Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
in Seoul
Competitors	252 (180 men and 72 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearers	Ric Charlesworth (opening) Debbie Flintoff-King (closing)
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 3 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games  Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 252 competitors, 180 men and 72 women, took part in 145 events in 24 sports.^[1] Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era.

Medalists[]

Gold[]

• Duncan Armstrong — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
• Debbie Flintoff-King — Athletics, Women's 400 m 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 800 m 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

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

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Eighth-final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Christopher Blake	Individual	1228	41	Did not advance
Simon Fairweather	Individual	1276	11	322	3	316	16	Did not advance
Rodney Wagner	Individual	1184	63	Did not advance
Simon Fairweather Christopher Blake Rodney Wagner	Team	3688	13					Did not advance

Athletics[]

Men's Competition[]

Men's 200m

• Mark Garner
  • Heat — 21.09
  • Quarterfinals — 21.08 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m

• Robert Stone
  • Heat — 46.52
  • Quarterfinals — 46.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
• Miles Murphy
  • Heat — 46.38
  • Quarterfinals — 45.93 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 1,500m

• Pat Scammel
  • Heat — 3:45.21 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 5,000m

• Andrew Lloyd
  • Heat — 13:47.87
  • Semifinals — 13:42.49 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 10,000m

• Andrew Lloyd
  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's Marathon

• Steve Moneghetti
  • Final — 2"11.49 (→ 5th place)
• Robert De Castella
  • Final — 2"13.07 (→ 8th place)
• Bradley Camp
  • Final — 2"23.49 (→ 41st place)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Robert Ballard, Mark Garner, Leigh Miller, and Miles Murphy
  • Heat — 3:05.93
• Miles Murphy, Mark Garner, Robert Ballard, and Darren Clark
  • Semi Final — 3:06.63
• Robert Ballard, Mark Garner, Miles Murphy, and Darren Clark
  • Final — 3:02.49 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Leigh Miller
  • Heat — 50.53 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's Long Jump

• David Culbert
  • Qualification — 7.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Simon Shirley — 8036 points (→ 15th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.03s
2. Long Jump — 7.45m
3. Shot Put — 14.20m
4. High Jump — 1.97m
5. 400 metres — 48.84s
6. 110m Hurdles — 15.44s
7. Discus Throw — 41.68m
8. Pole Vault — 4.70m
9. Javelin Throw — 64.00m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:27.48s

Men's 20 km Walk

• Simon Baker
  • Final — 1:21:47.0 (→ 11th place)
• Andrew Jachno
  • Final — 1:24:52.0 (→ 28th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Simon Baker
  • Final — 3:44:07.0 (→ 6th place)
• Andrew Jachno
  • Final — 3:53:23.0 (→ 19th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Werner Reiterer
  • Qualification — 59.78m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's Competition[]

Women's 100m

• Kerry Johnson
  • Heat — 11.44
  • Quarterfinals — 11.42 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m

• Kerry Johnson
  • Heat — 23.20
  • Quarterfinals — 23.01 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 400m

• Maree Holland
  • Heat — 52.29
  • Quarterfinals — 50.90
  • Semifinals — 50.24
  • Final — 51.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 3,000m

• Jackie Perkins
  • Heat — 9:01.82 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 10,000m

• Carolyn Schuwalow
  • Heat — 32:10.05
  • Final — 32:45.07 (→ 17th place)
• Jackie Perkins
  • Heat — 33:45.22 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Debbie Flintoff-King, Maree Holland, Kerry Johnson, and Jenny Laurendet
  • Heat — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Lisa Martin
  • Final — 2:25:53 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 100m Hurdles

• Jane Flemming
  • Heat — 13.53
  • Quarterfinals — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Debbie Flintoff-King
  • Heat — 54.99
  • Semifinals — 54.00
  • Final — 53.17 (→ Gold Medal)
• Sally Fleming
  • Heat — 56.08 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
• Jenny Laurendet
  • Heat — 56.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's High Jump

