Australia at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Australia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
Competitors	34
Flag bearer	Edwin Carr
Medals Rank: 11	Gold 3	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 6
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Australia competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Aquatics 2.1 Diving 3 Athletics 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 5.1 Road cycling 5.2 Track cycling 6 Rowing 7 References

Medalists

Gold

• Boy Charlton — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• Dick Eve — Diving, Men's Plain High Diving
• Nick Winter — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump

Silver

• Frank Beaurepaire, Boy Charlton, Moss Christie and Ernest Henry — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Bronze

• Boy Charlton — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Frank Beaurepaire — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Aquatics

Diving

A single diver represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Eve won the gold medal in the plain high diving competition, Australia's first Olympic diving medal. He also finished fifth in the springboard event.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
		Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Dick Eve	3 m board	13	522.3	2 Q	26	564.3	5
	Plain high diving	13.5	157	1 Q	13.5	160	1 !

Athletics

Nine athletes represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport (excluding appearances as part of Australasia). Winter took the nation's only athletics medal of the Games, a gold in the triple jump.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ernie Austen	10 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		Did not advance
Malcolm Boyd	800 m	N/A		Unknown	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	N/A		Unknown	5	Did not advance
	5000 m	N/A		Unknown	9	Did not advance
Slip Carr	100 m	11.0	2 Q	10.9	2 Q	10.7	4	Did not advance
	200 m	22.6	1 Q	21.8	1 Q	22.1	4	Did not advance
Denis Duigan	Pentathlon	N/A						Eliminated-4
	Pentathlon	N/A						Did not finish
Richard Honner	400 m	53.1	3	Did not advance
	400 m hurdles	N/A		58.5	4	Did not advance
	Long jump	N/A				6.635	3	Did not advance
Charles Lane	400 m	51.4	3	Did not advance
Jack Newman	800 m	N/A		Unknown	6	Did not advance
	1500 m	N/A		Unknown	5	Did not advance
Roy Norman	200 m	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	5	Did not advance
	400 m	50.6	2 Q	50.2	4	Did not advance
	800 m	N/A		Unknown	5	Did not advance
Nick Winter	Triple jump	N/A				15.18	1 Q	15.525	1 !

Boxing

Three boxers represented Australia at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's debut in the sport, though an Australian had won a silver medal as part of the 1908 Australasia team. Sinclair was the only Australian to win a match in 1924; none of the Australian boxers advanced past the round of 16.

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Charles Jardine	Heavyweight	N/A	von Porat (NOR) L	Did not advance			9
Raymond Jones	Middleweight	Funk (USA) L	Did not advance				17
Charles Sinclair	Lightweight	Huizenaar (NED) W	Genon (BEL) L	Did not advance			9

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Belgium 0 1 .000 Netherlands 1 0 1.000 Norway 0 1 .000 United States 0 1 .000 Total 1 3 .250

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 1 1 .500 Round of 16 0 2 .000 Quarterfinals 0 0 – Semifinals 0 0 – Final 0 0 – Bronze match 0 0 – Total 1 3 .250

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Australia in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Road cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Sydney Ramsden	Time trial	7:18:23.4	36

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Robert Broadbent	50 km	N/A										Unknown	8–36
Walter Coppins	50 km	N/A										Unknown	8–36
	Sprint	13.6	1 Q	Advanced directly		Unknown	3 r	Unknown	3	Did not advance
George Dempsey	50 km	N/A										Unknown	8–36
	Sprint	13.8	1 Q	Advanced directly		13.2	1 Q	Advanced directly		Unknown	2	Did not advance

Rowing

Ten rowers represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport, though the 1912 Australasia team included rowers.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Event	Semifinals		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arthur Bull	Single sculls	7:19.0	1 Q	Advanced directly		Did not finish	4
Frank Cummings Robert Cummings Henry Graetz William Jarvis Walter Pfeiffer Arthur Scott William Sladden Arnold Tauber Edward Thomas	Eights	Unknown	2 r	6:47.0	3	Did not advance

References

• Andrews, Malcolm, Australia at the Olympics, ABC Books, 2000
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference

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