Australia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. 279 competitors, 187 men and 92 women, took part in 153 events in 25 sports.
Kathy Watt — Cycling, Women's Road Race
Matt Ryan — Equestrian, Three-day Event Individual Competition
Clint Robinson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1,000 m
Matt Ryan, Andrew Hoy and Gillian Rolton — Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition
Stephen Hawkins and Peter Antonie — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
Andrew Cooper, Mike McKay, James Tomkins and Nick Green — Rowing, Men's Coxless Four M4-
Kieren Perkins — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
Kieren Perkins — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
Hayley Lewis — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
Glen Housman — Swimming, Men's 1,500 m Freestyle
Gary Neiwand — Cycling, Men's 1,000 m Sprint
Shane Kelly — Cycling, Men's 1,000 m Time Trial
Kathy Watt — Cycling, Women's 3,000 m Individual Pursuit
Danielle Woodward — Canoeing, Women's Slalom
Brett Aitken, Steve McGlede, Shaun O'Brien, and Stuart O'Grady — Cycling, Men's 4,000 m Team Pursuit
John Bestall, Warren Birmingham, Lee Bodimeade, Ashley Carey, Gregory Corbitt, Stephen Davies, Damon Diletti, Lachlan Dreher, Lachlan Elmer, Dean Evans, Paul Lewis, Graham Reid, Jay Stacy, Michael York, David Wansbrough, and Ken Wark — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
Nicole Stevenson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
Hayley Lewis — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
Samantha Riley — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Susie O'Neill — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
Phil Rogers — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Lars Kleppich — Sailing, Men's Lechner Individual Competition
Daniela Costian — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Tim Forsyth — Athletics, Men's High Jump
Mitch Booth and John Forbes — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
Rachel McQuillan and Nicole Provis — Tennis, Women's Doubles
Ramon Andersson, Kelvin Graham, Ian Rowling, and Steve Wood — Canoeing, Men's K4 1,000 m
In the sixth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men. Grant Greenham had the nation's only individual win, though the trio also won their first match in the team round.
Men's Individual Competition:
Grant Greenham — Round of 16, 16th place (1-1)
Simon Fairweather — Round of 32, 25th place (0-1)
Scott Hunter-Russell — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0)
Men's Team Competition:
Greenham, Fairweather, and Hunter-Russell — Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)
Men's 200 metres
Dean Capobianco
Heat — 20.86
Quarterfinals — 20.61 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 400 metres
Mark Garner
Heat — 46.26
Quarterfinals — 46.85 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Simon Hollingsworth
Heat — 49.74 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's Marathon
Robert de Castella
Final — 2:17.44 (→ 26th place)
Steve Moneghetti
Final — 2:23.42 (→ 48th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
Nick A'Hern
Final — 1:31:39 (→ 22nd place)
Andrew Jachno
Final — 1:36:49 (→ 31st place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Simon Baker
Final — 4:08:11 (→ 19th place)
Men's High Jump
Tim Forsyth
Qualification — 2.26 m
Final — 2.34 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Lochsley Thomson
Qualification — 2.20 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
David Anderson
Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's Long Jump
David Culbert
Qualification — 8.00 m
Final — 7.73 m (→ 11th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Sean Carlin
Qualification — 75.90 m
Final — 76.16 m (→ 8th place)
Men's Discus Throw
Werner Reiterer
Qualification — 62.20 m
Final — 60.12 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Pole Vault
Simon Arkell
Qualification — 5.30m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's Decathlon
Dean Smith
Final Result — 7703pts (→ 19th place)
Women's 100 metres
Kerry Johnson
Heat — 11.62
Quarterfinals — 11.59 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
Heat — 11.57
Quarterfinals — 11.67 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 metres
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
Heat — 23.18
Quarterfinals — 23.03
Semifinals — 23.03 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Melissa Medlicott
Heat — 23.86 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 400 metres
Michelle Lock
Heat — 52.49
Quarterfinals — 51.71
Semifinals — 50.78 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Renee Poetschka
Heat — 52.85
Quarterfinals — 52.05
Semifinals — 52.09 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Cathy Freeman
Heat — 53.70
Quarterfinals — 51.52 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 3,000 metres
Krishna Stanton
Heat — 9:00.62 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 10,000 metres
Susan Hobson
