Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
in Barcelona
Competitors	279 (187 men, 92 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearers	Jenny Donnet (opening) Kieren Perkins (closing)
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 7 Silver 9 Bronze 11 Total 27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. 279 competitors, 187 men and 92 women, took part in 153 events in 25 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kathy Watt	Cycling	Women's individual road race	26 July
Gold	Matt Ryan	Equestrian	Individual eventing	30 July
Gold	David Green Andrew Hoy Gillian Rolton Matt Ryan	Equestrian	Team eventing	30 July
Gold	Kieren Perkins	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	31 July
Gold	Peter Antonie Steve Hawkins	Rowing	Men's double sculls	1 August
Gold	Andrew Cooper Nick Green Mike McKay James Tomkins	Rowing	Men's coxless four	2 August
Gold	Clint Robinson	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	8 August
Silver	Shane Kelly	Cycling	Men's track time trial	27 July
Silver	Kieren Perkins	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle	29 July
Silver	Hayley Lewis	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	30 July
Silver	Glen Housman	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	31 July
Silver	Gary Neiwand	Cycling	Men's sprint	31 July
Silver	Brett Aitken Stephen McGlede Shaun O'Brien Stuart O'Grady	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	31 July
Silver	Kathy Watt	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	31 July
Silver	Danielle Woodward	Canoeing	Women's slalom K-1	1 August
Silver	Australia men's national field hockey team John Bestall Warren Birmingham Lee Bodimeade Ashley Carey Greg Corbitt Stephen Davies Damon Diletti Lachlan Dreher Lachlan Elmer Dean Evans Paul Lewis Graham Reid Jay Stacy David Wansbrough Ken Wark Michael York	Field hockey	Men's tournament	8 August
Bronze	Phil Rogers	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	26 July
Bronze	Hayley Lewis	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle	28 July
Bronze	Samantha Riley	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	29 July
Bronze	Susie O'Neill	Swimming	Women's 200 metre butterfly	31 July
Bronze	Nicole Stevenson	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	31 July
Bronze	Lars Kleppich	Sailing	Men's Lechner A-390	2 August
Bronze	Tim Forsyth	Athletics	Men's high jump	2 August
Bronze	Mitch Booth John Forbes	Sailing	Tornado	3 August
Bronze	Daniela Costian	Athletics	Women's discus throw	3 August
Bronze	Rachel McQuillan Nicole Provis	Tennis	Women's doubles	6 August
Bronze	Ramon Andersson Kelvin Graham Ian Rowling Steven Wood	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres	8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Archery

In the sixth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men. Grant Greenham had the nation's only individual win, though the trio also won their first match in the team round.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Grant Greenham – Round of 16, 16th place (1-1)
• Simon Fairweather – Round of 32, 25th place (0-1)
• Scott Hunter-Russell – Ranking round, 48th place (0-0)

Men's team competition:

• Greenham, Fairweather, and Hunter-Russell – quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 200 metres

• Dean Capobianco
  • Heat – 20.86
  • Quarterfinals – 20.61 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 400 metres

• Mark Garner
  • Heat – 46.26
  • Quarterfinals – 46.85 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Simon Hollingsworth
  • Heat – 49.74 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's Marathon

• Robert de Castella
  • Final – 2:17.44 (→ 26th place)
• Steve Moneghetti
  • Final – 2:23.42 (→ 48th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Nick A'Hern
  • Final – 1:31:39 (→ 22nd place)
• Andrew Jachno
  • Final – 1:36:49 (→ 31st place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Simon Baker
  • Final – 4:08:11 (→ 19th place)

Men's High Jump

• Tim Forsyth
  • Qualification – 2.26 m
  • Final – 2.34 m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Lochsley Thomson
  • Qualification – 2.20 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
• David Anderson
  • Qualification – 2.15 m (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's Long Jump

• David Culbert
  • Qualification – 8.00 m
  • Final – 7.73 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Sean Carlin
  • Qualification – 75.90 m
  • Final – 76.16 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Werner Reiterer
  • Qualification – 62.20 m
  • Final – 60.12 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Simon Arkell
  • Qualification – 5.30m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's Decathlon

• Dean Smith
  • final result – 7703pts (→ 19th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres

• Kerry Johnson
  • Heat – 11.62
  • Quarterfinals – 11.59 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
• Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  • Heat – 11.57
  • Quarterfinals – 11.67 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 metres

• Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  • Heat – 23.18
  • Quarterfinals – 23.03
  • Semifinals – 23.03 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
• Melissa Medlicott
  • Heat – 23.86 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 400 metres

• Michelle Lock
  • Heat – 52.49
  • Quarterfinals – 51.71
  • Semifinals – 50.78 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
• Renee Poetschka
  • Heat – 52.85
  • Quarterfinals – 52.05
  • Semifinals – 52.09 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
• Cathy Freeman
  • Heat – 53.70
  • Quarterfinals – 51.52 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3,000 metres

• Krishna Stanton
  • Heat – 9:00.62 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Susan Hobson
  • Heat – 32:53.61 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Kerry Johnson, Melissa Medlicott, and Kathy Sambell
  • Heat – 43.49
  • final – 43.77 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Susan Andrews, Cathy Freeman, Michelle Lock, and Renee Poetschka
  • Heat – 3:25.68
  • final – 3:26.42 (→ 7th place)

Women's Marathon

• Lisa Ondieki
  • Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Kerry Junna-Saxby
  • Final – 46:01 (→ 15th place)
• Gabrielle Blythe
  • Final – 50:13 (→ 31st place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Gail Luke
  • Heat – 58.32 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's High Jump

• Alison Inverarity
  • Qualification – 1.92 m
  • Final – 1.91 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Nicole Boegman
  • Qualification – no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

• Daniela Costian
  • Heat – 65.94m
  • Final – 66.24m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Louise Currey
  • Heat – 60.56m
  • Final – 56.00m (→ 11th place)
• Sue Howland
  • Heat – did not compete (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Heptathlon

• Jane Flemming
  • final result – fid not finish 58.32 (→ no ranking)

Badminton

Basketball

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B):
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (116-76)
  • Lost to Unified Team (63-85)
  • Defeated Venezuela (78-71)
  • Defeated PR China (88-66)
  • Lost to Lithuania (87-98)
• Quarter-finals:
  • Lost to Croatia (65-98)
• Classification Matches:
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Germany (109-79)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (80-90) → 6th place
• Team Roster:
  • ( 4.) John Dorge
  • ( 5.) Mike McKay
  • ( 6.) Phil Smyth
  • ( 7.) Larry Sengstock
  • ( 8.) Damian Keogh
  • ( 9.) Leroy Loggins
  • (10.) Andrew Gaze
  • (11.) Shane Heal
  • (12.) Mark Bradtke
  • (13.) Luc Longley
  • (14.) Andrew Vlahov
  • (15.) Ray Borner
• Head coach: Adrian Hurley

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Australia in 1992.

Men's road race

• Grant Rice
• Darren Smith
• Patrick Jonker

Men's team time trial

• Robert Crowe
• Darren Lawson
• Robert McLachlan
• Grant Rice

Men's sprint

• Gary Neiwand

Men's 1 km time trial

• Shane Kelly

Men's individual pursuit

• Mark Kingsland

Men's team pursuit

• Brett Aitken
• Stephen McGlede
• Shaun O'Brien
• Stuart O'Grady

Men's points race

• Stephen McGlede

Women's road race

• Kathy Watt – 2:04:42 (→ Gold Medal)
• Kathleen Shannon – 2:05:03 (→ 7th place)
• Jacqui Uttien – 2:05:03 (→ 13th place)

Women's individual pursuit

• Kathy Watt

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Michael Murphy
  • Preliminary round – 381.33 points
  • Final – 611.97 points (→ 4th place)
• Simon McCormack
  • Preliminary round – 358.05 points (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 10m Platform

• Craig Rogerson
  • Preliminary round – 388.83 points
  • Final – 458.43 points (→ 12th place)
• Michael Murphy
  • Preliminary round – 371.88 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Jennifer Donnet
  • Preliminary round – 272.64 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
• Rachel Wilkes
  • Preliminary round – 254.31 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Vyninka Arlow
  • Final – 365.88 points (→ 10th place)
• April Adams
  • Final – 342.39 points (→ 11th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Men's épée

• Robert Davidson
• Scott Arnold

Football

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Australia – Ghana 1-3
  • Australia – Mexico 1-1
  • Australia – Denmark 3-0
• Quarter-finals
  • Australia – Sweden 2-1
• Semi-finals
  • Australia – Poland 1-6
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Australia – Ghana 0-1
• Team Roster
  • ( 1.) John Filan
  • ( 2.) Milan Blagojevic
  • ( 3.) Dominic Longo
  • ( 4.) Ned Zelic
  • ( 5.) Shaun Murphy
  • ( 6.) Tony Vidmar
  • ( 7.) John Gibson
  • ( 8.) Paul Okon
  • ( 9.) Zlatko Arambasic
  • (10.) George Slifkas
  • (11.) John Markovski
  • (12.) Damian Mori
  • (13.) Carl Veart
  • (14.) Steve Refenes
  • (15.) Tony Popovic
  • (16.) David Seal
  • (17.) Gary Hasler
  • (18.) Steve Corica
  • (19.) Brad Maloney
  • (20.) Mark Bosnich

Head coach: Eddie Thomson

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Australia – Argentina 7 - 0
  • Australia – Egypt 5 - 1
  • Australia – Germany 1 - 1
  • Australia – India 1 - 0
  • Australia – Great Britain 6 - 0
• Semi-finals
  • Australia – The Netherlands 3 - 2
• Final
  • Australia – Germany 1 - 2 (→ Silver Medal)
• Team Roster
  • ( 1.) Warren Birmingham (captain)
  • ( 2.) David Wansbrough
  • ( 3.) John Bestall
  • ( 4.) Lee Bodimeade
  • ( 5.) Ashley Carey
  • ( 6.) Stephen Davies
  • ( 7.) Damon Diletti (gk)
  • ( 8.) Lachlan Dreher (gk)
  • ( 9.) Lachlan Elmer
  • (10.) Dean Evans
  • (11.) Gregory Corbitt
  • (12.) Paul Lewis
  • (13.) Graham Reid
  • (14.) Jay Stacy
  • (15.) Ken Wark
  • (16.) Michael York

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Australia – Canada 2 - 0
  • Australia – Germany 0 - 1
  • Australia – Spain 0 - 1
• Classification Matches
  • 5th-8th place: Australia – New Zealand 5 - 1
  • 5th-6th place: Australia – The Netherlands 2 - 0
• Team Roster
  • ( 1.) Kathleen Partridge (gk)
  • ( 2.) Christine Dobson
  • ( 3.) Liane Tooth
  • ( 4.) Alyson Annan
  • ( 5.) Juliet Haslam
  • ( 6.) Michelle Hager
  • ( 7.) Alison Peek
  • ( 8.) Lisa Powell
  • ( 9.) Lisa Naughton (gk)
  • (10.) Kate Starre
  • (11.) Sally Carbon
  • (12.) Jackie Pereira
  • (13.) Tracey Belbin
  • (14.) Rechelle Hawkes
  • (15.) Sharon Buchanan
  • (16.) Debbie Bowman-Sullivan
• Head coach: Brian Glencross

Judo

Modern Pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1992.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Gavin Lackey → 30th place (5,111 points)
• Colin Hamilton → 58th place (4,594 points)
• Alex Watson → 63rd place (4,279 points)

