Australia at the 2004 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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2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 482 in 30 sports
Flag Bearer Colin Beashel (opening)
Petria Thomas (closing)
Medals Gold
17		 Silver
16		 Bronze
16		 Total
49
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
*with New Zealand as Australasia
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
NOC symbol of Australia
NOC symbol of Australia

Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1896. Australia is represented by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).

Australia entered the Athens Games having won a total of 58 medals, including 16 gold, as the host of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Its strongest sports were swimming, cycling, diving and rowing.

A list of the members of the Australian Olympic team follows. Names in bold are medal winners.


Contents

[edit] Archery

1 Bronze

Men's individual:

Women's individual:

Men's team:

Women's team:

[edit] Athletics

1 Silver, 2 Bronze

  • Men
    • 100 m - Joshua Ross (eliminated in round 2)
    • 200 m - Adam Miller (eliminated in round 1)
    • 400 m - Casey Vincent, Clinton Hill (both eliminated in round 1)
    • 3000 m steeplechase - Peter Nowill (eliminated in round 1)
    • 5000 m - Craig Mottram (8th in final)
    • 4x100 m relay - Adam Basil, Paul di Bella, Patrick Johnson, Joshua Ross (6th in final)
    • 4x400 m relay - John Steffensen, Mark Ormrod, Patrick Dwyer, Clinton Hill (Silver medal)
    • Marathon - Lee Troop (2:18:46, 28th place)
    • Marathon - Nicholas Harrison (2:21:42, 45th place)
    • Marathon - Sisay Bezabeh (2:25:26, 60th place)
    • 20 km walk - Nathan Deakes (Bronze medal), Luke Adams (16th place)
    • 50 km walk - Nathan Deakes (disqualified)
    • Triple jump - Andrew Murphy (eliminated in first round)
    • Pole vault - Paul Burgess (11th in final) Steven Hooker (eliminated in first round), Dmitri Markov (eliminated in first round)
    • Shot put - Justin Anlezark (7th in final)
    • Javelin - William Hamlyn-Harris (eliminated in first round), Oliver Dziubak (eliminated in first round)
    • Hammer - Stuart Rendell (eliminated in first round)
  • Women
    • 200 m - Lauren Hewitt (eliminated in second round)
    • 400 m hurdles - Jana Pittman (5th in final)
    • 800 m - Tamsyn Lewis (eliminated in first round)
    • 1500 m - Sarah Jamieson (eliminated in first round)
    • 10000 m - Benita Johnson (24th place) Haley McGregor (25th place)
    • Heptathlon - Kylie Wheeler (18th place)
    • Marathon - Kerryn McCann (31st place)
    • 20 km walk - Jane Saville (Bronze medal), Natalie Saville (36th place), Cheryl Webb (38th place)
    • Long jump - Bronwyn Thompson
    • High jump - Petrina Price
    • Pole vault - Kym Howe (eliminated in first round)
    • Hammer - Bronwyn Eagles (eliminated in first round), Brooke Krueger (eliminated in first round)

Other: Christie Dawes; Katerina Dressler; Kurt Fearnley; David Geddes; Rosemary Hayward; Rebecca Irwin; Kristopher McCarthy; Andrew McManus; Renee Robson; Louise Sauvage; Annabelle Smith; Deborah Sosimenko; Eliza Stankovic.

[edit] Badminton

All of Australia's badminton players and pairs were defeated in their respective first round.

Men's singles:

Women's singles:

Men's doubles:

Women's doubles:

Mixed doubles:

  • Travis Denney and Kate Wilson-Smith - defeated in round of 32

[edit] Baseball

Silver medal

Advanced into Final match after defeating a Japanese team made up of professional players in Semifinal (1-0). Lost to Cuba in Final 2-6.

