Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Australia at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Australia
CGF codeAUS
CGACommonwealth Games Australia
Websitecommonwealthgames.com.au
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors430 (199 men and 231 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Eddie Ockenden
Rachael Grinham
Flag bearer (closing)Melissa Wu
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
67
Silver
57
Bronze
56
Total
180
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Australia competed at the 2022, Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Administration[edit]

Chef de Mission - Petria Thomas[4]

General Managers - Anna Meares, Sharelle McMahon, Katrina Webb

Chief Operating Officer - Tim Mahon[5]

Medallists[edit]

Further information: 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table

Competitors[edit]

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 36 47 83
Badminton 5 5 10
3x3 Basketball 8 8 16
Beach volleyball 2 2 4
Boxing 7 4 11
Cricket — 15 15
Cycling 16 16 32
Diving 4 10 14
Field hockey 18 18 36
Gymnastics 5 8 13
Judo 7 4 11
Lawn bowls 10 8 18
Netball — 12 12
Para powerlifting 1 1 2
Rugby sevens 13 13 26
Squash 4 4 8
Swimming 38 35 73
Table tennis 6 8 14
Triathlon 9 5 14
Weightlifting 5 6 11
Wrestling 4 2 6
Total 198 231 429

Athletics[edit]

Main articles: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

32 athletes were selected on 16 May 2022.[6] An additional 53 athletes were selected on 28 June 2022.[7] Four athletes – Joseph Deng, Riley Day, Liz Clay and Ashley Moloney withdrew after selection.[8][9] On 4 August 2022, Kathryn Mitchell and Stewart McSweyn withdrew due to illness. Alec Diamond and Mia Gross replaced Ash Moloney and Riley Day.[10]

