Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Australia sent 417 athletes, 250 men and 167 women, to the Atlanta Games.[1]

Australia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Atlanta
Competitors417 (250 men, 167 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer Andrew Hoy (opening)
Mike McKay (closing)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
9
Silver
9
Bronze
23
Total
41
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
 Australasia (1908–1912)

An Australian segment was featured in the closing ceremony, as Australia was to host the next edition of the Summer Olympics in Sydney four years later.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Gray, Fear, and Fairweather → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-2)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

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

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

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

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

Men's Pole Vault

  • Simon Arkell
    • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
  • James Miller
    • Qualification — 5.60m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw


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

Women's Long Jump

  • Nicole Boegman
    • Qualification — 6.67m
    • Final — 6.73m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

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

Women's Marathon

Women's 10 km Walk

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball
Main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

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.

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

Beach volleyball

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

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)

Men's Light Welterweight (67 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

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)

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

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)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's Points Race

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

Women's Cross Country

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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)

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One woman represented Australia in 1996.

Women's épée

Football
Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Alexander Johnson → 3697 pts, 32nd place

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Softball
Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

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

1500m Freestyle

100m Backstroke

200m Backstroke

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

4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's Competition

50m Freestyle

100m Freestyle

  • Sarah Ryan
    • Heat — 56.07
    • Final — 55.85 (→ 6th place)

200m Freestyle

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

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

100m Butterfly

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

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

4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

  • Kiril Kounev
    • Final — 170.0 + 200.0 = 370.0 (→ 4th place)

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

See also

References
  1. "Australia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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