Australia at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUS
Nocname:	Australian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1948
Location:	London
Competitors:	75 (66 men, 9 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Les McKay (water polo)
Rank:	14
Gold:	2
Silver:	6
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 75 competitors, 66 men and 9 women, took part in 52 events in 11 sports.^[1] Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			High Jump
		Rowing	Single sculls
		Athletics	Long Jump
		Athletics	Triple Jump
		Athletics	4 × 100 m relay
			1500m freestyle
			200m breaststroke
			Welterweight
			100m
			80m hurdles
			400m freestyle
			100m backstroke
			Heavyweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
• NP = Not placed

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
John Bartram	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	10.8	2 Q	10.6	3 Q		4	did not advance
John Treloar	10.5	1 Q	10.5	2 Q		4	did not advance
Morris Curotta	10.7	1 Q	10.8	3 Q		6	did not advance
John Treloar	200 m	21.7	1 Q	21.5	2 Q		6	did not advance
Morris Curotta	align=left rowspan=3	400 m	49.1	1 Q	48.4	2 Q	47.2	2 Q	47.9	5
John Bartram	50.8	2 Q	49.9	4	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Bill Ramsey	50.3	5	did not advance
800 m	1:55.0	3 Q	1:54.9	5	did not advance
Peter Gardner	align=left rowspan=3	110 m hurdles	14.6	2 Q	14.5	2 Q	14.7	5
Ray Weinberg	15.0	2 Q		5	did not advance
Charles Green	15.4	5	did not advance
George Knott	10 km walk		7	did not advance
Theo Bruce John Bartram Morris Curotta John Treloar	4 × 100 m relay	41.5	3	did not advance

Men

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Theo Bruce	Long Jump	7.22	4 Q	7.55
John Winter	High Jump	1.87	Q	1.98
George Avery	align=left rowspan=2	Triple Jump	15.33	1 Q	15.36
Les McKeand	14.55	11 Q	14.53	7

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Peter Mullins	Result	11.2	6.64	12.75	1.83	53.2	15.2	33.94	3.40	51.32	5:17.6	6739	6
Points	787	711	691	822	706	896	541	652	612	321

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shirley Strickland	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	12.4	1 Q	12.4	2 Q	12.2
Joyce King	13.1	4	did not advance
Betty McKinnon	12.7	3	did not advance
Shirley Strickland	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	25.8	2 Q	24.9	1 Q	25.3	4
Joyce King	25.9	1 Q		6	did not advance
Betty McKinnon	25.9	1 Q		7	did not advance
Shirley Strickland	80 m Hurdles	11.9	2 Q	11.7	1 Q	11.4
Shirley Strickland June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King	4 × 100 m relay	48.0	2 Q	47.6

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Judy Canty	align=left rowspan=2	long jump	5.29	11 Q	5.38	7
June Maston	5.06	22	did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ronald Gower	Flyweight	W PTS	L PTS	did not advance
Jimmy Carruthers	Bantamweight	W DQ2	W PTS	L W/O	did not advance
Laurie Birks	Featherweight	W PTS	L KO2	did not advance
Billy Barber	Lightweight	L PTS	did not advance
Billy Boyce	Welterweight	Bye	W PTS	L PTS	did not advance
Graham Higham	Middleweight	L PTS	did not advance
Adrian Holmes	Light heavyweight	bye	W KO2	W PTS	L PTS	3rd/4th place L RSC-3	4

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists, all men, represented Australia in 1948.

Road racesIndividual times added to together for team race, 3 times needed for team event.

