Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold
Stephanie Rice
Swimming
Women's 400 m individual medley

Gold
Lisbeth Trickett
Swimming
Women's 100 m butterfly

Gold
Leisel Jones
Swimming
Women's 100 m breaststroke

Gold
Stephanie Rice
Swimming
Women's 200 m individual medley

Gold
Stephanie Rice
Bronte Barratt
Kylie Palmer
Linda Mackenzie
Felicity Galvez*
Angie Bainbridge*
Melanie Schlanger*
Lara Davenport*
Swimming
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Gold
Drew Ginn
Duncan Free
Rowing
Men's coxless pair

Gold
Scott Brennan
David Crawshay
Rowing
Men's double sculls

Gold
Emily Seebohm
Leisel Jones
Jessicah Schipper
Libby Trickett
Tarnee White *
Felicity Galvez*
Shayne Reese*
Swimming
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Gold
Emma Snowsill
Triathlon
Women's triathlon

Gold
Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page
Sailing
Men's 470 class

Gold
Tessa Parkinson
Elise Rechichi
Sailing
Women's 470 class

Gold
Steven Hooker
Athletics
Men's pole vault

Gold
Ken Wallace
Canoeing
Men's K-1 500 m

Gold
Matthew Mitcham
Diving
Men's 10 m platform

Silver
Briony Cole
Melissa Wu
Diving
Women's 10 m synchronised platform

Silver
Clayton Fredericks
Lucinda Fredericks
Sonja Johnson
Megan Jones
Shane Rose
Equestrian
Team eventing

Silver
Eamon Sullivan
Swimming
Men's 100 m freestyle

Silver
Brenton Rickard
Swimming
Men's 200 m breaststroke

Silver
Leisel Jones
Swimming
Women's 200 m breaststroke

Silver
Libby Trickett
Swimming
Women's 100 m freestyle

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Stephanie Louise Rice , OAM ( born 17 June 1988 ) is an Australian former competitive swimmer . She won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2009 . On 9 April 2014 , she confirmed her retirement .
The swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre . The newly introduced open water marathon events ( 10 km ) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park . Swimming featured 34 events ( 17 male , 17 female ) , including two 10 km open-water marathons . The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m long course pool within the Olympic Park . United States claimed a total of 31 medals ( 12 golds , 9 silver , and 10 bronze ) in the leaderboard to maintain its standings as the most successful nation in swimming . A stellar performance in the pool also made an Olympic history for Michael Phelps , who captured eight gold medals to break Mark Spitz 's 1972 record , a total of seven , at a single Games . Despite the male swimmers failing to attain a single gold in swimming , Australia managed to repeat a second-place effort on its third consecutive Olympics with 20 medals ( six golds , six silver , and eight bronze ) . Meanwhile , Great Britain finished third with a total of six medals by the benefit of a sterling long-distance freestyle double from Rebecca Adlington . A total of 25 world records and 65 Olympic records were set during the competition .
The women 's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9-10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . Australia 's Stephanie Rice pulled away to a strong finish on the freestyle leg , as she claimed an Olympic gold medal in the event . She established a sterling time of 4:29.45 to slash 1.67 seconds off the world record , set by Katie Hoff from the U.S. Olympic Trials . Zimbabwe 's Kirsty Coventry also went under a world record , but earned her first silver at these Games , in an African record of 4:29.89 . Meanwhile , Hoff did not match her stellar performance from the trials , as she settled only for the bronze in 4:31.71 . Rising American teenager Elizabeth Beisel finished outside the medals in fourth place at 4:34.24 , holding off Italy 's Alessia Filippi ( 4:34.34 ) to fifth by exactly a tenth of a second ( 0.10 ) . Great Britain 's Hannah Miley ( 4:39.44 ) , Russia 's Yana Martynova ( 4:40.04 ) , and China 's Li Xuanxu ( 4:42.13 ) rounded out the finale .
Australian Lisbeth Libby Constance Trickett , OAM ( born 28 January 1985 ) , née Lisbeth Constance Lenton , is a retired competition swimmer . She was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics , the 2008 Summer Olympics , and the 2012 Summer Olympics . She was the world record holder in the short-course ( 25m ) 100-metre freestyle .
The women 's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9-11 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . Top favorite Lisbeth Trickett powered past the entire field to earn Australia 's second straight gold in the event . She posted a lifetime best of 56.73 , just 0.12 of a second outside the world record set by Dutch swimmer Inge de Bruijn at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney . U.S. swimmer Christine Magnuson took home the silver in 57.10 , while Trickett 's teammate Jessicah Schipper picked up the bronze in 57.25 , handing an entire medal haul for the Aussies in the pool . China 's Zhou Yafei finished fourth with a time of 57.84 , while Tao Li made a historic milestone for Singapore as she became the nation 's first ever swimmer to reach an Olympic final , earning a fifth spot in 57.99 . Meanwhile , Great Britain 's Jemma Lowe ( 58.06 ) , Brazil 's Gabriella Silva ( 58.10 ) , and Netherlands ' Inge Dekker ( 58.54 ) closed out the field .
Leisel Marie Jones , OAM ( born 30 August 1985 ) is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist . A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics - at just 15 years old - and 2004 Summer Olympics , she was part of gold-medal-winning Australian team in the women 's 4×100-metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medallist for 100-metre breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . On 17 March 2012 , Jones earned selection to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , and became the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympic games . There , she won her ninth Olympic medal , a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay . Jones is noted for employing a classic breaststroke technique , typified by a slow but deeper stroke cycle and also by her slow starts . Along with South African champion Penny Heyns , she is regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers ever . [ citation needed ]
The women 's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10-12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . After winning a silver medal in Sydney and a bronze in Athens , Australia 's Leisel Jones stormed home on the final lap to claim an elusive gold in the event . She established an Olympic record of 1:05.17 , just eight-hundredths of a second ( 0.08 ) off her global standard . Coming from fifth place in the turn , U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni earned a silver medal in 1:06.73 . Finishing fourth from the Olympic trials , she inherited a place in the event after Jessica Hardy 's sudden withdrawal from the Games because of a doping irregularity . Meanwhile , Mirna Jukić posted a time of 1:07.34 to settle for the bronze , holding off Russia 's Yuliya Yefimova ( 1:07.43 ) to fourth place by almost a tenth of a second ( 0.10 ) . Megan Jendrick , former Olympic champion from Sydney in 2000 , finished fifth with a time of 1:07.62 , edging out Aussie Tarnee White ( 1:07.63 ) in a close race by a hundredth of a second ( 0.01 ) . China 's Sun Ye ( 1:08.08 ) and Japan 's Asami Kitagawa ( 1:08.43 ) rounded out the finale . Earlier in the prelims , Jones opened up her meet by breaking a new Olympic record of 1:05.64 , exactly a full second faster than a winning time set by Luo Xuejuan in Athens four years earlier .
The women 's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11-13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . Australia 's Stephanie Rice became the third swimmer in Olympic history to strike a medley double , since Michelle Smith did so in 1996 and Yana Klochkova in 2000 and 2004 . She established a sterling time of 2:08.45 to lower her world record from the Olympic trials by almost half a second ( 0.50 ) . Zimbabwe 's Kirsty Coventry added a third silver to her collection , finishing with an African record of 2:08.59 . U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin , who held the lead on the backstroke leg , picked up a bronze medal in 2:10.34 . Completing the second half of a difficult double , American Katie Hoff produced the same result from the 200 m freestyle , as she finished again in fourth place with a time of 2:10.68 . Australia 's Alicia Coutts placed fifth in 2:11.43 , while Japan 's Asami Kitagawa swam the outside lane to finish the race in sixth place at 2:11.56 . On the strength of the breaststroke leg , Kitagawa won a swimoff for the last slot in the top 8 final over Hungary 's Evelyn Verrasztó . Canada 's Julia Wilkinson ( 2:12.43 ) and Poland 's Katarzyna Baranowska ( 2:13.36 ) closed out the field . Earlier in the semifinals , Coventry established an Olympic standard of 2:09.53 to cut off Yana Klochkova 's eight-year record by a 1.15-second deficit .
Bronte Amelia Arnold Barratt , OAM ( born 8 February 1989 ) is a retired Australian competitive swimmer and Olympic gold medallist .
Kylie Jayne Palmer , OAM ( born 25 February 1990 ) , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer . She attended Grace Lutheran College , Rothwell . She was Sports Captain for her house , Pegasus and represented the school in many aquatic events . She trained at Redcliffe Leagues Swimming Club under Ken Wood , and later Albany Creek Swim Club under John Rodgers . At the 2007 Australian Short Course Championships she set an Australian and Commonwealth record in the 800 metres freestyle of 8:14.11 . She represented Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games , where she finished 5th in the 400-metre freestyle . At the 2007 Melbourne World Championships she came 8th in the 800-metre freestyle . At the 2008 Short Course World Championships in Manchester , Palmer won 4 medals . Two titles over 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle , one silver medal over 800-metre freestyle and a bronze medal with the 4×200-metre freestyle relay . At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships , she won the 800-metre freestyle in a personal best time of 8:24.30 , thus qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics . Also , by finishing 4th in the 200-metre freestyle , she qualified to swim in the relay at the games . At the Beijing Olympics , 14 August 2008 , Palmer won gold for the 4×200-metre women 's relay team , with other members Stephanie Rice , Bronte Barratt and Linda MacKenzie .
Linda June Mackenzie , OAM ( born 14 December 1983 ) is an Australian freestyle swimmer . She preferred the longer 200- , 400- , and 800-metre events and won the Australian 400-metre national title five years in a row ( 2004-2008 ) . She was part of the Australian team that won the gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and has picked up silver medals in the same event at the 2003 and 2005 world championships . Mackenzie qualified for the 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle events at the Olympic Games in Beijing and was a member of the winning Australian team in the women 's 4×200-metre freestyle relay . She was the last swimmer in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics . Together with Stephanie Rice , Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer the world record was broken by 5.78 seconds . She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder .
Felicity Madeline Galvez , OAM ( born 4 March 1985 ) is an Australian swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist . She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder . She was educated at Runnymede College in Madrid .
Angie Lee Bainbridge , OAM ( born 16 October 1989 ) is an Australian freestyle swimmer who specialises in the 200-metre event . At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships she qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relay squads by coming sixth and third in the respective individual events . She was not used as the Australians won bronze in the shorter race . She then swam the preliminary heats of the longer relay , and collected gold when the first-choice quartet won the final in a world record time . In 2009 , she received the Medal of the Order of Australia For service to sport as a gold medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games . She was part of the Australian 4 x 200 m freestyle team at the 2012 Summer Olympics , again swimming in the heats . She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder .
Melanie Renee Schlanger , OAM ( born 31 August 1986 ) , also known by her married name Melanie Wright , is an Australian freestyle swimmer . Melanie first represented Australia at the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and her career spanned ten years , ending after the 2015 World Championships . She represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics winning five Olympic medals ( including 2 gold ) .
Lara Shiree Davenport OAM ( born 22 December 1983 in Sydney , New South Wales ) in 2006 , she relocated to Kingscliff , Northern NSW to train with at the High Performance Institute - New South Wales Institute of Sport by Greg Salter . During her Olympic pursuit Lara was the Ambassador for Pacific Hoists . She completed her Bachelor of Social Science ( Psychology ) at Bond University . She is currently the Chair of the Queensland Olympic Council Education Commission and a member of the Victorian Olympic Council Education Commission .
The women 's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 13-14 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . For the first time since the event 's inception in 1996 , the Aussies smashed a new world record to overhaul the undefeated Americans for an Olympic title with a benefit of a sterling opening leg from Stephanie Rice . Starting the program 's longest relay race with a remarkable Oceanian-record split of 1:56.60 , Rice and her teammates Bronte Barratt ( 1:56.58 ) , Kylie Palmer ( 1:55.22 ) , and Linda Mackenzie ( 1:55.91 ) registered a gold-medal time of 7:44.31 to shave nearly six seconds off the previous world record set by their greatest rivals in 2007 . China 's Pang Jiaying expanded her stretch over U.S. swimmer Katie Hoff with an anchor of 1:54.39 to deliver the foursome of Yang Yu ( 1:56.79 ) , Zhu Qianwei ( 1:56.64 ) , and Tan Miao ( 1:58.11 ) a superb Asian record time of 7:45.93 , and a silver medal for the host nation . After a disappointing Olympic campaign , the U.S. team of Allison Schmitt ( 1:57.71 ) , Natalie Coughlin ( 1:57.19 ) , Caroline Burckle ( 1:56.70 ) , and Hoff ( 1:54.73 ) finally found the best form on the blazing anchor leg to end the race for the bronze in 7:46.33 , finishing nearly four seconds under the old world record . Italy 's Renata Spagnolo ( 1:58.31 ) , Alessia Filippi ( 1:56.68 ) , Flavia Zoccari ( 1:59.80 ) , and Federica Pellegrini ( 1:54.97 ) missed out the podium by over three seconds with a fourth-place time and a European record of 7:49.76 . Meanwhile , the French quartet of Coralie Balmy ( 1:56.57 ) , Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne ( 1:57.95 ) , Aurore Mongel ( 1:58.62 ) , and Camille Muffat ( 1:57.52 ) occupied the fifth spot in 7:50.66 . Earlier in the prelims , Muffat ( 1:57.32 ) , Balmy ( 1:55.86 ) , Céline Couderc ( 1:58.92 ) , and Alena Popchanka ( 1:58.27 ) , previously competed for Belarus in three Games , established a new Olympic record of 7:50.37 to close the session with a final top seed . Hungary ( 7:55.53 ) , Japan ( 7:57.56 ) , and Sweden ( 7:59.83 ) rounded out the field . For the first time in Olympic history , all eight teams finished the race under eight minutes due to the presence of technology suits .
Drew Cameron Ginn OAM , ( born 20 November 1974 ) is an Australian five-time world champion rower , a four time Olympian and triple Olympic gold medallist . From 1995 to 1998 he was a member of Australia 's prominent world class crew - the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome .
Duncan Seth Free OAM ( born 25 May 1973 ) is a retired Australian rower and Olympic gold medallist . He is dual Olympian and two-time world champion who represented Australia at four world rowing championships in both sculls and sweep oared boats . He was a six-time Australian national sculling champion .
Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17 , at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park .
Men 's coxless pair competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 , at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park . This rowing event was a sweep event , meaning that each rower has one oar and rows on only one side . Two rowers crewed each boat , with no coxswain . The competition consists of multiple rounds . Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat ; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking . Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed , with each semifinal having two possible finals . During the first round three heats were held . The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals , while all others were sent to the repechage . In the repechage , each boat had another chance to advance to the A/B semifinals , with the top three boats doing so . The remaining repechage finishers were sent to the C final . Only A/B semifinals were held . For each of the two semifinal races , the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals , while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals .
Scott Brennan ( born 9 January 1983 ) is an Australian Olympic gold-medal winning and national champion rower from Hobart , Tasmania . He has represented for Australia in rowing at three consecutive Olympic games .
David William Crawshay OAM ( born 11 August 1979 ) is an Australian former rower , an eleven-time national champion , an Olympic champion and medalist at World Championships . He represented Australia in rowing at three consecutive Olympic games from Athens 2004 to London 2012 .
The men 's double sculls competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held between August 9 and 16 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park . This rowing event is a double scull event , meaning that each boat is propelled by a pair of rowers . The scull portion means that each rower uses two oars , one on each side of the boat ; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side . The competition consists of multiple rounds . Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat ; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking . Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed , with each semifinal having two possible finals . During the first round three heats were held . The top three boats in each heat advanced to the A/B semifinals , while all others went to the repechage . The repechage gave rowers a second chance to reach the top semifinals , with the top three boats in the repechage also advancing to the A/B semifinal . The remaining boats from the repechage went to the C final . Only A/B semifinals were held . For each of the two semifinal races , the top three boats moved on to the better of the two finals ( the A final ) , while the bottom three boats went to the lesser of the two finals ( the B final ) .
Emily Jane Seebohm , OAM ( born 5 June 1992 ) is an Australian backstroke , freestyle , butterfly and individual medley swimmer .
Jessicah Lee Schipper , OAM ( born 19 November 1986 ) is an Australian former competition swimmer . She trained at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane , under veteran coach Ken Wood up until the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympics . Schipper then trained under the guidance of Stephan Widmar with the Commercial Swimming Club . She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in January 2005 for her services to swimming .
Australian Lisbeth Libby Constance Trickett , OAM ( born 28 January 1985 ) , née Lisbeth Constance Lenton , is a retired competition swimmer . She was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics , the 2008 Summer Olympics , and the 2012 Summer Olympics . She was the world record holder in the short-course ( 25m ) 100-metre freestyle .
Tarnee Renee White , OAM ( born 17 October 1981 ) , also known by her married name Tarnee Southwell , is an Australian breaststroke swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics . Coming from the Redcliffe club in Queensland , and coached by Ken Wood , White made her international debut at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney , where she came 7th in the 100-metre breaststroke . At the Sydney Olympics the following year , White swum the breaststroke leg in the heats of the 4×100-metre medley relay , before being replaced by fellow Wood swimmer Leisel Jones in the team that trailed the United States home in the final . She also competed in the 100-metre breaststroke , where she placed 7th . White competed at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka , Japan , coming 9th in both the 50-metre and 100-metre breaststroke events . She collected her first individual medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester , when she won bronze in the 50-metre breaststroke . White missed national selection from 2003 to 2005 , when she lost the second breaststroke position to Brooke Hanson . However , she qualified for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne . She claimed another bronze , again in the 50-metre breaststroke . She came fourth in the 100-metre breaststroke , narrowly missing bronze . White qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics with the second fastest time in the world . She went on to finish 6th in the final of the woman 's 100 breastroke in Beijing and won a gold medal for her part in the 4 x 100 medley relay .
