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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...
competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
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. 252 competitors, 180 men and 72 women, took part in 145 events in 24 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every
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of the modern era.


Medalists


Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Archery

In the fifth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent only men. They were not successful, with
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's 16th place the best ranking any individual received. The Australians did not qualify for the team semifinal. Men


Athletics


Men's Competition

Men's 200m * Mark Garner ** Heat – 21.09 ** Quarterfinals – 21.08 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 400m * Robert Stone ** Heat – 46.52 ** Quarterfinals – 46.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place) * Miles Murphy ** Heat – 46.38 ** Quarterfinals – 45.93 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's 1,500m * Pat Scammel ** Heat – 3:45.21 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Men's 5,000m * Andrew Lloyd ** Heat – 13:47.87 ** Semifinals – 13:42.49 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 10,000m * Andrew Lloyd ** Heat – did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's Marathon *
Steve Moneghetti Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti, (born 26 September 1962), is an Australian long-distance runner and physical health consultant, represented Australia on many occasions. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in educ ...
** Final – 2"11.49 (→ 5th place) *
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** Final – 2"13.07 (→ 8th place) * Bradley Camp ** Final – 2"23.49 (→ 41st place) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *
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, Mark Garner, Leigh Miller, and Miles Murphy ** Heat – 3:05.93 * Miles Murphy, Mark Garner,
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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 ...
** Semi-final – 3:06.63 *
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, Mark Garner, Miles Murphy, and
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 ...
** Final – 3:02.49 (→ 6th place) Men's 400m Hurdles * Leigh Miller ** Heat – 50.53 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's Long Jump *
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** Qualification – 7.64m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Simon Shirley – 8036 points (→ 15th place) :# 100 metres – 11.03s :# Long Jump – 7.45m :# Shot Put – 14.20m :# High Jump – 1.97m :# 400 metres – 48.84s :# 110m Hurdles – 15.44s :# Discus Throw – 41.68m :# Pole Vault – 4.70m :# Javelin Throw – 64.00m :# 1.500 metres – 4:27.48s Men's 20 km Walk *
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** Final – 1:21:47.0 (→ 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 – 1:24:52.0 (→ 28th place) Men's 50 km Walk *
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** Final – 3:44:07.0 (→ 6th place) *
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** Final – 3:53:23.0 (→ 19th place) Men's Discus Throw * Werner Reiterer ** Qualification – 59.78m (→ did not advance, 15th place)


Women's Competition

Women's 100m * Kerry Johnson ** Heat – 11.44 ** Quarterfinals – 11.42 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 200m * Kerry Johnson ** Heat – 23.20 ** Quarterfinals – 23.01 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 400m *
Maree Holland Maree Anne Holland (born 25 July 1963 in Parramatta) is a retired Australian sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing eighth in the final. She also competed at the 1989 Wo ...
** Heat – 52.29 ** Quarterfinals – 50.90 ** Semifinals – 50.24 ** Final – 51.25 (→ 8th place) Women's 3,000m * Jackie Perkins ** Heat – 9:01.82 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Women's 10,000m * Carolyn Schuwalow ** Heat – 32:10.05 ** Final – 32:45.07 (→ 17th place) * Jackie Perkins ** Heat – 33:45.22 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Women's 4 × 400 m Relay *
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 ...
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Maree Holland Maree Anne Holland (born 25 July 1963 in Parramatta) is a retired Australian sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing eighth in the final. She also competed at the 1989 Wo ...
, Kerry Johnson, and Jenny Laurendet ** Heat – did not start (→ no ranking) Women's Marathon * Lisa Martin ** Final – 2:25:53 (→ Silver Medal) Women's 100m Hurdles *
Jane Flemming Jane Christina Flemming OAM (born 14 April 1965) is a former Australian Olympic Games, Olympic track and field athlete. She completed her HSC in 1982 at Mater Christi College, Belgrave. She was the 1990 Commonwealth Games champion at heptathlo ...
** Heat – 13.53 ** Quarterfinals – did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking) 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 – 54.99 ** Semifinals – 54.00 ** Final – 53.17 (→ Gold Medal) * Sally Fleming ** Heat – 56.08 (→ did not advance, 19th place) * Jenny Laurendet ** Heat – 56.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Women's High Jump * Christine Stanton ** Qualification – 1.92m ** Final – 1.93m (→ 7th place) *
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** Qualification – 1.90m (→ did not advance, 13th place) Women's Long Jump *
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** Qualification – 6.72m ** Final – 6.73m (→ 5th place) Women's Heptathlon *
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** final result – 6351 points (→ 7th place)


