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competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

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. Australian athletes have competed in every

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

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

Medalists

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 (born Peter Ronald Gray, 23 August 1949 – 11 December 2004) was an English actor and screenwriter. He is perhaps best remembered for starring in the British sitcoms '' Mixed Blessings'' (1978–80) and '' That's My Boy'' ( ...

— 2434 points (→ 31st place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres * Peter Van Miltenburg ** Qualifying Heat — 10.55 ** Quarterfinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres * Peter Van Miltenburg ** Qualifying Heat — 21.06 ** Quarterfinals — 21.09 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres *

Darren Clark Darren Edward Clark (born 6 September 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian retired sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His personal best time of 44.38 seconds, achieved at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, is the current Oceanian r ...

** Heat — 45.68 ** Quarterfinals — 44.77 ** Semifinals — 45.26 ** Final — 44.75 (→ 4th place) *

Bruce Frayne Bruce Frayne (born 24 January 1958) 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. He also won the 400 metres in 1984. In 1981 he won Gold in the 4 × 4 ...

** Heat — 46.08 ** Quarterfinals — 45.35 ** Semifinals — 45.21 (→ did not advance) * Gary Minihan ** Heat — 46.93 (→ did not advance) 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 ...

— 2:11:09 (→ 5th place) Men's Long Jump * Gary Honey ** 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 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 result — 7683 points (→ 14th place) Men's 20 km Walk * David Smith ** Final — 1:26:48 (→ 10th place) *

Simon Baker Simon Lucas Baker (born 30 July 1969) is an Australian actor in television and film, as well as a director. He is known for his lead roles in the CBS television series ''The Mentalist'' as Patrick Jane and ''The Guardian'' as Nicholas Fallin ...

** Final — 1:27:43 (→ 14th place) *

Willi Sawall Willi Alfred Sawall (born 7 November 1941) is a retired male race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appe ...

** Final — 1:28:24 (→ 16th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Michael Harvey ** Final — 4:09:18 (→ 11th place) *

Andrew Jachno Andrew Jachno (born 13 April 1962) is a retired male race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be ...

** Final — DNF (→ no ranking) *

** Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's 3,000 metres *

Donna Gould Donna Gould (born 10 June 1966) is an Australian former athlete and cyclist. She competed in the women's 3000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the women's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics ( ...

** Heat — 9.05.56 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon * Lisa Martin ** Final — 2:29.03 (→ 7th place) Women's 400m Hurdles *

Debbie Flintoff-King Debra ("Debbie") Lee Flintoff-King, (OAM) (born 20 April 1960) is a retired Australian athlete, and winner of the women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Athletics career Flintoff-King was born in Melbourne, the daughter of ...

** 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 ** 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 Vanessa Carol Ward (née Browne; born 5 January 1963) 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. This (as of 2013) still stands as the Austr ...

** Qualification — 1.90m ** Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place) * Christine Stanton ** Qualification — 1.90m ** Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place) Women's Discus Throw *

Gael Martin Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin (born 27 August 1956) is a former Australian athlete who competed in the shot put and in the discus throw at the Olympic level and also had a career in powerlifting. Athletics Born in Melbourne, Mulhall-Martin is ...

** Qualification — 55.38m ** Final — 55.88m (→ 8th place) Women's Javelin Throw * Petra Rivers ** Qualification — 59.12m ** Final — 56.20m (→ 12th place) Women's Shot Put *

** Final — 19.19 m (→ Bronze Medal) Women's Heptathlon * Glynis Nunn ** 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 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-w ...

(captain) ** Andrew Campbell **

Damian Keogh Damian Thomas Keogh (born 1 February 1962, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian former professional basketball player who played his career in Australia's National Basketball League for the Nunawading Spectres, Bankstown Bruins, West Sydney ...

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 swimm ...

** Mark Dalton **

Wayne Carroll Wayne Carroll (born 22 March 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Wayne “Christmas” Carroll started playing seniors with Ganmain in 1976 under lege ...

** Mel Dalgleish ** Andrew Gaze ** Ian Davies ** Danny Morseau **

Brad Dalton Bradley Dalton (born 12 September 1959) is an Australian former basketball player, who played for the City of Sydney Astronauts (1979–1980), West Adelaide Bearcats (1981–1982), Sydney Supersonics (1983), Geelong Supercats (1984–1987) and ...

Ray Borner Ray Borner OAM (born 27 May 1962) is an Australian former basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League. He was named as the NBL's Most Valuable Player for the 1985 season, becoming the first Australian born player to win ...

*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 ...

;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 (born 6 October 1959) 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 Ol ...

** Bronwyn Marshall **

Jenny Cheesman Jennifer "Jenny" Cheesman (born 2 November 1957) is a former Australian women's basketball player and coach. Biography Cheesman played 167 games for the national team between 1975 and 1988, competing at two Olympic Games, in 1984 and 1988. C ...

(captain) **

Patricia Cockrem Patricia "Trish" Cockrem (born 17 May 1961) is a former Australian women's basketball player.Patricia Co ...

** Donna Quinn ** Patricia Mickan **

Julie Nykiel Julie Dawn Nykiel (born 13 December 1958) is a former Australian women's basketball player. Biography Basketball Nykiel played for the national team between 1979 and 1990, competing at two Olympic Games; 1984 and 1988.

** Kathryn Foster ** Marina Moffa **

Karen Dalton Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic l ...

** Wendy Laidlaw **

Sue Geh Susanna Geh (10 September 1959 – 14 September 1998) was an Australian basketball player. Biography Geh was educated in Canberra at Forrest Primary School, Alfred Deakin High School and Phillip College (1976). After leaving school, she worke ...

Head Coach: Brendan Flynn

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) *

Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech (born 28 May 1964) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2008. He won world titles in three weight divisions, having held the IBF bantamweight title from 1985 to 1987, the WBC super-bantamweight ...

*# First round — Defeated René Centellas (BOL), RSC-3 *# Second round — Defeated David Mwaba (TNZ), 5:0 *# Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 1:4

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented Australia in 1984, winning gold in the team pursuit. ; Individual road race * Jeff Leslie – +22:20 (→ 50th place) * Michael Lynch – +27:05 (→ 55th place) * Gary Trowell – did not finish (→ no ranking) * John Watters – did not finish (→ no ranking) ;

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 ...

* Jeff Leslie * Michael Lynch * Gary Trowell * John Watters ; 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 ...

* Max Rainsford ; 1000m time trial * Max Rainsford ;

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 ...

Dean Woods Dean Anthony Woods Order of Australia, OAM (22 June 1966 – 3 March 2022) was an Australian racing cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria (Australia), Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. On Australia ...

Michael Grenda Michael Ronald Grenda, OAM (born 24 April 1962) is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Australia, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the gold medal in the men's ...

;

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 ...

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.Michael Turtur Michael Colin Turtur (born 2 July 1958 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist in the 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, with team members Dean Woods, Kevin Nichols and Micha ...

;

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...

* Glenn Clarke * Gary West

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Steve Foley ** Preliminary round — 543.87 ** Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1984. ; Men's foil * Greg Benko ; Women's foil * Helen Smith * Andrea Chaplin

Gymnastics

Hockey

;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (Group A) **

— Malaysia 5–0 **

— Spain 3–1 **

— West Germany 3–0 **

— India 4–2 **

— USA 2–1 *Semi-finals **

— Pakistan 0–1 *Bronze Medal Game **

— Great Britain 2–3 (→ Fourth Place) *Team Roster **

Ric Charlesworth Richard Ian Charlesworth AO (born 6 February 1952) is an Australian sports coach and former politician. He played first-class cricket for Western Australia and international field hockey for the Kookaburras (the Australian national team), winn ...

** David Bell ** Jim Irvine ** Terry Walsh ** Trevor Smith **

Grant Boyce Grant Boyce (born 30 May 1956) is an Australian field hockey player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in ...

** Nigel Patmore ** Neil Snowden ** Treva King ** Grant Mitton ** Peter Haselhurst **

Adrian Berce Adrian Berce (born 11 July 1958) is an Australian field hockey player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in ...

** Craig Davies **

Colin Batch Colin Batch (born 27 March 1958) is a professional international field hockey coach and former international player from Australia. Batch is the head coach of the Australian Men's national hockey team the ''Kookaburras'' following his appointm ...

** Michael Nobbs ** Terry Leece ;Women's team competition *Round Robin **

— West Germany 2–2 **

— New Zealand 3–0 **

— Canada 1–2 **

— USA 3–1 **

— 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 Loretta Dorman (born 23 July 1963) is an Australian former field hockey player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad ( ...

** Pamela Glossop ** Penny Gray ** Tricia Heberle ** Lorraine Hillas ** Robyn Holmes ** Kym Ireland ** Robyn Fernley (captain) ** Colleen Pearce ** Sandra Pisani ** Julene Sunderland **

Liane Tooth Liane Marianne Tooth, OAM (born 13 March 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired field hockey forward, who twice won the gold medal with the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', at the Summer Olympics: in Seo ...

** Susan Watkins *Head Coach:

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 – th ...

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1984. ;Individual * Alex Watson * Matthew Spies * Daniel Esposito ;Team * Alex Watson * Matthew Spies * Daniel Esposito

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

;Men's Competition Men's 100 m Freestyle *

Michael Delany Michael William Delany (born 22 August 1965) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Delany was best known for being ...

** Qualifying Heat 4 – 51.22 (1st) ** Final B – DNS *

Mark Stockwell Mark William Stockwell (born 5 July 1963) is an Australian former competition swimmer and three-time Olympic medallist. Stockwell is a Queensland native who specialised in freestyle sprint events, and had a successful international swimmin ...

** 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 ** Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:52.73 (4th, did not advance) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Justin Lemberg ** Qualifying Heat 2 – 3:53.89 (1st) ** Final – 3:51.79 (→ 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 4 – 3:55.06 (4th) ** Final – 3:55.48 (8th) Men's 1.500 m Freestyle * Justin Lemberg ** 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 Robert Buchanan (born 19 November 1962) is an Australian former butterfly swimmer of the 1980s who won two bronze medals in the 100-metre butterfly and the 4x100-metre medley relay, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Pitted agai ...

** Qualifying Heat 1 – 54.86 (1st) ** Final – 53.85 (→ Bronze Medal) *

** Qualifying Heat 7 – 55.70 (3rd) ** Final B – DNS Men's 200 m Butterfly *

Jon Sieben Jonathan Scott Sieben, OAM (born 24 August 1966) is an Australian former butterfly swimmer of the 1980s, who won gold in the 200-metre butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Olympics. Hailing from Brisbane, Queensland, Sieben wa ...

** Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:58.63 (2nd) ** Final – 1:57.04 (→ Gold Medal) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Peter Evans ** 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 Stuart Beringen (born 16 September 1964) is an Australian international swimming coach and former athlete. He won a silver medal for breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1982 Commonwealth Games. Major competitions At the 1982 Co ...

** Qualifying Heat 6 – 2:17.29 (1st) ** Final – 2:15.79 (→ Silver Medal) * Peter Evans ** Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:21.21 (2nd) ** Final B – DNS Men's 100 m Backstroke *

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 a ...

** Qualifying Heat 2 – 57.15 (1st) ** Final – 57.18 (5th) *

David Orbell David Rodney Orbell (born 27 February 1963) is an Australian former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Orbell finished sixth in the final of the 200-metre backstroke, and first in the B Final (ninth overall) in th ...

** Qualifying Heat 1 – 58.35 (1st) ** Final B – 58.05 (1st) Men's 200 m Backstroke *

** 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 ** 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 * Rob Woodhouse ** Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:24.85 (3rd) ** Final – 4:20.50 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

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 ...

Greg Fasala Gregory John Fasala (born 10 May 1965) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Coming from Victoria, Fasala was best ...

, and

** Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:19.94 (1st) ** Final – 3:19.68 (→ Silver Medal) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Graeme Brewer, Peter Dale, Justin Lemberg, and

** Qualifying Heat 2 – 7:26.93 (2nd) ** Final – 7:25.63 (4th) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

Thomas Stachewicz Thomas Stachewicz (born 5 December 1965) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer, who represented Australia at three Summer Olympics. Stachewicz made his Olympic debut in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he competed in the h ...

, Peter Evans,

, and

** Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:43.93 (1st) ** Final – 3.43.25 (→ Bronze Medal) ;Women's Competition Women's 50 m Freestyle *

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 s ...

** 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 ** Qualifying Heat 4 – 56.75 (1st) ** Final – 56.83 (5th) Women's 200 m Freestyle * Michelle Pearson ** 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 * 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 Cornelia "Conny" van Bentum (born 12 August 1965, in Barneveld) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Van Bentum 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 ** 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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

, Angela Harris, Janet Blood, Michelle Pearson ** Qualifying Heat 1 – 3:49.61 (2nd) * Michelle Pearson, Angela Harris, Anna McVann,

** Final – 3:47.79 (4th) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Audrey Youl, Dimity Douglas,

, and Angela Harris ** Qualifying Heat 2 – DSQ

Synchronized swimming

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 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 ...

** Raymond Mayers ** Charles Turner ** Martin Callaghan ** Christopher Wybrow ** Russell Basser ** Julian Muspratt ** Glenn Townsend *Head Coach: Tom Hoad

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Australian Olympic Committee
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