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Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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Australia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was Australia's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Australia previously hosted the Games four times – 1938 Sydney, 1962 Perth, 1982 Brisbane and 2006 Melbourne.
Being the host nation, Australia sent a contingent of 474 athletes, participating in all of the 18 sports staged. Though only 469 competed. This was the highest number of athletes to represent Australia in a Commonwealth Games ever, eclipsing their previous record of 417 athletes at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Hockey athlete Mark Knowles was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[1]
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Administration
Steve Moneghetti was appointed Chef de Mission. He held this position at the 2010 and 2014 Games.[2] Opening ceremony appointments included: hockey player Mark Knowles as Australian flag bearer, lawn bowler Karen Murphy taking the athletes' oath and Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander the coaches' oath.[3] Kurt Fearnley in his last major multi-sport competition was the closing ceremony flag bearer.[4]
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Competitors
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Medallists
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Athletics (track and field)
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Athletics Australia announced an initial team of 51 athletes.[5] On 1 March 2018, Athletics Australia announced the final team of 109 athletes, the second-largest team in history following Melbourne in 2006.[6] On 6 March 2018, Ella Nelson withdrew from the team due to injury and was replaced by Larissa Pasternatsky.[7] Marathon runner Chris Hammer withdrew on 1 April due to injury.[8] On 5 April, Sally Pearson announced an Achilles tendon injury had forced her withdrawal from defending her 100 m hurdles gold medal and from the 4 × 100 m relay.[9] Declan Carruthers was selected but did not compete in men's pole vault due to hamstring injury.
- Men
- Track & road events
- Field events
- Combined events – Decathlon
- Women
- Track & road events
- Field events
- Combined events – Heptathlon
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Badminton
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Team of ten athletes was announced on 23 February 2018.[10]
- Singles & doubles
- Mixed team
- Summary
- Roster
- Pool C
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2018. Source: GC2018
![]() Australia 5 |
Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April |
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![]() Australia 4 |
Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April |
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![]() England 5 |
Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April |
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- Quarterfinal
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Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 7 April |
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Basketball
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Australia has qualified a men's and women's basketball teams (as the host nation) for a total of 24 athletes (12 men and 12 women).[11] Team of 12 men and 12 women was announced on 7 March 2018.[12]
- Summary
Men's tournament
- Roster
On 2 April 2018, Mitch Creek and Matt Hodgson withdrew from the team and were replaced by Mitch Norton and Lucas Walker.[13]
- Pool A
6 April 2018 17:30 |
Australia ![]() |
95–55 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 22–16, 22–13, 26–13 | ||
Pts: Kickert 14 Rebs: Brandt, Sobey 11 Asts: Goulding 6 |
Pts: Diawara 10 Rebs: Morgan 6 Asts: Tutu 6 |
7 April 2018 21:00 |
New Zealand ![]() |
73–79 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–16, 19-21, 14-23 | ||
