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
MedalNameSportEventDate Cycling Men's team pursuit 3 August Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 3 August Athletics Women's heptathlon 4 August Weightlifting Men's +110 kg 8 August Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 29 July Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 31 July Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 2 August Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 2 August Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 4 August Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg 4 August Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 5 August Athletics Men's long jump 6 August Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol 29 July Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 29 July Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly 30 July Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley 30 July Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 2 August Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley 3 August Athletics Women's shot put 3 August Rowing Women's coxed four 4 August Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 4 August Rowing Men's eight 5 August Sailing Tornado 8 August Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres 11 August
Archery
In the fourth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent one woman and one man. Two-time veteran Terene Donovan improved her score from four years earlier by 99 points even as she fell ten places in the ranking.
Women's Individual Competition Terene Donovan — 2442 points (→ 19th place)
Men's Individual Competition Christopher Blake — 2434 points (→ 31st place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Peter Van Miltenburg Qualifying Heat — 10.55 Quarterfinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres Peter Van Miltenburg Qualifying Heat — 21.06 Quarterfinals — 21.09 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres Darren Clark Heat — 45.68 Quarterfinals — 44.77 Semifinals — 45.26 Final — 44.75 (→ 4th place) Bruce Frayne Heat — 46.08 Quarterfinals — 45.35 Semifinals — 45.21 (→ did not advance) Gary Minihan Heat — 46.93 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Robert de Castella — 2:11:09 (→ 5th place)
Men's Long Jump Gary Honey Qualification — 7.93m Final — 8.24m (→ Silver Medal)
Men's High Jump John Atkinson Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon Peter Hadfield Final result — 7683 points (→ 14th place)
Men's 20 km Walk David Smith Final — 1:26:48 (→ 10th place) Simon Baker Final — 1:27:43 (→ 14th place) Willi Sawall Final — 1:28:24 (→ 16th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Michael Harvey Final — 4:09:18 (→ 11th place) Andrew Jachno Final — DNF (→ no ranking) Willi Sawall Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's 3,000 metres Donna Gould Heat — 9.05.56 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon Lisa Martin Final — 2:29.03 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles Debbie Flintoff-King Heat — 57.20 Semifinal — 56.24 Final — 56.21 (→ 6th place)
Women's Long Jump Robyn Lorraway Qualification — 6.61 m Final — 6.67 m (→ 6th place) Glynis Nunn Qualification — 6.41 m Final — 6.53 m (→ 7th place) Linda Garden Qualification — 6.49 m Final — 6.30 m (→ 11th place)
Women's High Jump Vanessa Browne Qualification — 1.90m Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place) Christine Stanton Qualification — 1.90m Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw Gael Martin Qualification — 55.38m Final — 55.88m (→ 8th place)
Women's Javelin Throw Petra Rivers Qualification — 59.12m Final — 56.20m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put Gael Martin Final — 19.19 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Heptathlon Glynis Nunn Final result — 6390 points (→ Gold Medal)
Basketball
Men's team competition Preliminary round (Group A) Defeated Brazil (76–72) Lost to Yugoslavia (64–94) Defeated West-Germany (67–66) Lost to Italy (82–93) Defeated Egypt (94–78) Quarterfinals Lost to Spain (93–101) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Lost to Uruguay (95–101) 7th/8th place: Defeated West-Germany (83–76) → Seventh place Team Roster Phil Smyth (captain) 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
Women's team competition Preliminary round Lost to PR China (64–67) Lost to United States (47–81) Lost to Canada (45–56) Lost to South Korea (48–54) Defeated Yugoslavia (62–59) → Fifth place Team Roster Robyn Maher Bronwyn Marshall Jenny Cheesman (captain) Patricia Cockrem Donna Quinn Patricia Mickan Julie Nykiel Kathryn Foster Marina Moffa Karen Dalton Wendy Laidlaw Sue Geh
Head Coach: Brendan Flynn
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Jeff Fenech First round — Defeated René Centellas (BOL), RSC-3 Second round — Defeated David Mwaba (TNZ), 5:0 Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 1:4
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented Australia in 1984, winning gold in the team pursuit.
Individual road race Jeff Leslie – +22:20 (→ 50th place) Michael Lynch – +27:05 (→ 55th place) Gary Trowell – did not finish (→ no ranking) John Watters – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Jeff Leslie Michael Lynch Gary Trowell John Watters
Sprint Kenrick Tucker Max Rainsford
1000m time trial Max Rainsford
Individual pursuit Dean Woods Michael Grenda
Team pursuit Michael Grenda Kevin Nichols Michael Turtur Dean Woods
Points race Glenn Clarke Gary West
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Steve Foley Preliminary round — 543.87 Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1984.
Men's foil Greg Benko
Women's foil Helen Smith Andrea Chaplin
Field hockey
Men's team competition Preliminary round (Group A) 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 (→ Fourth Place) 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
Women's team competition 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 (captain) Colleen Pearce Sandra Pisani Julene Sunderland Liane Tooth Susan Watkins Head Coach: Brian Glencross
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1984.
Individual Alex Watson Matthew Spies Daniel Esposito
Team Alex Watson Matthew Spies Daniel Esposito
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's Competition Men's 100 m Freestyle Michael Delany Qualifying heat 4 – 51.22 (1st) Final b – DNS Mark Stockwell Qualifying heat 6 – 50.27 (1st) Final – 50.24 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Peter Dale Qualifying heat 1 – 1:51.42 (1st) Final – 1:53.84 (8th) Justin Lemberg Qualifying heat 5 – 1:52.73 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Justin Lemberg Qualifying heat 2 – 3:53.89 (1st) Final – 3:51.79 (→ Bronze Medal) Ron McKeon Qualifying heat 4 – 3:55.06 (4th) Final – 3:55.48 (8th)
Men's 1.500 m Freestyle Justin Lemberg Qualifying heat 1 – 15:29.74 (1st, did not advance) Wayne Shillington Qualifying heat 3 – 15:25.67 (3rd) Final – 15:38.18 (8th)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Glenn Buchanan Qualifying heat 1 – 54.86 (1st) Final – 53.85 (→ Bronze Medal) Mark Stockwell Qualifying heat 7 – 55.70 (3rd) Final b – DNS
Men's 200 m Butterfly Jon Sieben Qualifying heat 4 – 1:58.63 (2nd) Final – 1:57.04 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Peter Evans Qualifying heat 2 – 1:02.87 (1st) Final – 1:02.97 (→ Bronze Medal) Brett Stocks Qualifying heat 5 – 1:03.46 (1st) Final – 1:03.49 (6th)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Glenn Beringen Qualifying heat 6 – 2:17.29 (1st) Final – 2:15.79 (→ Silver Medal) Peter Evans Qualifying heat 1 – 2:21.21 (2nd) Final b – DNS
Men's 100 m Backstroke Mark Kerry Qualifying heat 2 – 57.15 (1st) Final – 57.18 (5th) David Orbell Qualifying heat 1 – 58.35 (1st) Final b – 58.05 (1st)
Men's 200 m Backstroke David Orbell Qualifying heat 3 – 2:04.00 (1st) Final – 2:04.61 (8th) Kim Terrell Qualifying heat 5 – 2:06.56 (3rd, did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Rob Woodhouse Qualifying heat 1 – 2:06.45 (2nd) Final b – 2:04.85 (1st) Glenn Beringen Qualifying heat 2 – 2:08.85 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley Rob Woodhouse Qualifying heat 3 – 4:24.85 (3rd) Final – 4:20.50 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell Qualifying heat 3 – 3:19.94 (1st) Final – 3:19.68 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Graeme Brewer, Peter Dale, Justin Lemberg, and Ron McKeon Qualifying heat 2 – 7:26.93 (2nd) Final – 7:25.63 (4th)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Thomas Stachewicz, Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell Qualifying heat 3 – 3:43.93 (1st) Final – 3.43.25 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Competition Women's 50 m Freestyle Lisa Curry Qualifying heat 6 – 26.07 (11th) Final b – 25.87 (1st)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Susie Ford Qualifying heat 4 – 57.76 (1st, did not advance) Angela Harris Qualifying heat 6 – 57.30 (2nd) Final – 58.09 (8th) Michelle Pearson Qualifying heat 4 – 56.75 (1st) Final – 56.83 (5th)
Women's 200 m Freestyle Michelle Pearson Qualifying heat 3 – 2:01.49 (2nd) Final – 1:59.79 (4th) Susie Ford Qualifying heat 4 – 2:04.82 (8th, did not advance) Anna McVann Qualifying heat 3 – 2:03.14 (3rd) Final – 2:02.87 (8th)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Susie Ford Qualifying heat 3 – 4:20.68 (4th) Final b – 4:15.46 (1st) Anna McVann Qualifying heat 3 – 4:15.21 (2nd) Final – 4:13.95 (5th)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Susie Ford Qualifying heat 3 – 8:56.40 (6th, did not advance) Anna McVann Qualifying heat 2 – 8:35.19 (2nd) Final – 8:37.94 (4th)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Janet Blood Qualifying heat 4 – 1:01.97 (2nd) Final – 1:01.78 (5th) Lisa Curry Qualifying 7 – 1:01.07 (9th) Final b – 1:01.61 (5th)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Karen Higgison Qualifying heat 3 – 2:11.81 (1st) Final – 2:10.56 (→ Silver Medal) Janet Blood Qualifying heat 2 – 2:13.74 (2nd) Swim-off with Conny van Bentum (NED) – 2:15.54 (2nd) Final b – DNS
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Dimity Douglas Qualifying heat 2 – 1:12.18 (3rd) Final b – 1:12:00 (3rd) Sharon Kellett Qualifying heat 3 – 1:13.43 (4th, did not advance)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Dimity Douglas Qualifying heat 3 – 2:36.47 (5th) Final b – 2:39.33 (8th) Sharon Kellett Qualifying heat 2 – 2:33.23 (1st) Final – 2:33.80 (5th)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Georgina Parkes Qualifying heat 3 – 1:04.90 (2nd) Final b – 1:04.52 (2nd) Audrey Youl Qualifying heat 1 – 1:04.94 (3rd) Final b – 1:04.15 (1st)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Georgina Parkes Qualifying heat 1 – 2:18.49 (1st) Final – 2:14.87 (4th) Audrey Youl Qualifying heat 3 – 2:20.12 (4th) Final b – 2:21.36 (8th)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Michelle Pearson Qualifying heat 3 – 2:17.46 (2nd) Final – 2:15.92 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Suzanne Dill-Macky Qualifying heat 3 – 4:54.13 (2nd) Final – 4:44.30 (→ Silver Medal) Karen Higgison Qualifying heat 3 – 5:54.28 (4th) Final b – 4:53.37 (11th)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Lisa Curry, Angela Harris, Janet Blood, Michelle Pearson Qualifying heat 1 – 3:49.61 (2nd) Michelle Pearson, Angela Harris, Anna McVann, Lisa Curry Final – 3:47.79 (4th)