Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 242 competitors, 169 men and 73 women, took part in 137 events in 22 sports.
Glynis Nunn — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
Jon Sieben — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
Dean Lukin — Weightlifting, Men's Super-Heavyweight (110+ kg)
Kevin Nichols, Michael Grenda, Michael Turtur, and Dean Woods — Cycling, Men's 4,000 m Team Pursuit
Gary Honey — Athletics, Men's Long jump
Suzie Landells — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle
Glenn Beringen — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
Karen Phillips — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
Robert Kabbas — Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight (82.5 kg)
Gary Gullock, Tony Lovrich, Timothy McLaren, and Paul Reedy — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
Gael Martin — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
Pattie Dench — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol
Peter Evans — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Glenn Buchanan — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
Rob Woodhouse — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Justin Lemberg — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
Michele Pearson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Chris Cairns and Scott Anderson — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
Susan Lee, Karen Brancourt, Margot Foster, Robyn Grey-Gardner, and Susan Chapman — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
James Battersby, Ian Edmunds, Stephen Evans, Clyde Hefer, Craig Muller, Samuel Patten, Ion Popa, Gavin Thredgold, and Timothy Willoughby — Rowing, Men's Eights
Grant Kenny and Barry Kelly — Canoeing, Men's K2 1,000 m Kayak
In the fourth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent one woman and one man. Two-time veteran Terene Donovan improved her score from four years earlier by 99 points even as she fell ten places in the ranking.
Women's Individual Competition
Terene Donovan — 2442 points (→ 19th place)
Men's Individual Competition
Christopher Blake — 2434 points (→ 31st place)
Men's 100 metres
Peter Van Miltenburg
Qualifying Heat — 10.55
Quarterfinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Peter Van Miltenburg
Qualifying Heat — 21.06
Quarterfinals — 21.09 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
Darren Clark
Heat — 45.68
Quarterfinals — 44.77
Semifinals — 45.26
Final — 44.75 (→ 4th place)
Bruce Frayne
Heat — 46.08
Quarterfinals — 45.35
Semifinals — 45.21 (→ did not advance)
Gary Minihan
Heat — 46.93 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Robert de Castella — 2:11:09 (→ 5th place)
Men's Long Jump
Gary Honey
Qualification — 7.93m
Final — 8.24m (→ Silver Medal)
Men's High Jump
John Atkinson
Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Peter Hadfield
Final Result — 7683 points (→ 14th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
David Smith
Final — 1:26:48 (→ 10th place)
Simon Baker
Final — 1:27:43 (→ 14th place)
Willi Sawall
Final — 1:28:24 (→ 16th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Michael Harvey
Final — 4:09:18 (→ 11th place)
Andrew Jachno
Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Willi Sawall
Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's 3,000 metres
Donna Gould
Heat — 9.05.56 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Lisa Martin
Final — 2:29.03 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Debbie Flintoff-King
Heat — 57.20
Semifinal — 56.24
Final — 56.21 (→ 6th place)
Women's Long Jump
Robyn Lorraway
Qualification — 6.61 m
Final — 6.67 m (→ 6th place)
Glynis Nunn
Qualification — 6.41 m
Final — 6.53 m (→ 7th place)
Linda Garden
Qualification — 6.49 m
Final — 6.30 m (→ 11th place)
Women's High Jump
Vanessa Browne
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place)
Christine Stanton
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Gael Martin
Qualification — 55.38m
Final — 55.88m (→ 8th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Petra Rivers
Qualification — 59.12m
Final — 56.20m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put
Gael Martin
Final — 19.19 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Heptathlon
Glynis Nunn
Final Result — 6390 points (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated Brazil (76-72)
Lost to Yugoslavia (64-94)
Defeated West-Germany (67-66)
Lost to Italy (82-93)
Defeated Egypt (94-78)
Quarterfinals
Lost to Spain (93-101)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to Uruguay (95-101)
7th/8th place: Defeated West-Germany (83-76) → Seventh place
Team Roster
Phil Smyth (captain)
Andrew Campbell
Damian Keogh
Larry Sengstock
Mark Dalton
Wayne Carroll
Mel Dalgleish
Andrew Gaze
Ian Davies
Danny Morseau
Brad Dalton
Ray Borner
Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze
Women's Team Competition
Preliminary Round
Lost to PR China (64-67)
Lost to United States (47-81)
Lost to Canada (45-56)
Lost to South Korea (48-54)
Defeated Yugoslavia (62-59) → Fifth place
Team Roster
Robyn Maher
Bronwyn Marshall
Jenny Cheesman (captain)
Patricia Cockrem
Donna Quinn
Patricia Mickan
Julie Nykiel
Kathryn Foster
Marina Moffa
Karen Dalton
Wendy Laidlaw
Sue Geh
Head Coach: Brendan Flynn
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Jeff Fenech
- First Round — Defeated René Centellas (BOL), RSC-3
- Second Round — Defeated David Mwaba (TNZ), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 1:4
Twelve cyclists represented Australia in 1984, winning gold in the team pursuit.
