-20
|- style=font-size:90%
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|}

==Swimming==
{{main article|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia sent 43 swimmers to Beijing.<ref>[http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/athleteprofile/0,27316,24071234-5017297,00.html "Australia's Olympic swimming team"], Fox Sports.  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815070332/http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/athleteprofile/0%2C27316%2C24071234-5017297%2C00.html |date=August 15, 2008 }}</ref> The men's team won 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, while the women's team won 6 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals and set 4 world records. The members of the swim team and their results were:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=1&SportID=1&DisciplineID=14#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Swimming | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-04-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614024103/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=1&SportID=1&DisciplineID=14#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-06-14 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Leith Brodie]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m individual medley]]
|1:59.96
|15 '''Q'''
|2:00.57
|14
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ashley Callus]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|22.11
|13 '''Q'''
|21.68
|3 '''Q'''
|21.62
|4
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Ashley Delaney]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]
|54.08
|9 '''Q'''
|53.76
|8 '''Q'''
|53.31
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]
|1:57.87
|9 '''Q'''
|1:57.73
|10
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Grant Hackett]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
|3:44.03
|5 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:43.84
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle|1500 m freestyle]]
|14:38.92
|1 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|14:41.53
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ky Hurst]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre|10 km open water]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|1:52:13.7
|11
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Andrew Lauterstein]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]
|51.37
|6 '''Q'''
|51.27
|3 '''Q'''
|51.12
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kenrick Monk]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|1:48.17
|22
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Travis Nederpelt]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]
|1:56.64
|18
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley|400 m individual medley]]
|4:15.37
|14
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Adam Pine]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]
|52.07
|17
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Brenton Rickard]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|59.89
|4 '''Q'''
|59.65
|3 '''Q'''
|59.74
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
|2:11.00
|13 '''Q'''
|2:09.72
|4 '''Q'''
|2:08.88
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Christian Sprenger]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|1:00.36
|10 '''Q'''
|1:00.76
|14
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
|2:12.56
|26
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Nicholas Sprenger]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|1:47.64
|12 '''Q'''
|1:47.80
|12
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Craig Stevens (swimmer)|Craig Stevens]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
|3:50.22
|25
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle|1500 m freestyle]]
|15:04.82
|15
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Hayden Stoeckel]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]
|53.93
|7 '''Q'''
|52.97
|1 '''Q'''
|53.18
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]
|1:57.15
|6 '''Q'''
|1:56.73
|7 '''Q'''
|1:56.39
|6
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Eamon Sullivan]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|21.79
|7 '''Q'''
|21.75
|6 '''Q'''
|21.65
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|47.80
|1 '''Q'''
|47.05 {{WR|swimming}}
|1 '''Q'''
|47.32
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Matt Targett (swimmer)|Matt Targett]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|48.40
|11 '''Q'''
|47.88
|4 '''Q'''
|48.20
|7
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Leith Brodie]]*<br />[[Ashley Callus]]<br />[[Andrew Lauterstein]]<br />[[Patrick Murphy (swimmer)|Patrick Murphy]]*<br />[[Eamon Sullivan]]<br />[[Matt Targett (swimmer)|Matt Targett]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4 × 100 m freestyle relay]]
|3:12.41
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:09.91
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Grant Brits]]<br />[[Leith Brodie]]*<br />[[Nick Ffrost]]<br />[[Grant Hackett]]<br />[[Patrick Murphy (swimmer)|Patrick Murphy]]<br />[[Kirk Palmer]]*'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle relay]]
|7:08.41
|6 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|7:04.98
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Ashley Delaney]]*<br />[[Andrew Lauterstein]]<br />[[Adam Pine]]*<br />[[Brenton Rickard]]<br />[[Christian Sprenger]]*<br />[[Hayden Stoeckel]]<br />[[Eamon Sullivan]]<br />[[Matt Targett (swimmer)|Matt Targett]]*'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4 × 100 m medley relay]]
|3:32.76
|2 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:30.04
|{{silver02}}
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Competed in the heats only

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Bronte Barratt]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|1:57.75
|10 '''Q'''
|1:57.55
|5 '''Q'''
|1:57.83
|7
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
|4:04.16
|5 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|4:05.05
|7
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Cate Campbell]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|24.20
|1 '''Q'''
|24.42
|2 '''Q'''
|24.17
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|54.55
|13 '''Q'''
|54.54
|10
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Alicia Coutts]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley|200 m individual medley]]
|2:11.55
|1 '''Q'''
|2:12.03
|5 '''Q'''
|2:11.43
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sophie Edington]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]
|1:00.65
|14 '''Q'''
|1:01.05
|13
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sally Hunter (swimmer)|Sally Foster]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
|2:25.54
|10 '''Q'''
|2:26.33
|9
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Melissa Gorman]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]
|8:32.34
|17
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre|10 km open water]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|2:00:33.6
|15
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Samantha Hamill]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]
|2:08.83
|13 '''Q'''
|2:09.58
|12
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley|400 m individual medley]]
|4:41.89
|22
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Belinda Hocking]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]
|2:09.54
|11 '''Q'''
|2:08.80
|6 '''Q'''
|2:10.12
|8
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Leisel Jones]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|1:05.64
|1 '''Q'''
|1:05.80
|1 '''Q'''
|1:05.17
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]
|2:23.81
|2 '''Q'''
|2:23.04
|2 '''Q'''
|2:22.05
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Linda Mackenzie]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|1:57.96
|12 '''Q'''
|1:58.19
|12
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
|4:05.91
|10
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Meagen Nay]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]
|2:08.79
|3 '''Q'''
|2:08.09
|3 '''Q'''
|2:08.84
|7
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kylie Palmer]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]
|8:22.81
|5 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|8:26.39
|6
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Stephanie Rice]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley|200 m individual medley]]
|2:12.07
|6 '''Q'''
|2:10.58
|2 '''Q'''
|2:08.45 {{WR|swimming}}
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley|400 m individual medley]]
|4:35.11
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|4:29.45 {{WR|swimming}}
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Emily Seebohm]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]
|1:00.27
|9 '''Q'''
|1:00.31
|9
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|'''[[Jessicah Schipper]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]
|57.58
|1 '''Q'''
|57.43
|3 '''Q'''
|57.25
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]
|2:08.11
|11 '''Q'''
|2:06.34
|2 '''Q'''
|2:06.26
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|'''[[Libby Trickett]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]
|24.67
|4 '''Q'''
|24.47
|5 '''Q'''
|24.25
|4
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|53.99
|6 '''Q'''
|54.10
|8 '''Q'''
|53.16
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]
|58.37
|12 '''Q'''
|57.05
|1 '''Q'''
|56.73
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Tarnee White]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|1:07.83
|7 '''Q'''
|1:07.48
|4 '''Q'''
|1:07.63
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Cate Campbell]]<br />[[Alice Tait|Alice Mills]]<br />[[Shayne Reese]]*<br />[[Melanie Schlanger]]<br />[[Libby Trickett]]'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4 × 100 m freestyle relay]]
|3:37.81
|6 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:35.05
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Angie Bainbridge]]*<br />[[Bronte Barratt]]<br />[[Lara Davenport]]*<br />[[Felicity Galvez]]*<br />[[Linda Mackenzie]]<br />[[Kylie Palmer]]<br />[[Stephanie Rice]]<br />[[Melanie Schlanger]]*'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle relay]]
|7:55.10
|6 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|7:44.31 {{WR|swimming}}
|{{gold01}}
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Felicity Galvez]]*<br />[[Leisel Jones]]<br />[[Shayne Reese]]*<br />[[Jessicah Schipper]]<br />[[Emily Seebohm]]<br />[[Libby Trickett]]<br />[[Tarnee White]]*'''
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4 × 100 m medley relay]]
|3:57.94
|1 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3.52.69 {{WR|swimming}}
|{{gold01}}
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Competed in the heats only

==Synchronised swimming==
{{main article|Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia has qualified both a duet and a group entry in synchronised swimming.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=2&SportID=1&DisciplineID=15#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Synchronised Swimming | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-04-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415105410/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=2&SportID=1&DisciplineID=15#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-04-15 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Technical routine
!colspan=3|Free routine (preliminary)
!colspan=3|Free routine (final)
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Total (technical + free)
!Rank
!Points
!Total (technical + free)
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Myriam Glez]]<br/>[[Erika Leal-Ramirez]]
|align=left|[[Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's duet|Duet]]
|41.250
|21
|41.584
|82.834
|21
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Eloise Amberger]]<br/>[[Coral Bentley]]<br/>[[Sarah Bombell]]<br/>[[Tamika Domrow]]<br/>[[Myriam Glez]]<br/>[[Erika Leal-Ramirez]]<br/>[[Tarren Otte]]<br/>[[Samantha Reid (synchronized swimmer)|Samantha Reid]]<br/>[[Bethany Walsh]]
|align=left|[[Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team|Team]]
|40.417
|7
|colspan=3 {{n/a}}
|41.750
|82.167
|7
|}

