London: World champions Australia had to be content with the bronze medal in the Olympic Games men's hockey competition after defeating hosts Great Britain 3-1 at the Riverbank Arena here on Saturday.
Beaten by defending champions Germany in the semifinals that dashed their hopes of reclaiming the title they won in 2004, Australia relied on two second-half goals to thwart Great Britain's challenge.
Great Britain recovered from their humiliating 2-9 loss to The Netherlands on Thursday to put up a good show against Australia.
Australia took the initial lead in the 17th minute through a field goal from Simon Orchard, but Great Britain were back on level terms through a penalty corner conversion by Iain Levers.
Australia again surged ahead 13 minutes into the second session when Jamie Dwyer shot home during a penalty corner, and Kieran Govers rounded off the Australian scoring with a flash strike in the 57th minute.
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