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competed at the

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. In partial support of the

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Australia competed under the

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. 120 competitors, 92 men and 28 women, took part in 92 events in 17 sports. Flag bearers Denise Boyd (athletics) and Max Metzker (swimming), Australia’s first joint-flag carriers, carried the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony instead of the national flag. Countries marched in order of the

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, and Australia was therefore second in the parade of nations, following Greece, which has traditionally led the march since

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Archery

In the third Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and one man. Carole Toy, a veteran of the 1972 Games, repeated her 15th-place performance despite shooting 20 points lower.
Women's Individual Competition: *

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— 2343 points (→ 9th place) * Carole Toy — 2285 points (→ 15th place)
Men's Individual Competition: * Scott Dumbrell — 2271 points (→ 26th place)

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres * Bill Scott ** Heat — 28:58.8 ** Final — 28:15.1 (→ 9th place) * Stephen Austin ** Heat — 29:45.2 (→ did not advance) * Gerard Barrett ** Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump *

Gary Honey Gary Ronald Honey (born 26 July 1959 in Thomastown, Victoria) is a retired long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff ...

** Qualification — 7.44 m (→ did not advance) Men's Triple Jump * Ian Campbell ** Qualification — 17.02 m ** Final — 16.72 m (→ 5th place) *

Ken Lorraway Kenneth ("Ken") John Lorraway (6 February 1956 – 4 January 2007) was an Australian triple jumper, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1984 and Commonwealth Games: 1978 and 1982. His best Olympic result was ...

** Qualification — 16.80 m ** Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place) Men's Marathon *

Robert de Castella Francois Robert "Rob" de Castella (born 27 February 1957) is an Australian former world champion marathon runner. De Castella is widely known as "Deek" or "Deeks" to the Australian public, and "Tree" to his competitors due to his thick legs an ...

** Final — 2:14:31 (→ 10th place) *

Chris Wardlaw Chris Wardlaw (born 3 March 1950) is an Australian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1 ...

** Final — 2:20:42 (→ 28th place) * Gerard Barrett ** Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's Hammer Throw * Peter Farmer ** Qualifying Round — 69.16m (→ did not advance, 13th place) Men's 20 km Walk * David Smith ** Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk *

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** Final — 4:08:25 (→ 8th place) * David Smith ** Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's Decathlon *

Peter Hadfield Peter Robert Hadfield (born 21 January 1955) is an Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the decathlon. Hadfield won a total of nine Australian Championships in Athletics between 1976 and 1985. He didn't compete in the National Cha ...

** Final — 7709 points (→ 13th place)
Women's 100 metres *

Denise Boyd Denise Margaret Robertson-Boyd (born 15 December 1952) is an Australian former Olympic sprinter, who reached two Olympic finals in the 200 metres sprint. Boyd won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. Boy ...

** Heat — 11.56 ** Quarterfinals — 11.35 ** Semifinals — 11.44 (→ did not advance) *

Debbie Wells Debbie Wells (born 29 May 1961) is an Australian former sprinter who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics, and the 1984 Summer Olympics. Wells was three times Australian 100 metre champion, and twice Australian 200m champi ...

** Heat — 11.72 ** Quarterfinals — 11.66 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Hurdles *

Penelope Gillies Penny Gillies (born 20 July 1951) is an Australian hurdler. She competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 19 ...

** Heat — 13.68 (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw * Gael Mulhall ** Qualification — 54.90 m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put * Gael Mulhall ** Final — 18.00 m (→ 12th place) Women's Javelin Throw * Pam Matthews ** Qualification — 55.72 m (→ did not advance) * Petra Rivers ** Qualification — 51.08 m (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump *

Christine Stanton Christine Frances "Chris" Stanton (née Annison, born 12 December 1959) is a retired high jumper from Australia. She set her personal best on 26 January 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in Adelaide, South Australia. An eight-time national cham ...

** Qualification — 1.88m ** Final — 1.91m (→ 6th place)

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group C): ** Lost to Cuba (76-83) ** Defeated Italy (84-77) ** Defeated Sweden (64-55) *Classification Round (Group B): ** Defeated Czechoslovakia (91-86) ** Lost to Poland (74-101) ** Defeated Senegal (95-64) ** Defeated India (93-75) → 8th place *Team Roster: **

Peter Ali Peter Ali (born 22 May 1956) is an Australian basketball player who played for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (NBL). He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Biography Ali was born in Adelaide in ...

** Stephen Breheny **

Perry Crosswhite Perry Rothrock Crosswhite AM (born 22 September 1947) is a former Australian Olympic basketballer and leading sport administrator. Personal He was born on 22 September 1947 in Washington, D.C. He moved to Australia in 1969 to play basketball. H ...

** Mel Dalgleish ** Ian Davies ** Gordon McLeod ** Danny Morseau **

Les Riddle Les Riddle (born 28 December 1953) is an Australian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1953 births Living people Australian men's basketball players 1978 F ...

Larry Sengstock Larry Sengstock (born 4 March 1960 in Maryborough, Queensland) is an Australian retired basketball player and was the CEO of Basketball Australia and the NBL until April 2012. Career Larry was born in Maryborough Qld. He was a champion swi ...

Phil Smyth Philip John Smyth AM (born 11 May 1958) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He won three National Basketball League (NBL) championships with the Canberra Cannons before going on to be a three-time championship-wi ...

** Michael Tucker ** Peter Walsh *Head coach:

Lindsay Gaze Lindsay John Casson Gaze (born 16 August 1936) is an Australian former basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Summer Olympics qualification tournaments, between 1960 and 1968, and was the head coach of the senior Austr ...

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Norm Stevens ** First Round — Lost to Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1980. ; Individual road race * Michael Wilson *

Kevin Bradshaw Kevin Bradshaw (born February 13, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He is best known as the NCAA record-holder for most points in a single game against a Division I opponent. College caree ...

* Remo Sansonetti * Graham Seers ;

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

* Remo Sansonetti * David Scarfe * Michael Wilson ; Sprint *

Kenrick Tucker Brian Kenrick Tucker (born 6 February 1959) is an Australian former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los An ...

; 1000m time trial *

;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

Kelvin Poole Kelvin Poole (27 March 1958) is an Australian former cyclist. He competed in the individual and team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, c ...

;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Colin Fitzgerald *

Kevin Nichols Kevin John Nichols (born 4 July 1955 in Grafton, New South Wales) is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist. His daughter, Kate Nichols, is a road racing cyclist.Kelvin Poole Kelvin Poole (27 March 1958) is an Australian former cyclist. He competed in the individual and team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, c ...

Gary Sutton Gary Sutton (born 27 March 1955) is a cycling coach and a former professional racing cyclist. In 1980, Sutton became the amateur World Champion in the Points Race. Sutton was born in Moree, New South Wales. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olym ...

Diving

Men's Springboard * Steve Foley ** Preliminary Round — 521.82 points (→ 11th place, did not advance) Men's Platform * Steve Foley ** Preliminary Round — 427.44 points (→ 16th place, did not advance)

Fencing

Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1980. ; Men's foil * Greg Benko ; Men's épée * Greg Benko ; Women's foil *

Mitzi Ferguson Mitzi Ferguson (born 29 September 1959) is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Meta ...

* Helen Smith

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1980. Men's individual competition: *

Robert Barrie Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Barrie KCB, KCH (5 May 1774 – 7 June 1841) was a British officer of the Royal Navy noted for his service in the War of 1812. He was helped early in his naval career by the patronage of his uncle, Sir Alan Gardn ...

— 4696 pts, 37th place

Rowing

Shooting

;Mixed

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle *

Neil Brooks Neil Brooks (born 27 July 1962) is an Australian former 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 m ...

** Qualifying Heat — 51,11 (2nd) ** Semi-Finals — 52,70 (→ did not advance) * Graeme Brewer ** Qualifying Heat — 52,59 (4th) ** Semi-Finals — 51,91 (3rd) ** Final — 52,22 (→ 8th place) *

Mark Tonelli Mark Lyndon Tonelli (born 13 April 1957), whose birth name was Mark Lyndon Leembruggen, is an Australian former backstroke, butterfly swimming, butterfly, and freestyle swimming, freestyle swimming (sport), swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who ...

** Qualifying Heat — 52,04 (3rd) ** Semi-Finals — 52,17 (5th, did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle * Graeme Brewer ** Qualifying Heat — 1.51,92 (2nd) ** Final — 1.51,60 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Ron McKeon Ronald John McKeon (born 6 February 1961) is a former competition swimmer who represented Australia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics. He has three children, Kaitlin, Emma and David. Emma and David McKeon are current member ...

** Qualifying Heat — 1.52,66 ** Final — 1.52,60 (→ 5th place) Men's 400m Freestyle * Graeme Brewer ** Qualifying Heat — 3.57,19 (→ did not advance) *

Max Metzker Maxwell Raymond Metzker (born 8 March 1960) was a South African-born long-distance freestyle swimmer who represented Australia in the late 1970s and early 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mosc ...

** Qualifying Heat — 3.54,79 (2nd) ** Final — 3.56,87 (→ 7th place) *

** Qualifying Heat — 3.56,77 (2nd) ** Final — 3.57,00 (→ 8th place) Men's 1.500m Freestyle *

** Qualifying Heat — 15.21,63 (3rd) ** Final — 15.14,49 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 200m Butterfly * Paul Moorfoot ** Qualifying Heat — 2.05,69 (5th, did not advance) Men's 100m Breaststroke * Peter Evans ** Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (2nd) ** Final — 1.03,96 (→ Bronze Medal) * Lindsay Spencer ** Qualifying Heat — 1.04,78 (3rd) ** Final — 1.05,04 (→ 6th place) Men's 200m Breaststroke * Lindsay Spencer ** Qualifying Heat — 2.21,08 (2nd) ** Final — 2.19,68 (→ 5th place) * Peter Evans ** Qualifying Heat — 2.26,62 (4th, did not advance) Men's 100m Backstroke *

** Qualifying Heat — 58,66 (1st) ** Semi Final — 57,89 (2nd) ** Final — 57,98 (→ 7th place) *

Mark Kerry Mark Anthony Kerry (born 4 August 1959) is an Australian former 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 Summer Olympics ...

