# Australia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. It was Australia's 12th year of participation at the Paralympics. The team included 151 athletes (91 men and 60 women). Australian competitors won 101 medals (26 gold, 39 silver and 36 bronze) to finish fifth in the gold medal table and second on the total medal table. Australia competed in 12 sports and won medals in 8 sports. The Chef de Mission was Paul Bird. The Australian team was smaller than the Sydney Games due to a strict selection policy related to the athletes' potential to win a medal and the International Paralympic Committee's decision to remove events for athletes with an intellectual disability from the Games due to issues of cheating at the Sydney Games. This was due to a cheating scandal with the Spanish intellectually disabled basketball team in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where it was later discovered that only two players actually had intellectual disabilities. The IPC decision resulted in leading Australian athletes such as Siobhan Paton and Lisa Llorens not being able to defend their Paralympic titles. The 2000 summer paralympic games hosted in Sydney Australia proved to be a milestone for the Australian team as they finished first on the medal tally for the first time in history. In comparing Australia's 2000 Paralympic performance and their 2004 performance, it is suggested that having a home advantage might affect performance.

## Outstanding performers

* Swimmer Matthew Cowdrey at age 15, was the youngest member of the Australian Paralympic Team, and at his first Paralympic Games he won three gold, two silver and two bronze medals, and finished the meet with two World & Paralympic Record times. His amazing achievements were recognised and he received the Medal of the Order of Australia, were named Young Paralympian of the Year at the Australian Paralympian of the Year Awards and Swimmer of the Year with a Disability by Swimming Australia.
* Swimmer Chantel Wolfenden, also in her first ever Paralympic Games, won gold, silver and four bronze during the games while also setting a new personal record in the 400m Freestyle. For her great accomplishments she received the Medal of the Order of Australia
* Prue Watt, another first time Paralympian swimmer, established herself as one of the most successful Australian athletes during the 2004 Games, winning five silver medals and one bronze medal. To honor her accomplishments she was awarded the 2004 Female Junior Paralympian of the Year for her achievements
* Tim Sullivan won four gold medals in athletics sprints events, three of which were individual and two of which involved new world records. To celebrate his amazing achievements, he was named Australian Paralympian of the Year by the Australian Paralympic Committee [APC], and won the Victorian Institute of Sport's [VIS] Athlete with a Disability Award
* Ben Austin won four individual medals as a swimmer, one gold, two silver and one bronze. He was also part of the 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay team and 4 × 100 m Medley Relay where they won silver and gold In the 100m freestyle he became one of the first ever swimmers in the S8 category to break the one minute barrier. For his accomplishments at the 2004 Games he received the Medal of the Order of Australia
* Cyclist Lindy Hou qualified for her first Paralympic Games in 2004 with pilots Janelle Lindsay and Toireasa Gallagher. The Games became a huge success and she won a total of four medals, one gold, two silver and one bronze. She and Janelle Lindsey also became the first Australian female athletes to win gold during the 2004 Paralympic games. They also set the world record in the Women's 200m Fly with the time 11.675 seconds. Her accomplishments were celebrated with the Medal of the Order of Australia
* Heath Francis won two individual silver medals and one bronze medal. He was also part of the Men's 4 × 400 m T42-T46 relay team and Men's 4 × 100 m T42-T46 where they won silver and bronze.
Some of the other outstanding Australian athletes included:
* Six athletes won three medals - Don Elgin, Neil Fuller, Kurt Fearnley and Darren Thrupp in athletics and Kieran Modra and Christopher Scott in cycling.

## Background of the Athens Games

The 2004 Summer Paralympics, formally known as Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was held from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, a total of 3,808 competitors (2,643 Men and 1,165 Women) from 135 countries participated. During these games 304 World Records were broken with 448 Paralympic Games Records being broken across 19 different sports. Addition of judo and sitting volleyball for women and football 5-a-side for men were included. The ticket sale for event saw a decrease in tickets sold, with about 850.000 tickets for the different competitions compared to 1.2 million sold at the 2000 Sydney games. The event was made possible through the help of 8,863 volunteers

## Opening and Closing Ceremony

Louise Sauvage, a nine-time Paralympic gold medalist, lit the cauldron during the opening ceremonies for the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. On September 17, 2004, Sauvage carried the Australian flag into the opening ceremony stadium, "Spyridon Louis", at what was her 4th Paralympic games. She has a Sydney ferry, a street and a pathway named after her, as well as numerous school sport houses around Australia. After the parade of nations, the Games were declared opened by IPC President Sir Philip Craven and Greek president Cistis Stephanopoulos, before the Paralympic flame was lit by Georgios Toptsis. The opening ceremony was seen by 72,000 spectators in the stadium
Swimmer Matthew Cowdrey, recognized for his achievements during the games, was chosen to carry the Australia flag at the Closing Ceremony of the Games. The closing ceremony during the 2004 games was cut short and only entailed the protocol segments required to complete the Games, due to a tragic accident involving the deaths of seven high school students on their way to the Games. One minute of silence in tribute to the school students were held as the Paralympic flag flew half-mast. Australian gold medalist, Katrina Webb, who were critical of the Paralympic Organizers who removed the party element of the closing ceremony and thus leaving only the athletes' entry, the Paralympic President Phil Craven's speech and the handover of the flag to Beijing, said "Things like this happen, you can't stop everything. Life goes on. We should make sure we pay our respects in that regard but things should continue as they were."
The closing ceremony ended with the unveiling of the IPC's new logo

## Factors affecting Australia's performance

In 2000, Australia hosted both the Olympic and the Paralympic games with the Australian team's performance, more specifically the summer Paralympic team, being remarkable. For the first time in history, Australia placed first on the total medal tally for the summer Paralympics, with a total of 314 medals. This result was studied in the relation to the possibility of athletes having a home advantage, measured using a 'market share', which is measured by dividing the number of total medals won (with gold being 3 points, silver equating to 2 points and bronze being 1 point) by the total number of medals contested at the Paralympic games. In the 2000 games, the Australian team presented a home market share of 9.50%. At the 1996 US Paralympic games prior, Australia's market share was 7.27% and in the 2004 Athens Paralympics, it was 6.15%. It is proposed that there was only a home advantage for a few sports which included athletics, table tennis and wheelchair fencing. An investigation into whether there is a correlation between being communist country and sporting performance verses being a capitalist country and sporting performance was also launched. It has been argued that in communist regimes, a higher amount of resources is allocated to the sports as "communist countries use success in top-level sports to display the benefits of their political system" as well as exhibiting their "internal political stability".
It should also be noted that there are multiple socioeconomic determinants that contribute to a country's performance at the summer Paralympics. Inevitably, success of a country is randomly distributed at the Paralympics. An investigation into these contributing factors has been launched. "While some countries dominate a particular sport discipline, other countries have elite athletes in various sports, or have little or no success in sports at all". It has been proposed that countries that are more economically prosperous than others and have subsequently higher success rates across all sports. These countries are able to invest more resources into top-level sports as well as investing more effort into ensuring they have a healthy population to enable maximum sporting performance. Research has also been conducted on communist countries as it has been proposed that these nations utilise their success in top-level sports to exhibit the benefits of their political system. Expenditure on health and population size both also have a positive correlation on a country's sporting performance. "This reflects a basic law of large numbers in the sense that larger populations will…have more talented athletes". Carrying on, the degree to which a nation supports the integration of a disabled person into the sporting world, is also positively correlated to the nation's success at the Paralympics. The more accommodating and understanding a country is in relation to ensuring disabled individuals have equal access to facilities and services, the increased feelings of inclusive and thus desire to represent their country in sport. Thus, the size of the countries Paralympic team reflects how much political priority is given to support their disabled athletes.
Another factor that affected Australia's performance was the introduction of technological advances that assisted Paralympic athletes in their performance. Prosthetic and wheelchair technology are necessities for citizens with disabilities to conduct their day-to-day activities. However, application of certain technology into the sporting world can prove controversial and be unfair. It has been conducted through research that in the 2008 Beijing games, some track and field athletes in both the Paralympic and Olympic games wore clothing with a specific type of material that provided an unfair advantage. The clothing was manufactured by Nike and contained threads of vectran fibre which was found to "reduce drag by 7% when compared with the 2004 outfits". Thus, it can be argued that some technological advancements that were utilised in the 2004 Paralympic games provided an unfair advantage amongst other participants including Australian parathletes.

