Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Australia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Australia
IOC code:	AUS
NOC:	Australian Olympic Committee external link
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	122 (93 men, 29 women)
Flag bearer	Denise Boyd (opening) Max Metzker (opening) John Sumegi (closing)
Medals	Gold 2	Silver 2	Bronze 5	Total 9
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 with New Zealand as Australasia*
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Although Australia did not officially participate in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, athletes were encouraged to boycott by the government, and Australia competed under the Olympic Flag.

Ultimately, the Australian Olympic Committee decided in a split vote to attend the Games, but some sport federations and athletes were pressured into boycotting the Games of their own volition. Many chose to stay at home, including such likely medallists as champion swimmer Tracey Wickham, sprinter Raelene Boyle and the Men's Field Hockey Team. Ultimately a team of 122 athletes attended the Games. Months earlier, a team of 204 athletes had been approved before boycott talks began.

In protest of the Afghanistan invasion, Australia did not march behind the national flag in the Opening Ceremony. Instead, flag bearers Denise Boyd (athletics) and Max Metzker (swimming), Australia’s first joint-flag carriers, carried the Olympic flag.

1 Medals
2 Results by event
3 Trivia
4 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Michelle Ford — Swimming, Women's 800 metres Freestyle
Neil Brooks, Mark Kerry, Peter Evans and Mark Tonelli — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

[edit] Silver

Rick Mitchell — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
John Sumegi — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles

[edit] Bronze

Graeme Brewer — Swimming, Men's 200 metres Freestyle
Max Metzker — Swimming, Men's 1.500 metres Freestyle
Mark Kerry — Swimming, Men's 200 metres Backstroke
Peter Evans — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Backstroke
Michelle Ford — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Butterfly

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

For more details on this topic, see Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

In the third Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and one man. Carole Toy, a veteran of the 1972 Games, repeated her 15th place performance despite shooting 20 points lower.
Women's Individual Competition:

Terene Donovan — 2343 points (→ 9th place)
Carole Toy — 2285 points (→ 15th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Scott Dumbrell — 2271 points (→ 26th place)

[edit] Athletics

For more details on this topic, see Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's Marathon

Robert de Castella

Final — 2:14:31 (→ 10th place)

Christopher Wardlaw

Final — 2:20:42 (→ 28th place)

Gerard Barrett

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Basketball

For more details on this topic, see Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group C):

Lost to Cuba (76-83)
Defeated Italy (84-77)
Defeated Sweden (64-55)

Classification Round (Group B):

Defeated Czechoslovakia (91-86)
Lost to Poland (74-101)
Defeated Senegal (95-64)
Defeated India (93-75) → 8th place

Team Roster:

Peter Ali
Stephen Breheny
Perry Crosswhite
Mel Dalgleish
Ian Davies
Gordon McLeod
Danny Morseau
Les Riddle
Larry Sengstock
Phil Smyth
Michael Tucker
Peter Walsh

Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze

[edit] Boxing

For more details on this topic, see Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Norman Stevens
1. First Round — Lost to Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)

[edit] Modern pentathlon

For more details on this topic, see Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's individual competition:

Robert Barrie — 4696 pts, 37th place

[edit] Diving

For more details on this topic, see Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's Springboard

Stephen Foley

Preliminary Round — 521.82 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

Stephen Foley

Preliminary Round — 427.44 points (→ 16th place, did not advance)

[edit] Swimming

For more details on this topic, see Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100m Freestyle

Neil Brooks

Qualifying Heat — 51,11 (2nd)
Semi-Finals — 52,70 (→ did not advance)

Graeme Brewer

Qualifying Heat — 52,59 (4th)
Semi-Finals — 51,91 (3rd)
Final — 52,22 (→ 8th place)

Mark Tonelli

Qualifying Heat — 52,04 (3rd)
Semi-Finals — 52,17 (5th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Graeme Brewer

Qualifying Heat — 1.51,92 (2nd)
Final — 1.51,60 (→ Bronze Medal)

Ron McKeon

Qualifying Heat — 1.52,66
Final — 1.52,60 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Graeme Brewer

Qualifying Heat — 3.57,19 (→ did not advance)

Max Metzker

Qualifying Heat — 3.54,79 (2nd)
Final — 3.56,87 (→ 7th place)

Ron McKeon

Qualifying Heat — 3.56,77 (2nd)
Final — 3.57,00 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

Max Metzker

Qualifying Heat — 15.21,63 (3rd)
Final — 15.14,49 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Paul Moorfoot

Qualifying Heat — 2.05,69 (5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Peter Evans

Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (2nd)
Final — 1.03,96 (→ Bronze Medal)

Lindsay Spencer

Qualifying Heat — 1.04,78 (3rd)
Final — 1.05,04 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Lindsay Spencer

Qualifying Heat — 2.21,08 (2nd)
Final — 2.19,68 (→ 5th place)

Peter Evans

Qualifying Heat — 2.26,62 (4th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Mark Tonelli

Qualifying Heat — 58,66 (1st)
Semi Final — 57,89 (2nd)
Final — 57,98 (→ 7th place)

Mark Kerry

Qualifying Heat — 58,08 (3rd)
Semi Final — 58,07 (3rd, did not advance)

Glenn Patching

Qualifying Heat — 58,30 (1st)
Semi Final — 1.00,31 (8th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Mark Kerry

Qualifying Heat — 3.03,60 (1st)
Final — 2.03,14 (→ Bronze Medal)

Mark Tonelli

Qualifying Heat — 2.07,04 (3rd, did not advance)

Paul Moorfoot

Qualifying Heat — 2.04,87 (1st)
Final — 2.06,15 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Paul Moorfoot

Qualifying Heat — 4.34,28 (5th, did not advance)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Graeme Brewer, Mark Tonelli, Mark Kerry, and Ron McKeon

Qualifying Heat — 7.34,06 (3rd)
Final — 7.30,82 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark Tonelli, and Neil Brooks

Qualifying Heat — 3.48,94 (2nd)
Final — 3.45,70 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Michelle Pearson

Qualifying Heat — 58,90 (4th, did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Karen Ramsay

Qualifying Heat — 2.06,06 (3rd, did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle

Michelle Ford

Qualifying Heat — 4.13,90 (1st)
Final — 4.11,65 (→ 4th place)

Rosemary Fydler

Qualifying Heat — 4.21,36 (6th, did not advance)

Women's 800m Freestyle

Michelle Ford

Qualifying Heat — 8.42,36 (2nd)
Final — 8.28,90 (→ Gold Medal)

Rosemary Fydler

Qualifying Heat — 8.49,47 (4th, did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly

Lisa Curry

Qualifying Heat — 1.02,92 (3rd)
Final — 1.02,40 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Michelle Ford

Qualifying Heat — 2.12,72 (1st)
Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal)

Karen Ramsay

Qualifying Heat — 2.17,82 (4th, did not advance)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Lisa Curry

Qualifying Heat — 2.39,42 (→ 5th place, did not advance)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Michelle Ford

Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Lisa Forrest

Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (3rd, did not advance)

Georgina Parkes

Qualifying Heat — 1.05,06 (3rd, did not advance)

Women's 200m Backstroke

Lisa Forrest

Qualifying Heat — 2.15,40 (1st)
Final — 2.16,75 (→ 7th place)

Georgina Parkes

Qualifying Heat — 2.17,78 (3rd, did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Lisa Curry

Qualifying Heat — 5.01,58 (→ 5th place, did not advance)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Lisa Curry, Karen Ramsay, Rosemary Brown, and Michele Pearson

Qualifying Heat — 3.56,24 (2nd)
Final — 3.54,16 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

Lisa Forrest, Lisa Curry, Karen Ramsay, and Rosemary Brown

Qualifying Heat — 4.23,33 (2nd)
Final — 4.19,90 (→ 6th place)

[edit] Water polo

For more details on this topic, see Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group C)

Defeated Bulgaria (9-5)
Lost to Cuba (4-6)
Lost to Yugoslavia (2-9)

Final Round (Group B)

Defeated Bulgaria (8-5)
Drew with Romania (4-4)
Defeated Greece (4-2)
Defeated Sweden (9-4)
Defeated Italy (5-4) → 7th place

Team Roster

Michael Turner
David Neesham
Robert Bryant
Peter Montgomeri
Julian Muspratt
Andrew Kerr
Anthony Falson
Charles Turner
Martin Callaghan
Randall Goff
Andrew Steward

[edit] Trivia

Norman May's call of the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay, in which he excitedly exclaimed "Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold" [1], has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport.