Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

. 242 competitors, 169 men and 73 women, took part in 137 events in 22 sports.

Gold

• Glynis Nunn
  Glynis Nunn
  Glynis Nunn OAM is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event. Born Glynis Leanne Saunders in Toowoomba, Queensland, she began competing in athletics at age 9, when she was a student at Toowoomba South State School.She starred in several events, and was thus a natural...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...
  
  , Women's Heptathlon
• Jon Sieben
  Jon Sieben
  Jonathan Scott Sieben is an Australian former butterfly swimmer active in the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m butterfly at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 200 m Butterfly
• Dean Lukin
  Dean Lukin
  Dinko Lukin OAM is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Weightlifting
  Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  The weightlifting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of ten weight classes, all for men only.The Soviet boycott meant that the most dominant force in weightlifting at the time, the USSR did not take part. This left the field wide open.-Medal summary:-Medal...
  
  , Men's Super-Heavyweight (110+ kg)
• Kevin Nichols
  Kevin Nichols
  Kevin John Nichols is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.-Career:At the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles, Nichols was a member of the gold winning pursuit team. Nichols also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:* , from sports-reference.com;...
  
  , Michael Grenda
  Michael Grenda
  Michael Grenda, OAM is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Australia, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
  
  , Michael Turtur
  Michael Turtur
  Mike Turtur is a former track cyclist, Olympic gold medallist, and current race director of the Tour Down Under....
  
  , and Dean Woods
  Dean Woods
  Dean Anthony Woods, OAM is an Australian racing cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games...
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  The cycling competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of three road cycling events and five track cycling events. For the first time, women's cycling events were included in the Olympic program, with a single event, the individual road race...
  
  , Men's 4,000 m Team Pursuit

Silver

• Gary Honey
  Gary Honey
  Gary Ronald Honey is a retired long jumper from Australia. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics with a jump of 8.24 metres....
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...
  
  , Men's Long jump
• Suzie Landells
  Suzie Landells
  Suzanne Ciscele Landells , known after marriage as Suzanne Dill-Macky, was an Australian individual medley swimmer of the 1980s, who won the silver medal in the 400m individual medley at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 400 m Individual Medley
• Neil Brooks
  Neil Brooks
  Neil Brooks is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents...
  
  , Michael Delany
  Michael Delany
  Michael Delany was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.Delany was best known for being a member of the so-called Mean Machine...
  
  , Greg Fasala
  Greg Fasala
  Gregory John Fasala was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  , and Mark Stockwell
  Mark Stockwell
  Marcus William "Mark" Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 4x100 m Freestyle
• Glenn Beringen
  Glenn Beringen
  Glenn Beringen was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s from Adelaide, who won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 200 m Breaststroke
• Mark Stockwell
  Mark Stockwell
  Marcus William "Mark" Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 100 m Freestyle
• Karen Phillips
  Karen Phillips
  Karen Anne Phillips , known after marriage as Karen Anne Higgison, was an Australian butterfly and individual medley swimmer of the 1980s, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 200 m Butterfly
• Robert Kabbas
  Robert Kabbas
  Robert Kabbas is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the silver medal in the Lightheavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Weightlifting
  Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  The weightlifting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of ten weight classes, all for men only.The Soviet boycott meant that the most dominant force in weightlifting at the time, the USSR did not take part. This left the field wide open.-Medal summary:-Medal...
  
  , Men's Light-Heavyweight (82.5 kg)
• Gary Gullock
  Gary Gullock
  Gary Gullock is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Tony Lovrich, Timothy McLaren
  Timothy McLaren
  Timothy Mclaren is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Paul Reedy
  Paul Reedy
  Paul Reedy is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women.Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present...
  
  , Men's Quadruple Sculls

Bronze

• Gael Martin
  Gael Martin
  Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin is a former Australian athlete, daughter of footballer Ken Mulhall, an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club.She competed in the shot put and in the discus throw....
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...
  
  , Women's Shot Put
• Pattie Dench — Shooting
  Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle...
  
  , Women's Sport Pistol
• Peter Evans
  Peter Evans (swimmer)
  Peter Maxwell Evans is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four Olympic medals, most notably a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 100 m Breaststroke
• Glenn Buchanan
  Glenn Buchanan
  Glenn Buchanan was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1980s who won two bronze medals in the 100 m butterfly and the 4 × 100 m medley relay, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 100 m Butterfly
• Rob Woodhouse
  Rob Woodhouse
  Robert "Rob" Woodhouse is a former Australian Olympic swimmer, specializing in medley swimming. He is now a prominent sports agent and company director...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 400 m Individual Medley
• Justin Lemberg
  Justin Lemberg
  Justin Lemberg was an Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Michele Pearson — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 200 m Individual Medley
• Glenn Buchanan
  Glenn Buchanan
  Glenn Buchanan was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1980s who won two bronze medals in the 100 m butterfly and the 4 × 100 m medley relay, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  , Peter Evans
  Peter Evans (swimmer)
  Peter Maxwell Evans is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four Olympic medals, most notably a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet...
  
  , Mark Kerry
  Mark Kerry
  Marcus "Mark" Anthony Kerry is a former Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won three Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as the backstroker for the Quietly Confident Quartet...
  
  , and Mark Stockwell
  Mark Stockwell
  Marcus William "Mark" Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus. There was a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Chris Cairns
  Christopher Cairns (sailor)
  Christopher Cairns is an Australian competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-References:...
  
   and Scott Anderson
  Scott Anderson (sailor)
  John Anderson is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the star class, together with David Forbes.-References:...
  
   — Sailing
  Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
  
  , Men's Tornado Team Competition
• Susan Lee
  Susan Lee
  Susan Lee is an Australian rowing cox. She formerly served as a tea lady for Willie Haughey.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Karen Brancourt
  Karen Brancourt
  Karen Brancourt is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Margot Foster
  Margot Foster
  Margot Foster is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Robyn Grey-Gardner
  Robyn Grey-Gardner
  Robin Grey-Gardner is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Susan Chapman
  Susan Chapman
  Susan Chapman is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women.Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present...
  
  , Women's Coxed Fours
• James Battersby
  James Battersby
  James Battersby is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Ian Edmunds
  Ian Edmunds
  Ian Edmunds is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Stephen Evans
  Stephen Evans (rower)
  Stephen Frederick Evans is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Clyde Hefer
  Clyde Hefer
  Clyde Hefer is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Craig Muller
  Craig Muller
  Craig Muller is an Australian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Sam Patten, Ion Popa
  Ion Popa
  Ion Popa is a Moldovan politician.- External links :* * * -References:...
  
  , Gavin Thredgold
  Gavin Thredgold
  Gavin Thredgold is an Australian rowing cox.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Timothy Willoughby — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured 14 events in total, for both men and women.Due to the Eastern Bloc boycott of these Olympics, some of the strongest rowing nations like East Germany, the USSR or Bulgaria were not present...
  
  , Men's Eights
• Grant Kenny
  Grant Kenny
  Grant Hayden Kenny OAM is an Australian former Ironman, surf lifesaver and canoer.- Career :Kenny made headlines in 1980 when he won both the Australian Junior and Open Iron Man Championship on the same day as a 16 year old. Kenny then won the Australian Open Ironman Title for the following three...
  
   and Barry Kelly
  Barry Kelly (canoer)
  Barry Kelly is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.-References:*...
  
   — Canoeing
  Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, twelve events in sprint canoe racing were contested on Lake Casitas. The women's K-4 500 m event was introduced to the Olympic program at these Games.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...
  
  , 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
  Christopher Blake
  Christopher Blake was an English actor and screenwriter who is best remembered for starring in the British sitcom That's My Boy alongside Mollie Sugden.- Early life:...
  
   — 2434 points (→ 31st place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Peter Van Miltenburg
  Peter Van Miltenburg
  Peter Van Miltenburg is a former Australian sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres.In 1981 he represented Australia/Oceania in the IAAF World Cup in Rome in the 200 metres where he finished 9th. He also ran in both relays that finished 8th. He was the Australian 200 metre champion in 1984...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 10.55
• Quarterfinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Peter Van Miltenburg
  Peter Van Miltenburg
  Peter Van Miltenburg is a former Australian sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres.In 1981 he represented Australia/Oceania in the IAAF World Cup in Rome in the 200 metres where he finished 9th. He also ran in both relays that finished 8th. He was the Australian 200 metre champion in 1984...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 21.06
• Quarterfinals — 21.09 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Darren Clark
  Darren Clark
  Darren Edward Clark is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.His personal best time of 44.38 seconds, achieved at the 1988 Olympics, is the current Oceanian record....
  
  
• Heat — 45.68
• Qaurterfinals — 44.77
• Semifinals — 45.26
• Final — 44.75 (→ 4th place)

• Bruce Frayne
  Bruce Frayne
  Bruce Frayne is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. He was Australian Champion in the 200 metres 1980, 81, and 1983...
  
  
• Heat — 46.08
• Qaurterfinals — 45.35
• Semifinals — 45.21 (→ did not advance)

• Gary Minihan
  Gary Minihan
  Gary Minihan is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in 400 metres and a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay....
  
  
• Heat — 46.93 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

These are the official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday August 12, 1984. The race started on 17.00h local time. A total number of 78 athletes completed the race, with Dieudonné LaMothe from Haiti finishing in last position in...

• Robert de Castella
  Robert de Castella
  Robert Francois de Castella, MBE is an Australian former world champion marathon runner. He is widely known as "Deek" or "Deeks" to the Australian public, and "Tree" to his competitors due to his thick legs and inner calm...
  
   — 2:11:09 (→ 5th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Gary Honey
  Gary Honey
  Gary Ronald Honey is a retired long jumper from Australia. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics with a jump of 8.24 metres....
  
  
• Qualification — 7.93m
• Final — 8.24m (→ Silver Medal)

Men's High Jump

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

Men's Decathlon

• Peter Hadfield
  Peter Hadfield
  Peter Robert Hadfield is a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the decathlon.Hadfield won a total of nine Australian Championships in Athletics between 1976 and 1985...
  
  
• Final Result — 7683 points (→ 14th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• David Smith
  David Smith (race walker)
  David Gregory Smith is a retired male race walker from Australia, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980 . His best Olympic result was finishing in tenth place in the men's 20 km race at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:**...
  
  
• Final — 1:26:48 (→ 10th place)

• Simon Baker
  Simon Baker (athlete)
  Simon Francis Baker is a retired male race walker from Australia, who represented his native country in four consecutive Olympic Games: 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 1:27:43 (→ 14th place)

• Willi Sawall
  Willi Sawall
  Willi Alfred Sawall is a retired male race walker from Australia. He set his personal best in the men's 50 km in 1980. Sawall is a seven-time national champion in race walking.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 1:28:24 (→ 16th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Michael Harvey
  Michael Harvey (racewalker)
  Michael Harvey is a retired male race walker from Australia.He set his personal best in the men's 50 km in 1993. His best international result was an eleventh in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Harvey is a five-time national champion in the men's 50 km event.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Final — 4:09:18 (→ 11th place)

• Andrew Jachno
  Andrew Jachno
  Andrew Jachno is a retired male race walker from Australia. He set his personal best in the men's 50 km in 1988. Jachno is a two-time national champion.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

• Willi Sawall
  Willi Sawall
  Willi Alfred Sawall is a retired male race walker from Australia. He set his personal best in the men's 50 km in 1980. Sawall is a seven-time national champion in race walking.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's 3,000 metres

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

Women's Marathon

• Lisa Martin
  Lisa Martin
  Lisa Frances Martin is a retired female long-distance runner from Australia.At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul the 28-year-old won a silver medal in marathon, only 13 seconds behind Portuguese running star Rosa Mota. Other achievements include gold medals in marathon at the 1986 and 1990...
  
  
• Final — 2:29.03 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Debbie Flintoff-King
  Debbie Flintoff-King
  Debra Lee Flintoff-King , born 20 April 1960 in Melbourne, Victoria, is a retired Australian athlete, and winner of the women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Athletics career:...
  
  
• 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
  Glynis Nunn
  Glynis Nunn OAM is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event. Born Glynis Leanne Saunders in Toowoomba, Queensland, she began competing in athletics at age 9, when she was a student at Toowoomba South State School.She starred in several events, and was thus a natural...
  
  
• 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-Ward
  Vanessa Browne-Ward
  Vanessa Carol Browne-Ward is a retired high jumper from Australia, who set her personal best on 12 February 1989, jumping 1.98 metres at a meet in Perth, Western Australia...
  
  
• Qualification — 1.90m
• Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place)

• Christine Stanton
  Christine Stanton
  Christine Frances Stanton is a retired high jumper from Australia, who was born as Christine Annison. She set her personal best on 1985-01-26, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in Adelaide, South Australia...
  
  
• Qualification — 1.90m
• Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Gael Martin
  Gael Martin
  Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin is a former Australian athlete, daughter of footballer Ken Mulhall, an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club.She competed in the shot put and in the discus throw....
  
  
• Qualification — 55.38m
• Final — 55.88m (→ 8th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Petra Rivers
  Petra Rivers
  Petra Rivers is a retired Australian athlete who specialised in the javelin throw.At the 1970 National Championships, she won both the Open and Junior javelin titles. Although still only seventeen, it was her fourth national junior javelin championship win...
  
  
• Qualification — 59.12m
• Final — 56.20m (→ 12th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Gael Martin
  Gael Martin
  Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin is a former Australian athlete, daughter of footballer Ken Mulhall, an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club.She competed in the shot put and in the discus throw....
  
  
• Final — 19.19 m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Heptathlon

• Glynis Nunn
  Glynis Nunn
  Glynis Nunn OAM is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event. Born Glynis Leanne Saunders in Toowoomba, Queensland, she began competing in athletics at age 9, when she was a student at Toowoomba South State School.She starred in several events, and was thus a natural...
  
  
• Final Result — 6390 points (→ Gold Medal)

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
  Phil Smyth
  Philip John Smyth AM is an Australian former basketball player and former three time championship winning head coach of the National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers.-Professional career:...
  
   (captain)
• Andrew Campbell
• Damian Keogh
• Larry Sengstock
  Larry Sengstock
  Larry Sengstock is a retired Australian basketball player and the current CEO of Basketball Australia and NBL....
  
  
• Mark Dlaton
• Wayne Carroll
• Mel Dalgleish
• Andrew Gaze
  Andrew Gaze
  Andrew Barry Casson Gaze is Australia's best known basketball player, and one of its most successful. He is considered as the greatest player in the history of the NBL....
  
  
• Ian Davies
• Danny Morseau
• Brad Dalton
  Brad Dalton
  Bradley Dalton is a former Australian basketball player, who played for the City of Sydney Astronauts , West Adelaide Bearcats , Sydney Supersonics , Geelong Supercats and the Sydney Kings in the NBL.Dalton represented Australia in both the 1984 and 1988 Olympics...
  
  
• Ray Borner
  Ray Borner
  Ray Helmut Borner AM is a former Australian basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League...
  
  
• Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze
  Lindsay Gaze
  Lindsay John Casson Gaze is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960 and 1968 and coached the Australian basketball team at four Olympics between 1972 and 1984...
  
  

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
  Robyn Maher
  Robyn Maher is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Sydney Uni Flames. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Personal life:Maher is married to former Opals...
  
  
• 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

Brendan Flynn

Brendan Flynn was the Chief Executive for the Australian Paralympic Committee. He held this position in 1999. As part of his work that year, he coordinated with the Sydney Olympic Organising Committee in preparation for the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He took the position in 1999...

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Jeff Fenech
  Jeff Fenech
  Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...
  
  
  1. First Round — Defeated René Centellas (BOL), RSC-3
  2. Second Round — Defeated David Mwaba (TNZ), 5:0
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski
     Redzep Redzepovski
     Redzep Redzepovski is a retired flyweight boxer of Macedonian descent, who won the silver medal for Yugoslavia in the flyweight division Redzep Redzepovski (born December 14, 1962 in Kumanovo) is a retired flyweight boxer of Macedonian descent, who won the silver medal for Yugoslavia in the...
     
      (YUG), 1:4

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)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Stephen Foley
• Preliminary Round — 543.87
• Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place)

Fencing

Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1984.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the nineteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 1 to 2 1984. 58 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Greg Benko

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 2 to 3, 1984. 42 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Helen Smith
  Helen Smith (fencer)
  Helen Smith is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. She was a long standing member of the VRI Fencing Club before joining other clubs in the 1990s...
  
  
• Andrea Chaplin
  Andrea Chaplin
  Andrea Chaplin is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Australia
  Kookaburras (hockey)
  The Australia national field hockey team are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last five Summer Olympic Games , and have placed in the top four in...
  
   — Malaysia 5–0
• Australia
  Kookaburras (hockey)
  The Australia national field hockey team are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last five Summer Olympic Games , and have placed in the top four in...
  
   — Spain 3–1
• Australia
  Kookaburras (hockey)
  The Australia national field hockey team are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last five Summer Olympic Games , and have placed in the top four in...
  
   — West Germany 3–0
• Australia
  Kookaburras (hockey)
  The Australia national field hockey team are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last five Summer Olympic Games , and have placed in the top four in...
  
   — India 4–2
• Australia
  Kookaburras (hockey)
  The Australia national field hockey team are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last five Summer Olympic Games , and have placed in the top four in...
  
   — USA 2–1
• Semi Finals
• Australia
  Kookaburras (hockey)
  The Australia national field hockey team are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last five Summer Olympic Games , and have placed in the top four in...
  
   — Pakistan 0–1
• Bronze Medal Game
• Australia
  Kookaburras (hockey)
  The Australia national field hockey team are the Australia's national men's hockey team, and one of the nation's most successful top level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at the last five Summer Olympic Games , and have placed in the top four in...
  
   — Great Britain 2–3 (→ Fourth Place)

• Team Roster
• Rick Charlesworth
• David Bell
• Jim Irvine
  Jim Irvine
  James "Jim" Irvine is a retired field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He was also a member of the team that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.After his career...
  
  
• Terry Walsh
  Terry Walsh
  Terence Arthur Walsh is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who competed in two Olympic Games for his native country.-External links:*...
  
  
• Trevor Smith
• Grant Boyce
• Nigel Patmore
  Nigel Patmore
  Nigel Patmore is a former field hockey player from Australia. He was the member of the winning Australian team in 1986 World Cup and 1983 Champions Trophy. He also was the member of team which ranked fourth in the Field Hockey tournament of 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Neil Snowden
• Treva King
• Grant Mitton
  Grant Mitton
  Grant Mitton is a field hockey player who played for South Australia and the Kookaburras in the 1980s. Mitton was a striker and represented his country in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles as well as the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup in London....
  
  
• Peter Haselhurst
• Adrian Berce
• Craig Davies
• Colin Batch
  Colin Batch
  Colin Batch is a former international field hockey player from Australia. Batch is currently a professional hockey coach based in Belgium where he is the head coach of the Belgium national hockey team the Red Lions...
  
  
• Michael Nobbs
• Terry Leece

Women's Team Competition

• Round Robin
• Australia
  Hockeyroos
  The Australia women's national field hockey team are Australia's national women's hockey team.Having played their first game in 1914,they are one of Australia’s most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic Gold...
  
   — West Germany 2–2
• Australia
  Hockeyroos
  The Australia women's national field hockey team are Australia's national women's hockey team.Having played their first game in 1914,they are one of Australia’s most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic Gold...
  
   — New Zealand 3–0
• Australia
  Hockeyroos
  The Australia women's national field hockey team are Australia's national women's hockey team.Having played their first game in 1914,they are one of Australia’s most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic Gold...
  
   — Canada 1–2
• Australia
  Hockeyroos
  The Australia women's national field hockey team are Australia's national women's hockey team.Having played their first game in 1914,they are one of Australia’s most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic Gold...
  
   — USA 3–1
• Australia
  Hockeyroos
  The Australia women's national field hockey team are Australia's national women's hockey team.Having played their first game in 1914,they are one of Australia’s most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic Gold...
  
   — 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
  Sharon Buchanan
  Sharon Lee Buchanan OAM is a retired field hockey forward, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984....
  
  
• 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

Swimming

Men's Competition
Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Michael Delany
  Michael Delany
  Michael Delany was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.Delany was best known for being a member of the so-called Mean Machine...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 4 – 51.22 (1st)
• Final B – DNS
• Mark Stockwell
  Mark Stockwell
  Marcus William "Mark" Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  
• 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
  Justin Lemberg
  Justin Lemberg was an Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:52.73 (4th, did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Justin Lemberg
  Justin Lemberg
  Justin Lemberg was an Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• 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
  Justin Lemberg
  Justin Lemberg was an Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• 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
  Glenn Buchanan
  Glenn Buchanan was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1980s who won two bronze medals in the 100 m butterfly and the 4 × 100 m medley relay, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 1 – 54.86 (1st)
• Final – 53.85 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Mark Stockwell
  Mark Stockwell
  Marcus William "Mark" Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 7 – 55.70 (3rd)
• Final B – DNS

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Jon Sieben
  Jon Sieben
  Jonathan Scott Sieben is an Australian former butterfly swimmer active in the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m butterfly at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:58.63 (2nd)
• Final – 1:57.04 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Peter Evans
  Peter Evans (swimmer)
  Peter Maxwell Evans is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four Olympic medals, most notably a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet...
  
  
• 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
  Glenn Beringen
  Glenn Beringen was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s from Adelaide, who won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 6 – 2:17.29 (1st)
• Final – 2:15.79 (→ Silver Medal)
• Peter Evans
  Peter Evans (swimmer)
  Peter Maxwell Evans is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four Olympic medals, most notably a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:21.21 (2nd)
• Final B – DNS

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Mark Kerry
  Mark Kerry
  Marcus "Mark" Anthony Kerry is a former Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won three Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as the backstroker for the Quietly Confident Quartet...
  
  
• 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
  Rob Woodhouse
  Robert "Rob" Woodhouse is a former Australian Olympic swimmer, specializing in medley swimming. He is now a prominent sports agent and company director...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:06.45 (2nd)
• Final B – 2:04.85 (1st)
• Glenn Beringen
  Glenn Beringen
  Glenn Beringen was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s from Adelaide, who won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:08.85 (4th, did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Rob Woodhouse
  Rob Woodhouse
  Robert "Rob" Woodhouse is a former Australian Olympic swimmer, specializing in medley swimming. He is now a prominent sports agent and company director...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:24.85 (3rd)
• Final – 4:20.50 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Neil Brooks
  Neil Brooks
  Neil Brooks is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents...
  
  , Michael Delany
  Michael Delany
  Michael Delany was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.Delany was best known for being a member of the so-called Mean Machine...
  
  , Greg Fasala
  Greg Fasala
  Gregory John Fasala was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  , and Mark Stockwell
  Mark Stockwell
  Marcus William "Mark" Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:19.94 (1st)
• Final – 3:19.68 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Graeme Brewer
  Graeme Brewer
  Graeme Brewer was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the late 1970s and early 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 1980 Moscow Olympics...
  
  , Peter Dale, Justin Lemberg
  Justin Lemberg
  Justin Lemberg was an Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  , and Ron McKeon
• Qualifying Heat 2 – 7:26.93 (2nd)
• Final – 7:25.63 (4th)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Thomas Stachewicz
  Thomas Stachewicz
  Thomas 'Tom' Stachewicz, born in Germany , is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer, who represented Australia at three Summer Olympics....
  
  , Glenn Buchanan
  Glenn Buchanan
  Glenn Buchanan was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1980s who won two bronze medals in the 100 m butterfly and the 4 × 100 m medley relay, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  , Peter Evans
  Peter Evans (swimmer)
  Peter Maxwell Evans is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four Olympic medals, most notably a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet...
  
  , Mark Kerry
  Mark Kerry
  Marcus "Mark" Anthony Kerry is a former Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won three Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as the backstroker for the Quietly Confident Quartet...
  
  , and Mark Stockwell
  Mark Stockwell
  Marcus William "Mark" Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
  
  
• 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
  Michelle Pearson
  Michelle Robyn Pearson , was an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 4 – 56.75 (1st)
• Final – 56.83 (5th)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Michelle Pearson
  Michelle Pearson
  Michelle Robyn Pearson , was an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• 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
  Conny van Bentum
  Cornelia van Bentum is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980...
  
   (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
  Michelle Pearson
  Michelle Robyn Pearson , was an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• 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 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Lisa Curry, Angela Harris, Janet Blood, Michelle Pearson
  Michelle Pearson
  Michelle Robyn Pearson , was an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat 1 – 3:49.61 (2nd)
• Michelle Pearson
  Michelle Pearson
  Michelle Robyn Pearson , was an Australian medley and freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
  
  , Angela Harris, Anna McVann, Lisa Curry
• Final – 3:47.79 (4th)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

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

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
  Tom Hoad
  Tom Hoad is an Australian water polo coach and former player. In 1968, he was appointed to International Swimming Federation , the world governing body for swimming and was chairman of the 1998 World Swimming Championships held in Perth, Western Australia. He is currently a director of the...
  
  

See also

• Australia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
  Australia hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland and their team was abbreviated AUS.This was Australia's twelfth of 12 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.-Gold:...
  
  
• Australia at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their thirteenth of 13 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.-External links:*...
  
  

External links

• Australian Olympic Committee