Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Australia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Australia
IOC code:	AUS
NOC:	Australian Olympic Committee external link
2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	40 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Alisa Camplin (opening) Dale Begg-Smith (closing)
Medals Rank: 17	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 2
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 *with New Zealand as Australasia
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Australia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 40 athletes was the largest ever for Australia, surpassing the team of 31 that participated at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Prior to the Olympics, Australia had set a goal of winning one medal.^[1] They were able to win two medals – one gold and one bronze – and had several other top 10 finishes.

Alisa Camplin served as flag bearer at the opening ceremonies.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Bronze 2 Top 10 Finishes 2.1 5th place 2.2 6th place 2.3 7th place 2.4 8th place 3 Results by event 3.1 Alpine skiing 3.2 Biathlon 3.3 Bobsleigh 3.4 Cross-country skiing 3.5 Figure skating 3.6 Freestyle skiing 3.6.1 Aerials 3.6.2 Moguls 3.7 Luge 3.8 Short track speed skating 3.9 Skeleton 3.10 Snowboarding 3.10.1 Giant slalom 3.10.2 Halfpipe 3.10.3 Snowboard cross 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Freestyle skiing

• Men's moguls: Dale Begg-Smith with a final score of 26.77

[edit] Bronze

Freestyle skiing

• Women's aerials: Alisa Camplin with a final score of 191.39

[edit] Top 10 Finishes

[edit] 5th place

• Snowboarding
  • Women's halfpipe - Torah Bright

[edit] 6th place

• Short track speed skating
  • Men's 5000 m relay - Lachlan Hay, Stephen Lee, Mark McNee, Elliott Shriane

[edit] 7th place

• Snowboarding
  • Men's snowboard cross - Damon Hayler

[edit] 8th place

• Freestyle skiing
  • Women's aerials - Jacqui Cooper

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Alpine skiing

Men's combined

Name	Downhill	Slalom run 1	Slalom run 2	Total	Final rank
Jonathon Brauer	Did not finish	-	-	-	-

Men's downhill

Name	Final	Rank
Craig Branch	1:52.55	32nd place

Men's giant slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Bradley Wall	Did not finish	-	-	-

Men's giant slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Jonathon Bauer	Did not finish	-	-	-

Men's Super-G

Name	Final	Rank
AJ Bear	Did not finish	-

[edit] Biathlon

Men's 10 km sprint

Name	Missed shots	Final	Rank
Cameron Morton	4	32:07.4	82nd place

Men's 20 km individual

Name	Missed shots	Final	Rank
Cameron Morton	7	1:07:03.7	83rd place

[edit] Bobsleigh

Men’s two-man bobsleigh

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Final rank
Jeremy Rolleston Shane McKenzie	56.77	56.59	57.22	-	-	-

Women’s two-woman bobsleigh

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Final rank
Astrid Loch-Wilkinson Kylie Reed	58.53	58.85	59.00	58.73	3:55.11	14th place

[edit] Cross-country skiing

Australia sent 3 skiers to compete in the cross country events, its largest contingent at a Winter Olympics.

Men's sprint

• Paul Murray

Qualification - 2:25.29 (did not advance)

Women's 15 km pursuit (7.5+7.5)

• Clare-Louise Brumley

Final - 47:03.1 (42nd place)

Women's sprint

• Esther Bottomley

Qualification - 2:23.55 (did not advance)

[edit] Figure skating

Women's

• Joanne Carter

Short program - 40.86 (25th place - did not advance)

[edit] Freestyle skiing

Canadian-born Dale Begg-Smith is ranked number 1 in the world with 585 points, 149 points ahead of his nearest competitor. Australia sent its full quota of women's aerial skiers, including Salt Lake gold medallist Alisa Camplin.

