周六晚间，在奥运专题节目中的奖牌一览环节里，该广播公司错误地把中国国旗显示成了智利国旗。
During a medal projection segment on Saturday night's Olympic coverage, the broadcaster incorrectly displayed Chile's flag instead of the Chinese flag.
中国观众们的反应很愤怒，他们把这个错误发布到了社交网络上。他们还指出：主持人在讲话的时候也没有去指出这个错误。
Chinese viewers reacted angrily, posting to social media about the mistake, and mentioning that even while the show's host spoke, he did not pick up on the mistake.
几小时后，大家就写好了一封请愿书，要求第7频道道歉。同时，执笔人范玉明（音译）还在请愿书上表达了自己受伤、沮丧的感受。
Hours later, a petition was created, calling for an apology from Channel 7, and expressing the hurt anddismay felt by the creator, Yuming Fan.
他写到：“当我看到所谓的中国国旗实际上是智力国旗的时候，我是如此地震惊。”
'I was so much in shock when I saw the national flag of China was actually the national flag of Chile,' they wrote.
“对于这样一个覆盖全澳大利亚的国家级电视广播公司来说，犯下这样一个不专业（甚至可以说不负责任）的错误，真的无法让人接受。”
'This is really not acceptable for a national TV broadcast across Australia to make such unprofessional or rather say irresponsible mistake.'
一位评论者相信，这个疏忽实际上是故意为之，是出于对中国近几年成功的嫉妒。
[en]One commenter believes the slip up was a 'jealous set up against the recent years success of China'.
对于自己搞出的中国国旗乌龙事件，澳大利亚的奥运广播7台进行了“无保留的”道歉。之前，该台在开幕式中国队入场时插播广告，已经触怒了在澳的华人观众；之后，它又在播出的奖牌计数图表中将中国国旗用成了智利国旗。到周一为止，一封要求电视台道歉的网上请愿书已经收集到了超过8000个签名。而电视台方声称这些失误“纯属意外”。
Australia's Olympic broadcaster Channel Seven apologised "unreservedly" for its own Chinese flagbungle. Having already upset Chinese viewers in Australia by cutting to a commercial break during China's entrance in the opening ceremony, it later used Chile's flag, instead of China's, in a projected medal tally graphic. An online petition calling for an apology had gathered more than 8000 signatures by Monday. The network said the mistakes were "accidental".