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  flagcaption Olympic Flag
  competitors 122 (93 men, 29 women)
  flagbearer Denise Boyd (opening)<br> Max Metzker (opening)<br> John Sumegi (closing)
  gold 2
  silver 2
  bronze 5
  total 9
  rank 15


Australia competed at the ''' 1980 Summer Olympics ''' in Moscow , USSR . Although Australia did not officially participate in the American-led Boycott Of The 1980 Summer Olympics , athletes were encouraged to boycott by the government, and Australia competed under the Olympic Flag .

Ultimately, the Australian Olympic Committee decided in a split vote to attend the Games, but some sport federations and athletes were pressured into boycotting the Games of their own volition. Many chose to stay at home, including such likely medallists as champion swimmer Tracey Wickham , sprinter Raelene Boyle and the Men's Field Hockey Team . Ultimately a team of 122 athletes attended the Games. Months earlier, a team of 204 athletes had been approved before boycott talks began.

In protest of the Afghanistan invasion, Australia did not march behind the national flag in the Opening Ceremony. Instead, flag bearers Denise Boyd (athletics) and Max Metzker (swimming), Australia’s first joint-flag carriers, carried the Olympic flag.


MEDALS


Gold



Silver



Bronze



RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery


In the third Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and one man. Carole Toy , a veteran of the 1972 Games , repeated her 15th place performance despite shooting 20 points lower.


Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:


Athletics


Men's Marathon



Men's Decathlon


Basketball



Men's Team Competition



Boxing


Men's Lightweight (60 kg)


Modern pentathlon


Men's individual competition:


Diving


Men's Springboard
  • Stephen Foley

  • Preliminary Round — 521.82 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)


Men's Platform
  • Stephen Foley

  • Preliminary Round — 427.44 points (→ 16th place, did not advance)



Swimming


Men's 100m Freestyle
  • Neil Brooks

  • Qualifying Heat — 51,11 (2nd)

  • Semi-Finals — 52,70 (→ did not advance)

  • Graeme Brewer

  • Qualifying Heat — 52,59 (4th)

  • Semi-Finals — 51,91 (3rd)

  • Final — 52,22 (→ 8th place)

  • Mark Tonelli

  • Qualifying Heat — 52,04 (3rd)

  • Semi-Finals — 52,17 (5th, did not advance)


Men's 200m Freestyle
  • Graeme Brewer

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.51,92 (2nd)

  • Final — 1.51,60 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Ron McKeon

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.52,66

  • Final — 1.52,60 (→ 5th place)


Men's 400m Freestyle
  • Graeme Brewer

  • Qualifying Heat — 3.57,19 (→ did not advance)

  • Max Metzker

  • Qualifying Heat — 3.54,79 (2nd)

  • Final — 3.56,87 (→ 7th place)

  • Ron McKeon

  • Qualifying Heat — 3.56,77 (2nd)

  • Final — 3.57,00 (→ 8th place)


Men's 1.500m Freestyle
  • Max Metzker

  • Qualifying Heat — 15.21,63 (3rd)

  • Final — 15.14,49 (→ Bronze Medal)


Men's 200m Butterfly
  • Paul Moorfoot

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.05,69 (5th, did not advance)


Men's 100m Breaststroke
  • Peter Evans

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (2nd)

  • Final — 1.03,96 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Lindsay Spencer

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.04,78 (3rd)

  • Final — 1.05,04 (→ 6th place)


Men's 200m Breaststroke
  • Lindsay Spencer

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.21,08 (2nd)

  • Final — 2.19,68 (→ 5th place)

  • Peter Evans

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.26,62 (4th, did not advance)


Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Mark Tonelli

  • Qualifying Heat — 58,66 (1st)

  • Semi Final — 57,89 (2nd)

  • Final — 57,98 (→ 7th place)

  • Mark Kerry

  • Qualifying Heat — 58,08 (3rd)

  • Semi Final — 58,07 (3rd, did not advance)

  • Glenn Patching

  • Qualifying Heat — 58,30 (1st)

  • Semi Final — 1.00,31 (8th, did not advance)


Men's 200m Backstroke
  • Mark Kerry

  • Qualifying Heat — 3.03,60 (1st)

  • Final — 2.03,14 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Mark Tonelli

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.07,04 (3rd, did not advance)

  • Paul Moorfoot

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.04,87 (1st)

  • Final — 2.06,15 (→ 8th place)


Men's 400m Individual Medley
  • Paul Moorfoot

  • Qualifying Heat — 4.34,28 (5th, did not advance)


Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle
  • Karen Ramsay

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.06,06 (3rd, did not advance)


Women's 400m Freestyle
  • Michelle Ford

  • Qualifying Heat — 4.13,90 (1st)

  • Final — 4.11,65 (→ 4th place)

  • Rosemary Fydler

  • Qualifying Heat — 4.21,36 (6th, did not advance)


Women's 800m Freestyle
  • Michelle Ford

  • Qualifying Heat — 8.42,36 (2nd)

  • Final — 8.28,90 (→ Gold Medal)

  • Rosemary Fydler

  • Qualifying Heat — 8.49,47 (4th, did not advance)


Women's 100m Butterfly
  • Lisa Curry

  • Qualifying Heat — 1.02,92 (3rd)

  • Final — 1.02,40 (→ 5th place)


Women's 200m Butterfly
  • Michelle Ford

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.12,72 (1st)

  • Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Karen Ramsay

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.17,82 (4th, did not advance)


Women's 200m Breaststroke
  • Lisa Curry

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.39,42 (→ 5th place, did not advance)


Women's 200m Butterfly

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke
  • Lisa Forrest

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.15,40 (1st)

  • Final — 2.16,75 (→ 7th place)

  • Georgina Parkes

  • Qualifying Heat — 2.17,78 (3rd, did not advance)


Women's 400m Individual Medley
  • Lisa Curry

  • Qualifying Heat — 5.01,58 (→ 5th place, did not advance)


Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay


Water polo



Men's Team Competition



TRIVIA

Norman May's call of the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay, in which he excitedly exclaimed ''"Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold"'' {Link without Title} , has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport.


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