Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

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 bearers 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

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 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 edit

Gold edit

Silver edit

Bronze edit

Archery edit

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 edit

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)
    • Quarter-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

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 edit

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Baseball edit

Men's tournament edit

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 edit

Men's tournament edit

Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   FR Yugoslavia 5 5 0 478 364 +114 10 Quarterfinals
2   Australia 5 4 1 492 438 +54 9
3   Greece 5 3 2 402 416 −14 8
4   Brazil 5 2 3 498 494 +4 7
5   Puerto Rico 5 1 4 447 465 −18 6 9th place playoff
6   South Korea 5 0 5 422 562 −140 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Report
Australia   111–88   South Korea
Scoring by half: 64–37, 47–51
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Dorge 10
Asts: Heal 11
Pts: J. K. Jung 23
Rebs: J. K. Jung 8
Asts: D. H. Kang 8
Atlanta
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Report
FR Yugoslavia   91–68   Australia
Scoring by half: 54–28, 37–40
Pts: Obradović 18
Rebs: Rebrača, Savić 5
Asts: Danilović 6
Pts: Bradtke 18
Rebs: Gaze 7
Asts: Gaze 8
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Report
Australia   109–101 (OT)   Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–46, 41–36 Overtime: 27–19
Pts: Heal 35
Rebs: Bradtke 15
Asts: Bradtke 4
Pts: Schmidt 24
Rebs: dos Santos 13
Asts: Minuci 6
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Report
Puerto Rico   96–101   Australia
Scoring by half: 53–51, 43–50
Pts: Ortíz 30
Rebs: Ortíz 11
Asts: Rivera 7
Pts: Gaze 29
Rebs: Fisher, Bradtke 6
Asts: Heal 7
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Report
Australia   103–62   Greece
Scoring by half: 52–30, 51–32
Pts: Gaze 17
Rebs: Bradtke 8
Asts: Heal 5
Pts: Oikonomou 22
Rebs: Papanikolaou 6
Asts: Giannakis 4
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
Quarterfinals
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
20:00
Report
Australia   73–71   Croatia
Scoring by half: 41–33, 32–38
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Heal, Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 7
Pts: Alanović 18
Rebs: Vranković 11
Asts: Kukoč 8
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Juan Figueroa (PUR)
Semifinals
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
22:00
Report
United States   101–73   Australia
Scoring by half: 51–41, 50–32
Pts: Barkley 24
Rebs: Barkley 11
Asts: Pippen 5
Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 11
Asts: Heal 5
Atlanta
Referees: Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)
Bronze medal match
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
20:00
Report
Lithuania   80–74   Australia
Scoring by half: 36–34, 44–40
Pts: Sabonis 30
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 9
Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 5
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Women's tournament edit

Team roster
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States (H) 5 5 0 507 339 +168 10 Quarterfinals
2   Ukraine 5 3 2 354 358 −4 8[a]
3   Australia 5 3 2 369 319 +50 8[a]
4   Cuba 5 2 3 365 377 −12 7[b]
5   South Korea 5 2 3 347 389 −42 7[b]
6   Zaire 5 0 5 287 447 −160 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Ukraine 1–0 Australia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–0 South Korea
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Boxscores
South Korea   61–76   Australia
Pts: Yoo Y-j 16
Rebs: Yu Y-j 9
Asts: Chun J-w 5
Pts: Sporn 21
Rebs: Sporn, Sandie 10
Asts: Timms 5
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Boxscore
Australia   91–45   Zaire
Pts: Sandie 18
Rebs: Sandie 8
Asts: Timms, Fallon 4
Pts: Tshijuka 15
Rebs: Tshijuka 10
Asts: Kamanga 5
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Boxscore
Cuba   63–75   Australia
Pts: Martínez 19
Rebs: Martínez 11
Asts: Seino 4
Pts: Timms 19
Rebs: Sporn 12
Asts: Brogan 4
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Boxscore
Australia   79–96   United States
Pts: Timms 26
Rebs: Sporn 7
Asts: Maher 3
Pts: McClain 24
Rebs: McClain 11
Asts: Edwards 15
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Boxscore
Ukraine   54–48   Australia
Pts: Dovhaliuk 15
Rebs: Nazarenko 15
Asts: Tkachenko, Burenok 3
Pts: Timms 13
Rebs: Sporn 10
Asts: Timms 3
Quarterfinals
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
17:00
Boxscore
Russia   70–74 (OT)   Australia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 26–26 Overtime: 6–10
Pts: Nikonova 16
Rebs: Baranova 21
Asts: Sumnikova 5
Pts: Brogan 17
Rebs: Brogan, Whittle 8
Asts: Brogan, Timms 3
Semifinals
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
17:00
Boxscore
Australia   71–93   United States
Scoring by half: 32–47, 39–46
Pts: Timms 27
Rebs: Maher 6
Asts: Timms 4
Pts: Leslie 22
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 8
Bronze medal match
4 August 1996 (1996-08-04)
16:00
Boxscore
Ukraine   56–66   Australia
Scoring by half: 32–47, 39–46
Pts: Zhyrko 16
Rebs: Zhyrko 9
Asts: Zhyrko, Nazarenko 3
Pts: Brogan 19
Rebs: Brogan 12
Asts: Timms 4

Beach volleyball edit

Boxing edit

Men's flyweight (51 kg)

Men's bantamweight (54 kg)

Men's featherweight (57 kg)

Men's light welterweight (63,5 kg)

Men's light welterweight (67 kg)

Men's light middleweight (71 kg)

Men's middleweight (75 kg)

Men's light heavyweight (81 kg)

Canoeing edit

Slalom

Men's C-1

Men's C-2

Men's K-1

Women's K-1

Sprint

Men's K-1 500 metres

  • Cameron McFadzean
    • Qualifying heat: 1:42.160 - 2nd
    • Semi final: 1:41.083 - 4th
    • Final: 1:41.023 - 9th

Men's K-1 1000 metres

  • Clint Robinson
    • Qualifying heat: 3:44.768 - 2nd
    • Semi final: 3:43.657 - 1st
    • Final: 3:29.713 - 3rd  

Men's K-2 500 metres

Men's K-2 1000 metres

Men's K-4 1000 metres

Women's K-1 500 metres

  • Katrin Borchert
    • Qualifying heat: 1:53.767 - 1st
    • Semi final: 1:51.142 - 5th
    • Final: 1:50.811 - 7th

Women's K-2 500 metres

Women's K-4 500 metres

Cycling edit

Road competition edit

Men's individual time trial

Women's individual road race

Women's individual time trial

Track competition edit

Men's 1,000m time trial

Men's points race

Mountain bike edit

Men's cross country

Women's cross country

Diving edit

Men's 3m springboard

  • 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 edit

Individual dressage

  • Mary Hanna
    • Grand Prix Test: 1644 points - 24th
    • Grand Prix Special 2nd qualifier: Total score 130.09 - 24th - did not advance

Individual eventing

  • Nikki Bishop
    • Dressage: 520 points - 3rd
    • Cross country: disqualified - eliminated
  • David Green
    • Dressage: 491 points - 8th
    • Cross country: did not finish - retired
  • Andrew Hoy
    • Dressage: 413+2 points - 29th
    • Cross country: total points 49.2 - 14th
    • Show jumping: penalty points 0 - 1st
    • Final result: 112.60 - 11th

Team eventing

Individual jumping

Team jumping

Fencing edit

One woman represented Australia in 1996.

Women's épée

Football edit

Men's tournament

Squad

Gymnastics edit

Men's competitions

  • Brennon Dowrick
    • Artistic individual all-around: 35th
    • Floor: 83rd
    • Horizontal bar: 53rd
    • Parallel bars: 56th
    • Pommel horse: 45th
    • Rings: 69th
    • Vault: 92nd
  • Bret Hudson
    • Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 51st
    • Floor: 75th
    • Horizontal bar: 75th
    • Parallel bars: 55th
    • Pommel horse: 73rd
    • Rings: 78th
    • Vault: 55th

Women's competitions

  • Joanna Hughes
    • Artistic individual all-around: 34th
    • Artistic team all-around: 10th
    • Balance beam: 62nd
    • Floor: 38th
    • Uneven bars: 76th
    • Vault: 41st
  • Nicole Kantek
    • Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 88th
    • Artistic team all-around: 10th
    • Balance beam: 93rd
    • Floor: 77th
    • Uneven bars: 95th
    • Vault: 70th
  • Kirsty Leigh-Brown
    • Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 104th
  • Ruth Moniz
    • Artistic individual all-around: 35th
    • Artistic team all-around: 10th
    • Balance beam: 30th
    • Floor: 80th
    • Uneven bars: 40th
    • Vault: 84th
  • Lisa Moro
    • Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 77th
    • Artistic team all-around: 10th
    • Balance beam: 47th
    • Floor: 46th
    • Uneven bars: 35th
    • Vault: 96th
  • Lisa Skinner
    • Artistic individual all-around: 36th
    • Artistic team all-around: 10th
    • Balance beam: 42nd
    • Floor: 49th
    • Uneven bars: 50th
    • Vault: 72nd
  • Jenny Smith
    • Artistic individual all-around: Did not advance from preliminary round - 53rd
    • Artistic team all-around: 10th
    • Balance beam: 58th
    • Floor: 59th
    • Uneven bars: 81st
    • Vault: 53rd

Hockey edit

Men's tournament edit

Women's tournament edit

Judo edit

Modern pentathlon edit

Men's individual competition:

Rowing edit

Sailing edit

Shooting edit

Softball edit

Women's tournament edit

Swimming edit

Men's competitions edit

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

  • Daniel Kowalski
    • Heat — 3:51.67
    • Final — 3:49.39 (→   Bronze medal)
  • Malcolm Allen
    • Heat — 3:54.34
    • B-final — 3:55.48 (→ 13th place)

1500m freestyle

  • Kieren Perkins
    • Heat — 15:21.42
    • Final — 14:56.40 (→   Gold medal)
  • Daniel Kowalski
    • Heat — 15:12.55
    • Final — 15:02.43 (→   Silver medal)

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 competitions edit

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

200m backstroke

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 edit

Tennis edit

Women's singles tournament

Weightlifting edit

Men's light-heavyweight (– 83 kg)

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

Wrestling edit

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit

  • Watkins, Ginger T., ed. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05.