Shayne Leanne Reese , OAM ( born 15 September 1982 ) is an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer . She competed in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics , in which Australia placed fourth . She was a member of the Australian 4×100-metre freestyle relay team since 2005 , thereby participating in a quartet that won gold at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007 and the 2006 Commonwealth Games . At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships she qualified as a member of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay team .
The women 's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 17 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . Dominating the race from the start , the Aussie women 's relay team solidified their triumph to destroy the world record and to defend the Olympic title over their American rivals for the second straight time . The foursome of Emily Seebohm ( 59.33 ) , Leisel Jones ( 1:04.58 ) , Jessicah Schipper ( 56.25 ) , and Lisbeth Trickett ( 52.53 ) put together a perfect ending with a blazing fast time of 3:52.69 to shave three seconds off their standard from the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne . Team USA 's Natalie Coughlin ( 58.94 ) , Rebecca Soni ( 1:05.95 ) , Christine Magnuson ( 56.14 ) , and legend Dara Torres ( 52.27 ) trailed behind their greatest rivals in the pool by six-tenths of a second ( 0.60 ) , but finished under a world-record time to take home a magnificent silver in a new American standard of 3:53.30 . Competing in her fifth Olympics since 1984 , at age 41 , Torres also picked up her twelfth career medal to match Jenny Thompson 's record as the most successful American woman in Olympic history . Delighted by a raucous home crowd inside the Water Cube , the Chinese quartet of Zhao Jing ( 59.56 ) , Sun Ye ( 1:06.75 ) , Zhou Yafei ( 57.40 ) , and Pang Jiaying ( 52.40 ) ended on a spectacular fashion with a bronze medal in an Asian record of 3:56.11 . Great Britain 's Gemma Spofforth ( 59.05 ) , Kate Haywood ( 1:07.51 ) , Jemma Lowe ( 58.13 ) , and Francesca Halsall ( 52.81 ) missed the podium by over a single second , but powered home with a fourth-place effort in a European record of 3:57.50 , holding off the Russian foursome of Anastasia Zuyeva ( 59.16 ) , Yuliya Yefimova ( 1:06.46 ) , Natalya Sutyagina ( 58.09 ) , and Anastasia Aksenova ( 54.13 ) by 0.34 seconds , a fifth-place time of 3:57.84 . Japan 's Reiko Nakamura ( 59.74 ) , Asami Kitagawa ( 1:07.04 ) , Yuka Kato ( 58.17 ) , and Haruka Ueda ( 54.59 ) cleared a four-minute barrier to claim a sixth spot in 3:59.54 , leaving Canada 's Julia Wilkinson ( 1:01.35 ) , Annamay Pierse ( 1:06.91 ) , Audrey Lacroix ( 59.01 ) , and Erica Morningstar ( 54.08 ) out of the fence in 4:01.35 . As the entire field came to a dramatic finish in the pool , Sweden was disqualified from the race because of an early relay takeoff on the final exchange by freestyle anchor Josefin Lillhage .
Emma Laura Snowsill OAM ( born 15 June 1981 ) is an Australian professional triathlete and multiple gold medalist in the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games . She won the gold medal in triathlon at the 2008 Olympics . Snowsill is married to the 2008 Olympic champion in men 's triathlon , Jan Frodeno .
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics , in Beijing , were held on Monday , August 18 ( women ) and Tuesday , August 19 ( men ) , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling . Each competitor started the event with a 1,500 metres ( 0.93 mi ) swim course , followed by a 40 kilometres ( 25 mi ) road bicycle race and finished with a 10 kilometres ( 6.2 mi ) road run . Both leg transitions ( swimming - cycling and cycling - running ) were performed on a special transition area , under judge 's scrutiny . The cycling was carried out as 6 laps of 6.66 km each and the running as 4 laps of 2.5 km each .
The women 's triathlon was part of the triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics programme . It was the third appearance of the event , which was established in 2000 . The competition was held on Monday , August 18 , 2008 at the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling . Fifty-five triathletes from thirty nations competed . For the first time in Olympic history , all three medalists finished the race in less than two hours .
Nathan James Wilmot ( born 13 December 1979 ) is a sailor , and a member of the Australian sailing team . He has won five world titles along with teammate Malcolm Page in the 470 class . They also won the Olympic test event in Qingdao in 2007 and were considered favourites to win the 470 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics . In the Beijing Olympic games they won convincingly on points leading into the medal race which they only had to finish to win first place . They won the finale race which secured them Olympic gold . They have been now classified as the most successful 470 competitors in history . Although successful in the dinghy classes , he is an established ocean-racing yachtsman . He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder . Wilmot comes from a sailing family . His father competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and his uncle at the 1988 Summer Olympics . Uncle Hugh Treharne was tactician on the America 's Cup syndicate , Australia II in 1983 .
Malcolm George Page , OAM ( born 22 March 1972 ) is an Australian sailor . He was educated at St Andrew 's Cathedral School in Sydney . He and team mate Nathan Wilmot have won five world titles in the 470 class . They also won the Olympic test event in Qingdao in 2007 and were considered favourites to win the 470 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics , which they did . Partnered with Mathew Belcher , Page again won gold in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London . Page carried the Australian flag during the Olympics closing ceremony . At the end of the 2009-2010 ISAF Olympic Class sailing circuit Belcher & Page were ranked first in 470 Men 's discipline in the World by the International Sailing Federation ( ISAF ) , having become 2010 470 Men 's World Champions and the 2010 ISAF World Cup Champions in 470 Men 's discipline .
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens , Greece ) . With the exception of 1904 and possibly the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics , sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule . The Sailing program of 2008 consisted of a total of nine sailing classes ( eleven disciplines ) . Eleven races are scheduled for each event except for the 49er class , for which 16 races are scheduled from 9 August 2008 to 21 August 2008 of the coast of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre facing the Yellow Sea . Of the 11 ( 16 ) races , 10 ( 15 ) are scheduled as opening races and one as a medal race . The sailing was done on four different types of courses .
