Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Australia sent 417 athletes, 250 men and 167 women, to the Atlanta Games.
The Australian Government had to pay royalties for playing Waltzing Matilda; Carl Fischer Music had copyrighted the song in 1941 as an original composition, although it is not now copyrighted in Australia.
A segment of Australian culture featured in the closing ceremony, as Australia was to host the next edition of the Summer Olympics in Sydney four years later.
Wendy Schaeffer, Phillip Dutton, Andrew Hoy, and Gillian Rolton — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team CompetitionMichelle Andrews, Alyson Annan, Louise Dobson, Renita Farrell, Juliet Haslam, Rechelle Hawkes, Clover Maitland, Karen Marsden, Jenny Morris, Nova Peris-Kneebone, Jackie Pereira, Katrina Powell, Lisa Powell, Danni Roche, Kate Starre, and Liane Tooth — Field Hockey, Women's Team CompetitionJames Tomkins, Drew Ginn, Nicholas Green, and Mike McKay — Rowing, Men's Coxless FoursKate Slatter and Megan Still — Rowing, Women's Coxless PairsMichael Diamond — Shooting, Men's Trap ShootingRussell Mark — Shooting, Men's Double TrapKieren Perkins — Swimming, Men's 1500m FreestyleSusie O'Neill — Swimming, Women's 200m ButterflyTodd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde — Tennis, Men's DoublesCathy Freeman — Athletics, Women's 400 metresLouise McPaul — Athletics, Women's Javelin ThrowMichelle Ferris — Cycling, Women's SprintRobert Scott and David Weightman — Rowing, Men's Coxless PairsDaniel Kowalski — Swimming, Men's 1500m FreestyleScott Miller — Swimming, Men's 100m ButterflyPetria Thomas — Swimming, Women's 200m ButterflyNicole Stevenson, Susie O'Neill, Samantha Riley, Sarah Ryan, Helen Denman (heats), and Angela Kennedy (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley RelayMitch Booth and Andrew Landenberger — Sailing, Men's TornadoMichele 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 Team CompetitionClint Robinson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak SinglesDanny Collins and Andrew Trim — Canoeing, Men's 500m Kayak PairsKatrin Borchert and Anna Wood — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak PairsBradley McGee — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual PursuitBradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Tim O'Shannessey, and Dean Woods — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team PursuitStuart O'Grady — Cycling, Men's Points RaceLucy Tyler-Sharman — Cycling, Women's Points RaceStuart 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 Team CompetitionRon Snook, Duncan Free, Bo Hanson, and Janusz Hooker — Rowing, Men's Quadruple ScullsAnthony Edwards and Bruce Hick — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double ScullsRebecca Joyce and Virginia Lee — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double ScullsDeserie Huddleston — Shooting, Women's Double TrapNatalie 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 Team CompetitionDaniel Kowalski — Swimming, Men's 200m FreestyleDaniel Kowalski — Swimming, Men's 400m FreestyleScott Goodman — Swimming, Men's 200m ButterflyPhil Rogers, Steven Dewick, Scott Miller, Michael Klim, and Toby Haenen (heats) — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley RelaySamantha Riley — Swimming, Women's 100m BreaststrokeEmma Johnson, Susie O'Neill, Julia Greville, Nicole Stevenson, and Lise Mackie (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle RelayNatalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst — Volleyball, Women's Beach VolleyballStefan Botev — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight (> 108 kg)Colin Beashel and David Giles — Sailing, Men's StarIn 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:
Myfanwy Matthews → Round of 64, 48th place (0-1)Deonne Bridger → Round of 64, 57th place (0-1)Men's Individual Competition:
Matthew Gray → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1)Jackson Fear → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1)Simon Fairweather → Round of 64, 52nd place (0-1)Men's Team Competition:
Gray, Fear, and Fairweather → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-2)Men's 100 metres
Rod MapstoneQualification — 10.56 (6th) (→ did not advance)Paul HendersonQualification — 10.52 (5th) (→ did not advance)Men's 200 metres
Steve BrimacombeQualification — 20.53 (3rd)Semi-finals — 20.38 (5th) (→ did not advance)Dean CapobiancoQualification — 21.03 (7th) (→ did not advance)Men's 400 metres
Paul GreeneQualification — 46.12 (3rd)Quarter-finals — 46.22 (8th) (→ did not advance)Mark LadbrookQualification — 46.28 (5th) (→ did not advance)Michael JoubertQualification — 46.30 (5th) (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
Paul ByrneQualification — 1:47.05 (3rd)Semi-Finals — 1:47.58 (6th) (→ did not advance)Men's 1,500 metres
Paul ClearyQualification — 3:52.85 (→ did not advance)Men's 5,000 metres
Shaun CreightonQualification — 14:04.08Semifinal — 13:55.23 (→ did not advance)Julian PaynterQualification — 14:00.25Semifinal — 14:23.60 (→ did not advance)Men's 10,000 metres
Shaun CreightonQualification — 28:44.29 (13th) (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, and Rod MapstoneHeat — 38.93 (1st)Semi Final — 39.10DQ (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Mark Ladbrook, Michael Joubert, Paul Greene, and Cameron MackenzieHeat — 3:03.73Semi Final — 3:04.55 (→ did not advance)Men's 110m Hurdles
Kyle Vander KuypHeat — 13.32 (1st)Quart-final — 13.49 (3rd)Semi-final — 13.38 (4th)Final — 13.40 (7th)Men's 400m Hurdles
Rohan RobinsonHeat — 48.89sSemi Final — 48.28sFinal — 48.30s (→ 5th place)Simon HollingsworthHeat — 52.16 (→ did not advance)Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
Chris UnthankHeat — 8:31.86Semifinals — 8:25.59 (→ did not advance)Men's Decathlon
Peter WinterDid not finish (10.85 (-0.4), NM, 13.43m)DNF Decathlon after 3 no jumps in long jumpScott FerrierDid not finishMen's Marathon
Steve Moneghetti — 2:14.35 (→ 7th place)Rod de Highden — 2:17.42 (→ 23rd place)Sean Quilty — 2:19.35 (→ 34th place)Men's 20 km Walk
Nicholas A'Hern 1:20:31 (4th place)Dion Russell 1:30:04 (47th place)Men's 50 km Walk
Duane Cousins — did not finish (→ no ranking)Simon Baker — DSQ (→ no ranking)Men's Hammer Throw
Sean CarlinQualification — 72.32m (→ did not advance)Men's High Jump
Tim ForsythQualification — 2.28m (1st)Final — 2.32m (7th)Chris AndersonQualification — 2.15 (27th → did not advance)Men's Triple Jump
Andrew MurphyQualification — 16.0m (34th → did not advance)Men's Pole Vault
Simon ArkellQualification — no mark (→ did not advance)James MillerQualification — 5.60m (→ did not advance)Men's Javelin Throw
Andrew CurreyQualification — 77.28m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres
Susan HobsonQualification — 32:25.13Final — 32:47.71 (→ 17th place)Kylie RiskQualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay
Lee Naylor, Kylie Hanigan, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, and Renee PoetschkaQualification — 3:33.78 (→ did not advance)Women's Long Jump
Nicole BoegmanQualification — 6.67mFinal — 6.73m (→ 8th place)Women's Discus Throw
Lisa-Marie VizaniariQualification — 63.00mFinal — 62.48m (→ 8th place)Daniela CostianQualification — 61.66m (→ did not advance)Women's Javelin Throw
Louise McPaulQualification — 62.32mFinal — 65.54m (→ Silver Medal)Joanna StoneQualification — 58.54m (→ did not advance)Women's Heptathlon
Jane JamiesonFinal Result — 5897 points (→ 20th place)Women's Marathon
Kerryn McCann — 2:36.41 (→ 28th place)Suzanne Malaxos — 2:50.46 (→ 57th place)Lisa Ondieki — did not finish (→ no ranking)Women's 10 km Walk
Kerry Saxby-Junna — 43:59 (→ 12th place)Anne Manning — 45:27 (→ 19th place)Jane Saville — 45:56 (→ 26th place)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.
Team RosterJeff WilliamsMark DoubledayScott TunkinMichael NakamuraSteven HintonRichard VaggAndrew ScottShane TonkinJason HewittAndrew McNallyMatthew Sheldon-CollinsPeter VoglerDavid HynesGrant McDonaldScott DawesStuart HowellSten LindbergSimon Sheldon-CollinsStuart ThompsonJohn MoorePreliminary Round (Group B)Defeated South Korea (76-61)Defeated Zaire (91-45)Defeated Cuba (75-63)Lost to United States (79-96)Lost to Ukraine (48-54)QuarterfinalsDefeated Russia (74-70)SemifinalsLost to United States (71-93)FinalDefeated Ukraine (66-56) → Bronze MedalTeam rosterCarla BoydMichelle BroganSandy BrondelloMichelle ChandlerTrisha FallonRobyn MaherFiona RobinsonShelley SandieRachael SpornMichele TimmsAllison TranquilliJenny WhittleHead coach: Tom MaherJulien Prosser and Lee Zahner — 9th place overallMen's Flyweight (51 kg)
Hussein HusseinFirst Round — Defeated Carmine Molaro (Italy), 11-8Second Round — Lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 20-27Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
James SwanFirst Round — Lost to Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 4-14Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Robert PedenFirst Round — Defeated Mohamed Achik (Morocco), 15-7Second Round — Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria), 8-20Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)
Lee TrautschFirst Round — Lost to Fethi Missaoui (Tunisia), 9-25Men's Light Welterweight (67 kg)
Lynden HoskingFirst Round — Lost to Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second roundMen's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
Richard RowlesFirst Round — Lost to György Mizsei (Hungary), 2-10Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
Justann CrawfordFirst Round — Defeated Sackey Shivute (Namibia), 12-3Second Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), referee stopped contest in third roundMen's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
Rick TimperiFirst Round — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 7-21Men's Individual Time Trial
Patrick JonkerFinal — 1:06:54 (→ 8th place)Stephen HodgeFinal — 1:09:59 (→ 23rd place)Women's Individual Road Race
Kathryn WattFinal — 02:37:06 (→ 9th place)Anna WilsonFinal — 02:37:06 (→ 17th place)Tracey WatsonFinal — 02:42:35 (→ 39th place)Women's Individual Time Trial
Kathryn WattFinal — 37:53 (→ 4th place)Anna WilsonFinal — 38:50 (→ 10th place)Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Shane Kelly — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's Points Race
Stuart O'GradyFinal — 25 points (→ Bronze Medal)Men's Cross Country
Cadel EvansFinal — 2:26:15 (→ 9th place)Robert WoodsFinal — 2:33:14 (→ 16th place)Women's Cross Country
Mary GrigsonFinal — 2:02.38 (→ 15th place)Men's 3m Springnboard
Michael MurphyPreliminary Heat — 419.13Semi Final — 220.08Final — 420.87 (→ 6th place)Russell ButlerPreliminary Heat — 305.79 (→ did not advance, 28th place)Women's 3m Springboard
Jodie RogersPreliminary Heat — 242.19Semi Final — 204.18 (→ did not advance, 15th place)Loudy TourkyPreliminary Heat — 229.11 (→ did not advance, 19th place)Women's 10m Platform
Vyninka ArlowPreliminary Heat — 243.57 (→ did not advance, 19th place)Vanessa BakerPreliminary Heat — 225.84 (→ did not advance, 25th place)One woman represented Australia in 1996.
