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
Gold
- Glynis Nunn — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
- Jon Sieben — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Dean Lukin — Weightlifting, Men's Super-Heavyweight
- Kevin Nichols, Michael Grenda, Michael Turtur, and Dean Woods — Cycling, Men's 4,000 m Team Pursuit
Silver
- Gary Honey — Athletics, Men's Long jump
- Suzie Landells — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle
- Glenn Beringen — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Karen Phillips — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Robert Kabbas — Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Gary Gullock, Tony Lovrich, Timothy McLaren, and Paul Reedy — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
Bronze
- Gael Martin — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Pattie Dench — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol
- Peter Evans — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Glenn Buchanan — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Rob Woodhouse — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Justin Lemberg — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Michele Pearson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Chris Cairns and Scott Anderson — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
- Susan Lee, Karen Brancourt, Margot Foster, Robyn Grey-Gardner, and Susan Chapman — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
- James Battersby, Ian Edmunds, Stephen Evans, Clyde Hefer, Craig Muller, Samuel Patten, Ion Popa, Gavin Thredgold, and Timothy Willoughby — Rowing, Men's Eights
- Grant Kenny and Barry Kelly — Canoeing, Men's K2 1,000 m Kayak
Archery
Women's Individual Competition
- Terene Donovan — 2442 points
- Christopher Blake — 2434 points
Athletics
- Peter Van Miltenburg
- * Qualifying Heat — 10.55
- * Quarterfinals — 10.52
- Peter Van Miltenburg
- * Qualifying Heat — 21.06
- * Quarterfinals — 21.09
- Darren Clark
- * Heat — 45.68
- * Quarterfinals — 44.77
- * Semifinals — 45.26
- * Final — 44.75
- Bruce Frayne
- * Heat — 46.08
- * Quarterfinals — 45.35
- * Semifinals — 45.21
- Gary Minihan
- * Heat — 46.93
- Robert de Castella — 2:11:09
- Gary Honey
- * Qualification — 7.93m
- * Final — 8.24m
- John Atkinson
- * Qualification — 2.21m
- Peter Hadfield
- * Final Result — 7683 points
- David Smith
- * Final — 1:26:48
- Simon Baker
- * Final — 1:27:43
- Willi Sawall
- * Final — 1:28:24
- Michael Harvey
- * Final — 4:09:18
- Andrew Jachno
- * Final — DNF
- Willi Sawall
- * Final — DNF
- Donna Gould
- * Heat — 9.05.56
- Lisa Martin
- * Final — 2:29.03
- Debbie Flintoff-King
- * Heat — 57.20
- * Semifinal — 56.24
- * Final — 56.21
- Robyn Lorraway
- * Qualification — 6.61 m
- * Final — 6.67 m
- Glynis Nunn
- * Qualification — 6.41 m
- * Final — 6.53 m
- Linda Garden
- * Qualification — 6.49 m
- * Final — 6.30 m
- Vanessa Browne
- * Qualification — 1.90m
- * Final — 1.94m
- Christine Stanton
- * Qualification — 1.90m
- * Final — 1.85m
- Gael Martin
- * Qualification — 55.38m
- * Final — 55.88m
- Petra Rivers
- * Qualification — 59.12m
- * Final — 56.20m
- Gael Martin
- * Final — 19.19 m
- Glynis Nunn
- * Final Result — 6390 points
Basketball
- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated Brazil
- * Lost to Yugoslavia
- * Defeated West-Germany
- * Lost to Italy
- * Defeated Egypt
- Quarterfinals
- * Lost to Spain
- Classification Matches
- * 5th/8th place: Lost to Uruguay
- * 7th/8th place: Defeated West-Germany → Seventh place
- Team Roster
- *Phil Smyth
- *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
- Preliminary Round
- *Lost to PR China
- *Lost to United States
- *Lost to Canada
- *Lost to South Korea
- *Defeated Yugoslavia → Fifth place
- Team Roster
- *Robyn Maher
- *Bronwyn Marshall
- *Jenny Cheesman
- *Patricia Cockrem
- *Donna Quinn
- *Patricia Mickan
- *Julie Nykiel
- *Kathryn Foster
- *Marina Moffa
- *Karen Dalton
- *Wendy Laidlaw
- *Sue Geh
Boxing
Men's Flyweight- Jeff Fenech
- # First Round — Defeated René Centellas, RSC-3
- # Second Round — Defeated David Mwaba, 5:0
- # Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski, 1:4
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented Australia in 1984, winning gold in the team pursuit.;Individual road race
- Jeff Leslie – +22:20
- Michael Lynch – +27:05
- Gary Trowell – did not finish
- John Watters – did not finish
- Jeff Leslie
- Michael Lynch
- Gary Trowell
- John Watters
;1000m time trial
- Max Rainsford
- Dean Woods
- Michael Grenda
- Michael Grenda
- Kevin Nichols
- Michael Turtur
- Dean Woods
- Glenn Clarke
- Gary West
Diving
- Steve Foley
- * Preliminary Round — 543.87
- * Final — 561.93
Equestrianism
Fencing
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1984.;Men's foil
;Women's foil
- Helen Smith
- Andrea Chaplin
Gymnastics
Hockey
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- * 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
- 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
- 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
- * Colleen Pearce
- * Sandra Pisani
- * Julene Sunderland
- * Liane Tooth
- * Susan Watkins
- Head Coach: Brian Glencross
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1984.;Individual
;Team
- Alex Watson
- Matthew Spies
- Daniel Esposito
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
;Men's CompetitionMen's 100 m Freestyle
- Michael Delany
- * Qualifying Heat 4 – 51.22
- * Final B – DNS
- Mark Stockwell
- * Qualifying Heat 6 – 50.27
- * Final – 50.24
- Peter Dale
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:51.42
- * Final – 1:53.84
- Justin Lemberg
- * Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:52.73
- Justin Lemberg
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 3:53.89
- * Final – 3:51.79
- Ron McKeon
- * Qualifying Heat 4 – 3:55.06
- * Final – 3:55.48
- Justin Lemberg
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 15:29.74
- Wayne Shillington
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 15:25.67
- * Final – 15:38.18
- Glenn Buchanan
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 54.86
- * Final – 53.85
- Mark Stockwell
- * Qualifying Heat 7 – 55.70
- * Final B – DNS
- Jon Sieben
- * Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:58.63
- * Final – 1:57.04
- Peter Evans
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:02.87
- * Final – 1:02.97
- Brett Stocks
- * Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:03.46
- * Final – 1:03.49
- Glenn Beringen
- * Qualifying Heat 6 – 2:17.29
- * Final – 2:15.79
- Peter Evans
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:21.21
- * Final B – DNS
- Mark Kerry
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 57.15
- * Final – 57.18
- David Orbell
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 58.35
- * Final B – 58.05
- David Orbell
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:04.00
- * Final – 2:04.61
- Kim Terrell
- * Qualifying Heat 5 – 2:06.56
- Rob Woodhouse
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:06.45
- * Final B – 2:04.85
- Glenn Beringen
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:08.85
- Rob Woodhouse
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:24.85
- * Final – 4:20.50
- Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:19.94
- * Final – 3:19.68
- Graeme Brewer, Peter Dale, Justin Lemberg, and Ron McKeon
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 7:26.93
- * Final – 7:25.63
- Thomas Stachewicz, Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:43.93
- * Final – 3.43.25
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Lisa Curry
- * Qualifying Heat 6 – 26.07
- * Final B – 25.87
- Susie Ford
- * Qualifying Heat 4 – 57.76
- Angela Harris
- * Qualifying Heat 6 – 57.30
- * Final – 58.09
- Michelle Pearson
- * Qualifying Heat 4 – 56.75
- * Final – 56.83
- Michelle Pearson
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:01.49
- * Final – 1:59.79
- Susie Ford
- * Qualifying Heat 4 – 2:04.82
- Anna McVann
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:03.14
- * Final – 2:02.87
- Susie Ford
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:20.68
- * Final B – 4:15.46
- Anna McVann
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:15.21
- * Final – 4:13.95
- Susie Ford
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 8:56.40
- Anna McVann
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 8:35.19
- * Final – 8:37.94
- Janet Blood
- * Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:01.97
- * Final – 1:01.78
- Lisa Curry
- * Qualifying 7 – 1:01.07
- * Final B – 1:01.61
- Karen Higgison
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:11.81
- * Final – 2:10.56
- Janet Blood
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:13.74
- * Swim-off with Conny van Bentum – 2:15.54
- * Final B – DNS
- Dimity Douglas
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:12.18
- * Final B – 1:12:00
- Sharon Kellett
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:13.43
- Dimity Douglas
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:36.47
- * Final B – 2:39.33
- Sharon Kellett
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:33.23
- * Final – 2:33.80
- Georgina Parkes
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:04.90
- * Final B – 1:04.52
- Audrey Youl
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:04.94
- * Final B – 1:04.15
- Georgina Parkes
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:18.49
- * Final – 2:14.87
- Audrey Youl
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:20.12
- * Final B – 2:21.36
- Michelle Pearson
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:17.46
- * Final – 2:15.92
- Suzanne Dill-Macky
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:54.13
- * Final – 4:44.30
- Karen Higgison
- * Qualifying Heat 3 – 5:54.28
- * Final B – 4:53.37
- Lisa Curry, Angela Harris, Janet Blood, Michelle Pearson
- * Qualifying Heat 1 – 3:49.61
- Michelle Pearson, Angela Harris, Anna McVann, Lisa Curry
- * Final – 3:47.79
- Audrey Youl, Dimity Douglas, Lisa Curry, and Angela Harris
- * Qualifying Heat 2 – DSQ
Synchronized swimming
Water polo
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to West Germany
- * Drew with Italy
- * Defeated Japan
- Final Round
- * Lost to Yugoslavia
- * Lost to United States
- * Defeated Netherlands
- * Drew with Spain → 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
Weightlifting