Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AUS
NPC	Australian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org.au
in London
Competitors	161 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Greg Smith (opening) and Evan O'Hanlon (closing)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 32 Silver 23 Bronze 30 Total 85
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Australia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Games in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The London Games were the biggest Games with 164 nations participating, 19 more than in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic.^[1][2] Australia has participated at every Summer Paralympic Games and hosted the 2000 Sydney Games. As such, the 2000 Sydney Games, regarded as one of the more successful Games, became a point-of-reference and an inspiration in the development of the 2012 London Games.^[3]

Australia finished 5th in the final medal count with 85 medals: 32 gold medals, 23 silver medals and 30 bronze medals.^[2]

Australian Team Portrait taken at Cardiff Castle during pre Games training camp

Context[]

The 2012 London Paralympic Games were officially opened on Wednesday 29 August by Queen Elizabeth II at The Olympic Stadium in London. The Games had a record number of participating athletes at 4327, made up of 2736 men and 1501 women. London hosted 503 medal-winning events in 20 different sports.^[2][4] The Paralympians competed under six different impairment groups: amputees, blind and visually impaired, cerebral palsied, intellectually disabled, Les Autres and spinal cord injuries. These athletes set 251 new world records and 314 Paralympic Games records.^[2]

During the Games, 2.7 million tickets were sold with most events and sessions selling out. Media coverage of the Paralympic Games was high. The Games were shown in more countries than previous Games, attracting the biggest international audience yet.^[2]

The Australian team[]

The Australian Paralympic Team launch was held at Parliament House, Canberra on 25 June 2012. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott farewelled the team. Julia Gillard told the athletes that they were "the fastest, the strongest, the best".^[5] Tony Abbott said "you are best of the best. In fact you are better than that because each one of you has mastered a significant disability to be in this team".^[5] Gillard stated that the Australian Government has invested A$13 million in team funding during the last year.^[5] The Australian Paralympic Committee organised a Staging Camp in Cardiff, Wales from 1 to 28 August 2012 to allow the Australian team to prepare for the Games.^[4]

The 2012 Australian Paralympic team had 161 athletes, 90 men and 71 women, competing in 13 sports.^[4] About half the team attended their first Games.^[6] Shooter Libby Kosmala, at the age of 70, was Australia's oldest competitor.^[7] Swimmer Maddison Elliott, at the age of thirteen, was the youngest.^[8]

Greg Smith wraps himself in the Australian Flag outside Cardiff Castle after the announcement that he would be the 2012 Australian Flag Bearer

Jason Hellwig, the Australian Paralympic Committee's chief executive, was the Chef de Mission. While Michael Hartung and Kate McLoughlin were the Deputy Chefs de Mission.^[1]

On 21 August 2012, Greg Smith, a wheelchair rugby player and former track and field athlete, was announced as the Australian flag bearer for the London 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony.^[4][9] The announcement was made at a special ceremony for the Australian Paralympic Team in front of Cardiff Castle in Wales.^[4][9]

The Australian Paralympic Committee worked to classify each Australian Paralympian's individual disability well before the London Games. This was to ensure that each Paralympian qualified for their event and to "minimise any effect on [each Paralympian’s] Games preparation”. As such, the number of classifiers in the Australian Paralympic Committee, with the capacity to classify an athlete's impairment group, increased to 176 from 166 during 2011–2012.^[4]

2012 Paralympians of the Year Awards[]

• Australian Paralympian of the Year: Jacqueline Freney
• APC President's Medal for Excellence in Sportsmanship: Libby Kosmala (shooting)/ Kieran Modra (cycling)
• Male Athlete of the Year: Evan O’Hanlon (athletics)
• Female Athlete of the Year: Jacqueline Freney (swimming)
• Junior Athlete of the Year: Maddison Elliott (swimming)/ Rheed McCracken (athletics)
• Team of the Year: The Steelers (wheelchair rugby)/ SKUD18 crew (sailing)
• Coach of the Year: Peter Day (cycling)
• Paralympic Achievement Award: Matthew Cowdrey (swimming)^[4]

Notable Australian performances[]

Jacqueline Freney[]

A cerebral palsy swimmer and the highest achieving individual athlete of the Games, winning eight gold medals. This is the most gold medals won by an Australian athlete at a single Paralympic Games.

- Awards: Australian Paralympian of the Year 2012 and Australian Female Athlete of the Year.

- The most successful individual medallist of any nation in London.

- Ranked equal first on total medals won at a single Paralympic Games with fellow Australian swimmer Matthew Cowdrey and USA swimmer Jessica Long, with eight medals in total.

- Events where Freney won a gold medal:

• 100 m backstroke (S7)
• 50 m butterfly (S7)
• 100 m freestyle (S7)
• 50 m freestyle (S7)
• 400 m freestyle (S7)
• 200 m individual medley (SM7)
• Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay (34 pts) with Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Maddison Elliott
• Women's 4x100 m medley relay (34 pts) with Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Annabelle Williams^[4]

Matthew Cowdrey[]

Cowdrey, gold medallist. at the 2012 London Paralympics

An arm amputee swimmer, winning eight medals – five gold, two silver and one bronze medal. During the Games, he became Australia's greatest Paralympian in terms of gold and total medals. He finished the Games with 13 gold medals.

- Awards: Paralympic Achievement Award

-Events where Cowdrey won a gold medal:

• 100 m backstroke (S9)
• 50 m freestyle (S9)
• 100 m freestyle (S9)
• 200 m individual medley (SM9)
• Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay (34 pts) with Michael Anderson, Michael Auprince, Blake Cochrane, Matthew Haanappel Brenden Hall, Matthew Levy, Andrew Pasterfield

- Events where Cowdrey won a silver medal:

• 100 m butterfly (S9)
• 100 m breaststroke (SB8)

- Events where Cowdrey won a silver medal:

• Men's 4x100 m medley relay (34 pts) with Michael Anderson, Michael Auprince, Matthew Haanappel, Brenden Hall, Matthew Levy, Andrew Pasterfield, Rick Pendleton^[4]

Evan O'Hanlon[]

A cerebral palsy athletics sprinter, winning two gold medals.

- Awards: Australian Male Athlete of the Year

- Events where O’Hanlon won a gold medal:

• 100 m (T38)
• 200 m (T38)^[4]

Ellie Cole[]

A leg amputee swimmer, winning 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.

- Events where Cole won a gold medal:

• 100 m backstroke (S9)
• 100 m freestyle (S9)
• Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay (34 pts) with Katherine Downie, Maddison Elliott, Jacqueline Freney
• Women's 4x100 m medley relay (34 pts) with Katherine Downie, Jacqueline Freney, Annabelle Williams

- Events where Cole won a bronze medal:

• 50 m freestyle (S9)
• 400 m freestyle (S9)^[4]

Maddison Elliott[]

Elliott at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

A cerebral palsy swimmer, at the age of thirteen, became Australia's youngest gold medalist and medalist.^[2]

- Awards: Australian Junior Athlete of the Year

- Event where Elliott won a gold medal:

• Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay (34 pts) with Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Jacqueline Freney

- Event where Elliott won a silver medal:

• 50 m freestyle (S8)

- Events where Elliott won a bronze medal:

• 100 m freestyle (S8)
• 400 m freestyle (S8)^[4]

Australian wheelchair rugby team and the SKUD 18 sailing team[]

The wheelchair rugby team won its first Paralympic Games gold medal and the SKUD 18 sailing team won the first sailing gold medal since the Sydney Games in 2000.