Heat — 32:53.61 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Kerry Johnson, Melissa Medlicott, and Kathy Sambell
Heat — 43.49
final — 43.77 (→ 6th place)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Susan Andrews, Cathy Freeman, Michelle Lock, and Renee Poetschka
Heat — 3:25.68
final — 3:26.42 (→ 7th place)
Women's Marathon
Lisa Ondieki
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 10 km Walk
Kerry Junna-Saxby
Final — 46:01 (→ 15th place)
Gabrielle Blythe
Final — 50:13 (→ 31st place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Gail Luke
Heat — 58.32 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's High Jump
Alison Inverarity
Qualification — 1.92 m
Final — 1.91 m (→ 8th place)
Women's Long Jump
Nicole Boegman
Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's Discus Throw
Daniela Costian
Heat — 65.94m
Final — 66.24m (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Javelin Throw
Louise Currey
Heat — 60.56m
Final — 56.00m (→ 11th place)
Sue Howland
Heat — did not compete (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's Heptathlon
Jane Flemming
Final Result — fid not finish 58.32 (→ no ranking)
Preliminary Round (Group B):
Defeated Puerto Rico (116-76)
Lost to Unified Team (63-85)
Defeated Venezuela (78-71)
Defeated PR China (88-66)
Lost to Lithuania (87-98)
Quarter Finals:
Lost to Croatia (65-98)
Classification Matches:
5th/8th place: Defeated Germany (109-79)
5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (80-90) → 6th place
Team Roster:
( 4.) John Dorge
( 5.) Mike McKay
( 6.) Phil Smyth
( 7.) Larry Sengstock
( 8.) Damian Keogh
( 9.) Leroy Loggins
(10.) Andrew Gaze
(11.) Shane Heal
(12.) Mark Bradtke
(13.) Luc Longley
(14.) Andrew Vlahov
(15.) Ray Borner
Head Coach: Adrian Hurley
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Australia in 1992.
Men's road race
Grant Rice
Darren Smith
Patrick Jonker
Men's team time trial
Robert Crowe
Darren Lawson
Robert McLachlan
Grant Rice
Men's sprint
Gary Neiwand
Men's 1 km time trial
Shane Kelly
Men's individual pursuit
Mark Kingsland
Men's team pursuit
Brett Aitken
Stephen McGlede
Shaun O'Brien
Stuart O'Grady
Men's points race
Stephen McGlede
Women's road race
Kathy Watt — 2:04:42 (→ Gold Medal)
Kathleen Shannon — 2:05:03 (→ 7th place)
Jacqui Uttien — 2:05:03 (→ 13th place)
Women's individual pursuit
Kathy Watt
Men's 3m Springboard
Michael Murphy
Preliminary Round — 381.33 points
Final — 611.97 points (→ 4th place)
Simon McCormack
Preliminary Round — 358.05 points (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 10m Platform
Craig Rogerson
Preliminary Round — 388.83 points
Final — 458.43 points (→ 12th place)
Michael Murphy
Preliminary Round — 371.88 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Jennifer Donnet
Preliminary Round — 272.64 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Rachel Wilkes
Preliminary Round — 254.31 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 10m Platform
Vyninka Arlow
Final — 365.88 points (→ 10th place)
April Adams
Final — 342.39 points (→ 11th place)
Men's épée
Robert Davidson
Scott Arnold
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Australia — Ghana 1-3
Australia — Mexico 1-1
Australia — Denmark 3-0
Quarter Finals
Australia — Sweden 2-1
Semi Finals
Australia — Poland 1-6
Bronze Medal Match
Australia — Ghana 0-1
Team Roster
( 1.) John Filan
( 2.) Milan Blagojevic
( 3.) Dominic Longo
( 4.) Ned Zelic
( 5.) Shaun Murphy
( 6.) Tony Vidmar
( 7.) John Gibson
( 8.) Paul Okon
( 9.) Zlatko Arambasic
(10.) George Slifkas
(11.) John Markovski
(12.) Damian Mori
(13.) Tom Veart
(14.) Steve Refenes
(15.) Tony Popovic
(16.) David Seal
(17.) Gary Hasler
(18.) Steve Corica
(19.) Brad Maloney
(20.) Mark Bosnich
Head coach: Eddie Thomson
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Australia — Argentina 7 - 0
Australia — Egypt 5 - 1
Australia — Germany 1 - 1
Australia — India 1 - 0
Australia — Great Britain 6 - 0
Semi Finals
Australia — The Netherlands 3 - 2
Final
Australia — Germany 1 - 2 (→ Silver Medal)
Team Roster
( 1.) Warren Birmingham (captain)
( 2.) David Wansbrough
( 3.) John Bestall
( 4.) Lee Bodimeade
( 5.) Ashley Carey
( 6.) Stephen Davies
( 7.) Damon Diletti (gk)
( 8.) Lachlan Dreher (gk)
( 9.) Lachlan Elmer
(10.) Dean Evans
(11.) Gregory Corbitt
(12.) Paul Lewis
(13.) Graham Reid
(14.) Jay Stacy
(15.) Ken Wark
(16.) Michael York
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Australia — Canada 2 - 0
Australia — Germany 0 - 1
Australia — Spain 0 - 1
Classification Matches
5th-8th place: Australia — New Zealand 5 - 1
5th-6th place: Australia — The Netherlands 2 - 0
Team Roster
( 1.) Kathleen Partridge (gk)
( 2.) Christine Dobson
( 3.) Liane Tooth
( 4.) Alyson Annan
( 5.) Juliet Haslam
( 6.) Michelle Hager
( 7.) Alison Peek
( 8.) Lisa Powell
( 9.) Lisa Naughton (gk)
(10.) Kate Starre
(11.) Sally Carbon
(12.) Jackie Pereira
(13.) Tracey Belbin
(14.) Rechelle Hawkes
(15.) Sharon Buchanan
(16.) Debbie Bowman-Sullivan
Head coach: Brian Glencross
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1992.
