competed at the ''' 1984 Summer Olympics ''' in Los Angeles, California under the IOC Country Code AUS. It was the twentieth appearance of the nation, 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 was represented by a total number of 246 athletes.
- Gary Honey — Athletics , Men's Long jump
- Suzie Landells — Swimming , Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Neil Brooks , Michael Delany , Greg Fasala , and Mark Stockwell — Swimming , Men's 4x100m Freestyle
- Glenn Beringen — Swimming , Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Mark Stockwell — Swimming , Men's 100m Freestyle
- Karen Phillips — Swimming , Women's 200m Butterfly
- Robert Kabbas — Weightlifting , Men's Light-Heavyweight (82.5 kg)
- Gary Gullock , Tony Lovrich , Timothy McLaren , and Paul Reedy — Rowing , Men's Quadruple Sculls
- Gael Martin — Athletics , Women's Shot Put
- Pattie Dench — Shooting , Women's Sport Pistol
- Peter Evans — Swimming , Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Glenn Buchanan — Swimming , Women's 100m Butterfly
- Rob Woodhouse — Swimming , Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Justin Lemberg — Swimming , Men's 400m Freestyle
- Michele Pearson — Swimming , Women's 200m Individual Medley
- Glenn Buchanan , Peter Evans , Mark Kerry , and Mark Stockwell — Swimming , Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Chris Cairns and Scott Anderson — Sailing , Men's Tornado Team Competition
- Susan Lee , Karen Brancourt , Margot Foster , Robyn Grey-Gardner , and Susan Chapman — Rowing , Women's Coxed Fours
- James Battersby , Ian Edmunds , Steve Evans , Clyde Hefer , Craig Muller , Sam Patten , Ion Popa , Gavin Thredgold , and Timothy Willoughby — Rowing , Men's Eights
- Grant Kenny and Barry Kelly — Canoeing , Men's K2 1.000m Kayak
In the fourth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent one woman and one man. Two-time veteran Terene Donovan improved her score from four years earlier by 99 points even as she fell ten places in the ranking.
- Australia - Malaysia 5-0
- Australia - Spain 3-1
- Australia - West Germany 3-0
- Australia - India 4-2
- Australia - USA 2-1
- Australia - Pakistan 0-1
- Australia - Great Britain 2-3
The women's hockey team from Australia finished , after a loss in the penalty shoot-out against home nation the United States.
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- Australia - West Germany 2-2
- Australia - New Zealand 3-0
- Australia - Canada 1-2
- Australia - USA 3-1
- Australia - Netherlands 0-2
- Peter Dale
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:51.42 (1st)
- Final – 1:53.84 (8th)
- Justin Lemberg
- Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:52.73 (4th, did not advance)
- Justin Lemberg
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 3:53.89 (1st)
- Final – 3:51.79 (→ )
- Ron McKeon
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 3:55.06 (4th)
- Final – 3:55.48 (8th)
- Jon Sieben
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:58.63 (2nd)
- Final – 1:57.04 (→ )
- Peter Evans
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:02.87 (1st)
- Final – 1:02.97 (→ )
- Brett Stocks
- Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:03.46 (1st)
- Final – 1:03.49 (6th)
- Glenn Beringen
- Qualifying Heat 6 – 2:17.29 (1st)
- Final – 2:15.79 (→ )
- Peter Evans
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:21.21 (2nd)
- Final B – DNS
- Mark Kelly
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 57.15 (1st)
- Final – 57.18 (5th)
- David Orbell
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 58.35 (1st)
- Final B – 58.05 (1st)
- David Orbell
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:04.00 (1st)
- Final – 2:04.61 (8th)
- Kim Terrell
- Qualifying Heat 5 – 2:06.56 (3rd, did not advance)
- Rob Woodhouse
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:06.45 (2nd)
- Final B – 2:04.85 (1st)
- Glenn Beringen
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:08.85 (4th, did not advance)
- Rob Woodhouse
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:24.85 (3rd)
- Final – 4:20.50 (→ )
- Lisa Curry
- Qualifying Heat 6 – 26.07 (11th)
- Final B – 25.87 (1st)
- Michelle Pearson
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:01.49 (2nd)
- Final – 1:59.79 (4th)
- Susie Ford
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 2:04.82 (8th, did not advance)
- Anna McVann
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:03.14 (3rd)
- Final – 2:02.87 (8th)
- Susie Ford
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:20.68 (4th)
- Final B – 4:15.46 (1st)
- Anna McVann
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:15.21 (2nd)
- Final – 4:13.95 (5th)
- Susie Ford
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 8:56.40 (6th, did not advance)
- Anna McVann
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 8:35.19 (2nd)
- Final – 8:37.94 (4th)
- Janet Blood
- Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:01.97 (2nd)
- Final – 1:01.78 (5th)
- Lisa Curry
- Qualifying 7 – 1:01.07 (9th)
- Final B – 1:01.61 (5th)
- Dimity Douglas
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:36.47 (5th)
- Final B – 2:39.33 (8th)
- Sharon Kellett
- Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:33.23 (1st)
- Final – 2:33.80 (5th)
- Georgina Parkes
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:04.90 (2nd)
- Final B – 1:04.52 (2nd)
- Audrey Youl
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:04.94 (3rd)
- Final B – 1:04.15 (1st)
- Georgina Parkes
- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:18.49 (1st)
- Final – 2:14.87 (4th)
- Audrey Youl
- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:20.12 (4th)
- Final B – 2:21.36 (8th)
- Lost to West Germany (6-10)
- Drew with Italy (8-8)
- Defeated Japan (15-2)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (6-9)
- Lost to United States (7-12)
- Defeated Netherlands (8-7)
- Drew with Spain (10-10) →
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