Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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 — 2434 points (→ 31st place)

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
  • Heat — 45.68
  • Quarterfinals — 44.77
  • Semifinals — 45.26
  • Final — 44.75 (→ 4th place)
• Bruce Frayne
  • 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 — 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
  • Final result — 7683 points (→ 14th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• David Smith
  • Final — 1:26:48 (→ 10th place)
• Simon Baker
  • Final — 1:27:43 (→ 14th place)
• Willi Sawall
  • Final — 1:28:24 (→ 16th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Michael Harvey
  • Final — 4:09:18 (→ 11th place)
• Andrew Jachno
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
• Willi Sawall
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's 3,000 metres

• Donna Gould
  • 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
  • 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
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place)
• Christine Stanton
  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Gael Martin
  • 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

• Gael Martin
  • Final — 19.19 m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Heptathlon

• Glynis Nunn
  • Final result — 6390 points (→ Gold Medal)

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 (captain)
  • Andrew Campbell
  • Damian Keogh
  • Larry Sengstock
  • Mark Dalton
  • Wayne Carroll
  • Mel Dalgleish
  • Andrew Gaze
  • Ian Davies
  • Danny Morseau
  • Brad Dalton
  • Ray Borner
• Head coach: Lindsay Gaze

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
  • Bronwyn Marshall
  • Jenny Cheesman (captain)
  • Patricia Cockrem
  • Donna Quinn
  • Patricia Mickan
  • Julie Nykiel
  • Kathryn Foster
  • Marina Moffa
  • Karen Dalton
  • Wendy Laidlaw
  • Sue Geh

Head Coach: Brendan Flynn

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

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

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

• Jeff Leslie
• Michael Lynch
• Gary Trowell
• John Watters

Sprint

• Kenrick Tucker
• Max Rainsford

1000m time trial

• Max Rainsford

Individual pursuit

• Dean Woods
• Michael Grenda

Team pursuit

• Michael Grenda
• Kevin Nichols
• Michael Turtur
• Dean Woods

Points race

• Glenn Clarke
• Gary West

Men's 3m Springboard

• Steve Foley
  • Preliminary round — 543.87
  • Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place)

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

Men's foil

• Greg Benko

Women's foil

• Helen Smith
• Andrea Chaplin

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Australia — Malaysia 5–0
  • Australia — Spain 3–1
  • Australia — West Germany 3–0
  • Australia — India 4–2
  • Australia — USA 2–1
• Semi-finals
  • Australia — Pakistan 0–1
• Bronze Medal Game
  • Australia — Great Britain 2–3 (→ Fourth Place)
• Team Roster
  • Ric Charlesworth
  • David Bell
  • Jim Irvine
  • Terry Walsh
  • Trevor Smith
  • Grant Boyce
  • Nigel Patmore
  • Neil Snowden
  • Treva King
  • Grant Mitton
  • Peter Haselhurst
  • Adrian Berce
  • Craig Davies
  • Colin Batch
  • Michael Nobbs
  • Terry Leece

Women's team competition

• Round Robin
  • Australia — West Germany 2–2
  • Australia — New Zealand 3–0
  • Australia — Canada 1–2
  • Australia — USA 3–1
  • Australia — 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
  • 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

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1984.

Individual

• Alex Watson
• Matthew Spies
• Daniel Esposito

Team

• Alex Watson
• Matthew Spies
• Daniel Esposito

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Michael Delany
  • Qualifying heat 4 – 51.22 (1st)
  • Final b – DNS
• Mark Stockwell
  • 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
  • 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
  • Qualifying heat 1 – 54.86 (1st)
  • Final – 53.85 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Mark Stockwell
  • Qualifying heat 7 – 55.70 (3rd)
  • Final b – DNS

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Jon Sieben
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Qualifying heat 1 – 2:06.45 (2nd)
  • Final b – 2:04.85 (1st)
• Glenn Beringen
  • 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, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell
  • 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 Ron McKeon
  • Qualifying heat 2 – 7:26.93 (2nd)
  • Final – 7:25.63 (4th)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Thomas Stachewicz, Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell
  • 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
  • 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)
• 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 (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

• Lisa Curry, Angela Harris, Janet Blood, Michelle Pearson
  • Qualifying heat 1 – 3:49.61 (2nd)
• Michelle Pearson, Angela Harris, Anna McVann, Lisa Curry
  • Final – 3:47.79 (4th)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

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

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

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