The Men 's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre , in the 470 dinghy . Eleven races ( last one a medal race ) were scheduled and completed . 58 sailors , on 29 boats , from 29 nations competed . Ten boats qualified for the medal race .
Tessa Parkinson OAM ( born 22 September 1986 ) is an Australian sailor from Perth , Western Australia . Parkinson and skipper Elise Rechichi represented Australia in the 470 class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao , China , winning the Gold Medal.She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder .
Elise Maree Rechichi OAM ( born 11 January 1986 ) is an Australian sailor from Perth , Western Australia . Rechichi and crewmate Tessa Parkinson represented Australia in the 470 class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao , Shandong , China , winning the Gold Medal . She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder .
The Men 's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre . Eleven races ( last one a medal race ) were scheduled and completed . 38 sailors , on 19 boats , from 19 nations competed . Ten boats qualified for the medal race .
Steven Steve Leslie Hooker OAM ( born 16 July 1982 in Melbourne , Victoria ) is an Australian former pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist . His personal best , achieved in 2008 , is 6.06 m ( 19 ft 10 1⁄2 in ) making him the fourth-highest pole vaulter in history , behind Sergey Bubka and Renaud Lavillenie and Armand Duplantis . Hooker also has a personal best of 10.82 s in 100 m as an amateur sprinter . He ran in the 2010 Stawell Gift .
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games , from August 15 to August 24 , 2008 , at the Beijing National Stadium . The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events : track and field events , road running events , and racewalking events . Both men and women had very similar schedules of events . Men competed in 24 events and women in 23 , as their schedule lacked the 50 km race walk . In addition , both the men 's 110 m hurdles and decathlon are reflected in the women 's schedule by the 100 m hurdles and heptathlon , respectively . The Olympic record was broken in 17 returning events . In five events , including the inaugural women 's 3000 m steeplechase , the world record was broken . The athletics was , alongside the Olympic cycling events , one of the few large sports programmes in which the host nation fared comparatively poorly in terms of medals won . Despite a haul of 100 medals at the games as a whole , Chinese athletes took home two bronze medals from the athletics events . The country 's foremost athlete Liu Xiang , the 2004 Olympic champion in the 110 metres hurdles , had to withdraw after a false start due to injury . In the years following the events , results were significantly affected by doping findings ; 19 of the 47 events have had amendments to their medal rankings as a result of testing and retesting of samples taken at or before the Games . Multiple medalists have been sanctioned for doping violations .
The men 's pole vault at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium . The qualifying standards were 5.70 m ( 18.7 ft ) ( A standard ) and 5.55 m ( 18.21 ft ) ( B standard ) .
Kenneth Maxwell Ken Wallace , OAM ( born 26 July 1983 ) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s , winning gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at several World Championships .
Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing . Peter Hochschorner and Pavol Hochschorner from Slovakia became the first slalom canoeists to win three Olympic gold medals .
The men 's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing . The K-1 event is raced in single-person kayaks . This would be the last time the event would take place at the Summer Olympics . On 13 August 2009 , it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men 's 500 m events would be replaced by 200 m events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women . The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1 , C-2 , and K-1 . Competition consists of three rounds : the heats , the semifinals , and the final . All boats compete in the heats . The top six finishers in each of the four heats advances directly to the semifinal along with the top three times . The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals advance to the final . Heats took place on August 19 , semifinal on August 21 , and final on August 23 .
Matthew John Mitcham OAM ( born 2 March 1988 ) is a retired Australian diver and trampolinist . As a diver , he is the 2008 Olympic champion in the 10 m platform , having received the highest single-dive score in Olympic history . He was the first openly gay athlete to win an Olympic gold medal . He is the first Australian male to win an Olympic gold medal in diving since Dick Eve at the 1924 Summer Olympics .
Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23 , at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre .
Men 's 10 metre platform competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 22 to August 23 , at the Beijing National Aquatics Center . It was an individual diving competition , with dives performed from an inflexible platform , unlike the springboard used for three metre diving , ten metres above the surface of the water . The individual diving competitions all consist of three rounds . In the first , the 30 divers each perform six dives . The top 18 divers advance to the semifinals . Each diver again performs six dives , and the top 12 divers from among those dives advance to the finals . Preliminary scores are ignored at this point , as only the semifinal scores are considered in advancement . In the final round , the divers perform a final set of six dives , with the scores from those dives , and only those dives , used to determine final ranking . Seven judges evaluate each dive , giving the diver a score between 0 and 10 with increments of 0.5 . The two highest and two lowest scores from the judges are dropped . The remaining three scores are summed , and then multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the dive to give the total score for the dive . Scores from each dive in the round are summed to give the round score .
Briony Christine Bree Cole ( born 28 February 1983 ) is a retired Australian diver who won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games , silver and bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and a silver medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics , and a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games .