Men's team competition:

• Lackey, Hamilton, and Watson → 16th place (13,984 points)

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Lars Kleppich
  • Final ranking – 98.7 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Fiona Taylor
  • Final ranking – 136.0 points (→ 10th place)

Women's 470 Class

• Jennifer Lidgett and Ady Bucek
  • Final ranking – 80.4 points (→ 9th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Darren Lange
  • Heat – 23.01
  • B-Final – 22.69 (→ 9th place)
• Angus Waddell
  • Heat – 23.10
  • B-Final – 23.06 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Chris Fydler
  • Heat – 50.26
  • B-Final – 50.78 (→ 14th place)
• Andrew Baildon
  • Heat – 50.59
  • B-Final – 50.93 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Kieren Perkins
  • Heat – 1:49.26
  • B-Final – 1:49.75 (→ 10th place)
• Ian Brown
  • Heat – 1:49.32
  • B-Final – 1:49.77 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Kieren Perkins
  • Heat – 3:49.24
  • Final – 3:45.16 (→ Silver Medal)
• Ian Brown
  • Heat – 3:50.12
  • Final – 3:48.79 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Kieren Perkins
  • Heat – 15:02.75
  • Final – 14:43.48 (→ Gold Medal)
• Glen Housman
  • Heat – 15:11.36
  • Final – 14:55.29 3:48.79 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Tom Stachewicz
  • Heat – 57.03 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
• Toby Haenen
  • Heat – 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Toby Haenen
  • Heat – 2:06.79 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Phil Rogers
  • Heat – 1:02.10
  • Final – 1:01.76 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Shane Lewis
  • Heat – 1:04.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Phil Rogers
  • Heat – 2:14.39
  • Final – 2:13.59 (→ 6th place)
• Rodney Lawson
  • Heat – 2:15.67
  • B-Final – 2:15.50 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Duncan Armstrong, Martin Roberts, Deane Pieters, and Ian Brown
  • Heat – 7:22.19
• Deane Pieters, Duncan Armstrong, Ian Brown, and Kieren Perkins
  • Final – DSQ (→ no ranking)

Synchronized Swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Australia in 1992.

Women's solo

• Semon Rohloff
• Celeste Ferraris

Women's duet

• Semon Rohloff
• Celeste Ferraris

Table Tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Wally Masur
  • First round – Lost to Pete Sampras (United States) 1-6, 6-7, 4-6
• Richard Fromberg
  • First round – Lost to Michael Stich (Germany) 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6
• Todd Woodbridge
  • First round – Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 1-6, 6-7, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• John Fitzgerald and Todd Woodbridge
  • First round – Defeated Roger Smith and Mark Knowles (Bahamas) 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 6-3
  • Second round – Lost to Leander Paes and Ramesh Krishnan (India) 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 1-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Nicole Provis
  • First round – Defeated Katia Piccolini (Italy) 6-1 6-0
  • Second round – Lost to Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 2-6 1-6
• Jenny Byrne
  • First round – Lost to Raffaella Reggi-Concato (Italy) 4-6 6-7
• Rachel McQuillan
  • First round – Lost to Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 3-6, 3-6

Water Polo

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Lost to United States (4-8)
  • Defeated France (9-5)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (9-12)
  • Tied with Germany (7-7)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (15-9)
• Classification Matches
  • Defeated Cuba (7-5)
  • Defeated Hungary (9-8) → Fifth place
• Team Roster
  • Raymond Mayers
  • Glenn Townsend
  • Christopher Wybrow
  • Simon Asher
  • Geoffrey Clark
  • John Fox
  • Troy Stockwell
  • Andrew Wightman
  • Daniel Marsden
  • Mark Oberman
  • Greg McFadden
  • Guy Newman
  • Paul Oberman

Weightlifting

Wrestling