==Table tennis==
{{main article|Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia has qualified both men's and women's table tennis teams for Beijing. Each team includes three competitors. The men's team is [[Kyle Davis (table tennis)|Kyle Davis]], [[William Henzell]] and [[David Zalcberg]]. The women's team is [[Lay Jian Fang]], [[Miao Miao]] and [[Stephanie Sang Xu]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=22&SportID=22&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title= The Team – Table Tennis | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date= 2008-06-25 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121747/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=22&SportID=22&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date= 2008-07-21 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

;Men's singles
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary round
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round 4
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kyle Davis (table tennis)|Kyle Davis]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ahmed Saleh (table tennis)|Saleh]]|EGY|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–4
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[William Henzell]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Idir Khourta|Khourta]]|ALG|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jens Lundqvist|Lundqvist]]|SWE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yoon Jae-Young|Yoon J-Y]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 3–4
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[David Zalcberg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Doan Kien Quoc|Doan]]|VIE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–4
|colspan=8|Did not advance
|}

;Women's singles
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary round
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round 4
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jian Fang Lay]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Neha Aggarwal|Aggarwal]]|IND|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandra Paovic|Paovic]]|CRO|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 3–4
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Miao Miao]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Cecilia Offiong|Offiong]]|NGR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Irina Kotikhina|Kotikhina]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Dang Ye-Seo|Dang Y-S]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–4
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Stephanie Sang Xu]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bose Kaffo|Kaffo]]|NGR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Svetlana Ganina|Ganina]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' {{abbr|WO|Walkover}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wu Xue|Wu X]]|DOM|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–4
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

;Team
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Group round
!Semifinals
!Bronze playoff 1
!Bronze playoff 2
!Bronze medal
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kyle Davis (table tennis)|Kyle Davis]]<br />[[William Henzell]]<br />[[David Zalcberg]]
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team|Men's team]]
|align=left|''Group A''<br />{{flagIOCteam|CHN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 3<br />{{flagIOCteam|AUT|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 3<br />{{flagIOCteam|GRE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 3
|4
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Jian Fang Lay]]<br />[[Miao Miao]]<br />[[Stephanie Sang Xu]]
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team|Women's team]]
|align=left|''Group D''<br />{{flagIOCteam|KOR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 3<br />{{flagIOCteam|JPN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 3<br />{{flagIOCteam|ESP|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 3
|4
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

==Taekwondo==
{{main article|Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Four Australians have qualified for the Beijing Olympics. [[Ryan Carneli]] will compete in the men's under 58&nbsp;kg division and [[Burak Hasan]] in the men's 58–68&nbsp;kg division. [[Carmen Marton]] will compete in the women's over 67&nbsp;kg division and [[Tina Morgan]] in the women's 57–67&nbsp;kg division.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=23&SportID=23&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Taekwondo | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120903/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=23&SportID=23&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage
!Bronze Medal
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ryan Carneli]]
|align=left|[[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg|Men's −58 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tshomlee Go|Go]]|PHI|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 1–0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Chutchawal Khawlaor|Khawlaor]]|THA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–2
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Burak Hasan]]
|align=left|[[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg|Men's −68 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Peter López|López]]|PER|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–3
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Tina Morgan]]
|align=left|[[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg|Women's −67 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Karine Sergerie|Sergerie]]|CAN|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–0 {{abbr|SUP|Decision by superiority}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vanina Sánchez|Sánchez]]|ARG|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 9–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gwladys Épangue|Épangue]]|FRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–4
|Did not advance
|5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Carmen Marton]]
|align=left|[[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg|Women's +67 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lorena Benítes|Benítes]]|ECU|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 2–0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Natália Falavigna|Falavigna]]|BRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 2–5
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}

