Sporting event delegation
Australia competed at the
1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow ,
USSR . In partial support of the
American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics Australia competed under the
Olympic Flag . 120 competitors, 92 men and 28 women, took part in 92 events in 17 sports.
[1]
Flag bearers Denise Boyd (athletics) and Max Metzker (swimming), Australia’s first joint-flag carriers, carried the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony instead of the national flag. Countries marched in order of the
Russian alphabet , and Australia was therefore second in the parade of nations, following Greece, which has traditionally led the march since
1928 .
Archery
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:
Men's Individual Competition:
Athletics
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's Long Jump
Gary Honey
Qualification — 7.44 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Ian Campbell
Qualification — 17.02 m
Final — 16.72 m (→ 5th place)
Ken Lorraway
Qualification — 16.80 m
Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)
Men's Marathon
Men's Hammer Throw
Peter Farmer
Qualifying Round — 69.16m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
Men's Decathlon
Women's 100 metres
Denise Boyd
Heat — 11.56
Quarterfinals — 11.35
Semifinals — 11.44 (→ did not advance)
Debbie Wells
Heat — 11.72
Quarterfinals — 11.66 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Hurdles
Women's Discus Throw
Women's Shot Put
Women's Javelin Throw
Women's High Jump
Basketball
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 :
Head coach :
Lindsay Gaze
Boxing
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1980.
Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Diving
Men's Springboard
Steve Foley
Preliminary Round — 521.82 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)
Men's Platform
Steve Foley
Preliminary Round — 427.44 points (→ 16th place, did not advance)
Fencing
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1980.
Men's foil
Men's épée
Women's foil
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1980.
Men's individual competition:
Rowing
Shooting
Mixed
Swimming
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
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
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 100m Freestyle
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
Women's 100m Backstroke
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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Water polo
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
Head coach :
Tom Hoad
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Trivia
Norman May 's call of the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, in which he excitedly exclaimed "Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold" ,
[2] has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport.
See also
References
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