1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom , and has thus participated in all of the Summer Games. A total of 77 athletes (68 men and 9 women) took part in 52 competitions in eleven sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the water polo player Les McKay .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
John Winter	athletics	high jump
Mervyn Wood	rowing	One

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Theo Bruce	athletics	Long jump
George Avery	athletics	Triple jump
Joyce King , June Maston , Betty McKinnon, and Shirley Strickland	athletics	Women 4 × 100 meters
John Marshall	swim	1,500 meters freestyle
Beatrice Lyons	swim	Women 200 meters chest
Richard Garrard	Wrestling	Welterweight

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Shirley Strickland	athletics	Women 100 meters & women 80 meters hurdles
John Marshall	swim	400 meters freestyle
Judy-Joy Davies	swim	Women 100 meters back
Joseph Armstrong	Wrestling	Heavyweight

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Ron Gower

  Flyweight: Round of 16

• Jimmy Carruthers

  Bantamweight: quarter finals

• Laurie Birks

  Featherweight: Round of 16

• Billy Barber

  Lightweight: 1st round

• Billy Boyce

  Welterweight: quarterfinals

• Graham Higham

  Middleweight: 1st round

• Adrian Holmes

  Light Heavyweight: 4th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Keith Caple

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• Ray Magee

  Heavyweight: 12th place

athletics

Men John Bartram 100 meters: semi-finals 400 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: prelims John Treloar 100 meters: semi-finals 200 meters: semi-finals 4 x 100 meters: prelims Morris Curotta 100 meters: semi-finals 400 meters: 5th place 4 x 100 meters: prelims Bill Ramsay 400 meters: heats 800 meters: semi-finals Peter Gardner 110 meter hurdles: 5th place Ray Weinberg 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Charles Green 110 meter hurdles: preliminary round Theo Bruce 4 x 100 meters: prelims Long jump: silver George Knott 10 kilometers of walking: heats John Winter High jump: gold George Avery Triple jump: silver Les McKeand Triple jump: 7th place Peter Mullins Decathlon: 6th place

Women Shirley Strickland 100 meters: bronze 4 × 100 meters: silver 80 hurdles: bronze Betty McKinnon 100 meters: heats 200 meters: semi-finals 4 × 100 meters: silver Joyce King 100 meters: heats 200 meters: semi-finals 4 × 100 meters: silver June Maston 4 × 100 meters: silver Long jump: 22nd place in qualification Judy Canty Long jump: 7th place

Cycling

Men

• Jack Hoobin

  Road race individual: 7th place

  Road racing team: DNF

  4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Russell Mockridge

  Road race singles: 26th place

  Road racing team: DNF

  4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Ken Caves

  Road race individual: DNF

  Road racing team: DNF

• Jim Nestor

  Road race individual: DNF

  Road racing team: DNF

  4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Charlie Bazzano

  Sprint: 4th place

• Sid Patterson

  1000 meter time trial: 6th place

  4000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

Wrestling

Men

• Bert Harris

  Flyweight freestyle: preliminary round

• Richard Garrard

  Welterweight Freestyle: Silver

• Bruce Arthur

  Middleweight freestyle: preliminary round

• Joseph Armstrong

  Heavyweight freestyle: bronze

rowing

Men

• Mervyn Wood

  One: gold

• Ted Bromley & Spencer Grace

  Two without a helmsman: semi-finals

• Tom Darcey , Colin Douglas-Smith , Wal Lambert , Hugh Lambie & Jack Webster

  Foursome with helmsman: hope run

shoot

• Reginald Parker

  Free rifle three-position fight: 30th place

• Mill Menghini

  Free rifle three position fight: 32nd place

• John Wise

  Free rifle three position fight: 33rd place

• Claude Platt

  Lying small bore: 46th place

• Neville Holt

  Small caliber lying: 47th place

• Leo Dove

  Small bore lying: 55th place

swim

Men Bruce Bourke 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals 100 meters back: semi-finals Warren Boyd 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals John Marshall 400 meters freestyle: bronze 1,500 meters freestyle: silver Garrick Agnew 400 meters freestyle: prelims 1500 meters freestyle: prelims John Davies 200 meters chest: 4th place Kevin Hallett 200 meters chest: heats

Women Marjorie McQuade 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals Denise Spencer 100 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meters freestyle: semi-finals Judy-Joy Davies 100 meters chest: bronze Beatrice Lyons 200 meters chest: silver

sailing

• Robert French

  Firefly: 18th place

• Len Fenton & Jock Sturrock

  Star: 7th place

Water polo

Men

• 1 round

• Arthur Burge
• Roger Cornforth
• Ben Dalley
• Herman Doerner
• Jack Ferguson
• Leon Ferguson
• Colin French
• Eric Johnston
• Jack King
• Les McKay

Diving

Men

• David Norris

  Art jumping: 16th place

Web links

• Australian Olympic team from 1948 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )