Australia at the 1996 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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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors 424 (254 men, 170 women)
Flag bearer Andrew Hoy (opening)
Michael McKay (closing)
Medals
Rank: 7		 Gold
9		 Silver
9		 Bronze
23		 Total
41
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Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Australia sent a record team of 424 athletes, 254 men and 170 women, to the Atlanta Games. Most notable is the number of women, easily more than double the then-record 74 women who had competed in Seoul just eight years earlier. Australia achieved its greatest ever Olympic result in winning 41 medals: nine gold, nine silver and 23 bronze. Andrew Hoy, a team gold medallist in three-day eventing in 1992 and competing in his fourth Olympics, carried the flag in the Opening Ceremony.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

For more details on this topic, see Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

In the seventh Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men and three women. Matthew Gray had the nation's only individual win, though the men's team won twice in the team round before being defeated in the semifinal and the bronze medal match.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Myfanwy Matthews → Round of 64, 48th place (0-1)
  • Deonne Bridger → Round of 64, 57th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Matthew Gray → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1)
  • Jackson Fear → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1)
  • Simon Fairweather → Round of 64, 52nd place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Gray, Fear, and Fairweather → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-2)

[edit] Athletics

For more details on this topic, see Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Qualification — 3:52.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Qualification — 14:04.08
  • Semifinal — 13:55.23 (→ did not advance)
  • Julian Paynter
  • Qualification — 14:00.25
  • Semifinal — 14:23.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:03.73
  • Semi Final — 3:04.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 48.89s
  • Semi Final — 48.28s
  • Final — 48.30s (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 52.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Did not finish (10.85 (-0.4), NM, 13.43m)
  • DNF Decathlon after 3 no jumps in long jump
  • Did not finish

Men's Marathon

  • Roderic De Highden — 2:17.42 (→ 23rd place)
  • Sean Quilty — 2:19.35 (→ 34th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 72.32m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 77.28m (→ did not advance)


Women's 10,000 metres

  • Susan Hobson
  • Qualification — 32:25.13
  • Final — 32:47.71 (→ 17th place)
  • Kylie Risk
  • Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Qualification — 3:33.78 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.67m
  • Final — 6.73m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 63.00m
  • Final — 62.48m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — 61.66m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 62.32m
  • Final — 65.54m (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Qualification — 58.54m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 5897 points (→ 20th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Suzanne Malaxos — 2:50.46 (→ 57th place)

Women's 10km Walk

[edit] Baseball

For more details on this topic, see Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Australia made its first appearance in the official Olympic baseball tournament in 1996. The team won two of its preliminary round games, against Korea and Japan, but lost the other five. The Australians' record put them in a three-way tie for fifth, with all three teams eliminated from contention and the tie-breaker rules used only to formally place the three teams. Australia came out on the bottom of that tie-breaker.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Australia → 7th place (2-5)

[edit] Basketball

For more details on this topic, see Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated South Korea (76-61)
  • Defeated Zaire (91-45)
  • Defeated Cuba (75-63)
  • Lost to United States (79-96)
  • Lost to Ukraine (48-54)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Russia (74-70)
  • Semifinals
  • Lost to United States (71-93)
  • Final
  • Defeated Ukraine (66-56) → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal
  • Team roster

[edit] Boxing

For more details on this topic, see Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Hussein Hussein
    1. First Round — Defeated Carmine Molaro (Italy), 11-8
    2. Second Round — Lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 20-27

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • James Swan
    1. First Round — Lost to Kalai Riadh (Tunisa), 4-14

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Robert Peden
    1. First Round — Defeated Mohamed Achik (Morocco), 15-7
    2. Second Round — Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria), 8-20

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (67 kg)

  • Lynden Hosking
    1. First Round — Lost to Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Justann Crawford
    1. First Round — Defeated Sackey Shivute (Namibia), 12-3
    2. Second Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

  • Rick Timperi
    1. First Round — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 7-21

[edit] Cycling

For more details on this topic, see Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final — 1:06:54 (→ 8th place)
  • Stephen Hodge
  • Final — 1:09:59 (→ 23rd place)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 9th place)
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 17th place)
  • Tracey Watson
  • Final — 02:42:35 (→ 39th place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Final — 37:53 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 38:50 (→ 10th place)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's Points Race

  • Final — 25 points (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

[edit] Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:26:15 (→ 9th place)
  • Robert Woods
  • Final — 2:33:14 (→ 16th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Mary Grigson
  • Final — 2:02.38 (→ 15th place)

[edit] Hockey

For more details on this topic, see Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Semi Finals
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Australia – Germany 3-2 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Frank Murray

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Final
  • Australia – South Korea 3-1 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Team Roster

[edit] Modern pentathlon

For more details on this topic, see Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Individual Competition:

