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National languages: English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
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2008 Estimated population: 20,600,856 people

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Record Breakers

Swimming: Women's 400m Individual Medley Final: Australia (Stephanie Rice) 4:29.45 (WR)
Swimming: Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 7: Australia (Leisel Jones) 1:05.64 (OR)
Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 2: Australia (Hayden Stoeckel) 52.97 (OR)
Swimming: Women's 100m Breast Final: Australia (Leisel Jones) 1:05.17 (OR)
Swimming: Men's 100m Free Semifinal: Australia (Eamon Sullivan) 47.05 (WR)
Swimming: Men's 100m Free Semifinal - Heat 2: Australia (Eamon Sullivan) 47.05 (WR)
Swimming: Women's 200m Medley Final: Australia (Stephanie Rice) 2:08.45 (WR)
Swimming: Women's 4 x 200m Free Final: Australia (Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer, Linda Mackenzie) 7:44.31 (WR)
Swimming: Men's 1500m Free Qualification: Australia (Grant Hackett) 14:38.92 (OR)
Swimming: Men's 1500m Free Qualification - Heat 5: Australia (Grant Hackett) 14:38.92 (OR)

All Medals

All Medals
Medal	Sport	Event	Athlete
Silver	Basketball	Women
Gold	Diving	Men's 10-Meter Platform	Matthew Mitcham
Gold	Canoe/Kayak	Men's Kayak Singles 500m	Ken Wallace
Gold	Track & Field	Men's Pole Vault	Steve Hooker
Bronze	Canoe/Kayak	Women's Kayak Fours 500m	Lyndsie Fogarty, Hannah Davis, Chantal Meek, Lisa Oldenhof
Bronze	Canoe/Kayak	Men's Kayak Singles 1000m	Ken Wallace
Bronze	Softball	Softball
Bronze	Water Polo	Women
Silver	Sailing	Tornado - Multihull	Darren Bundock, Glenn Ashby,
Silver	Track & Field	Women's 100-Meter Hurdles	Sally Mclellan
Silver	Cycling	Women's Sprint	Anna Meares
Gold	Sailing	Women's 470 - Two-Person Dinghy	Elise Rechichi, Tessa Parkinson,
Gold	Sailing	Men's 470 - Two-Person Dinghy	Malcolm Page, Nathan Wilmot,
Gold	Triathlon	Women	Emma Snowsill
Bronze	Triathlon	Women	Emma Moffatt
Silver	Swimming	Men's 4x100-Meter Medley Relay	Hayden Stoeckel, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Eamon Sullivan
Gold	Swimming	Women's 4x100-Meter Medley Relay	Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Trickett
Bronze	Swimming	Women's 50-Meter Freestyle	Cate Campbell
Silver	Rowing	Men's Four Without Coxswain	Matt Ryan, James Marburg, Cameron Mckenzie-Mcharg, Francis Hegerty
Gold	Rowing	Men's Double Sculls	David Crawshay, Scott Brennan
Gold	Rowing	Men's Pair Without Coxswain	Drew Ginn, Duncan Free
Bronze	Track & Field	Men's 20-Kilometer Race Walk	Jared Tallent
Silver	Canoe/Kayak	Women's Kayak Single	Jacqueline Lawrence
Silver	Canoe/Kayak	Women's Kayak Single	Jacqueline Lawrence
Bronze	Shooting	Men's 50-Meter Free Rifle Prone (60 Shots)	Warren Potent
Gold	Swimming	Women's 4x200-Meter Freestyle Relay	Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer, Linda Mackenzie
Bronze	Swimming	Men's 4x200-Meter Freestyle Relay	Patrick Murphy, Grant Hackett, Grant Brits, Nick Ffrost
Silver	Equestrian	Team Eventing	Lucinda Fredericks, Megan Jones, Sonja Johnson, Shane Rose, Clayton Fredericks
Bronze	Canoe/Kayak	Men's Canoe Single	Robin Bell
Silver	Diving	Women's Synchromnized 10-Meter Platform	Briony Cole, Melissa Wu
Bronze	Swimming	Men's 4x100-Meter Freestyle Relay	Eamon Sullivan, Andrew Lauterstein, Ashley Callus, Matt Targett
Bronze	Swimming	Women's 4x100-Meter Freestyle Relay	Cate Campbell, Alice Mills, Melanie Schlanger, Libby Trickett

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Overall Medal Count

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Overall Medal Count
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Flag of United States	36	38	36	110
2	Flag of China	51	21	28	100
3	Flag of Russia	23	21	28	72
4	Flag of Britain	19	13	15	47
5	Flag of Australia	14	15	17	46
6	Flag of Germany	16	10	15	41
7	Flag of France	7	16	17	40
15	Flag of Canada	3	9	6	18

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