Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Australia at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: AUS
NOC: Australian Olympic Committee
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1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors 290 (194 men, 96 women) 
Flag Bearer Jenny Donnett (opening)
Kieren Perkins (closing)
Medals Gold
7
Silver
9
Bronze
11
Total
27
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896190019041908* • 1912* • 19201924192819321936194819521956196019641968197219761980198419881992199620002004
*with New Zealand as Australasia
Winter Olympic Games appearances
19241928193219361948195219561960196419681972197619801984198819921994199820022006

Australia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In the sixth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men. Grant Greenham had the nation's only individual win, though the trio also won their first match in the team round.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Grant Greenham — Round of 16, 16th place (1-1)
  • Simon Fairweather — Round of 32, 25th place (0-1)
  • Scott Hunter-Russell — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Greenham, Fairweather, and Hunter-Russell — Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

Women's Marathon

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B):
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (116-76)
  • Lost to Unified Team (63-85)
  • Defeated Venezuela (78-71)
  • Defeated China (88-66)
  • Lost to Lithuania (87-98)
  • Quarter Finals:
  • Lost to Croatia (65-98)
  • Classification Matches:
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Germany (109-79)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (80-90) → 6th place
  • Team Roster:

Head Coach: Adrian Hurley

[edit] Football

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Australia – Ghana 1-3
  • Australia – Mexico 1-1
  • Australia – Denmark 3-0
  • Quarter Finals
  • Australia – Sweden 2-1
  • Semi Finals
  • Australia – Poland 1-6
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Australia – Ghana 0-1


  • Team Roster

Head coach: Eddie Thomson

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Semi Finals
  • Final
  • Australia – Germany 1 - 2 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th-8th place: Australia – New Zealand 5 - 1
  • 5th-6th place: Australia – The Netherlands 2 - 0
  • Team Roster
  • ( 1.) Kathleen Partridge (gk)
  • ( 2.) Christine Dobson
  • ( 3.) Liane Tooth
  • ( 4.) Alyson Annan
  • ( 5.) Juliet Haslam
  • ( 6.) Michelle Hager
  • ( 7.) Alison Peek
  • ( 8.) Lisa Powell
  • ( 9.) Lisa Naughton (gk)
  • (10.) Kate Starre
  • (11.) Sally Carbon
  • (12.) Jackie Pereira
  • (13.) Tracey Belbin
  • (14.) Rechelle Hawkes
  • (15.) Sharon Buchanan
  • (16.) Debbie Bowman-Sullivan

Head coach: Brian Glencross

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Gavin Wayne Lackey → 30th place (5,111 points)
  • Colin Michael Hamilton → 58th place (4,594 points)
  • Alexander Watson → 63rd place (4,279 points)


Men's Team Competition:

  • Lackey, Hamilton, and Watson → 16th place (13,984 points)


[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Darren Lange
    1. Heat – 23.01
    2. B-Final – 22.69 (→ 9th place)
  • Angus Waddell
    1. Heat – 23.10
    2. B-Final – 23.06 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Chris Fydler
    1. Heat – 50.26
    2. B-Final – 50.78 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Kieren Perkins
    1. Heat – 1:49.26
    2. B-Final – 1:49.75 (→ 10th place)
  • Ian Brown
    1. Heat – 1:49.32
    2. B-Final – 1:49.77 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Kieren Perkins
    1. Heat – 3:49.24
    2. Final – 3:45.16 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Ian Brown
    1. Heat – 3:50.12
    2. Final – 3:48.79 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Kieren Perkins
    1. Heat – 15:02.75
    2. Final – 14:43.48 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Glen Housman
    1. Heat – 15:11.36
    2. Final – 14:55.29 3:48.79 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Tom Stachewicz
    1. Heat – 57.03 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • Toby Haenen
    1. Heat – 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Toby Haenen
    1. Heat – 2:06.79 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Phil Rogers
    1. Heat – 1:02.10
    2. Final – 1:01.76 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Shane Lewis
    1. Heat – 1:04.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Phil Rogers
    1. Heat – 2:14.39
    2. Final – 2:13.59 (→ 6th place)
  • Rodney Lawson
    1. Heat – 2:15.67
    2. B-Final – 2:15.50 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition




Men's Doubles Competition