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Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Australia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Australia.svg
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Atlanta
Competitors417 (250 men, 167 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer Andrew Hoy (opening)
Mike McKay (closing)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
9
Silver
9
Bronze
23
Total
41
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Australia sent 417 athletes, 250 men and 167 women, to the Atlanta Games.[1]

An Australian segment was featured in the closing ceremony, as Australia was to host the next edition of the Summer Olympics in Sydney four years later.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In the seventh Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men and three women. Matthew Gray had the nation's only individual win, though the men's team won twice in the team round before being defeated in the semifinal and the bronze medal match.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Myfanwy Matthews → Round of 64, 48th place (0-1)
  • Deonne Bridger → Round of 64, 57th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Matthew Gray → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1)
  • Jackson Fear → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1)
  • Simon Fairweather → Round of 64, 52nd place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Gray, Fear, and Fairweather → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-2)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Rod Mapstone
    • Qualification — 10.56 (6th) (→ did not advance)
  • Paul Henderson
    • Qualification — 10.52 (5th) (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Steve Brimacombe
    • Qualification — 20.53 (3rd)
    • Semi-finals — 20.38 (5th) (→ did not advance)
  • Dean Capobianco
    • Qualification — 21.03 (7th) (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Paul Greene
    • Qualification — 46.12 (3rd)
    • Quarter-finals — 46.22 (8th) (→ did not advance)
  • Mark Ladbrook
    • Qualification — 46.28 (5th) (→ did not advance)
  • Michael Joubert
    • Qualification — 46.30 (5th) (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Paul Byrne
    • Qualification — 1:47.05 (3rd)
    • Semi-Finals — 1:47.58 (6th) (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Paul Cleary
    • Qualification — 3:52.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Shaun Creighton
    • Qualification — 14:04.08
    • Semifinal — 13:55.23 (→ did not advance)
  • Julian Paynter
    • Qualification — 14:00.25
    • Semifinal — 14:23.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, and Rod Mapstone
    • Heat — 38.93 (1st)
    • Semi Final — 39.10DQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Mark Ladbrook, Michael Joubert, Paul Greene, and Cameron Mackenzie
    • Heat — 3:03.73
    • Semi Final — 3:04.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Kyle Vander Kuyp
    • Heat — 13.32 (1st)
    • Quarter-final — 13.49 (3rd)
    • Semi-final — 13.38 (4th)
    • Final — 13.40 (7th)

Men's 400m Hurdles

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Chris Unthank
    • Heat — 8:31.86
    • Semifinals — 8:25.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Peter Winter
    • Did not finish (10.85 (-0.4), NM, 13.43m)
    • DNF Decathlon after 3 no jumps in long jump
  • Scott Ferrier
    • Did not finish

Men's Marathon

  • Steve Moneghetti — 2:14.35 (→ 7th place)
  • Rod de Highden — 2:17.42 (→ 23rd place)
  • Sean Quilty — 2:19.35 (→ 34th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Duane Cousins — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Simon Baker — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Sean Carlin
    • Qualification — 72.32m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Tim Forsyth
    • Qualification — 2.28m (1st)
    • Final — 2.32m (7th)
  • Chris Anderson
    • Qualification — 2.15 (27th → did not advance)

Men's triple jump

Men's Pole Vault

  • Simon Arkell
    • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
  • James Miller
    • Qualification — 5.60m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Andrew Currey
    • Qualification — 77.28m (→ did not advance)


Women's 10,000 metres

  • Susan Hobson
    • Qualification — 32:25.13
    • Final — 32:47.71 (→ 17th place)
  • Kylie Risk
    • Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay

Women's Long Jump

  • Nicole Boegman
    • Qualification — 6.67m
    • Final — 6.73m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Louise McPaul
    • Qualification — 62.32m
    • Final — 65.54m (→ Silver Medal)Silver
  • Joanna Stone
    • Qualification — 58.54m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

Women's Marathon

  • Kerryn McCann — 2:36.41 (→ 28th place)
  • Suzanne Malaxos — 2:50.46 (→ 57th place)
  • Lisa Ondieki — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10 km Walk

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Australia made its first appearance in the official Olympic baseball tournament in 1996. The team won two of its preliminary round games, against Korea and Japan, but lost the other five. The Australians' record put them in a three-way tie for fifth, with all three teams eliminated from contention and the tie-breaker rules used only to formally place the three teams. Australia came out on the bottom of that tie-breaker, and ended up in seventh place.

  • Team Roster
    • Jeff Williams
    • Mark Doubleday
    • Scott Tunkin
    • Michael Nakamura
    • Steven Hinton
    • Richard Vagg
    • Andrew Scott
    • Shane Tonkin
    • Jason Hewitt
    • Andrew McNally
    • Matthew Sheldon-Collins
    • Peter Vogler
    • David Hynes
    • Grant McDonald
    • Scott Dawes
    • Stuart Howell
    • Sten Lindberg
    • Simon Sheldon-Collins
    • Stuart Thompson
    • John Moore

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
    • Defeated South Korea (76-61)
    • Defeated Zaire (91-45)
    • Defeated Cuba (75-63)
    • Lost to United States (79-96)
    • Lost to Ukraine (48-54)
  • Quarterfinals
    • Defeated Russia (74-70)
  • Semifinals
    • Lost to United States (71-93)
  • Final
    • Defeated Ukraine (66-56) → Bronze MedalMed 3.png
  • Team roster
  • Head coach: Tom Maher

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  • Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner — 9th place overall

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Hussein Hussein
    • First Round — Defeated Carmine Molaro (Italy), 11-8
    • Second Round — Lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 20-27

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • James Swan
    • First Round — Lost to Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 4-14

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Robert Peden
    • First Round — Defeated Mohamed Achik (Morocco), 15-7
    • Second Round — Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria), 8-20

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (67 kg)

  • Lynden Hosking
    • First Round — Lost to Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Justann Crawford
    • First Round — Defeated Sackey Shivute (Namibia), 12-3
    • Second Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

  • Rick Timperi

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Patrick Jonker
    • Final — 1:06:54 (→ 8th place)
  • Stephen Hodge
    • Final — 1:09:59 (→ 23rd place)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Kathryn Watt
    • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 9th place)
  • Anna Wilson
    • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 17th place)
  • Tracey Watson
    • Final — 02:42:35 (→ 39th place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Kathryn Watt
    • Final — 37:53 (→ 4th place)
  • Anna Wilson
    • Final — 38:50 (→ 10th place)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's Points Race

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Cadel Evans
    • Final — 2:26:15 (→ 9th place)
  • Robert Woods
    • Final — 2:33:14 (→ 16th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Mary Grigson
    • Final — 2:02.38 (→ 15th place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springnboard

  • Michael Murphy
    • Preliminary Heat — 419.13
    • Semi Final — 220.08
    • Final — 420.87 (→ 6th place)
  • Russell Butler
    • Preliminary Heat — 305.79 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Jodie Rogers
    • Preliminary Heat — 242.19
    • Semi Final — 204.18 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
  • Loudy Tourky
    • Preliminary Heat — 229.11 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Vyninka Arlow
    • Preliminary Heat — 243.57 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • Vanessa Baker
    • Preliminary Heat — 225.84 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One woman represented Australia in 1996.

Women's épée
  • Sarah Osvath

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Alexander Johnson → 3697 pts, 32nd place

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
    • Lost to PR China (0:6)
    • Defeated Chinese Taipei (4:0)
    • Lost to Puerto Rico (0:2)
    • Defeated Netherlands (1:0)
    • Defeated Japan (10:0)
    • Defeated United States (2:1)
    • Defeated Canada (5:2)
  • Semifinals
    • Defeated Japan (3:0)
  • Bronze Medal Match
    • Lost to PR China (2:4) → Bronze MedalMed 3.png
  • Team Roster

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

50m Freestyle

  • Chris Fydler
    • Heat — 22.98 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

100m Freestyle

  • Chris Fydler
    • Heat — 50.72
    • B-Final — 50.31 (→ 13th place)

200m Freestyle

  • Daniel Kowalski
    • Heat — 1:48.92
    • Final — 1:48.25 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Michael Klim
    • Heat — 1:49.17
    • B-Final — 1:49.50 (→ 10th place)

200m Freestyle

  • Daniel Kowalski
    • Heat — 3:51.67
    • Final — 3:49.39 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Malcolm Allen
    • Heat — 3:54.34
    • B-Final — 3:55.48 (→ 13th place)

1500m Freestyle

100m Backstroke

200m Backstroke

100m Breaststroke

  • Phil Rogers
    • Heat — 1:01.80
    • Final — 1:01.64 (→ 5th place)

200m Breaststroke

  • Phil Rogers
    • Heat — 2:14.97
    • Final — 2:14.79 (→ 5th place)
  • Ryan Mitchell
    • Heat — 2:15.31
    • B-Final — 2:15.63 (→ 11th place)

100m Butterfly

  • Scott Miller
    • Heat — 52.89
    • Final — 52.53 (→ Silver Medal)Med 2.png
  • Michael Klim
    • Heat — 53.42
    • Final — 53.30 (→ 6th place)

200m Butterfly

  • Scott Goodman
    • Heat — 1:57.77
    • Final — 1:57.48 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Scott Miller
    • Heat — 1:58.97
    • Final — 1:58.28 (→ 5th place)

200m Individual Medley

  • Matthew Dunn
    • Heat — 2:01.44
    • Final — 2:01.57 (→ 5th place)
  • Simon Coombs
    • Heat — 2:07.31 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

400m Individual Medley

  • Matthew Dunn
    • Heat — 4:19.51
    • Final — 4:16.66 (→ 4th place)
  • Trent Steed
    • Heat — 4:24.39
    • B-Final — 4:29.35 (→ 15th place)

4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's Competition

50m Freestyle

100m Freestyle

  • Sarah Ryan
    • Heat — 56.07
    • Final — 55.85 (→ 6th place)

200m Freestyle

400m Freestyle

  • Emma Johnson
    • Heat — 4:14.13
    • B-Final — 4:15.79 (→ 12th place)
  • Hayley Lewis
    • Heat — 4:17.02
    • B-Final — 4:16.92 (→ 15th place)

800m Freestyle

100m Backstroke

  • Nicole Stevenson
    • Heat — 1:02.50
    • Final — 1:02.70 (→ 7th place)
  • Elli Overton
    • Heat — 1:03.88
    • B-Final — 1:03.69 (→ 14th place)

200m Backstroke

  • Nicole Stevenson
    • Heat — 2:16.71 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

100m Breaststroke

  • Samantha Riley
    • Heat — 1:09.37
    • Final — 1:09.18 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Helen Denman
    • Heat — 1:10.64
    • B-Final — 1:10.26 (→ 11th place)

200m Breaststroke

100m Butterfly

200m Butterfly

  • Susie O'Neill
    • Heat — 2:09.46
    • Final — 2:07.76 (→ Gold Medal)Med 1.png
  • Petria Thomas
    • Heat — 2:10.64
    • Final — 2:09.82 (→ Silver Medal)Med 2.png

200m Individual Medley

400m Individual Medley

  • Emma Johnson
    • Heat — 4:43.45
    • Final — 4:44.02 (→ 5th place)
  • Elli Overton
    • Heat — 4:49.82
    • B-Final — 4:50.73 (→ 14th place)

4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

  • Kiril Kounev
    • Final — 170.0 + 200.0 = 370.0 (→ 4th place)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-05.

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