Australia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
The Australian team consisted of 43 athletes (21 men and 22 women), competing in 10 sports. This marked a decrease of seven athletes from 2018. Alpine skier Madison Hoffman was selected but withdrew due to an ACL injury. Brendan Kerry and Laura Peel were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Freestyle skier Sami Kennedy-Sim was the closing ceremony flagbearer.
The use of Simplified Chinese stroke count placed it third-from-last in the Parade of Nations before the host nation of the next Winter Olympics (Italy) and the host nation (China) as it takes sixteen (16) strokes to write the first character () of its Chinese name, more than any other participating country.
On 12 February, Jaclyn Narracott's silver medal in women's skeleton gave Australia its fourth medal at the games, breaking the nation's record for total medals won at a single Winter Olympics. This would again be broken in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Medallists
The following Australian competitors won medals at the games. In the "by discipline" sections below, medallists' names are bolded.
MedalNameSportEventDateFreestyle skiingWomen's mogulsSnowboardingMen's halfpipeSkeletonWomen'sSnowboardingWomen's slopestyle
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors who participated at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing123Bobsleigh022Cross-country skiing426Curling112Figure skating112Freestyle skiing4913Luge101Short track speed skating101Skeleton112Snowboarding7411Total212243
Alpine skiing
Australia qualified one male and two female alpine skiers.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLouis Muhlen-SchulteMen's giant slalom1:08.44321:10.01212:18.4823Men's slalomDid not advanceGreta SmallWomen's downhillcolspan=4 1:36.5326Women's super-Gcolspan=4 1:16.9731Women's combined1:34.38181:00.17132:34.5513Kathryn ParkerWomen's slalom
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBree WalkerWomen's monobob1:05.55101:05.5461:05.1621:05.2124:21.465Kiara ReddingiusBree WalkerTwo-woman1:01.98151:02.11111:02.04111:02.51204:08.6416
Cross-country skiing
Australia qualified three male and two female cross-country skiers, and added one more male quota during reallocation.
Due to high winds and adverse weather conditions, the men's 50 km freestyle competition on 19 February was shortened to 30 km.
Distance Men AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleTotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPhillip BellinghamMen's 15 km classicalcolspan=4 rowspan=4 44:46.875Seve de Campo44:21.272Hugo Hinckfuss46:05.981Lars Young Vik44:50.676Phillip Bellingham Men's 30 km skiathlon65Seve de Campo47:05.76361Phillip BellinghamMen's 50 km freestylecolspan=4 rowspan=2 1:23:03.853Seve de Campo1:21:02.551
Women AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleTotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCasey WrightWomen's 10 km classicalcolspan=4 rowspan=2 33:31.167Jessica Yeaton31:54.651Jessica YeatonWomen's 15 km skiathlon25:08.14222:58.91948:54.031Casey WrightWomen's 30 km freestylecolspan=4 rowspan=2 1:44:19.956Jessica Yeaton1:37:06.143
Sprint Men AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPhillip BellinghamMen's sprint3:01.5750Did not advanceSeve de Campo3:04.8163Did not advanceHugo Hinckfuss3:04.4461Did not advanceLars Young Vik3:02.5255Did not advancePhillip BellinghamSeve de CampoMen's team sprintcolspan=4 21:17.3511Did not advance22
Women AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCasey WrightWomen's sprint3:39.2265Did not advanceJessica Yeaton3:32.8552Did not advanceCasey WrightJessica YeatonWomen's team sprintcolspan=4 25:13.48Did not advance16
Curling
Australia's curling team consisted of two athletes (one per gender), competing in the mixed doubles tournament. This marked the country's debut in the sport at the Olympics. The team won two out of nine matches and did not advance to the medal round.
Summary TeamEventRound robinSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTahli GillDean HewittMixed doubles tournamentL 5–6L 5–6L 2–8L 6–7L 8–9L 4–10L 3–7W 9–6W 10–810Did not advance
Mixed doubles tournament
Australia qualified their mixed doubles team (two athletes), by finishing in the top two teams in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event.
