1920 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp in Belgium for the first time since the 1904 Olympics as a separate state, separate from New Zealand. Thus, Australian athletes participated in all of the Summer Olympic Games.

For the first time an Australian sibling took part in these games, namely Frank and Lily Beaurepaire .

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
George Parker	athletics	3 kilometers of walking
Frank Beaurepaire , Henry Hay , William Herald, and Ivan Stedman	swim	4 × 200 meter freestyle

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Frank Beaurepaire	swim	1500 meters freestyle

Participants by sport

athletics

• Sinton Hewitt

  10,000 meters: semi-finals

  Marathon: 30th place

• William Hunt

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  200 meters: quarter-finals

• Wilfred Kent-Hughes

  110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• George Parker

  3-kilometer walk: silver

  10-kilometer walk: DSQ in the final

Cycling

• Gerald Halpin

  Sprint: semifinals

• Jack King

  Sprint: prelims

  50 kilometers: DNF in the final

swim

• Frank Beaurepaire

  400 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  1500 meters freestyle: bronze

  4 x 200 meter relay: silver

• Henry Hay

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  400 meter freestyle: quarter-finals

  4 x 200 meter relay: Silver

• William Herald

  100 meter freestyle: 4th place

  4 x 200 meter relay: silver

• Keith Kirkland

  100 meter freestyle: quarter-finals

  400 meters freestyle: semi-finals

• Ivan Stedman

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  200 meters chest: 5th place

  4 x 200 meter relay: silver

• Lily Beaurepaire

  Women's 100 Meter Freestyle: Semi-Finals

  Women's 300 meter freestyle: semi-finals

tennis

• Ronald Thomas

  Men's singles: 17th place

literature

• Belgian Olympic Committee: Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report 1957. (French)
• Pawel Wudarski: Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 1999. Retrieved August 16, 2007. (Polish)

Web links

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Australian Olympic Committee
• Australian Olympic team from 1920 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )