# Australia at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Australia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Australia won a bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres short track relay, the nation's first medal at the Winter Olympic Games. A total of 25 Australian athletes competed, participating in alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing (in both aerials and moguls), luge, short track speed skating, and speed skating.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski | Short track speed skating | Men's 5000 metre relay | 26 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bobsleigh | 4 | – | 4 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Figure skating | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Freestyle skiing | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Luge | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Short track speed skating | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 7 | 25 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 (DH) | Run 1 (DH) | Run 2 (Sl) | Run 2 (Sl) | Run 3 (Sl) | Run 3 (Sl) | Final/Total | Final/Total | Final/Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank |
| Anthony Huguet | Super-G | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:37.44 | +4.91 | 37 |
| Anthony Huguet | Giant slalom | 1:33.60 | 37 | did not finish | did not finish | — | — | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 (DH) | Run 1 (DH) | Run 2 (Sl) | Run 2 (Sl) | Run 3 (Sl) | Run 3 (Sl) | Final/Total | Final/Total | Final/Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank |
| Zali Steggall | Giant slalom | 1:28.68 | 35 | 1:17.46 | 24 | — | — | 2:46.14 | +15.17 | 24 |
| Zali Steggall | Slalom | 1:03.16 | 28 | 59.88 | 22 | — | — | 2:03.04 | +7.03 | 22 |
| Zali Steggall | Combined | 1:33.46 | 31 | 52.34 | 12 | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |

## Biathlon
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Sandra Paintin-Paul | Individual | 1:01:21.7 | 7 | 64 |
| Sandra Paintin-Paul | Sprint | 28:31.1 | 1 | 40 |
| Kerryn Rim | Individual | 54:10.1 | 2 | 8 |
| Kerryn Rim | Sprint | 27:32.3 | 2 | 21 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Justin McDonald Glenn Carroll | Two-man | 54.03 | 28 | 53.96 | 27 | 54.21 | 29 | 54.27 | 27 | 3:36.47 | 27 |
| Justin McDonald Glenn Carroll Scott Walker Adam Barclay | Four-man | 52.48 | 16 | 52.67 | 21 | 52.85 | 20 | 53.02 | 20 | 3:31.02 | 20 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Anthony Evans | 10 km classical | 27:09.9 | 51 |
| Anthony Evans | 15 km freestyle pursuit | 1:08:22.9 | 57 |
| Anthony Evans | 50 km classical | 2:22:05.2 | 43 |
| Mark Gray | 10 km classical | 27:54.0 | 67 |
| Mark Gray | 15 km freestyle pursuit | 1:10:01.1 | 66 |
| Mark Gray | 30 km freestyle | 1:24:49.9 | 61 |
| Mark Gray | 50 km classical | 2:28:51.6 | 59 |

## Figure skating

| Athlete(s) | Event | CD1 | CD2 | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athlete(s) | Event | FP | FP | FP | FP | TFP | Rank |
| Stephen Carr | Men's | — | — | 20 Q | 18 | 28.0 | 18 |
| Danielle Carr & Stephen Carr | Pairs | — | — | 10 | 11 | 16.0 | 11 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nick Cleaver | Moguls | 24.34 | 15 Q | 23.02 | 16 |
| Adrian Costa | Moguls | 25.46 | 7 Q | 23.38 | 14 |
| Paul Costa | Moguls | 22.20 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jacqui Cooper | Aerials | 139.67 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kirstie Marshall | Aerials | 166.12 | q Q | 150.76 | 6 |

## Luge

| Athlete(s) | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Roger White | Men's | 55.674 | 54.546 | 54.842 | 58.000 | 3:43.062 | 32 |

## Short track speed skating

The relay result was Australia's first Winter Olympics medal. In the semi-final, they beat Japan and New Zealand to qualify behind Canada. They went into the final with three objectives: to stay on their feet (to avoid a repeat of what happened in Albertville), to remain undisqualified, and to beat at least one of the other three finalists. With 21 of 45 laps to go, a Canadian crashed into the side, and was out of contention. With 12 laps to go, Italian Mirko Vuillermin accelerated away, creating a gap such that Australia was unlikely to win gold. Until the last change, it seemed that Australia might win silver. Nizielski was the final skater, and said later that "At the last change [American] Eric Flaim got a good push-away and he stepped underneath my feet and stopped me. I thought, well I'm not going to fight him for this. I didn't want to let the team down. And I was very aware that I had taken a fall in Albertville. I just wanted to get through and get the medal." Team member Steven Bradbury went on to win Australia's first winter gold in 2002.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Steven Bradbury | 500m | 45.43 | 2 Q | 44.18 | 1 Q | 1:03.51 | 4 QB | B Final 45.33 | 8 |
| Steven Bradbury | 1000m | 2:01.89 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 24 |
| Kieran Hansen | 500m | 46.30 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 23 |
| Kieran Hansen | 1000m | 1:32.96 | 2 Q | 1:32.34 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 12 |
| Richard Nizielski | 500m | 44.86 OR | 1 Q | 45.57 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |
| Richard Nizielski | 1000m | 1:32.42 | 2 Q | 1:29.93 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |
| Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski | 5000m relay | — | — | — | — | 7:14.41 | 2 Q | 7:13.68 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Karen Kah | 500m | 48.56 | 2 Q | 47.90 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 12 |
| Karen Kah | 1000m | 1:41.64 | 1 Q | 1:39.93 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 11 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Phillip Tahmindjis | 1000 m | 1:16.29 | 37 |
| Phillip Tahmindjis | 1500 m | 1:57.59 | 36 |
| Danny Kah | 1500 m | 1:56.04 | 25 |
| Danny Kah | 5000 m | 7:00.02 | 25 |