• Christine Stanton
  • Qualification — 1.92m
  • Final — 1.93m (→ 7th place)
• Vanessa Browne
  • Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Nicole Boegman
  • Qualification — 6.72m
  • Final — 6.73m (→ 5th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Jane Flemming
  • Final Result — 6351 points (→ 7th place)

Basketball[]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Australia men's	Men's tournament	Puerto Rico W 81–77	Soviet Union L 69–91	Central African Republic W 106–67	Yugoslavia L 78–98	South Korea W 95–75	3 Q	Spain W 77–74	Yugoslavia L 70–91	United States L 49–78	4
Australia women's	Women's tournament	South Korea L 55–91	Bulgaria W 63–57	Soviet Union W 60–48	N/A	N/A	1 Q	N/A	Yugoslavia L 56–57	Soviet Union L 53–68	4

Men's tournament[]

Team roster

The following is the Australia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Australia men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster v t
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Darryl Pearce 27 – (1960-10-15)15 October 1960 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 5 – PG 6 Phil Smyth 30 – (1958-05-11)11 May 1958 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) PF 7 Larry Sengstock 28 – (1960-03-04)4 March 1960 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) G/F 8 Damian Keogh 26 – (1962-02-01)1 February 1962 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 9 Wayne Carroll 29 – (1959-02-16)16 February 1959 C 10 Luc Longley 19 – (1969-01-19)19 January 1969 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) G 11 Andrew Gaze 23 – (1965-07-24)24 July 1965 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C 12 Mark Bradtke 19 – (1968-09-27)27 September 1968 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) F/C 13 Brad Dalton 29 – (1959-09-12)12 September 1959 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) F 14 Andrew Vlahov 19 – (1969-04-01)1 April 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) F/C 15 Ray Borner 26 – (1962-05-27)27 May 1962 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Head coach Adrian Hurley Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	468	384	+84	9[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	460	393	+67	9[a]
3	Australia	5	3	2	429	408	+21	8[b]
4	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	382	387	−5	8[b]
5	Central African Republic	5	1	4	346	436	−90	6	9th–12th classification round
6	South Korea (H)	5	0	5	384	461	−77	5

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Women's tournament[]

Team roster

The following is the Australia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Australia women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster v t
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Robyn Maher 28 – (1959-10-06)6 October 1959 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 5 Sandy Brondello 20 – (1968-08-20)20 August 1968 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 6 Jenny Cheesman 30 – (1957-11-02)2 November 1957 PG 7 Michele Timms 23 – (1965-06-28)28 June 1965 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) 8 Donna Brown 24 – (1963-10-12)12 October 1963 9 Patricia Mickan 31 – (1957-03-12)12 March 1957 10 Julie Nykiel 19 – (1968-12-13)13 December 1968 11 Debbie Slimmon 21 – (1967-04-03)3 April 1967 12 Marina Moffa 24 – (1964-04-17)17 April 1964 13 Karen Dalton 27 – (1961-01-02)2 January 1961 14 Shelley Sandie 19 – (1969-01-22)22 January 1969 15 Maree White 28 – (1960-06-07)7 June 1960	Head coach Robbie Cadee Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	178	196	−18	5[a]	Semifinals
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	208	188	+20	5[a]
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	217	241	−24	4[b]	Classification round
4	South Korea (H)	3	1	2	244	222	+22	4[b]

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Boxing[]

Canoeing[]

Cycling[]

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented Australia in 1988.

Men's road race

• Edward Salas
• Stephen Fairless
• Scott Steward

Men's team time trial

• Stephen Fairless
• Bruce Keech
• Clayton Stevenson
• Scott Steward

Men's sprint

• Gary Neiwand

Men's 1 km time trial

• Martin Vinnicombe

Men's individual pursuit

• Dean Woods

Men's team pursuit

• Brett Dutton
• Wayne McCarney
• Stephen McGlede
• Dean Woods
• Scott McGrory

Men's points race

• Robert Burns

Women's road race

• Elizabeth Hepple — 2:00:52 (→ 22nd place)
• Donna Gould — 2:00:52 (→ 27th place)
• Kathleen Shannon — 2:00:52 (→ 29th place)

Women's sprint

• Julie Speight

Diving[]

Equestrianism[]

Fencing[]

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Australia in 1988.

