Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Eliminated

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

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
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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:

100m Backstroke (S7)
50m Butterfly (S7)
100m Freestyle (S7)
50m Freestyle (S7)
400m Freestyle (S7)
200m Individual Medley (SM7)
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34 pts) with Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Maddison Elliott
Women's 4x100m 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:

100m Backstroke (S9)
50m Freestyle (S9)
100m Freestyle (S9)
200m Individual Medley (SM9)
Men's 4x100m 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:

100m Butterfly (S9)
100m Breaststroke (SB8)

- Events where Cowdrey won a silver medal:

Men's 4x100m 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:

100m (T38)
200m (T38)[4]

Ellie Cole

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

- Events where Cole won a gold medal:

100m Backstroke (S9)
100m Freestyle (S9)
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34 pts) with Katherine Downie, Maddison Elliott, Jacqueline Freney
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay (34 pts) with Katherine Downie, Jacqueline Freney, Annabelle Williams

- Events where Cole won a bronze medal:

50m Freestyle (S9)
400m 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 4x100m Freestyle Relay (34 pts) with Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Jacqueline Freney

- Event where Elliott won a silver medal:

50m Freestyle (S8)

- Events where Elliott won a bronze medal:

100m Freestyle (S8)
400m Freestyle (S8)[4]

Australian wheelchair rugby team and the sailing team SKUD 18

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

- Awards: Team of the Year – Australian wheelchair rugby team, The Steelers, and 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]

	Radio	Television	Print	Internet	Total
Athens 2004	8426	8915	2037	288	19666
Beijing 2008	14829	11646	4084	1450	31986
London 2012	26849	30032	4178	2284	63343
	Number of media articles on various platforms

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]

	Radio	Television	Print	Total
Athens 2004	156.68	204.39	204.82	565.89
Beijing 2008	158.75	265.28	345.89	769.84
London 2012	229.11	302.86	398.59	924.81
	Number of viewers in millions

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]

Talent Search Period	Period	Identified Tier 1 and 2 Athletes	Paralympic Preparation Programs Shadow Squad Members	Australian Paralympic Team	Paralympic Podium Athletes
2005-2008	940	423	53	27	15
2009-2012	1031	623	92	43	23

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 100m – T38	31 September
Gold	Evan O'Hanlon	Athletics	Men's 200m – 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	Men's Individual C 3 Road Time Trial	75 September
Gold	Carol Cooke	Cycling	Mixed T 1–2 Road Time Trial	75 September
Gold	Michael Gallagher	Cycling	Men's Individual C5 Pursuit	31 September
Gold	Joann Formosa	Equestrian	Grade 1B Individual Championship	31 September
Gold	Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch	Sailing	Two Person Keelboat – SKUD 18	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 200m 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 100m Breaststroke – SB7	31 September
Gold	Prue Watt	Swimming	Women's 100m 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 100m Freestyle Relay 34 points	42 September
Gold	Ellie Cole, Maddison Elliott, Katherine Downie, Jacqueline Freney (Final)	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 points	53 September
Gold	Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Annabelle Williams, Jacqueline Freney	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100m 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 1500m – T37	53 September
Silver	Kelly Cartwright	Athletics	Women's 100 m – T42	75 September
Silver	Louise Ellery	Athletics	Women's Shot Put – F32/33	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	Women's Individual C 4 Road Time Trial	75 September
Silver	Nigel Barley	Cycling	Men's Individual H 3 Road Time Trial	75 September
Silver	Erik Horrie	Rowing	Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x	42 September
Silver	Taylor Corry	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S14	231 August
Silver	Taylor Corry	Swimming	Women's 200m Freestyle – S14	42 September
Silver	Matthew Cowdrey	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly S9	130 August
Silver	Matthew Cowdrey	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breastroke SB8	31 September
Silver	Daniel Fox	Swimming	Men's 200m Freestyle – S14	42 September
Silver	Maddison Elliott	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S8	42 September
Silver	Matthew Levy	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle – S7	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 800m – T37	31 September
Bronze	Angie Ballard	Athletics	Women's 100 m – T53	42 September
Bronze	Christie Dawes	Athletics	Women's 5000m – 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	Women's Individual C1-2-3 500m Time Trial	31 September
Bronze	Michael Gallagher	Cycling	Men's Individual C 5 Road Time Trial	75 September
Bronze	David Nicholas	Cycling	Men's Individual C1-3 Road Race	86 September
Bronze	Natalie Smith	Shooting	Women's R2-10m air rifle standing SH1	130 August
Bronze	Tim Antalfy	Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly S13	231 August
Bronze	Maddison Elliott	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle S8	86 September
Bronze	Maddison Elliott	Swimming	Women's 400m Freestyle S8	231 August
Bronze	Matthew Levy	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke – SB7	31 September
Bronze	Matthew Levy	Swimming	Men's 200m Individual Medley -SM7	42 September
Bronze	Andrew Pasterfield	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S10	231 August
Bronze	Andrew Pasterfield	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S10	86 September
Bronze	Rick Pendleton	Swimming	Men's 200m Individual Medley SM10	130 August
Bronze	Ellie Cole	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle S9	64 September
Bronze	Ellie Cole	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S9	75 September
Bronze	Prue Watt	Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle – S13	31 September
Bronze	Michael Anderson, Matthew Cowdrey, Brenden Hall, Matthew Levy (Final) Michael Auprince, Rick Pendleton, Andrew Pasterfield, Matthew Haanappel (Heat)	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 points	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.

Men	Women
Nathan Arkley, Damien Bowen, Gabriel Cole, Matthew Cameron, Richard Colman, Kurt Fearnley, Sam Harding, Todd Hodgetts, Jake Lappin, Hamish MacDonald, Richard Nicholson, Evan O'Hanlon, Rheed McCracken, Sam McIntosh, Simon Patmore, Scott Reardon, Michael Roeger, Brad Scott, Russell Short, Matthew Silcocks, Tim Sullivan, Lindsay Sutton, Jack Swift	Angela Ballard, Carlee Beattie, Georgia Beikoff, Kelly Cartwright, Christie Dawes, Madison de Rozario, Rachael Dodds, Jodi Elkington, Louise Ellery, Michelle Errichiello, Jessica Gallagher, Madeleine Hogan, Torita Isaac, Rosemary Little, Brydee Moore, Katy Parrish, Kristy Pond, Kath Proudfoot, Stephanie Schweitzer, Erinn Walters

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

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
WR = World record
PR = Paralympic record
OC = Oceania record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Gold medallist Kelly Cartwright

Gold medallist Todd Hodgetts

Gold medallist Richard Co9lman

Track events – men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathan Arkley	1500 m T54	11:33.18	22	Did not advance
Nathan Arkley	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
Jake Lappin	800 m T54	1:41.23	20	Did not advance
Rheed McCracken	100 m T34	16.84 OC	5 Q	16.30 OC
Rheed McCracken	200 m T34	28.89 OC	2 Q	29.08
Sam McIntosh	100 m T52	18.70	9	Did not advance
Sam McIntosh	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
Evan O'Hanlon	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
Scott Reardon (T42)	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
Brad Scott	1500 m T37	N/A		4:14.47'
Matthew Silcocks	800 m T46	1:58.51	9	Did not advance
Matthew Silcocks	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
Tim Sullivan	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 100 m T53/54	3:17.28	4 Q	3:13.42

Track events – women

Dawes at the 2012 London Paralympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	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
Rachael Dodds	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
Torita Isaac	200 m T38	29.36 PB	7 Q	29.78	7
Rosemary Little	100 m T34	20.65	4 Q	19.95 OC
Rosemary Little	200 m T34	34.69	2	35.08	4
Katy Parrish	100 m T38	14.75 '	9	Did not advance
Katy Parrish	200 m T38	30.94	9	Did not advance
Kristy Pond	100 m T34	24.58	11	Did not advance
Kristy Pond	200 m T34	AUS 43.92	11	Did not advance
Erinn Walters	100 m T35	N/A		18.09	8
Erinn Walters	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)	Javelin throw F37/38	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
Louise Ellery	Shot put – F32-34	5.90 m PR
Jessica Gallagher (F13)	Javelin throw F12/13	882pts (33.50 m)	6
Jessica Gallagher (F13)	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
Brydee Moore (F33)	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)
Kath Proudfoot (F36)	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
Damien Bowen (F34)	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 Cycling Paralympic 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	Men's road race H1-3	N/A		1:58:03	4
Nigel Barley	Men's time trial H1-3	N/A		26.18.34
Carol Cooke	Women's road race T2	N/A		51.22	7
	Women's time trial T1-2	N/A		13:50.54
	Mixed individual road race T1-2	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
	Mixed C1-5 team sprint	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
	Women's individual 500 m C4	N/A		42.095	8
Felicity Johnson Stephanie Morton (pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B1-3	3:51.103	9	Did not advance
Felicity Johnson Stephanie Morton (pilot)	Women's individual 1 km B1-3	N/A		1:08.919 PR
Simone Kennedy (C3)	Women's road race C1-3	N/A		1:52:32	6
	Women's time trial C3	N/A		33:39.02	9
	Women's individual pursuit C1-3	4:23.450 Q	2	4:24.893
	Women's individual 500 m C3	N/A		43.892	6
Bryce Lindores Sean Finning (pilot)	Men's road race B1-3	N/A		2:28:48	7
	Men's road time trial B1	N/A		33.12.27	13
	Men's individual pursuit B1-3	4:21.219 Q	2	4:22.269
	Men's individual 1 km B1-3	N/A		1:03.896	5
Kieran Modra Scott McPhee (pilot)	Men's road race B1-3	N/A		DNF	-
	Men's road time trial B1	N/A		DNF	-
	Men's individual pursuit B1-3	4:18.752 Q	1	4:17.756 WR
	Men's individual 1 km B1-3	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
	Men's individual pursuit C1-3	3.36.757 Q	3	3:38.800	4
	Men's individual 1 km C1-3	N/A		1:13.087	15
	Mixed C1-5 team sprint	55.347	5	Did not advance
Jayme Paris (C1)	Women's road race C1-3	N/A		DNF	-
	Women's road time trial C1	N/A		30:52.13	7
	Women's individual pursuit C1	4:30.507 WR	8	Did not advance
	Women's individual 500 m C1	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
	Women's individual 500 m C4	N/A		39.702	6
	Mixed C1-5 team sprint	55.347	5	Did not advance
Stuart Tripp	Men's road race H4-5	N/A		2:00:35	8
Stuart Tripp	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
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Grace Bowman	Kirby Park Joy	Individual championship test grade II	EL
Grace Bowman	Kirby Park Joy	Dressage individual team test grade II	57.048	21
Hannah Dodd	Waikiwi	Individual championship test grade IV	65.161	12
Hannah Dodd	Waikiwi	Dressage individual team test grade IV	66.156	11
Joann Formosa	Worldwide PB	Individual championship test grade Ib	75.826
Joann Formosa	Worldwide PB	Dressage individual team test grade Ib	71.955	3
Rob Oakley	Stratford Montopvani	Individual championship test grade Ia	67.300	12
Rob Oakley	Stratford Montopvani	Dressage individual team test grade Ib	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

Australian women's team
Jennifer Blow, Meica Christensen (Captain), Tyan Taylor, Nicole Esdaile, Rachel Henderson, Michelle Rzepecki; Head Coach – Georgina Kenaghan.

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

4 September 2012 12:30	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.

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Abebe Fekadu	Men's 56 kg	158 kg	8
Darren Gardiner	Men's +100 kg	231 kg	4

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
Athlete(s)	Event	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

Australian team
Matthew Bugg (Single person 2.4mR), Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (Two person Skud 18), Colin Harrison, Stephen Churm, Jonathan Harris (Three person Sonar)

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
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Rank
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.

Men	Women
Ashley Adams, Luke Cain, Jason Maroney, Bradley Mark; Head Coach – Miro Sipek.	Libby Kosmala, Natalie Smith

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
Athlete	Event	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
Luke Cain	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
Libby Kosmala	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
Bradley Mark	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
Jason Maroney	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
Natalie Smith	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	597	22	Did not advance

Swimming

Selected team of 35 athletes.

Men	Women
Michael Anderson, Tim Antalfy, Michael Auprince, Blake Cochrane, Matthew Cowdrey, Jay Dohnt, Richard Eliason, Daniel Fox, Matthew Haanappel, Brenden Hall, Ahmed Kelly, Mitchell Kilduff, Matthew Levy, Jeremy McClure, Andrew Pasterfield, Grant Patterson, Rick Pendleton, Aaron Rhind, Sean Russo, Reagan Wickens	Kayla Clarke, Ellie Cole, Taylor Corry, Katherine Downie, Maddison Elliott, Amanda Fowler, Jacqueline Freney, Tanya Huebner, Kara Leo, Esther Overton, Katrina Porter, Sarah Rose, Teigan Van Roosmalen, Prue Watt, Annabelle Williams

Men's events

Antalfy at the 2012 London Paralympics

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	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
Daniel Fox	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
Athlete	Events	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
Kara Leo	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
Annabelle Williams	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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Melissa Tapper	Singles class 10	Audrey Le Morvan (FRA) W3–0 (11–7, 11–2, 11–4)	Fan Lei (CHN) L3–0 (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)	Yuliya Klymenko (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

Players

Coaches

No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Club
4	Eveson, Justin	32 – (1980-06-10)10 June 1980	Be Active Perth Wheelcats
5	Latham, Bill	22 – (1989-10-20)20 October 1989	RSL Qld Spinning Bullets
6	Stibners, Brett	33 – (1979-06-25)25 June 1979	Woolongong Roller Hawks
7	Norris, Shaun	27 – (1985-04-02)2 April 1985	Be Active Perth Wheelcats
8	Hartnett, Michael	30 – (1982-06-03)3 June 1982	Be Active Perth Wheelcats
9	Knowles, Tristan	29 – (1983-04-25)25 April 1983	Woolongong Roller Hawks
10	Blair, Jannik	20 – (1992-02-03)3 February 1992	Vic Dandenong Rangers
11	Simmons, Tige	35 – (1977-05-05)5 May 1977	RSL Qld Spinning Bullets
12	Mizens, Grant	35 – (1977-04-19)19 April 1977	Woolongong Roller Hawks
13	Alcott, Dylan	21 – (1990-12-04)4 December 1990	Vic Dandenong Rangers
14	Taylor, Nick	32 – (1980-01-18)18 January 1980	Woolongong Roller Hawks
15	Ness, Brad	37 – (1974-11-24)24 November 1974	Be Active Perth Wheelcats

Head coach

Ben Ettridge

Assistant coach(es)

Matteo Feriani
Thomas Kyle

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 30 August 2012

Group stage

Team	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

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: Nortje 14 Rebs: Nortje 10 Asts: three players 2

Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Context

The Australian team

2012 Paralympians of the Year Awards

Notable Australian performances

Jacqueline Freney

Matthew Cowdrey

Evan O'Hanlon

Ellie Cole

Maddison Elliott

Australian wheelchair rugby team and the sailing team SKUD 18

Media coverage

Effects of the London 2012 Paralympic Games on Australian society

Medalists

Events

Athletics

Track events – men

Track events – women

Field events – women

Field events – men

Cycling

Equestrian

Goalball

Women's tournament

Powerlifting

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's events

Women's events

Table tennis

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair tennis

Administration and support

Welcome home celebrations

See also

References

External links