Women's épéeSarah OsvathPreliminary Round (Group B)Australia — South Africa 1-1Australia — South Korea 3-2Australia — The Netherlands 2-3Australia — Malaysia 5-1Australia — Great Britain 2-0Semi FinalsAustralia — Spain 1-2Bronze Medal GameAustralia — Germany 3-2 (→ Bronze Medal)Team RosterMark HagerStephen DaviesBaeden ChoppyLachlan ElmerStuart CarruthersGrant SmithDamon Diletti (gk)Lachlan Dreher (gk)Brendan GarardPaul GaudoinPaul LewisMatthew SmithJay StacyDaniel SprouleKen WarkMichael YorkHead Coach: Frank MurrayPreliminary Round RobinAustralia — Spain 4-0Australia — Argentina 7-1Australia — Germany 1-0Australia — South Korea 3-3Australia — Great Britain 1-0Australia — United States 4-0Australia — The Netherlands 4-0FinalAustralia — South Korea 3-1 (→ Gold Medal)Team RosterClover Maitland (gk)Danni RocheLiane ToothAlyson AnnanJuliet HaslamJenny MorrisLouise DobsonLisa PowellKaren MarsdenKate StarreRenita FarrellJackie PereiraNova Peris-KneeboneRechelle HawkesKatrina PowellMichelle AndrewsHead Coach: Ric CharlesworthMen's Individual Competition:
Alexander Johnson → 3697 pts, 32nd placePreliminary Round RobinLost 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)SemifinalsDefeated Japan (3:0)Bronze Medal MatchLost to PR China (2:4) → Bronze MedalTeam RosterNatalie WardTanya HardingPeta EdeboneMelanie RocheBrooke WilkinsJoanne BrownKerry DieneltSally McDermid-McCreedyKim CooperCarolyn CrudgingtonJennifer HollidayJoyce LesterFrancine McRaeHaylea PetrieNicole Richardson50m Freestyle
Chris FydlerHeat — 22.98 (→ did not advance, 19th place)100m Freestyle
Chris FydlerHeat — 50.72B-Final — 50.31 (→ 13th place)200m Freestyle
Daniel KowalskiHeat — 1:48.92Final — 1:48.25 (→ Bronze Medal)Michael KlimHeat — 1:49.17B-Final — 1:49.50 (→ 10th place)200m Freestyle
Daniel KowalskiHeat — 3:51.67Final — 3:49.39 (→ Bronze Medal)Malcolm AllenHeat — 3:54.34B-Final — 3:55.48 (→ 13th place)1500m Freestyle
Kieren PerkinsHeat — 15:21.42Final — 14:56.40 (→ Gold Medal)Daniel KowalskiHeat — 15:12.55Final — 15:02.43 (→ Silver Medal)100m Backstroke
Steven DewickHeat — 56.35B-Final — 56.82 (→ 15th place)200m Backstroke
Steven DewickHeat — 2:04.46 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)100m Breaststroke
Phil RogersHeat — 1:01.80Final — 1:01.64 (→ 5th place)200m Breaststroke
Phil RogersHeat — 2:14.97Final — 2:14.79 (→ 5th place)Ryan MitchellHeat — 2:15.31B-Final — 2:15.63 (→ 11th place)100m Butterfly
Scott MillerHeat — 52.89Final — 52.53 (→ Silver Medal)Michael KlimHeat — 53.42Final — 53.30 (→ 6th place)200m Butterfly
Scott GoodmanHeat — 1:57.77Final — 1:57.48 (→ Bronze Medal)Scott MillerHeat — 1:58.97Final — 1:58.28 (→ 5th place)200m Individual Medley
Matthew DunnHeat — 2:01.44Final — 2:01.57 (→ 5th place)Simon CoombsHeat — 2:07.31 (→ did not advance, 28th place)400m Individual Medley
Matthew DunnHeat — 4:19.51Final — 4:16.66 (→ 4th place)Trent SteedHeat — 4:24.39B-Final — 4:29.35 (→ 15th place)4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Michael Klim, Ian Vander-Wal, Scott Logan, and Chris FydlerHeat — 3:20.88Michael Klim, Matthew Dunn, Scott Logan, and Chris FydlerFinal — 3:20.13 (→ 6th place)4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Kieren Perkins, Glen Housman, Ian Vander-Wal, and Malcolm AllenHeat — 7:23.24Daniel Kowalski, Michael Klim, Malcolm Allen, and Matthew DunnFinal — 7:18.47 (→ 4th place)4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Toby Haenen, Phil Rogers, Scott Miller, and Michael KlimHeat — 3:41.30Steven Dewick, Phil Rogers, Scott Miller, and Michael KlimFinal — 3:39.56 (→ Bronze Medal)50m Freestyle
Karen van WirdumHeat — 25.88B-Final — 26.17 (→ 15th place)Sarah RyanHeat — 26.34 (→ did not advance, 21st place)100m Freestyle
Sarah RyanHeat — 56.07Final — 55.85 (→ 6th place)200m Freestyle
Susie O'NeillHeat — 2:00.89Final — 1:59.87 (→ 5th place)Julia GrevilleHeat — 2:00.44Final — 2:01.46 (→ 7th place)400m Freestyle
Emma JohnsonHeat — 4:14.13B-Final — 4:15.79 (→ 12th place)Hayley LewisHeat — 4:17.02B-Final — 4:16.92 (→ 15th place)800m Freestyle
Stacey GartrellHeat — 8:42.39 (→ did not advance, 11th place)Hayley LewisHeat — 8:45.79 (→ did not advance, 13th place)100m Backstroke
Nicole StevensonHeat — 1:02.50Final — 1:02.70 (→ 7th place)Elli OvertonHeat — 1:03.88B-Final — 1:03.69 (→ 14th place)200m Backstroke
Nicole StevensonHeat — 2:16.71 (→ did not advance, 18th place)100m Breaststroke
Samantha RileyHeat — 1:09.37Final — 1:09.18 (→ Bronze Medal)Helen DenmanHeat — 1:10.64B-Final — 1:10.26 (→ 11th place)200m Breaststroke
Samantha RileyHeat — 2:28.30Final — 2:27.91 (→ 4th place)Nadine NeumannHeat — 2:29.91Final — 2:28.34 (→ 6th place)100m Butterfly
Susie O'NeillHeat — 1:00.55Final — 1:00.17 (→ 5th place)Angela KennedyHeat — 1:01.89 (→ did not advance, 18th place)200m Butterfly
Susie O'NeillHeat — 2:09.46Final — 2:07.76 (→ Gold Medal)Petria ThomasHeat — 2:10.64Final — 2:09.82 (→ Silver Medal)200m Individual Medley
Elli OvertonHeat — 2:15.81Final — 2:16.04 (→ 5th place)Emma JohnsonHeat — 2:17.02Final — scratched400m Individual Medley
Emma JohnsonHeat — 4:43.45Final — 4:44.02 (→ 5th place)Elli OvertonHeat — 4:49.82B-Final — 4:50.73 (→ 14th place)4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Anna Windsor, Sarah Ryan, Lise Mackie, and Julia GrevilleHeat — 3:47.94Sarah Ryan, Julia Greville, Lise Mackie, and Susie O'NeillFinal — 3:45.31 (→ 6th place)4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Julia Greville, Lise Mackie, Emma Johnson, and Susie O'NeillHeat — 8:09.33Julia Greville, Nicole Stevenson, Emma Johnson, and Susie O'NeillFinal — 8:05.47 (→ Bronze Medal)4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Nicole Stevenson, Helen Denman, Angela Kennedy, and Sarah RyanHeat — 4:08.87Nicole Stevenson, Samantha Riley, Susie O'Neill, and Sarah RyanFinal — 4:05.08 (→ Silver Medal)Women's Singles Competition
Rennae StubbsFirst round — Lost to Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 2-6 1-6Rachel McQuillanFirst round — Lost to Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) 4-6 6-7Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)
Kiril KounevFinal — 170.0 + 200.0 = 370.0 (→ 4th place) 