[edit] Aerials

Women's aerials

	Qualification			Final
Name	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Final rank
Alisa Camplin	69.97	95.35	165.32	94.99	96.40	191.39	Bronze medal
Jacqui Cooper	113.80	99.56	213.36	78.97	73.72	152.69	8th place
Lydia Ierodiaconou	101.52	53.93	155.45	-	-	-	-
Elizabeth Gardner	65.56	61.86	127.42	-	-	-	-

[edit] Moguls

Men's moguls

Name	Qualification	Final	Final rank
Dale Begg-Smith	25.40 points	26.77 points	Gold medal
Nicholas Fisher	22.89 points	23.39 points	12th place
Jason Begg-Smith	20.22 points	-	-
Manuela Berchtold	21.52 points	-	-

Women's moguls

Name	Qualification	Final	Final rank
Manuela Berchtold	22.19 points	22.21 points	14th place

[edit] Luge

Women’s singles

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Final rank
Hannah Campbell-Pegg	49.577	49.350	49.574	49.038	3:17.539	23rd place

[edit] Short track speed skating

Men's 500 m

Name	Qualifying	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Alex McEwan	45.173 Heat 2 4th place	-	-	-	-

Men's 1000 m

Name	Qualifying	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mark McNee	1:30.033 Heat 2 4th place	-	-	-	-

Men's 1500 m

Name	Qualifying	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mark McNee	2:29.356 Heat 3 4th place	-	-	-

Men's 5000 m relay

Name	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Lachlan Hay Stephen Lee Mark McNee Elliott Shriane	7:03.356 Semifinal 1 4th place	7:01.666	6th place

Women’s 1000 m

Name	Qualifying	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Emily Rosemond	1:39.942 Heat 6 2nd place	1:37.627 Quarterfinal 1 3rd place	-	-	-

Women’s 1500 m

Name	Qualifying	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Emily Rosemond	2:40.171 Heat 3 5th place	-	-	-

[edit] Skeleton

Men's skeleton

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Shaun Boyle	1:00.13	1:00.00	2.00.13	22nd place

Women's skeleton

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Michelle Steele	1:01.26	1:02.21	2.03.47	13th place

[edit] Snowboarding

[edit] Giant slalom

Men's parallel giant slalom

	Qualification
Name	Blue Course	Red Course	Total	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Emanuel Oppliger	36.56	35.55	1:12.11	Heat 8 2nd place	-	-	-	-

Women's parallel giant slalom

	Qualification
Name	Blue Course	Red Course	Total	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Johanna Shaw	53.76	45.10	1:38.86	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Halfpipe

Men’s halfpipe

In Men’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

	Qualification		Final
Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 1	Run 2	Final rank
Mitchell Allan	28.8 points	23.7 points	-	-	-
Andrew Burton	15.2 points	21.8 points	-	-	-
Ben Mates	4.9 points	5.0 points	-	-	-

Women’s halfpipe

In Women’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of the Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

	Qualification		Final
Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 1	Run 2	Final rank
Torah Bright	32.0 points	43.1 points	17.0 points	41.0 points	5th place
Holly Crawford	19.0 points	29.9 points	-	-	-

[edit] Snowboard cross

Men's snowboard cross

	Qualification
Name	Run 1	Run 2	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Damon Hayler	1:24.79	1:21.51	Heat 3 1st place	Quarterfinal 2 2nd place	Semifinal 1 3rd place	Small final 3rd place	7th place

Women's snowboard cross

	Qualification
Name	Run 1	Run 2	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Emily Thomas	1:37.69	1:34.57	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] See also

• Australia at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
• Australia at the Winter Olympics

[edit] External links

• Australia NOC
• Olympic Winter Institute of Australia

[edit] References

1. ^ Herald Sun: Aussies set target of one medal February 2, 2006.

• Australian Olympic Committee: "2006 Australian Winter Olympic Team" PDF file January 25, 2006.
• Sydney Morning Herald: Dale begs the question: can Australia win a mogul medal in Turin? January 24, 2006.
• Fox Sports: Turin medal hope wins silver February 5, 2006.

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