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Australia At The 1968 Summer Olympics
Australia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 128 competitors, 104 men and 24 women, took part in 105 events in 16 sports. The uniforms for Australia's female athletes were designed by Zara Holt, the widow of prime minister Harold Holt who had drowned in December 1967. They consisted of one design in " wattle yellow" for official use and a casual outfit in "Olympic green" crimplene. Medalists Gold * Ralph Doubell – Athletics, Men's 800m * Maureen Caird – Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles * Lyn McClements – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly * Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle * Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle Silver * Peter Norman – Athletics, Men's 200m, * Raelene Boyle – Athletics, Women's 200m * Pamela Kilborn-Ryan-Nelson – Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles * Arthur Busch, Paul Dearing, James Mason, Brian Glenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Olympic Committee
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Norman
Peter George Norman (15 June 1942 – 3 October 2006) was an Australian track athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds. This remains an Oceanian record. He was a five-time national 200-metres champion. Norman is probably best known as the third athlete pictured in the famous 1968 Olympics Black Power salute photograph, which occurred during the medal ceremony for the 200-metre event. He wore a badge of the Olympic Project for Human Rights in support of fellow athletes John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Norman was not selected for the 1972 Summer Olympics and retired from the sport soon after. Life and career Early life Norman grew up in a devout Salvation Army family living in Coburg, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria. Initially an apprentice butcher, Norman later became a teacher, and worked for the Victorian Department of Sport and Recreation towards the end of his life. During his athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Nilan
Patrick Nilan (born 30 June 1941) is an Australian former field hockey player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References External links * 1941 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Riley
Ronald William "Ron" Riley (born 14 September 1947) is a retired field hockey striker from Australia, who twice won the silver medal with the Men's National Team, first at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and then eight years later, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was educated at the St. Joseph's College, Nainital in India. Riley was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1995 for service to hockey. International tournaments * 1968 – Olympic Games, Mexico City (2nd) * 1972 – Olympic Games, Munich (5th) * 1976 – Olympic Games, Montreal (2nd) * 1980 – Champions Trophy, Karachi (3rd) * 1980 – Olympic Games, Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ... (DNC) References External links * 1947 births Living people Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Evans (1960 Olympics)
Raymond Evans (28 September 1939 – 7 November 1974) was an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1939 births 1974 deaths Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{Australia-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Martin (field Hockey)
Donald Martin (born 8 February 1940) is a former Australian field hockey player. He represented Australia at the 1964 (winning Bronze) and 1968 (winning Silver) Summer Olympics. Don was inducted as a member of the Western Australian Hockey Champions on 23 May 2010. Biography Don was born in Kuala Lumpur, moving to Australia in 1951 to attend boarding school at Aquinas College in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ..., where he was a member of the First XI Hockey team for 6 years from 1952-1957. He was selected in the state under 16 boys team in 1954/55. After leaving school, Don began playing in the West Australian Hockey Association First Division Competition. In 1959, Don was selected to play in the state under 21 colts team, and then the state senior tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Haigh
Robert (Herbie) Haigh (born 27 March 1945 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former hockey player from Australia, a three time olympian who won two Olympic silver medals as a member of the national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where the Australian team finished fifth. Since retiring as a player, he has worked closely with the Australian men's and women's national programs as an assistant coach and senior selector. He also spent a number of years as the South Australian Sports Institute head coach in charge of the men's and women's elite programs, and the Australian Hockey League coach of the SA Hotshots. He was an assistant coach to Ric Charlesworth with the Australian women's team, the Hockeyroos, during the golden era of Australian women's hockey and in 2010 was a selector for the men's national team, the Kookaburras. He was inducted into the Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Pearce (field Hockey)
Julian Brian Pearce (born 7 March 1937 in Jabalpur, India) is an Indian-born Australian former field hockey player who represented Australia in 45 international matches including three Olympic Games. Julian was the youngest of five international-level hockey playing brothers, the others being Cec Pearce, Cec, Mel Pearce, Mel, Eric Pearce (field hockey player), Eric and Gordon Pearce, Gordon. Following the partition of India, his father Cec and elder brothers Cec and Mel settled in Perth, Western Australia in 1947. His mother Gladys arrived in 1948 with Julian and the two other brothers. The Anglo-Indian family had intended on settling in Victoria (Australia), Victoria but instead chose to stay in Western Australia.''W.A. Hall of Champions'' inductee booklet. (2006) Published by the Western Australian Institute of Sport Tall and solidly built, Julian was highly regarded as a defender, being the odd man out as all four of his brothers were better known as forwards. In 1958 he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Pearce
Gordon Charles Pearce (born 10 January 1934 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India) is an Indian-born Australian field hockey player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics for Australia. Pearce is the fourth of five brothers who represented Australia in hockey in the 1950s and 1960s. In later life Pearce became a senior public servant within the Western Australian Public Service: In 1987 he was chief executive of the office of the Premier of Western Australia and in 1990 was appointed Chief Executive to the WA Inc Royal Commission by premier Carmen Lawrence. In 1995 he was appointed a member in the general division of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove .... He is the grandfather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Glencross
Brian Alan Glencross OAM (1 May 1941 – 30 December 2022) was an Australian field hockey player and coach. As a member of the Australian National Men's Hockey Team, he won a bronze medal and a silver medal at consecutive Olympic Games – the bronze at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the silver four years later, when Mexico City hosted the Games. As a player, he represented Australia from 1964 to 1974, playing in 93 games. He coached the Australian women's hockey team from 1980 to 1992. Glencross died after a long battle with neurological disease on 30 December 2022, at the age of 81. Coaching results at major tournaments: *1981: 4th – World Cup *1983: 3rd – World Cup *1984: 4th – Los Angeles Olympic Games *1986: 6th – World Cup *1987: 2nd – Champions Trophy *1988: 1st – Seoul Olympic Games *1989: 1st – Champions Trophy *1990: 2nd – World Cup *1991: 1st – Champions Trophy *1992: 5th – Barcelona Olympic Games Glencross was appointed the inaugu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mason (field Hockey)
James Robert Mason (born 19 June 1947) is an Australian field hockey player from Townsville, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o .... References Profile External links * 1947 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Australia Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dearing
Paul Robert Dearing (2 March 1942 – 6 April 2015) was a field hockey player from Australia, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Four years earlier he captured the bronze medal. He was born in Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References External links * * * 1942 births 2015 deaths Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1968 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
