Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games


Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games


Australia competed at the 2022, Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. It was Australia's 22nd appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.

Olympic medallist in field hockey Eddie Ockenden and former squash world champion Rachael Grinham were the country's flagbearers during the Opening Ceremony. Five-time Commonwealth Games medalist Melissa Wu was the flagbearer at the Closing Ceremony after her gold medal in the Women’s 10m Platform Synchronised Diving.

Administration

Chef de Mission - Petria Thomas

General Managers - Anna Meares, Sharelle McMahon, Katrina Webb

Chief Operating Officer - Tim Mahon

Medallists

Competitors

The following table shows which sports/disciplines the 429 Australian athletes were to compete in.

Athletics

32 athletes were selected on 16 May 2022. An additional 53 athletes were selected on 28 June 2022. Four athletes – Joseph Deng, Riley Day, Liz Clay and Ashley Moloney withdrew after selection. On 4 August 2022, Kathryn Mitchell and Stewart McSweyn withdrew due to illness. Alec Diamond and Mia Gross replaced Ash Moloney and Riley Day.

Men
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Heptathlon

Australian women's 4 x 100m relay elevated to bronze medal due to the disqualification of Nigeria to an anti-doping violation.

Badminton

Ten athletes were selected on 31 May 2022. As of 1 June 2022, Australia also qualified for the mixed team event via the BWF World Rankings.

Singles
Doubles
Mixed team
Summary
Squad
Group stage
Collection James Bond 007

3x3 basketball

Australia qualified to compete in both the men's and women's tournaments, having done so as the highest-ranked nation not already qualified by regional rankings. As of 19 May 2022, they also accepted Bipartite Invitations for both wheelchair tournaments (awarded in lieu of the quotas from the abandoned IWBF Asia/Oceania Qualifiers). Sixteen players were selected on 13 July 2022.

Summary

Men's tournament

Roster
  • Jesse Wagstaff
  • Greg Hire
  • Tom Wright
  • Daniel Johnson

Group B

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

Roster
  • Lauren Scherf
  • Lauren Mansfield
  • Marena Whittle
  • Alex Wilson

Group A

Semi-final

Bronze medal match

Men's wheelchair

Roster
  • Luke Pople
  • Lachlin Dalton
  • Jake Kavanagh
  • Kurt Thomson

Group B

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Women's wheelchair

Roster
  • Amber Merritt
  • Georgia Inglis
  • Hannah Dodd
  • Ella Sabljak

Group B

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Beach volleyball

Four players selected on 13 May 2022.

Men's tournament

Group B

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

Group B

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Boxing

Eleven boxers were selected on 26 April 2022.

Men
Women

Cricket

By virtue of its position in the ICC Women's T20I rankings (as of 1 April 2021), Australia qualified for the tournament.

Fixtures were announced in November 2021.

Roster

Fifteen players were selected on 20 May 2022.

Summary
Group stage
Semi-final
Gold medal match

Cycling

34 cyclists were selected on 16 June 2022. Michael Matthews and Kaden Groves withdrew due to trade team commitments and were replaced by Luke Durbridge and Sam Fox in the road race. Caleb Ewan withdrew due to surgery after the 2022 Tour de France.

Road

Men
Women

Track

Sprint
Keirin
Pursuit
Time trial
Points race
Scratch race

Mountain biking

Diving

Fourteen divers – 10 women and 4 men selected on 7 June 2022.

Men
Women
Mixed

Gymnastics

Thirteen gymnasts selected on 20 June 2022.

Artistic

Men
Team Final and Individual Qualification
Individual Finals
Women
Team Final and Individual Qualification
Individual Finals

Rhythmic

Team Final and Individual Qualification
Individual Finals

Hockey

Australia qualified for both tournaments. The men qualified as defending champions, whereas the women qualified based on their position in the FIH Women's World Ranking (as of 1 February 2022).

Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022.

Summary

Men's tournament

Eighteen players selected on 21 June 2022.

Roster
Group play


Semi-final
Gold medal match

Women's tournament

Eighteen players selected on 11 June 2022. Brooke Peris and Courtney Schonel withdrew due to injuries and were replaced by Rebecca Greiner and Grace Stewart.

Roster
Group play


Semi-final
Gold medal

Judo

Twelve judokas were selected on 18 May 2022.

Men
Women

Lawn bowls

Eighteen bowlers were selected on 3 June 2022. Grant Fehlberg withdrew due to unforeseen family circumstances and was replaced by Matthew Northcott.

Men
Women
Parasport

Netball

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 28 July 2021), Australia qualified for the tournament. Partial fixtures were announced in November 2021, then updated with the remaining qualifiers in March 2022. Twelve players were selected on 14 June 2022 with three travelling reserves – Donnell Wallam, Jamie-Lee Price, Ruby Bakewell-Doran.

Roster
Summary
Group stage


Semi-final
Gold medal match

Para powerlifting

Two athletes selected on 15 June 2022.

Rugby sevens

Australia qualified for both the men's and women's tournaments. This was achieved through their positions in the 2018–19 / 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2018–19 / 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series respectively.

Summary

Men's tournament

Thirteen players were selected on 5 July 2022.

Roster

Pool D

Quarter-final

Semi–finals

Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

Thirteen players were selected on 5 July 2022.

Roster

Pool B

Semi-final

Gold medal

Squash

Eight players – four men and four women selected on 10 June 2022.

Singles
Doubles

Swimming

A squad of twenty-seven para swimmers was selected on 4 May 2022, all having qualified via the World Para Swimming World Rankings for performances registered between 31 December 2020 and 18 April 2022. Forty six able bodied swimmers were selected on 22 May 2022. Three additional Para swimmers selected on 7 July 2022. Two swimmers – Isaac Cooper and Timothy Disken were withdrawn from the team on 19 July 2022.

Athletes listed in events are subject to change up to the close of entries.

Men
Women
Mixed

Table tennis

Team of six athletes was announced on 29 April 2022. Eight athletes select ed on 30 May 2022.

Singles
Doubles
Team

Triathlon

Four vision impaired Para-Triathletes and their guides were announced on 11 May 2022. Six triathletes were selected on 13 June 2022.

Men
Women
Mixed Relay

Weightlifting

A squad of eleven weightlifters (five men, six women) was officially selected on 19 April 2022.

Sarah Cochrane qualified by winning gold at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, whereas the rest of the squad qualified via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List.

Men
Women

Wrestling

Six wrestlers selected on 1 July 2022.

Facts

  • Second largest Australian Commonwealth Games team ever, behind the 473 athletes at the Gold Coast 2018 Games
  • Jian Fang Lay (table tennis) and Rachael Grinham (squash) became the first female athletes to attend six Commonwealth Games.
  • Blake Cochrane and Angie Ballard (athletics) became the first Para-sport athletes to represent Australia at four Commonwealth Games.
  • Ten indigenous athletes: Taliqua Clancy (beach volleyball), Indiana Cooper (athletics), Ashleigh Gardner (cricket), Maurice Longbottom (rugby 7s), Callum Peters (boxing), Ruby Storm (swimming) Brandon Wakeling (weightlifting), Mariah Williams (hockey), Alex Wilson (3x3 basketball), Alex Winwood (boxing)
  • The netball team's win in the final was Australia's 1,000th gold medal in Commonwealth Games history.

See also

  • Australia at the 2022 Winter Olympics
  • Australia at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

References

External links

  • Commonwealth Games Australia Official site
  • Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Official site

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games by Wikipedia (Historical)



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