[edit] Basketball

1 Silver

[edit] Men's team competition

  • 10th place


Team Roster

Head Coach: Brian Goorjian

[edit] Women's Team Competition

[edit] Beach Volleyball

  • Men's
    • Andrew Schacht & Joshua Slack - Eliminated in round of 16
    • Julien Prosser & Mark Williams - 4th place
  • Women's

[edit] Boxing

  • Men's Light Fly Weight (< 48 kg)
    • Peter Wakefield - Eliminated in the Round of 16 - Points Decision 29:20
  • Men's Fly Weight (49 kg - 51 kg)
    • Bradley Hore - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Points Decision 18:32
  • Men's Bantam Weight (52 kg - 54 kg)
    • Joel Brunker - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Referee Stop Contest Outscored 3:23 in Round 3
  • Men's Feather Weight (55 kg - 57 kg)
    • Ryan Langham - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Points Decision 15:40
  • Men's Light Weight (58 kg - 60 kg)
    • Anthony Little - Eliminated in the Round of 16 - Referee Stop Contest Outscored 9:29 in Round 3
  • Men's Light Welter Weight (61 kg - 64 kg)
    • Anoushirvan Nourian - Eliminated in the Round of 16 - Points Decision 25:33
  • Men's Welter Weight (65 kg - 69 kg)
    • Gerard O'Mahony - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Points Decision 27:54
  • Men's Middle Weight (70 kg - 75 kg)
    • Jamie Pittman - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Points Decision 23:24
  • Men's Light Heavy Weight (76 kg - 81 kg)
    • No competitors
  • Men's Heavy Weight (82 kg - 91 kg)
    • Adam Forsyth - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals - Points Decision 12:27
  • Men's Super Heavy Weight (> 91 kg)
    • No competitors

[edit] Canoeing

2 Silver

Men's K1 500m: Nathan Baggaley (Silver)

Men's K2 500m: Nathan Baggaley, Clint Robinson (Silver)

Kate Barclay; Robin Bell; Mark Bellofiore; Daniel Collins; Warwick Draper; Martin Marinov; Chantal Meek; Lachlan Milne; Louise Natoli; Lisa Oldenhof; Amanda Rankin; David Rhodes.

[edit] Cycling

6 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze

Mountain bike: Joshua Fleming; Lisa Mathison; Sidney Taberlay.

Road:

Track:

[edit] Diving

1 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze

Men's 3m Springboard:

Men's 10m Platform:

Women's 3m Springboard:

Women's 10m Platform:

Other Divers:

  • Lynda Dackiw

[edit] Equestrian

Tim Amitrano; Olivia Bunn; Phillip Dutton; Mary Hanna; Andrew Hoy; Phillip Dutton; Erica MacMillan; Stuart Tinney; Rebel Morrow; Olivia Bunn.

[edit] Fencing

Men's: Épée Individual: Seamus Robinson - defeated in round of 32

Women's Épée Individual: Evelyn Halls - defeated in round of 16

Men's Foil Individual: Frank Bartolillo - defeated in round of 32

[edit] Football

Men's Team Roster: John Aloisi; Alex Brosque; Tim Cahill; Shane Cansdell-Sherriff; Anthony Danze; Spase Dilevski; Ahmad Elrich; Eugene Galekovic; Ryan Griffiths; Brett Holman; Bradley Jones; Adrian Madaschi; Jonathan McKain; Craig Moore; Jade North; David Tarka; Carl Valeri; Luke Wilkshire.

Australia lost to Iraq in Quarter-Finals. Score: Iraq: 1 Australia: 0

Women's Team Roster: Dianne Alagich, Melissa Barbieri, Rhian Davies, Lisa De Vanna, Gillian Foster, Heather Garriock, Tal Karp, Cassandra Kell, Selin Kuralay, Kylie Ledbrook, Joanne Peters, Karla Reuter, Cheryl Salisbury, Sally Shipard, Thea Slatyer, Danielle Small, Sacha Wainwright, and Sarah Walsh.

