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

Duncan Armstrong — Swimming , Men's 200m Freestyle

Debbie Flintoff-King — Athletics , Women's 400m Hurdles

Tracey Belbin , Deborah Bowman , Sharon Buchanan , Lee Capes , Michelle Capes , Sally Carbon , Elsbeth Clement , Loretta Dorman , Maree Fish , Rechelle Hawkes , Lorraine Hillas , Kathleen Partridge , Jackie Pereira , Sandra Pisoni , Kim Small , and Liane Tooth — Field Hockey , Women's Team Competition

Silver

Duncan Armstrong — Swimming , Men's 400 m Freestyle

Martin Vinnicombe — Cycling , Men's 1000 m Time Trial

Dean Woods — Cycling , Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit

Lisa Martin — Athletics , Women's Marathon

Grant Davies — Canoeing , Men's K1 1000 m Kayak

Grahame "Spike" Cheney — Boxing , Men's Light-Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Bronze

Julie McDonald — Swimming , Women's 800m Freestyle

Liz Smylie and Wendy Turnbull — Tennis , Women's Doubles Team Competition

Peter Foster and Kelvin Graham — Canoeing , Men's K2 1000 m Kayak

Gary Neiwand — Cycling , Men's 1000 m Sprint

Dean Woods , Brett Dutton , Steve McGlede , and Wayne McCarney — Cycling , Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit

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:

Simon Fairweather – Quarterfinal, 16th place

C. Blake – Preliminary Round, 41st place

Rodney Wagner – Preliminary Round, 63rd place

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 .

Group A

Australia — Kenya 7-1

Australia — Argentina 4-0

Australia — Netherlands 3-2

Australia — Pakistan 4-0

Australia — Spain 1-0

Semi Finals

Australia — Great Britain 2-3

Bronze Medal Game

Australia — Netherlands 1-2 (→ Fourth place)

Team Roster

( 1.) Craig Davies (captain)

( 2.) Colin Batch

( 3.) John Bestall

( 4.) Warren Birmingham

( 5.) Rick Charlesworth

( 6.) Andrew Deane

( 7.) Michael York

( 8.) Mark Hager

( 9.) Jay Stacy

(10.) Neil Hawgood

(11.) Peter Noel (goalkeeper)

(12.) Graham Reid

(13.) Roger Smith

(14.) Neil Snowden (goalkeeper)

(15.) David Wansbrough

(16.) Ken Wark

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

( 1.) Kathleen Partridge (goalkeeper)

( 2.) Elsbeth Clement

( 3.) Liane Tooth

( 4.) Loretta Dorman

( 5.) Lorraine Hillas

( 6.) Michelle Capes

( 7.) Sandra Pisoni

( 8.) Deborah Bowman (captain)

( 9.) Lee Capes

(10.) Kim Small

(11.) Sally Carbon

(12.) Jackie Pereira

(13.) Tracey Belbin

(14.) Rechelle Hawkes

(15.) Sharon Buchanan

(16.) Maree Fish (goalkeeper)

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Alexander Watson – 0 pt, 64th place

Men's Team Competition:

Watson – 0 pt, 64th place

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Andrew Baildon

# Heat – 22.99

# Final – 23.15 (→ 8th place)

Tom Stachewicz

# Heat – 23.72 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

Andrew Baildon

# Heat – 50.34

# Final – 50.23 (→ 6th place)

Tom Stachewicz

# Heat – 50.90

# B-Final – 50.71 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Duncan Armstrong

# Heat – 1:48.86

# Final – 1:47.25 (→ Gold Medal)

Tom Stachewicz

# Heat – 1:51.02

# B-Final – 1:50.83 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Duncan Armstrong

# Heat – 3:50.64

# Final – 3:47.15 (→ Silver Medal)

Ian Brown

# Heat – 3:51.09

# B-Final – 3:54.63 (→ 13th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Michael McKenzie

# Heat – 15:19.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

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

Jason Plummer , Ian Brown , Martin Roberts , and Tom Stachewicz

# Heat – 7:21.46

Tom Stachewicz , Ian Brown , Jason Plummer , and Duncan Armstrong

# Final – 7:15.23 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Carl Wilson , Ian McAdam , Jon Sieben , and Andrew Baildon

# Heat – 3:47.40

# Final – 3:45.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

Karen Van Wirdum

# Heat – 26.12

# Final – 26.01 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Karen Van Wirdum

# Heat – 56.84

# B-Final – 57.04 (→ 14th place)

Susanne Baumer

# Heat – 57.76 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Sheridan Burge-Lopez

# Heat – 2:03.42 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Susanne Baumer

# Heat – 2:04.82 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

Janelle Elford

# Heat – 4:11.07

# Final – 4:10.64 (→ 5th place)

Sheridan Burge-Lopez

# Heat – 4:12.77

# B-Final – 4:10.21 (→ 9th 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

Nicole Livingstone

# Heat – 1:03.26

# Final – 1:04.15 (→ 7th place)

Karen Lord

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

Women's 200m Backstroke

Nicole Livingstone

# Heat – 2:14.81

# Final – 2:13.43 (→ 5th place)

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

Fiona Alessandri

# Heat – 1:01.90

# B-Final – 1:02.51 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Donna Procter

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

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Jodie Clatworthy

# Heat – 2:17.29

# Final – 2:16.31 (→ 4th place)

Donna Procter

# Heat – 2:21.79 (→ 19th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Jodie Clatworthy

# Heat – 4:44.26

# Final – 4:45.86 (→ 6th place)

Donna Procter

# Heat – 4:47.57

# B-Final – 4:47.51 (→ 16th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

Nicole Livingstone , Lara Hooiveld , Fiona Alessandri , and Karen Van Wirdum

# Heat – 4:14.32

# Final – 4:11.57 (→ 4th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

John Fitzgerald

# First round — Lost to Grant Connell (Canada) 6-6 6-4 2-6 2-6

Wally Masur

# First round — Defeated Luiz Mattar (Brazil) 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-7 6-4

# Second round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 3-6 7-5 3-6 6-1 5-7

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

Team Roster

Glenn Townsend

Richard Pengelley

Christopher Harrison

Troy Stockwell

Andrew Wightman

Andrew Kerr

Raymond Mayers

Geoffrey Clark

John Fox

Christopher Wybrow

Simon Asher

Andrew Taylor

Donald Cameron

Head Coach

Tom Hoad

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