Melissa Paige Wu ( born 3 May 1992 ) is an Australian diver and silver medal winner at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships , the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics . She is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder .
Women 's synchronized 10 metre platform competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 12 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center . Like all other synchronized diving competitions at the Olympics , only one round of competition was held . Eight pairs of divers competed . Each pair performed five dives , with both divers from the pair diving at the same time . Nine judges evaluated each dive , with two each judging the performance of the two divers ( the execution judges ) and five judges evaluating the synchronization of the pair ( the synchronization judges ) . For each dive , four of the nine scores are ignored - the highest and lowest execution scores , and the highest and lowest synchronization scores . The remaining five scores are summed , multiplied by the dive 's degree of difficulty , and then multiplied by 0.6 to get a final score for the dive .
Clayton Fredericks ( born 17 November 1967 in Moora , Western Australia ) is an Australian equestrian who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the three-day eventing team . He currently lives in Ocala , Florida and is the Coach for the Canadian Eventing Team . Fredericks attended school at Wesley College , Perth . He has a daughter , Ellie Fredericks , who was born in 2004 . He started riding at the age of eight , riding at showing classes in and around Perth , Australia . He first discovered cross-country at the age of 16 when he entered a pony club tetrathlon . He regularly holds coaching clinics in the UK and Europe and acted as Hong Kong 's Chef d'Equipe at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan , South Korea . He has also been named interim chairman of the UK 's Event Rider 's Association . Major results can be viewed at FEI website here http : //fei.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp ? pageid=8937 & sportid=312 & personid=567461 & refreshauto=1 . Fredericks ' 2012 Olympic campaign hit a stumbling block when he was hospilitalised after a fall at the Saumar event in France . He made a quick recovery to win the 2012 CIC3* Renswoude event in the Netherlands and cement his spot in the Australian Team . He was part of the 2012 London Olympics equestrian team with his wife Lucinda , Andrew Hoy , Chris Burton and Sam Griffiths .
Lucinda Fredericks ( née Murray ; born 28 September 1965 ) is an equestrian athlete who competes in eventing . Having formerly competed for Great Britain , she now represents Australia . Riding Headley Britannia , she has won three CCI 4* events ; winning Burghley in 2006 , Badminton in 2007 and Rolex Kentucky in 2009 . She won an Olympic silver medal in the team event at Beijing 2008 , and also competed at the 2012 London Olympics .
Sonja Johnson ( born 14 December 1967 in Albany , Western Australia ) is an Australian equestrian who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the three-day eventing team . She grew up on a farm and says she began riding at the age of three to help muster cattle on the property . In 2006 , she won the Melbourne 3-Day-Event on the horse Ringwould Jaguar .
Megan Jones ( born 6 November 1976 ) is one of Australia 's top event riders , a Silver Medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games . Jones began riding at the age of 5 , continued through her early years in Pony Club before hitting the international scene in 2003 at the World Cup Final . In 2005 , she won Melbourne International Three Day Event riding three star on Kirby Park Irish Jester , then later in the same year won the four star at the 2005 Adelaide Horse Trials on the same mount and a second in the two star competition on another . Chosen to compete in the 2006 World Equestrian Games , she was on the bronze medal winning Australian Event Team , and finished 16th individually . Jones won a silver medal in Beijing in 2008 riding Kirby Park Irish Jester in the team event , alongside countrymen Clayton Fredericks , his wife Lucinda Fredericks , Shane Rose and Sonja Johnson . Jones owns Kirby Park Stud , in Hahndorf in the Adelaide hills . Along with Kirby Park Irish Jester and Kirby Park Irish Hallmark , her top horses have included Kirby Park Allofasudden , which was selected as a reserve in Beijing .
Shane Rose ( born 24 April 1973 in Sydney ) is an Australian equestrian who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the three-day eventing team . As a child , Rose lived with his parents and three siblings in Duffys Forest , New South Wales , joining the local Pony Club when he was five . He was educated at Newington College Preparatory School , Lindfield ( 1978-83 ) , and Pittwater House . Rose 's love for horses continued to grow , and at 21 years of age he represented Australia in the Young Rider Trans-Tasman competition with Mr Joe Cool . Since then he has competed at many prestigious competitions around the world , including success at the 2008 Beijing Olympics , where Rose and his horse All Luck were part of the team that won the Silver Medal for eventing . He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he won a team bronze . He was once kicked in the head by a horse which left him in a coma for a week .
Equestrian competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 9 August to 21 August at the Hong Kong Sports Institute and Sheung Yue River in Hong Kong . It was the second time that the equestrian events were hosted by a member of the IOC other than the member hosting the main games ( although this time the events were technically held in the same country as the main games ) . Unlike 1956 , however , the equestrian events were part of the main games , and were held within the same period .
The team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 9 and 12 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute . Team eventing consisted of three phases : dressage , cross-country , and show-jumping . Scores from each phase were converted into penalty points , which were summed to give a score . Teams of up to five horse and rider pairs competed ; The team with the lowest total of penalty points , after adding together the Final scores of its three best riders will be the winner . In the dressage portion , the pair performed in front of three judges . The judges gave marks of between 0 and 10 for each of ten required elements ; the scores for the judges were averaged to give a score between 0 and 100 . That score was then subtracted from 100 and multiplied by 1.5 to give the number of penalty points . The cross-county portion consisted of a 4.56 kilometer course with 29 obstacles . The target time was eight minutes ; pairs received .4 penalty points for every second above that time . They also received 20 penalty points for every obstacle not cleanly jumped . The final phase was the show-jumping ; pairs had to negotiate a course of obstacles . The pair received 4 penalty points for each obstacle at which there was a refusal or a knockdown of the obstacle .
Eamon Wade Sullivan ( born 30 August 1985 ) is an Australian former sprint swimmer , three-time Olympic medallist , and former world record-holder in two events . He is also the winner of Celebrity MasterChef Australia .
The men 's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 12-14 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . Alain Bernard stormed home on the final lap to claim France 's first ever gold medal in the event with a time of 47.21 . Australia 's world record holder Eamon Sullivan enjoyed a great start in the first 50 metres , but ended up with a silver in 47.32 , just 0.11 of a second behind Bernard . U.S. swimmer Jason Lezak and Brazil 's César Cielo tied for the bronze medal in a matching time of 47.67 . Two-time defending champion Pieter van den Hoogenband finished the race in fifth place at 47.75 . Although he missed an opportunity to attain a third straight triumph in the same event , Van den Hoogenband became the first ever swimmer to reach the final at his fourth Olympics . Four months later , he announced his retirement from the sport , ending an Olympic career with a total of seven medals , including three golds . Van den Hoogenband was followed in sixth by South Africa 's Lyndon Ferns ( 48.04 ) , and in seventh by Sullivan 's teammate Matt Targett ( 48.20 ) . After missing out the semifinals in Athens four years earlier , Sweden 's Stefan Nystrand rounded out the finale to eighth place in 48.33 . Earlier in the semifinals , Bernard and Sullivan exchanged world-record performances to set up a battle race for the final . Swimming in the first heat , Bernard delivered a time of 47.20 to erase a 0.04-second standard set by Sullivan during his lead-off leg in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay . A few minutes later , Sullivan had taken back the record in the second semifinal at 47.05 .
Brenton Scott Rickard ( born 19 October 1983 ) is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Australia . He emerged at the international level in 2006 , swimming at the Commonwealth games . He has captured multiple Olympic and World Championship medals , as well as world and Commonwealth records . During this period he was coached by Vince Raleigh . In 2009 , he was Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year .
The men 's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 12-14 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . Japan 's Kosuke Kitajima blasted a new Olympic record of 2:07.64 to strike another breaststroke double , and to defend his title in the event . He registered a straightforward triumph over Brenton Rickard , who earned a silver medal in an Australian record of 2:08.88 . France 's Hugues Duboscq added a second bronze and third overall to his collection in 2:08.94 , finishing just ahead of Canada 's Mike Brown by almost a tenth of a second ( 0.10 ) with a time of 2:09.03 . Hungary 's Dániel Gyurta , silver medalist in Athens four years earlier , finished outside the medals in fifth place at 2:09.22 . Earlier in the prelims , he established an Olympic record by winning the final of seven heats in 2:08.68 . U.S. swimmer Scott Spann turned in another sub-2:10 barrier to earn a sixth spot in 2:09.76 . Italian tandem Loris Facci ( 2:10.57 ) and Paolo Bossini ( 2:11.48 ) closed out the field . Bossini set a new Olympic record of 2:08.98 to shave 0.46 seconds off Kitajima 's mark in Athens , until Gyurta took three-tenths of a second ( 0.30 ) off the record time a few minutes later . Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final , featuring American Eric Shanteau , who entered the Games while battling testicular cancer , and Kazakhstan 's Vladislav Polyakov , who finished fifth in Athens four years earlier . Norway 's Alexander Dale Oen , silver medalist in the 100 m breaststroke , placed seventeenth in 2:11.30 , but missed the semifinals by 0.11 seconds .
The women 's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 13-15 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . U.S. swimmer Rebecca Soni pulled away over the final lap to capture gold and set a new world record of 2:20.22 . Australia 's world record holder and top favorite Leisel Jones enjoyed a strong lead in the first 100 metres , but ended up only with a silver in 2:22.05 , almost two seconds behind Soni . Meanwhile , Sara Nordenstam earned Norway 's second Olympic medal in swimming , as she powered home with a bronze in a European record of 2:23.02 . Austria 's Mirna Jukić finished outside the medals in fourth place at 2:23.24 , while Russia 's Yuliya Yefimova set a national record of 2:23.76 to hold off Canada 's Annamay Pierse ( 2:23.77 ) for a fifth spot by a hundredth of a second ( 0.01 ) . Japanese duo Rie Kaneto ( 2:25.14 ) and Megumi Taneda ( 2:25.23 ) closed out the field . Notable swimmers failed to reach the top 8 final , featuring Germany 's Anne Poleska , bronze medalist in Athens four years earlier . Competing at her fourth Olympics , defending champion Amanda Beard placed eighteenth in 2:27.70 , but missed the semifinals by 0.42 seconds . Earlier in the prelims , Soni posted a top-seeded time of 2:22.17 to lead the heats , cutting off Beard 's Olympic record by exactly two-tenths of a second ( 0.20 ) .
The women 's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 13-15 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . Germany 's Britta Steffen blasted a new Olympic record to claim a gold medal in the event . Coming from eighth place in the turn , she posted a time of 53.12 to edge out Australia 's world record holder and top favorite Lisbeth Trickett by 0.04 of a second . Swimming in lane eight , Trickett earned a silver with an outside record time of 53.16 . She narrowly reached the final as the eighth seed , when China 's Pang Jiaying was disqualified for a false start in the semifinals . Meanwhile , U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin powered home with a bronze in a matching American record of 53.39 for the second consecutive Olympics . It was Coughlin 's fifth medal of these Games , matching her total from Athens four years earlier . Competing at her third straight Olympics with Steffen , Finland 's Hanna-Maria Seppälä finished outside the medals in fourth place at 53.97 . Earlier , she posted a top-seeded time of 53.60 from the sixth heat to lead the prelims . She was followed in fifth place by Denmark 's Jeanette Ottesen ( 54.06 ) , and host nation China 's Zhu Yingwen , who shared a sixth-place tie with the Netherlands ' Marleen Veldhuis in 54.21 . Great Britain 's Francesca Halsall ( 54.29 ) closed out the field .