Australia lost to Sweden in Quarter-Finals. Score: Sweden: 2 Australia: 1

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

  • Philippe Rizzo - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic: 8th place team

  • Allana Slater - advanced in two exercises
    • Beam - 8th place
    • All-around - 10th place
  • Stephanie Moorhouse - advanced in one exercise
    • All-around - 20th place
  • Melissa Munro - did not advance in any exercise
  • Karen Nguyen - did not advance in any exercise
  • Monette Russo - did not advance in any exercise
  • Lisa Skinner - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

Lesley Daly; Danielle Kelly

[edit] Hockey

1 Gold

[edit] Men's team competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Australia - New Zealand 4-1
  • Australia - Argentina 2-2
  • Australia - India 4-3
  • Australia - South Africa 3-2
  • Australia - Netherlands 1-2
  • Semi Finals
  • Australia - Spain 6-3
  • Final
  • Australia - Netherlands 2-1 (After extra time, → Gold Medal)

Team Roster

[edit] Women's team

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Australia - Germany 1-2
  • Australia - South Africa 3-0
  • Australia - South Korea 2-2
  • Australia - The Netherlands 0-1
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th-8th place: Australia - Japan 3-1
  • 5th-6th place: Australia - New Zealand 3-0 (→ Fifth place)

Team Roster

  • Katie Allen
  • Carmel Bakurski
  • Toni Cronk
  • Louise Dobson
  • Suzanne Faulkner
  • Peta Gallagher
  • Emily Halliday
  • Nikki Hudson
  • Rachel Imison
  • Bianca Netzler
  • Katrina Powell (c)
  • Angie Skirving
  • Karen Smith
  • Sarah Taylor
  • Julie Towers
  • Melanie Twitt

[edit] Judo

Men

  • 60 kg: Scott Fernandis - defeated in round of 32
  • 66 kg: Heath Young - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16
  • 73 kg: Andrew Collett - defeated in round of 32
  • 80 kg: Morgan Endicott-Davies - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16
  • 90 kg: Daniel Kelly - defeated in round of 32; repechage quarterfinals
  • 100 kg: Martin Kelly - defeated in round of 16
  • 100+ kg: Semir Pepic - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

Women

  • 48 kg: Sonya Chervonsky - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32
  • 57 kg: Maria Pekli - defeated in round of 32
  • 63 kg: Carly Dixon - defeated in round of 16
  • 70 kg: Catherine Arlove - defeated in semifinals; repechage semifinals
  • 78+ kg: Jessica Malone - defeated in round of 16; repechage quarterfinals

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's

  • Alexander Parygin - 4904pts (27th place)

Women's

  • Eszter Hortobagyi - 4964pts (20th place)

[edit] Rowing

1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze

Men

  • Eight: Bo Hanson, Michael McKay, Stuart Reside, Geoffrey Stewart, James Stewart, Stephen Stewart, Stefan Szczurowski, Stuart Welch, Michael Toon (cox) - Bronze medal
  • Coxless four: David Dennis, Robert Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David McGowan - 4th
  • Coxless pair: Drew Ginn, James Tomkins - Gold medal
  • Quad scull: Scott Brennan, Shaun Coulton, David Crawshay, Duncan Free.
  • Double scull: Peter Hardcastle, Brendan Long
  • Single scull: Craig Jones - eliminated in heats
  • Lightweight coxless four: Simon Burgess, Ben Cureton, Anthony Edwards, Glen Loftus - Silver medal
  • Lightweight double scull: George Jelbart, Cameron Wurf

Women

  • Eight: Kyeema Doyle, Katie Foulkes (cox), Monique Heinke, Catriona Oliver, Sarah Outhwaite, Victoria Roberts, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson, Jodi Winter.
  • Quad scull: Amber Bradley, Kerry Hore, Dana Faletic, Rebecca Sattin - 4th in final (Promoted to Bronze after a member of third-placed Ukrainian team fails drug test)
  • Double scull: Donna Martin, Jane Robinson - eliminated in heats
  • Lightweight double scull: Amber Halliday, Sally Newmarch - World Record in Heat (6:49.90), fourth place in A Final

[edit] Sailing

Jennifer Armstrong; Colin Beashel; Nicky Bethwaite; Michael Blackburn; Sarah Blanck; Gary Boyd; Darren Bundock; Jessica Crisp; John Forbes; David Giles; Karyn Gojnich; Lars Kleppich; Kristin Kosmala; Christopher Nicholson; Anthony Nossiter; Malcolm Page; Belinda Stowell; Nathan Wilmot.

[edit] Shooting

1 Gold, 1 Bronze

Men's

  • 10 m Air Pistol
    • David Moore - eliminated in qualifying round (27th)
    • Daniel Repacholi - eliminated in qualifying round (36th)
  • Trap

Women's

  • 10 m Air Pistol
    • Lalita Yauhleuskaya - eliminated in qualifying round (21st)
    • Linda Ryan - eliminated in qualifying round (28th)
  • 10 m Air Rifle
    • Susan McCready - eliminated in qualifying round (27th)
  • Trap
    • Suzanne Balogh - Gold medal

Other: George Barton; Michael Diamond; Kim Frazer; Stephen Haberman; Matthew Inabinet; Timothy Lowndes; Lauryn Mark; Warren Potent; Bruce Quick; Paul Rahman; Susan Trindall; Tom Turner; Bryan Wilson; Annette Woodward.

[edit] Softball

1 Silver

Sandra Allen; Marissa Carpadios; Fiona Crawford; Amanda Doman; Peta Edebone; Tanya Harding; Natalie Hodgskin; Simmone Morrow; Tracey Mosley; Stacey Porter; Melanie Roche; Natalie Titcume; Natalie Ward; Brooke Wilkins; Kerry Wyborn.

  • Preliminary round: 6-1 record, 2nd seed
  • Semifinal: lost to United States, 5-0
  • Bronze medal game: defeated Japan, 3-0
  • Gold medal game: lost to United States, 5-1

Silver Medal - Lost to USA in Gold Medal match 5-1. The Team was the only one to score a run against the USA in the tournament.

[edit] Swimming

7 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze

Men

Women

Melissa Mitchell was a member of the Australian swimming team as part of the 4x100 m freestyle relay team, however she did not compete in any event at the games.

[edit] Synchronised swimming

Amanda Laird; Leonie Nichols.

[edit] Table tennis

Men: Trevor Brown; William Henzell; Russell Lavale; David Zalcberg. Women: Miao Miao; Jian Fang Lay.

[edit] Tennis

1 Bronze

Men's singles:

Men's doubles:

Women's singles:

Women's doubles:

[edit] Triathlon

1 Silver

Men's

Women's

[edit] Volleyball

Women's beach:

Men's:

  • Prelims: 0-5
  • Quarterfinal: Did not qualify

Team members: Brett Alderman; David Beard; Luke Campbell; Zane Christensen; Andrew Earl; David Ferguson; Benjamin Hardy; Dan Howard; Travis Moran; Grant Sorensen; Hidde Van Beest; Matthew Young.

[edit] Water polo

Men's: 9th place

  • Preliminary round: 1-3-1
  • Classification 7-12: Defeated Kazakhstan, 10-5
  • Classification 7-10: Lost to United States, 6-5
  • Classification 9/10: Defeated Croatia, 8-7
    • Team members: Pietro Figlioli; Trent Franklin; Toby Jenkins; Sam McGregor; Craig Miller; Tim Neesham; Aleksandr Osadchuk; Dean Semmens; James Stanton; Rafael Sterk; Nathan Thomas; Thomas Whalan; Gavin Woods.

Women's: 4th place

  • Preliminary round: 2-0-1
  • Semifinal: Lost to Greece, 6-2
  • Bronze medal game: Lost to United States, 6-5
    • Team members: Belinda Brooks; Jemma Brownlow; Naomi Castle; Nikita Cuffe; Joanne Fox; Kate Gynther; Kelly Heuchan; Emma Knox; Elise Norwood; Melissa Rippon; Rebecca Rippon; Bronwyn Smith; Jodie Stuhmcke.

[edit] Weightlifting

Sergo Chakhoyan; Deborah Lovely.

[edit] Wrestling

Ali Abdo

[edit] Officials

  • President: Mr. John Coates
  • Secretary General: Mr. Bob Elphinston

[edit] External link


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