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Australia At The 1988 Summer Olympics




Australia competed at the ''' 1988 Summer Olympics ''' in Seoul under the IOC Country Code AUS. It was the twenty-first time that the nation participated, 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 .


MEDALS


Gold





Silver








Bronze







RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery

In the fifth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent only men. They were not successful, with Simon Fairweather 's 16th place the best ranking any individual received. The Australians did not qualify for the team semifinal.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:
  • Fairweather, Blake, and Wagner – Preliminary Round, 13th place




Hockey


Men's Team Competition

The men's hockey team from Australia finished fourth, after a 2-1 loss in the bronze medal game against The Netherlands. The team was coached by Richard Aggiss .


Team Roster


Women's Team Competition

The women's hockey team from Australia won the golden medal, after a 2-0 win in the final match against host nation South Korea. The squad was coached by Brian Glencross .

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)

  • Australia — Canada 1-1

  • Australia — West Germany 1-0

  • Australia — South Korea 5-5

  • Semi Finals

  • Australia — The Netherlands 3-2

  • Final

  • Australia — South Korea 2-0 (→ Gold Medal)



Team Roster


Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:
  • Watson – 0 pt, 64th place




Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle


Men's 100m Freestyle


Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Tom Stachewicz

  • # Heat – 1:51.02

  • # B-Final – 1:50.83 (→ 11th place)


Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Ian Brown

  • # Heat – 3:51.09

  • # B-Final – 3:54.63 (→ 13th place)


Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Jason Plummer

  • # Heat – 15:22.85 (→ did not advance, 14th place)


Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Carl Wilson

  • # Heat – 58.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place)


  • Simon Upton

  • # Heat – 59.06 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)


Men's 200m Backstroke
  • Simon Upton

  • # Heat – 2:05.08 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)


Men's 100m Breaststroke
  • Ian McAdam

  • # Heat – 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)


Men's 200m Breaststroke
  • Ian McAdam

  • # Heat – 2:19.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place)


Men's 100m Butterfly
  • Jon Sieben

  • # Heat – 53.85

  • # Final – 53.33 (→ 4th place)


  • David Wilson

  • # Heat – 55.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place)


Men's 200m Butterfly
  • David Wilson

  • # Heat – 1:59.02

  • # Final – 1:59.20 (→ 6th place)


  • Martin Roberts

  • # Heat – 2:00.32

  • # B-Final – 2:04.28 (→ 16th place)


Men's 200m Individual Medley
  • Robert Bruce

  • # Heat – 2:04.31

  • # Final – 2:04.34 (→ 6th place)


  • Rob Woodhouse

  • # Heat 8 – 2:05.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)


Men's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Robert Bruce

  • # Heat – 4:25.15

  • # B-Final – 4:24.33 (→ 11th place)


  • Rob Woodhouse

  • # Heat 5 – 4:25.60

  • # B-Final – 4:26.14 (→ 14th place)


Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Women's 50m Freestyle

Women's 100m Freestyle


Women's 200m Freestyle


Women's 400m Freestyle
  • Janelle Elford

  • # Heat – 4:11.07

  • # Final – 4:10.64 (→ 5th place)



Women's 800m Freestyle
  • Julie McDonald

  • # Heat – 8:29.68

  • # Final – 8:22.93 (→ Bronze Medal)


  • Janelle Elford

  • # Heat – 8:32.14

  • # B-Final – 8:30.94 (→ 6th place)


Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Karen Lord

  • # Heat – 1:04.69 (→ did not advance, 16th place)


Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Karen Lord

  • # Heat – 2:16.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

  • # B-Final – 2:18.78 (→ 14th place)


Women's 100m Breaststroke
  • Lara Hooiveld

  • # Heat – 1:11.40

  • # B-Final – 1:11.26 (→ 15th place)


Women's 200m Breaststroke
  • Lara Hooiveld

  • # Heat – 2:39.97 (→ did not advance, 30th place)


Women's 100m Butterfly

Women's 200m Butterfly
  • Donna Procter

  • # Heat – 2:18.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)


Women's 200m Individual Medley


Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Donna Procter

  • # Heat – 4:47.57

  • # B-Final – 4:47.51 (→ 16th place)


Women's 4x100m Medley Relay


Tennis

Men's Singles Competition




Water Polo

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)

  • Lost to West Germany (11-13)

  • Lost to Soviet Union (4-11)

  • Lost to Italy (5-7)

  • Defeated France (7-6)

  • Defeated South Korea (13-2)

  • Classification Round (Group D)

  • Defeated Spain (8-7)

  • Lost to Hungary (5-13) → 8th place