Australasia at the Olympics

Australasia at the Olympics is a history which includes 2 games in 2 countries and 53 athletes.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), "Australasia" ; retrieved 2012-7-27. Since 1908, Australasia (ANZ) has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".
Olympics.org,  "Factsheet: The Olympic Movement"; retrieved 2012-7-27.

History

Australasia's team first competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Australasia was the name of a combined team of athletes from Australia and New Zealand. They competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.  When the Olympic Games started up again in 1920 after World War I, the two countries sent separate teams to the Games.

Medalists
The Australasia team won a total of twelve medals in the two games in which they competed. Most of these were in swimming.   One New Zealander won a medal in 1908. Harry Kerr won a bronze in athletics. In 1912, two New Zealanders won medals. Malcolm Champion won a gold in swimming. Tony Wilding won a bronze in tennis. All other medalists for Australasia were Australians.
MedalNameGamesSportEvent  Australia national team  1908 London  Rugby union  Men's competition     1908 London  Boxing  Men's middleweight     1908 London  Swimming  Men's 400 m freestyle     1908 London  Athletics  Men's 3500 m walk     1908 London  Swimming  Men's 1500 m freestyle     1912 Stockholm  Swimming  Women's 100 m freestyle   Malcolm ChampionLeslie BoardmanHarold Hardwick  1912 Stockholm  Swimming  Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay     1912 Stockholm  Swimming  Men's 100 m freestyle     1912 Stockholm  Swimming  Women's 100 m freestyle     1912 Stockholm  Swimming  Men's 1500 m freestyle     1912 Stockholm  Swimming  Men's 400 m freestyle     1912 Stockholm  Tennis  Men's indoor singles

Medals by Games
GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal1908 London  1  2  2  51912 Stockholm  2  2  3  7  Total  3  4  5  12

Medals by sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Swimming  2  3  3  8 Rugby  1  0  0  1 Boxing  0  1  0  1 Athletics  0  0  1  1 Tennis  0  0  1  1 Total  3  4  5  12 

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 Olympic Medal Winners at Olympic.org
Australasia (until 1920) at DatabaseOlympics.com

Category:Former nations at the Olympics
Category:Australia at multi-sport events
Category:Sport in New Zealand