Men's foil

• Robert Davidson

Men's épée

• Robert Davidson

Women's foil

• Andrea Chaplin

Football[]

Gymnastics[]

Hockey[]

Men's Team Competition[]

• Preliminary Round (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.) Ric 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
• Head Coach: Richard Aggiss

Women's Team Competition[]

• 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 Pisani
  • ( 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)
• Head Coach: Brian Glencross

Judo[]

Modern pentathlon[]

One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Alexander Watson — 0 pt, 64th place

Men's Team Competition:

• Watson — 0 pt, 64th place

Rowing[]

• Ion Popa

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Andrew Baildon
  • Heat — 22.99
  • Final — 23.15 (→ 8th place)
• Tom Stachewicz
  • Heat — 23.72 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Andrew Baildon
  • Heat — 50.34
  • Final — 50.23 (→ 6th place)
• Tom Stachewicz
  • Heat — 50.90
  • B-Final — 50.71 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m 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 400 m 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 1500 m Freestyle

• Michael Bruce McKenzie
  • Heat — 15:19.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
• Jason Plummer
  • Heat — 15:22.85 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Carl Wilson
  • Heat — 58.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
• Simon Upton
  • Heat — 59.06 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Simon Upton
  • Heat — 2:05.08 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Ian McAdam
  • Heat — 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Ian McAdam
  • Heat — 2:19.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Jon Sieben
  • Heat — 53.85
  • Final — 53.33 (→ 4th place)
• David Wilson
  • Heat — 55.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m 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 200 m 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 4 × 200 m 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 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Carl Wilson, Ian McAdam, Jon Sieben, and Andrew Baildon
  • Heat — 3:47.40
  • Final — 3:45.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Karen van Wirdum
  • Heat — 26.12
  • Final — 26.01 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100 m 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 200 m 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 400 m 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 800 m 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 100 m 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 200 m 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 100 m Breaststroke

• Lara Hooiveld
  • Heat — 1:11.40
  • B-Final — 1:11.26 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Lara Hooiveld
  • Heat — 2:39.97 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Fiona Alessandri
  • Heat — 1:01.90
  • B-Final — 1:02.51 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Donna Procter
  • Heat — 2:18.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Jodie Clatworthy
  • Heat — 2:17.29
  • Final — 2:16.31 (→ 4th place)
• Donna Procter
  • Heat — 2:21.79 (→ 19th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Jodie Clatworthy
  • Heat — 4:44.26
  • Final — 4:45.86 (→ 6th place)
• Donna Procter
  • Heat — 4:47.57
  • Final — 4:47.51 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Nicole Livingstone, Lara Hooiveld, Fiona Alessandri and Karen van Wirdum
  • Heat — 4:14.32
  • Final — 4:11.57 (→ 4th place)

Synchronized swimming[]

Two synchronized swimmers represented Australia in 1988.

Women's solo

• Lisa Lieschke
• Semon Rohloff

Women's duet

• Lisa Lieschke
• Semon Rohloff

Table tennis[]

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

Men's Doubles Competition

• Darren Cahill and John Fitzgerald
  • First Round — Defeated Anastasios Bavelas and George Kalovelonis (Greece) 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-1
  • Second Round — Defeated Bruce Derlin and Kelly Evernden (New Zealand) 6-7 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-1
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 3-6 4-6 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Anne Minter
  • First Round — Defeated Xochitl Escobedo (Mexico) 6-1 6-3
  • Second Round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 4-6 6-3 1-6
• Elizabeth Smylie
  • First Round — Lost to Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-7 0-6
• Wendy Turnbull
  • First Round — Defeated Clare Wood (Great Britain) 6-1 6-3
  • Second Round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 4-6 6-3 1-6

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

Weightlifting[]

Wrestling[]

See also[]

• Australia at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
• Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

References[]