Individual road race
Jeff Leslie – +22:20 (→ 50th place)
Michael Lynch – +27:05 (→ 55th place)
Gary Trowell – did not finish (→ no ranking)
John Watters – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Jeff Leslie
Michael Lynch
Gary Trowell
John Watters
Sprint
Kenrick Tucker
Max Rainsford
1000m time trial
Max Rainsford
Individual pursuit
Dean Woods
Michael Grenda
Team pursuit
Michael Grenda
Kevin Nichols
Michael Turtur
Dean Woods
Points race
Glenn Clarke
Gary West
Men's 3m Springboard
Steve Foley
Preliminary Round — 543.87
Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place)
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1984.
Men's foil
Greg Benko
Women's foil
Helen Smith
Andrea Chaplin
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Australia — Malaysia 5–0
Australia — Spain 3–1
Australia — West Germany 3–0
Australia — India 4–2
Australia — USA 2–1
Semi Finals
Australia — Pakistan 0–1
Bronze Medal Game
Australia — Great Britain 2–3 (→ Fourth Place)
Team Roster
Rick Charlesworth
David Bell
Jim Irvine
Terry Walsh
Trevor Smith
Grant Boyce
Nigel Patmore
Neil Snowden
Treva King
Grant Mitton
Peter Haselhurst
Adrian Berce
Craig Davies
Colin Batch
Michael Nobbs
Terry Leece
Women's Team Competition
Round Robin
Australia — West Germany 2–2
Australia — New Zealand 3–0
Australia — Canada 1–2
Australia — USA 3–1
Australia — Netherlands 0–2
Australia eventually finished fourth, after a loss in the penalty shoot-out against home nation the United States.
Team Roster
Marian Bell
Evelyn Botfield
Sharon Buchanan
Loretta Dorman
Pamela Glossop
Penny Gray
Tricia Heberle
Lorraine Hillas
Robyn Holmes
Kym Ireland
Robyn Fernley (captain)
Colleen Pearce
Sandra Pisani
Julene Sunderland
Liane Tooth
Susan Watkins
Head Coach: Brian Glencross
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1984.
Individual
Alex Watson
Matthew Spies
Daniel Esposito
Team
Alex Watson
Matthew Spies
Daniel Esposito
Men's Competition
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Michael Delany
Qualifying Heat 4 – 51.22 (1st)
Final B – DNS
Mark Stockwell
Qualifying Heat 6 – 50.27 (1st)
Final – 50.24 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Peter Dale
Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:51.42 (1st)
Final – 1:53.84 (8th)
Justin Lemberg
Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:52.73 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Justin Lemberg
Qualifying Heat 2 – 3:53.89 (1st)
Final – 3:51.79 (→ Bronze Medal)
Ron McKeon
Qualifying Heat 4 – 3:55.06 (4th)
Final – 3:55.48 (8th)
Men's 1.500 m Freestyle
Justin Lemberg
Qualifying Heat 1 – 15:29.74 (1st, did not advance)
Wayne Shillington
Qualifying Heat 3 – 15:25.67 (3rd)
Final – 15:38.18 (8th)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Glenn Buchanan
Qualifying Heat 1 – 54.86 (1st)
Final – 53.85 (→ Bronze Medal)
Mark Stockwell
Qualifying Heat 7 – 55.70 (3rd)
Final B – DNS
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Jon Sieben
Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:58.63 (2nd)
Final – 1:57.04 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Peter Evans
Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:02.87 (1st)
Final – 1:02.97 (→ Bronze Medal)
Brett Stocks
Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:03.46 (1st)
Final – 1:03.49 (6th)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Glenn Beringen
Qualifying Heat 6 – 2:17.29 (1st)
Final – 2:15.79 (→ Silver Medal)
Peter Evans
Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:21.21 (2nd)
Final B – DNS
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Mark Kerry
Qualifying Heat 2 – 57.15 (1st)
Final – 57.18 (5th)
David Orbell
Qualifying Heat 1 – 58.35 (1st)
Final B – 58.05 (1st)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
David Orbell
Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:04.00 (1st)
Final – 2:04.61 (8th)
Kim Terrell
Qualifying Heat 5 – 2:06.56 (3rd, did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Rob Woodhouse
Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:06.45 (2nd)
Final B – 2:04.85 (1st)
Glenn Beringen
Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:08.85 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Rob Woodhouse
Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:24.85 (3rd)
Final – 4:20.50 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell
Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:19.94 (1st)
