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Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Australia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Atlanta
Competitors417 (250 men, 167 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearers Andrew Hoy (opening)
Mike McKay (closing)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
9
Silver
9
Bronze
23
Total
41
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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 Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Australia sent 417 athletes, 250 men and 167 women, to the Atlanta Games.[1]

An Australian segment was featured in the closing ceremony, as Australia was to host the next edition of the Summer Olympics in Sydney four years later.

Medalists

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Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Archery

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In the seventh Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men and three women. Matthew Gray had the nation's only individual win, though the men's team won twice in the team round before being defeated in the semifinal and the bronze medal match.

Women's individual competition:

Men's individual competition:

Men's team competition:

Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 1,500 metres

Men's 5,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 4 × 100 m relay

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Men's 110m hurdles

Men's 400m hurdles

Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase

Men's decathlon

Men's marathon

Men's 20 km walk

Men's 50 km walk

Men's hammer throw

Men's high jump

Men's triple jump

Men's pole vault

Men's javelin throw


Women's 10,000 metres

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's long jump

Women's discus throw

Women's javelin throw

Women's heptathlon

Women's marathon

Women's 10 km walk

Badminton

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Men's singles

Men's doubles

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Baseball

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Men's tournament

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Australia made its first appearance in the official Olympic baseball tournament in 1996. The team won two of its preliminary round games, against Korea and Japan, but lost the other five. The Australians' record put them in a three-way tie for fifth, with all three teams eliminated from contention and the tie-breaker rules used only to formally place the three teams. Australia came out on the bottom of that tie-breaker, and ended up in seventh place.

Basketball

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Men's tournament

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Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  FR Yugoslavia 5 5 0 478 364 +114 10 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 5 4 1 492 438 +54 9
3  Greece 5 3 2 402 416 −14 8
4  Brazil 5 2 3 498 494 +4 7
5  Puerto Rico 5 1 4 447 465 −18 6 9th place playoff
6  South Korea 5 0 5 422 562 −140 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Australia  111–88  South Korea
Scoring by half: 64–37, 47–51
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Dorge 10
Asts: Heal 11
Pts: J. K. Jung 23
Rebs: J. K. Jung 8
Asts: D. H. Kang 8
Atlanta
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
FR Yugoslavia  91–68  Australia
Scoring by half: 54–28, 37–40
Pts: Obradović 18
Rebs: Rebrača, Savić 5
Asts: Danilović 6
Pts: Bradtke 18
Rebs: Gaze 7
Asts: Gaze 8
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Australia  109–101 (OT)  Brazil
Scoring by half: 41–46, 41–36 Overtime: 27–19
Pts: Heal 35
Rebs: Bradtke 15
Asts: Bradtke 4
Pts: Schmidt 24
Rebs: dos Santos 13
Asts: Minuci 6
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Puerto Rico  96–101  Australia
Scoring by half: 53–51, 43–50
Pts: Ortíz 30
Rebs: Ortíz 11
Asts: Rivera 7
Pts: Gaze 29
Rebs: Fisher, Bradtke 6
Asts: Heal 7
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Australia  103–62  Greece
Scoring by half: 52–30, 51–32
Pts: Gaze 17
Rebs: Bradtke 8
Asts: Heal 5
Pts: Oikonomou 22
Rebs: Papanikolaou 6
Asts: Giannakis 4
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
Quarterfinals
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
20:00
Australia  73–71  Croatia
Scoring by half: 41–33, 32–38
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Heal, Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 7
Pts: Alanović 18
Rebs: Vranković 11
Asts: Kukoč 8
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Juan Figueroa (PUR)
Semifinals
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
22:00
United States  101–73  Australia
Scoring by half: 51–41, 50–32
Pts: Barkley 24
Rebs: Barkley 11
Asts: Pippen 5
Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 11
Asts: Heal 5
Atlanta
Referees: Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)
Bronze medal match
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
20:00
Lithuania  80–74  Australia
Scoring by half: 36–34, 44–40
Pts: Sabonis 30
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 9
Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 5
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Women's tournament

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Team roster
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 5 5 0 507 339 +168 10 Quarterfinals
2  Ukraine 5 3 2 354 358 −4 8[a]
3  Australia 5 3 2 369 319 +50 8[a]
4  Cuba 5 2 3 365 377 −12 7[b]
5  South Korea 5 2 3 347 389 −42 7[b]
6  Zaire 5 0 5 287 447 −160 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Ukraine 1–0 Australia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–0 South Korea
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
South Korea  61–76  Australia
Pts: Yoo Y-j 16
Rebs: Yu Y-j 9
Asts: Chun J-w 5
Pts: Sporn 21
Rebs: Sporn, Sandie 10
Asts: Timms 5
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Australia  91–45  Zaire
Pts: Sandie 18
Rebs: Sandie 8
Asts: Timms, Fallon 4
Pts: Tshijuka 15
Rebs: Tshijuka 10
Asts: Kamanga 5
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Cuba  63–75  Australia
Pts: Martínez 19
Rebs: Martínez 11
Asts: Seino 4
Pts: Timms 19
Rebs: Sporn 12
Asts: Brogan 4
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Australia  79–96  United States
Pts: Timms 26
Rebs: Sporn 7
Asts: Maher 3
Pts: McClain 24
Rebs: McClain 11
Asts: Edwards 15
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Ukraine  54–48  Australia
Pts: Dovhaliuk 15
Rebs: Nazarenko 15
Asts: Tkachenko, Burenok 3
Pts: Timms 13
Rebs: Sporn 10
Asts: Timms 3
Quarterfinals
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
17:00
Russia  70–74 (OT)  Australia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 26–26 Overtime: 6–10
Pts: Nikonova 16
Rebs: Baranova 21
Asts: Sumnikova 5
Pts: Brogan 17
Rebs: Brogan, Whittle 8
Asts: Brogan, Timms 3
Semifinals
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
17:00
Australia  71–93  United States
Scoring by half: 32–47, 39–46
Pts: Timms 27
Rebs: Maher 6
Asts: Timms 4
Pts: Leslie 22
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 8
Bronze medal match
4 August 1996 (1996-08-04)
16:00
Ukraine  56–66  Australia
Scoring by half: 32–47, 39–46
Pts: Zhyrko 16
Rebs: Zhyrko 9
Asts: Zhyrko, Nazarenko 3
Pts: Brogan 19
Rebs: Brogan 12
Asts: Timms 4

Beach volleyball

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Boxing

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Men's flyweight (51 kg)

Men's bantamweight (54 kg)

Men's featherweight (57 kg)

Men's light welterweight (63,5 kg)

Men's light welterweight (67 kg)

Men's light middleweight (71 kg)

Men's middleweight (75 kg)

Men's light heavyweight (81 kg)

Canoeing

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Slalom

Men's C-1

Men's C-2

Men's K-1

Women's K-1

Sprint

Men's K-1 500 metres

Men's K-1 1000 metres

Men's K-2 500 metres

Men's K-2 1000 metres

Men's K-4 1000 metres

Women's K-1 500 metres

Women's K-2 500 metres

Women's K-4 500 metres

Cycling

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Road competition

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Men's individual time trial

Women's individual road race

Women's individual time trial

Track competition

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Men's 1,000m time trial

Men's points race

Mountain bike

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Men's cross country

Women's cross country

Diving

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Men's 3m springboard

Women's 3m springboard

Women's 10m platform

Equestrian

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Individual dressage

Individual eventing

Team eventing

Individual jumping

Team jumping

Fencing

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One woman represented Australia in 1996.

Women's épée

Football

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Men's tournament

Squad

Gymnastics

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Men's competitions

Women's competitions

Hockey

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Men's tournament

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Women's tournament

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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Men's individual competition:

Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Softball

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Women's tournament

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Swimming

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Men's competitions

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50m freestyle

100m freestyle

200m freestyle

200m freestyle

1500m freestyle

100m backstroke

200m backstroke

100m breaststroke

200m breaststroke

100m butterfly

200m butterfly

200m individual medley

400m individual medley

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

4 × 100 m medley relay

Women's competitions

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50m freestyle

100m freestyle

200m freestyle

400m freestyle

800m freestyle

100m backstroke

200m backstroke

100m breaststroke

200m breaststroke

100m butterfly

200m butterfly

200m individual medley

400m individual medley

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

4 × 100 m medley relay

Table tennis

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Tennis

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Women's singles tournament

Weightlifting

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Men's light-heavyweight (– 83 kg)

Wrestling

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Australia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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