Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Australasia was the name of a combined team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, consisting of 26 athletes from Australia and New Zealand. The combined team had also competed at the 1908 Games, but Australia and New Zealand would send separate teams to the next Games in 1920.

There were three New Zealanders in the 1912 team; Malcolm Champion, Tony Wilding and George Hill. Wilding won a bronze medal in the men's indoor singles event, and Champion won a gold medal as part of the swimming relay team.

Medalists

Gold

• Fanny Durack — swimming, 100 metre freestyle
• Leslie Boardman, Malcolm Champion, Cecil Healy and Harold Hardwick — swimming, 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Silver

• Cecil Healy — swimming, 100 metre freestyle
• Wilhelmina Wylie — swimming, 100 metre freestyle

Bronze

• Harold Hardwick — swimming, 400 metre freestyle
• Harold Hardwick — swimming, 1500 metre freestyle
• Anthony Wilding — tennis, men's indoor singles

Results by sport

Aquatics

Swimming

Nine athletes competed for Australasia at the 1912 Games. The team finished with six medals, two of each color, as well as one world record and an additional Olympic record at the end of the Games.

Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the two women who swam for Australasia, finished first and second in the only women's individual event, the 100 metres freestyle. Durack set a new Olympic record in the...
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