Australia at the 1988 Summer Paralympics


Australia competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea in 16 sports, winning medals in 6 sports. Gold medals were won in three sports – athletics, lawn bowls and swimming. Australia won 95 medals – 23 gold, 34 silver and 38 bronze medals. Australia finished 10th on the gold medal table and 7th on the combined medal table. Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled reported another medal ranking after Games with Australia being 2nd ranked in amputee sports, 8th in wheelchair sports, 11th in blind sports and 12th in cerebral palsy sports.
Notable Australian performances included:
Australian athletes broke eight world records.

Background

The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympic Games to be held under the aegis of the International Co-ordinating Committee. The ICC was accepted into the Olympic Family, which allowed greater co-operation by National Olympic Committees in regards to the organization of Paralympic Games. The Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee regarded the Paralympic Games as an extension of the Olympic Games and formulated a support plan which allowed sharing of Seoul Olympic manpower, facilities, equipment, and sharing of key personnel. The SLOOC gave a subsidy of $12,857,143 US dollars. It was not possible to use the Olympic Village so a new Paralympic Village, consisting of 10 apartment blocks, was created, providing catering, recreation, banking, post office facilities, medical centres, religious centres, and a shopping mall. The 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games was also the first time both the Olympics and Paralympics used the same venues, and since then, every Winter and Summer Paralympic Games have been held in the same city as the Olympic Games.
The Seoul Paralympic Organizing Committee designed the first Paralympic Symbol which was used from 1988–1994. The Five 'teardrops' in the 'W' configuration and colours of the Olympic rings represented the five oceans and the five continents. This symbol was eventually changed in 1994, as it was considered to be too close to the International Olympic Committee's 5-ring emblem. The 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games is considered as the genesis of the Modern Paralympic Games.

Opening Ceremony

During the Opening Ceremony there were more than 75,000 people within the Olympic Stadium with a then record of 3,057 competitors from 61 nations. The President of South Korea, Roh Tae-Woo, presented the new Paralympic flag to the President of the ICC, Jens Bromann. Paul Croft, competing in his second Paralympic Games, was the flag bearer for Australia during the Opening Ceremony. Parachutists in the Paralympic colors of blue, black, red, yellow, and green swept down into the Olympic Stadium following a procession of children in wheelchairs. The Olympic Torch was carried in by a one-legged South Korean Paralympic volleyball player and handed to 19 year old Cho Hyun-hui, a wheelchair bound athlete with cerebral palsy. Cho Hyun-hai was wheeled around the stadium by her 7-year-old daughter before handing the Torch to blind runner Lee Jae-oon, who linked hands with women's handball Olympic gold medalist Kiifi Hyun-mi, who together, were carried up by elevator platform to light the Olympic Flame.
Chief Paralympic Organiser Koh Kwi-nam addressed the athletes by saying "The goal you as athletes should try to reach for in the Games is not to accomplish the Olympic slogan of 'faster, higher and farther' but to show the world your real selves as courageous challengers, glorious conquerors and impartial participants."

Controversies

The Seoul Paralympic Games were not without controversies. The Iranian goalball team were disqualified for refusing to play against the Israeli team. It was deemed that the Iranian team had misused the sporting platform for political aims by the ICC who made immediate arrangements to send the team home. Asghar Dadkhan, the Iranian team manager, made a formal statement of apology pledging that all other Iranian athletes would compete with full regard to the regulations and would compete against Israel and any other nation.
A Libyan team arrived at the Seoul Paralympic Games without having gone through the normal entry procedures. The SPOC urged the ICC to accept the Libyan team and a compromise was reach, permitting the Libyans to participate as observers. They could compete in the marathon event, however they would not have any medal entitlement, nor would they be officially recognized at the Closing Ceremony.
Twenty-seven athletes were incorrectly awarded medals after the first round of competition in the men's and women's wheelchair slalom event. The mistake was discovered when officials realised that the medals should not have been awarded until after a second round of competition.

Team

Australia sent a team of 179 athletes and 47 staff and escorts. The Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled Inc took responsibility for team management and fundraising. The team was organised by disability athlete categories – amputee, blind, cerebral palsy, wheelchair.

Team management

The Australian team was organised by disability classifications as the Games team was organised by the Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled Inc.
Overall – Rhys Roberts, Nigel Rouse, Dr John Bourke, Dominic Wall, David Douglas

Section Managers- Wally Parsons, Gary Prior, Judy Hill, George Dunstan

State Management – each Australian state provided team officials:

Australian Capital Territory – overall – Dominic Wall ; wheelchair officials – M. Trewella, G. Walker

New South Wales – Amputee officials – D. Beath, T. Beath, Vic Renalson; blind officials – L. Alder, T. Keneghan, J. Stephenson, S. Jackson ; cerebral palsy officials – A. Gregson, Tom Organ, S. Streat ; wheelchair officials – Michael Godfrey-Roberts, M. Bevan, C. Jarvis

Queensland – amputee officials – Paul Bird, Henry Shorter ; blind officials – D. Beavis, J. Buckley ; cerebral palsy officials – A. Allan, A. Brindley, Karen Denman ; wheelchair officials – S. Hyde

South Australia – overall – R. Roberts ; amputee officials – P. Aldridge, M. Parsons, W. Parsons ; wheelchair officials – Kevin Bawden, George Dunstan, G. Gould, G. Maloney, M. Wardrop

Northern Territory – overall – N. Rouse ; blind official – B. Killalea

Tasmania – wheelchair official – G. Vince

Victoria – overall – John Bourke ; amputee official – P. Negropontis ; blind officials – J. Coole, E. O'Meagher ; wheelchair officials – Kathryn Lee, D. Perriman, J. Sayers

Western Australia – blind official – G. Prior ; cerebral palsy officials – G. Carter, D. Hancy, J. Hill, P. Jose, B. Lake, M. Chan ; wheelchair official – Norma Beer
The team captain was Paul Croft who carried the flag at the Opening Ceremony and Mike Nugent was the vice captain.

Fundraising

The Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled Inc undertook a range of fundraising activities to raise A$2 million of which A$1.w million would be used to send teams to the 1988 Seoul Summer and Innsbruck Winter Games. The remainder of the funds would be used for future Games. The cash amount finally raised was A$1,104,328. There were also considerable "in kind" donations covering accommodation, marketing, travel.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
AthleticsMen's 100 m B3
AthleticsMen's 200 m C7
AthleticsMen's 800 m C8
, Rodney Nugent, Nigel Parsons, Jason SmartAthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay A2/A4–7
, Rodney Nugent, Andrew O'Sullivan, Nigel ParsonsAthleticsMen's 4 × 400 m relay A2/A4–7
AthleticsMen's Long jump A6/A8–9/L6
AthleticsMen's Triple jump A6/A8–9/L6
AthleticsMen's Discus throw A2/A9
AthleticsMen's Discus throw B3
AthleticsMen's Javelin throw B3
AthleticsMen's Javelin throw 2
AthleticsMen's Shot put 2
AthleticsWomen's 200 m 5–6
AthleticsWomen's Shot put B1
, Stan KosmalaLawn bowlsMen's pairs 2–6
ShootingWomen's Air rifle 3 positions 2–6
ShootingWomen's Air rifle kneeling 2–6
ShootingWomen's Air rifle prone 2–6
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle A8
SwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke A8
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle C6
SwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle A8
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke A8
AthleticsMen's 100 m 1B
AthleticsMen's 100 m A2/A9
AthleticsMen's 100 m A4/A9
AthleticsMen's 200 m A4/A9
AthleticsMen's 400 m A4/A9
AthleticsMen's 400 m C7
AthleticsMen's 400 m C8
AthleticsMen's Marathon 1C
, Michael Desanto, Alan Dufty, Vincenzo VallelongaAthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay 1A–1C
AthleticsMen's High jump A4/A9
AthleticsMen's Discus throw 4
AthleticsMen's Pentathlon A4/A9
AthleticsWomen's 400 m 2
AthleticsWomen's 400 m 5–6
, Deahnne McIntyre, Yvette McLellan, Julie RussellAthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 m relay 2–6
AthleticsWomen's Javelin throw A6/A8-9/L6
AthleticsWomen's Javelin throw C3
AthleticsWomen's Shot put 3
AthleticsWomen's Pentathlon 3
, Clifford SwannLawn bowlsMen's pairs LB2
PowerliftingMen's 100 kg
ShootingWomen's Air rifle standing 2–6
SwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle 1A
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle 1A
SwimmingMen's 25 m backstroke 1A
, Jason Diederich, Brendan Burkett, Leslie BeathSwimmingMen's 4×50 m freestyle relay A1–A8
SwimmingWomen's 50 m backstroke C6
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke C3
SwimmingWomen's 50 m breaststroke 2
SwimmingWomen's 50 m breaststroke B3
SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke A8
SwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly L6
SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley L6
, Deborah Holland, Susan Knox, Judith YoungSwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay A–L
AthleticsMen's 100 m A6/A8–9/L4
AthleticsMen's 200 m A6/A8–9/L4
AthleticsMen's High jump A6/A8–9/L6
AthleticsMen's 200 m 2
AthleticsMen's 200 m C8
AthleticsMen's 400 m A4/A9
AthleticsMen's 400 m B3
AthleticsMen's 1500 m 1C
, Michael Desanto, Alan Dufty, Vincenzo VallelongaAthleticsMen's 4 × 200 m relay 1A–1C
AthleticsMen's High jump A6/A8–9/L6
AthleticsMen's Long jump A2/A9
AthleticsMen's Javelin throw A2/A9
AthleticsMen's Shot put B3
AthleticsMen's Slalom 1B
AthleticsMen's Slalom C4–5
AthleticsMen's Discus throw 2
AthleticsMen's Discus throw 6
AthleticsMen's Discus throw A2/A9
AthleticsWomen's 100 m 5–6
AthleticsWomen's Discus throw 3
AthleticsWomen's Javelin throw 3
Lawn bowlsMen's singles 2–6
Lawn bowlsMen's singles LB3
PowerliftingMen's 100 kg
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle A2
SwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly A2
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle A7
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle 5
SwimmingMen's 50 m breaststroke B3
SwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke B3
SwimmingMen's 200 m breaststroke B3
SwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle 2
SwimmingWomen's 50 m backstroke 2
SwimmingWomen's 25 m butterfly 2
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke A4
SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke B3
SwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke B3
SwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle A2
WeightliftingMen's 85 kg

Events

Archery

Selected team of 3 athletes.
Australia did not win any medals.
Men
AthleteEventResultRank
Arthur FiskMen's Double FITA Round open220724
Eric KleinMen's Double FITA Round open215028

Women
AthleteEventResultRank
Carolyn BurnsWomen's Double FITA Round 2-6208713

Athletics

Selected team of 73 athletes.
MenWomen
Rene Ahrens, Ian Aitchison, Robert Biancucci, Fabian Blattman, Peter Cliff, Darren Collins, Richard Cordukes, Paul Croft, Mark Davies, Michael Desanto, Phillip Deveraux, John Domanol, Alan Dufty, John Eden, Joe Egan, Craig Elliott, Shane Ellsmore, John Federico, Ian Gainey, Terry Giddy, David Goodman, Michael Hackett, Kevin Hamilton, Gary Hayes, Bradley Hill, Geoffrey Hill, Patrick Hughes, Matthew Jesse, Warren Lawton, John Lindsay, Adrian Lowe, Wayne Maher, Brett McArthur, Kerrod McGregor, Michael McIntyre, Warren McKennairey, Jeff McNeil, Mark Milne, Kieran Modra, Michael Nugent, Rodney Nugent, Andrew O’Sullivan, Nigel Parsons, Malcolm Richards, Sam Rickard, Jaime Romaguera, Edward Roos, Craig Sayers, Ralph Scott, Russell Short, Jason Smart, Bradley Thomas, Darren Thrupp, Ched Towns, Peter Trotter, Robert Turner, Vincenzo Vallelonga, Bruce Wallrodt, Jason Walsh, Ross Whyte, Jason Willis, Jeff Wiseman, Matthew van EldikLynette Coleman, Karen Gill, Meredith Jones, Deahnne McIntyre, Yvette McLellan, Patricia Molseed, Julie Russell, Donna Smith, Katrina Vines

