1980 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , USSR , with a delegation of 121 athletes (93 men and 28 women). Because of the boycott, they started under the Olympic flag.

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Neil Brooks , Mark Kerry , Peter Evans, and Mark Tonelli	swim	4 × 100 meter layers
Michelle Ford	swim	Women, 800 meters freestyle

silver

Surname	sport	competition
John Sumegi	Canoeing	Single kayak, 500 meters
Rick Mitchell	athletics	400 meters

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Graeme Brewer	swim	200 meters freestyle
Max Metzker	swim	1,500 meters freestyle
Peter Evans	swim	100 meters chest
Mark Kerry	swim	200 meters back
Michelle Ford	swim	Women, 200 meter butterfly

Participants by sport

basketball

• Men's team

  8th place

• Squad

  Daniel Morseu

  Gordon McLeod

  Ian Davies

  Lawrence Sengstock

  Leslie Riddle

  Melvyn Dalgleish

  Michael Tucker

  Perry Crosswhite

  Peter Ali

  Philip Smyth

  Stephen Breheny

  Peter Walsh

Archery

• Scott Dumbrell

  Singles: 26th place

• Terene Donovan

  Women, singles: 9th place

• Carole Toy

  Women, singles: 15th place

Boxing

• Norman Stevens

  Lightweight: 17th place

• Geoffrey Benjamin Pike

  Light heavyweight: 5th place

fencing

• Gregory Benko

  Foil, singles: 9th place

  Epee, singles: 17th place

• Michele Ferguson

  Foil, singles: 22nd place

• Helen Smith

  Foil, singles: 25th place

Weightlifting

• Lorenzo Orsini

  Bantamweight: 16th place

• Basilios Stellios

  Lightweight: 11th place

• Robert Kabbas

  Light heavyweight: competition not over

• Luigi Fratangelo

  Middle heavyweight: competition not finished

• Donald Mitchell

  2. Heavyweight: 7th place

Judo

• Michael Young

  Half light weight: 13th place

• Michael peck

  Lightweight: 7th place

• Marcus Carew

  Middleweight: 19th place

canoe

• John Sumegi

  Single kayak, 500 meters: silver

  Single kayak, 1,000 meters: 4th place

• Barry Kelly

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: 5th place

  Quad kayak, 500 meters: 8th place

• Robert Lee

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: 5th place

  Quad kayak, 500 meters: 8th place

• Kenneth Vidler

  Quad kayak, 500 meters: 8th place

• Crosbie Baulch

  Quad kayak, 500 meters: 8th place

athletics

• Rick Mitchell

  400 meters: silver

• David Fitzsimons

  5,000 meters: semi-finals

• Stephen Austin

  5,000 meters: semi-finals

  10,000 meters: heats

• Bill Scott

  10,000 meters: 9th place

• Robert de Castella

  Marathon: 10th place

• Chris Wardlaw

  Marathon: 28th place

• Gerard Barrett

  Marathon: race not finished

• David Smith

  20 kilometers of walking: race not finished

  50 kilometers of walking: race not finished

• Willi Sawall

  50 kilometers of walking: 8th place

• Gary Honey

  Long jump: 23rd place in qualification

• Ian Campbell

  Triple jump: 5th place

• Ken Lorraway

  Triple jump: 8th place

• Peter Farmer

  Hammer throw: 13th place in qualification

• Peter Hadfield

  Decathlon: 13th place

• Denise Boyd

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters: 7th place

• Debbie Wells

  Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals

• Penny Gillies

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: prelims

• Christine Annison

  Women, high jump: 6th place

• Gael Mulhall

  Women, shot put: 12th place

  Women, discus throwing: 15th place in qualification

• Petra Rivers

  Women, javelin: 15th place in qualification

• Pam Matthews

  Women, javelin: 16th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Robert Barrie

  Singles: 37th place

Cycling

• Michael Wilson

  Road race: 25th place

  100 km team pursuit: 11th place

• Kevin Bradshaw

  Road Race: Race not finished

  100 km team pursuit: 11th place

• Remo Sansonetti

  Road Race: Race not finished

  100 km team pursuit: 11th place

• Graham Seers

  Road Race: Race not finished

• David Scarfe

  100 km team pursuit: 11th place

• Kenrick Tucker

  Sprint: 7th place

  1,000 meter time trial: 10th place

• Kelvin Poole

  4,000 meters individual pursuit: 9th place

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

• Colin Fitzgerald

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

• Kevin Nichols

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

• Garry Sutton

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

Wrestling

• Christopher Brown

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Zsigmond Kelevitz

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Michael Pikos

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 8th place

rowing

• Robert Lang

  Two without a helmsman: 10th place

• John Bolt

  Two without a helmsman: 10th place

• Islay Lee

  Eighth: 5th place

• Stephen Handley

  Eighth: 5th place

• William Dankbaar

  Eighth: 5th place

• Andrew Withers

  Eighth: 5th place

• Timothy Willoughby

  Eighth: 5th place

• James Lowe

  Eighth: 5th place

• Tim Young

  Eighth: 5th place

• Brian Richardson

  Eighth: 5th place

• David England

  Eighth: 5th place

• Anne Chirnside

  Foursome with helmsman: 5th place

• Verna Westwood

  Foursome with helmsman: 5th place

• Pamela Westendorf

  Foursome with helmsman: 5th place

• Sally Harding

  Foursome with helmsman: 5th place

• Susanne Palfreyman

  Foursome with helmsman: 5th place

shoot

• Yvonne Hill

  Small caliber lying: 11th place

• David Hollister

  Lying small bore: 15th place

swim

• Graeme Brewer

  100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  200 meters freestyle: bronze

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place

• Mark Tonelli

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  100 meters back: 7th place

  200 meters back: heats

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: gold

• Neil Brooks

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  4 × 100 meter layers: gold

• Ronald McKeon

  200 meters freestyle: 5th place

  400 meters freestyle: 8th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place

• Max Metzker

  400 meters freestyle: 7th place

  1,500 meters freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place

• Mark Kerry

  100 meters back: semi-finals

  200 meters back: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 7th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: gold

• Glenn Patching

  100 meters back: semi-finals

  4 × 100 meter layers: gold

• Paul Moorfoot

  200 meters back: 8th place

  200 meters butterfly: heats

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Peter Evans

  100 meters chest: bronze

  200 meters chest: heats

  4 × 100 meter layers: gold

• Lindsay Philip Spencer

  100 meters chest: 6th place

  200 meters chest: 5th place

• Michelle Pearson

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Rosemary Brown

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

• Karen Van de Graaf

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

• Michelle Ford

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: bronze

• Lisa Curry-Kenny

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 5th place

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

• Georgina Parkes

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meters back: heats

• Lisa Forrest

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meters back: 7th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 6th place

do gymnastics

• Lindsay Nylund

  Individual all-around: 34th place

  Bars: 47th place

  Floor exercise: 59th place

  Horse jump: 54th place

  Horizontal bar: 53rd place

  Rings: 60th place

  Pommel horse: 46th place

• Marina Sulicich

  Women, individual all-around: 32nd place

  Women, floor exercise: 49th place

  Women, horse jump: 55th place

  Women, balance beam: 53rd place

  Women, uneven bars: 45th place

• Kerry Bayliss

  Women, individual all-around: 33rd place

  Women, floor exercise: 54th place

  Women, horse jump: 59th place

  Women, balance beam: 56th place

  Women, uneven bars: 50th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  7th place

• Squad

  Michael Turner

  David Neesham

  Robert Bryant

  Peter Montgomery

  Julian Muspratt

  Andrew Kerr

  Anthony Falson

  Charles Turner

  Martin Callaghan

  Randall Goff

  Andrew Steward

Diving

• Stephen Foley

  Art jumping: 11th place

  Diving: 16th place

• Kenneth Grove

  Artistic jumping: 15th place

  Diving: 12th place

• Valerie McFarlane-Beddoe

  Women, diving: 6th place

  Women, jumping: 7th place

• Jennifer Donnet

  Women, diving: 18th place

  Women, jumping: 17th place

Web links

• Australian Olympic team from 1980 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )