Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the twenty-third time that the nation had competed, being one of only three nations (along with Greece and Great Britain) to have competed in every Summer Olympics to that time. This included two times that Australia competed as part of a combined team with New Zealand. Australia competed under the IOC country code AUS.
| File:Olympic-rings.png | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Australia flag large.png Australia | 9 | 9 | 23 | 41 |
Gold
Michelle Andrews, Alyson Annan, Louise Dobson, Renita Farrell, Juliet Haslam, Rechelle Hawkes, Clover Maitland, Karen Marsden, Jenny Morris, Nova Peris-Kneebone, Jackie Pereira, Katrina Powell, Lisa Powell, Danni Roche, Kate Starre, and Liane Tooth — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition
Silver
Bronze
- Stuart Carruthers, Baeden Choppy, Stephen Davies, Damon Diletti (gk), Lachlan Dreher (gk), Lachlan Elmer, Brendan Garard, Paul Gaudoin, Mark Hager, Paul Lewis, Grant Smith, Matthew Smith, Daniel Sproule, Jay Stacy, Michael York and Ken Wark — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
Results by event
In the seventh Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men and three women. Matthew Gray had the nation's only individual win, though the men's team won twice in the team round before being defeated in the semifinal and the bronze medal match.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Myfanwy Matthews → Round of 64, 48th place (0-1)
- Deonne Bridger → Round of 64, 57th place (0-1)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Matthew Gray → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1)
- Jackson Fear → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1)
- Simon Fairweather → Round of 64, 52nd place (0-1)
Men's Team Competition:
- Gray, Fear, and Fairweather → Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (2-2)
Men's Marathon
- Steve Moneghetti → 7th place (2:14.35)
- Roderic De Highden → 23th place (2:17.42)
- Sean Quilty → 34th place (2:19.35)
Women's Marathon
- Kerryn McCann → 28th place (2:36.41)
- Suzanne Malaxos → 57th place (2:50.46)
- Lisa Ondieki → Did not finish
Australia made its first appearance in the official Olympic baseball tournament in 1996. The team won two of its preliminary round games, against Korea and Japan, but lost the other five. The Australians' record put them in a three-way tie for fifth, with all three teams eliminated from contention and the tie-breaker rules used only to formally place the three teams. Australia came out on the bottom of that tie-breaker.
Men's Team Competition:
- Australia → 7th place (2-5)
Men's Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Australia - South Africa 1-1
- Australia - South Korea 3-2
- Australia - The Netherlands 2-3
- Australia - Malaysia 5-1
- Australia - Great Britain 2-0
- Semi Finals
- Australia - Spain 1-2
- Bronze Medal Game
- Australia - Germany 3-2 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Team Roster
Women's Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Australia - Spain 4-0
- Australia - Argentina 7-1
- Australia - Germany 1-0
- Australia - South Korea 3-3
- Australia - Great Britain 1-0
- Australia - United States 4-0
- Australia - The Netherlands 4-0
- Final
- Australia - South Korea 3-1 (→ Gold Medal)
- Team Roster
Coach: Rick Charlesworth
Men's:
- Alexander Johnson → 3697 pts, 32nd place