Athletics was Australia's most successful sport at the Games winning 53 medals – 14 gold, 19 silver and 20 bronze medals. 13 athletes won gold medals. Rodney Nugent won 4 gold medals, 3 bronze medals and set a world record of 6.72m in his long jump event. Four athletes came home with two gold medals – Adrian Lowe, Nigel Parsons, Russell Short and Bruce Wallrodt.
Deahnne McIntyre won a gold medal, two silver medals and a bronze medal, competing a week after undergoing an emergency appendectomy in a Seoul hospital. With doctors and officials telling her that she could not compete, McIntyre 'knew that she would be out there'. McIntyre came into the games as the world record holder for the Women's 200m 5-6 classification, which she eventually won the gold medal for.
Russell Short, a blind athlete, won two gold medals and a bronze medal. Short set a world record in his classification for javelin, making a throw of 54.72m.
Dubbed 'The Awesome Foursome', Australia's 4 × 400 m relay team set a world record time of 3 minutes 55 seconds, beating the previous record by 3.9 seconds and winning the race by 50 metres.
Patricia Molseed set a Paralympic Record of 8.82m in the Women's Shot Put B1 competition on her first throw despite suffering from a torn back muscle. Only able to make token efforts after her back gave out, her first throw was enough to clinch the gold medal.

Track events – men

Track events – women

Field events – men

AthleteEventResultRank
Rene AhrensMen's Shot Put 612.87 m4
Rene AhrensMen's Discus 640.44 m
Mark DaviesMen's Javelin B240.40 m4
Mark DaviesMen's Triple Jump B211.52 m8
Phillip DeverauxMen's Javelin B137.24 m6
Phillip DeverauxMen's Pentathlon B120444
John DomanolMen's Pentathlon B320857
John EdenMen's Discus A2A934.86 m
Joe EganMen's Pentathlon A4A92828.125
Craig ElliottMen's Javelin A2A934.58 m6
Shane EllsmoreMen's Discus C726.64 m6
Terry GiddyMen's Discus 434.82 m
David GoodmanMen's Pentathlon B3139110
Michael HackettMen's High Jump A4A91.68 m
Gary HayesMen's Javelin A2A929.94 m8
Geoffrey HillMen's Discus C524.24 m8
Warren LawtonMen's High Jump B31.63 m8
Warren LawtonMen's Triple Jump B310.80 m8
Wayne MaherMen's Kick Ball C215.034
Kerrod McGregorMen's High Jump A2A91.64 m9
Kerrod McGregorMen's Javelin A2A941.50 m
Kerrod McGregorMen's Long Jump A2A94.25 m
Kerrod McGregorMen's Discus A2A937.28 m PR
Marko MilneMen's Shot Put C87.74 m6
Kieran ModraMen's Javelin B344.40 m6
Rodney NugentMen's High Jump A6A8A9L61.79 m
Rodney NugentMen's Long Jump A6A8A9L66.72 m WR
Rodney NugentMen's Triple Jump A6A8A9L612.97 m
Sam RickardMen's High Jump B31.60 m9
Edward RoosMen's Discus A6A8A9L637.86 m5
Edward RoosMen's Shot Put A6A8A9L610.63 m8
Ralph ScottMen's Club Throw C637.14 m4
Russell ShortMen's Shot Put B311.59 m
Russell ShortMen's Discus B340.18 m
Russell ShortMen's Javelin B354.72 m WR
Jason SmartMen's High Jump A6A8A9L61.76 m4
Jason SmartMen's Javelin A6A8A9L636.34 m7
Bradley ThomasMen's Javelin A4A938.08 m6
Bradley ThomasMen's Long Jump A4A94.95 m5
Bradley ThomasMen's Pentathlon A4A93286.56
Ched TownsMen's Javelin B240.16 m5
Bruce WallrodtMen's Discus 222.30 m
Bruce WallrodtMen's Javelin 224.32 m PR
Bruce WallrodtMen's Shot Put 27.83 m
Jason WalshMen's Long Jump B35.76 m7
Jason WillisMen's Discus A3A928.30 m4
Jason WillisMen's Javelin A3A933.14 m4
Jason WillisMen's Shot Put A3A96.77 m6
Matthew van EldikMen's Discus C416.16 m7

Field events – women

Results key
Selected team of 4 athletes.
MenWomen
Burke Gibbons, Murray Parker, Donald TurtonLynette Coleman

Australia did not win any medals.

Cycling

Selected team of 1 athlete.
Australia did not win any medals.
AthleteEventResultRank
Gregory CainesMen's 60 km LC31:40:31.694

Football 7-a-side

The Football 7-a-side tournament was made up of 5 teams competing in a round robin tournament. Australia selected team of 9 athletes.
Australia lost to the Netherlands 18-1, lost to Belgium 6-1, lost to Ireland 5–1 and lost to Korea 4-0. Australia did not win a medal.
Round Robin Tournament
TeamPldWLGoals Points
Netherlands 44031:28
Belgium 43111:56
Ireland 42210:54
Korea4135:152
Australia4043:330

Goalball

Australia represented by:
Australian men's results were – defeated Denmark 1-0, defeated South Korea 5-4, lost to Yugoslavia 0-1, lost to USA 2-3, lost to Italy 0-1, defeated Bulgaria 3-2 and lost to Canada 4-5. Australia beat the Netherlands in the 11th place playoff game.
Australian women's results were – defeated Great Britain 3-0, lost to Germany 2-6, lost to United States 0-6, lost to Denmark 0-4, lost to Netherlands 1-5, lost to 2-5 Canada and lost to South Korea 4-5.
Australia did not win any medals.
Qualified for 2nd round
Eliminated

Men
TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Yugoslavia7511105+511
USA7511145+911
Italy7403149+58
Bulgaria7322147+78
Canada74032213+98
Australia7304141406
Denmark712419-84
Korea7007532-270

Qualified for semifinals
Eliminated

Women
TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
USA7700260+2614
Denmark7421273+2410
Netherlands73312910+199
Canada74121813+59
Germany73222911+188
Korea72051240-284
Australia71061229-172
Great Britain7007956-470

Lawn Bowls

Selected team of 11 athletes.
Men
David Boldery, David Doueal, John Forsberg, Roy Fowler, Ronald Gilshenan, Glen Hoffman, Stan Kosmala, Peter Magee, Max Peterson, Neville Read, Clifford Swann

Australia won 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals. Roy Fowler was competing in his sixth Paralympic Games, winning his 10th medal.

Powerlifting

Australia were represented by two athletes, Matthew Pobje and Michael Farrell who won silver and bronze respectively.
EventAthleteResultRank
Men's Up to 100 kgMatthew Pobje160 kg
Men's Up to 100 kgMichael Farrell150 kg

Shooting

Selected team of 8 athletes.
MenWomen
Robert Bakker, Keith Bremner, Allan Chadwick, Andrew Rambow, Stanley Sims, Grant WalkerBarbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala

Elizabeth Kosmala won all Australia's shooting medals – 3 gold medals and one silver medal.
Men
AthleteEventScoreRank
Robert BakkerMen's Air Pistol Standing LSH254610
Keith BremnerMen's Air Pistol 2-652120
Keith BremnerMen's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2-6107633
Keith BremnerMen's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-637036
Keith BremnerMen's Air Rifle Standing 2-632934
Keith BremnerMixed Air Rifle Prone 2-637736
Allan ChadwickMen's Air Rifle 2 Positions with Aids 1A-1C7804
Allan ChadwickMen's Air Rifle Kneeling with Aids 1A-1C3934
Allan ChadwickMen's Air Rifle Prone with Aids 1A-1C3876
Andrew RambowMen's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2-6110931
Andrew RambowMen's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-638526
Andrew RambowMen's Air Rifle Standing 2-633932
Andrew RambowMixed Air Rifle Prone 2-638533
Stanley SimmsMen's Air Pistol Standing LSH253816
Grant WalkerMen's Air Rifle 2 Positions with Aids 1A-1C7706
Grant WalkerMen's Air Rifle Kneeling with Aids 1A-1C3867
Grant WalkerMen's Air Rifle Prone with Aids 1A-1C3848

Women
EventAthleteScoreRank
Barbara CaspersWomen's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2-6111612
Barbara CaspersWomen's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-63858
Barbara CaspersWomen's Air Rifle Prone 2-638213
Barbara CaspersWomen's Air Rifle Standing 2-634912
Elizabeth KosmalaWomen's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2-61171
Elizabeth KosmalaWomen's Air Rifle Kneeling 2-6395
Elizabeth KosmalaWomen's Air Rifle Prone 2-6395
Elizabeth KosmalaWomen's Air Rifle Standing 2-6381
Elizabeth KosmalaMixed Air Rifle Prone 2-639515

Team
AthleteEventScoreRank
Keith BremnerMixed Air Rifle 3 Positions Team 2-6335612
Elizabeth KosmalaMixed Air Rifle 3 Positions Team 2-6335612
Andrew RambowMixed Air Rifle 3 Positions Team 2-6335612
Keith BremnerMixed Air Rifle Kneeling Team 2-6115010
Elizabeth KosmalaMixed Air Rifle Kneeling Team 2-6115010
Andrew RambowMixed Air Rifle Kneeling Team 2-6115010
Keith BremnerMixed Air Rifle Prone Team 2-6115712
Elizabeth KosmalaMixed Air Rifle Prone Team 2-6115712
Andrew RambowMixed Air Rifle Prone Team 2-6115712
Keith BremnerMixed Air Rifle Standing Team 2-6104912
Elizabeth KosmalaMixed Air Rifle Standing Team 2-6104912
Andrew RambowMixed Air Rifle Standing Team 2-6104912

Snooker

Australia was represented by John Hunt and Michael Quinn. Hunt finished 2nd in Pool A and Quinn finished 3rd in Pool C. Neither athlete qualified for the semifinals.

Swimming

Selected team of 25 athletes.
MenWomen
Leslie Beath, Kingsley Bugarin, Brendan Burkett, Jason Diederich, Richard Dougan, Stephen Gregson, David Griffin, Greg Hammond, Simon Matthew Lee, David Lillecrapp, Brian Moores, Robert Philpot, Wayne Ryding, Ralph Smith, Gregory Timmermans, Phillip Tracey, Robert WaldenKaren Ferguson, Deborah Holland, Catherine Huggett, Susan Knox, Lyn Lillecrapp, Mandy Maywood, Sandra Yaxley, Judith Young

Australia won 5 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze medals. Greg Hammond won two gold medals and Sandra Yaxley won one gold medal.
Judith Young won two gold medals and three silver medals. After winning gold in the 100m backstroke and 400m freestyle, The United States of America and Great Britain, protested that Young was swimming in the wrong category and should be reclassified from amputee to Les Autres. After winning both events in a world record time, the protest was upheld and Young was re-classified in the Les Autres category. Both world record times were scratched from the record books but Young was able to keep both the gold medals and a silver she won in the 100m breaststroke. She would go on to win two more medals in her new classification.
Men
Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for final; PR= Paralympic Record; WR= World Record
Women
Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for final; WR= World Record

Table Tennis

Selected team of 9 athletes.
MenWomen
Geoffey Barden, Marcel Bucello, Paul Croft, Garry Croker, Jeremy O'Halloran, Craig Parsons, John Sheil, Ian SimpsonCarmel Williams

Australia did not win any medals.
Men
Women

Weightlifting

Selected team of 5 athletes.
Men
Ray Epstein, Brian McNicholl, Arnie Money, Paul O’Brien, Col Richards

Australia won a bronze medal through Brian McNicholl's performance.
AthleteEventResultRank
Ray EpsteinMen's Up to 51 kg135 kg7
Brian McNichollMen's Up to 85 kg192.5 kg
Arnie MoneyMen's Up to 57 kg12511
Paul O'BrienMen's Up to 85 kg1557
Col RichardsMen's Up to 65 kg1358

Wheelchair Basketball

The Australian Men's Wheelchair Basketball team was placed in Group B with Argentina, France, Germany and Morocco. Australia lost to France 49-61, lost to Germany 27-43, defeated Argentina 54-36 and defeated Morocco 88-21. Australia finished third in their group and 10th overall, losing to Belgium in the 9th place playoff game.
Australian Team
Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Stuart Ewin, David Gould, Michael Haughey, Gerry Hewson, Erich Hubel, Michael McFawn, Richard Oliver, Christopher Sparks, Stephen Trestrail, Michael Walker

Group Stage
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
France440257146+1118
Germany431201141+607
Australia422218161+576
Argentina413170189-195
Morocco40489298-2094

Classification 9-16
TeamQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
TeamOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Australia Mexico
W 68 – 52		 Great Britain
W 40 – 29		 Belgium
L 43 – 47		10

Wheelchair Fencing

Australia was represented by two athletes, Robert Goodwin and Robert Jordan. Neither athlete advanced out of the pool rounds.

Wheelchair Tennis

Wheelchair tennis was a demonstration sport and the medals awarded were not included in the overall medal tally. Mick Connell was the sole representative for Australia and was runner up in the men's singles.
AthleteEventSemifinalFinalRank
AthleteEventOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Mick ConnellMen's Singles Chip Turner
W 6-7, 7-6, 6-0		 Laurent Giammartini
L 2-6, 2-6