Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games


Australia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was Australia's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Australia previously hosted the Games four times – 1938 Sydney, 1962 Perth, 1982 Brisbane and 2006 Melbourne.
Being the host nation, Australia sent a contingent of 474 athletes, participating in all of the 18 sports staged. Though only 469 competed. This was the highest number of athletes to represent Australia in a Commonwealth Games ever, eclipsing their previous record of 417 athletes at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Hockey athlete Mark Knowles was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Administration

was appointed Chef de Mission. He held this position at the 2010 and 2014 Games.
Opening ceremony appointments included: hockey player Mark Knowles as Australian flag bearer, lawn bowler Karen Murphy taking the athletes' oath and Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander the coaches' oath. Kurt Fearnley in his last major multi-sport competition was the closing ceremony flag bearer.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics5156107
Badminton5510
Basketball121224
Beach volleyball224
Boxing8513
Cycling191736
Diving6814
Gymnastics5813
Hockey181836
Lawn bowls11617
Netball1212
Rugby sevens131326
Shooting161228
Squash5510
Swimming363369
Table tennis6612
Triathlon6612
Weightlifting/Powerlifting10919
Wrestling527
Total234235469

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate

Leigh Howard
Jordan Kerby*
Alexander Porter
Sam Welsford		CyclingMen's team pursuit

Amy Cure
Annette Edmondson
Alexandra Manly		CyclingWomen's team pursuit

Stephanie Morton		CyclingWomen's team sprint
CyclingMen's scratch race
CyclingWomen's scratch race
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle

Cate Campbell
Shayna Jack
Emma McKeon		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Brianna Throssell
Leah Neale
Ariarne Titmus		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Georgia Bohl
Emma McKeon
Bronte Campbell		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
CyclingMen's keirin
CyclingMen's 1 km time trial
CyclingWomen's 500 m time trial
CyclingWomen's sprint
CyclingWomen's keirin
CyclingMen's road time trial
CyclingWomen's road time trial
CyclingMen's road race
CyclingWomen's road race
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S9
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle S9
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre freestyle S8
SwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB8
SwimmingMen's 200 metre individual medley SM8
SwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke
SwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke
SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
SwimmingMen's 200 metre individual medley
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke S9
SwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre backstroke
SwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle S7
SwimmingMen's 400 m individual medley

Kyle Chalmers
James Magnussen
Cameron McEvoy
James Roberts*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Jake Packard
Grant Irvine
Kyle Chalmers
Bradley Woodward*
Matthew Wilson*
David Morgan*
Jack Cartwright*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Kyle Chalmers
Elijah Winnington
Mack Horton		SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
SwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre butterfly
SwimmingMen's 1500 metre freestyle

Matt Hauser
Ashleigh Gentle
Jake Birtwhistle		TriathlonMixed relay
GymnasticsMen's vault
GymnasticsWomen's floor

Natasha Scott
Rebecca Van Asch		Lawn bowlsWomen's triples

Carla Krizanic
Natasha Scott
Rebecca Van Asch		Lawn bowlsWomen's fours

Lynne Seymour		Lawn bowlsMixed para-sport pairs

Ken Hanson
Josh Thornton		Lawn bowlsOpen para-sport triples
Lawn bowlsMen's singles
WeightliftingWomen's 58 kg
AthleticsMen's 20 kilometres walk
AthleticsMen's marathon

BasketballWomen's tournament

BasketballMen's tournament

HockeyMen's tournament
AthleticsWomen's 1500 metres
AthleticsWomen's marathon
AthleticsMen's marathon
AthleticsWomen's 20 kilometres walk
AthleticsMen's 100m T38
AthleticsWomen's javelin
AthleticsMen's pole vault
AthleticsWomen's discus throw
AthleticsMen's high jump
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres
AthleticsMen's shot put

Damien Schumann		Beach volleyballMen's
ShootingMen's 10 metre air rifle
ShootingMen's 50 metre pistol
ShootingWomen's trap

Georgia Sheehan		DivingWomen's synchronized 3 metre springboard
DivingWomen's 10 metre platform
DivingMen's 10 metre platform
BoxingWomen's lightweight
BoxingWomen's featherweight
BoxingMen's lightweight
Table tennisWomen's TT6–10 singles

Cameron Pilley		SquashMixed doubles

David Palmer		SquashMen's doubles
DivingWomen's 1 metre springboard
SwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle S14
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 metre butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre butterfly
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke S9
SwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB8
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre butterfly
SwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke
TriathlonMen's event
AthleticsWomen's 1500 metres
AthleticsMen's 1500 metres
AthleticsWomen's marathon
AthleticsWomen's hammer throw
AthleticsWomen's javelin
AthleticsMen's shot put
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsWomen's marathon
AthleticsMen's javelin throw
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres

HockeyWomen's tournament

Rugby sevensWomen's tournament

NetballWomen's tournament
BoxingMen's heavyweight
BoxingWomen's middleweight

Taliqua Clancy		Beach volleyballWomen's
TriathlonMen's PWTC
TriathlonWomen's PWTC
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit
CyclingWomen's 500 m time trial
CyclingWomen's keirin
GymnasticsWomen's all-around
GymnasticsWomen's balance beam
SwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke
SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre breaststroke SB9
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S9
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 metre individual medley SM8
AthleticsMen's hammer throw
AthleticsWomen's long jump T38
AthleticsWomen's long jump
ShootingWomen's 25 m pistol
ShootingMen's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
ShootingQueen's prize individual
ShootingWomen's double trap

Barrie Lester
Nathan Rice		Lawn bowlsMen's triples

Barrie Lester
Nathan Rice
Brett Wilkie		Lawn bowlsMen's fours
SwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly
ShootingMen's 10 metre air pistol
DivingMen's 1 metre springboard
DivingWomen's 3 metre springboard
WeightliftingWomen's 90 kg
AthleticsWomen's long jump T38
AthleticsMen's decathlon
AthleticsWomen's pole vault
AthleticsMen's 1500 metres
AthleticsMen's 110 metres hurdles
AthleticsWomen's hammer throw
AthleticsMen's 800 metres

Bradley Henderson		CyclingMen's tandem 1 km time trial B

Bradley Henderson		CyclingMen's tandem sprint B

Matthew Glaetzer*
Nathan Hart
Jacob Schmid		CyclingMen's team sprint
SwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle S14
SwimmingMen's 200 m breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 1500 metre freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 400 m individual medley
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit
BoxingWomen's flyweight
BoxingWomen's welterweight
BoxingMen's light heavyweight
CyclingWomen's sprint
CyclingMen's sprint

Georgia Godwin
Rianna Mizzen
Emily Whitehead		GymnasticsWomen's artistic team all-around
GymnasticsWomen's vault

Danielle Prince
Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva		GymnasticsWomen's rhythmic team all-around
GymnasticsIndividual ball
GymnasticsWomen's uneven bars
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S9
SwimmingWomen's 50 m breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S9
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre individual medley SM10
SwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke S9
SwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB8
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke
SwimmingMen's 200 metre individual medley
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre butterfly
SwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke
SwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle S9
SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
SwimmingMen's 100 metre butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre breaststroke SB9
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre butterfly
ShootingWomen's 10 metre air pistol
TriathlonMen's PWTC
TriathlonWomen's PWTC
WeightliftingMen's 77 kg
AthleticsWomen’s 100 metres
AthleticsWomen's marathon
AthleticsWomen’s high jump
DivingMen's 3 metre springboard

Declan Stacey		DivingMen's synchronized 10 metre platform
DivingWomen's 3 metre springboard
DivingWomen's 1 metre springboard

Matthew Carter		DivingMen's synchronized 3 metre springboard

Rachael Grinham		SquashWomen's doubles
Table tennisWomen's TT6–10 singles

announced an initial team of 51 athletes. On 1 March 2018, Athletics Australia announced the final team of 109 athletes, the second-largest team in history following Melbourne in 2006. On 6 March 2018, Ella Nelson withdrew from the team due to injury and was replaced by Larissa Pasternatsky. Marathon runner Chris Hammer withdrew on 1 April due to injury. On 5 April, Sally Pearson announced an Achilles tendon injury had forced her withdrawal from defending her 100 m hurdles gold medal and from the 4 × 100 m relay. Declan Carruthers was selected but did not compete in men's pole vault due to hamstring injury.
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
Kyle CranstonResult11.167.1813.591.9249.9415.1243.194.4062.364:31.9177345
Kyle CranstonPoints82585770373181783573073177373277345
Cedric DublerResult10.697.5912.342.0148.3914.2440.595.0054.634:57.037983
Cedric DublerPoints9319576278138909446779106575717983