- Awards: Team of the Year – Australian wheelchair rugby team, The Steelers, and the SKUD 18 sailing team, Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch.

- Events where they won a gold medal:

• Wheelchair rugby
• SKUD 18 sailing^[4]

Media coverage[]

The International Paralympic Committee said that "the London Paralympic 2012 Games were watched by a cumulative international audience of 3.4 billion (excluding the host nation), which is an increase of around 37 percent on the last summer Games in Beijing".^[2]

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) was the official Australian broadcaster.^[4][10]

The ABC provided over 100 hours of free to air coverage on ABC1.^[11] This coverage had a broadcast team of veteran Olympic and Paralympic athletes. ABC2 broadcast live panel programs at night. These programs aimed “to look at the lighter side of the games”.^[11] The ABC also had regular updates on News 24 and on their website, ABC online. Through this website and ABC's iView, Australians were able to access Paralympic coverage at any time.^[11]

The average number of audience viewers per day was 1.6 million people. The Australian Paralympic Team's Facebook page grew by 16,000 fans and its YouTube channel reached close to 474,000 views.^[4][11]

The Australian Government declared that the coverage was “the most comprehensive ever implemented by the Australian Paralympic Committee Communications division”.^[4]

Statistics show that the number of media stories about the Paralympic Games has increased each time since the 2004 Athens Summer Paralympic Games.^[4][12]

The number of media stories increased over time because of interest. The table below shows the increased interest by the Australian public as it shows the increasing number of viewers in millions.^[4][12]

Effects of the London 2012 Paralympic Games on Australian society[]

The media coverage on the Paralympic Games had an effect on Australian society. The increased coverage and increased audiences showed Australia's increased interest in Paralympic sport.

Light-hearted panel shows aided this interest. For instance, Australian comedian, Adam Hills, created a show called The Last Leg. Hills hosts the show with Alex Brooker, both of whom are disabled, and with comedian Josh Widdicombe. Broadcast on the ABC in Australia and on Channel 4 in the UK, the show recapped each day's competition at the London 2012 Paralympics, engaging in feedback from the public, which “facilitated dialogue… [and encouraged the exploration of] issues of disability in an open and respectful but also playful way”.^[13][14]

These panel shows and high-profile Paralympic athletes are using their position for political activism. Consequently, it is argued that the media and individual Paralympic athletes have “helped change societal perspectives… [as] para-athletes are now increasingly being judged alongside other sporting peers with or without a disability”.^[14]

As such, Paralympians are now beginning to have commercial success. For instance, Paralympians Kelly Cartwright, Ahmed Kelly, Dylan Alcott, Kurt Fearnley and Evan O’Hanlon featured in Qantas’ London 2012 Ambassador Program and the airline's in-flight safety message, which ran from June 2012.^[4]

Paralympians Kurt Fearnley, Matt Cowdrey, Kelly Cartwright and Toby Kane made eleven public appearances for Telstra.^[4]

While Paralympians Dylan Alcott, Grace Bowman, Matthew Cowdrey and Jessica Gallagher appeared in the Swisse Vitamins television commercials.^[4]

On a broader level, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) suggest that the Olympics and Paralympics provide inspiration for ordinary people to get motivated to participate in sport, known as the “trickle-down effect”.^[15]

However, research by the Australian Centre for Olympic Studies refutes their statement. They argue that data from the Exercise Recreation and Sport survey shows that “no increase of participation in Olympic sports was found”, which suggests that Olympic sport does not inspire the “trickle-down effect”. However, they also note that a similar study “cannot be carried out for Paralympic sports” because Commonwealth and State departments of sport “never included a disability module”.^[15]

A report by Disability Rights Now suggests that “support for grassroots participation and pathways to elite level competition is lacking”. They argue against relying on the Australian Paralympic Committee's (APC) Talent Search Program and the APC's emphasis on elite development over grassroots participation.^[15]

However, the Australian Government argues that the Talent Search Program is successful. For the 2012 London Paralympics, 43 Paralympic athletes on the Australian team were found using this program. Of these athletes, twenty-five won a medal at the 2012 Games – ten gold, seven silver and eleven bronze – which is 32.9 per cent of Australia's total medal tally.^[4]

Also, the program has achieved better results than the previous Talent Search period, as demonstrated in the table below:

Talent Search Program table^[4]

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Kelly Cartwright Athletics Women's long jump F42/44 42 September  Gold Evan O'Hanlon Athletics Men's 100 m T38 31 September  Gold Evan O'Hanlon Athletics Men's 200 m T38 68 September  Gold Richard Colman Athletics Men's 800 m T53 75 September  Gold Todd Hodgetts Athletics Men's shot put F20 97 September  Gold Susan Powell Cycling Women's individual pursuit C4 130 August  Gold Kieran Modra, Scott McPhee (pilot) Cycling Men's individual pursuit B 130 August  Gold Felicity Johnson, Stephanie Morton (pilot) Cycling Women's 1km time trial B 231 August  Gold David Nicholas Cycling 75 September  Gold Carol Cooke Cycling 75 September  Gold Michael Gallagher Cycling 31 September  Gold Joann Formosa Equestrian 31 September  Gold Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch Sailing 86 September  Gold Matthew Cowdrey Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S9 231 August  Gold Matthew Cowdrey Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S9 75 September  Gold Matthew Cowdrey Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 86 September  Gold Matthew Cowdrey Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S9 97 September  Gold Ellie Cole Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S9 97 September  Gold Ellie Cole Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S9 231 August  Gold Jacqueline Freney Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S7 130 August  Gold Jacqueline Freney Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S7 231 August  Gold Jacqueline Freney Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM7 42 September  Gold Jacqueline Freney Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S7 53 September  Gold Jacqueline Freney Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S7 64 September  Gold Jacqueline Freney Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S7 76 September  Gold Brenden Hall Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S9 64 September  Gold Blake Cochrane Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB7 31 September  Gold Prue Watt Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB13 99 September  Gold Andrew Pasterfield, Matthew Levy, Blake Cochrane, Matthew Cowdrey (Final) Brenden Hall, Michael Auprince, Michael Anderson, Matthew Haanappel (Heat) Swimming Men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 34 points 42 September  Gold Ellie Cole, Maddison Elliott, Katherine Downie, Jacqueline Freney (Final) Swimming Women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 34 points 53 September  Gold Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Annabelle Williams, Jacqueline Freney Swimming Women's 4 x 100 m medley relay 34 points 97 September  Gold Australia national wheelchair rugby team Ryley Batt Chris Bond Cameron Carr Nazim Erdem Josh Hose Jason Lees Andrew Harrison Cody Meakin Ben Newton Ryan Scott Greg Smith Wheelchair rugby Mixed tournament 99 September  Silver Carlee Beattie Athletics Women's long jump F46 42 September  Silver Kurt Fearnley Athletics Men's 5000 m T54 42 September  Silver Brad Scott Athletics Men's 1500 m T37 53 September  Silver Kelly Cartwright Athletics Women's 100 m T42 75 September  Silver Louise Ellery Athletics Women's shot put F32–34 86 September  Silver Angie Ballard Athletics Women's 200 m T53 86 September  Silver Angie Ballard Athletics Women's 400 m T53 98 September  Silver Scott Reardon Athletics Men's 100 m T42 97 September  Silver Rheed McCracken Athletics Men's 100 m T34 98 September  Silver Simone Kennedy Cycling Women's individual pursuit C1–3 130 August  Silver Bryce Lindores, Sean Finning (pilot) Cycling Men's individual pursuit B 130 August  Silver Susan Powell Cycling 75 September  Silver Nigel Barley Cycling 75 September  Silver Erik Horrie Rowing 42 September  Silver Taylor Corry Swimming 231 August  Silver Taylor Corry Swimming 42 September  Silver Matthew Cowdrey Swimming 130 August  Silver Matthew Cowdrey Swimming 31 September  Silver Daniel Fox Swimming 42 September  Silver Maddison Elliott Swimming 42 September  Silver Matthew Levy Swimming 53 September  Silver Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team Amanda Carter Shelley Chaplin Cobi Crispin Leanne del Toso Kylie Gauci Katie Hill Bridie Kean Tina McKenzie Amber Merritt Clare Nott Sarah Stewart Sarah Vinci Wheelchair basketball Women's tournament 97 September  Silver Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team Dylan Alcott Jannik Blair Justin Eveson Michael Hartnett Tristan Knowles Bill Latham Grant Mizens Brad Ness Shaun Norris Tige Simmons Brett Stibners Nick Taylor Wheelchair basketball Men's tournament 98 September  Bronze Rosemary Little Athletics Women's 100 m T34 231 August  Bronze Kath Proudfoot Athletics Women's Discus F35-36 231 August  Bronze Madeleine Hogan Athletics Women's javelin throw F46 31 September  Bronze Georgia Beikoff Athletics Women's javelin throw F37/38 98 September  Bronze Brad Scott Athletics Men's 800 m T37 31 September  Bronze Angie Ballard Athletics Women's 100 m T53 42 September  Bronze Christie Dawes Athletics Women's 5000 m T54 42 September  Bronze Richard Colman Athletics Men's 400 m T53 42 September  Bronze Simon Patmore Athletics Men's 200 m T46 42 September  Bronze Russell Short Athletics Men's shot put F11–12 53 September  Bronze Rheed McCracken Athletics Men's 200 m T34 64 September  Bronze Kurt Fearnley Athletics Men's Marathon- T54 99 September  Bronze Richard Colman, Nathan Arkley, Richard Nicholson, Matthew Cameron Athletics Men's 4 x 400 m relay T53/54 98 September  Bronze Alexandra Green Cycling Women's individual pursuit C4 130 August  Bronze Jayme Paris Cycling 31 September  Bronze Michael Gallagher Cycling 75 September  Bronze David Nicholas Cycling 86 September  Bronze Natalie Smith Shooting 130 August  Bronze Tim Antalfy Swimming 231 August  Bronze Maddison Elliott Swimming 86 September  Bronze Maddison Elliott Swimming 231 August  Bronze Matthew Levy Swimming 31 September  Bronze Matthew Levy Swimming 42 September  Bronze Andrew Pasterfield Swimming 231 August  Bronze Andrew Pasterfield Swimming 86 September  Bronze Rick Pendleton Swimming 130 August  Bronze Ellie Cole Swimming 64 September  Bronze Ellie Cole Swimming 75 September  Bronze Prue Watt Swimming 31 September  Bronze Michael Anderson, Matthew Cowdrey, Brenden Hall, Matthew Levy (Final) Michael Auprince, Rick Pendleton, Andrew Pasterfield, Matthew Haanappel (Heat) Swimming 98 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 5 9 13 27 Cycling 6 4 4 14 Equestrian 1 0 0 1 Goalball 0 0 0 0 Powerlifting 0 0 0 0 Rowing 0 1 0 1 Sailing 1 0 0 1 Shooting 0 0 1 1 Swimming 18 7 12 37 Table tennis 0 0 0 0 Wheelchair basketball 0 2 0 2 Wheelchair rugby 1 0 0 1 Wheelchair tennis 0 0 0 0 Total 32 23 30 85 Medals by date Day Date Total 1 30 Aug 3 3 3 9 2 31 Aug 4 1 5 10 3 1 Sep 4 1 5 10 4 2 Sep 3 6 5 14 5 3 Sep 2 2 1 5 6 4 Sep 2 0 2 4 7 5 Sep 4 3 2 9 8 6 Sep 3 2 3 8 9 7 Sep 4 2 0 6 10 8 Sep 2 3 3 8 11 9 Sep 1 0 1 2 Total 32 23 30 85

Events[]

Athletics[]

Athletics team Selected team of 43 athletes.

Support staff – Administration -Andrew Faichney (Section Manager), Don Elgin (Section Manager), Lynda Gusbeth (Section Manager), Stephanie Martin (Personal Care Assistant), Janet Rerden; Coaches – Steve Butler, Andrew Dawes, Iryna Dvoskina, John Eden, Aaron Holt, Brett Jones, Tim Matthews, Fred Periac, Brett Robinson, Louise Sauvage; Physiotherapists – Victoria Moore, Bernadette Petzel, Soft Tissue Therapist – Mick Jordan, Phil Power; Mechanic – Andrew Carter^[16][17][18]

Hodgetts at the 2012 London Paralympics

Australia finished 10th on the athletics medal table winning 27 medals – 5 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze. Gold medalists were – Evan O'Hanlon (gold), Richard Colman, Kelly Cartwright and Todd Hodgetts. Russell Short attended his 7th Games, Hamish MacDonald his 6th Games and Christine Dawes and Richard Nicholson their 5th Games.

