Competitions
Are you an Olympic expert??
Entries to this competition closed on 8th of August.
Entrants were asked to select the gold medallists in 28 events of great Australian interest. Four options were given and in some cases a different athlete or team won the gold medal. Below are the gold medallists from each event featured in the competition.
The winner will be notificed shortly and will receive a signed Boxing Kangaroo Flag signed by the Australian Olympic Swim Team.
Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke
Leisel Jones (Australia)
Swimming - Women's 4x100m Relay
Netherlands
Cycling - Men's Road Race
Samuel Sanchez (Spain) - Not an option given*
Equestrian - Team Eventing
Germany
Swimming - Women's 400 IM
Stephanie Rice (Australia)
Swimming - Men's 100m freestyle
Alain Bernard (France)
Swimming - Women's 100m freestyle
Britta Steffen (Germany)
Swimming - Women's 1500m freestyle
Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia) - Not an option given*
Swimming - Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
United States of America
Rowing - Men's Pair
Drew Ginn / Duncan Free (Australia)
Rowing - Women's Lightweight Double
Netherlands - Not an option given*
Rowing - Women's Eight
United States of America
Triathlon - Women
Emma Snowsill (Australia)
Triathlon - Men
Jan Frodeno (Germany) - Not an option given*
Cycling - Women's Sprint
Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
Sailing - Laser
Andrew Murdoch (New Zealand)
Athletics Women's 400mH
Melanie Walker (Jamaica)
Softball
Japan
Diving Women's 10m Platform
Ruolin Chen (China)
Sailing - Tornado
Fernando Echavarri / Anton Paz (Spain)
Water Polo - Women
Netherlands (not an option given)
Canoe/Kayak - Men's K1 1000m
Tim Brabants (Great Britain)
Athletics - Men's Pole Vault
Steve Hooker (Australia)
Football - Men
Argentina
Diving - Men's 10m Platform
Matthew Mitcham (Australia)
Athletics - Men's 5000m
Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia)
Basketball - Women
United States of America
Hockey - Men
Germany
** Winners to be announced shortly **
Daily Trivia
Over 15 days of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games there with three daily trivia questions posted here. The answers and the winning entrants were posted here everyday.
Thanks to the fantastic support of the Australian Olympic Team sponsors adidas, Speedo and Australia Post three winning entrants each day received a either an adidas sport pack or Speedo sport kit or Australia Post collection of gold medal stamps.
Thanks to the hundreds of entrants and the great support of these sponsors.