[edit] Softball

For more details on this topic, see Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Lost to PR China (0:6)
  • Defeated Chinese Taipei (4:0)
  • Lost to Puerto Rico (0:2)
  • Defeated Netherlands (1:0)
  • Defeated Japan (10:0)
  • Defeated United States (2:1)
  • Defeated Canada (5:2)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Japan (3:0)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to PR China (2:4) → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Swimming

For more details on this topic, see Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Men's Competition

50m Freestyle

  • Chris Fydler
    1. Heat – 22.98 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

100m Freestyle

  • Chris Fydler
    1. Heat – 50.72
    2. B-Final – 50.31 (→ 13th place)

200m Freestyle

  • Michael Klim
    1. Heat – 1:49.17
    2. B-Final – 1:49.50 (→ 10th place)

200m Freestyle

  • Malcolm Allen
    1. Heat – 3:54.34
    2. B-Final – 3:55.48 (→ 13th place)

1500m Freestyle

  • Kieren Perkins
    1. Heat – 15:21.42
    2. Final – 14:56.40 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

100m Backstroke

  • Steven Dewick
    1. Heat – 56.35
    2. B-Final – 56.82 (→ 15th place)

200m Backstroke

  • Steven Dewick
    1. Heat – 2:04.46 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

100m Breaststroke

  • Phil Rogers
    1. Heat – 1:01.80
    2. Final – 1:01.64 (→ 5th place)

200m Breaststroke

  • Phil Rogers
    1. Heat – 2:14.97
    2. Final – 2:14.79 (→ 5th place)
  • Ryan Mitchell
    1. Heat – 2:15.31
    2. B-Final – 2:15.63 (→ 11th place)

100m Butterfly

  • Scott Miller
    1. Heat – 52.89
    2. Final – 52.53 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Michael Klim
    1. Heat – 53.42
    2. Final – 53.30 (→ 6th place)

200m Butterfly

  • Scott Goodman
    1. Heat – 1:57.77
    2. Final – 1:57.48 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Scott Miller
    1. Heat – 1:58.97
    2. Final – 1:58.28 (→ 5th place)

200m Individual Medley

  • Matthew Dunn
    1. Heat – 2:01.44
    2. Final – 2:01.57 (→ 5th place)
  • Simon Coombs
    1. Heat – 2:07.31 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

400m Individual Medley

  • Matthew Dunn
    1. Heat – 4:19.51
    2. Final – 4:16.66 (→ 4th place)
  • Trent Steed
    1. Heat – 4:24.39
    2. B-Final – 4:29.35 (→ 15th place)

4x100m Freestyle Relay

4x200m Freestyle Relay

4x100m Medley Relay

[edit] Women's Competition

50m Freestyle

  • Sarah Ryan
    1. Heat – 26.34 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

100m Freestyle

  • Sarah Ryan
    1. Heat – 56.07
    2. Final – 55.85 (→ 6th place)

200m Freestyle

  • Susie O'Neill
    1. Heat – 2:00.89
    2. Final – 1:59.87 (→ 5th place)

400m Freestyle

  • Emma Johnson
    1. Heat – 4:14.13
    2. B-Final – 4:15.79 (→ 12th place)
  • Hayley Lewis
    1. Heat – 4:17.02
    2. B-Final – 4:16.92 (→ 15th place)

800m Freestyle

  • Hayley Lewis
    1. Heat – 8:45.79 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

100m Backstroke

  • Elli Overton
    1. Heat – 1:03.88
    2. B-Final – 1:03.69 (→ 14th place)

200m Backstroke

100m Breaststroke

  • Samantha Riley
    1. Heat – 1:09.37
    2. Final – 1:09.18 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Helen Denman
    1. Heat – 1:10.64
    2. B-Final – 1:10.26 (→ 11th place)

200m Breaststroke

100m Butterfly

  • Susie O'Neill
    1. Heat – 1:00.55
    2. Final – 1:00.17 (→ 5th place)

200m Butterfly

  • Susie O'Neill
    1. Heat – 2:09.46
    2. Final – 2:07.76 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Petria Thomas
    1. Heat – 2:10.64
    2. Final – 2:09.82 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

200m Individual Medley

  • Elli Overton
    1. Heat – 2:15.81
    2. Final – 2:16.04 (→ 5th place)

400m Individual Medley

  • Emma Johnson
    1. Heat – 4:43.45
    2. Final – 4:44.02 (→ 5th place)
  • Elli Overton
    1. Heat – 4:49.82
    2. B-Final – 4:50.73 (→ 14th place)

4x100m Freestyle Relay

4x200m Freestyle Relay

4x100m Medley Relay

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Beach Competition

[edit] References