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rohan Browning 100 m 10.10 5 Q 10.17 6 Q 10.20 6
Jake Doran 10.39 24 Q 10.40 20 did not advance
Anthony Jordan 100 m T47 11.85 9 — did not advance
Jaydon Page 11.17 1 Q — 11.10 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Evan O'Hanlon (T38) 100 m T37/38 — 11.23 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Steve Solomon 400 m 45.98 5 Q 46.30 8 q 46.22 7
Peter Bol 800 m 1:47.01 1 Q — 1:47.66 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Charlie Hunter 1:49.94 13 — did not advance
Oliver Hoare 1500 m 3:37.57 1 Q — 3:30.12 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Matthew Ramsden 3:48.98 15 — did not advance
Jake Lappin 1500 m T54 — 3:17.87 4
Sam Carter — 3:12.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jack Rayner 5000 m — 13:24.90 8
Matthew Ramsden — 13:30.38 10
Ky Robinson 10000 m — 27:44.33 6
Nicholas Hough 110 m hurdles 13.62 9 q — 13.83 7
Ben Buckingham 3000 m steeplechase — 8:34.17 5
Edward Tippas — 8:37.42 7
Joshua Azzopardi
Jacob Despard
Jack Hale
Rohan Browning 		4 x 100 m DNF did not advance
Liam Adams Marathon — 2:13:23 4
Andrew Buchanan — 2:15:40 7
Jake Lappin Marathon (T54) — 1:56:21 5
Kyle Swan 10,000 m walk — 40:49.79 6
Rhydian Cowley — 41:28.05 8
Declan Tingay — 38:42.33 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Henry Frayne Long jump 7.85 5 Q 7.94 6
Chris Mitrevski 7.76 7 Q 7.70 9
Julian Konle Triple jump — 15.90 10
Brandon Starc High jump — 2.25 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Angus Amstrong Pole vault — 4.95 7
Kurtis Marschall — 5.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Matthew Denny Discus throw 64.63 2 q 67.26 PB 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cameron McEntyre Javelin throw — 79.89 7
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Cedric Dubler Result 10.92 (2) 7.61 (2) 12.83 (6) 2.06 (1) 48.47 (1) 14.20 (1) 44.01 (5) 5.00 (1) 51.84 (5) 4:58.81 (7) 8030 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Points 878 962 657 859 886 949 746 910 616 567
Alec Diamond Result 11.14 (5) 7.66 (1) 14.23 (4) 1.97 (4) 50.07 (7) 14.86 (4) 44.05 (4) 4.80 (3) 42.29 (8) 4:50.22 (3) 7689 5
Points 830 975 742 776 811 867 747 849 475 617
Daniel Golubovic Result 11.17 (6) 6.98 (7) 15.60 (1) 1.94 (5) 49.08 (3) 14.32 (2) 49.85 (1) 4.90 (2) 58.26 (4) 4:30.95 (1) 8197 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Points 823 809 827 749 858 934 867 880 712 738
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Naa Anang 100 m 11.37 14 Q 11.39 14 did not advance
Bree Masters 11.41 17 Q 11.36 13 did not advance
Sarah Clifton-Bligh (T33) 100 m T34 — 22.71 GR 5
Robyn Lambird (T34) — 19.68 4
Rosemary Little (T33) — 23.05 6
Rhiannon Clarke 100 m T38 13.08 3 Q — 13.13 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Indiana Cooper 13.77 8 Q — 13.88 8
Ella Pardy 13.26 5 Q — 13.38 5
Jacinta Beecher 200 m 23.13 5 Q 23.40 8 did not advance
Ella Connolly 23.56 11 Q 23.41 9 Q 23.21 6
Catriona Bisset 800 m 2:00.40 10 Q — 1:59.41 5
Georgia Griffith 2:00.36 9 did not advance
Abbey Caldwell 1500 m 4:13.59 2 Q — 4:04.79 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Linden Hall 4:14.08 4 Q — 4:05.09 4
Jessica Hull 4:16.13 10 Q — 4:07.31 8
Angie Ballard 1500 m T54 — 3:53.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christie Dawes — 4:00.25 5
Madison de Rozario — 3:53.03 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Isobel Batt-Doyle 5000 m — 15:13.53 8
Rose Davies — 15:41.23 17
Natalie Rule — 15:51.31 18
Isobel Batt-Doyle 10000 m — 32:04.52 8
Ella Connolly
Bree Masters
Jacinta Beecher
Naa Anang
Mia Gross (heat) 		4 x 100 m 43.47 3 Q — 43.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sinead Diver Marathon — 2:31:06 5
Jessica Stenson — 2:27:31 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Eloise Wellings — 2:30:51 4
Christie Dawes Marathon T54 — 2:07:02 4
Madison de Rozario — 1:56:00 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Michelle Jenneke 100 m hurdles 12.63 2 Q — 12.68 5
Celeste Mucci 12.96 8 q — 13.03 7
Sarah Cali 400 m hurdles 56.10 6 q — 55.82 6
Amy Cashin 3000 m steeplechase — 9:35.63 5
Brielle Erbacher — 10:59.64 8
Katie Hayward 10,000 m walk — 46:09.00 7
Rebecca Henderson — 44:44.00 4
Jemima Montag — 42:34.00 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Nicola Olyslagers High jump 1.81 1 q DNS
Eleanor Patterson 1.81 1 q 1.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Brooke Buschkuehl Long jump 6.84 2 Q 6.95 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Samantha Dale 6.02 12 q 6.32 10
Nina Kennedy Pole vault — 4.60 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Taryn Gollshewsky Discus throw — 56.85 4
Sarah Edmiston Discus throw F44/64 — 34.96 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alexandra Hulley Hammer throw 66.15 4 q 66.26 6
Kelsey-Lee Barber Javelin — 64.43 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mackenzie Little — 64.27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Julie Charlton Shot put F57 — 6.26 9
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Taneille Crase Result 13.42 (1) 1.78 (3) 11.89 (5) 24.48 (2) 6.23 (3) 37.95 (5) 2:16.40 (5) 6026 5
Points 1062 953 654 935 921 628 873

Australian women's 4 x 100m relay elevated to bronze medal due to the disqualification of Nigeria to an anti-doping violation.[11]

Badminton[edit]

Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Ten athletes were selected on 31 May 2022.[12] As of 1 June 2022, Australia also qualified for the mixed team event via the BWF World Rankings.[13]

