Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Australia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A team of forty athletes was selected to compete in eleven sports. The Chef de Mission was Ian Chesterman who has held the position since the 1998 Winter Olympics.
| Australia at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | AUS |
| NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Vancouver | |
| Competitors | 40 in 11 sports |
| Flag bearers | Torah Bright (opening) Lydia Lassila (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.
Australia achieved its best ever results, winning two gold medals; in the women's aerials (Lydia Lassila) and women's snowboard halfpipe (Torah Bright); and a silver in the men's moguls. To date Australia has won a total of five gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals in Winter Olympic competition.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Torah Bright | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | 18 February |
| Gold | Lydia Lassila | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | 24 February |
 Silver | Dale Begg-Smith | Freestyle Skiing | Men's moguls | 14 February |
Alpine skiing
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Branch | Men's downhill | 1:57.19 | 34 |
| Men's super-G | 1:32:89 | 29 | |
| Jono Brauer | Men's downhill | 1:58.08 | 39 |
| Men's super-G | 1:32:92 | 30 |
Biathlon
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Alexei Almoukov | Men's sprint | 30:57.9 | 4 | 87 |
Bobsleigh
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Time | Rank | ||
| Chris Spring Duncan Harvey (heats 1 and 2) Anthony Ryan (heat 3) |
Two-man | 53.14 | 54.41 | 53.18 | DNQ | 2:40.73 | 22 |
| Jeremy Rolleston Duncan Pugh |
Two-man | DNF | DNS | ||||
| Jeremy Rolleston Duncan Pugh Duncan Harvey Anthony Ryan |
Four-man | DNS | |||||
| Astrid Loch-Wilkinson Cecilia Mcintosh |
Two-woman | 54.85 | 54.66 | 55.16 | DNQ | 2:44.67 | 19 |
Cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Esther Bottomley | Women's sprint | 4:05.12 | 50 | Did not advance | 50 | ||||
| Paul Murray | Men's sprint | 3:52.96 | 55 | Did not advance | 55 | ||||
| Ben Sim | 15 km freestyle | N/A | 35:48.6 | 45 | |||||
| 30 km pursuit | N/A | 1:23:25.8 | 47 | ||||||
| Paul Murray Ben Sim |
Men's team sprint | 19:57.0 | 10 | N/A | Did not advance | 20 | |||
Figure skating
| Athlete(s) | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Cheltzie Lee[1] | Ladies' | N/A | 52.16 | 18 | 86.00 | 20 | 138.16 | 20 | |
Freestyle skiing
- Men's team – aerials and moguls
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points 663 | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Dale Begg-Smith | Moguls | 25.03 | 4 Q | 26.58 | |
| Ramone Cooper | Moguls | 21.11 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| David Morris | Aerials | 221.02 | 13 | Did not advance | |
- Men's team – ski cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Final | Rank | ||
| Scott Kneller | Ski cross | 1:13.85 | 12 Q | 2 Q | 2 Q | 3 q | Small Final 3 |
7 |
- Women's team – aerials and moguls
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Britteny Cox | Moguls | 19.87 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Jacqui Cooper | Aerials | 162.99 | 11 Q | 194.29 | 5 |
| Elizabeth Gardner | Aerials | 164.60 | 10 Q | 86.70 | 12 |
| Lydia Lassila | Aerials | 167.55 | 9 Q | 214.74 | |
| Bree Munro | Aerials | 143.46 | 18 | Did not advance | |
- Women's team – ski cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Final | Rank | ||
| Katya Crema | Ski cross | 1:20.19 | 17 Q | 2 Q | 3 | Did not advance | 15 | |
| Jenny Owens | Ski cross | 1:19.80 | 15 Q | 2 Q | 3 | Did not advance | 13 | |
Luge
| Athlete | Event | Finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Time | Rank | ||
| Hannah Campbell-Pegg | Women's singles | 42.527 | 42.570 | 42.606 | 42.519 | 2:50.222 | 23 |
Short track speed skating
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Tatiana Borodulina | Women's 500 metres | 44.901 | 3 | did not advance | 21 | |||||
| Women's 1000 metres | 1:32.509 | 1 Q | 1:32.465 | 2 Q | 1:29.663 | 3 QB | Final B 1:32.661 |
4 | 7 | |
| Women's 1500 metres | 2:27:408 | 2 Q | N/A | 2:21.617 | 4 QB | Final B 2:43.051 |
3 | 11 | ||
| Lachlan Hay | Men's 1000 metres | 1:26.132 | 4 | Did not advance | 26 | |||||
Skeleton
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Anthony Deane | Men's | 54.55 | 54.12 | 54.68 | DNQ | 2:43.45 | 23 |
| Melissa Hoar | Women's | 54.73 | 54.48 | 54.48 | 54.53 | 3:38.22 | 12 |
| Emma Lincoln-Smith | Women's | 54.28 | 54.41 | 54.54 | 54.40 | 3:37.63 | 10 |
Snowboarding
- Halfpipe
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
| Torah Bright | Women's | 41.3 | 45.8 | 1 QF | Bye | 5.9 | 45.0 | | ||
| Holly Crawford | Women's | 38.6 | 39.5 | 7 QS | 17.3 | 41.7 | 1 QF | 23.9 | 30.3 | 8 |
| Scott James | Men's | 7.6 | 28.2 | 12 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ben Mates | Men's | 28.3 | 29.6 | 9 QS | 3.6 | 27.5 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
- Parallel giant slalom
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
| Johanna Shaw | Women's | 1:26:10 | 19 | Did not advance | 19 | |||
- Snowboard cross
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
| Damon Hayler | Men's | 1.21.81 | 9 | 2 Q | 4 | Did not advance | 10 |
| Stephanie Hickey | Women's | 1:35.26 | 18 | Did not advance | 18 | ||
| Alex Pullin | Men's | 1.20.15 | 1 | 3 | Did not advance | 17 | |
Speed skating
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sophie Muir | Women's 500 metres | 39.649 | 31 | 39.400 | 27 | 1:19.04 | 29 |
| Women's 1000 metres | N/A | 1:18.79 | 30 | ||||
References
- "Lee's Vancouver spot confirmed". Australian Olympic Committee. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
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