# Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Michael Grenda Kevin Nichols Michael Turtur Dean Woods | Cycling | Men's team pursuit | 3 August |
| Gold | Jon Sieben | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | 3 August |
| Gold | Glynis Nunn | Athletics | Women's heptathlon | 4 August |
| Gold | Dean Lukin | Weightlifting | Men's +110 kg | 8 August |
| Silver | Suzie Landells | Swimming | Women's 400 metre individual medley | 29 July |
| Silver | Mark Stockwell | Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 31 July |
| Silver | Glenn Beringen | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | 2 August |
| Silver | Neil Brooks Michael Delany Greg Fasala Mark Stockwell | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 2 August |
| Silver | Karen Phillips | Swimming | Women's 200 metre butterfly | 4 August |
| Silver | Robert Kabbas | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg | 4 August |
| Silver | Gary Gullock Timothy McLaren Tony Lovrich Paul Reedy | Rowing | Men's quadruple sculls | 5 August |
| Silver | Gary Honey | Athletics | Men's long jump | 6 August |
| Bronze | Patricia Dench | Shooting | Women's 25 metre pistol | 29 July |
| Bronze | Peter Evans | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | 29 July |
| Bronze | Glenn Buchanan | Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly | 30 July |
| Bronze | Rob Woodhouse | Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley | 30 July |
| Bronze | Justin Lemberg | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle | 2 August |
| Bronze | Michele Pearson | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley | 3 August |
| Bronze | Gael Martin | Athletics | Women's shot put | 3 August |
| Bronze | Karen Brancourt Sue Chapman Margot Foster Robyn Grey-Gardner Susan Lee | Rowing | Women's coxed four | 4 August |
| Bronze | Glenn Buchanan Peter Evans Mark Kerry Mark Stockwell | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 4 August |
| Bronze | James Battersby Ian Edmunds Steve Evans Clyde Hefer Craig Muller Sam Patten Ion Popa Gavin Thredgold Tim Willoughby | Rowing | Men's eight | 5 August |
| Bronze | Scott Anderson Christopher Cairns | Sailing | Tornado | 8 August |
| Bronze | Barry Kelly Grant Kenny | Canoeing | Men's K-2 1000 metres | 11 August |

## Archery

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)

## Athletics

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)

## Basketball
### 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

## Boxing

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

## Cycling

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

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard
* Steve Foley
** Preliminary round — 543.87
** Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place)

## Fencing

Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1984.

### Men's foil

* Greg Benko

### Women's foil

* Helen Smith
* Andrea Chaplin

## Field hockey
### 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
** Ric 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

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1984.

### Individual

* Alex Watson
* Matthew Spies
* Daniel Esposito

### Team

* Alex Watson
* Matthew Spies
* Daniel Esposito

## Swimming
### 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

## Water polo
### 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