| Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AUS |
| NOC | Australian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Los Angeles | |
| Competitors | 242 (169 men, 73 women) in 22 sports |
| Flag bearer | Wayne Roycroft (opening) Dean Lukin (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games Australasia (1908–1912) | |
Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 242 competitors, 169 men and 73 women, took part in 137 events in 22 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- Glynis Nunn — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
- Jon Sieben — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Dean Lukin — Weightlifting, Men's Super-Heavyweight (110+ kg)
- Kevin Nichols, Michael Grenda, Michael Turtur, and Dean Woods — Cycling, Men's 4,000 m Team Pursuit
Silver
- Gary Honey — Athletics, Men's Long jump
- Suzie Landells — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle
- Glenn Beringen — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Karen Phillips — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Robert Kabbas — Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight (82.5 kg)
- Gary Gullock, Tony Lovrich, Timothy McLaren, and Paul Reedy — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
Bronze
- Gael Martin — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Pattie Dench — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol
- Peter Evans — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Glenn Buchanan — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Rob Woodhouse — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Justin Lemberg — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Michele Pearson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Chris Cairns and Scott Anderson — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
- Susan Lee, Karen Brancourt, Margot Foster, Robyn Grey-Gardner, and Susan Chapman — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
- James Battersby, Ian Edmunds, Stephen Evans, Clyde Hefer, Craig Muller, Samuel Patten, Ion Popa, Gavin Thredgold, and Timothy Willoughby — Rowing, Men's Eights
- Grant Kenny and Barry Kelly — Canoeing, Men's K2 1,000 m Kayak
Archery
In the fourth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent one woman and one man. Two-time veteran Terene Donovan improved her score from four years earlier by 99 points even as she fell ten places in the ranking.
Women's Individual Competition
- Terene Donovan — 2442 points (→ 19th place)
Men's Individual Competition
- Christopher Blake — 2434 points (→ 31st place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Peter Van Miltenburg
- Qualifying Heat — 10.55
- Quarterfinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Peter Van Miltenburg
- Qualifying Heat — 21.06
- Quarterfinals — 21.09 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
- Darren Clark
- Heat — 45.68
- Quarterfinals — 44.77
- Semifinals — 45.26
- Final — 44.75 (→ 4th place)
- Bruce Frayne
- Heat — 46.08
- Quarterfinals — 45.35
- Semifinals — 45.21 (→ did not advance)
- Gary Minihan
- Heat — 46.93 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Robert de Castella — 2:11:09 (→ 5th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Gary Honey
- Qualification — 7.93m
- Final — 8.24m (→
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Men's High Jump
- John Atkinson
- Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
- Peter Hadfield
- Final Result — 7683 points (→ 14th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- David Smith
- Final — 1:26:48 (→ 10th place)
- Simon Baker
- Final — 1:27:43 (→ 14th place)
- Willi Sawall
- Final — 1:28:24 (→ 16th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Michael Harvey
- Final — 4:09:18 (→ 11th place)
- Andrew Jachno
- Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
- Willi Sawall
- Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's 3,000 metres
- Donna Gould
- Heat — 9.05.56 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Lisa Martin
- Final — 2:29.03 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Debbie Flintoff-King
- Heat — 57.20
- Semifinal — 56.24
- Final — 56.21 (→ 6th place)
Women's Long Jump
- Robyn Lorraway
- Qualification — 6.61 m
- Final — 6.67 m (→ 6th place)
- Glynis Nunn
- Qualification — 6.41 m
- Final — 6.53 m (→ 7th place)
- Linda Garden
- Qualification — 6.49 m
- Final — 6.30 m (→ 11th place)
Women's High Jump
- Vanessa Browne
- Qualification — 1.90m
- Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place)
- Christine Stanton
- Qualification — 1.90m
- Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Gael Martin
- Qualification — 55.38m
- Final — 55.88m (→ 8th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Petra Rivers
- Qualification — 59.12m
- Final — 56.20m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Gael Martin
- Final — 19.19 m (→
Bronze Medal)
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Women's Heptathlon
- Glynis Nunn
- Final Result — 6390 points (→
Gold Medal)
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Basketball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated Brazil (76–72)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (64–94)
- Defeated West-Germany (67–66)
- Lost to Italy (82–93)
- Defeated Egypt (94–78)
- Quarterfinals
- Lost to Spain (93–101)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Uruguay (95–101)
- 7th/8th place: Defeated West-Germany (83–76) → Seventh place
- Team Roster
- Phil Smyth (captain)
- Andrew Campbell
- Damian Keogh
- Larry Sengstock
- Mark Dalton
- Wayne Carroll
- Mel Dalgleish
- Andrew Gaze
- Ian Davies
- Danny Morseau
- Brad Dalton
- Ray Borner
- Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- Lost to PR China (64–67)
- Lost to United States (47–81)
- Lost to Canada (45–56)
- Lost to South Korea (48–54)
- Defeated Yugoslavia (62–59) → Fifth place
- Team Roster
- Robyn Maher
- Bronwyn Marshall
- Jenny Cheesman (captain)
- Patricia Cockrem
- Donna Quinn
- Patricia Mickan
- Julie Nykiel
- Kathryn Foster
- Marina Moffa
- Karen Dalton
- Wendy Laidlaw
- Sue Geh
Head Coach: Brendan Flynn
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Jeff Fenech
- First Round — Defeated René Centellas (BOL), RSC-3
- Second Round — Defeated David Mwaba (TNZ), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 1:4
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented Australia in 1984, winning gold in the team pursuit.
- Individual road race
- Jeff Leslie – +22:20 (→ 50th place)
- Michael Lynch – +27:05 (→ 55th place)
- Gary Trowell – did not finish (→ no ranking)
- John Watters – did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Team time trial
- Jeff Leslie
- Michael Lynch
- Gary Trowell
- John Watters
- Sprint
- Kenrick Tucker
- Max Rainsford
- 1000m time trial
- Max Rainsford
- Individual pursuit
- Team pursuit
- Michael Grenda
- Kevin Nichols
- Michael Turtur
- Dean Woods
- Points race
- Glenn Clarke
- Gary West
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Steve Foley
- Preliminary Round — 543.87
- Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1984.
- Men's foil
- Greg Benko
- Women's foil
- Helen Smith
- Andrea Chaplin
Gymnastics
Hockey
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Australia — Malaysia 5–0
- Australia — Spain 3–1
- Australia — West Germany 3–0
- Australia — India 4–2
- Australia — USA 2–1
- Semi Finals
- Australia — Pakistan 0–1
- Bronze Medal Game
- Australia — Great Britain 2–3 (→ Fourth Place)
- Team Roster
- Ric Charlesworth
- David Bell
- Jim Irvine
- Terry Walsh
- Trevor Smith
- Grant Boyce
- Nigel Patmore
- Neil Snowden
- Treva King
- Grant Mitton
- Peter Haselhurst
- Adrian Berce
- Craig Davies
- Colin Batch
- Michael Nobbs
- Terry Leece
- Women's Team Competition
- Round Robin
- Team Roster
- Marian Bell
- Evelyn Botfield
- Sharon Buchanan
- Loretta Dorman
- Pamela Glossop
- Penny Gray
- Tricia Heberle
- Lorraine Hillas
- Robyn Holmes
- Kym Ireland
- Robyn Fernley (captain)
- Colleen Pearce
- Sandra Pisani
- Julene Sunderland
- Liane Tooth
- Susan Watkins
- Head Coach: Brian Glencross
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1984.
- Individual
- Alex Watson
- Matthew Spies
- Daniel Esposito
- Team
- Alex Watson
- Matthew Spies
- Daniel Esposito
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
- Men's Competition
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Michael Delany
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 51.22 (1st)
- Final B – DNS
- Mark Stockwell
- Qualifying Heat 6 – 50.27 (1st)
- Final – 50.24 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Peter Dale
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:51.42 (1st)
- Final – 1:53.84 (8th)
- Justin Lemberg
- Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:52.73 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Justin Lemberg
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 3:53.89 (1st)
- Final – 3:51.79 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Ron McKeon
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 3:55.06 (4th)
- Final – 3:55.48 (8th)
Men's 1.500 m Freestyle
- Justin Lemberg
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 15:29.74 (1st, did not advance)
- Wayne Shillington
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 15:25.67 (3rd)
- Final – 15:38.18 (8th)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Glenn Buchanan
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 54.86 (1st)
- Final – 53.85 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Mark Stockwell
- Qualifying Heat 7 – 55.70 (3rd)
- Final B – DNS
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Jon Sieben
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:58.63 (2nd)
- Final – 1:57.04 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Peter Evans
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:02.87 (1st)
- Final – 1:02.97 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Brett Stocks
- Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:03.46 (1st)
- Final – 1:03.49 (6th)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Glenn Beringen
- Qualifying Heat 6 – 2:17.29 (1st)
- Final – 2:15.79 (→ Silver Medal)
- Peter Evans
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:21.21 (2nd)
- Final B – DNS
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Mark Kerry
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 57.15 (1st)
- Final – 57.18 (5th)
- David Orbell
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 58.35 (1st)
- Final B – 58.05 (1st)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- David Orbell
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:04.00 (1st)
- Final – 2:04.61 (8th)
- Kim Terrell
- Qualifying Heat 5 – 2:06.56 (3rd, did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Rob Woodhouse
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:06.45 (2nd)
- Final B – 2:04.85 (1st)
- Glenn Beringen
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:08.85 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Rob Woodhouse
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:24.85 (3rd)
- Final – 4:20.50 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:19.94 (1st)
- Final – 3:19.68 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Graeme Brewer, Peter Dale, Justin Lemberg, and Ron McKeon
