Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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Australia competed at the
2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
in Pyeongchang,
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, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 50 competitors in 10 sports. They won three medals in total, two silver and one bronze, ranking 23rd in the
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Medalists


Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. A team of 45 athletes (including Russell Henshaw and
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, subject to medical clearance) was announced by the
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on 25 January 2018. A further five athletes were added on 26 January 2018 after the reallocation of quota spots was finalised. Rohan Chapman-Davies was added to the team on 29 January after Russia handed back their men's quota place in mogul skiing.


Alpine skiing


Bobsleigh

* – Denotes the driver of each sled


Cross-country skiing

;Distance ;Sprint


Figure skating

Australia qualified one male figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in
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, Finland. They additionally qualified one female skater as well as an entry in pairs skating through the
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Freestyle skiing

;Aerials ;Moguls ;Ski cross ;Slopestyle


Luge

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Australia qualified 1 sled.


Short track speed skating


Skeleton

Australia the qualified a male and female athlete in the skeleton discipline. John Farrow, who had previously represented Australia in the 2014 Olympic Games, retired after competing in the 2018 Olympics.


Snowboarding

;Freestyle Tess Coady selected in team but did not compete due to injury in training prior to the competition. ;Snowboard cross


Speed skating


See also

* Australia at the 2017 Asian Winter Games *
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 previous ...
* Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics


References


External links


Australian Olympic Committee 2018 Winter Olympics site
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