Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , United States . Australia sent 417 athletes, 250 men and 167 women, to the Atlanta Games.[ 1]
An Australian segment was featured in the closing ceremony , as Australia was to host the next edition of the Summer Olympics in Sydney four years later.
Medalists
Gold
Wendy Schaeffer , Phillip Dutton , Andrew Hoy , and Gillian Rolton — equestrian, three-day event team competition
Michelle Andrews , Alyson Annan , Louise Dobson , Renita Farrell , Juliet Haslam , Rechelle Hawkes , Clover Maitland , Karen Marsden , Jenn Morris , Nova Peris-Kneebone , Jackie Pereira , Katrina Powell , Lisa Powell , Danni Roche , Kate Starre , and Liane Tooth — field hockey, women's tournament
James Tomkins , Drew Ginn , Nicholas Green , and Mike McKay — rowing, men's coxless fours
Kate Slatter and Megan Still — rowing, women's coxless pairs
Michael Diamond — shooting, men's trap shooting
Russell Mark — shooting, men's double trap
Kieren Perkins — swimming, men's 1500m freestyle
Susie O'Neill — swimming, women's 200m butterfly
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde — tennis, men's doubles
Silver
Cathy Freeman — athletics, women's 400 metres
Louise McPaul — athletics, women's javelin throw
Michelle Ferris — cycling, women's sprint
Rob Scott and David Weightman — rowing, men's coxless pairs
Daniel Kowalski — swimming, men's 1500m freestyle
Scott Miller — swimming, men's 100m butterfly
Petria Thomas — swimming, women's 200m butterfly
Nicole Stevenson , Susie O'Neill , Samantha Riley , Sarah Ryan , Helen Denman (heats), and Angela Kennedy (heats) — swimming, women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Mitch Booth and Andrew Landenberger — sailing, men's Tornado
Bronze
Michele Timms , Allison Tranquilli , Jenny Whittle , Fiona Robinson , Shelley Sandie , Rachael Sporn , Michelle Chandler , Trisha Fallon , Robyn Maher , Carla Boyd , Michelle Brogan , and Sandy Brondello — basketball, women's tournament
Clint Robinson — canoeing, men's K1 1000m kayak singles
Danny Collins and Andrew Trim — canoeing, men's 500m kayak pairs
Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood — canoeing, women's K2 500m kayak pairs
Bradley McGee — cycling, men's 4000m individual pursuit
Bradley McGee , Stuart O'Grady , Tim O'Shannessey , and Dean Woods — cycling, men's 4000m team pursuit
Stuart O'Grady — cycling, men's points race
Lucy Tyler-Sharman — cycling, women's points race
Stuart Carruthers , Baeden Choppy , Stephen Davies , Damon Diletti , Lachlan Dreher , Lachlan Elmer , Brendan Garard , Paul Gaudoin , Mark Hager , Paul Lewis , Grant Smith , Matthew Smith , Daniel Sproule , Jay Stacy , Michael York and Ken Wark — field hockey, men's tournament
Ronald Snook , Duncan Free , Bo Hanson , and Janusz Hooker — rowing, men's quadruple sculls
Anthony Edwards and Bruce Hick — rowing, men's lwt double scull
Rebecca Joyce and Virginia Lee — rowing, women's lwt double scull
Deserie Huddleston — shooting, women's double trap
Natalie Ward , Brooke Wilkins , Nicole Richardson , Melanie Roche , Natalie Titcume , Malina Milson , Tracey Mosley , Haylea Petrie , Joyce Lester , Sally McDermid , Francine McRae , Suzanne Fairhurst , Tanya Harding , Jennifer Holliday , Carolyn Crudgington , Kerry Dienelt , Peta Edebone , Belinda Ashworth , Joanne Brown , and Kim Cooper — softball, women's tournament
Daniel Kowalski — swimming, men's 200m freestyle
Daniel Kowalski — swimming, men's 400m freestyle
Scott Goodman — swimming, men's 200m butterfly
Phil Rogers , Steven Dewick , Scott Miller , Michael Klim , and Toby Haenen (heats) — swimming, men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Samantha Riley — swimming, women's 100m breaststroke
Emma Johnson , Susie O'Neill , Julia Greville , Nicole Stevenson , and Lise Mackie (heats) — swimming, women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst — volleyball, women's beach volleyball
Stefan Botev — weightlifting, men's super heavyweight (> 108 kg)
Colin Beashel and David Giles — Sailing, men's Star
Archery
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:
Men's individual competition:
Men's team competition:
Gray, Fear, and Fairweather → Bronze medal match, 4th place (2-2)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 400 metres
Paul Greene
Qualification — 46.12 (3rd)
Quarter-finals — 46.22 (8th) (→ did not advance)
Mark Ladbrook
Qualification — 46.28 (5th) (→ did not advance)
Michael Joubert
Qualification — 46.30 (5th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Paul Byrne
Qualification — 1:47.05 (3rd)
Semi-Finals — 1:47.58 (6th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
Paul Cleary
Qualification — 3:52.85 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
Shaun Creighton
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 10,000 metres
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
Men's 110m hurdles
Kyle Vander Kuyp
Heat — 13.32 (1st)
Quarter-final — 13.49 (3rd)
Semi-final — 13.38 (4th)
Final — 13.40 (7th)
Men's 400m hurdles
Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase
Chris Unthank
Heat — 8:31.86
Semifinals — 8:25.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's decathlon
Men's marathon
Men's 20 km walk
Men's 50 km walk
Men's hammer throw
Men's high jump
Men's triple jump
Men's pole vault
Men's javelin throw
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 4 × 400 metres relay
Women's long jump
Women's discus throw
Women's javelin throw
Women's heptathlon
Women's marathon
Women's 10 km walk
Badminton
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Baseball
Men's tournament
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, and ended up in seventh place.
Basketball
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
1
FR Yugoslavia
5
5
0
478
364
+114
10
Quarterfinals
2
Australia
5
4
1
492
438
+54
9
3
Greece
5
3
2
402
416
−14
8
4
Brazil
5
2
3
498
494
+4
7
5
Puerto Rico
5
1
4
447
465
−18
6
9th place playoff
6
South Korea
5
0
5
422
562
−140
5
11th place playoff
Source:
FIBA archive Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20 )
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22 )
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24 )
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26 )
Atlanta Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (
ESP ), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28 )
Atlanta Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (
FRA ), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
Quarterfinals
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30 ) 20:00
Semifinals
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01 ) 22:00
Atlanta Referees: Raul Chaves Sagel (
ARG ), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (
GRE )
Bronze medal match
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03 ) 20:00
Women's tournament
Team roster
Preliminary round
Source:
FIBA archive Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
^ a b Head-to-head record: Ukraine 1–0 Australia
^ a b Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–0 South Korea
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21 )
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23 )
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25 )
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27 )
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29 )
Quarterfinals
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31 ) 17:00
Semifinals
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02 ) 17:00
Bronze medal match
4 August 1996 (1996-08-04 ) 16:00
Beach volleyball
Boxing
Men's flyweight (51 kg)
Men's bantamweight (54 kg)
Men's featherweight (57 kg)
Men's light welterweight (63,5 kg)
Men's light welterweight (67 kg)
Men's light middleweight (71 kg)
Men's middleweight (75 kg)
Men's light heavyweight (81 kg)
Canoeing
Slalom
Men's C-1
Men's C-2
Men's K-1
Women's K-1
Sprint
Men's K-1 500 metres
Cameron McFadzean
Qualifying heat: 1:42.160 - 2nd
Semi final: 1:41.083 - 4th
Final: 1:41.023 - 9th
Men's K-1 1000 metres
Clint Robinson
Qualifying heat: 3:44.768 - 2nd
Semi final: 3:43.657 - 1st
Final: 3:29.713 - 3rd
Men's K-2 500 metres
Men's K-2 1000 metres
Men's K-4 1000 metres
Women's K-1 500 metres
Katrin Borchert
Qualifying heat: 1:53.767 - 1st
Semi final: 1:51.142 - 5th
Final: 1:50.811 - 7th
Women's K-2 500 metres
Women's K-4 500 metres
Cycling
Road competition
Men's individual time trial
Women's individual road race
Women's individual time trial
Track competition
Men's 1,000m time trial
Men's points race
Mountain bike
Men's cross country
Women's cross country
Diving
Men's 3m springboard
Michael Murphy
Preliminary heat — 419.13
Semi final — 220.08
Final — 420.87 (→ 6th place)
Russell Butler
Preliminary heat — 305.79 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 3m springboard
Jodie Rogers
Preliminary heat — 242.19
Semi final — 204.18 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Loudy Tourky
Preliminary heat — 229.11 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 10m platform
Vyninka Arlow
Preliminary heat — 243.57 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Vanessa Baker
Preliminary heat — 225.84 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Equestrian
Individual dressage
Mary Hanna
Grand Prix Test: 1644 points - 24th
Grand Prix Special 2nd qualifier: Total score 130.09 - 24th - did not advance
Individual eventing
Nikki Bishop
Dressage: 520 points - 3rd
Cross country: disqualified - eliminated
David Green
Dressage: 491 points - 8th
Cross country: did not finish - retired
Andrew Hoy
Dressage: 413+2 points - 29th
Cross country: total points 49.2 - 14th
Show jumping: penalty points 0 - 1st
Final result: 112.60 - 11th
Team eventing
Individual jumping
David Cooper
Total score: 88.25 - 71st
Russell Johnstone
Total score: 48.00 - 61st
Jennifer Parlevliet
Total score: Did not finish
Vicki Roycroft
Total score: 40.00 - 55th
Team jumping
Jennifer Parlevliet, Vicki Roycroft , David Cooper and Russell Johnstone
Total score: 129.00 - 19th
Fencing
One woman represented Australia in 1996.
Women's épée
Men's tournament
France - Australia 2-0
Australia - Saudi Arabia 2-1
Spain - Australia 3-2
Squad
Gymnastics
Men's competitions
Brennon Dowrick
Artistic individual all-around: 35th
Floor: 83rd
Horizontal bar: 53rd
Parallel bars: 56th
Pommel horse: 45th
Rings: 69th
Vault: 92nd
Bret Hudson
Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 51st
Floor: 75th
Horizontal bar: 75th
Parallel bars: 55th
Pommel horse: 73rd
Rings: 78th
Vault: 55th
Women's competitions
Joanna Hughes
Artistic individual all-around: 34th
Artistic team all-around: 10th
Balance beam: 62nd
Floor: 38th
Uneven bars: 76th
Vault: 41st
Nicole Kantek
Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 88th
Artistic team all-around: 10th
Balance beam: 93rd
Floor: 77th
Uneven bars: 95th
Vault: 70th
Kirsty Leigh-Brown
Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 104th
Ruth Moniz
Artistic individual all-around: 35th
Artistic team all-around: 10th
Balance beam: 30th
Floor: 80th
Uneven bars: 40th
Vault: 84th
Lisa Moro
Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 77th
Artistic team all-around: 10th
Balance beam: 47th
Floor: 46th
Uneven bars: 35th
Vault: 96th
Lisa Skinner
Artistic individual all-around: 36th
Artistic team all-around: 10th
Balance beam: 42nd
Floor: 49th
Uneven bars: 50th
Vault: 72nd
Jenny Smith
Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 53rd
Artistic team all-around: 10th
Balance beam: 58th
Floor: 59th
Uneven bars: 81st
Vault: 53rd
Hockey
Men's tournament
Preliminary round (Group B)
Semi finals
Bronze medal game
Team roster
Head coach : Frank Murray
Women's tournament
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Men's individual competition:
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Women's tournament
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
Bronze medal match
Lost to PR China (2:4) → Bronze medal
Team roster
Swimming
Men's competitions
50m freestyle
100m freestyle
200m freestyle
200m freestyle
1500m freestyle
100m backstroke
200m backstroke
100m breaststroke
Phil Rogers
Heat — 1:01.80
Final — 1:01.64 (→ 5th place)
200m breaststroke
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
200m individual medley
400m individual medley
Matthew Dunn
Heat — 4:19.51
Final — 4:16.66 (→ 4th place)
Trent Steed
Heat — 4:24.39
B-Final — 4:29.35 (→ 15th place)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m medley relay
Women's competitions
50m freestyle
100m freestyle
Sarah Ryan
Heat — 56.07
Final — 55.85 (→ 6th place)
200m freestyle
400m freestyle
Emma Johnson
Heat — 4:14.13
B-Final — 4:15.79 (→ 12th place)
Hayley Lewis
Heat — 4:17.02
B-Final — 4:16.92 (→ 15th place)
800m freestyle
100m backstroke
200m backstroke
100m breaststroke
200m breaststroke
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
200m individual medley
400m individual medley
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m medley relay
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's singles tournament
Weightlifting
Men's light-heavyweight (– 83 kg)
Wrestling
See also
References
External links
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