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 7:26.93 (2nd)
- Final – 7:25.63 (4th)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Thomas Stachewicz, Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:43.93 (1st)
- Final – 3.43.25 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Women's Competition
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Lisa Curry
- Qualifying Heat 6 – 26.07 (11th)
- Final B – 25.87 (1st)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Susie Ford
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 57.76 (1st, did not advance)
- Angela Harris
- Qualifying Heat 6 – 57.30 (2nd)
- Final – 58.09 (8th)
- Michelle Pearson
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 56.75 (1st)
- Final – 56.83 (5th)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Michelle Pearson
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:01.49 (2nd)
- Final – 1:59.79 (4th)
- Susie Ford
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 2:04.82 (8th, did not advance)
- Anna McVann
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:03.14 (3rd)
- Final – 2:02.87 (8th)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Susie Ford
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:20.68 (4th)
- Final B – 4:15.46 (1st)
- Anna McVann
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:15.21 (2nd)
- Final – 4:13.95 (5th)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Susie Ford
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 8:56.40 (6th, did not advance)
- Anna McVann
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 8:35.19 (2nd)
- Final – 8:37.94 (4th)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Janet Blood
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:01.97 (2nd)
- Final – 1:01.78 (5th)
- Lisa Curry
- Qualifying 7 – 1:01.07 (9th)
- Final B – 1:01.61 (5th)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Karen Higgison
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:11.81 (1st)
- Final – 2:10.56 (→ Silver Medal)
- Janet Blood
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:13.74 (2nd)
- Swim-off with Conny van Bentum (NED) – 2:15.54 (2nd)
- Final B – DNS
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Dimity Douglas
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:12.18 (3rd)
- Final B – 1:12:00 (3rd)
- Sharon Kellett
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:13.43 (4th, did not advance)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Dimity Douglas
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:36.47 (5th)
- Final B – 2:39.33 (8th)
- Sharon Kellett
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:33.23 (1st)
- Final – 2:33.80 (5th)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Georgina Parkes
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:04.90 (2nd)
- Final B – 1:04.52 (2nd)
- Audrey Youl
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:04.94 (3rd)
- Final B – 1:04.15 (1st)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Georgina Parkes
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:18.49 (1st)
- Final – 2:14.87 (4th)
- Audrey Youl
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:20.12 (4th)
- Final B – 2:21.36 (8th)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Michelle Pearson
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:17.46 (2nd)
- Final – 2:15.92 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Suzanne Dill-Macky
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:54.13 (2nd)
- Final – 4:44.30 (→ Silver Medal)
- Karen Higgison
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 5:54.28 (4th)
- Final B – 4:53.37 (11th)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Lisa Curry, Angela Harris, Janet Blood, Michelle Pearson
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 3:49.61 (2nd)
- Michelle Pearson, Angela Harris, Anna McVann, Lisa Curry
- Final – 3:47.79 (4th)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Audrey Youl, Dimity Douglas, Lisa Curry, and Angela Harris
- Qualifying Heat 2 – DSQ
Synchronized swimming
Water polo
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group C)
- Lost to West Germany (6–10)
- Drew with Italy (8–8)
- Defeated Japan (15–2)
- Final Round (Group D)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (6–9)
- Lost to United States (7–12)
- Defeated Netherlands (8–7)
- Drew with Spain (10–10) → 5th place
- Team Roster
- Michael Turner
- Richard Pengelley
- Robert Bryant
- Peter Montgomery
- Russell Sherwell
- Andrew Kerr
- Raymond Mayers
- Charles Turner
- Martin Callaghan
- Christopher Wybrow
- Russell Basser
- Julian Muspratt
- Glenn Townsend
- Head Coach: Tom Hoad
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also
References
- ^ "Australia at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-27.