Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 242 (169 men, 73 women) in 22 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Wayne Roycroft (opening) Dean Lukin (closing) |
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| Medals Rank: 14 |
Gold 4 |
Silver 8 |
Bronze 12 |
Total 24 |
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Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 242 competitors, 169 men and 73 women, took part in 137 events in 22 sports.[1]
[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Glynis Nunn — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
- Jon Sieben — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Dean Lukin — Weightlifting, Men's Super-Heavyweight (110+ kg)
- Kevin Nichols, Michael Grenda, Michael Turtur, and Dean Woods — Cycling, Men's 4,000 m Team Pursuit
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Silver
- Gary Honey — Athletics, Men's Long jump
- Suzie Landells — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Neil Brooks, Michael Delany, Greg Fasala, and Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle
- Glenn Beringen — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Karen Phillips — Swimming, Women's 200 m 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
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Bronze
- Gael Martin — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Pattie Dench — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol
- Peter Evans — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Glenn Buchanan — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Rob Woodhouse — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Justin Lemberg — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Michele Pearson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Glenn Buchanan, Peter Evans, Mark Kerry, and Mark Stockwell — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m 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, Stephen 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 1,000 m Kayak
[edit] Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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.
Women's Individual Competition
- Terene Donovan — 2442 points (→ 19th place)
Men's Individual Competition
- Christopher Blake — 2434 points (→ 31st place)
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's 100 metres
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- Qualifying Heat — 10.55
- Quarterfinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
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- Qualifying Heat — 21.06
- Quarterfinals — 21.09 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
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- Heat — 45.68
- Qaurterfinals — 44.77
- Semifinals — 45.26
- Final — 44.75 (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 46.08
- Qaurterfinals — 45.35
- Semifinals — 45.21 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 46.93 (→ did not advance)
- Robert de Castella — 2:11:09 (→ 5th place)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 7.93m
- Final — 8.24m (→ Silver Medal)
Men's High Jump
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- Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
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- Final Result — 7683 points (→ 14th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
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- Final — 1:26:48 (→ 10th place)
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- Final — 1:27:43 (→ 14th place)
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- Final — 1:28:24 (→ 16th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
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- Final — 4:09:18 (→ 11th place)
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- Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
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- Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's 3,000 metres
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- Heat — 9.05.56 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
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- Final — 2:29.03 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
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- Heat — 57.20
- Semifinal — 56.24
- Final — 56.21 (→ 6th place)
Women's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 6.61 m
- Final — 6.67 m (→ 6th place)
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- Qualification — 6.41 m
- Final — 6.53 m (→ 7th place)
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- Qualification — 6.49 m
- Final — 6.30 m (→ 11th place)
Women's High Jump
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- Qualification — 1.90m
- Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place)
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- Qualification — 1.90m
- Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw
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- Qualification — 55.38m
- Final — 55.88m (→ 8th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
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- Qualification — 59.12m
- Final — 56.20m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put
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- Final — 19.19 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Final — 19.19 m (→
Women's Heptathlon
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- Final Result — 6390 points (→ Gold Medal)
- Final Result — 6390 points (→
[edit] Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated Brazil (76-72)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (64-94)
- Defeated West-Germany (67-66)
- Lost to Italy (82-93)
- Defeated Egypt (94-78)
- Quarterfinals
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- Lost to Spain (93-101)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th/8th place: Lost to Uruguay (95-101)
- 7th/8th place: Defeated West-Germany (83-76) → Seventh place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
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- Lost to PR China (64-67)
- Lost to United States (47-81)
- Lost to Canada (45-56)
- Lost to South Korea (48-54)
- Defeated Yugoslavia (62-59) → Fifth place
- Team Roster
Head Coach: Brendan Flynn
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Jeff Fenech
- First Round — Defeated René Centellas (BOL), RSC-3
- Second Round — Defeated David Mwaba (TNZ), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 1:4
[edit] Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Individual Road Race
- Jeff Leslie – +22:20 (→ 50th place)
- Michael Lynch – +27:05 (→ 55th place)
- Gary Trowell – did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Elliot Watters – did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's 3m Springboard
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- Preliminary Round — 543.87
- Final — 561.93 (→ 8th place)
[edit] Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1984.
