CSNSW Olympic Results

CSNSW's Olympic Results at the Tokyo 2020 Games

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Published: 11th August 2021

As the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 come to and end, we look back on how our 38 CSNSW athletes went during the games and acknowledge the outstanding achievements that occurred. 

Read about the results here:

Athletics

Women's 5,000m - Rose Davies

Rose competed in round 1 of the Women's Athletics 5,000m distance, finishing with a time of 15:50.07 and finishing at the games in 18th place. 

Women's High Jump - Nicola McDermott

Nicola competed in Group A of the Women’s High Jump event, clearing a height of 1.95m. Qualifying her into the finals. Setting an Australian record, Nicola cleared a height of 2.02 metres in the Olympic finals, yet she could not clear the height of 2.04m set by Mariya Lasitskene (ROC). Nicola won the silver medal in the event and is the first Australian to win a women’s high jump medal since 1964.

Women's 100m Hurdles - Liz Clay

After a successful round 1 heat 2, Liz came in 2nd place with a time of 12.87. Liz made it into the semi-finals for the 100m hurdles, competing against K.Harrison (USA) and B.Anderson (Jamaica). During the race she placed third and recorded a personal best time of 12.71 seconds, missing the qualifying time for the finals by 0.08 seconds. 

Women's Marathon - Ellie Pashley

Ellie competed in the Womens Marathon on the 7^th August, she ran a fantastic season best time of 2:33:39, placing her in 23^rd position just 6:19 behind the leader.

Basketball

Men's Team - Nicholas Kay

After winning all the round games against Nigeria, Italy and Germany, the men's basketball team made it into the quarter finals, beating Argentina with a score of 97-59, with Nicholas averaging 14.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3 assists and 28 minutes. The men then qualified for the semi-final round against the United States of America in which they were ahead for the first half. Unfortunately, however, the USA team defeated the Aussies 97-78. In the Bronze medal match, the Australian side competed against Slovenia to win 107-93 as they brought home the bronze medal in the Men’s Basketball event.

Women's Team - Katie Rae Ebzery

During the round games, the Aussie women basketball side won against Puerto Rico and lost games to China and Belgium. The girls made it through to the quarter-finals where they played the United States of America, unfortunately losing 79-55. Katie averaged 9 points per game, with 4 assists, 4 rebounds and an average of 32 minutes. 

Women’s Referee – James Boyer

James refereed the women’s Basketball games; France vs Japan and Canada vs Korea, as well as officiating the match between Japan vs Belgium.

Boxing

Light Heavyweight - Paulo Aokuso

Paulo competed against Spain's Gazi Jalidov his round of 16 in Tokyo, he lost in a razor-thin split decision to a 3-2 margin. 

Canoe

Canoe Sprint K-4 500m – Lachlan Tame

Competing in a team with R.Fitzsimmons, J.Wood and M. Stewart, Lachlan placed second in their first heat with a time of 1:22.662.  In the semi-finals, the Australian side placed second again with a time of, 1:24.868. In the Men’s four canoe sprint finals the Aussies finished with a time of 1:25.025, placing the four boys in 6^th place at the Tokyo games.

Diving

Men’s 10m Platform – Sam Fricker

Competing in the Men’s 10m platform, Sam scored a total points of 306.50 in the preliminary heat, placing 28^th overall in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games .

Football

Men’s Team – Cameron Devlin, Jordan Holmes & Marco Tilio

The Australian Men’s football team competed in Group C, winning 2-0 to Argentina, losing 1-0 to Spain and losing 2-0 to Egypt.

Gymnastics

Men’s Trampoline – Dominic Clarke (Coach: Belinda Cox)

Competing in the qualification round, Dominic scored 111.680 points, qualifying the final round. During the finals, Dominic, coached by Belinda Cox, scored 24.955 points to place 8^th overall at the Tokyo 2020 games.

Hockey

Men’s Team – Matthew Dawson & Blake Govers

Matthew and Blake both competed in the Men’s Australian Hockey team and won their pool games; 5-3 against Japan, 7-1 against India, 5-22 Argentina and drawing with Spain 1-1. In the quarter finals, the boys drew with the Netherlands 2-2, winning in the penalty shootout 3-0. In the semi-finals, the Aussie side won 3-1 against Germany. In an incredibly close finals, Australia versed Belgium with a 1-1 draw at full time. A penalty shootout saw the Aussies narrowly miss out on the gold with the Belgium’s winning 3-2 and the Aussies taking out the silver medal at the Tokyo games.

Women’s Team – Emily Chalker

Emily competed in the Women’s Hockey team, competing for Australia and winning the pool games; Spain 3-1, China 6-1, Japan 1-0, New Zealand 1-0 and Argentina 2-0. In the quarter finals, the Aussie side went down to India 1-0.

Modern Pentathlon

Men’s Individual – Edward Fernon

Competing in his second Olympic games, Edward placed 35^th in the swim scoring 446 points. In the Fencing heat, Edward remained in 35^th place with a fence bonus of 3. In the riding show jumping, Edward scored 288, moving him into 29^th place with a total score of 734. With the final section in the Modern Pentathlon event, Edward had a shoot/ run in the Laser run section, scoring 575/ 12:05.89. With the completion of the event, Edward had a total of 1309 points, positioning him as 31^st overall.

Rowing

Men’s Four – Jack Hargreaves

Alongside teammates, Alexander Purnell, Spencer Turrin and Alexander Hill, Jack won their first heat with a time of 5:54.27. Qualifying through to the finals, the Australian team finished with an Olympic record time of 5:42.76. They were dominant from the very start, pulling away ahead of the pack early with the reigning champions Great Britain struggling to catch up.

Men’s Eight – Jack O’Brien

Jack O’Brien competed in the men’s eight heat and placed 4^th with a time of 5:43.66. In the repechages, the team again finished in 4^th place with an improved time of 5:25.06 placing them into the finals. The Aussie side pushed hard and ended the finals with a time of 5:36.23, leaving them in 6^th place with the gold going to New Zealand.

Women’s Quadruple Scull – Rowena Meredith

Competing in heat 2, Meredith alongside R. Thompson, C. Cronin and H. Hudson placed 4^th in the heat with a time of 6:26.21. In the repechages, Australia placed 1^st with a time of 6:36.67, qualifying the team for the finals. In the finals heat, the women finished with a time of 6:12.08, finishing in 3^rd place behind China (6:05.13) and Poland (6:11.13) and taking home the bronze medal.

Women’s Pair – Kiri Tontodonati (Representing Italy)

Competing for Italy, Kiri placed 3^rd in the first heat with a time of 7:22.29. Qualifying for the semi-finals 2, the pair finished with a time of 7:04.52, leaving them for a finish in 6^th place.

Rugby Sevens

Men’s Team – Lachlan Anderson & Dietrich Roache

The Australian Men’s Rugby Sevens team competed in all men’s pool games winning against Korea 42-5 and losing to Argentina 29-19 and New Zealand 14-12. In the quarter finals against Fiji, the Australian lost 19-0 pushing them into the placing round against South Africa losing 22-19. Finally, the team completed their Olympic campaign by competing against Canada, winning 26-7 and placing 7^th overall.

Women’s Team – Madison Ashby & Emma Tonegato (Coach: John Manenti)

Madison and Emma were both a part of the Women’s Rugby Sevens side, winning against Japan 48-0 and China 26-10 and losing to the USA 14-12 during the pool games. The girls qualified into the quarter finals against Fiji, losing 14-12 in a very close game. Winning against the ROC 35-7, the Aussies competed against the USA again in a placing round, this time winning 17-7 and placing 5^th overall at the end of their Tokyo Olympic games campaign.

Skateboarding

Men’s Park – Kieran Woolley

Kieran completed in the park skateboarding heat, placing 2^nd with a score of 82.69. Qualifying into the finals, Kieran scored an 82.04 placing 5^th overall behind the gold winner, Aussie Keagan Palmer.

Softball

Women’s Team – Taylah Tsitsikronis

The Australian Women’s Softball team competed in all of the opening round games, winning to Italy 1-0 and losing to Japan (8-1), Canada (7-1), USA (2-1) and Mexico (4-1), completing the women’s Olympic games campaign.  

Surfing

Men’s Shortboard – Owen Wright

Competing in the men’s heats, Owen won against Italy’s J. Flores (15.00 – 12.90) and Peru’s L. Mesinas (12.74 – 7.83) and lost to Brazil’s L. Ferreira (13.17 – 12.47). Qualifying for the semi-finals, Owen competed against Brazil’s G. Medina with a score of 11.97 – 11.77, winning the bronze medal and placing third overall.

Swimming

Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Se-Bom Lee

Competing in the Men’s 400m individual medley heat 2, Se-Bom finished with a time of 4:15.76 and finishing in 2^nd place in his heat.

Tennis

Women’s Doubles – Ellen Perez

Competing alongside Samantha Stosur, Ellen won against Latvia in the first round. In the second round, the pair won against Romania. Qualifying for the quarter finals, the pair lost to Switzerland duo B. Bencic and V. Golubic, ending their Olympic campaign in Tokyo.

Water Polo

Men’s Team – Richard Campbell & Aidan Roach

With the Tokyo games being Richie’s 4^th Olympics and Aidan’s 3^rd Olympics, the Australian Men’s team went into the preliminary round winning against Croatia 11-8 and Kazakhstan 15-7. The Aussie side however went down to Montenegro 15-10, Serbia 14-8 and Spain 16-5, finishing their Tokyo 2020 Olympic campaign.

Women’s Team – Bronte Halligan

The women’s team started out strong winning against Canada 8-5, Netherlands 15-12 and South Africa 14-1, and losing to Spain 15-9 during the preliminary games. They then went on to compete in the women’s quarter finals, losing to the ROC 9-8 in an incredibly close game. After beating Canada in the classification round 14-12, the women played the Netherlands winning 14-7 and placing 5^th overall.