** Qualifying Heat — 58,08 (3rd) ** Semi Final — 58,07 (3rd, did not advance) *

Glenn Patching Glenn Scott Patching (born 12 April 1958) was an Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won the gold medal in the men's 100-metre backstroke event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. He represented his native cou ...

** Qualifying Heat — 58,30 (1st) ** Semi Final — 1.00,31 (8th, did not advance) Men's 200m Backstroke *

** Qualifying Heat — 3.03,60 (1st) ** Final — 2.03,14 (→ Bronze Medal) *

** Qualifying Heat — 2.07,04 (3rd, did not advance) * Paul Moorfoot ** Qualifying Heat — 2.04,87 (1st) ** Final — 2.06,15 (→ 8th place) Men's 400m Individual Medley * Paul Moorfoot ** Qualifying Heat — 4.34,28 (5th, did not advance) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Graeme Brewer,

, and

** Qualifying Heat — 7.34,06 (3rd) ** Final — 7.30,82 (→ 7th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Peter Evans,

, and

** Qualifying Heat — 3.48,94 (2nd) ** Final — 3.45,70 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100m Freestyle * Michelle Pearson ** Qualifying Heat — 58,90 (4th, did not advance) Women's 200m Freestyle * Karen Ramsay ** Qualifying Heat — 2.06,06 (3rd, did not advance) Women's 400m Freestyle *

Michelle Ford Michelle Jan Ford (born 15 July 1962) is an Australian former long-distance freestyle swimming, freestyle and butterfly swimming, butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, bronze in the 200-met ...

** Qualifying Heat — 4.13,90 (1st) ** Final — 4.11,65 (→ 4th place) * Rosemary Fydler ** Qualifying Heat — 4.21,36 (6th, did not advance) Women's 800m Freestyle *

** Qualifying Heat — 8.42,36 (2nd) ** Final — 8.28,90 (→ Gold Medal) * Rosemary Fydler ** Qualifying Heat — 8.49,47 (4th, did not advance) Women's 100m Butterfly *

Lisa Curry Lisa Gaye Curry AO MBE (born 15 May 1962), also known by her married name Lisa Curry-Kenny, is an Australian former competition swimmer. Curry won seven gold, two silver and one bronze Commonwealth Games medals, and is the only Australian sw ...

** Qualifying Heat — 1.02,92 (3rd) ** Final — 1.02,40 (→ 5th place) Women's 200m Butterfly *

** Qualifying Heat — 2.12,72 (1st) ** Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal) * Karen Ramsay ** Qualifying Heat — 2.17,82 (4th, did not advance) Women's 200m Breaststroke *

** Qualifying Heat — 2.39,42 (→ 5th place, did not advance) Women's 200m Butterfly *

** Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal) Women's 100m Backstroke * Lisa Forrest ** Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (3rd, did not advance) * Georgina Parkes ** Qualifying Heat — 1.05,06 (3rd, did not advance) Women's 200m Backstroke * Lisa Forrest ** Qualifying Heat — 2.15,40 (1st) ** Final — 2.16,75 (→ 7th place) * Georgina Parkes ** Qualifying Heat — 2.17,78 (3rd, did not advance) Women's 400m Individual Medley *

** Qualifying Heat — 5.01,58 (→ 5th place, did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

, Karen Ramsay, Rosemary Brown, and Michele Pearson ** Qualifying Heat — 3.56,24 (2nd) ** Final — 3.54,16 (→ 5th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Lisa Forrest,

, Karen Ramsay, and Rosemary Brown ** Qualifying Heat — 4.23,33 (2nd) ** Final — 4.19,90 (→ 6th place)

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group C) ** Defeated Bulgaria (9-5) ** Lost to Cuba (4-6) ** Lost to Yugoslavia (2-9) *Final Round (Group B) ** Defeated Bulgaria (8-5) ** Drew with Romania (4-4) ** Defeated Greece (4-2) ** Defeated Sweden (9-4) ** Defeated Italy (5-4) → 7th place *Team Roster ** Michael Turner ** David Neesham ** Robert Bryant ** Peter Montgomery ** Julian Muspratt **

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr IV (October 7, 1878 – February 17, 1969) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Stanford University (1922–1923), Washington & Jefferson College (1926–1928), Col ...

** Anthony Falson ** Charles Turner ** Martin Callaghan ** Randall Goff ** Andrew Steward *Head coach: Tom Hoad

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Trivia

Norman May's call of the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, in which he excitedly exclaimed ''"Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold"'',Norman May

George Negus George Edward Negus AM (born 13 March 1942) is an Australian journalist, author, television and radio presenter specialising in international affairs. He was a pioneer of Australian TV journalism, first appearing on the ABC’s groundbreaking T ...

Interview, August 9, 2004 has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport.

References

IOC Site on 1980 Summer Olympics
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