Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUS
Nocname:	Australian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	252 (180 men and 72 women)
Sports:	24
Flagbearer:	Ric Charlesworth (opening) Debbie Flintoff-King (closing)
Rank:	15
Gold:	3
Silver:	6
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 252 competitors, 180 men and 72 women, took part in 145 events in 24 sports.^[1] Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				19 September
				28 September
	Australia women's national field hockey team			30 September
				20 September
				22 September
				23 September
				23 September
				1 October
				2 October
				24 September
				24 September
				24 September
				28 September
				1 October

Competitors

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	16	12	28
Basketball	11	11	22
Boxing	4	–	4
Canoeing	8	0	8
Cycling	13	4	17
Diving	3	2	5
Equestrian	8	2	10
Fencing	1	1	2
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	17	–	17
Gymnastics	1	2	3
Judo	3	–	3
Modern pentathlon	1	–	1
Rowing	16	0	16
Sailing	11	2	13
Shooting	10	2	12
Swimming	14	11	25
Synchronized swimming	–	2	2
Table tennis	1	2	3
Tennis	3	3	6
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	4	–	4
Wrestling	3	–	3
Total	180	72	252

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In the fifth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent only men. They were not successful, with Simon Fairweather's 16th place the best ranking any individual received. The Australians did not qualify for the team semifinal.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Eighth-final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Christopher Blake	Individual	1228	41	Did not advance
Simon Fairweather	Individual	1276	11	322	3	316	16	Did not advance
Rodney Wagner	Individual	1184	63	Did not advance
Simon Fairweather Christopher Blake Rodney Wagner	Team	3688	13					Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's Competition

Men's 200m

• Mark Garner
  • Heat – 21.09
  • Quarterfinals – 21.08 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m

• Robert Stone
  • Heat – 46.52
  • Quarterfinals – 46.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
• Miles Murphy
  • Heat – 46.38
  • Quarterfinals – 45.93 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 1,500m

• Pat Scammel
  • Heat – 3:45.21 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 5,000m

• Andrew Lloyd
  • Heat – 13:47.87
  • Semifinals – 13:42.49 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 10,000m

• Andrew Lloyd
  • Heat – did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's Marathon

• Steve Moneghetti
  • Final – 2"11.49 (→ 5th place)
• Robert De Castella
  • Final – 2"13.07 (→ 8th place)
• Bradley Camp
  • Final – 2"23.49 (→ 41st place)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Robert Ballard, Mark Garner, Leigh Miller, and Miles Murphy
  • Heat – 3:05.93
• Miles Murphy, Mark Garner, Robert Ballard, and Darren Clark
  • Semi-final – 3:06.63
• Robert Ballard, Mark Garner, Miles Murphy, and Darren Clark
  • Final – 3:02.49 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Leigh Miller
  • Heat – 50.53 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's Long Jump

• David Culbert
  • Qualification – 7.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Simon Shirley – 8036 points (→ 15th place)

1. 100 metres – 11.03s

1. Long Jump – 7.45m

1. Shot Put – 14.20m

1. High Jump – 1.97m

1. 400 metres – 48.84s

1. 110m Hurdles – 15.44s

1. Discus Throw – 41.68m

1. Pole Vault – 4.70m

1. Javelin Throw – 64.00m

1. 1.500 metres – 4:27.48s

Men's 20 km Walk

• Simon Baker
  • Final – 1:21:47.0 (→ 11th place)
• Andrew Jachno
  • Final – 1:24:52.0 (→ 28th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Simon Baker
  • Final – 3:44:07.0 (→ 6th place)
• Andrew Jachno
  • Final – 3:53:23.0 (→ 19th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Werner Reiterer
  • Qualification – 59.78m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100m

• Kerry Johnson
  • Heat – 11.44
  • Quarterfinals – 11.42 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m

• Kerry Johnson
  • Heat – 23.20
  • Quarterfinals – 23.01 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 400m

• Maree Holland
  • Heat – 52.29
  • Quarterfinals – 50.90
  • Semifinals – 50.24
  • Final – 51.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 3,000m

• Jackie Perkins
  • Heat – 9:01.82 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 10,000m

• Carolyn Schuwalow
  • Heat – 32:10.05
  • Final – 32:45.07 (→ 17th place)
• Jackie Perkins
  • Heat – 33:45.22 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Debbie Flintoff-King, Maree Holland, Kerry Johnson, and Jenny Laurendet
  • Heat – did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Lisa Martin
  • Final – 2:25:53 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 100m Hurdles

• Jane Flemming
  • Heat – 13.53
  • Quarterfinals – did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Debbie Flintoff-King
  • Heat – 54.99
  • Semifinals – 54.00
  • Final – 53.17 (→ Gold Medal)
• Sally Fleming
  • Heat – 56.08 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
• Jenny Laurendet
  • Heat – 56.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's High Jump

• Christine Stanton
  • Qualification – 1.92m
  • Final – 1.93m (→ 7th place)
• Vanessa Browne
  • Qualification – 1.90m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Nicole Boegman
  • Qualification – 6.72m
  • Final – 6.73m (→ 5th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Jane Flemming
  • final result – 6351 points (→ 7th place)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Australia men's	Men's tournament	W 81–77	L 69–91	W 106–67	L 78–98	W 95–75	3 Q	W 77–74	L 70–91	L 49–78	4
Australia women's	Women's tournament	L 55–91	W 63–57	W 60–48	N/A	N/A	1 Q	N/A	L 56–57	L 53–68	4

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

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Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented Australia in 1988.

