Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics Last updated December 24, 2025 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
Men's Individual Competition
Athletics Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
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
Men's Long Jump
Gary Honey Qualification — 7.93m Final — 8.24m (→ Silver Medal ) Men's High Jump
Men's Decathlon
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
Women's 3,000 metres
Women's Marathon
Women's 400m Hurdles
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
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
Women's Heptathlon
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 Classification Matches 5th/8th place : Lost to Uruguay (95–101)7th/8th place : Defeated West-Germany (83–76) → Seventh place Team Roster 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 Head Coach: Brendan Flynn
Boxing Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Diving Men's 3m Springboard
Steve Foley Preliminary round — 543.87 Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place) Field hockey Men's team competition Preliminary round (Group A) Semi-finals Bronze Medal Game Australia — Great Britain 2–3 (→ Fourth Place ) Team Roster Women's team competition Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1984.
Individual Team Alex Watson Matthew Spies Daniel Esposito Swimming Men's Competition Men's 100 m Freestyle
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
Men's 100 m Butterfly
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
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
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
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
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
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
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Water polo Men's team competition Preliminary round (Group C) Lost to West Germany (6–10) Drew with Italy (8–8) Defeated Japan (15–2) Final Round (Group D) Lost to Yugoslavia (6–9) Lost to United States (7–12) Defeated Netherlands (8–7) Drew with Spain (10–10) → 5th place Team Roster Head coach : Tom Hoad External links
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