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 Competition
Michelle 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 Competition
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
Cathy Freeman — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Louise McPaul — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Michelle Ferris — Cycling, Women's Sprint
Robert 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
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 Team Competition
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 Team Competition
Ron Snook, Duncan Free, Bo Hanson, and Janusz Hooker — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
Anthony Edwards and Bruce Hick — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
Rebecca Joyce and Virginia Lee — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
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 Team Competition
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
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:
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 Mapstone
Qualification — 10.56 (6th) (→ did not advance)
Paul Henderson
Qualification — 10.52 (5th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Steve Brimacombe
Qualification — 20.53 (3rd)
Semi-finals — 20.38 (5th) (→ did not advance)
Dean Capobianco
Qualification — 21.03 (7th) (→ did not advance)
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
Shaun Creighton
Qualification — 28:44.29 (13th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, and Rod Mapstone
Heat — 38.93 (1st)
Semi Final — 39.10DQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Mark Ladbrook, Michael Joubert, Paul Greene, and Cameron Mackenzie
Heat — 3:03.73
Semi Final — 3:04.55 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110m Hurdles
Kyle Vander Kuyp
Heat — 13.32 (1st)
Quart-final — 13.49 (3rd)
Semi-final — 13.38 (4th)
Final — 13.40 (7th)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Rohan Robinson
Heat — 48.89s
Semi Final — 48.28s
Final — 48.30s (→ 5th place)
Simon Hollingsworth
Heat — 52.16 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
Chris Unthank
Heat — 8:31.86
Semifinals — 8:25.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Peter Winter
Did not finish (10.85 (-0.4), NM, 13.43m)
DNF Decathlon after 3 no jumps in long jump
Scott Ferrier
Did not finish
Men'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 Carlin
Qualification — 72.32m (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Tim Forsyth
Qualification — 2.28m (1st)
Final — 2.32m (7th)
Chris Anderson
Qualification — 2.15 (27th → did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Andrew Murphy
Qualification — 16.0m (34th → did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
Simon Arkell
Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
James Miller
Qualification — 5.60m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Andrew Currey
Qualification — 77.28m (→ did not advance)
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
Lee Naylor, Kylie Hanigan, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, and Renee Poetschka
Qualification — 3:33.78 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
Nicole Boegman
Qualification — 6.67m
Final — 6.73m (→ 8th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
Qualification — 63.00m
Final — 62.48m (→ 8th place)
Daniela Costian
Qualification — 61.66m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
Louise McPaul
Qualification — 62.32m
Final — 65.54m (→ Silver Medal)
Joanna Stone
Qualification — 58.54m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
Jane Jamieson
Final 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 Roster
Jeff Williams
Mark Doubleday
Scott Tunkin
Michael Nakamura
Steven Hinton
Richard Vagg
Andrew Scott
Shane Tonkin
Jason Hewitt
Andrew McNally
Matthew Sheldon-Collins
Peter Vogler
David Hynes
Grant McDonald
Scott Dawes
Stuart Howell
Sten Lindberg
Simon Sheldon-Collins
Stuart Thompson
John Moore
Preliminary 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)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Russia (74-70)
Semifinals
Lost to United States (71-93)
Final
Defeated Ukraine (66-56) → Bronze Medal
Team roster
Carla Boyd
Michelle Brogan
Sandy Brondello
Michelle Chandler
Trisha Fallon
Robyn Maher
Fiona Robinson
Shelley Sandie
Rachael Sporn
Michele Timms
Allison Tranquilli
Jenny Whittle
Head coach: Tom Maher
Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner — 9th place overall
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Hussein Hussein
First Round — Defeated Carmine Molaro (Italy), 11-8
Second Round — Lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 20-27
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
James Swan
First Round — Lost to Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 4-14
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Robert Peden
First Round — Defeated Mohamed Achik (Morocco), 15-7
Second Round — Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria), 8-20
Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)
Lee Trautsch
First Round — Lost to Fethi Missaoui (Tunisia), 9-25
Men's Light Welterweight (67 kg)
Lynden Hosking
First Round — Lost to Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
Richard Rowles
First Round — Lost to György Mizsei (Hungary), 2-10
Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
Justann Crawford
First Round — Defeated Sackey Shivute (Namibia), 12-3
Second Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
Rick Timperi
First Round — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 7-21
Men's Individual Time Trial
Patrick Jonker
Final — 1:06:54 (→ 8th place)
Stephen Hodge
Final — 1:09:59 (→ 23rd place)
Women's Individual Road Race
Kathryn Watt
Final — 02:37:06 (→ 9th place)
Anna Wilson
Final — 02:37:06 (→ 17th place)
Tracey Watson
Final — 02:42:35 (→ 39th place)
Women's Individual Time Trial
Kathryn Watt
Final — 37:53 (→ 4th place)
Anna Wilson
Final — 38:50 (→ 10th place)
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Shane Kelly — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Points Race
Stuart O'Grady
Final — 25 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Cross Country
Cadel Evans
Final — 2:26:15 (→ 9th place)
Robert Woods
Final — 2:33:14 (→ 16th place)
Women's Cross Country
Mary Grigson
Final — 2:02.38 (→ 15th place)
Men's 3m Springnboard
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)
One woman represented Australia in 1996.
Women's épée
Sarah Osvath
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Australia — South Africa 1-1
Australia — South Korea 3-2
Australia — The Netherlands 2-3
Australia — Malaysia 5-1
Australia — Great Britain 2-0
Semi Finals
Australia — Spain 1-2
Bronze Medal Game
Australia — Germany 3-2 (→ Bronze Medal)
Team Roster
Mark Hager
Stephen Davies
Baeden Choppy
Lachlan Elmer
Stuart Carruthers
Grant Smith
Damon Diletti (gk)
Lachlan Dreher (gk)
Brendan Garard
Paul Gaudoin
Paul Lewis
Matthew Smith
Jay Stacy
Daniel Sproule
Ken Wark
Michael York
Head Coach: Frank Murray
Preliminary Round Robin
Australia — Spain 4-0
Australia — Argentina 7-1
Australia — Germany 1-0
Australia — South Korea 3-3
Australia — Great Britain 1-0
Australia — United States 4-0
Australia — The Netherlands 4-0
Final
Australia — South Korea 3-1 (→ Gold Medal)
Team Roster
Clover Maitland (gk)
Danni Roche
Liane Tooth
Alyson Annan
Juliet Haslam
Jenny Morris
Louise Dobson
Lisa Powell
Karen Marsden
Kate Starre
Renita Farrell
Jackie Pereira
Nova Peris-Kneebone
Rechelle Hawkes
Katrina Powell
Michelle Andrews
Head Coach: Ric Charlesworth
Men's Individual Competition:
Alexander Johnson → 3697 pts, 32nd place
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
Defeated Japan (3:0)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to PR China (2:4) → Bronze Medal
Team Roster
Natalie Ward
Tanya Harding
Peta Edebone
Melanie Roche
Brooke Wilkins
Joanne Brown
Kerry Dienelt
Sally McDermid-McCreedy
Kim Cooper
Carolyn Crudgington
Jennifer Holliday
Joyce Lester
Francine McRae
Haylea Petrie
Nicole Richardson
50m Freestyle
Chris Fydler
Heat — 22.98 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
100m Freestyle
Chris Fydler
Heat — 50.72
B-Final — 50.31 (→ 13th place)
200m Freestyle
Daniel Kowalski
Heat — 1:48.92
Final — 1:48.25 (→ Bronze Medal)
Michael Klim
Heat — 1:49.17
B-Final — 1:49.50 (→ 10th place)
200m Freestyle
Daniel Kowalski
Heat — 3:51.67
Final — 3:49.39 (→ Bronze Medal)
Malcolm Allen
Heat — 3:54.34
B-Final — 3:55.48 (→ 13th place)
1500m Freestyle
Kieren Perkins
Heat — 15:21.42
Final — 14:56.40 (→ Gold Medal)
Daniel Kowalski
Heat — 15:12.55
Final — 15:02.43 (→ Silver Medal)
100m Backstroke
Steven Dewick
Heat — 56.35
B-Final — 56.82 (→ 15th place)
200m Backstroke
Steven Dewick
Heat — 2:04.46 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
100m Breaststroke
Phil Rogers
Heat — 1:01.80
Final — 1:01.64 (→ 5th place)
200m Breaststroke
Phil Rogers
Heat — 2:14.97
Final — 2:14.79 (→ 5th place)
Ryan Mitchell
Heat — 2:15.31
B-Final — 2:15.63 (→ 11th place)
100m Butterfly
Scott Miller
Heat — 52.89
Final — 52.53 (→ Silver Medal)
Michael Klim
Heat — 53.42
Final — 53.30 (→ 6th place)
200m Butterfly
Scott Goodman
Heat — 1:57.77
Final — 1:57.48 (→ Bronze Medal)
Scott Miller
Heat — 1:58.97
Final — 1:58.28 (→ 5th place)
200m Individual Medley
Matthew Dunn
Heat — 2:01.44
Final — 2:01.57 (→ 5th place)
Simon Coombs
Heat — 2:07.31 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
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
Michael Klim, Ian Vander-Wal, Scott Logan, and Chris Fydler
Heat — 3:20.88
Michael Klim, Matthew Dunn, Scott Logan, and Chris Fydler
Final — 3:20.13 (→ 6th place)
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Kieren Perkins, Glen Housman, Ian Vander-Wal, and Malcolm Allen
Heat — 7:23.24
Daniel Kowalski, Michael Klim, Malcolm Allen, and Matthew Dunn
Final — 7:18.47 (→ 4th place)
4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Toby Haenen, Phil Rogers, Scott Miller, and Michael Klim
Heat — 3:41.30
Steven Dewick, Phil Rogers, Scott Miller, and Michael Klim
Final — 3:39.56 (→ Bronze Medal)
50m Freestyle
Karen van Wirdum
Heat — 25.88
B-Final — 26.17 (→ 15th place)
Sarah Ryan
Heat — 26.34 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
100m Freestyle
Sarah Ryan
Heat — 56.07
Final — 55.85 (→ 6th place)
200m Freestyle
Susie O'Neill
Heat — 2:00.89
Final — 1:59.87 (→ 5th place)
Julia Greville
Heat — 2:00.44
Final — 2:01.46 (→ 7th place)
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
Stacey Gartrell
Heat — 8:42.39 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Hayley Lewis
Heat — 8:45.79 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
100m Backstroke
Nicole Stevenson
Heat — 1:02.50
Final — 1:02.70 (→ 7th place)
Elli Overton
Heat — 1:03.88
B-Final — 1:03.69 (→ 14th place)
200m Backstroke
Nicole Stevenson
Heat — 2:16.71 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
100m Breaststroke
Samantha Riley
Heat — 1:09.37
Final — 1:09.18 (→ Bronze Medal)
Helen Denman
Heat — 1:10.64
B-Final — 1:10.26 (→ 11th place)
200m Breaststroke
Samantha Riley
Heat — 2:28.30
Final — 2:27.91 (→ 4th place)
Nadine Neumann
Heat — 2:29.91
Final — 2:28.34 (→ 6th place)
100m Butterfly
Susie O'Neill
Heat — 1:00.55
Final — 1:00.17 (→ 5th place)
Angela Kennedy
Heat — 1:01.89 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
200m Butterfly
Susie O'Neill
Heat — 2:09.46
Final — 2:07.76 (→ Gold Medal)
Petria Thomas
Heat — 2:10.64
Final — 2:09.82 (→ Silver Medal)
200m Individual Medley
Elli Overton
Heat — 2:15.81
Final — 2:16.04 (→ 5th place)
Emma Johnson
Heat — 2:17.02
Final — scratched
400m Individual Medley
Emma Johnson
Heat — 4:43.45
Final — 4:44.02 (→ 5th place)
Elli Overton
Heat — 4:49.82
B-Final — 4:50.73 (→ 14th place)
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Anna Windsor, Sarah Ryan, Lise Mackie, and Julia Greville
Heat — 3:47.94
Sarah Ryan, Julia Greville, Lise Mackie, and Susie O'Neill
Final — 3:45.31 (→ 6th place)
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Julia Greville, Lise Mackie, Emma Johnson, and Susie O'Neill
Heat — 8:09.33
Julia Greville, Nicole Stevenson, Emma Johnson, and Susie O'Neill
Final — 8:05.47 (→ Bronze Medal)
4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Nicole Stevenson, Helen Denman, Angela Kennedy, and Sarah Ryan
Heat — 4:08.87
Nicole Stevenson, Samantha Riley, Susie O'Neill, and Sarah Ryan
Final — 4:05.08 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's Singles Competition
Rennae Stubbs
First round — Lost to Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 2-6 1-6
Rachel McQuillan
First round — Lost to Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) 4-6 6-7
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)
Kiril Kounev
Final — 170.0 + 200.0 = 370.0 (→ 4th place)