==Tennis==
{{main article|Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia has qualified two men and three women for the singles competition in Beijing while two doubles pairs have qualified in each of the men's and women's draws. The team is:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=24&SportID=24&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Tennis | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080711204759/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=24&SportID=24&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-11 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=18938 |title=Change to Beijing entry list |publisher=International Tennis Federation |access-date=2008-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728211310/http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=18938 |archive-date=July 28, 2008 }}</ref>

;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[James Blake (tennis)|Blake]]|USA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 3–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Lleyton Hewitt]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jonas Björkman|Björkman]]|SWE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 7–5, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rafael Nadal|Nadal]]|ESP|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–6, 2–6
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]]<br/>[[Lleyton Hewitt]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Doubles]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Agustín Calleri|Calleri]] /<br />[[Juan Mónaco|Mónaco]]|ARG|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 18–16
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rafael Nadal|Nadal]] /<br />[[Tommy Robredo|Robredo]]|ESP|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''W''' 6–2, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bob Bryan|B Bryan]] /<br />[[Mike Bryan|M Bryan]]|USA|2008 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 4–6, 3–6
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Paul Hanley (tennis)|Paul Hanley]]<br />[[Jordan Kerr]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Simon Aspelin|Aspelin]] /<br />[[Thomas Johansson|Johansson]]|SWE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 6–7<sup>(7–9)</sup>, 3–6
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Casey Dellacqua]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gisela Dulko|Dulko]]|ARG|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 6–3, 6–4
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Victoria Azarenka|Azarenka]]|BLR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 2–6, 2–6
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Alicia Molik]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[María José Martínez Sánchez|Martínez Sánchez]]|ESP|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–6, 1–6
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Samantha Stosur]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sara Errani|Errani]]|ITA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 6–3, 6–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Serena Williams|S Williams]]|USA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 2–6, 0–6
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Casey Dellacqua]]<br />[[Alicia Molik]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Doubles]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Flavia Pennetta|Pennetta]] /<br />[[Francesca Schiavone|Schiavone]]|ITA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 4–6, 4–6
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Samantha Stosur]]<br />[[Rennae Stubbs]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Petra Kvitová|Kvitová]] /<br />[[Lucie Šafářová|Šafářová]]|CZE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 6–1, 6–0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Anabel Medina Garrigues|Medina Garrigues]] /<br />[[Virginia Ruano Pascual|Ruano Pascual]]|ESP|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Triathlon==
{{main article|Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Five Australians were selected to compete in the triathlon at the 2008 Olympics. [[Courtney Atkinson]] and [[Brad Kahlefeldt]] will contest the men's competition while [[Erin Densham]], [[Emma Moffatt]] and [[Emma Snowsill]] will battle it out for the women's title.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=25&SportID=25&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Triathlon | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-07-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121605/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=25&SportID=25&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Swim (1.5&nbsp;km)
!Trans 1
!Bike (40&nbsp;km)
!Trans 2
!Run (10&nbsp;km)
!Total Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Courtney Atkinson]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's|Men's]]
|18:06
|0:27
|59:08
|0:29
|32:00
|1:50:10.02
|11
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Brad Kahlefeldt]]
|18:17
|0:29
|58:56
|0:28
|32:26
|1:50:36.00
|16
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Erin Densham]]
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's|Women's]]
|20:54
|0:30
|1:05:27
|0:31
|35:46
|2:03:08.76
|22
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Emma Moffatt]]'''
|19:55
|0:31
|1:04:12
|0:31
|34:46
|1:59:55.84
|{{bronze03}}
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Emma Snowsill]]'''
|19:51
|0:28
|1:04:20
|0:31
|33:17
|1:58:27.66
|{{gold01}}
|}

==Volleyball==
{{main article|Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

===Beach===
Two teams qualified for the Olympics: the women's team Barnett-Cook ([[Tamsin Barnett]] and [[Natalie Cook]]), and the men's team Schacht-Slack ([[Andrew Schacht]] and [[Joshua Slack (beach volleyball)|Joshua Slack]]).

