Australia at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Australia competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 75 competitors, 66 men and 9 women, took part in 52 events in 11 sports.^[1] Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Winter, JohnJohn Winter	Athletics	High Jump	000000002016-07-30-000030 July
01 ! Gold	Wood, MervynMervyn Wood	Rowing	Single sculls	000000002016-08-09-00009 August
02 ! Silver	Bruce, TheoTheo Bruce	Athletics	Long Jump	000000002016-07-31-000031 July
02 ! Silver	Avery, GeorgeGeorge Avery	Athletics	Triple Jump	000000002016-08-03-00003 August
02 ! Silver	King, JoyceJoyce King Maston, JuneJune Maston McKinnon, BettyBetty McKinnon Strickland, ShirleyShirley Strickland	Athletics	4x100m relay	000000002016-08-07-00007 August
02 ! Silver	Marshall, JohnJohn Marshall	Swimming	1500m freestyle	000000002016-08-07-00007 August
02 ! Silver	Lyons, BeatriceBeatrice Lyons	Swimming	200m breaststroke	000000002016-08-03-00003 August
02 ! Silver	Garrard, DickDick Garrard	Wrestling	Welterweight	000000002016-07-31-000031 July
03 ! Bronze	Strickland, ShirleyShirley Strickland	Athletics	100m	000000002016-08-02-00002 August
03 ! Bronze	Strickland, ShirleyShirley Strickland	Athletics	80m hurdles	000000002016-08-04-00004 August
03 ! Bronze	Marshall, JohnJohn Marshall	Swimming	400m freestyle	000000002016-08-04-00004 August
03 ! Bronze	Davies, Judy-JoyJudy-Joy Davies	Swimming	100m backstroke	000000002016-08-05-00005 August
03 ! Bronze	Armstrong, JimJim Armstrong	Wrestling	Heavyweight	000000002016-07-31-000031 July

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
NP = Not placed

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
John Bartram	100 m	10.8	2 Q	10.6	3 Q		4	Did not advance
John Treloar		10.5	1 Q	10.5	2 Q		4	Did not advance
Morris Curotta		10.7	1 Q	10.8	3 Q		6	Did not advance
John Treloar	200 m	21.7	1 Q	21.5	2 Q		6	Did not advance
Morris Curotta	400 m	49.1	1 Q	48.4	2 Q	47.2	2 Q	47.9	5
John Bartram		50.8	2 Q	49.9	4	Did not advance
Bill Ramsey		50.3	5	Did not advance
Bill Ramsey	800 m	1:55.0	3 Q	N/A		1:54.9	5	Did not advance
Peter Gardner	110 m hurdles	14.6	2 Q	N/A		14.5	2 Q	14.7	5
Ray Weinberg		15.0	2 Q	N/A			5	Did not advance
Charles Green		15.4	5	N/A		Did not advance
George Knott	10 km walk		7	N/A				Did not advance
Theo Bruce John Bartram Morris Curotta John Treloar	4x100 m relay	41.5	3	N/A				Did not advance

Men
Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Theo Bruce	Long Jump	7.22	4 Q	7.55	02 !
John Winter	High Jump	1.87	Q	1.98	01 !
George Avery	Triple Jump	15.33	1 Q	15.36	02 !
Les McKeand	Triple Jump	14.55	11 Q	14.53	7

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Peter Mullins	Result	11.2	6.64	12.75	1.83	53.2	15.2	33.94	3.40	51.32	5:17.6	6739	6
Peter Mullins	Points	787	711	691	822	706	896	541	652	612	321	6739	6

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shirley Strickland	100 m	12.4	1 Q	12.4	2 Q	12.2	03 !
Joyce King		13.1	4	Did not advance
Betty McKinnon		12.7	3	Did not advance
Shirley Strickland	200 m	25.8	2 Q	24.9	1 Q	25.3	03 !
Joyce King		25.9	1 Q		6	Did not advance
Betty McKinnon		25.9	1 Q		7	Did not advance
Shirley Strickland	80 m Hurdles	11.9	2 Q	11.7	1 Q	11.4	03 !
Shirley Strickland June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King	4x100 m relay	48.0	2 Q	N/A		47.6	02 !

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Judy Canty	long jump	5.29	11 Q	5.38	7
June Maston	long jump	5.06	22	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ronald Gower	Flyweight	Bondi (HUN) W PTS	Martinez (ESP) L PTS	Did not advance
Jimmy Carruthers	Bantamweight	Daigle (CAN) W DQ2	Parés (ARG) W PTS	Csik (HUN) L W/O	Did not advance
Laurie Birks	Featherweight	Tammelin (FIN) W PTS	Seo B (KOR) L KO2	Did not advance
Billy Barber	Lightweight	Vissers (BEL) L PTS	Did not advance
Billy Boyce	Welterweight	Bye	Roller (LUX) W PTS	Du Preez (RSA) L PTS	Did not advance
Graham Higham	Middleweight	Garcia (ARG) L PTS	Did not advance
Adrian Holmes	Light heavyweight	bye	El-Minabawi (EGY) W KO2	O'Hagan (IRL) W PTS	Scott (GBR) L PTS	3rd/4th place Cia (ARG) L RSC-3	4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists, all men, represented Australia in 1948.

Road races

Individual times added to together for team race, 3 times needed for team event.