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ying Xiang Lin Men's singles  Abela (MLT)
W (21–16, 21–9) 		 N Ramdhani (GUY)
W (21–12, 21–8) 		 Sen (IND)
L 0-2 (8-21, 16-21) 		did not advance 9
Jacob Schueler  Ricketts (JAM)
L (19–21, 15–21) 		did not advance 33
Nathan Tang  Mdogo Sikoyo (KEN)
W (21–10, 21–13) 		 Penty (ENG)
L (11–21, 7–21) 		did not advance 17
Wendy Chen Women's singles Bye  Bodha (MRI)
W (21–3, 21–6) 		 Richardson (JAM)
W (21–11, 21–11) 		 Yeo (SGP)
L (21–15, 21–15) 		did not advance 5
Tiffany Ho Bye  Gilmour (SCO)
L (6–21, 14–21) 		did not advance 17
Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tran Hoang Pham
Jack Yu 		Men's doubles —  Clark &
D March (FLK)
W (21–5, 21–7) 		 Angus &
Ricketts (JAM)
W (21–11, 21–9) 		 Lane &
Vendy (ENG)
L (10-21, 14-21) 		did not advance 5
Jacob Schueler
Nathan Tang 		— Bye  Abela &
Cassar (MLT)
W 2-0 (21-15, 21-9) 		 Rankireddy &
Shetty (IND)
L (9-21, 11-21) 		did not advance 5
Kaitlyn Ea
Angela Yu 		Women's doubles —  A Abdul Razzaq &
F Abdul Razzaq (MDV)
W (21–13, 21–5) 		 Jin &
Wong (SGP)
L (12–21, 13–21) 		did not advance 9
Wendy Chen
Gronya Somerville 		—  Shahzad &
Siddique (PAK)
W (21–10, 21–13) 		 Johnson &
Le Tissiere (GGY)
W 2-0 (21-9, 21-7) 		 Honderich &
Tsai (CAN)
W 2-1 (18-21, 21-15, 21-16) 		 Birch &
Smith (ENG)
L 0-2 (14-21, 22-24) 		 Jolly &
Gopichand (IND)
L 0-2 (15-21, 18-21) 		4
Tran Hoang Pham
Angela Yu 		Mixed doubles  Joshua &
S March (FLK)
W (2-0 21–2, 21–5) 		 Mwambu &
Naluwooza (UGA)
W 2-0 (21–6, 21–7) 		 Leydon-Davis &
Pak (NZL)
L (12–21, 15–21) 		did not advance 9
Yingxiang Lin
Gronya Somerville 		 Clark &
C March (FLK)
W (21–4, 21–3) 		 Kasiyre &
Mohamed Rafi (UGA)
W (21–10, 21–6) 		 Tan &
Lai (MAS)
L (10–21, 11–21) 		did not advance 9
Jack Yu
Kaitlyn Ea 		Bye  Ricketts &
Richardson (JAM)
W (21–13, 16–21, 21–8) 		 Chan &
Cheah (MAS)
L (16-21, 12-21) 		did not advance 9
Mixed team
Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
 Australia Mixed team  Sri Lanka
L 2–3 		 Pakistan
W 3–2 		 India
L 4–1 		3 did not advance 9
Squad
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  India 3 3 0 14 1 +13 28 2 +26 620 329 +291 3 Knockout stage
2  Sri Lanka 3 2 1 7 8 −1 14 16 −2 489 520 −31 2
3  Australia 3 1 2 6 9 −3 12 18 −6 514 546 −32 1
4  Pakistan 3 0 3 3 12 −9 6 24 −18 382 610 −228 0
Source: BWF

3x3 basketball[edit]

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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.[17][18] 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).[19] Sixteen players were selected on 13 July 2022.[20]

Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM / PM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Australia men Men's tournament  Trinidad and Tobago
W 21–6 		 New Zealand
W 21–11 		 England
L 12–17 		2 Q  Kenya
W 20–15 		 Scotland
W 20–15 		 England
L 16–17 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Australia women Women's tournament  Scotland
W 21–9 		 Kenya
W 21–15 		 Sri Lanka
W 21–2 		1 Q —  England
L 15–21 		 New Zealand
W 15–13 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Australia wheelchair men Men's tournament  Canada
W 13–11 		 Northern Ireland
L 9–11 		— 2 Q —  England
W 12–11 		 Canada
W 11–9 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Australia wheelchair women Women's tournament  Scotland
W 12–5 		 South Africa
W 21–3 		— 1 Q —  England
W 8–6 		 Canada
L 5–14 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's tournament[edit]