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary round
!rowspan="2"|Standing
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Andrew Schacht]]<br />[[Joshua Slack (beach volleyball)|Joshua Slack]]
|align=left|[[Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Men's]]
|align=left|''Pool C''<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Renato "Geor" Gomes|Geor]] – [[Jorge "Gia" Terceiro|Gia]]|GEO|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–19)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Emanuel Fernandes (beach volley player)|Fernandes]] – [[Morais Abreu|Morais]]|ANG|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–9)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball)|Ricardo]] – [[Emanuel Rego|Emanuel]]|BRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 2 (14–21, 17–21)
|2 '''Q'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Reinder Nummerdor|Nummerdor]] – <br />[[Richard Schuil|Schuil]]|NED|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 2 (16–21, 14–21)
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Tamsin Barnett]]<br />[[Natalie Cook]]
|align=left|[[Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Women's]]
|align=left|''Pool C''<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexandra Shiryaeva|Shiryaeva]] – [[Natalya Uryadova|Uryadova]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 2 – 1 (21–8, 19–21, 15–12)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Cristine "Saka" Santanna|Saka]] – [[Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins|Rtvelo]]|GEO|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–12)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Larissa França|Larissa]] – [[Ana Paula Connelly|Ana Paula]]|BRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 2 – 0 (23–21, 23–21)
|1 '''Q'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Efthalia Koutroumanidou|Koutroumanidou]] – <br />[[Maria Tsiartsiani|Tsiartsiani]]|GRE|2008 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 2 – 1 (22–20, 19–21, 15–12)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Talita Antunes|Talita]] – <br />[[Renata Ribeiro|Renata]]|BRA|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0 – 2 (22–24, 14–21)
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|}

==Water polo==
{{main article|Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Australia participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 8th place, while the women's team won the bronze medal. Australia's squads included three sets of siblings: [[Jamie Beadsworth|Jamie]] and [[Gemma Beadsworth]], the Santoromito sisters and the Rippon sisters. [[Kate Gynther]] is also a stepsister of the Rippons.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=23&SportID=23&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Water Polo | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721120903/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=23&SportID=23&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ([[Bronwen Knox|Bronwen]] and [[Emma Knox]] are unrelated.)

===Men's tournament===
{{main article|Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

;Roster
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|AUS}}

;Group play
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}
All times are [[China Standard Time]] ([[UTC+8]]).
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A3}}
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A5}}
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A9}}
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A12}}
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A14}}

;Classification round
;Classification semi-final
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|E1}}

;Classification 7th–8th
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|F2}}

===Women's tournament===
{{main article|Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

;Roster
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|AUS}}

;Group play
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B}}
All times are [[China Standard Time]] ([[UTC+8]]).
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B2}}
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B3}}
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B5}}

;Semifinal
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|F1}}

;Bronze medal game
{{#section:Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|G1}}

==Weightlifting==
{{main article|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Two Australians will compete in the weightlifting at Beijing. [[Damon Kelly]] will lift in the men's over 105&nbsp;kg class and [[Deborah Lovely]] in women's over 75&nbsp;kg class.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=28&SportID=27&DisciplineID=-1#teamTableContainer |title=The Team – Weightlifting |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |access-date=2008-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620072353/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=28&SportID=27&DisciplineID=-1 |archive-date=2008-06-20 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Snatch
!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Damon Kelly]]
|align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|Men's +105 kg]]
|165
|11
|221
|9
|386
|9
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Deborah Lovely]]
|align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg|Women's +75 kg]]
|113
|8
|135
|8
|248
|8
|}

==Wrestling ==
{{main article|Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
Four wrestlers represented Australia at the 2008 Games:.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=29&SportID=28&DisciplineID=7#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Wrestling Freestyle | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721115748/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=29&SportID=28&DisciplineID=7#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=30&SportID=28&DisciplineID=8#teamTableContainer | title=The Team – Wrestling Greco-Roman | publisher=Australian Olympic Committee | access-date=2008-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721121300/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?TeamID=30&SportID=28&DisciplineID=8#teamTableContainer | archive-date=2008-07-21 | url-status=dead }}</ref> None of them made it past the qualification round.

{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
'''Key''':
* {{abbr|VT|Victory by Fall}} - [[Pin (amateur wrestling)|Victory by Fall]].
* {{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}} - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* {{abbr|PO|Decision by Points - the loser without technical points}} - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
}}

;Men's freestyle
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Qualification
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size: 95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ali Abdo (wrestler)|Ali Abdo]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg|−74 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ahmet Gülhan|Gülhan]]|TUR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–3 <sup>{{abbr|PO|Decision by Points - the loser without technical points}}</sup>
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|21
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Sandeep Kumar (wrestler)|Sandeep Kumar]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 84 kg|−84 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yusup Abdusalomov|Abdusalomov]]|TJK|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–3 <sup>{{abbr|PO|Decision by Points - the loser without technical points}}</sup>
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Taras Danko|Danko]]|UKR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–3 <sup>{{abbr|PO|Decision by Points - the loser without technical points}}</sup>
|Did not advance
|20
|}

;Men's Greco-Roman
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Qualification
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size: 95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Hassan Shahsavan]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg|−74 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Roman Melyoshin|Melyoshin]]|KAZ|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–3 <sup>{{abbr|PP|Decision by Points - the loser with technical points}}</sup>
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|18
|}

;Women's freestyle
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Qualification
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!Repechage 1
!Repechage 2
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size: 95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kyla Bremner]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg|−48 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Hyung-Joo|Kim H-J]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–3 <sup>{{abbr|PO|Decision by Points - the loser without technical points}}</sup>
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|17
|}

== Media coverage ==
In Australia, both the [[Seven Network]] and [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS TV]] provided television coverage of the games. Live web video streaming of selected events was provided by [[Yahoo!7]]. Radio station [[2GB]] held the exclusive Sydney radio rights through the Seven Network, while in other capital cities commercial partners were joined by [[ABC Local Radio]] in providing radio coverage. Additionally, [[Telstra]] broadcast Seven's coverage and that of selected events to [[3G|3G mobile phone]]s via the [[Telstra Mobile|Next G]] network.

An estimated eight million viewers in Australia watched the televised broadcast of the [[2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony|Opening Ceremony]], the largest number ever, surpassing that of the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] opening ceremony.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/off-the-field/seven-in-heaven-as-8-million-tune-in/2008/08/09/1218139181035.html Seven in heaven as 8 million tune in] ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 9 August 2008.</ref> Seven was the only network to televise the Opening Ceremony in Australia.

Seven has been criticised for broadcasting [[Australian Football League]] games in lieu of Olympic events with Australian athletes in contention for medals, as well as for the quality of their coverage in general.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24159914-5014105,00.html Viewers outraged as Channel Seven dumps Olympic coverage for AFL match] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123183824/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24159914-5014105,00.html |date=2010-01-23 }}, ''News.com'', 11 August 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24163544-5001030,00.html Channel 7 stumbles on Beijing Olympic Games coverage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915201206/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24163544-5001030,00.html |date=2008-09-15 }}, ''Daily Telegraph'', 11 August 2008.</ref> The network cited existing contractual obligations for their AFL scheduling.<ref>[http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/seven-on-defense.html Seven on the defense], ''TV Tonight'', 12 August 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815041237/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/seven-on-defense.html |date=August 15, 2008 }}</ref> In response, the AFL made concessions to Seven that allowed more Olympics coverage to be broadcast in certain markets.<ref>[http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/08/afl-relents-seven-allowed-more-olympics.html AFL relents, Seven allowed more Olympics], ''TV Tonight'', 12 August 2008.</ref>

During the closing days of the games, Seven and the rival [[Nine Network]] engaged in a "bidding war" to secure athletes, particularly gold medalists, for exclusive contracts to appear on their respective programs. [[Stephanie Rice]] signed a $800,000 two-year contract with Seven, and as a result withdrew (along with several other athletes) from being filmed for Nine's ''[[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|60 Minutes]]'' hours before the show.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/latest-news/seven-nine-in-bidding-war/2008/08/22/1219262524936.html Seven, Nine in Bidding War], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 22 August 2008.</ref> Both networks are fighting for the lead in the Australian television ratings and, whilst Seven has broadcast the last several Olympics, Nine will be co-broadcasting with [[Foxtel]] the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London.

The International Olympic Committee later awarded Seven its Golden Rings Award for "Best Olympic Programme". The award is given for the best overall Olympic coverage.<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Seven awarded for Olympic coverage|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/12/seven-awarded-for-olympic-coverage.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=18 December 2008|access-date=18 December 2008}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
* [[Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics]]
* [[Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]

==External links==
* [http://www.olympics.com.au/ Official website of Australia's team for the Beijing Olympics]

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