Final – 3:19.68 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Graeme Brewer, Peter Dale, Justin Lemberg, and Ron McKeon
Qualifying Heat 2 – 7:26.93 (2nd)
Final – 7:25.63 (4th)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Thomas Stachewicz, Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell
Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:43.93 (1st)
Final – 3.43.25 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Competition
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Lisa Curry
Qualifying Heat 6 – 26.07 (11th)
Final B – 25.87 (1st)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Susie Ford
Qualifying Heat 4 – 57.76 (1st, did not advance)
Angela Harris
Qualifying Heat 6 – 57.30 (2nd)
Final – 58.09 (8th)
Michelle Pearson
Qualifying Heat 4 – 56.75 (1st)
Final – 56.83 (5th)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Michelle Pearson
Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:01.49 (2nd)
Final – 1:59.79 (4th)
Susie Ford
Qualifying Heat 4 – 2:04.82 (8th, did not advance)
Anna McVann
Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:03.14 (3rd)
Final – 2:02.87 (8th)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Susie Ford
Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:20.68 (4th)
Final B – 4:15.46 (1st)
Anna McVann
Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:15.21 (2nd)
Final – 4:13.95 (5th)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Susie Ford
Qualifying Heat 3 – 8:56.40 (6th, did not advance)
Anna McVann
Qualifying Heat 2 – 8:35.19 (2nd)
Final – 8:37.94 (4th)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Janet Blood
Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:01.97 (2nd)
Final – 1:01.78 (5th)
Lisa Curry
Qualifying 7 – 1:01.07 (9th)
Final B – 1:01.61 (5th)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Karen Higgison
Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:11.81 (1st)
Final – 2:10.56 (→ Silver Medal)
Janet Blood
Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:13.74 (2nd)
Swim-off with Conny van Bentum (NED) – 2:15.54 (2nd)
Final B – DNS
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Dimity Douglas
Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:12.18 (3rd)
Final B – 1:12:00 (3rd)
Sharon Kellett
Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:13.43 (4th, did not advance)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Dimity Douglas
Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:36.47 (5th)
Final B – 2:39.33 (8th)
Sharon Kellett
Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:33.23 (1st)
Final – 2:33.80 (5th)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Georgina Parkes
Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:04.90 (2nd)
Final B – 1:04.52 (2nd)
Audrey Youl
Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:04.94 (3rd)
Final B – 1:04.15 (1st)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Georgina Parkes
Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:18.49 (1st)
Final – 2:14.87 (4th)
Audrey Youl
Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:20.12 (4th)
Final B – 2:21.36 (8th)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Michelle Pearson
Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:17.46 (2nd)
Final – 2:15.92 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Suzanne Dill-Macky
Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:54.13 (2nd)
Final – 4:44.30 (→ Silver Medal)
Karen Higgison
Qualifying Heat 3 – 5:54.28 (4th)
Final B – 4:53.37 (11th)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Lisa Curry, Angela Harris, Janet Blood, Michelle Pearson
Qualifying Heat 1 – 3:49.61 (2nd)
Michelle Pearson, Angela Harris, Anna McVann, Lisa Curry
Final – 3:47.79 (4th)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Audrey Youl, Dimity Douglas, Lisa Curry, and Angela Harris
Qualifying Heat 2 – DSQ
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group C)
Lost to West Germany (6-10)
Drew with Italy (8-8)
Defeated Japan (15-2)
Final Round (Group D)
Lost to Yugoslavia (6-9)
Lost to United States (7-12)
Defeated Netherlands (8-7)
Drew with Spain (10-10) → 5th place
Team Roster
Michael Turner
Richard Pengelley
Robert Bryant
Peter Montgomery
Russell Sherwell
Andrew Kerr
Raymond Mayers
Charles Turner
Martin Callaghan
Christopher Wybrow
Russell Basser
Julian Muspratt
Glenn Townsend
Head Coach: Tom Hoad