## Australia's past performance

As hosts of the 2000 Olympic and the Paralympic games, the Australian population had high expectations for the Australian athletes in these games. Notably, this was the first Paralympic games ever to be hosted in the Southern hemisphere. Overall, the 2000 Paralympic games attracted 3,879 para athletes, 285 being Australian para athletes. This was 120 more para athletes than the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic team and 134 more than 2004 Athens Paralympic team. The Paralympic games saw 122 nations compete across 18 sports. In total, the Australian team comprised 30 intellectually disabled athletes, which at the time, was the largest number the team had ever had. Overall, there were 20 multiple gold medallists in the team. One notable athlete is Siobhan Paton, a Paralympic swimmer with an intellectual disability, who won the most gold medals than any other Australian in the 2000 games, coming away with 6 in total. However, in the 2004 games she was unable to uphold these titles due to the temporary banning of intellectually disabled athletes.

## Development and preparation

The 2004 Olympics and Paralympics was the largest event Athens had ever hosted and thus, it was paramount that the games ran safely and timely. This required thorough planning to ensure the games operated smoothly and problem free. Large consideration for how the large number of participants, coaches, visitors, workers, volunteers were all going to gather in a relatively small geographic area was needed as ensuring their safety was of number one priority. The Olympic Planning Unit (OPU) played a crucial part in the planning of these games as they decided what was lacking and therefor needed of local public health agencies, identified possible health risks that could be exposed to the public and worked collaboratively with other government agencies. Inevitably, international travel is associated with public health risks such as increased accidents and increased overall morbidity. The Greek government accounted for the possibility of new diseases that were previously not endemic to the city of Athens being imported due to the increase in tourists and travellers. As a precaution, the Greek health authorities sorted possible diseases into non-infectious and infectious disease and then categorised in terms of their probability of occurring as their high or low priority.
With 7,000 people expected to attend these Paralympic games, it was recognised that delivery of food was of large concern and importance. The Organising committee for the Olympic games established that there was to be 3 main restaurants situated within the Olympic village for participants. Overall, 250 chefs and 250 assistants were employed to ensure the smooth preparation of around 50,000 expected daily meals to fed the village residents. Continuing on, multiple catering companies and outdoor vendors were hired to offer meals around the various Paralympic venues.
Another concern that was raised in the preparation of the games, was the high possibility of the transmission of airborne viruses particularly within indoor venues. More specifically, influenza was of main concern as a considerable portion of athletes and visitors were arriving from the southern hemisphere, including Australians, where it is highly prevalent. An evaluation of non-infectious illnesses such as heat illness was assessed. This was regarded as high importance as heat was a major issue in the 1996 Atlanta games which saw high levels of humidity and temperatures. The elected venues for the games such as the hotels, swimming pools and toilets underwent inspections 2 years prior to the commencement of the games and from there, were checked on a regular basis up until September 2004 when the Paralympic games closed. However, upon post-event analysis of the games, it was proposed that the relatively low number of visitors may partly be due to the international political position. Overall, the extensive planning conducted prior and during the games proved paramount for the access of both the Olympic and Paralympic games.
Counter terrorism efforts were also made as attention to this was catalysed from the 1996 Atlanta games. 111 people were injured from an exploding bomb during these games.

## Sport-specific criteria

During the 2000 summer Paralympic games, a cheating scandal took place with the Spanish basketball team. Gold medals were awarded to 10 members of the team which was revoked later in the same year when it was uncovered that 10 out of the 12 members on the team had intellectual disabilities. This scandal lead to the implementation of a more thorough and objective criteria that Paralympic athletes must meet prior to their participation in the games. Working cooperatively, the International Sports Federation for Para-athletes with an Intellectual Disability (INAS-ID) and the International Paralympic committee (IPC) established a rigid criterion for selection to combat future cheating and scandals. The first process that athletes must go through is ensuring all competitors claiming to have an impairment of their intellectual functioning, must fit the primary eligibility criteria set out by the American Association on Intellectual and developmental disability's (AAIDD) definition of having an intellectual disability. According to the AAIDD, they propose that "Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitation both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behaviour as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills…this disability originates before the age of 18". Continuing on, it has been established that receiving an IQ below 75, indicates significant impairment in intellectual functioning. Athletes must also exhibit performance that is at a minimum of 2 standard deviations below the mean on a measure that has been standardised within one or more of the 3 categories of adaptive behaviours; practical, conceptual or practical skills. This new criteria for the selection of the athletes was not implemented in time for the 2004 games, meaning certain athletes were unable to defend their Olympic title such as Australian swimmer Siobhan Paton and Track athlete Lisa Llorens.
In the 2000 Summer Sydney Paralympic games, Siobhan Paton acquired a total of 6 gold medals and set 9 world records whilst doing so. She was also named "Paralympian of the Year" by the Australian Paralympic Committee. In 2004, she also competed in the INAS-FID (International Sports federation for people with an intellectual disability) world championships where she won a total of 14 gold medals and 3 silver medals. She also completed in the Global games later on in the same year where, unsurprisingly, won 3 gold medals, two silver and 2 bronze. Track athlete Lisa Llorens specialised in high jumping, long jumping and sprinting. In the 2000 Summer Sydney Paralympic games, she won 3 gold medals, in. the 200 metre sprint, high jump and long jump whilst also receiving a silver medal in the 100 metre sprint. Astonishingly, she also broke the long jump world record 3 times. She was also granted the opportunities to carry the Paralympic torch into the Stadium for the 2000 Sydney games, to which she did so with great pride
These Paralympic athletes were unable to defend their titles due to the International Paralympic committee's decision to eliminate events for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Unfortunately, this IPC decision caused Paton to fall into depression as she felt she didn't not meet the disability requirements anymore. It wasn't until after the 2008 Paralympic games, that a specific and rigorous criterion had been created, and thus the ban had been lifted for intellectually disabled athletes'.

## Media coverage

The 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney had the most comprehensive media coverage; and highest TV ratings ever experienced by a Paralympic Games for its time laying down the solid foundations for media surround the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Australia. The Athens Paralympics saw record media attendance with a total of 3,103 media representatives, including more than 66 broadcasters. The Paralympics were shown in 49 countries in addition to being broadcast worldwide via Eurosport and Reuters. A study of the broadcast coverage revealed approximately 1.86 billion viewers in total, distributed on 617 hours of coverage. The increase in media attendance is thought be attributed to the introduction of 5-a-side Football. The development in media attendance and coverage confirms that the media's interest in the Paralympics Games Since the Sydney 2000 Paralympics has grown.

## Medal tally

Many analysts note that the surprising Chinese success would be a preview for the consolidation of parasport in China in view of the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games.However, the number of events compared to 4 years before in Sydney was greater than in Athens, thanks to changes in the classification of some events, the withdrawal of others and the exclusion of those with intellectual disabilities. Australia had the second highest medal tally overall, which were 16% higher than it was in 1984.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 63 | 46 | 32 | 141 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 35 | 30 | 29 | 94 |
| 3 | Canada | 28 | 19 | 25 | 72 |
| 4 | United States | 27 | 22 | 39 | 88 |
| 5 | Australia | 26 | 39 | 36 | 101 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Tim Sullivan | Athletics | Men's 100 m T38 |
| Gold | Tim Sullivan | Athletics | Men's 200 m T38 |
| Gold | Tim Sullivan | Athletics | Men's 400 m T38 |
| Gold | Richard Colman | Athletics | Men's 800 m T53 |
| Gold | Kurt Fearnley | Athletics | Men's 5000 m T54 |
| Gold | Kurt Fearnley | Athletics | Men's Marathon T54 |
| Gold | Tim Sullivan, Benjamin Hall, Darren Thrupp, Paul Benz | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay T35-T38 |
| Gold | Amy Winters | Athletics | Women's 100 m T46 |
| Gold | Amy Winters | Athletics | Women's 200 m T46 |
| Gold | Katrina Webb | Athletics | Women's 400 m T38 |
| Gold | Christopher Scott | Cycling | Men's bicycle road race/time trial CP4 |
| Gold | Christopher Scott | Cycling | Men's bicycle 3 km individual pursuit CP4 |
| Gold | Mark le Flohic | Cycling | Men's tricycle road race CP 1/2 |
| Gold | Greg Ball | Cycling | Men's bicycle 1 km time trial LC 1-4 |
| Gold | Anthony Biddle, Kial Stewart | Cycling | Men's tandem 1 km time trial B1-3 |
| Gold | Peter Brooks | Cycling | Men's bicycle 4 km individual pursuit LC1 |
| Gold | Kieran Modra, Robert Crowe | Cycling | Men's tandem 4 km individual pursuit B1-3 |
| Gold | Kieran Modra, David Short | Cycling | Men's tandem sprint B1-3 |
| Gold | Greg Ball, Peter Brooks, Christopher Scott | Cycling | Men's bicycle team sprint LC 1-4&CP 3/4 |
| Gold | Lindy Hou, Janelle Lindsay | Cycling | Women's tandem sprint B 1-3 |
| Gold | Ben Austin | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S8 |
| Gold | Matthew Cowdrey | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S9 |
| Gold | Matthew Cowdrey | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 |
| Gold | Rod Welsh, Daniel Bell, Ben Austin, Alex Harris | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 34 pts |
| Gold | Chantel Wolfenden | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle S7 |
| Gold | Sarah Bowen | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6 |
| Silver | Heath Francis | Athletics | Men's 100 m T46 |
| Silver | Heath Francis | Athletics | Men's 400 m T46 |
| Silver | Neil Fuller | Athletics | Men's 400 m T44 |
| Silver | Roy Daniell | Athletics | Men's Marathon T13 |
| Silver | Richard Colman, Richard Nicholson, Kurt Fearnley, Geoff Trappett | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay T53/T54 |
| Silver | Neil Fuller, Don Elgin, Heath Francis, Stephen Wilson | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay T42-T46 |
| Silver | Hamish MacDonald | Athletics | Men's Shot put F33/34 |
| Silver | Kieran Ault-Connell | Athletics | Men's Javelin throw F37 |
| Silver | Lisa McIntosh | Athletics | Women's 200 m T37 |
| Silver | Louise Sauvage | Athletics | Women's 400 m T54 |
| Silver | Amanda Fraser | Athletics | Women's Discus throw F37 |
| Silver | Peter Homann | Cycling | Men's bicycle road race/time trial CP4 |
| Silver | Mark le Flohic | Cycling | Men's tricycle time trial CP1/2 |
| Silver | Claire McLean | Cycling | Women's bicycle time trial LC 1-4&CP 3/4 |
| Silver | Lindy Hou, Toireasa Ryan | Cycling | Women's tandem road race/time trial B1-3 |
| Silver | Andrew Panazzolo | Cycling | Men's bicycle 1 km time trial CP3/4 |
| Silver | Peter Homann | Cycling | Men's bicycle 3 km individual pursuit CP4 |
| Silver | Lindy Hou, Toireasa Ryan | Cycling | Women's tandem 3 km individual pursuit B1-3 |
| Silver | Jan Pike on Dr Doolittle | Equestrian | Individual championship dressage GI |
| Silver | Darren Gardiner | Powerlifting | Men's +100 kg |
| Silver | Ashley Adams | Shooting | Mixed free rifle prone SH1 |
| Silver | Ben Austin | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S8 |
| Silver | Matthew Cowdrey | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S8 |
| Silver | Daniel Bell | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S10 |
| Silver | Daniel Bell | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB9 |
| Silver | Ben Austin | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM8 |
| Silver | Rod Welsh | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM10 |
| Silver | Rod Welsh Ben Austin, Alex Harris, Matthew Cowdrey | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34 pts |
| Silver | Prue Watt | Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Chantel Wolfenden | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle S7 |
| Silver | Prue Watt | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Lichelle Clarke | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle S8 |
| Silver | Prue Watt | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle S13 |
| Silver | Prue Watt | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly S13 |
| Silver | Prue Watt | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley SM13 |
| Silver | Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team Brendan DowlerJustin EvesonAndrew FlavelAdrian KingTristan KnowlesCampbell MessageGrant MizensBrad NessShaun NorrisTroy SachsDavid SelbyDaryl Taylor | Wheelchair Basketball | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team Lisa ChaffeyShelley ChaplinPaula CoghlanMelanie DomaschenzKaren FarrellKylie GauciTina McKenzieAlison MoselyJane SachsSarah StewartLiesl TeschMelinda Young | Wheelchair Basketball | Women's tournament |
| Silver | David Hall | Wheelchair tennis | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Darren Thrupp | Athletics | Men's 100 m T37 |
| Bronze | Heath Francis | Athletics | Men's 200 m T46 |
| Bronze | Don Elgin, Neil Fuller, Stephen Wilson, Heath Francis | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay T42-T46 |
| Bronze | Darren Thrupp | Athletics | Men's Long jump F36-38 |
| Bronze | Russell Short | Athletics | Men's Shot put F13 |
| Bronze | Nicholas Larionow | Athletics | Men's Shot put F36 |
| Bronze | Don Elgin | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P44 |
| Bronze | Lisa McIntosh | Athletics | Women's 100 m T37 |
| Bronze | Angie Ballard | Athletics | Women's 100 m T53 |
| Bronze | Jodi Willis | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F12 |
| Bronze | Peter Brooks | Cycling | Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC1 |
| Bronze | Kieran Modra, Robert Crowe | Cycling | Men's tandem road race/time trial B1-3 |
| Bronze | Kelly McCombie, Janet Shaw | Cycling | Women's tandem road race/time trial B1-3 |
| Bronze | Andrew Panazzolo | Cycling | Men's bicycle 3 km individual pursuit CP3 |
| Bronze | Anthony Biddle, Kial Stewart | Cycling | Men's tandem sprint B1-3 |
| Bronze | Lindy Hou, Janelle Lindsay | Cycling | Women's tandem 1 km time trial B1-3 |
| Bronze | Kelly McCombie, Janet Shaw | Cycling | Women's tandem 3 km individual pursuit B1-3 |
| Bronze | Jan Pike on Dr Doolittle | Equestrian | Individual freestyle dressage GI |
| Bronze | Ashley Adams | Shooting | Men's air rifle standing SH1 |
| Bronze | Ben Austin | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S8 |
| Bronze | Matthew Cowdrey | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S9 |
| Bronze | Ricardo Moffatti | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S8 |
| Bronze | Matthew Cowdrey | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle S9 |
| Bronze | Rod Welsh | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S10 |
| Bronze | Sarah Rose | Swimming | Women's 50 m butterfly S6 |
| Bronze | Kate Bailey | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly S9 |
| Bronze | Marayke Jonkers | Swimming | Women's 50 m breaststroke SB3 |
| Bronze | Marayke Jonkers | Swimming | Women's 150 m individual medley SM4 |
| Bronze | Prue Watt | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB13 |
| Bronze | Chantel Wolfenden | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke S7 |
| Bronze | Chantel Wolfenden | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley SM7 |
| Bronze | Mandy Drennan, Chantel Wolfenden, Lichelle Clarke, Kat Lewis | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34 pts |
| Bronze | Hannah MacDougall, Brooke Stockham, Kate Bailey, Chantel Wolfenden | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 34 pts |
| Bronze | Sam Bramham | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S9 |
| Bronze | David Hall, Anthony Bonaccurso | Wheelchair tennis | Men's doubles |
| Bronze | Daniela Di Toro | Wheelchair tennis | Women's singles |
Medals by discipline :
| Discipline | | | | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Athletics | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| Wheelchair basketball | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Boccia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cycling | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Powerlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wheelchair rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 6 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 26 | 39 | 36 | 101 |

## Events
### Archery

Officials - Vicki O'Brien (Manager)
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Natalie Cordowiner | Women's individual standing | 505 | 15 | N/A | Wang (CHN) L 126-136 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Athletics

After the highly successful 2000 Summer Paralympic games where Australia finished the number one country in athletics, the goal for the 2004 Games were to finish aa a top three nation. After the dust had settled, Australia was number two on the athletics medal table and completed their best away Games ever.

#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Kieran Ault | T37 | 100m | 12.66 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 12.75 | 7 |
| Malcolm Bennett | T36 | 400m | 1:02.69 | 8 q | N/A | N/A | 1:02.95 | 8 |
| Malcolm Bennett | T36 | 800m | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Malcolm Bennett | T36 | 1500m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5:04.71 | 5 |
| Paul Benz | T38 | 100m | 12.16 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 12.16 | 7 |
| Paul Benz | T38 | 200m | 24.95 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 24.34 | 7 |
| Paul Benz | T38 | 400m | 53.82 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 56.35 | 8 |
| Richard Colman | T53 | 100m | 15.92 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Richard Colman | T53 | 200m | 27.42 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 28.12 | 7 |
| Richard Colman | T53 | 800m | 1:40.33 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:38.68 PR | |
| Roy Daniell | T13 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:42:17 | |
| Don Elgin | T44 | 100m | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kurt Fearnley | T54 | 800m | 1:37.90 | 6 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:32.73 | 4 |
| Kurt Fearnley | T54 | 1500m | 3:04.77 | 10 Q | 3:08.62 | 9 Q | 3:05.79 | 4 |
| Kurt Fearnley | T54 | 5000m | 10:24.54 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 10:23.98 PR | |
| Kurt Fearnley | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:25:37 | |
| Heath Francis | T46 | 100m | 11.21 | 5 Q | N/A | N/A | 11.09 | |
| Heath Francis | T46 | 200m | 22.39 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 22.73 | |
| Heath Francis | T46 | 400m | 52.12 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 48.72 | |
| Neil Fuller | T44 | 100m | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Neil Fuller | T44 | 200m | 24.28 | 5 Q | N/A | N/A | 23.45 | 5 |
| Neil Fuller | T44 | 400m | 54.21 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 53.15 | |
| Benjamin Hall | T37 | 200m | 26.10 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 26.37 | 8 |
| Benjamin Hall | T37 | 400m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 59.41 | 7 |
| Paul Harpur | T11 | 200m | 24.92 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Harpur | T11 | 400m | 54.31 | 7 Q | 55.74 | 7 | 54.50 | 7 |
| Lachlan Jones | T52 | 200m | 34.30 | 8 q | N/A | N/A | 33.89 | 7 |
| Lachlan Jones | T52 | 800m | 2:05.42 | 4 q | N/A | N/A | 2:10.75 | 7 |
| Lachlan Jones | T52 | 1500m | 4:08.80 | 10 q | N/A | N/A | 3:59.15 | 5 |
| John Lindsay | T53 | 100m | 16.12 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Lindsay | T53 | 200m | 28.18 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tim Matthews | T46 | 100m | 16.44 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Richard Nicholson | T54 | 100m | 15.05 | 13 q | 15.33 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Nunnari | T54 | 1500m | 3:06.53 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Nunnari | T54 | 5000m | 11:08.42 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Nunnari | T54 | 10000m | 23:44.16 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Nunnari | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:43.16 | 19 |
| Frederic Periac | T54 | 800m | 1:42.32 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frederic Periac | T54 | 1500m | 3:10.62 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tim Sullivan | T38 | 100m | 11.63 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 11.37 WR | |
| Tim Sullivan | T38 | 200m | 23.68 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 22.92 WR | |
| Tim Sullivan | T38 | 400m | 51.42 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 51.41 | |
| Darren Thrupp | T37 | 100m | 12.44 | 5 Q | N/A | N/A | 12.52 | |
| Geoff Trappett | T54 | 100m | 14.87 | 7 q | 14.91 | 7 Q | 15.00 | 6 |
| Geoff Trappett | T54 | 200m | 26.56 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stephen Wilson | T44 | 200m | 24.42 | 6 Q | N/A | N/A | 23.75 | 7 |
| Stephen Wilson | T44 | 400m | 56.19 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 53.98 | 4 |
| Paul Benz Darren Thrupp Benjamin Hall Tim Sullivan | T35-38 | 4 × 100 m relay | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 46.73 WR | |
| Paul Benz Darren Thrupp Benjamin Hall Tim Sullivan | T35-38 | 4 × 400 m relay | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNF | DNF |
| Heath Francis Stephen Wilson Neil Fuller Don Elgin | T42-46 | 4 × 100 m relay | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 44.03 | |
| Heath Francis Stephen Wilson Neil Fuller Don Elgin | T42-46 | 4 × 400 m relay | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3:33.55 | |
| Richard Colman Richard Nicholson Kurt Fearnley Geoff Trappett | T53-54 | 4 × 100 m relay | 53.51 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 52.10 | |
| Richard Colman Frederic Periac Richard Nicholson Kurt Fearnley | T53-54 | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.10 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Kieran Ault | F37 | Javelin | 45.77 | - | |
| Damien Burroughs | F37 | Discus | 42.44 | - | 5 |
| Damien Burroughs | F37 | Javelin | 30.56 | - | 8 |
| Damien Burroughs | F37 | Shot put | 10.78 | - | 6 |
| Don Elgin | F44/46 | Discus | 41.13 | 822 | 7 |
| Don Elgin | F44/46 | Shot put | 12.19 | 839 | 12 |
| Don Elgin | P44 | Pentathlon | 4152 | 4152 | |
| Rodney Farr | F52 | Discus | 15.08 | - | 6 |
| Rodney Farr | F52 | Shot put | 8.19 | - | 5 |
| Rodney Farr | F52-53 | Javelin | 14.58 | 912 | 9 |
| Brian Harvey | F36/38 | Javelin | 37.39 | - | 8 |
| Brian Harvey | F38 | Discus | 28.71 | - | 8 |
| Brian Harvey | F38 | Shot put | 9.61 | - | 9 |
| Nicholas Larionow | F36 | Discus | 27.92 | - | 7 |
| Nicholas Larionow | F36 | Shot put | 11.17 | - | |
| Hamish MacDonald | F33-34 | Discus | 29.23 | 871 | 6 |
| Hamish MacDonald | F33-34 | Shot put | 11.16 WR | 1056 | |
| Richard Nicholson | P54-58 | Pentathlon | 4662 | 4662 | 10 |
| Russell Short | F12 | Discus | 42.54 | - | 5 |
| Russell Short | F13 | Shot put | 15.54 | - | |
| Darren Thrupp | F36-38 | Long jump | 5.98 | 1033 | |
| Bruce Wallrodt | F54 | Javelin | 24.25 | - | 5 |
| Bruce Wallrodt | F54 | Shot put | 8.63 | - | 5 |

#### Women's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Angela Ballard | T53 | 100m | N/A | N/A | 17.87 | |
| Angela Ballard | T53 | 200m | 33.14 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Angela Ballard | T53 | 400m | 1:03.01 | 8 q | 1:02.73 | 7 |
| Angela Ballard | T53 | 800m | 2:08.81 | 7 Q | 2:02.29 | 5 |
| Gemma Buchholz | T52 | 200m | 42.15 | 5 q | 43.81 | 6 |
| Gemma Buchholz | T52 | 400m | 1:26.26 | 7 q | 1:22.67 | 5 |
| Christie Dawes | T54 | 800m | 1:54.24 | 7 Q | 1:52.51 | 6 |
| Christie Dawes | T54 | 1500m | 3:38.60 | 10 q | 3:29.50 | 6 |
| Christie Dawes | T54 | 5000m | 12:00.07 | 3 | 12:50.86 | 10 |
| Christie Dawes | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | 2:08.25 | 9 |
| Amanda Fraser | T37 | 100m | N/A | N/A | 16.56 | 6 |
| Lara Hollow | T13 | 100m | N/A | N/A | 13.79 | 7 |
| Lara Hollow | T13 | 400m | N/A | N/A | 1:03.65 | 5 |
| Lisa McIntosh | T37 | 100m | N/A | N/A | 14.81 | |
| Lisa McIntosh | T37 | 200m | N/A | N/A | 30.56 | |
| Louise Sauvage | T54 | 400m | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Louise Sauvage | T54 | 800m | 1:53.27 | 1 Q | 1:50.88 | |
| Eliza Stankovic | T54 | 200m | 31.58 | 7 Q | 31.36 | 7 |
| Eliza Stankovic | T54 | 800m | 1:53.78 | 6 Q | 1:52.79 | 7 |
| Eliza Stankovic | T54 | 1500m | 3:36.63 | 3 Q | 3:28.66 | 4 |
| Eliza Stankovic | T54 | 5000m | 12:21.08 | 8 Q | 12:18.46 | 7 |
| Katrina Webb | T38 | 400m | N/A | N/A | 1:05.41 PR | |
| Amy Winters | T46 | 100m | 12.64 | 1 Q | 12.50 PR | |
| Amy Winters | T46 | 200m | 25.77 | 2 Q | 25.54 WR | |

#### Women's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Joanne Bradshaw | F37 | Discus | 20.17 | 708 | 9 |
| Joanne Bradshaw | F37/38 | Shot put | 8.60 | 933 | 7 |
| Amanda Fraser | F37 | Discus | 26.30 | 701 | |
| Amanda Fraser | F37/38 | Shot put | 7.76 | 842 | 11 |
| Louise Ellery | F32-34/52/53 | Discus | NMR | NMR | NMR |
| Louise Ellery | F32-34/52/53 | Shot put | 4.93 | 1100 | 6 |
| Julie Iles | F40 | Discus | 15.90 | - | 6 |
| Julie Iles | F40 | Javelin | 13.49 | - | 6 |
| Julie Iles | F40 | Shot put | 4.79 | - | 9 |
| Katrina Webb | F35-38 | Javelin | 28.47 WR | 1223 | 4 |
| Debbie Wendt | F35-38 | Javelin | 18.77 | 846 | 12 |
| Debbie Wendt | F37 | Discus | 22.51 | 705 | 6 |
| Jodi Willis | F12 | Discus | 36.67 | - | 4 |
| Jodi Willis | F12 | Shot put | 11.95 | - | |
Coaches - Scott Goodman (Head), Paul Angel, Richard Bednall, Andrew Dawes, Iryna Dvoskina, John Eden, Brett Jones, Gary Lees, Alison O'Riordan
Officials - Andrew Faichney (Manager), Louise Mogg, Paul Rohwer, Greg Jones, Jodie Carey

### Cycling

Australia were top of the medal table in cycling.

#### Men's road race

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Anthony Biddle Kial Stewart (pilot) | Tandem road race / time trial B1-3 | - | 22 |
| Kieran Modra Robert Crowe (pilot) | Tandem road race / time trial B1-3 | - | |
| Greg Ball | Road race / time trial LC4 | 1:36:32 | 5 |
| Peter Brooks | Road race / time trial LC1 | - | |
| Mark le Flohic | Tricycle road race CP div 1/2 | 46:53 | |
| Mark le Flohic | Tricycle time trial CP div 1/2 | 10:06.84 | |
| Peter Homann | Road race / time trial CP div 4 | - | |
| Andrew Panazzolo | Road race / time trial CP div 3 | 1:20:18 | 6 |
| Christopher Scott | Road race / time trial CP div 4 | - | |

#### Men's track cycling (pairs / teams)

| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Anthony Biddle Kial Stewart (pilot) | 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:05.14 | |
| Anthony Biddle Kial Stewart (pilot) | Sprint tandem B1-3 | 10.800 | 2 Q | Janowski (FRA) Senmartin (FRA) | W 11.160 | Janovjak (SVK) Petrovic (SVK) | L 1 - 2 | Yoshihara (JPN) Oki (JPN) L 1 - 2 | 4 |
| Kieran Modra Robert Crowe (pilot) | Individual pursuit tandem B1-3 | 4:21.45 WR | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | Solem (CAN) Cowie (CAN) | W OVL | Mulder (NED) Schoots (NED) W 4:23.87 | |
| Kieran Modra David Short (pilot) | 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:06.94 | 7 |
| Kieran Modra David Short (pilot) | Sprint tandem B1-3 | 10.771 WR | 1 Q | Oshiro (JPN) Tanzawa (JPN) | W 2 - 0 | Yoshihara (JPN) Oki (JPN) | W 2 - 0 | Janovjak (SVK) Petrovic (SVK) W W/O | |
| Greg Ball Peter Brooks Peter Homann Christopher Scott | Team sprint LC1-4 / CP 3/4 | 53.310 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | Canada (CAN) | W 53.874 | United States (USA) W 53.968 | |

#### Men's track cycling (individual)

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Greg Ball | 1km time trial LC1-4 | N/A | N/A | 1:07.67 WR | |
| Peter Brooks | 1km time trial LC1-4 | N/A | N/A | 1:10.25 | 5 |
| Peter Brooks | Individual pursuit LC1 | 4:52.81 | 1 Q | Eibeck (AUT) W 4:52.48 | |
| Peter Homann | Individual pursuit CP div 4 | 3:43.32 | 2 Q | Scott (AUS) L 3:41.44 | |
| Andrew Panazzolo | 1km time trial CP div 3/4 | N/A | N/A | 1:10.22 | |
| Andrew Panazzolo | Individual pursuit CP div 3 | 4:06.52 | 3 q | Eckhard (ESP) W 3:58.87 | |
| Christopher Scott | 1km time trial CP div 3/4 | N/A | N/A | 1:11.67 | 4 |
| Christopher Scott | Individual pursuit CP div 4 | 3:35.37 PR | 1 Q | Homann (AUS) W 3:32.96 WR | |