Colman at the 2012 London Paralympics

Results key

Gold medallist Kelly Cartwright

Gold medallist Todd Hodgetts

Gold medallist Richard Co9lman

Track events – men[]

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathan Arkley	1500 m T54	11:33.18	22	Did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A		1:49.37	17
Matthew Cameron	100 m T54	14.51	10	Did not advance
Gabriel Cole	100 m T46	17.82	20	Did not advance
Richard Colman	200 m T53	26.75	8 Q	26.67 OC	7
	400 m T53	49.79	2 Q	50.24
	800 m T53	1:41.86	1 Q	1:41.13
Sam Harding	800 m T13	DNS		Did not advance
Kurt Fearnley	800 m T54	1:38.62	8	Did not advance
	1500 m T54	3:19.18	15 Q	3:13.23	7
	5000 m T54	10:56.58	2 Q	11:07.90
	Marathon T54	N/A		1:30:21
Jake Lappin	400 m T54	DSQ	-	Did not advance
	800 m T54	1:41.23	20	Did not advance
Rheed McCracken	100 m T34	16.84 OC	5 Q	16.30 OC
	200 m T34	28.89 OC	2 Q	29.08
Sam McIntosh	100 m T52	18.70	9	Did not advance
	200 m T52	34.09 –1.4 SB	12	Did not advance
Richard Nicholson	100 m T54	15.23	17
Evan O'Hanlon	100 m T38	22.68	5 Q	10.79 WR
	200 m T38	23.10	3 Q	21.82 WR
Simon Patmore (T46)	200 m T46	22.68	5 Q	22.36
Scott Reardon (T42)	100 m T42	12.45	2 Q	12.43 PB
	200 m T42	N/A		26.03 PB	4
Michael Roeger	800 m T46	DNF	-	Did not advance
Brad Scott	800 m T37	N/A		2:02.04 OC
	1500 m T37	N/A		4:14.47'
Matthew Silcocks	800 m T46	1:58.51	9	Did not advance
	1500 m T46	4:05.48 Q	10 Q	3:59.79	6
Tim Sullivan	200 m T38	23.48	5 Q	23.57	5
	400 m T38	53.67	5 Q	52.39	5
Jack Swift	200 m T44	24.88	16	Did not advance
Richard Nicholson Nathan Arkley Matthew Cameron Richard Colman	4 x 400 m T53/54	3:17.28	4 Q	3:13.42

Track events – women[]

Dawes at the 2012 London Paralympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angela Ballard	100 m T53	N/A		17.14 OC
	200 m T53	N/A		29.35 PB
	400 m T53	N/A		56.87
	800 m T53	N/A		1:53.80	5
Carlee Beattie	100 m T46	13.16	6 Q	DNS	-
Kelly Cartwright	100 m T42	N/A		16.14,
Christie Dawes	800 m T54	1:56.14	Q	1:58.77	8
	1500 m T54	3:43.36	11	Did not advance
	5000 m T54	12:51.77	5 Q	12:28.24
	5000 m T54	N/A		1:49.37	6
Madison de Rozario	100 m T53	N/A		17.60	5
	200 m T53	N/A		30.33	6
	400 m T53	N/A		58.42	6
	800 m T53	N/A		1:53.65	4
Rachael Dodds	100 m T35	N/A		17.03	5
	200 m T35	N/A		36.75	7
Jodi Elkington	400 m T37	1:11.12 Q	6	1:11.49	6
Michelle Errichiello	100 m T42	N/A		17.20	5
Torita Isaac	100 m T38	14.67	8 Q	14.50 PB	7
	200 m T38	29.36 PB	7 Q	29.78	7
Rosemary Little	100 m T34	20.65	4 Q	19.95 OC
	200 m T34	34.69	2	35.08	4
Katy Parrish	100 m T38	14.75 '	9	Did not advance
	200 m T38	30.94	9	Did not advance
Kristy Pond	100 m T34	24.58	11	Did not advance
	200 m T34	AUS 43.92	11	Did not advance
Erinn Walters	100 m T35	N/A		18.09	8
	200 m T35	N/A		36.31	6

Field events – women[]

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Carlee Beattie	Long jump F46	5.57 m
Georgia Beikoff (F37)		914pts (29.84 m)
Kelly Cartwright	Long jump F42/44	1030pts (4.38 m −0.5)
Louise Ellery	Club throw F31/32/51	818pts (15.24 m)	8
	Shot put F32-34	5.90 m PR
Jessica Gallagher (F13)	Javelin throw F12/13	882pts (33.50 m)	6
	Long jump F13	5.03 m	5
Madeleine Hogan	Javelin throw F46	38.85 m PB
Brydee Moore (F33)	Javelin throw F33/34/52/53	585pts (10.55 m)	10
	Shot put F32-34	6.05 m	6
Katy Parrish	Long jump F37/38	3.81 m +0.8	11
Kath Proudfoot (F36)	Discus throw F35/36	956pts (25.22 m)
	Shot put F35/36	984pts (9.76 m)	4
Stephanie Schweitzer	Long jump F20	4.79 m	4

Field events – men[]

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Damien Bowen (F34)	Javelin throw F33/34	35.72 m OC	6
	Shot put F34	10.21 m	12
Todd Hodgetts	Shot put F20	16.29 m WR
Hamish MacDonald	Shot put F34	10.34 m	11
Russell Short	Shot put F11–12	950 pts (14.73 m) SB

Cycling[]

Members of the Australian Paralympic cycling team for 2012 at the team's announcement in Adelaide, South Australia. From left to right: Felicity Johnson and her pilot, Stephanie Morton; Jayme Paris; Scott McPhee and Kieran Modra (McPhee piloted for Modra).

Selected team of 15 athletes. Kieran Modra was attending his 7th Games.

Athlete	Event	Qualification time	Rank	Final time	Rank
Nigel Barley		N/A		1:58:03	4
		N/A		26.18.34
Carol Cooke		N/A		51.22	7
		N/A		13:50.54
		N/A		51.22	7
Michael Gallagher	Men's road race C4-5	N/A		1:56.06	9
	Men's time trial C5	N/A		33:12.03
	Men's individual pursuit C5	4:30.012 Q WR	1	4:35.297
		55.347	5	Did not advance
Alexandra Green (C4)	Women's road race C4-5	N/A		DNF	-
	Women's time trial C4	N/A		27:43.57	4
	Women's individual pursuit C4	4:07.152 Q	3	4:07.921
		N/A		42.095	8
Felicity Johnson Stephanie Morton (pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B1-3	3:51.103	9	Did not advance
		N/A		1:08.919 PR
Simone Kennedy (C3)	Women's road race C1-3	N/A		1:52:32	6
		N/A		33:39.02	9
	Women's individual pursuit C1–3	4:23.450 Q	2	4:24.893
		N/A		43.892	6
Bryce Lindores Sean Finning (pilot)		N/A		2:28:48	7
		N/A		33.12.27	13
		4:21.219 Q	2	4:22.269
		N/A		1:03.896	5
Kieran Modra Scott McPhee (pilot)		N/A		DNF	-
		N/A		DNF	-
		4:18.752 Q	1	4:17.756 WR
		N/A		1:03.120	4
David Nicholas (C3)	Men's road race C1-3	N/A		AUS 1:42.51
	Men's road time trial C3	N/A		23:22.13
		3.36.757 Q	3	3:38.800	4
		N/A		1:13.087	15
		55.347	5	Did not advance
Jayme Paris (C1)	Women's road race C1-3	N/A		DNF	-
		N/A		30:52.13	7
	Women's individual pursuit C1	4:30.507 WR	8	Did not advance
		N/A		40.476 WR
Susan Powell (C4)	Women's road race C4-5	N/A		1:56:12	9
	Women's road time trial C4	N/A		26:31.30
	Women's individual pursuit C4	4:03.306 WR Q	1	4:05.200
		N/A		39.702	6
		55.347	5	Did not advance
Stuart Tripp		N/A		2:00:35	8
	Men's road time trial H4	N/A		27:47.62	9

Support staff – Administration – Murray Lydeamore (Section Manager) ; Coaches – Peter Day (Head), Jenni Banks, Paul Martens, Tom Skulander ; Mechanic – Peter Giessauf, Mike Winter ; Physiotherapist – Anouska Edwards, Soft tissue therapist – Alan Downes^[18]

Equestrian[]

Formosa wearing her gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics

Selected team of 4 athletes.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Grace Bowman	Kirby Park Joy	Individual championship test grade II	EL
			57.048	21
Hannah Dodd	Waikiwi	Individual championship test grade IV	65.161	12
			66.156	11
Joann Formosa	Worldwide PB	Individual championship test grade Ib	75.826
			71.955	3
Rob Oakley	Stratford Montopvani	Individual championship test grade Ia	67.300	12
			57.588	14

Support staff – Administration – Sally Francis (Section Manager) ; Coach – Julia Battams (Head) ; Physioptherapist – Victoria Kahn ; Grooms – Elsa Davis, Nicole King, Fay Mendez, Kate O'Brien ; Veterinarian – Janine Dwyer^[18]
m
Three athletes attended Games for the first time.^[19] Australia won its first gold medal since the 2000 Sydney Games with Joann Formosa's medal.

Goalball[]

Women's tournament[]

Selected Australian women's team of 6 athletes

Support staff – Administration – Peter Corr (Section Manager); Coach – Georgina Kenaghan ; Physiothyerapist – Eliza Kwan^[18]

The team went into the Games ranked eight in the world and is the first Australian goalball team to qualify for the Paralympic sport since Atlanta in 1996.^[20] It competed in Group B against China, United States, Sweden, Japan and Canada. The Australian men's team did not qualify after losing the Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships 5–4 against Algeria.^[21]

Group play

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
Japan	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Sweden	4	2	1	1	11	11	0	7
United States	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
Australia	4	0	0	4	7	17	−10	0

31 August 2012 09:00 v	Australia	1 – 3	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Esdaile 1	Report	Adacho 2 Komiya 1

2 September 2012 10:15 v	Australia	1 – 3	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
	Christensen 1	Report	Kneebone 2 Morin 1

3 September 2012 18:30 v	United States	3 – 0	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Bulent Kimyon (TUR)
	Armbruster 3	Report

4 September 2012 12:30 v	Sweden	8 – 5	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Janne Ahokas (FIN)
	Gustavsson 5 Naesström 2 Jälmestål 1	Report	Esdaile 3 Christensen 2

Powerlifting[]

Selected team of 2 athletes.
Men – Darren Gardiner and Abebe Fekadu.
Support staff – Administration – Scott Upston (Section Manager) ; Coach – Ray Epstein^[18]

Gardiner, a previous Games medallist, competed at his fourth Games and Fekadu and a refugee from Ethiopia competed at his second Games. Australia did not win any medals.

Rowing[]

Single scull – Erik Horrie
Pair – Gavin Bellis, Kathryn Ross^[22]
Support staff – Administration – Dean Oakman (Section Manager); Coach – Chad King (Head) ; Boat Technician – Urs Graf ; Physiotherapist – Erin Smyth
^[18]

Australia won a silver medal through Erik Horrie.

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erik Horrie	Men's single sculls	4:52.75	3 R	4:56.75	1 FA	4:55.85
Gavin Bellis Kathryn Ross	Mixed double sculls	4:05.10	3 R	4:06.19	2 FA	4:06.17	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing[]

Selected team of 6 athletes

Support staff – Administration – Sarah Karsten (Section Manager), Peter Conde (Support staff) ; Coaches – Grant Alderson, Tim Lowe, Richard Scarr ; Physiotherapist – Sarah Ross, Technical Support – Adrian Finglas, Boat Technician – Jeffery Milligan ; Personal Care Attendant – Kumi Sasaki^[18]

Lisel Tesch attendedg her sixth Games but the first as sailor. She previously captained Australian women's wheelchair basketball team to medals at previous Games. Tesch won her first Paralympic gold medal in combination with Daniel Fitzgibbon to win Two Person Keelboat.

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Matthew Bugg	Single person 2.4mR	8	4	6	8	7	5	7	7	7	(17) DNS	C	56	7
Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch	SKUD 18 2 person keelboat	1	2	2	(3)	2	1	2	1	1	2	C	14
Colin Harrison, Stephen Churm, Jonathan Harris	Sonar 3 person keelboat	1	3	(15) DSQ	2	8	9	7	3	6	9	C	47	6

Shooting[]

Selected team of 6 athletes.

Support staff – Admionistration – Nick Sullivan (Section Manager) ; Coach – Miro Sipek ; Technical Support – Stuart Smith ; Personal Care Attendant – Anne Bugden, Yvonne Cain, Margaret Zubcic^[18]

Libby Kosmala competed at her 11th Paralympic Games at the age of 70. Ashley Adams competed at his 4th Games.^[7] Australia won one bronze medal through Natalie Smith.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ashley Adams	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	583	15	Did not advance
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	598	16	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1	1127	10	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1	583	20	Did not advance
Luke Cain	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	586	27	Did not advance
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	594	28	Did not advance
Libby Kosmala	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	391	8 Q	488.7	8
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	597	24	Did not advance
Bradley Mark	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	598	9	Did not advance
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	600	10	Did not advance
Jason Maroney	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	598	7 Q	702.6	7
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	594	27	Did not advance
Natalie Smith	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	392	4 Q	492.4
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	597	22	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Selected team of 35 athletes.

Men's events[]

Antalfy at the 2012 London Paralympics

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Anderson	50 m freestyle S10	0:25.32	11	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S10	1:01.21 OC	2 Q	1:01.40	5
	100 m freestyle S10	0:54.70	6 Q	0:54.73	8
Timothy Antalfy	50 m freestyle S13	24.33 OC	2 Q	24.26 OC	4
	100 m backstroke S13	1:04.26	5 Q	1:04.03	5
	100 m butterfly S13	0:56.03 PR	1 Q	0:56.48
	100 m freestyle S13	0:53.37	3 Q	0:53.63	4
Michael Auprince	50 m freestyle S9	0:27.24	11	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:03.86	1 Q	1:03.98	4
	100 m butterfly S9	1:05.33	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S9	0:58.94	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:26.36	10	Did not advance
Blake Cochrane	50 m freestyle S8	0:27.81	=7 Q	0:27.64	6
	100 m breaststroke SB7	1:20.76 PR	1 Q	1:18.77 WR
	100 m freestyle S8	1:01.72	7 Q	1:01.07	8
	200 m individual medley SM8	2:35.33	8 Q	2:33.66	7
Matthew Cowdrey	50 m freestyle S9	0:25.63	1 Q	25.13 WR
	100 m backstroke S9	1:05.47	7 Q	1:02.39 PR
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:11.53	3 Q	1:09.88 OC
	100 m butterfly S9	1:02.31	5 Q	0:59.91
	100 m freestyle S9	0:56.58	1 Q	55.84
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:19.79	1 Q	2:15.95
Jay Dohnt	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:32.79	8 Q	1:33.53	7
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:54.18	10	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	5:22.30	14	Did not advance
Richard Eliason	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:09.92	4 Q	1:09.96	5
Daniel Fox	100 m backstroke S14	1:05.58	5 Q	1:05.76	4
	200 m freestyle S14	2:00.11	1 Q	1:59.79 OC
Matthew Haanappel	50 m butterfly S6	0:38.69	12	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle S6	0:32.58 OC	7 Q	0:32.13 OC	6
	100 m backstroke S6	1:24.02 OC	5 Q	1:21.25 OC	5
	100 m freestyle S6	1:10.95 OC	4 Q	1:09.88	5
	200 m individual medley SM6	2:57.27 OC	6 Q	2:55.60 OC	7
Brenden Hall	50 m freestyle S9	0:27.27	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:06.33	11	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S9	1:01.82	4 Q	1:01.31	6
	100 m freestyle S9	0:57.45	3 Q	0:57.29	5
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:23.42	6 Q	2:21.48	6
	400 m freestyle S9	4:21.69	1 Q	4:10.88 WR
Ahmed Kelly	50 m backstroke S4	0:57.91	10	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke SB3	0:51.86	4 Q	0:52.54	4
	100 m freestyle S4	2:10.72	16	Did not advance
	150 m individual medley SM4	3:08.32	10	Did not advance
Mitchell Kilduff	100 m backstroke S14	1:08.49	14	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:19.16	16Q	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S14	2:04.64	8 Q	2:01.09	5
Matthew Levy	50 m freestyle S7	0:28.63 OC	3 Q	0:28.58 OC	4
	50 m butterfly S7	0:31.68 OC	2 Q	0:31.54 OC	4
	100 m breaststroke SB7	1:23.09	3 Q	1:22.62
	100 m freestyle S7	1:02.87	3 Q	1:01.38 OC
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:37.69 OC	2 Q	2:37.18 OC
	400 m freestyle S7	4:57.68	6 Q	4:58.12	7
Jeremy McClure	50 m freestyle S12	0:28.77	17	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S12	1:07.17	8 Q	1:07.11	4
	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:24.19	14	Did not advance
Andrew Pasterfield	50 m freestyle S10	0:24.14 OC	4 Q	0:23.89 OC
	100 m backstroke S10	1:02.94	6 Q	1:02.84	7
	100 m butterfly S10	0:59.47	7 Q	0:59.49	7
	100 m freestyle S10	0:53.01	1 Q	0:52.77
Grant Patterson	50 m backstroke S3	0:58.87	9	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke SB2	1:05.86	8 Q	1:07.52	8
	50 m freestyle S4	0:55.49	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S4	1:54.53	14	Did not advance
	150 m individual medley SM3	3:10.73	6 Q	3:08.66 OC	6
Rick Pendleton	50 m freestyle S10	0:26.26	17	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:11.94	6 Q	1:10.96	5
	100 m butterfly S10	1:01.30	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S10	0:56.62	15	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:17.17	4 Q	2:14.77
Aaron Rhind	50 m butterfly S6	0:34.29	8 Q	34.03 OC	7
	50 m freestyle S6	0:34.64	14	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:25.36	8 Q	1:29.28	8
	100 m freestyle S6	1:14.48	12	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	2:59.01	9	Did not advance
Sean Russo	50 m freestyle S13	25.48	11	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S13	1:01.98 OC	4 Q	1:02.59	4
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:16.81	9	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S13	1:01.24	8 Q	1:01.57	8
	100 m freestyle S13	0:55.97	13	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:18.46 OC	7 Q	2:17.80 OC	8
	400 m freestyle S13	4:22.83	6 Q	4:18.25	6
Reagan Wickens	50 m butterfly S6	0:35.46	10	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle S6	0:37.19	16	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:32.94	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S6	1:17.15	15	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:11.87	=14	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	5:28.56 OC	4	5:26.67 OC	4
Heats: Brenden Hall Michael Auprince Michael Anderson Matthew Haanappel Finals: Andrew Pasterfield Matthew Levy Blake Cochrane Matthew Cowdrey	4x100 m freestyle relay 34 pts	4:00.91	4 Q	3:50.17 PR
Heats: Michael Auprince Rick Pendleton Andrew Pasterfield Matthew Haanappel Finals: Michael Anderson Matthew Cowdrey Brenden Hall Matthew Levy	4x100 m medley relay 34 pts	4:24.70	3 Q	4:14.97

Legend: Q= Qualified for final; OC= Oceania Record; PR= Paralympic Record; WR= World Record

Women's events[]

Jacqueline Freney at the 2012 London Paralympics

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kayla Clarke	100 m backstroke S14	1:11.29	5 Q	1:11.04	6
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:23.36	4 Q	1:22.87	4
	200 m freestyle S14	2:16.52	6 Q	2:15.29	4
Ellie Cole	50 m freestyle S9	0:29.75	4 Q	0:29.28 OC
	100 m backstroke S9	1:10.74	1 Q	1:09.42 OC
	100 m butterfly S9	1:14.37	8 Q	1:10.40 OC	4
	100 m freestyle S9	1:04.58	2 Q	1:02.77 OC
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:44.31	9	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S9	4:53.01	3 Q	4:42.87 OC
Taylor Corry	100 m backstroke S14	1:11.70	6 Q	1:09.46
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:30.89	=15	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S14	2:14.99	3 Q	2:13.18
Katherine Downie	50 m freestyle S10	0:29.40	7 Q	29.10 OC	7
	100 m backstroke S10	1:12.50	5 Q	1:11.40	4
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:27.41	12	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S10	1:11.37	4 Q	1:10.20	5
	100 m freestyle S10	1:03.16	4 Q	1:02.34	5
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:35.21	4 Q	2:34.64	4
	400 m freestyle S10	4:57.28	6 Q	4:53.59	6
Maddison Elliott	50 m freestyle S8	0:31.57 OC	1 Q	0:31.44 OC
	100 m backstroke S8	1:24.34	8 Q	1:23.25	6
	100 m butterfly S8	1:15.30 OC	5 Q	1:15.06 OC	6
	100 m freestyle S8	1:07.62 OC	3 Q	1:08.37
	200 m individual medley SM8	2:59.33	6 Q	2:59.26	7
	400 m freestyle S8	5:13.34	3 Q	5:09.36
Amanda Fowler	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:24.79	7 Q	1:23.30	5
Jacqueline Freney	50 m butterfly S7	0:36.03 OC	1 Q	0:35.16 OC
	50 m freestyle S7	0:32.92 PR	1 Q	0:32.63 PR
	100 m backstroke S7	1:23.34 PR	1 Q	1:22.84 PR
	100 m freestyle S7	1:09.74 PR	1 Q	1:09.39 PR
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:56.00	1 Q	2:54.42 WR
	400 m freestyle S7	5:01.04 PR	1 Q	4:59.02 WR
Tanya Huebner	50 m butterfly S6	44.78	13	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle S6	0:38.78	11	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:43.64	4 Q	1:42.45	4
	100 m freestyle S6	1:30.76	14	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:39.12	12	Did not advance
Kara Leo	100 m backstroke S14	1:17.15	9	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S14	2:17.28	8 Q	2:18.04	8
Esther Overton	50 m freestyle S3	DNS
Katrina Porter	50 m freestyle S7	0:39.14	14	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S7	1:27.80	6 Q	1:26.64	7
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:53.63	5 Q	1:54.54	5
	100 m freestyle S7	1:21.95	9	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	5:44.50	6 Q	5:41.58	7
Sarah Rose	50 m butterfly S6	40.39	6 Q	40.43	6
	50 m freestyle S6	0:39.37	14	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:36.84	11	Did not advance
Teigan Van Roosmalen	50 m freestyle S13	0:29.40	6 Q	0:29.40	6
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:24.41	5 Q	1:24.03	7
	100 m freestyle S13	1:04.31	7 Q	1:04.87	7
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:37.21	5 Q	2:35.61	6
Prue Watt	50 m freestyle S13	0:27.75 OC	2 Q	0:27.94
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:20.36 OC	1 Q	1:19.19 OC
	100 m freestyle S13	1:01.61	3 Q	1:02.32	5
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:35.45	3 Q	2:34.77	5
Annabelle Williams	50 m freestyle S9	0:30.03	5 Q	0:29.76	6
	100 m freestyle S9	1:05.47	5 Q	1:05.73	7
Ellie Cole Maddison Elliott Katherine Downie Jacqueline Freney	4x100 m freestyle relay 34 points			4:20.29 WR
Ellie Cole Katherine Downie Jacqueline Freney Annabelle Williams	4x100 m medley relay 34 points			4:53.95 OC

Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for final; OC= Oceania Record; PR= Paralympic Record; WR= World Record

Support staff – Administration – Karyn Burgess (Section Manager) ; Coaches – Brendan Keogh (Head), Angelo Basalo, Tom Davis, Michael Freney, Rob Hindmarsh, Jon O'Neil-Shaw, Chris Phillips, Bash Zidan ; Personal Care Attendant – Tara Andrews ; Physiotherapist – David Spurrier, Jo Evershed ; Sport Scientists – Brendan Burkett, Sacha Fulton ; Soft tissue therapist – Penny Will ; Psychologist – Jason Patchell^[18]

Australia finished second on the gold medal table and won a total of 37 medals 18 gold, 7 silver and 12 bronze. Leading swimmers were – Jacqueline Freney won 8 gold medals, Matthew Cowdrey won 5 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal and Ellie Cole won 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.

Table tennis[]

Selected team of 2 athletes.
Women- Melissa Tapper and Rebecca McDonnell. Support staff – Administration – Roger Massie (Section Manager); Coach – Alois Rosario (Head)^[18]

Australia did not win any medals.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Melissa Tapper	Singles class 10	Audrey Le Morvan (FRA) W 3–0 (11–7, 11–2, 11–4)	Fan Lei (CHN) L 3–0 (7–11–7, 6–11, 6–11)	Bruna Alexandre (BRA) W 3–2 (10–12, 8–11, 11–5, 11–7, 11–9)	n/a	Natalia Partyka (POL) L 0–3 (9–11, 2–11, 4–11);	Fan Lei (CHN) L 2–3 (11–8, 11–9, 5–11. 6–11, 7–11)	4
Rebecca McDonnell	Singles class 6	Stephanie Grebe (GER) W0–3 (5–11, 1–11, 4–11)	Alicja Eigner (POL) L 0–3 (9–11, 9–11, 8–11)	(UKR) L 0–3 (3–11, 3–11, 6–11)	Did not advance
Melissa Tapper Rebecca McDonnell	Team class 6–10	Bye			France (FRA) L 2–3	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball[]

Men's tournament[]

Mizens at the 2012 London Paralympics

The Australian men's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with the United States, Spain, South Africa, Italy and Turkey. Australia won the silver medal, losing to Canada in the final.

The following is the Australia roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[23]

Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team – 2012 Summer Paralympics roster v t
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. Club Ctr. 4 Justin Eveson 32 – (1980-06-10)10 June 1980 5 Bill Latham 22 – (1989-10-20)20 October 1989 6 Brett Stibners 33 – (1979-06-25)25 June 1979 7 Shaun Norris 27 – (1985-04-02)2 April 1985 8 Michael Hartnett 30 – (1982-06-03)3 June 1982 9 Tristan Knowles 29 – (1983-04-25)25 April 1983 10 Jannik Blair 20 – (1992-02-03)3 February 1992 11 Tige Simmons 35 – (1977-05-05)5 May 1977 12 Grant Mizens 35 – (1977-04-19)19 April 1977 13 Dylan Alcott 21 – (1990-12-04)4 December 1990 14 Nick Taylor 32 – (1980-01-18)18 January 1980 15 Brad Ness 37 – (1974-11-24)24 November 1974	Head coach Ben Ettridge Assistant coach(es) Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 30 August 2012

Group stage

Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Australia	5	5	0	372	259	+113	10
Turkey	5	3	2	331	302	+29	8	+6
United States	5	3	2	330	259	+71	8	−1
Spain	5	3	2	322	292	+30	8	−5
Italy	5	1	4	260	309	−49	6
South Africa	5	0	5	204	398	−194	5

30 August 2012 20:45 v

Report

Australia	93–39	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 20–4, 26–10, 20–9
Pts: Eveson 21 Rebs: Eveson 7 Asts: Eveson, Norris 5		Pts: 14 Rebs: 10 Asts: three players 2

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)

31 August 2012 18:30 v

Report

Turkey	64–71	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–22, 16–16, 13–16
Pts: Gürbulak 20 Rebs: Gezinci 12 Asts: Dalay 7		Pts: Eveson, Knowles 17 Rebs: Ness 11 Asts: Norris 8

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)

1 September 2012 20:45 v

Report

Australia	75–59	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–12, 16–23, 15–9
Pts: Norris 25 Rebs: Eveson, Latham 8 Asts: Eveson 7		Pts: García Pereiro 23 Rebs: García Pereiro 6 Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)

2 September 2012 19:00 v

Report

Australia	65–49	United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 14–8, 18–13, 20–16
Pts: Norris 16 Rebs: Eveson 16 Asts: Eveson 9		Pts: Turek, Nelms 8 Rebs: Jenifer, Scott 7 Asts: Serio 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

3 September 2012 15:15 v

Report

Italy	48–68	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 10–18, 17–24, 10–11
Pts: 16 Rebs: Pellegrini 12 Asts: 5		Pts: Stibners 17 Rebs: Eveson, Latham 6 Asts: Norris 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 21:15 v

Report

Australia	76–53	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 13–17, 21–18, 16–7
Pts: Ness 26 Rebs: Norris, Ness 5 Asts: Eveson 6		Pts: 26 Rebs: 10 Asts: 8

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

Semi-final

6 September 2012 19:00 v

Report

Australia	72–63	United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 17–23, 17–14, 20–18
Pts: Eveson 21 Rebs: Eveson 10 Asts: Norris 8		Pts: Chambers 12 Rebs: Lade, 4 Asts: Serio, 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cris Salguero (ARG)

Gold medal match

8 September 2012 21:15 v

Report

Australia	58–64	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 12–12, 15–20, 16–18
Pts: Norris 19 Rebs: Eveson 8 Asts: Eveson 5		Pts: Anderson 34 Rebs: Anderson 10 Asts: Anderson 8

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

Support staff – men – administration – Leigh Gooding (section manager); coaches – Ben Ettridge (head), Matteo Feriani (assistant), Thomas Kyle (assistant), physiotherapist – Jesse Adams.^[18]

Women's tournament[]

Australian women's wheelchair basketball team in the match with Canada.

Australian women's wheelchair basketball team in the match with Canada.

The Australian women's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with the Netherlands, Great Britain, Brazil and Canada. Australia won the silver medal, losing to Germany in the final.

The following is the Australia roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[24]

Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team – 2012 Summer Paralympics roster v t
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. Club Ctr. 4 Sarah Vinci 20 – (1991-12-04)4 December 1991 Western Stars 5 Cobi Crispin 23 – (1988-12-22)22 December 1988 6 Bridie Kean 25 – (1987-02-27)27 February 1987 7 Amanda Carter 48 – (1964-07-16)16 July 1964 8 Tina Mckenzie 38 – (1974-06-08)8 June 1974 9 Leanne Del Toso 32 – (1980-08-12)12 August 1980 10 Clare Nott 26 – (1986-08-11)11 August 1986 Western Stars 11 Kylie Gauci 27 – (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 12 Shelley Chaplin 27 – (1984-09-04)4 September 1984 13 Sarah Stewart 36 – (1976-06-13)13 June 1976 Sydney Uni Flames 14 Katie Hill 28 – (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 Sydney Uni Flames 15 Amber Merritt 19 – (1993-02-17)17 February 1993 Western Stars	Head coach John Triscari Assistant coach(es) David Gould Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 30 August 2012

Group stage

Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
Australia	4	3	1	211	180	+31	7	+2	1–0
Netherlands	4	3	1	236	194	+42	7	+2	0–1
Canada	4	3	1	248	231	+17	7	−4
Great Britain	4	1	3	151	217	−66	5
Brazil	4	0	4	190	214	−24	4

30 August 2012 18:30 v

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Australia	52–50	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 11–13, 14–12, 13–13
Pts: Crispin 18 Rebs: Merritt 10 Asts: three players 3		Pts: 27 Rebs: Soares Martins 14 Asts: 12

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Linas Radykas (LTU)

31 August 2012 13:00 v

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Great Britain	24–51	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 5–11, 6–14, 3–14, 10–12
Pts: Hamer 8 Rebs: Strange 7 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Merritt 10 Rebs: Crispin 7 Asts: Gauci 4

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Nureddin Bilmez (TUR)

1 September 2012 18:30 v

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Australia	50–57	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 20–13, 8–10, 10–14
Pts: Merritt 16 Rebs: Crispin 15 Asts: Chaplin 7		Pts: McLachlan 28 Rebs: McLachlan 21 Asts: Ouellet 9

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Karen Molina (COL)

2 September 2012 21:15 v

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Netherlands	49–58	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 8–12, 9–10, 20–18
Pts: 14 Rebs: Huitzing 8 Asts: Huitzing 7		Pts: Merritt 19 Rebs: Crispin 7 Asts: Chaplin 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Darrell Hargreaves (USA)

Quarter-final

4 September 2012 13:00 v

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Australia	62–37	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 23–10, 6–9, 12–8
Pts: Merritt 14 Rebs: Kean 5 Asts: Gauci 7		Pts: 11 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 4 Asts: Estrada Bernal 16

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)

Semi-final

6 September 2012 13:00 v

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Australia	40–39	United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 16–14, 12–2, 2–11
Pts: three players 8 Rebs: Merritt 6 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Murray 18 Rebs: Murray, Schneider 9 Asts: Murray 3

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)

Gold medal match

7 September 2012 21:15 v

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Australia	44–58	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 9–12, 9–8, 16–24
Pts: Gauci 15 Rebs: Gauci, Merritt 5 Asts: Crispin, Chaplin 5		Pts: Adermann 19 Rebs: Mohnen 9 Asts: Adermann, Zeyen 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

Support staff – women – administration – Marian Stewart (section manager); coaches – John Triscari (head), David Gould, Ben Osborne; physiotherapist – Miranda Wallis.^[18]

Wheelchair rugby[]

Selected team of 11 athletes

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Six athletes made their Games debut. Greg Smith was the flag bearer for the opening ceremonies.^[25] The Australian team 'the Steelers' went into the Games as the silver medallist from the 2008 Beijing Games and 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships.^[26] Australia defeated Canada to win its first wheelchair rugby gold medal.

Group stage

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	G	GA	GD	Pts
Australia (AUS)	3	3	0	0	182	142	+40	6
Canada (CAN)	3	2	0	1	163	166	–3	4
Sweden (SWE)	3	1	0	2	151	155	–4	2
Belgium (BEL)	3	0	0	3	135	168	–33	0

5 September 2012

19:00

• v

Australia	64 – 52	Canada
Batt 37 Bond 10 Team 4 Carr 3 Harrison 3 Smith 2 Newton 1 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Scott 1	Report	9 Hirschfield 8 7 Madell 7 6 Whitehead 5 Willsie 4 2 2 2

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,539

Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Dave Woods (GBR)

6 September 2012

14:00

• v

Sweden	47 – 60	Australia
9 8 7 7 6 Team 4 3 Jansson 2 1	Report	Batt 30 Bond 14 Team 4 Carr 3 Newton 2 Smith 2 Harrison 2 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,622

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

7 September 2012

10:00

• v

Australia	58 – 43	Belgium
Batt 29 Carr 11 Bond 9 Smith 4 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Harrison 1 Team 1	Report	14 Genyn 11 5 4 Team 4 3 2

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 2,822

Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Semi-finals

8 September 2012

14:00

• v

Australia	59 – 45	Japan
Batt 27 Bond 14 Smith 6 Scott 2 Lees 2 Meakin 2 Newton 1 Carr 1 Harrison 1 Team 3	Report	24 7 6 4 2 Team 2

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,333

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Darren Roberts (USA)