Cyclist	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Jack Hoobin	Road race	5:18:18.2	7
Russell Mockridge	Road race	5:39:54.6	26
Ken Caves	Road race	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Jim Nestor	Road race	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge Ken Caves Jim Nestor	Team road race	align=center colspan=2	did not finish

Track Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charlie Bazzano	Sprint		2	14.1	1 Q	14.3	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	Directly advanced		2		4
Sid Patterson	Time trial	align=center colspan=10	n/a	1:15.7	6
Sid Patterson Jim Nestor Jack Hoobin Russell Mockridge	Team pursuit	5:06.5	2 q	align=center colspan=2	n/a	5:07.7	2	align=center colspan=6	did not advance

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Australia had eight male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Event	First round		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Merv Wood	Single sculls	7:25.9	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	n/a	8:08.5	1 Q	7:24.4
Spencer Grace Ted Bromley	Coxless pair	7:26.8	2 r	7:28.4	1 Q	7:54.5	2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Wal Lambert Hugh Lambie Colin Douglas-Smith Jack Webster Tom Darcy	Coxed four	7:04.3	2 r	7:07.1	2	align=center colspan=4	did not advance

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Rank	Helmsman	Crew	Class	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points ^[3]	Total -1 ^[4]
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
18	Robert French		Firefly	18	168	11	382	19	144	16	219	9	469	12	344	10	423	2149	2005
7		Leslie A. Fenton	Star	DNF ^[5]	0	4	729	15	155	6	553	10	331	4	729	1	1331	3828	3828

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Reginald Parker	align=left rowspan=3	300 m rifle 3 positions	926	30
Mill Menghini	856	32
John Wise	852	33
Claude Platt	align=left rowspan=3	50 m rifle, prone	584	46
Neville Holt	584	47
Leo Dove	578	55

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bruce Bourke	align=left rowspan=2	100 m freestyle	59.1	2 Q	1:00.0	5	did not advance
Warren Boyd	1:00.4	3 q	1:01.1	8	did not advance
Bruce Bourke	100 m backstroke	1:11.3	1 Q	1:11.4	8	did not advance
John Davies	align=left rowspan=2	200 m breaststroke	2:48.3	2 Q	2:44.8	4 Q	2:43.7	4
Kevin Hallett	3:02.0	7	did not advance
John Marshall	align=left rowspan=2	400 m freestyle	4:51.4	2 Q	4:50.0	2 Q	4:47.4
Garrick Agnew	5:06.1	4	did not advance
John Marshall	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m freestyle	20:01.1	1 Q	19:53.8	1 Q	19:31.3
Garrick Agnew	21:40.1	6	did not advance

Women

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marjorie McQuade	align=left rowspan=2	100 m freestyle	1:08.5	3 Q	1:09.6	6	did not advance
Denise Spencer	1:10.0	3	did not advance
Judy-Joy Davies	100 m backstroke	1:16.4	1 Q	1:17.8	2 Q	1:16.7
Nancy Lyons	200 m breaststroke	3:02.9	1 Q	3:00.9	1 Q	2:57.7
Denise Spencer	400 m freestyle	5:40.9	4 Q	5:35.6	6	did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

This was the first time Australia had entered the water polo competition.

Men's Team Competition

Head coach:

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			15 March 1916	32	?		2	?
			23 August 1910	37	?		1	?
			24 February 1914	34	?		2	?
			27 May 1917	31	?		1	?
			19 June 1923	25	?		1	?
			24 August 1917	31	?		2	?
			1914		?	Bondi ASC	2	?
			20 November 1916	31	?		1	?
			19 January 1919	29	?		1	?
			12 April 1922	26	?		1	?

Group D

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.		2	1	1	0	13	4	3		X	4:4	9:0
2.		2	1	1	0	16	7	3		4:4	X	12:3
3.		2	0	0	2	3	21	0		0:9	3:12	X

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Lifter	Event	Final
		Kg	Rank
Keith Caple	Bantamweight	272.5	9
Ray Magee	align=left	Heavyweight	357.5	12

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bert Harris	Flyweight	L 0-3	L Fall	did not advance					10
Dick Garrard	Welterweight	W 3-0	W 2-1	W Fall	W Fall	L 1-2		L Fall
Bruce Arthur	Middleweight	L Fall	W Fall	L Fall	did not advance				9
Jim Armstrong	Heavyweight	W 3-0	L Fall	W Retired	W Fall	n/a		L Fall

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australia at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044356/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1948/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 July 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. Australia Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164925/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1948/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2018.
3. The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.
4. Total after applying discard.
5. Mark hit.