Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Australia at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  AUS
NOC Australian Olympic Committee
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors 249 (174 men, 75 women)
Flag bearer Wayne Roycroft (opening)
Dean Lukin (closing)
Medals Gold
4		 Silver
8		 Bronze
12		 Total
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Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med 1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med 2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med 3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

For more details on this topic, see Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

[edit] Athletics

For more details on this topic, see Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Marathon

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.93m
  • Final — 8.24m (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Men's High Jump

  • John Atkinson
  • Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 7683 points (→ 14th place)

Men's 20km 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)


Women's 3,000 metres

  • Donna Gould
  • Heat — 9.05.56 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:29.03 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 57.20
  • Semifinal — 56.24
  • Final — 56.21 (→ 6th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 55.38m
  • Final — 55.88m (→ 8th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 59.12m
  • Final — 56.20m (→ 12th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6390 points (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

[edit] Basketball

For more details on this topic, see Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
  • Jennifer Cheesman captain
  • Patricia Cockrem
  • Donna Quinn
  • Patricia Mickan
  • Julie Nykiel
  • Kathryn Foster
  • Manna Moffa
  • Karen Dalton
  • Wendy Laidlaw
  • Susanne Geh

Head Coach: Brendan Flynn

[edit] Boxing

For more details on this topic, see Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Jeff Fenech
    1. First Round — Defeated René Centellas (BOL), RSC-3
    2. Second Round — Defeated David Mwaba (TNZ), 5:0
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 1:4

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Jeff Leslie – +22:20 (→ 50th place)
  • Michael Lynch – +27:05 (→ 55th place)
  • Gary Trowell – did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Elliot Watters – did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Hockey

For more details on this topic, see Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Semi Finals
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Australia — Great Britain 2–3 (→ Fourth Place)
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Round Robin
  • Australia — West Germany 2–2
  • Australia — New Zealand 3–0
  • Australia — Canada 1–2
  • Australia — USA 3–1
  • Australia — Netherlands 0–2
  • Australia eventually finished fourth, after a loss in the penalty shoot-out against home nation the United States.
  • 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

[edit] Swimming

For more details on this topic, see Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Qualifying Heat 4 – 51.22 (1st)
  • Final B – DNS
  • Qualifying Heat 6 – 50.27 (1st)
  • Final – 50.24 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:51.42 (1st)
  • Final – 1:53.84 (8th)
  • Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:52.73 (4th, did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Qualifying Heat 2 – 3:53.89 (1st)
  • Final – 3:51.79 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Ron McKeon
  • Qualifying Heat 4 – 3:55.06 (4th)
  • Final – 3:55.48 (8th)

Men's 1.500 m Freestyle

  • 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

  • Qualifying Heat 1 – 54.86 (1st)
  • Final – 53.85 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat 7 – 55.70 (3rd)
  • Final B – DNS

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:58.63 (2nd)
  • Final – 1:57.04 (→ Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:02.87 (1st)
  • Final – 1:02.97 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Brett Stocks
  • Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:03.46 (1st)
  • Final – 1:03.49 (6th)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Qualifying Heat 6 – 2:17.29 (1st)
  • Final – 2:15.79 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:21.21 (2nd)
  • Final B – DNS

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • 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

  • Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:06.45 (2nd)
  • Final B – 2:04.85 (1st)
  • Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:08.85 (4th, did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:24.85 (3rd)
  • Final – 4:20.50 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:19.94 (1st)
  • Final – 3:19.68 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Qualifying Heat 2 – 7:26.93 (2nd)
  • Final – 7:25.63 (4th)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:43.93 (1st)
  • Final – 3.43.25 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • 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)
  • Qualifying Heat 4 – 56.75 (1st)
  • Final – 56.83 (5th)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • 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)
  • Qualifying 7 – 1:01.07 (9th)
  • Final B – 1:01.61 (5th)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:11.81 (1st)
  • Final – 2:10.56 (→ Image:Med 2.png 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 (4th, did not advance)
  • 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

  • Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:17.46 (2nd)
  • Final – 2:15.92 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:54.13 (2nd)
  • Final – 4:44.30 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat 3 – 5:54.28 (4th)
  • Final B – 4:53.37 (11th)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Qualifying Heat 1 – 3:49.61 (2nd)
  • Final – 3:47.79 (4th)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Audrey Youl, Dimity Douglas, Lisa Curry, and Angela Harris
  • Qualifying Heat 2 – DSQ

[edit] Water polo

For more details on this topic, see Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

[edit] 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


[edit] References