Australia at the 1994 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	AUS
Nocname:	Australian Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1994
Location:	Lillehammer
Competitors:	25 (18 men, 7 women)
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Kirstie Marshall
Rank:	22
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Australia won a bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres short track relay, the nation's first medal at the Winter Olympic Games. A total of 25 Australian athletes competed, participating in alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing (in both aerials and moguls), luge, short track speed skating, and speed skating.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	0	2	2
Bobsleigh	4	–	4
Cross-country skiing	2	0	2
Figure skating	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	3	2	5
Luge	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	4	1	5
Speed skating	2	0	2
Total	18	7	25

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics. ^[2]

Men:

Athlete	Event	Run 1 (DH)		Run 2 (Sl)		Run 3 (Sl)		Final/Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Anthony Huguet	Super-G	4:37.44	+4.91	37
Giant slalom	1:33.60	37	did not finish		did not finish

Women:

Athlete	Event	Run 1 (DH)		Run 2 (Sl)		Run 3 (Sl)		Final/Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Zali Steggall	Giant slalom	1:28.68	35	1:17.46	24	2:46.14	+15.17	24
Slalom	1:03.16	28	59.88	22	2:03.04	+7.03	22
Combined	1:33.46	31	52.34	12	did not finish

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Sandra Paintin-Paul	Individual	1:01:21.7	7	64
Sprint	28:31.1	1	40
Kerryn Rim	Individual	54:10.1	2	8
Sprint	27:32.3	2	21

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Justin McDonald Glenn Carroll	Two-man	54.03	28	53.96	27	54.21	29	54.27	27	3:36.47	27
Justin McDonald Glenn Carroll Scott Walker Adam Barclay	Four-man	52.48	16	52.67	21	52.85	20	53.02	20	3:31.02	20

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Anthony Evans	10 km classical	27:09.9	51
15 km freestyle pursuit	1:08:22.9	57
50 km classical	2:22:05.2	43
Mark Gray	10 km classical	27:54.0	67
15 km freestyle pursuit	1:10:01.1	66
30 km freestyle	1:24:49.9	61
50 km classical	2:28:51.6	59

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete(s)	Event			/	/	Total
							Rank
Stephen Carr	Men's	20 Q	18	28.0	18
Danielle Carr & Stephen Carr	Pairs	10	11	16.0	11

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nick Cleaver	Moguls	24.34	15 Q	23.02	16
Adrian Costa	25.46	7 Q	23.38	14
Paul Costa	22.20	26	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacqui Cooper	Aerials	139.67	16	did not advance
Kirstie Marshall	166.12	q Q	150.76	6

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

The relay result was Australia's first Winter Olympics medal. In the semi-final, they beat Japan and New Zealand to qualify behind Canada. They went into the final with three objectives: to stay on their feet (to avoid a repeat of what happened in Albertville), to remain undisqualified, and to beat at least one of the other three finalists. With 21 of 45 laps to go, a Canadian crashed into the side, and was out of contention. With 12 laps to go, Italian Mirko Vuillermin accelerated away, creating a gap such that Australia was unlikely to win gold. Until the last change, it seemed that Australia might win silver. Nizielski was the final skater, and said later that "At the last change [American] Eric Flaim got a good push-away and he stepped underneath my feet and stopped me. I thought, well I'm not going to fight him for this. I didn't want to let the team down. And I was very aware that I had taken a fall in Albertville. I just wanted to get through and get the medal." Team member Steven Bradbury went on to win Australia's first winter gold in 2002.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steven Bradbury	500m	45.43	2 Q	44.18	1 Q	1:03.51	4 QB	B Final 45.33	8
1000m	2:01.89	3	did not advance					24
Kieran Hansen	500m	46.30	3	did not advance					23
1000m	1:32.96	2 Q	1:32.34	3	did not advance			12
Richard Nizielski	500m	44.86	1 Q	45.57	4	did not advance			10
1000m	1:32.42	2 Q	1:29.93	4	did not advance			13
Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski	5000m relay	7:14.41	2 Q	7:13.68

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Kah	500m	48.56	2 Q	47.90	3	did not advance			12
1000m	1:41.64	1 Q	1:39.93	4	did not advance			11

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Phillip Tahmindjis	1000 m	1:16.29	37
1500 m	1:57.59	36
Danny Kah	1500 m	1:56.04	25
5000 m	7:00.02	25

External links

• Australia NOC
• Olympic Winter Institute of Australia
• "2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file
• "The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in)
• "Australia and the Olympic Games" by Harry Gordon.
• Australian Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/AUS/editions/45 Australia at the 1994 Winter Olympics
2. Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. 1994. October 1, 2013.