Men's road race

• Edward Salas
• Stephen Fairless
• Scott Steward

Men's team time trial

• Stephen Fairless
• Bruce Keech
• Clayton Stevenson
• Scott Steward

Men's sprint

• Gary Neiwand

Men's 1 km time trial

• Martin Vinnicombe

Men's individual pursuit

• Dean Woods

Men's team pursuit

• Brett Dutton
• Wayne McCarney
• Stephen McGlede
• Dean Woods
• Scott McGrory

Men's points race

• Robert Burns

Women's road race

• Elizabeth Hepple – 2:00:52 (→ 22nd place)
• Donna Gould – 2:00:52 (→ 27th place)
• Kathleen Shannon – 2:00:52 (→ 29th place)

Women's sprint

• Julie Speight

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Australia in 1988.

Men's foil

• Robert Davidson

Men's épée

• Robert Davidson

Women's foil

• Andrea Chaplin

Football

See main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Australia – Kenya 7 - 1
  • Australia – Argentina 4 - 0
  • Australia – Netherlands 3 - 2
  • Australia – Pakistan 4 - 0
  • Australia – Spain 1 - 0
• Semi-finals
  • Australia – Great Britain 2 - 3
• Bronze Medal Game
  • Australia – Netherlands 1 - 2 (→ Fourth place)
• Team Roster
  • (1.) Craig Davies (captain)
  • (2.) Colin Batch
  • (3.) John Bestall
  • (4.) Warren Birmingham
  • (5.) Ric Charlesworth
  • (6.) Andrew Deane
  • (7.) Michael York
  • (8.) Mark Hager
  • (9.) Jay Stacy
  • (10.) Neil Hawgood
  • (11.) Peter Noel (goalkeeper)
  • (12.) Graham Reid
  • (13.) Roger Smith
  • (14.) Neil Snowden (goalkeeper)
  • (15.) David Wansbrough
  • (16.) Ken Wark
• Head coach: Richard Aggiss

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Australia – Canada 1 - 1
  • Australia – West Germany 1 - 0
  • Australia – South Korea 5 - 5
• Semi-finals
  • Australia – The Netherlands 3 - 2
• Final
  • Australia – South Korea 2 - 0 (→ Gold Medal)
• Team Roster
  • (1.) Kathleen Partridge (goalkeeper)
  • (2.) Elsbeth Clement
  • (3.) Liane Tooth
  • (4.) Loretta Dorman
  • (5.) Lorraine Hillas
  • (6.) Michelle Capes
  • (7.) Sandra Pisani
  • (8.) Deborah Bowman (captain)
  • (9.) Lee Capes
  • (10.) Kim Small
  • (11.) Sally Carbon
  • (12.) Jackie Pereira
  • (13.) Tracey Belbin
  • (14.) Rechelle Hawkes
  • (15.) Sharon Buchanan
  • (16.) Maree Fish (goalkeeper)
• Head coach: Brian Glencross

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Alexander Watson – 0 pt, 64th place

Men's team competition:

