Australasia was a combined team of athletes from Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand that competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. When the Olympic Games resumed in 1920 after World War I, the two nations sent separate teams to the Games, and have done so ever since.
Timeline of participation
Olympic Year/s Teams 1896–1900 Australia 1904 1908–1912 1920–present
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by sport
List of medalists The Australasia team won a total of twelve medals in the two Olympiads in which they competed, mostly in swimming. One New Zealander won a medal in 1908 (Harry Kerr a bronze in athletics), and two New Zealanders (Malcolm Champion a gold in swimming, Anthony Wilding a bronze in tennis) won medals in 1912; all other medalists for Australasia were Australians. MedalNameGamesSportEvent Australia national team1 Rugby union Men's competition Boxing Men's middleweight Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Athletics Men's 3500 m walk Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Malcolm ChampionLeslie BoardmanHarold Hardwick Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Tennis Men's indoor singles 1 Rugby players who competed at the 1908 Games: Phil Carmichael, Charles Russell, Daniel Carroll, Jack Hickey, Frank Smith, Chris McKivat, Arthur McCabe, Thomas Griffen, Jumbo Barnett, Patrick McCue, Sydney Middleton, Tom Richards, Malcolm McArthur, Charles McMurtrie, Robert Craig
See also
Australia at the Olympics New Zealand at the Olympics
References
External links
Medal Count for ANZ at DatabaseOlympics.com