;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
Alysha BurnettResult14.321.8713.6226.765.8246.562:43.1456289
Alysha BurnettPoints934106776973279579453756289
Celeste MucciResult13.191.7512.2224.596.1043.032:29.7359154
Celeste MucciPoints109691667692588072669659154

Badminton

Team of ten athletes was announced on 23 February 2018.
;Singles & doubles
;Mixed team
;Summary
;Roster
;Pool C
;Quarterfinal

Basketball

Australia has qualified a men's and women's basketball teams for a total of 24 athletes.
Team of 12 men and 12 women was announced on 7 March 2018.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
On 2 April 2018, Mitch Creek and Matt Hodgson withdrew from the team and were replaced by Mitch Norton and Lucas Walker.
;Pool A
----
----
;Semi-final
;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Pool A
----
----
;Semi-final
;Gold medal match

Beach volleyball

Team of four athletes was announced on 24 February 2018.

Boxing

Team of thirteen boxers was selected on 14 December 2017. Twelve boxers were making their Commonwealth Games debut.
; Men
;Women

Cycling

Team of 36 athletes was announced on 20 February 2018.

Road

;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mitchell DockerRoad race3:59:3943
Alex EdmondsonRoad race4:06:3646
Mathew HaymanRoad race3:58:0725
Cameron MeyerRoad race3:57:019
Callum ScotsonRoad race4:06:3647
Steele Von HoffRoad race3:57:01
Callum ScotsonTime trial49:35.654
Cameron MeyerTime trial48:13.04

;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Tiffany CromwellRoad race3:02:216
Gracie ElvinRoad race3:03:3222
Katrin GarfootRoad race3:02:4713
Chloe HoskingRoad race3:02:18
Shannon MalseedRoad race3:05:4024
Sarah RoyRoad race3:02:185
Katrin GarfootTime trial35:08.09

Track

;Sprint
Qualification legend: Q – Qualify to next round/gold medal round, QB – Qualify to bronze medal round.
* – Due to only three nations participating in the event, no silver or bronze medals were awarded in accordance with Commonwealth Games regulations.
;Keirin
AthleteEventRound 1RepechageSemifinalsFinal
Patrick ConstableMen's keirin1 Q58
Matthew GlaetzerMen's keirin1 Q1 Q
Jacob SchmidMen's keirin2 Q69
Kaarle McCullochWomen's keirin2 Q1 Q
Stephanie MortonWomen's keirin1 Q1 Q

;Pursuit
Qualification Legend: Q – Athlete qualified to next round/gold medal round, QB – Athlete qualified to bronze medal round.
* – Athlete cycled in preliminary round but not in the final.
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Patrick ConstableMen's time trial1:01.4386
Matthew GlaetzerMen's time trial59.340 GR
Nicholas YallourisMen's time trial1:01.94510
Bradley Henderson
Thomas Clarke 		Men's tandem time trial B & VI1:01.512
Kaarle McCullochWomen's time trial33.583
Stephanie MortonWomen's time trial33.619
Jessica Gallagher
Madison Janssen 		Women's tandem time trial B & VI1:07.1652*

Qualification legend: * – Due to only three nations participating in the event, no silver or bronze medals were awarded in accordance with Commonwealth Games regulations.
;Points race
;Scratch race
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Leigh HowardMen's scratch race3 QDNF
Cameron MeyerMen's scratch race4 Q10
Sam WelsfordMen's scratch race3 Q
Ashlee AnkudinoffWomen's scratch race17
Amy CureWomen's scratch race
Annette EdmondsonWomen's scratch race14

Mountain biking

Diving

Team of 14 divers was announced on 5 February 2018. Taneka Kovchenko was forced to withdraw from the Team just prior to the Games due to the risk of serious injury. She was replaced by Teju Williamson.
;Men
;Women

Gymnastics

Team of thirteen athletes announced on 28 February 2018. Team consists of five artistic men, five artistic women and three rhythmic women.

Artistic

;Men
;Team
;Individual
;Women
;Team
;Individual

Rhythmic

;Team
;Individual

Field hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

On 6 April, Blake Govers was ruled out with a broken finger and replaced with Tom Wickham.
;Roster
;Pool A
----
----
----
;Semi-final
;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Pool B
----
----
----
;Semi-final
;Gold medal match

Lawn bowls

17 person team was announced on 5 December 2017.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed para-sport
Officials: Team Leader – Peter Brown ; Head Coach – Steve Glasson ; Coaches – Kelvin Kerkow, Gary Willis ; Team Manager – Faye Luke ; Sport Psychologist – Mark McMahon – Sport Psychologist

Netball

Australia qualified a netball team by virtue of being the host country of the event.
;Summary
;Roster
;Pool A
----
----
----
----
;Semi-final match
;;Gold medal match

Rugby sevens

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
Brandon Quinn replaced captain Lewis Holland who withdrew due to injury. James Stannard was forced to withdrew after being injured during a late night assault and was replaced by Nicholas Price.
;Pool B
----
----
;5th-8th Playoff
;5th place match

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Pool B
----
----
;Semi-final match
;Gold medal match

Shooting

Team of 28 athletes was announced on 31 January 2018.
;Men
;Pistol/Small bore
;Full bore
;Shotgun
;Women
;Pistol/Small bore
;Shotgun

Squash

Team of 12 athletes was announced on 15 December 2017.
;Singles
;Doubles

Swimming

After the 2018 Australian Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials, Swimming Australia announced a team of 70 athletes.
;Men
;Women

Table tennis

Team of 12 athletes was announced on 29 January 2018.
;Singles
;Doubles
;Team

Triathlon

Team of six athletes announced on 17 November 2017. A further six paratriathletes announced on 25 February 2018.
;Men
AthleteEventSwim Trans 1Bike Trans 2Run TotalRank
Jake BirtwhistleMen's9:100:3227:530:2714:3652:38
Matt HauserMen's8:520:3327:410:2515:1552:464
Luke WillianMen's9:050:3427:560:2815:3053:338
Bill ChaffeyMen's PWTC10:551:3635:200:4512:371:04:13
Nic BeveridgeMen's PWTC11:101:4435:401:0513:491:03:28
Scott CrowleyMen's PWTC11:491:3736:240:5614:481:08:345

;Women
AthleteEventSwim Trans 1Bike Trans 2Run TotalRank
Gillian BackhouseWomen's9:340:3630:250:2717:5258:549
Ashleigh GentleWomen's9:480:3530:130:2817:0458:085
Charlotte McShaneWomen's9:470:3630:130:2618:1859:2011
Emily TappWomen's PWTC14:102:0841:140:4914:351:12:56
Lauren ParkerWomen's PWTC13:311:5038:510:5818:381:13:48
Sara TaitWomen's PWTC17:511:3745:221:1517:271:23:326

;Mixed
AthletesEventTotal Times per Athlete
Total Group TimeRank
Gillian Backhouse
Matt Hauser
Ashleigh Gentle
Jake Birtwhistle		Mixed relay19:56
18:15
20:28
18:57		1:17:36

Weightlifting

Team of 16 athletes was announced on 23 January 2018. Five Paralympic powerlifters were added to the team on 7 March 2018. Simplice Ribouem withdrew prior to the competition due to injury.
;Men
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
Phillip Liao56 kg911142057
Vannara Be62 kg11013214210
Brandon Wakeling69 kg1201552757
Francois Etoundi77 kg136169305
Boris Elesin85 kg1401613019
Ridge Barredo105 kg1381753138
Damon Kelly+105 kg1582043635

;Women

Powerlifting

Australia participated with 4 athletes. Cristine Ashscroft was selected but withdrew prior to competition due to illness.
AthleteEventResultRank
Nang NguyenMen's lightweight142.38
Leigh SkinnerMen's heavyweight143.78
Ben WrightMen's heavyweight152.46
Kelly CartwrightWomen's lightweight69.97

Wrestling

Team of eight athletes was announced on 2 March 2018. Robert Whittaker withdrew from the Team on 16 March 2018.
;Repechage Format
;Nordic Format