Basketball

;Summary


Men's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals ;Bronze medal match


Women's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Semifinals ;Bronze medal match


Boxing


Canoeing


Cycling

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented Australia in 1988. ; Men's road race * Edward Salas * Stephen Fairless * Scott Steward ; Men's team time trial * Stephen Fairless * Bruce Keech *
Clayton Stevenson Clayton Stevenson (born 29 December 1967) is an Australian former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly kno ...
* Scott Steward ; Men's sprint *
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; Men's 1 km time trial * Martin Vinnicombe ; Men's individual pursuit *
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 ...
; Men's team pursuit * Brett Dutton *
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* Stephen McGlede *
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Scott McGrory Scott Anthony McGrory (born 22 December 1969) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Men's points race *
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; Women's road race *
Elizabeth Hepple Elizabeth Hepple (born 7 July 1959) is an Australian former cyclist. She was the first Australian ever to take the podium at Tour de France, placing third in 1988. She competed in the women's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In ...
– 2:00:52 (→ 22nd place) *
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 ( ...
– 2:00:52 (→ 27th place) *
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– 2:00:52 (→ 29th place) ; Women's sprint *
Julie Speight Julie Robyn Speight (born 1 October 1966) is an Australian former Cycle sport, cyclist, eight time National champion, and Australia's first female Olympic and Commonwealth Games track cyclist, competing in the Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympic ...


Diving


Equestrianism


Fencing

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Australia in 1988. ; Men's foil * Robert Davidson ; Men's épée * Robert Davidson ; Women's foil * Andrea Chaplin


Football


Gymnastics


Hockey


Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (Group A) **
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3–2 **
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1–0 * Semi-finals **
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2–3 * Bronze Medal Game **
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1–2 (→ Fourth place) * Team Roster ** ( 1.) Craig Davies (captain) ** ( 2.)
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** ( 3.) John Bestall ** ( 4.)
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** ( 5.)
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** ( 6.) Andrew Deane ** ( 7.)
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** ( 8.) Mark Hager ** ( 9.)
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** (10.) Neil Hawgood ** (11.) Peter Noel (goalkeeper) ** (12.) Graham Reid ** (13.) Roger Smith ** (14.) Neil Snowden (goalkeeper) ** (15.) David Wansbrough ** (16.) Ken Wark *Head coach: Richard Aggiss


Women's team competition

* Preliminary round (Group B) **
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– Canada 1–1 **
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– West Germany 1–0 **
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– South Korea 5–5 * Semi-finals **
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– The Netherlands 3–2 * Final **
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– South Korea 2–0 (→ Gold Medal) * Team Roster ** ( 1.)
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(goalkeeper) ** ( 2.) Elsbeth Clement ** ( 3.)
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 ...
** ( 4.) Loretta Dorman ** ( 5.) Lorraine Hillas ** ( 6.) Michelle Capes ** ( 7.) Sandra Pisani ** ( 8.) Deborah Bowman (captain) ** ( 9.) Lee Capes ** (10.) Kim Small ** (11.) Sally Carbon ** (12.) Jackie Pereira ** (13.) Tracey Belbin ** (14.)
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** (15.) Sharon Buchanan ** (16.) Maree Fish (goalkeeper) *Head coach:
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Judo


Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1988. Men's Individual Competition: * Alexander Watson – 0 pt, 64th place Men's team competition: * Watson – 0 pt, 64th place


Rowing

* Ion Popa


Sailing


Shooting


Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle *
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** Heat – 22.99 ** Final – 23.15 (→ 8th place) * Tom Stachewicz ** Heat – 23.72 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100 m Freestyle *
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** Heat – 50.34 ** Final – 50.23 (→ 6th place) * Tom Stachewicz ** Heat – 50.90 ** B-Final – 50.71 (→ 9th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Duncan Armstrong ** Heat – 1:48.86 ** Final – 1:47.25 (→ Gold Medal) * Tom Stachewicz ** Heat – 1:51.02 ** B-Final – 1:50.83 (→ 11th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Duncan Armstrong ** Heat – 3:50.64 ** Final – 3:47.15 (→ Silver Medal) *
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** Heat – 3:51.09 ** B-Final – 3:54.63 (→ 13th place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Michael Bruce McKenzie ** Heat – 15:19.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place) * Jason Plummer ** Heat – 15:22.85 (→ did not advance, 14th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke *
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** Heat – 58.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place) * Simon Upton ** Heat – 59.06 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Men's 200 m Backstroke * Simon Upton ** Heat – 2:05.08 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Ian McAdam ** Heat – 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke * Ian McAdam ** Heat – 2:19.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 100 m Butterfly *
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** Heat – 53.85 ** Final – 53.33 (→ 4th place) * David Wilson ** Heat – 55.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly * David Wilson ** Heat – 1:59.02 ** Final – 1:59.20 (→ 6th place) * Martin Roberts ** Heat – 2:00.32 ** B-Final – 2:04.28 (→ 16th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley * Robert Bruce ** Heat – 2:04.31 ** Final – 2:04.34 (→ 6th place) * Rob Woodhouse ** Heat 8 – 2:05.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley * Robert Bruce ** Heat – 4:25.15 ** B-Final – 4:24.33 (→ 11th place) * Rob Woodhouse ** Heat 5 – 4:25.60 ** B-Final – 4:26.14 (→ 14th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Jason Plummer,
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, Martin Roberts, and Tom Stachewicz ** Heat – 7:21.46 * Tom Stachewicz,
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, Jason Plummer, and Duncan Armstrong ** Final – 7:15.23 (→ 4th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *
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, Ian McAdam,
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** Heat – 3:47.40 ** Final – 3:45.85 (→ 6th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle * Karen van Wirdum ** Heat – 26.12 ** Final – 26.01 (→ 8th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle * Karen van Wirdum ** Heat – 56.84 ** B-Final – 57.04 (→ 14th place) * Susanne Baumer ** Heat – 57.76 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Women's 200 m Freestyle * Sheridan Burge-Lopez ** Heat – 2:03.42 (→ did not advance, 20th place) * Susanne Baumer ** Heat – 2:04.82 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 400 m Freestyle * Janelle Elford ** Heat – 4:11.07 ** Final – 4:10.64 (→ 5th place) * Sheridan Burge-Lopez ** Heat – 4:12.77 ** B-Final – 4:10.21 (→ 9th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle * Julie McDonald ** Heat – 8:29.68 ** Final – 8:22.93 (→ Bronze Medal) * Janelle Elford ** Heat – 8:32.14 ** B-Final – 8:30.94 (→ 6th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke * Nicole Livingstone ** Heat – 1:03.26 ** Final – 1:04.15 (→ 7th place) * Karen Lord ** Heat – 1:04.69 (→ did not advance, 16th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke * Nicole Livingstone ** Heat – 2:14.81 ** Final – 2:13.43 (→ 5th place) * Karen Lord ** Heat – 2:16.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place) ** B-Final – 2:18.78 (→ 14th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Lara Hooiveld ** Heat – 1:11.40 ** B-Final – 1:11.26 (→ 15th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke * Lara Hooiveld ** Heat – 2:39.97 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly * Fiona Alessandri ** Heat – 1:01.90 ** B-Final – 1:02.51 (→ 13th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly *
Donna Procter Donna McGovern ( Procter, born 16 October 1969) is a retired Australian butterfly and medley swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olymp ...
** Heat – 2:18.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley * Jodie Clatworthy ** Heat – 2:17.29 ** Final – 2:16.31 (→ 4th place) *
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** Heat – 2:21.79 (→ 19th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley * Jodie Clatworthy ** Heat – 4:44.26 ** Final – 4:45.86 (→ 6th place) *
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** Heat – 4:47.57 ** Final – 4:47.51 (→ 8th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Nicole Livingstone, Lara Hooiveld, Fiona Alessandri and Karen van Wirdum ** Heat – 4:14.32 ** Final – 4:11.57 (→ 4th place)


Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Australia in 1988. ; Women's solo * Lisa Lieschke * Semon Rohloff ; Women's duet * Lisa Lieschke * Semon Rohloff


Table tennis


Tennis

Men's Singles Competition * John Fitzgerald ** First round – Lost to
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** First round – Defeated
Luiz Mattar Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played on the professional tour from 1985–1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. Mattar's career-hig ...
(Brazil) 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-7 6-4 ** Second round – Lost to
Carl-Uwe Steeb Carl-Uwe Steeb (born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad. His best singles performances at Grand Slam Grand Slam mo ...
(West Germany) 3-6 7-5 3-6 6-1 5-7 Men's Doubles Competition *
Darren Cahill Darren Cahill (born 2 October 1965) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia. In addition, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the Grand Slam events on the US sports network ESPN and a coach with the Adidas Player Devel ...
and John Fitzgerald ** First round – Defeated Anastasios Bavelas and George Kalovelonis (Greece) 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-1 ** Second round – Defeated
Bruce Derlin Bruce Phillip Derlin (born 28 November 1961 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired tennis player from New Zealand. Derlin represented his native country at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. There, the left-hander lost in the second round of the men's d ...
and
Kelly Evernden Kelly Graeme Evernden (born 21 September 1961) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand. Evernden turned professional in 1985 and won his first tour doubles title in 1986 at Cologne. His first top-level singles title came in 198 ...
(New Zealand) 6-7 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-1 ** Quarterfinals – Lost to Stefan Edberg and
Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two US Open, one Australian Open), reached the world No ...
(Sweden) 3-6 4-6 3-6
Women's Singles Competition *
Anne Minter Anne Minter (born 3 April 1963) is a former tennis player from Australia. She competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Minter won four singles titles on ...
** First round – Defeated Xochitl Escobedo (Mexico) 6-1 6-3 ** Second round – Lost to
Natasha Zvereva Natallia Marataŭna Zvierava ( be, Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; russian: Наталья Маратовна Зверева, Natalia Maratovna Zvereva; born 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus ...
(Soviet Union) 4-6 6-3 1-6 * Elizabeth Smylie ** First round – Lost to
Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi (; born 27 November 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career As a junior, Reggi won the Orange Bowl 16 and under in 1981. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982. Reggi won the mixe ...
(Italy) 6-7 0-6 *
Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull, , (born 26 November 1952) is a retired tennis player from Australia. During her career, she won nine Grand Slam titles, four of them in women's doubles and five of them in mixed doubles. She also was a three-time Grand Slam runn ...
** First round – Defeated
Clare Wood Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of wo ...
(Great Britain) 6-1 6-3 ** Second round – Lost to
Natasha Zvereva Natallia Marataŭna Zvierava ( be, Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; russian: Наталья Маратовна Зверева, Natalia Maratovna Zvereva; born 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus ...
(Soviet Union) 4-6 6-3 1-6


Water polo

Men's team competition * Preliminary round (Group A) ** Lost to West Germany (11-13) ** Lost to Soviet Union (4-11) ** Lost to Italy (5-7) ** Defeated France (7-6) ** Defeated South Korea (13-2) * Classification Round (Group D) ** Defeated Spain (8-7) ** Lost to Hungary (5-13) → 8th place * Team Roster ** Glenn Townsend ** Richard Pengelley ** Christopher Harrison ** Troy Stockwell **
Andrew Wightman Andrew Wightman (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'es ...
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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 ...
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Raymond Mayers Raymond Mayers (born 8 January 1960) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1 ...
** Geoffrey Clark ** John Fox ** Christopher Wybrow ** Simon Asher ** Andrew Taylor **
Donald Cameron Donald Cameron may refer to: Scottish Clan Cameron * Donald Cameron of Lochiel (c. 1695 or 1700–1748), 19th Chief, and his descendants: ** Donald Cameron, 22nd Lochiel (1769–1832), 22nd Chief ** Donald Cameron of Lochiel (1835–1905), Scott ...
*Head coach: Tom Hoad


Weightlifting


Wrestling


See also

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Australia at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Australia participated at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland in 24 July and 2 August 1986. . It was Australia's thirteenth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Austra ...
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Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their fourteenth of 14 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games. Medallists 'The following Australian competitors won medals at the games. ...


References

{{NOCin1988SummerOlympics Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...