Cyclist	Event	Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank
Jack Hoobin	Road race	5:18:18.2	7
Russell Mockridge	Road race	5:39:54.6	26
Ken Caves	Road race	Did not finish
Jim Nestor	Road race	Did not finish
Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge Ken Caves Jim Nestor	Team road race	Did not finish

Track

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charlie Bazzano	Sprint		2	14.1	1 Q	14.3	1 Q	Directly advanced			2		4
Jorge Sobrevila	Time trial	n/a										1:15.7	6
Sid Patterson Jim Nestor Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge	Team pursuit	5:06.5	2 q	n/a		5:07.7	2	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Diver	Event	Final
Diver	Event	Result	Rank
David Norris	3m springboard	109.67	16

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Event	First round		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Rower	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Merv Wood	Single sculls	7:25.9	1 Q	n/a		8:08.5	1 Q	7:24.4	01 !
Spencer Grace Ted Bromley	Coxless pairs	7:26.8	2 r	7:28.4	1 Q	7:54.5	2	Did not advance
Wal Lambert Hugh Lambie Colin Douglas-Smith Jack Webster Tom Darcy	Coxed fours	7:04.3	2 r	7:07.1	2	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Rank	Helmsman	Crew	Class	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
Rank	Helmsman	Crew	Class	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
18	Robert Edward French		Firefly	18	168	11	382	19	~~144~~	16	219	9	469	12	344	10	423	2149	2005
7	Jock Sturrock	Leslie A. Fenton	Star	~~DNF~~ ^[4]	0	4	729	15	155	6	553	10	331	4	729	1	1331	3828	3828

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Shooter	Event	Final
Shooter	Event	Score	Rank
Reginald Parker	300 m rifle 3 positions	926	30
Mill Menghini		856	32
John Wise		852	33
Claude Platt	50 m rifle, prone	584	46
Neville Holt		584	47
Leo Dove		578	55

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bruce Bourke	100 m freestyle	59.1	2 Q	1:00.0	5	Did not advance
Warren Boyd	100 m freestyle	1:00.4	3 q	1:01.1	8	Did not advance
Bruce Bourke	100 m backstroke	1:11.3	1 Q	1:11.4	8	Did not advance
John Davies	200 m breaststroke	2:48.3	2 Q	2:44.8	4 Q	2:43.7	4
Kevin Hallett	200 m breaststroke	3:02.0	7	Did not advance
John Marshall	400 m freestyle	4:51.4	2 Q	4:50.0	2 Q	4:47.4	03 !
Garrick Agnew	400 m freestyle	5:06.1	4	Did not advance
John Marshall	1500 m freestyle	20:01.1	1 Q	19:53.8	1 Q	19:31.3	02 !
Garrick Agnew	1500 m freestyle	21:40.1	6	Did not advance

Women

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marjorie McQuade	100 m freestyle	1:08.5	3 Q	1:09.6	6	Did not advance
Denise Spencer	100 m freestyle	1:10.0	3	Did not advance
Judy-Joy Davies	100 m backstroke	1:16.4	1 Q	1:17.8	2 Q	1:16.7	03 !
Nancy Lyons	200 m breaststroke	3:02.9	1 Q	3:00.9	1 Q	2:57.7	02 !
Denise Spencer	400 m freestyle	5:40.9	4 Q	5:35.6	6	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

This was the first time Australia had entered the water polo competition.

Men's Team Competition

Head coach:

Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
Ben Dalley	15 March 1916	32	?	Balmain Water Polo Club	2	?
Jack King	23 August 1910	37	?		1	?
Eric Johnston	24 February 1914	34	?	Balmain Water Polo Club	2	?
Les McKay	27 May 1917	31	?		1	?
Leon Ferguson	19 June 1923	25	?	Bondi ASC	1	?
Arthur Burge	24 August 1917	31	?	Drummoyne Water Polo Club	2	?
Herman Doerner	1914		?	Bondi ASC	2	?
Colin French	20 November 1916	31	?		1	?
Roger Cornforth	19 January 1919	29	?		1	?
Jack Ferguson	12 April 1922	26	?	Bondi ASC	1	?

Group D

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Italy (ITA)	2	1	1	0	13	4	3	X	4:4	9:0
2.	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	1	1	0	16	7	3	4:4	X	12:3
3.	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2	3	21	0	0:9	3:12	X

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Lifter	Event	Final
Lifter	Event	Kg	Rank
Keith Caple	Bantamweight	272.5	9
Ray Magee	Heavyweight	357.5	12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bert Harris	Flyweight	Jhadav (IND) L 0-3	Raisi (IRI) L Fall	Did not advance					10
Dick Garrard	Welterweight	Angst (SUI) W 3-0	Sóvári (HUN) W 2-1	Bhargava (IND) W Fall	Leclerc (FRA) W Fall	Merrill (USA) L 1-2	Bye	Doğu (TUR) L Fall	02 !
Bruce Arthur	Middleweight	Candemir (TUR) L Fall	Roy (IND) W Fall	Brand (USA) L Fall	Did not advance				9
Jim Armstrong	Heavyweight	Oberlander (GBR) W 3-0	Bóbis (HUN) L Fall	Hutton (USA) W Retired	Esen (TUR) W Fall	n/a		Antonsson (SWE) L Fall	03 !

References

↑ "Australia at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
↑ The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.
↑ Total after applying discard.
↑ Mark hit.

Nations at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom

Africa	Egypt South Africa

America	Argentina Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela

Asia	Afghanistan Burma Ceylon China India Iran Iraq Philippines Korea Lebanon Pakistan Singapore Syria Turkey

Europe	Austria Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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