Round robin Australia had a bye in draws 3, 9, 10 and 13.
Draw 1 Wednesday, 2 February, 20:05
Draw 2 Thursday, 3 February, 9:05
Draw 4 Thursday, 3 February, 20:05
Draw 5 Friday, 4 February, 8:35
Draw 6 Friday, 4 February, 13:35
Draw 7 Saturday, 5 February, 9:05
Draw 8 Saturday, 5 February, 14:05
Draw 11 Sunday, 6 February, 14:05
Draw 12 Sunday, 6 February, 20:05
Figure skating
Australia earned one quota in Men's Singles and Women's Singles at the final Olympic Qualification Event, the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.
Athlete Event TotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankBrendan KerryMen's singles84.7917 Q160.0116244.8017Kailani CraineWomen's singles49.9329Did not advance
Freestyle skiing
Aerials AthleteEventQualificationFinalJump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankGabi AshWomen's aerials77.171780.048Did not advance14Laura Peel104.541 Qcolspan=2 100.024 Q78.565Danielle Scott96.234 Qcolspan=2 71.2310Did not advance10
Freeski AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankAbi HarriganWomen's slopestyle16.1026.3126.3126Did not advance
Moguls Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankMatt GrahamMen's moguls23.9748.7465.1319Did not advance29James Matheson26.1058.2871.862025.7659.1773.2014Did not advance24Brodie Summers24.4659.9275.661124.7162.7277.932 Q24.4060.1376.1512 Q24.4759.2775.0010Did not advance10Cooper Woods26.4561.5374.651424.0160.4076.744 Q24.1961.4877.587 Q25.0262.2177.225 Q25.0163.8678.886
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankJakara AnthonyWomen's moguls27.9667.2683.751 Qcolspan=4 27.7065.1381.911 Q27.8264.6481.291 Q27.6366.4383.09Sophie Ash30.3955.6169.361330.1258.1472.203 Q30.5756.9270.4716Did not advance16Britteny Cox29.8657.9172.269 Qcolspan=4 30.0458.8973.0414Did not advance14Taylah O'NeillDid not advance
Ski Cross AthleteEventSeeding1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankSami Kennedy-SimWomen's ski cross1:19.14111 Q1 Q4 FB48 Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to next round; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final
Luge
Based on the results during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Australia qualified 1 sled in the men's singles.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlexander FerlazzoMen's singles58.2161958.9942458.1221657.887123:53.21916
Short track speed skating
Australia has qualified one male short track speed skater. Brendan Corey was named to the team in January 2022.
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBrendan Corey500 m41.0973Did not advance211000 m1:23.9082 QDid not advance15
Skeleton
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNick TimmingsMen's1:03.76251:02.83241:01.7820Did not advance3:08.3725Jaclyn NarracottWomen's1:02.0521:02.2931:01.7931:02.1144:08.24
Snowboarding
Freestyle AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankMatthew CoxMen's big air56.2519.0013.7570.0028Did not advanceMen's slopestyle34.4639.9839.9826Did not advanceValentino GuseliMen's halfpipe31.7585.75rowspan=285.755 Q75.7579.7579.7579.756Scotty James88.2591.2591.252 Q16.5092.5047.7592.50Emily ArthurWomen's halfpipe62.5019.7562.5014Did not advanceTess CoadyWomen's big air74.0054.7562.25136.257 Q85.0029.758.50114.759Women's slopestyle55.9871.1371.138 Q82.6855.9884.1584.15
Snowboard Cross AthleteEventSeeding1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankCam BoltonMen's1:17.9281 Q4Did not advance13Adam Dickson1:18.56153Did not advance21Jarryd Hughes1:20.48284Did not advance29Adam Lambert1:17.56173Did not advance22Josie BaffWomen's1:25.11143Did not advance18Belle Brockhoff1:24.72182 Q2 Q2 FA44Cameron BoltonBelle BrockhoffMixed teamcolspan=33Did not advance=9Adam LambertJosie Baffcolspan=34Did not advance=13 Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to next round; FA - Qualify to medal final
See also Australia at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
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