Pts: Ili 22 Rebs: Delany 6 Asts: Ili 4 |
Pts: Kay 21 Rebs: Sobey 6 Asts: Cadee 3 |
9 April 2018 21:00 |
Australia ![]() |
97–55 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 23-17, 25-10, 28-14, 21-14 | ||
Pts: Brandt 16 Rebs: Cadee 9 Asts: Sobey 5 |
Pts: Diogu 19 Rebs: Achiuwa 8 Asts: Ofoegbu 3 |
- Semi-final
14 April 2018 10:00 |
Australia ![]() |
103–46 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 28–18, 35–10, 20–14 | ||
Pts: Wagstaff 17 Rebs: Brandt 6 Asts: Sobey 6 |
Pts: Malcolm, Fraser 9 Rebs: Murray, Nealon-Lino 4 Asts: Bunyan 6 |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR) |
- Gold medal match
15 April 2018 11:30 |
Australia ![]() |
87–47 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 25–9, 18–10, 24–18 | ||
Pts: Goulding 11 Rebs: Sobey 8 Asts: Gliddon 5 |
Pts: Tutu 10 Rebs: Tutu 6 Asts: Morgan, Tutu 3 |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Leonardo Zalazar (ARG) |
Women's tournament
- Roster
The following is the Australia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[14]
- Pool A
Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
6 April 2018 21:00 |
Australia ![]() |
113–53 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 25–11, 36–14, 27–19 | ||
Pts: Cambage 24 Rebs: George 11 Asts: George, Griffin 5 |
Pts: Gimo 18 Rebs: Mucauro 9 Asts: Zita 3 |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Ho Shuet Mei (SGP), Matthew Bathurst (NZL) |
8 April 2018 18:30 |
Australia ![]() |
100–61 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 28–7, 22–13, 19–22, 31–19 | ||
Pts: Cambage 23 Rebs: George 8 Asts: Seekamp 4 |
Pts: Kiss-Rusk 15 Rebs: Kiss-Rusk 9 Asts: Boiago, Colley 4 |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Ryan Jones (NZL), Sandy Ng (MAS) |
9 April 2018 17:30 |
England ![]() |
55–118 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 15–31, 9–30, 18–33, 13–24 | ||
Pts: three players 9 Rebs: Allen 7 Asts: Fong 4 |
Pts: Cambage 30 Rebs: George 10 Asts: Lavey 7 |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM) |
- Semi-final
13 April 2018 21:00 |
Australia ![]() |
109–50 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 28–16, 30–6, 26–16 | ||
Pts: Cambage 21 Rebs: Griffin, Kunek 7 Asts: O'Hea 6 |
Pts: three players 9 Rebs: Paalvast 5 Asts: Cocks, Purcell 3 |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Viola Gyoergyi (NOR), Chris Dodds (GBR) |
- Gold medal match
14 April 2018 20:30 |
Australia ![]() |
99–55 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 23–21, 29–16, 21–8 | ||
Pts: George, Griffin 16 Rebs: George 10 Asts: Ebzery 7 |
Pts: Stewart 13 Rebs: Emanuel-Carr, Vanderwal 5 Asts: Vanderwal 4 |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Referees: Christine Vuong (CAN), Ryan Jones (NZL), Viola Györgyi (NOR) |
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Beach volleyball
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Team of four athletes was announced on 24 February 2018.[15]
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Boxing
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Team of thirteen boxers was selected on 14 December 2017. Twelve boxers were making their Commonwealth Games debut.[16]
- Men
- Women
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Cycling
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Team of 36 athletes was announced on 20 February 2018.[17]
Road
- Men
- Women
Track
- Sprint
Qualification legend: Q – Qualify to next round/gold medal round, QB – Qualify to bronze medal round.
* – Due to only three nations participating in the event, no silver or bronze medals were awarded in accordance with Commonwealth Games regulations.
- Keirin
- Pursuit
Qualification Legend: Q – Athlete qualified to next round/gold medal round, QB – Athlete qualified to bronze medal round.
* – Athlete cycled in preliminary round(s) but not in the final.
- Time trial
Qualification legend: * – Due to only three nations participating in the event, no silver or bronze medals were awarded in accordance with Commonwealth Games regulations.
- Points race
- Scratch race
Mountain biking
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Diving
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Team of 14 divers was announced on 5 February 2018.[18] Taneka Kovchenko was forced to withdraw from the Team just prior to the Games due to the risk of serious injury. She was replaced by Teju Williamson.[19]
- Men
- Women
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Gymnastics
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Team of thirteen athletes announced on 28 February 2018. Team consists of five artistic men, five artistic women and three rhythmic women.[20]
Artistic
- Men
- Team
- Individual
- Women
- Team
- Individual
Rhythmic
- Team
- Individual
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Field hockey
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- Summary
Men's tournament
On 6 April, Blake Govers was ruled out with a broken finger and replaced with Tom Wickham.[21]
- Roster
- Pool A
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts
- Semi-final
- Gold medal match
Women's tournament
- Roster
- Pool B
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts
- Semi-final
- Gold medal match
Lawn bowls
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17 person team was announced on 5 December 2017.[22]
- Men
- Women
- Mixed para-sport
Officials: Team Leader – Peter Brown; Head Coach – Steve Glasson; Coaches – Kelvin Kerkow, Gary Willis; Team Manager – Faye Luke; Sport Psychologist – Mark McMahon – Sport Psychologist
Netball
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Australia qualified a netball team by virtue of being the host country of the event.[23][24][25]
- Summary
- Roster[26]
- Pool A
5 April 2018 20:30 |
Report | Australia ![]() | 94–26 | ![]() |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail | |
Thwaites ![]() Bassett ![]() Pettitt ![]() Wood ![]() |
L. Bowman ![]() McCullogh ![]() Lennon ![]() K. Bowman ![]() |
6 April 2018 20:30 |
Report | Barbados ![]() | 24–79 | ![]() |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Lisa McPhail Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson | |
Wharton ![]() Blackman ![]() Payne ![]() |
Thwaites ![]() Bassett ![]() Wood ![]() Pettitt ![]() |
8 April 2018 20:30 |
Report | Australia ![]() | 60–38 | ![]() |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jono Bredin Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson | |
Bassett ![]() Thwaites ![]() Wood ![]() Pettitt ![]() |
Venter ![]() Holtzhausen ![]() |
9 April 2018 15:00 |
Report | Fiji ![]() | 23–108 | ![]() |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon | |
Waqa ![]() M. Rusivakula ![]() |
Bassett ![]() Thwaites ![]() Pettitt ![]() Wood ![]() |
11 April 2018 21:00 |
Report | Australia ![]() | 72–51 | ![]() |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson | |
Bassett ![]() Thwaites ![]() Pettitt ![]() Wood ![]() |
Fowler-Reid ![]() Aiken ![]() Beckford ![]() Robinson ![]() |
- Semi-final match
14 April 2018 17:00 |
Report | Australia ![]() | 65–44 | ![]() |
Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson | |
Thwaites ![]() Bassett ![]() Pettitt ![]() Wood ![]() |
Folau ![]() Ekenasio ![]() Selby-Rickit ![]() Mes ![]() |
- Gold medal match
15 April 2018 13:00 |
Report | Australia ![]() | 51–52 | ![]() |
Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Lisa McPhail Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush | |
Bassett ![]() Wood ![]() Pettitt ![]() Thwaites ![]() |
Harten ![]() Housby ![]() |
Rugby sevens
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- Summary
Men's tournament
- Roster
The following team was announced as the 2018 Commonwealth Games sevens team.[27] Captain Lewis Holland was originally announced as a team player, however, was excluded due to injury, and replaced by Brandon Quinn.[28] Replacement captain James Stannard was also ruled out after a skull fracture resulting from being attacked after a farewell dinner to departing coach Andy Friend.[29]
Head coach: Andy Friend
Brandon Quinn replaced captain Lewis Holland who withdrew due to injury.[30] James Stannard was forced to withdraw after being injured during a late night assault and was replaced by Nicholas Price.[31]
- Pool B
Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
14 April 2018 9:31 |