• Watson – 0 pt, 64th place

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

• Ion Popa

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Andrew Baildon
  • Heat – 22.99
  • Final – 23.15 (→ 8th place)
• Tom Stachewicz
  • Heat – 23.72 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Andrew Baildon
  • Heat – 50.34
  • Final – 50.23 (→ 6th place)
• Tom Stachewicz
  • Heat – 50.90
  • B-Final – 50.71 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Duncan Armstrong
  • Heat – 1:48.86
  • Final – 1:47.25 (→ Gold Medal)
• Tom Stachewicz
  • Heat – 1:51.02
  • B-Final – 1:50.83 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Duncan Armstrong
  • Heat – 3:50.64
  • Final – 3:47.15 (→ Silver Medal)
• Ian Brown
  • Heat – 3:51.09
  • B-Final – 3:54.63 (→ 13th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Michael Bruce McKenzie
  • Heat – 15:19.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
• Jason Plummer
  • Heat – 15:22.85 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Carl Wilson
  • Heat – 58.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
• Simon Upton
  • Heat – 59.06 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Simon Upton
  • Heat – 2:05.08 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Ian McAdam
  • Heat – 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Ian McAdam
  • Heat – 2:19.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Jon Sieben
  • Heat – 53.85
  • Final – 53.33 (→ 4th place)
• David Wilson
  • Heat – 55.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• David Wilson
  • Heat – 1:59.02
  • Final – 1:59.20 (→ 6th place)
• Martin Roberts
  • Heat – 2:00.32
  • B-Final – 2:04.28 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Robert Bruce
  • Heat – 2:04.31
  • Final – 2:04.34 (→ 6th place)
• Rob Woodhouse
  • Heat 8 – 2:05.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Robert Bruce
  • Heat – 4:25.15
  • B-Final – 4:24.33 (→ 11th place)
• Rob Woodhouse
  • Heat 5 – 4:25.60
  • B-Final – 4:26.14 (→ 14th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Jason Plummer, Ian Brown, Martin Roberts, and Tom Stachewicz
  • Heat – 7:21.46
• Tom Stachewicz, Ian Brown, Jason Plummer, and Duncan Armstrong
  • Final – 7:15.23 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Carl Wilson, Ian McAdam, Jon Sieben, and Andrew Baildon
  • Heat – 3:47.40
  • Final – 3:45.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Karen van Wirdum
  • Heat – 26.12
  • Final – 26.01 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Karen van Wirdum
  • Heat – 56.84
  • B-Final – 57.04 (→ 14th place)
• Susanne Baumer
  • Heat – 57.76 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Sheridan Burge-Lopez
  • Heat – 2:03.42 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
• Susanne Baumer
  • Heat – 2:04.82 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Janelle Elford
  • Heat – 4:11.07
  • Final – 4:10.64 (→ 5th place)
• Sheridan Burge-Lopez
  • Heat – 4:12.77
  • B-Final – 4:10.21 (→ 9th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Julie McDonald
  • Heat – 8:29.68
  • Final – 8:22.93 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Janelle Elford
  • Heat – 8:32.14
  • B-Final – 8:30.94 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Nicole Livingstone
  • Heat – 1:03.26
  • Final – 1:04.15 (→ 7th place)
• Karen Lord
  • Heat – 1:04.69 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Nicole Livingstone
  • Heat – 2:14.81
  • Final – 2:13.43 (→ 5th place)
• Karen Lord
  • Heat – 2:16.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • B-Final – 2:18.78 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Lara Hooiveld
  • Heat – 1:11.40
  • B-Final – 1:11.26 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Lara Hooiveld
  • Heat – 2:39.97 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Fiona Alessandri
  • Heat – 1:01.90
  • B-Final – 1:02.51 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Donna Procter
  • Heat – 2:18.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Jodie Clatworthy
  • Heat – 2:17.29
  • Final – 2:16.31 (→ 4th place)
• Donna Procter
  • Heat – 2:21.79 (→ 19th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Jodie Clatworthy
  • Heat – 4:44.26
  • Final – 4:45.86 (→ 6th place)
• Donna Procter
  • Heat – 4:47.57
  • Final – 4:47.51 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Nicole Livingstone, Lara Hooiveld, Fiona Alessandri and Karen van Wirdum
  • Heat – 4:14.32
  • Final – 4:11.57 (→ 4th place)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Two synchronized swimmers represented Australia in 1988.

Women's solo

• Lisa Lieschke
• Semon Rohloff

Women's duet

• Lisa Lieschke
• Semon Rohloff

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's Singles Competition

• John Fitzgerald
  • First round – Lost to Grant Connell (Canada) 6-6 6-4 2-6 2-6
• Wally Masur
  • First round – Defeated Luiz Mattar (Brazil) 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-7 6-4
  • Second round – Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 3-6 7-5 3-6 6-1 5-7

Men's Doubles Competition

• Darren Cahill and John Fitzgerald
  • First round – Defeated Anastasios Bavelas and George Kalovelonis (Greece) 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-1
  • Second round – Defeated Bruce Derlin and Kelly Evernden (New Zealand) 6-7 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-1
  • Quarterfinals – Lost to Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 3-6 4-6 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Anne Minter
  • First round – Defeated Xochitl Escobedo (Mexico) 6-1 6-3
  • Second round – Lost to Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 4-6 6-3 1-6
• Elizabeth Smylie
  • First round – Lost to Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-7 0-6
• Wendy Turnbull
  • First round – Defeated Clare Wood (Great Britain) 6-1 6-3
  • Second round – Lost to Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 4-6 6-3 1-6

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Lost to West Germany (11-13)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (4-11)
  • Lost to Italy (5-7)
  • Defeated France (7-6)
  • Defeated South Korea (13-2)
• Classification Round (Group D)
  • Defeated Spain (8-7)
  • Lost to Hungary (5-13) → 8th place
• Team Roster
  • Glenn Townsend
  • Richard Pengelley
  • Christopher Harrison
  • Troy Stockwell
  • Andrew Wightman
  • Andrew Kerr
  • Raymond Mayers
  • Geoffrey Clark
  • John Fox
  • Christopher Wybrow
  • Simon Asher
  • Andrew Taylor
  • Donald Cameron
• Head coach: Tom Hoad

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

See also

• Australia at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
• Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australia at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044111/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-07-16 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/AUS/editions/22 Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics