The 2018 Invictus Games was an adaptive multi-sport event for wounded, injured and ill veteran and active defence personnel, held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The fourth Invictus Games, an event founded in 2014 by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, included 13 sports (11 medal sports). It was the first Invictus Games held in the southern hemisphere.

Development and preparation

Venues The events were staged on and around Sydney Harbour and at Sydney Olympic Park, in venues used for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Cockatoo Island – Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge Genea Netball Centre – Sitting Volleyball pool matches, Powerlifting heats and finals. Quaycentre – Sitting Volleyball semi-finals and finals, Wheelchair Rugby pool matches, semi-finals and finals, Wheelchair Basketball pool matches, semi-finals and finals. Qudos Bank Arena – Closing Ceremony Farm Cove / Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney – Sailing heats and finals, Road Cycling Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre – Swimming heats and finals Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre – Athletics Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre – Archery NSW Tennis Centre – Wheelchair Tennis Sydney Opera House – Opening Ceremony

Funding Jaguar Land Rover was the Presenting Partner for 2018 Sydney Invictus Games, as it had been for the Invictus Games since its inception in London in 2014. Premier Partners were Fisher House Foundation, Medibank, Sage Group, UNSW Canberra and Westpac. Aon, Boeing, Defence Housing Australia, Fidelity, Hyatt Regency Sydney, icare, ISPS Handa, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Minter Ellison, Raytheon, Royal Australian Mint, SAAB Australia, Ticketek, Unisys and Workwear Group were Official supporters. The event Official suppliers were Amazon, Accor, CSM Live, George P. Johnson, Gold Medal Systems, Goodman, Great Big Events, Harvey Norman, Isentia, Norwest, Ottobock, Pages and Technical Direction Company. The Packer Family Foundation was a Philanthropic Supporter. Founding Partners were the Australian Defence Force, Deloitte, Legacy NSW, Clubs NSW and RSL NSW. The Australian government donated $10,000 to the Games to mark the occasion of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

The Games Participating nations All 17 countries from the 2017 Games were invited to attend, with Poland joining for the first time, for a total of 18 countries.

(host)

Another team titled "Unconquered" also participated in certain events consisting of competitors from multiple nations.

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Sports There were 12 adaptive sports contested at the Games (with golf and wheelchair tennis as non-medal sports) as well as the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge.

Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge (1)

Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair rugby was held at the Quaycentre over a two-day period from 24 to 25 October. 24 October 2018 Men and women competed in mixed teams. Competitors from 6 nations competed in wheelchair rugby at the 2018 Invictus Games.

Unconquered (13)

Sitting volleyball Sitting volleyball was held at the Quaycentre over a two-day period from 22 to 23 October. One event took place, which was jointly staged at the Genea Netball Centre and Quaycentre. Teams from 12 nations competed in this event.

Medal table There is no competitive medal tally at the Invictus Games. Medals are awarded, but Invictus Games does not endorse or maintain an official scoreboard of gold, silver and bronze medals.

Competitors, not athletes, participate in the event that supports rehabilitation and recovery for wounded, injured and ill defence personnel and veterans.

Medalists Archery Men's novice recurve Men's open recurve Women's novice recurve Women's open recurve Team novice recurve Maiia MoskvychSerhii ShymchakAndrii Usach Christian Claydon-SmithMorten Bach JensenAnker Sewohl Cyril AuxantLuc BertonJean-François Montoya Team open recurve Bonaventura BovePiero Rosario SumaFabio Tomasulo Danut NicolaIon-Catalin PârvuEugen-Valentin Pătru Jennifer CollinsScott McNeicePoppy Pawsey Men's open compound Women's open compound not awarded not awarded Team open compound Ionut-Claudiu ButoiAugustin-Nicuşor PegulescuDorin Petrut Matt BluntGarry RobinsonSteven Sandman Derek AndersonMathew BelearFrank Gauvin

Athletics Men 100 m IT1 200 m IT1 400 m IT1 1500 m IT1 Long jump IJ1 Shot put IF1 Discus throw IF1 Shot put IF2 not awarded Discus throw IF2 100 m IT3 200 m IT3 400 m IT3 1500 m IT3 Long jump IJ3 not awarded Shot put IF3 not awarded not awarded Discus throw IF3 not awarded 100 m IT4 200 m IT4 400 m IT4 1500 m IT4 Long jump IJ4 not awarded not awarded Shot put IF4 Discus throw IF4 100 m IT5 200 m IT5 400 m IT5 not awarded 1500 m IT5 not awarded not awarded Long jump IJ5 Shot put IF5 Discus throw IF5 Shot put IF6 Discus throw IF6 100 m IT7 200 m IT7 400 m IT7 1500 m IT7 Shot put IF7 Discus throw IF7 not awarded Women 100 m IT1 not awarded not awarded 200 m IT1 not awarded not awarded Shot put IF1 not awarded Discus throw IF1 not awarded not awarded 100 m IT3 not awarded not awarded 200 m IT3 not awarded not awarded 400 m IT3 not awarded not awarded 100 m IT4 200 m IT4 400 m IT4 1500 m IT4 Shot put IF4 Discus throw IF4 100 m IT5 not awarded not awarded Long jump IJ5 Shot put IF5 Discus throw IF5 100 m IT7 200 m IT7 400 m IT7 1500 m IT7 4 × 100 m relay Linn Aubrey DillardGabriel Graves-WakeStephanie JohnsonDawn Maria Page Naomi AdieKelly GanfieldAlexandra McClellanDebbie O'Connell not awarded Mixed 4 × 100 m relay Matt ModelNathan ParkerStix ParkerBenjamin Yeomans Joe DillnutKushal LimbuDaniel MajidAlex Tate Benjamin BouquetGuillaume DucrocqJean-Philippe GolfMickael Ranchin

Indoor rowing Men One-minute sprint IR1 Four-minute endurance not awarded One-minute sprint IR2 Four-minute endurance One-minute sprint IR3 Four-minute endurance One-minute sprint IR4 Four-minute endurance One-minute sprint IR5 Four-minute endurance One-minute sprint IR6 Four-minute endurance Women One-minute sprint IR2 not awarded not awarded One-minute sprint IR3 not awarded not awarded Four-minute endurance not awarded not awarded One-minute sprint IR4 not awarded not awarded Four-minute endurance not awarded not awarded One-minute sprint IR5 Four-minute endurance One-minute sprint IR6 Four-minute endurance

Jaguar Land Rover driving challenge Team Cédric ArciMickaël Ranchin Craig McGrathScott Reynolds Daniel BingleyMark Perkins

Powerlifting Men's lightweight IP4 Men's midweight IP5 Men's heavyweight IP6 Women's lightweight IP1 Women's midweight IP2 Women's heavyweight IP3

Road cycling Men Hand bike time trial IHB1 Hand bike criterium Recumbent bike time trial IRECB1 Recumbent bike criterium Road cycling time trial IRB1 Road cycling criterium Hand bike time trial IHB2 Hand bike criterium Road cycling time trial IRB2 Road cycling criterium Road cycling time trial IRB3 Road cycling criterium Women Recumbent bike time trial IRECB1 Recumbent bike criterium Hand bike time trial IHB2 not awarded not awarded Hand bike criterium not awarded not awarded Road cycling time trial IRB2 Road cycling criterium Road cycling time trial IRB3 Road cycling criterium

Sailing Hansa Dinghy Elliott 7 team Paul LangleyCraig McGrathRob SaundersMarcus Wilson Joakim Juul EriksenJohan Høeg HansenTrine Holst JensenKim Wilsborg Jeroen LunsinghMarc van de KuilenLuuk VeltinkEdwin Vermetten

Sitting volleyball Mixed team David DardzuliEnver GiglemianiBesarion GudushauriGiorgi JabakhidzePaata JibutiLevan MikavaMirian MirianashviliManuchar NakishashviliMurtaz OsepaishviliKakhaberi Zirakashvili Daniel BingleyKushal LimbuScott McNeiceMichael MellonPa Modou NjieNetra RanaJames RoseDaniel ShanahanAveuta TuilaPaul TwitchellAlan WhiteDarren Young Egerd ErrelineRene HinrikusMargus HoopOtt JõesaarTarmo LepikErgo MetsMarek PiirimägiMadis PõriIvan SmirnovAgor Tettermann

Swimming Men 50 m freestyle ISA not awarded 100 m freestyle not awarded 50 m backstroke not awarded not awarded 50 m breaststroke not awarded not awarded 50 m freestyle ISB 100 m freestyle 50 m backstroke 50 m breaststroke 50 m freestyle ISC 100 m freestyle 50 m backstroke 50 m breaststroke 50 m freestyle ISD 100 m freestyle 50 m backstroke 50 m breaststroke Women 50 m freestyle ISB not awarded not awarded 100 m freestyle not awarded not awarded 50 m backstroke not awarded not awarded 50 m breaststroke not awarded not awarded 50 m freestyle ISC 100 m freestyle 50 m backstroke 50 m breaststroke 50 m freestyle ISD 100 m freestyle 50 m backstroke 50 m breaststroke 4 × 50 m freestyle relay Linn Aubrey DillardKira LavineKristen Elizabeth MorrisDanielle Nichole Pothoof UnconqueredTaryn BarbaraRaina Marie HockenberryRuth HuntSonya Newman not awarded Mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay Tom FosterDean KnobelNathan WhittingtonAndrew Wilkinson Alex DewarRichard GambleMichael GoodyDavid Watts Steven BortleDorian GardnerAlexis Eugene PadillaMichael Anthony Sousadocarma

Wheelchair basketball Mixed team Ross AlewineJosue Paul BarronBrian CanichChance FieldMatthew GrashenStephanie JohnsonAlex Michael NguyenChris ParksRyan PinneyJoshua David SmithGeorge Edward VeraBrian Anthony Williams Jacco DudinkJeroen LunsinghMarc van de KuilenJelle van der SteenRonald van DortEdwin VermettenJeffrey VroegopAlina Zoet Daniel BingleyPaul GuestRyan HewittLee MatthewsMichael MellonRichard PullenJames Rose

Wheelchair rugby Mixed team Pete ArbuckleMatt BluntDavin BrethertonMatthew BrumbyDave ConnollyMark DanielsBraedon GriffithsTrudi LinesPete RudlandJamie TannerJeff Wright Daniel BingleyPeter DunningMichael MatthewsScott McNeiceMichael MellonJeff RobinsonClive SmithMartin Tye Josue Paul BarronJay CollinsBrant IrelandSebastiana LopezRyan MajorAlex Michael NguyenJoel RodriguezJoshua David SmithSua TuiBrian Anthony Williams

Media and broadcast ABC was the broadcast partner for the fourth Invictus Games with extensive broadcasting relating to the Invictus Games broadcast across the network on free-to-air, video on demand (iVIEW), YouTube live streaming, radio, podcasts and online. APN Outdoor was the official outdoor media partner, and Facebook the social media partner.

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