Australia ![]() | 24–7 | ![]() |
Try: Anderson (2) 3' c, 5' m Longbottom 6' m Connor 9' c Con: Lucas (1/2) 3' Porch (1/2) 9' | (Gold Coast 2018) | Try: Fomai 1' c Con: Mealoi (1/1) 1' |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland) |
14 April 2018 13:11 |
Australia ![]() | 32–5 | ![]() |
Try: O'Donnell 1' m Longbottom (3) 2' m, 5' m, 14' m Porch 4' m Myers 11' c Con: Porch (0/4) Quinn (1/2) 11' Cards: Killingworth ![]() | (Gold Coast 2018) | Try: Bush 7' m Con: Stoppani (0/1) Cards: Beckett ![]() |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) |
14 April 2018 20:05 |
England ![]() | 26–17 | ![]() |
Try: Norton 3' m Davis (2) 7' c, 12' c McConnochie 8' c Con: Mitchell (2/3) 8', 12' Bibby (1/1) 7' Cards: Mitchell ![]() | (Gold Coast 2018) | Try: Taylor 1' m Porch 5' c Connor 10' m Con: Lucas (1/2) 5' Porch (0/1) |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand) |
- 5th-8th Playoff
15 April 2018 10:15 |
Australia ![]() | 33–5 | ![]() |
Try: O'Donnell (2) 4' c, 13' c Longbottom 7' m Myers 8' c Porch 10' c Con: Porch (4/5) 4', 8', 11', 14' | (Gold Coast 2018) | Try: Odhiambo 1' m Con: Agero (0/1) |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji) |
- 5th place match
15 April 2018 13:33 |
Australia ![]() | 26–0 | ![]() |
(Gold Coast 2018) |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Craig Evans (Wales) |
Women's tournament
- Roster
The following team was announced as the 2018 Commonwealth Games sevens team.[32]
Head coach: Tim Walsh
- Pool B
Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
13 April 2018 17:37 |
Australia ![]() | 34–5 | ![]() |
Try: Tonegato 1' m Pelite 2' c Green (2) 6' m, 8' m Williams 7' m du Toit 12' c Con: Sykes (2/6) 3', 13' | (Gold Coast 2018) | Try: Joyce 10' m Con: Snowsill (0/1) |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand) |
13 April 2018 20:17 |
Australia ![]() | 29–12 | ![]() |
Try: Tonegato 2' m Green 7' c Sykes 8' m Pelite 12' c Staples 14' m Con: Sykes (2/5) 7', 12' | (Gold Coast 2018) | Try: Brown 4' m Fleming 6' c Con: Hunt (1/2) 6' |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Spain) |
13 April 2018 19:21 |
Australia ![]() | 17–10 | ![]() |
Try: Tonegato 1' m Caslick (2) 8' m, 13' c Con: Sykes (1/2) 13' Cherry (0/1) | (Gold Coast 2018) | Try: Naiobasali (2) 2' m, 9' m Con: Tinai (0/1) Nagasau (0/1) Cards: Siata ![]() |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Sara Cox (England) |
- Semi-final match
15 April 2018 | Australia ![]() |
33–7 | ![]() |
Gold Coast | |
10:59 |
- Gold medal match
15 April 2018 14:39 |
Australia ![]() | 12–17 | ![]() |
(Gold Coast 2018) |
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Sara Cox (England) |
Shooting
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Team of 28 athletes was announced on 31 January 2018.[33]
- Men
- Pistol/Small bore
- Full bore
- Shotgun
- Women
- Pistol/Small bore
- Shotgun
Squash
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Team of 12 athletes was announced on 15 December 2017.[34]
- Singles
- Doubles
Swimming
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After the 2018 Australian Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials, Swimming Australia announced a team of 70 athletes.
- Men
- Women
Table tennis
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Team of 12 athletes was announced on 29 January 2018.[35]
- Singles
- Doubles
- Team
Triathlon
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Team of six athletes announced on 17 November 2017.[36][37] A further six paratriathletes announced on 25 February 2018.[38]
- Men
- Women
- Mixed
Weightlifting
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Team of 16 athletes was announced on 23 January 2018.[39] Five Paralympic powerlifters were added to the team on 7 March 2018. Simplice Ribouem withdrew prior to the competition due to injury.[40]
- Men
- Women
Powerlifting
Australia participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 women). Cristine Ashscroft was selected but withdrew prior to competition due to illness.[41][42]
Wrestling
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Team of eight athletes was announced on 2 March 2018.[43] Robert Whittaker withdrew from the Team on 16 March 2018.[44]
- Repechage Format
- Nordic Format
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