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
Roster

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  England (H) 3 3 0 59 28 +31 Direct to semi-finals
2  Australia 3 2 1 54 34 +20 Quarter-finals
3  New Zealand 3 1 2 42 54 −12
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 3 24 63 −39
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)
15:30
Australia  21–6  Trinidad and Tobago
Pts: Johnson 11 Pts: Julien 3
30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)
19:30
Australia  21–11  New Zealand
Pts: Johnson 9 Pts: Bezzant 4
31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
19:30
England  17–12  Australia
Pts: Hesson 8 Pts: Johnson 8

Quarter-final

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
17:00
Australia  20–15  Kenya
Pts: Wright 8 Pts: Omondi 6

Semi-final

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
19:30
Scotland  15–20  Australia
Pts: Jimenez 11 Pts: Wagstaff 9

Gold medal match

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
19:30
Australia  16–17  England
Pts: Johnson 7 Pts: Hesson 6

Women's tournament[edit]

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament
Roster

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 63 26 +37 Direct to semi-finals
2  Scotland 3 2 1 45 40 +5 Quarter-finals
3  Kenya 3 1 2 50 44 +6
4  Sri Lanka 3 0 3 15 63 −48
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)
15:30
Australia  21–9  Scotland
Pts: Wilson 7 Pts: Leonard 5
29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)
19:30
Australia  21–15  Kenya
Pts: Scherf 9 Pts: Otieno 5
31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
15:30
Sri Lanka  2–21  Australia
Pts: Morseth 2 Pts: Whittle 8

Semi-final

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
19:30
Australia  15–21  England
Pts: Mansfield 8 Pts: Green 8

Bronze medal match

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
15:00
Australia  15–13  New Zealand
Pts: Whittle 9 Pts: Harmon 7

Men's wheelchair[edit]

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's wheelchair tournament
Roster

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Canada 2 1 1 24 18 +6 Semi-finals
2  Australia 2 1 1 24 24 0
3  Northern Ireland 2 1 1 16 22 −6 5th place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)
19:30
Canada  11–13  Australia
Pts: Higgins 7 Pts: Dalton 8
31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
19:30
Australia  9–11  Northern Ireland
Pts: Dalton, Pople 5 Pts: Nagle 5

Semi-final

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
19:30
England  11–12  Australia
Pts: Manning 7 Pts: Pople, Kavanagh 4

Gold medal match

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
19:30
 Australia 11–9  Canada
Pts: Pople 6 Pts: Higgins 5

Women's wheelchair[edit]

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's wheelchair tournament
Roster

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Australia 2 2 0 33 8 +25 Semi-finals
2  Scotland 2 1 1 21 14 +7
3  South Africa 2 0 2 5 37 −32 5th place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)
19:30
Australia  12–5  Scotland
Pts: Merrit 5 Pts: Hamer 5
31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
19:30
South Africa  3–21  Australia
Pts: Moeng 2 Pts: Merritt 11

Semi-final

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
15:00
Australia  8–6  England
Pts: Merritt 4 Pts: Conroy 3

Gold medal match

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
19:30
Canada  14–5  Australia
Pts: Dandeneau 6 Pts: Dodd 3

Beach volleyball[edit]

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Four players selected on 13 May 2022.[21]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / GM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Paul Burnett
Chris McHugh 		Men's  Maldives
W 2–0 (21–13, 21–17) 		 South Africa
W 2–0 (21–12, 21–12) 		 Rwanda
W 2–0 (21–16, 21–18) 		1  Sri Lanka
W 2–1 (16–21, 21–16, 15–9) 		 Rwanda
W 2–0 (21–18, 21–14) 		 Canada
W 2–1 (17-21, 21-17, 20-18) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mariafe Artacho
Taliqua Clancy 		Women's  Sri Lanka
W 2–0 (21–10, 21–12) 		 Trinidad and Tobago
W 2–0 (21–7, 21–6) 		 Cyprus
W 2–0 (21–14, 21–13) 		1  Scotland
W 2–0 (21–11, 21–11) 		 Vanuatu
W 2–0 (26–24, 21–16) 		 Canada
L 1-2 (24-22, 17-21, 12-15) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's tournament[edit]

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Burnett – McHugh (AUS) 3 3 0 6 6 0 MAX 126 88 1.432 Quarterfinals
2

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