[edit] Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Semi Finals
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- Australia — Pakistan 0–1
- Bronze Medal Game
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- Australia — Great Britain 2–3 (→ Fourth Place)
- Team Roster
- Women's Team Competition
- Round Robin
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Brian Glencross
[edit] Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Rhythmic gymnastics
Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Men's Competition
Men's 100 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 4 – 51.22 (1st)
- Final B – DNS
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- Qualifying Heat 6 – 50.27 (1st)
- Final – 50.24 (→
Silver Medal)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:51.42 (1st)
- Final – 1:53.84 (8th)
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- Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:52.73 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 3:53.89 (1st)
- Final – 3:51.79 (→
Bronze Medal)
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- Qualifying Heat 4 – 3:55.06 (4th)
- Final – 3:55.48 (8th)
Men's 1.500 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 15:29.74 (1st, did not advance)
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 15:25.67 (3rd)
- Final – 15:38.18 (8th)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 54.86 (1st)
- Final – 53.85 (→ Bronze Medal)
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- Qualifying Heat 7 – 55.70 (3rd)
- Final B – DNS
Men's 200 m Butterfly
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- Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:58.63 (2nd)
- Final – 1:57.04 (→
Gold Medal)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:02.87 (1st)
- Final – 1:02.97 (→ Bronze Medal)
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- Qualifying Heat 5 – 1:03.46 (1st)
- Final – 1:03.49 (6th)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
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- Qualifying Heat 6 – 2:17.29 (1st)
- Final – 2:15.79 (→ Silver Medal)
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:21.21 (2nd)
- Final B – DNS
Men's 100 m Backstroke
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 57.15 (1st)
- Final – 57.18 (5th)
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 58.35 (1st)
- Final B – 58.05 (1st)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:04.00 (1st)
- Final – 2:04.61 (8th)
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- Qualifying Heat 5 – 2:06.56 (3rd, did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:06.45 (2nd)
- Final B – 2:04.85 (1st)
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:08.85 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:24.85 (3rd)
- Final – 4:20.50 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:19.94 (1st)
- Final – 3:19.68 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 7:26.93 (2nd)
- Final – 7:25.63 (4th)
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 3:43.93 (1st)
- Final – 3.43.25 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Women's Competition
Women's 50 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 6 – 26.07 (11th)
- Final B – 25.87 (1st)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 4 – 57.76 (1st, did not advance)
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- Qualifying Heat 6 – 57.30 (2nd)
- Final – 58.09 (8th)
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- Qualifying Heat 4 – 56.75 (1st)
- Final – 56.83 (5th)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:01.49 (2nd)
- Final – 1:59.79 (4th)
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- Qualifying Heat 4 – 2:04.82 (8th, did not advance)
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:03.14 (3rd)
- Final – 2:02.87 (8th)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:20.68 (4th)
- Final B – 4:15.46 (1st)
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:15.21 (2nd)
- Final – 4:13.95 (5th)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 8:56.40 (6th, did not advance)
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 8:35.19 (2nd)
- Final – 8:37.94 (4th)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
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- Qualifying Heat 4 – 1:01.97 (2nd)
- Final – 1:01.78 (5th)
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- Qualifying 7 – 1:01.07 (9th)
- Final B – 1:01.61 (5th)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:11.81 (1st)
- Final – 2:10.56 (→ Silver Medal)
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:13.74 (2nd)
- Swim-off with Conny van Bentum (NED) – 2:15.54 (2nd)
- Final B – DNS
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 1:12.18 (3rd)
- Final B – 1:12:00 (3rd)
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:13.43 (4th, did not advance)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:36.47 (5th)
- Final B – 2:39.33 (8th)
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – 2:33.23 (1st)
- Final – 2:33.80 (5th)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 1:04.90 (2nd)
- Final B – 1:04.52 (2nd)
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 1:04.94 (3rd)
- Final B – 1:04.15 (1st)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 2:18.49 (1st)
- Final – 2:14.87 (4th)
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:20.12 (4th)
- Final B – 2:21.36 (8th)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 2:17.46 (2nd)
- Final – 2:15.92 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 4:54.13 (2nd)
- Final – 4:44.30 (→ Silver Medal)
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- Qualifying Heat 3 – 5:54.28 (4th)
- Final B – 4:53.37 (11th)
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
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- Qualifying Heat 1 – 3:49.61 (2nd)
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- Final – 3:47.79 (4th)
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
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- Qualifying Heat 2 – DSQ
[edit] Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group C)
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- Lost to West Germany (6-10)
- Drew with Italy (8-8)
- Defeated Japan (15-2)
- Final Round (Group D)
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (6-9)
- Lost to United States (7-12)
- Defeated Netherlands (8-7)
- Drew with Spain (10-10) → 5th place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Tom Hoad
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Australia at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1984/. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