#### Women's road race

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Lindy Hou Toireasa Ryan (pilot) | Tandem road race / time trial B1-3 | - | |
| Lyn Lepore Janelle Lindsay (pilot) | Tandem road race / time trial B1-3 | - | 9 |
| Janet Shaw Kelly McCombie (pilot) | Tandem road race / time trial B1-3 | 1:57:20 | |
| Claire McLean | Time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 | 27:39.95 | |

#### Women's track cycling

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Lindy Hou Janelle Lindsay (pilot) | 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:11.78 | |
| Lindy Hou Janelle Lindsay (pilot) | Sprint tandem B1-3 | 11.675 WR | 1 Q | MacPherson (AUS) Lepore (AUS) | W 2 - 0 | McGlynn (GBR) Hunter (GBR) W 2 - 0 | |
| Lyn Lepore Jenny MacPherson (pilot) | 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:15.45 | 6 |
| Lyn Lepore Jenny MacPherson (pilot) | Sprint tandem B1-3 | 12.645 | 4 Q | Hou (AUS) Lindsay (AUS) | L 0 - 2 | Whitsell (USA) Compton (USA) DNS | 4 |
| Janet Shaw Kelly McCombie | 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:12.53 | 4 |
| Claire McLean | 1km time trial LC1-4 / CP 3/4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:21.95 | 8 |
Coaches - Kevin McIntosh (Head), Darryl Benson, Andrew Budge
Officials - Elsa Lepore (Manager), John Beer, Paul Lamond

### Equestrian
#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Georgia Bruce | Individual championship test grade IV | 61.419 | 14 |
| Georgia Bruce | Individual freestyle test grade IV | 67.000 | 12 |
| Marita Hird | Individual championship test grade III | 67.520 | 6 |
| Marita Hird | Individual freestyle test grade III | 73.389 | 4 |
| Jan Pike | Individual championship test grade I | 71.895 | |
| Jan Pike | Individual championship test grade I | 74.375 | |
| Anne Skinner | Individual championship test grade III | 61.280 | 12 |
| Anne Skinner | Individual freestyle test grade III | 68.500 | 9 |

#### Mixed team

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Georgia Bruce Marita Hird Jan Pike Anne Skinner | Mixed team | 401.014 | 6 |
Coaches - Gillian Rickard (Head), Anne Hall
Officials - Sue Cusack (Manager), Judy Fyfe

### Judo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Anthony Clarke | 90kg | Cruz Alonso (CUB) W 1000-0000 | Kretsul (RUS) L 0000–1000 | N/A | N/A | Fernández (ESP) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Desiree Allan | 52kg | Schuetzel (GER) L 0000–1000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vlasova (RUS) L 0000-1000 |
Coach - Trevor Kschammer (Head), Lara Sullivan

### Powerlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Darren Gardiner | +100 kg | 225.0 | |
| Steve Green | 90 kg | 175.0 | 10 |
| Wayne Sharpe | 48 kg | 125.0 | 9 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Deahnne McIntyre | +82.5 kg | 130.0 | 5 |
Coaches – Martin Leach (Coach), Michael Farrell
Darren Gardiner originally finished third but was awarded the silver medal after Habibollah Mousavi, gold medallist in +100 kg was disqualified after a positive doping test.

### Sailing

Australia represented in sailing:
Men - Jamie Dunross, Colin Harrison, Jeff Milligan, Peter Thompson
Coaches – Lachlan Gilbert (Head), Geoff Chambers
Australia failed to win any medals in the two sailing events.

### Shooting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Ashley Adams | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 598 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ashley Adams | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 590 | 3 Q | 102.2 | 692.2 | |
| Ashley Adams | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 595 | 2 Q | 102.8 | 697.8 | |
| Ashley Adams | Men's 50m rifle three positions SH1 | 1134 | 6 Q | 97.9 | 1231.9 | 5 |
| James Nomarhas | Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 557 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Worsley | Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 583 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Worsley | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 591 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| David Ziebarth | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 591 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Elizabeth Kosmala | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 596 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elizabeth Kosmala | Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 381 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elizabeth Kosmala | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 579 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elizabeth Kosmala | Women's 50m rifle three positions SH1 | 542 | 8 Q | 89.1 | 631.1 | 8 |
Coaches - Miroslav Sipek(Head), Hans Heiderman Officials - Michelle Fletcher (Manager), Craig Jarvis, Elizabeth Ziebarth

### Swimming
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Benoit Austin | S8 | 50m freestyle | 28.23 | 3 Q | 28.42 | |
| Benoit Austin | S8 | 100m freestyle | 1:01.44 PR | 1 Q | 59.83 WR | |
| Benoit Austin | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:05.79 WR | 1 Q | 1:06.57 | |
| Benoit Austin | SM8 | 200m individual medley | N/A | N/A | 2:32.19 | |
| Daniel Bell | S10 | 50m freestyle | 26.54 | 7 Q | 26.62 | 8 |
| Daniel Bell | S10 | 100m freestyle | 57.56 | 7 Q | 57.31 | 7 |
| Daniel Bell | S10 | 100m butterfly | 59.83 PR | 1 Q | 59.67 | |
| Daniel Bell | SB9 | 100m breaststroke | 1:12.10 WR | 1 Q | 1:11.79 | |
| Daniel Bell | SM10 | 200m individual medley | 2:25.74 | 6 Q | 2:28.59 | 7 |
| Sam Bramham | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:04.24 WR | 1 Q | 1:04.25 | |
| Matthew Cowdrey | S9 | 50m freestyle | 27.29 | 4 Q | 26.88 | |
| Matthew Cowdrey | S9 | 100m freestyle | 58.77 | 1 Q | 58.15 WR | |
| Matthew Cowdrey | S9 | 400m freestyle | 4:37.93 | 5 Q | 4:31.80 | |
| Matthew Cowdrey | S9 | 100m backstroke | 1:09.70 | 6 Q | 1:08.44 | 6 |
| Matthew Cowdrey | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:05.34 | 3 Q | 1:04.24 | |
| Matthew Cowdrey | SB9 | 100m breaststroke | 1:18.92 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matthew Cowdrey | SM9 | 200m individual medley | 2:26.44 | 2 Q | 2:21.80 WR | |
| Dale Grant | S9 | 50m freestyle | 28.30 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dale Grant | S9 | 100m freestyle | 1:02.90 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alex Hadley | S7 | 50m freestyle | 31.00 | 8 Q | 31.08 | 8 |
| Alex Hadley | S7 | 100m freestyle | 1:07.71 | 6 Q | 1:06.85 | 5 |
| Alex Hadley | S7 | 400m freestyle | 5:17.82 | 6 Q | 5:20.77 | 6 |
| Alex Hadley | S7 | 50m butterfly | 36.60 | 7 Q | 36.20 | 8 |
| Alex Harris | S7 | 50m freestyle | 30.62 | 6 Q | 30.12 | 5 |
| Alex Harris | S7 | 100m freestyle | 1:06.95 | 4 Q | 1:05.79 | 4 |
| Alex Harris | S7 | 50m butterfly | 37.68 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alex Harris | SB7 | 100m breaststroke | 1:40.72 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matt Levy | S8 | 50m freestyle | 29.98 | 5 Q | 30.14 | 5 |
| Matt Levy | S8 | 100m freestyle | 1:05.21 | 5 Q | 1:04.99 | 5 |
| Matt Levy | S8 | 400m freestyle | 5:07.73 | 8 Q | 5:04.64 | 8 |
| Matt Levy | S8 | 100m backstroke | 1:22.49 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matt Levy | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:18.32 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jeremy McClure | S12 | 400m freestyle | 5:12.70 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jeremy McClure | S12 | 100m backstroke | 1:07.85 | 6 Q | 1:08.12 | 6 |
| Jeremy McClure | SB12 | 100m breaststroke | 1:22.69 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ricardo Moffatti | S8 | 50m freestyle | 29.60 | 4 Q | 29.42 | 4 |
| Ricardo Moffatti | S8 | 100m freestyle | 1:03.73 | 3 Q | 1:03.12 | |
| Ricardo Moffatti | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:13.72 | 5 Q | 1:13.72 | 5 |
| Rick Pendleton | S10 | 100m backstroke | 1:11.67 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rick Pendleton | S10 | 100m butterfly | 1:06.31 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rick Pendleton | SB10 | 100m breaststroke | 1:14.98 | 6 Q | 1:14.75 | 7 |
| Rick Pendleton | SM10 | 200m individual medley | 2:25.34 | 4 Q | 2:22.69 | 4 |
| Alastair Smales | S6 | 50m freestyle | 35.11 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alastair Smales | S6 | 100m freestyle | 1:24.23 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alastair Smales | S6 | 50m butterfly | 34.49 | 4 Q | 34.34 | 5 |
| Rod Welsh | S10 | 50m freestyle | 27.49 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rod Welsh | S10 | 100m freestyle | 57.35 | 6 Q | 57.06 | 6 |
| Rod Welsh | S10 | 100m freestyle | 1:06.59 | 1 Q | 1:04.55 | |
| Rod Welsh | SM10 | 200m individual medley | 2:25.09 | 3 Q | 2:22.13 | |
| Daniel Bell Sam Bramham Alex Hadley Ricardo Moffatti | N/A | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (34pts) | 4:07.80 | 2 Q | 4:02.04 | |
| Sam Bramham Matthew Cowdrey Alex Hadley Rick Pendleton | N/A | 4 × 100 m medley relay (34pts) | 4:36.92 | 4 Q | 4:26.25 WR | |

#### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Katerina Bailey | S9 | 100m backstroke | 1:23.36 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Katerina Bailey | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:17.95 | 5 Q | 1:16.61 | |
| Katerina Bailey | SM9 | 200m individual medley | 2:55.26 | 8 Q | 2:52.28 | 6 |
| Sarah Bowen | S6 | 50m freestyle | 42.43 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sarah Bowen | S6 | 100m freestyle | 1:30.75 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sarah Bowen | S6 | 100m backstroke | 1:42.62 | 7 Q | 1:40.35 | 7 |
| Sarah Bowen | SB6 | 100m breaststroke | 1:46.20 | 1 Q | 1:41.84 WR | |
| Lichelle Clarke | S8 | 50m freestyle | 35.75 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lichelle Clarke | S8 | 100m freestyle | 1:14.09 | 6 Q | 1:14.51 | 6 |
| Lichelle Clarke | S8 | 400m freestyle | 5:32.39 | 5 Q | 5:22.99 | |
| Lichelle Clarke | S8 | 100m backstroke | 1:29.58 | 6 Q | 1:30.35 | 7 |
| Mandy Drennan | S9 | 100m freestyle | 1:09.52 | 8 Q | 1:08.68 | 5 |
| Mandy Drennan | S9 | 100m backstroke | 1:19.68 | 7 Q | 1:20.59 | 8 |
| Mandy Drennan | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:22.56 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marayke Jonkers | SB3 | 50m breaststroke | 1:02.96 | 3 Q | 1:02.63 | |
| Marayke Jonkers | SM4 | 150m individual medley | 3:26.01 | 4 Q | 3:26.90 | |
| Kat Lewis | S10 | 50m freestyle | 31.06 | 4 Q | 30.82 | 5 |
| Kat Lewis | S10 | 100m freestyle | 1:07.39 | 7 Q | 1:06.70 | 7 |
| Kat Lewis | S10 | 400m freestyle | 5:07.47 | 4 Q | 5:03.48 | 4 |
| Kat Lewis | S10 | 100m butterfly | 1:20.98 | 6 Q | 1:19.93 | 5 |
| Hannah MacDougall | S10 | 100m freestyle | 1:11.99 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hannah MacDougall | S10 | 400m freestyle | 5:22.33 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hannah MacDougall | S10 | 100m backstroke | N/A | N/A | 1:18.17 | 4 |
| Katrina Porter | S8 | 100m freestyle | 1:20.79 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Katrina Porter | S8 | 400m freestyle | 5:34.54 | 6 Q | 5:35.63 | 7 |
| Katrina Porter | SB6 | 100m breaststroke | 1:57.79 | 7 Q | 1:56.38 | 7 |
| Sarah Rose | S6 | 50m freestyle | 42.89 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sarah Rose | S6 | 100m freestyle | 1:35.00 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sarah Rose | S6 | 50m butterfly | 42.26 | 3 Q | 41.96 | |
| Sarah Rose | SM6 | 200m individual medley | 3:35.55 | 6 Q | 3:36.28 | 7 |
| Dianne Saunders | S7 | 50m butterfly | 52.32 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dianne Saunders | SB7 | 100m breaststroke | 1:46.10 | 4 Q | 1:44.99 | 4 |
| Dianne Saunders | SM7 | 200m individual medley | 3:48.55 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kobie Scott | S8 | 100m backstroke | 1:30.09 | 7 Q | 1:30.03 | 7 |
| Kobie Scott | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:28.64 | 5 Q | 1:29.20 | 7 |
| Jessica Smith | S9 | 50m freestyle | 33.12 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jessica Smith | S9 | 100m freestyle | 1:12.76 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jessica Smith | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:23.35 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brooke Stockham | S8 | 100m butterfly | 1:30.18 | 7 Q | 1:29.47 | 8 |
| Brooke Stockham | SB8 | 100m breaststroke | 1:34.41 | 7 Q | 1:34.96 | 7 |
| Brooke Stockham | SM8 | 200m individual medley | 3:09.80 | 7 Q | 3:13.38 | 8 |
| Prue Watt | S13 | 50m freestyle | 29.45 | 2 Q | 28.89 | |
| Prue Watt | S13 | 100m freestyle | 1:03.75 | 2 Q | 1:03.30 | |
| Prue Watt | S13 | 400m freestyle | N/A | N/A | 4:49.51 | |
| Prue Watt | S13 | 100m butterfly | N/A | N/A | 1:08.41 | |
| Prue Watt | SB13 | 100m breaststroke | N/A | N/A | 1:23.07 | |
| Prue Watt | SM13 | 200m individual medley | N/A | N/A | 2:34.93 | |
| Stacey Williams | S7 | 50m freestyle | 41.18 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stacey Williams | S7 | 100m freestyle | 6:49.12 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stacey Williams | SB7 | 100m breaststroke | 1:49.82 | 6 Q | 1:50.84 | 6 |
| Stacey Williams | SM7 | 200m individual medley | 3:40.17 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chantel Wolfenden | S7 | 50m freestyle | 36.48 | 5 Q | 35.62 | 5 |
| Chantel Wolfenden | S7 | 100m freestyle | 1:16.36 | 3 Q | 1:15.09 | |
| Chantel Wolfenden | S7 | 400m freestyle | 5:22.71 PR | 1 Q | 5:20.26 PR | |
| Chantel Wolfenden | S7 | 100m backstroke | 1:32.58 | 3 Q | 1:29.81 | |
| Chantel Wolfenden | S7 | 50m butterfly | 40.26 | 5 Q | 38.99 | 5 |
| Chantel Wolfenden | SM7 | 200m individual medley | 3:09.97 | 2 Q | 3:10.46 | |
| Kat Lewis Lichelle Clarke Chantel Wolfenden Mandy Drennan | N/A | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (34pts) | N/A | N/A | 4:44.57 | |
| Chantel Wolfenden Katerina Bailey Brooke Stockham Hannah MacDougall | N/A | 4 × 100 m medley relay (34pts) | N/A | N/A | 5:25.02 | |
Coaches - Brendan Keogh (Head), John Beckworth, Peter Bishop, Graeme Carroll, Gwen Godfrey, Paul Simms
Officials - Adam Luscombe (Manager), Zoe Young, Brendan Burkett,

### Wheelchair basketball
#### Men

Before the Athens 2004 wheelchair basketball competition, the men's team, popularly called The Rollers, goal was to improve their fifth place from Sydney. With the help of quality leadership from both staff and senior players they succeeded and won the silver medal playing against Canada.
* Brendan Dowler
* Justin Eveson
* Andrew Flavel
* Adrian King
* Tristan Knowles
* Campbell Message
* Grant Mizens
* Brad Ness
* Shaun Norris
* Troy Sachs
* David Selby
* Daryl Taylor
The silver medal would not have been possible without a great collective effort from the coaches or managerial staff.

#### Coaching and managerial staff

* Head coach: Murray Treseder
* Assistant: Coach Alan Cox
* Manager: Kelvin Browner
* Video Technician/Assistant: Coach Craig Friday
* Mechanic: Graham Gould
* Physiotherapist: John Camens
* Mechanic: Troy Andrews
* General Assistant in the USA: Rick Browner
* Basketball Australia and APC office staff

#### Results

| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Australia vs. Canada (CAN) | 38 - 66 | 2 Q |
| 2 | Australia vs. Great Britain (GBR) | 80 - 59 | 2 Q |
| 3 | Australia vs. Italy (ITA) | 57 - 52 | 2 Q |
| 4 | Australia vs. Brazil (BRA) | 66 - 51 | 2 Q |
| 5 | Australia vs. France (FRA) | 74 - 53 | 2 Q |
| Quarterfinals | Australia vs. Germany (GER) | 79 - 60 | W |
| Semifinals | Australia vs. Great Britain (GBR) | 64 - 52 | W |
| Gold medal final | Australia vs. Canada (CAN) | 53 - 70 | |
Looking to improve from their loss in the Sydney 2000 Paralympics wheelchair final, the women's Wheelchair basketball team, also called The Gliders, went undefeated through the preliminary rounds beating US, Great Britain and the Netherlands. In the quarterfinal they beat Mexico before they moved on to beat Germany in the semifinals. In the finals, the US awaited. For the second time in as many Paralympic games, The Gliders were unable to overcome US, but won the silver medal. The Gliders team, consisting of a total of 12 women, had seven first time Paralympians so the silver medal was a great accomplishment.

#### Women

* Lisa Chaffey
* Shelley Chaplin
* Paula Coghlan
* Melanie Domaschenz
* Karen Farrell
* Kylie Gauci
* Tina McKenzie
* Alison Mosely
* Jane Sachs
* Sarah Stewart
* Liesl Tesch
* Melinda Young

#### Coaching staff

* Head coach: Garry Hewson
* Assistant coach: Darryl Durham
* Manager: Sonia Healy
* Mechanic: Michael Dowling

#### Results

| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Australia vs. United States (USA) | 62 - 61 | 1 Q |
| 2 | Australia vs. Great Britain (GBR) | 63 - 21 | 1 Q |
| 3 | Australia vs. Netherlands (NED) | 30 - 25 | 1 Q |
| Quarterfinals | Australia vs. Japan (JPN) | 70 - 33 | W |
| Semifinals | Australia vs. Canada (CAN) | 57 - 40 | W |
| Gold medal final | Australia vs. United States (USA) | 44 - 56 | |

#### Coaches and officials

Coaches: Alan Cox, Darryl Durham, Craig Friday, Gerry Hewson, Bernard Treseder.
Officials - Kelvin Browner, Michael Dowling, Sonia Healy (Manager).

### Wheelchair rugby

The men's rugby team didn't win any medals: they were 5th out of 12.

#### Players

* Bryce Alman
* Ryley Batt
* Grant Boxall
* Brett Boylan
* Brad Dubberley
* Nazim Erdem
* George Hucks
* Kevin Kersnovske
* Steve Porter
* Patrick Ryan
* Ryan Scott
* Scott Vitale

#### Results

| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Australia vs. New Zealand (NZL) | 31 - 41 | 3 Q |
| 2 | Australia vs. Japan (JPN) | 48 - 47 | 3 Q |
| 3 | Australia vs. United States (USA) | 38 - 49 | 3 Q |
| Quarterfinals | Australia vs. Canada (CAN) | 33 - 36 | L |
| Semifinals (5th-8th) | Australia vs. Germany (GER) | 44 - 40 | W |
| 5th-6th classification | Australia vs. Belgium (BEL) | 46 - 43 | 5 |

#### Coaches and officials

Coaches: Glenn Stephens and Terry Vinyard
Officials: Robert Doidge, Kim Ellwood and Maria Spiller.

### Wheelchair tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Anthony Bonaccurso | Open | Singles | Vazouras (GRE) W 6–1, 6-0 | Lee (KOR) W 6–2, 6-3 | Welch (USA) L 1–6, 3-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| David Hall | Open | Singles | Diaz (ARG) W 6–0, 6-1 | Mendez (CHI) W 6–0, 6-2 | Rydberg (USA) W 6–0, 6-3 | Kunieda (JPN) W 6–2, 0–6, 6-4 | Jeremiasz (FRA) W 6–1, 6-1 | Ammerlaan (NED) L 2–6, 1-6 |
| Ben Weekes | Open | Singles | Victor (RSA) W 6–1, 6-2 | Ammerlaan (NED) L 0–6, 0-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anthony Bonaccurso David Hall | Open | Doubles | N/A | N/A | Kruamai (THA) / Peem Mee (THA) W 6–1, 6-3 | Welch (USA) / Greer (USA) W 6–4, 6-3 | Kunieda (JPN) / Saida (JPN) L 6–4, 4–6, 6-7 | Ammerlaan (NED) / Stuurman (NED) W 6–4, 6–7, 6-4 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Daniela Di Toro | Open | Singles | Fabre (FRA) W 6–3, 6–1 | Chokyu (CAN) W 6–1, 6–3 | Forshaw (GBR) W 7–6, 6-0 | Peters (NED) L 5–7, 6–4, 3-6 | Bronze medal match Gravellier (FRA) W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2 |
Coaches - Greg Crump (Head)
Officials - Sallee Trewin (Manager)

## Administration

Headquarters staff - Paul Bird (Chef de Mission), Ken Brown (Assistant Chef de Mission), Nick Dean (Assistant Chef de Mission), Doug Denby (Assistant Chef de Mission), Jason Hellwig (Director of Operations), Natalie Jenkins (Sports Administration Officer), Jacqui Knife (Sports Administration Officer), Richard Mathews (Attache), Stephen Mathews (Manager Security), Tony Naar (Manager Sport), Graeme Watts Sports Medicine and Sports Science - Syd Bourke (Director Medical), John Camens, Lily Chiu, Liz Cloughessy (Medical Coordinator), Kieran Cusack, Maria Di Michele, Mick Jordan, David Lee, Murray Lydeamore (Welfare Coordinator), Mark MacDonald, Ingrid McKay, Claire Nichols, David Spurrier, Greg Ungerer, Luke Vladich Media - Graham Cassidy, Katie Hodge, Margaret McDonald, David Lutteral