Men's Individual Competition:
Gavin Lackey → 30th place (5,111 points)
Colin Hamilton → 58th place (4,594 points)
Alex Watson → 63rd place (4,279 points)
Men's Team Competition:
Lackey, Hamilton, and Watson → 16th place (13,984 points)
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Lars Kleppich
Final Ranking — 98.7 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Fiona Taylor
Final Ranking — 136.0 points (→ 10th place)
Women's 470 Class
Jennifer Lidgett and Ady Bucek
Final Ranking — 80.4 points (→ 9th place)
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Darren Lange
Heat — 23.01
B-Final — 22.69 (→ 9th place)
Angus Waddell
Heat — 23.10
B-Final — 23.06 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Chris Fydler
Heat — 50.26
B-Final — 50.78 (→ 14th place)
Andrew Baildon
Heat — 50.59
B-Final — 50.93 (→ 16th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Kieren Perkins
Heat — 1:49.26
B-Final — 1:49.75 (→ 10th place)
Ian Brown
Heat — 1:49.32
B-Final — 1:49.77 (→ 11th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Kieren Perkins
Heat — 3:49.24
Final — 3:45.16 (→ Silver Medal)
Ian Brown
Heat — 3:50.12
Final — 3:48.79 (→ 5th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
Kieren Perkins
Heat — 15:02.75
Final — 14:43.48 (→ Gold Medal)
Glen Housman
Heat — 15:11.36
Final — 14:55.29 3:48.79 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Tom Stachewicz
Heat — 57.03 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Toby Haenen
Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Toby Haenen
Heat — 2:06.79 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Phil Rogers
Heat — 1:02.10
Final — 1:01.76 (→ Bronze Medal)
Shane Lewis
Heat — 1:04.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Phil Rogers
Heat — 2:14.39
Final — 2:13.59 (→ 6th place)
Rodney Lawson
Heat — 2:15.67
B-Final — 2:15.50 (→ 9th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle
Duncan Armstrong, Martin Roberts, Deane Pieters, and Ian Brown
Heat — 7:22.19
Deane Pieters, Duncan Armstrong, Ian Brown, and Kieren Perkins
Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Two synchronized swimmers represented Australia in 1992.
Women's solo
Semon Rohloff
Celeste Ferraris
Women's duet
Semon Rohloff
Celeste Ferraris
Men's Singles Competition
Wally Masur
First Round — Lost to Pete Sampras (United States) 1-6, 6-7, 4-6
Richard Fromberg
First Round — Lost to Michael Stich (Germany) 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6
Todd Woodbridge
First Round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 1-6, 6-7, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
John Fitzgerald and Todd Woodbridge
First Round — Defeated Roger Smith and Mark Knowles (Bahamas) 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 6-3
Second round — Lost to Leander Paes and Ramesh Krishnan (India) 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 1-6
Women's Singles Competition
Nicole Provis
First Round — Defeated Katia Piccolini (Italy) 6-1 6-0
Second Round — Lost to Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 2-6 1-6
Jenny Byrne
First Round — Lost to Raffaella Reggi-Concato (Italy) 4-6 6-7
Rachel McQuillan
First Round — Lost to Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 3-6, 3-6
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to United States (4-8)
Defeated France (9-5)
Lost to Soviet Union (9-12)
Tied with Germany (7-7)
Defeated Czechoslovakia (15-9)
Classification Matches
Defeated Cuba (7-5)
Defeated Hungary (9-8) → Fifth place
Team Roster
Raymond Mayers
Glenn Townsend
Christopher Wybrow
Simon Asher
Geoffrey Clark
John Fox
Troy Stockwell
Andrew Wightman
Daniel Marsden
Mark Oberman
Greg McFadden
Guy Newman
Paul Oberman
