Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 279 (187 men, 92 women) in 25 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Jenny Donnett (opening) Kieren Perkins (closing) |
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| Medals Rank: 10th |
Gold 7 |
Silver 9 |
Bronze 11 |
Total 27 |
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Australia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 279 competitors, 187 men and 92 women, took part in 153 events in 25 sports.[1]
[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Kathy Watt — Cycling, Women's Road Race
- Matt Ryan — Equestrian, Three-day Event Individual Competition
- Kieren Perkins — Swimming, Men's 1,500 m Freestyle
- Clint Robinson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1,000 m
- Matt Ryan, Andrew Hoy and Gillian Rolton — Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition
- Stephen Hawkins and Peter Antonie — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Andrew Cooper, Mike McKay, James Tomkins and Nick Green — Rowing, Men's Coxless Four M4-
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Silver
- Kieren Perkins — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Hayley Lewis — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Glen Housman — Swimming, Men's 1,500 m Freestyle
- Gary Neiwand — Cycling, Men's 1,000 m Sprint
- Shane Kelly — Cycling, Men's 1,000 m Time Trial
- Kathy Watt — Cycling, Women's 3,000 m Individual Pursuit
- Danielle Woodward — Canoeing, Women's Slalom
- Brett Aitken, Steve McGlede, Shaun O'Brien, and Stuart O'Grady — Cycling, Men's 4,000 m Team Pursuit
- John Bestall, Warren Birmingham, Lee Bodimeade, Ashley Carey, Gregory Corbitt, Stephen Davies, Damon Diletti, Lachlan Dreher, Lachlan Elmer, Dean Evans, Paul Lewis, Graham Reid, Jay Stacy, Michael York, David Wansbrough, and Ken Wark — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
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Bronze
- Nicole Stevenson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Hayley Lewis — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Samantha Riley — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Susie O'Neill — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Phil Rogers — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Lars Kleppich — Sailing, Men's Lechner Individual Competition
- Daniela Costian — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Tim Forsyth — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Mitch Booth and John Forbes — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
- Rachel McQuillan and Nicole Provis — Tennis, Men's Women's Doubles
- Ramon Andersson, Kelvin Graham, Ian Rowling, and Steve Wood — Canoeing, Men's K4 1,000 m
[edit] Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics
In the sixth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men. Grant Greenham had the nation's only individual win, though the trio also won their first match in the team round.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Grant Greenham — Round of 16, 16th place (1-1)
- Simon Fairweather — Round of 32, 25th place (0-1)
- Scott Hunter-Russell — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0)
Men's Team Competition:
- Greenham, Fairweather, and Hunter-Russell — Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Men's Competition
Men's 200 metres
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- Heat — 20.86
- Quarterfinals — 20.61 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 400 metres
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- Heat — 46.26
- Quarterfinals — 46.85 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 400m Hurdles
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- Heat — 49.74 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's Marathon
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- Final — 2:17.44 (→ 26th place)
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- Final — 2:23.42 (→ 48th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
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- Final — 1:31:39 (→ 22nd place)
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- Final — 1:36:49 (→ 31st place)
Men's 50 km Walk
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- Final — 4:08:11 (→ 19th place)
Men's High Jump
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- Qualification — 2.26 m
- Final — 2.34 m (→
Bronze Medal)
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- Qualification — 2.20 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
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- Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 8.00 m
- Final — 7.73 m (→ 11th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
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- Qualification — 75.90 m
- Final — 76.16 m (→ 8th place)
Men's Discus Throw
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- Qualification — 62.20 m
- Final — 60.12 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Pole Vault
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- Qualification — 5.30m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's Decathlon
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- Final Result — 7703pts (→ 19th place)
[edit] Women's Competition
Women's 100 metres
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- Heat — 11.62
- Quarterfinals — 11.59 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
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- Heat — 11.57
- Quarterfinals — 11.67 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 metres
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- Heat — 23.18
- Quarterfinals — 23.03
- Semifinals — 23.03 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
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- Heat — 23.86 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 400 metres
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- Heat — 52.49
- Quarterfinals — 51.71
- Semifinals — 50.78 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
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- Heat — 52.85
- Quarterfinals — 52.05
- Semifinals — 52.09 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
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- Heat — 53.70
- Quarterfinals — 51.52 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 3,000 metres
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- Heat — 9:00.62 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 10,000 metres
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- Heat — 32:53.61 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 4x100m Relay
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- Heat — 43.49
- final — 43.77 (→ 6th place)
Women's 4x400m Relay
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- Heat — 3:25.68
- final — 3:26.42 (→ 7th place)
Women's Marathon
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- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 10 km Walk
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- Final — 46:01 (→ 15th place)
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- Final — 50:13 (→ 31st place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
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- Heat — 58.32 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's High Jump
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- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 1.91 m (→ 8th place)
Women's Long Jump
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- Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's Discus Throw
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- Heat — 65.94m
- Final — 66.24m (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Javelin Throw
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- Heat — 60.56m
- Final — 56.00m (→ 11th place)
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- Heat — did not compete (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's Heptathlon
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- Final Result — fid not finish 58.32 (→ no ranking)
[edit] Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B):
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- Defeated Puerto Rico (116-76)
- Lost to Unified Team (63-85)
- Defeated Venezuela (78-71)
- Defeated PR China (88-66)
- Lost to Lithuania (87-98)
- Quarter Finals:
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- Lost to Croatia (65-98)
- Classification Matches:
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- 5th/8th place: Defeated Germany (109-79)
- 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (80-90) → 6th place
- Team Roster:
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- ( 4.) Kevin Dorge
- ( 5.) Michael McKay
- ( 6.) Philip Smyth
- ( 7.) Larry Sengstock
- ( 8.) Damian Keogh
- ( 9.) Leroy Loggins
- (10.) Andrew Gaze
- (11.) Shane Heal
- (12.) Mark Bradtke
- (13.) Lucien Longley
- (14.) Andrew Vlahov
- (15.) Raymond Borner
- Head Coach: Adrian Hurley
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Women's Individual Road Race
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- Final — 2:04:42 (→
Gold Medal)
- Final — 2:04:42 (→
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- Final — 2:05:03 (→ 7th place)
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- Final — 2:05:03 (→ 13th place)
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's 3m Springboard
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- Preliminary Round — 381.33 points
- Final — 611.97 points (→ 4th place)
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- Preliminary Round — 358.05 points (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 388.83 points
- Final — 458.43 points (→ 12th place)
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- Preliminary Round — 371.88 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
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- Preliminary Round — 272.64 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
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- Preliminary Round — 254.31 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 10m Platform
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- Final — 365.88 points (→ 10th place)
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- Final — 342.39 points (→ 11th place)
[edit] Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Football
Main article: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Australia — Ghana 1-3
- Australia — Mexico 1-1
- Australia — Denmark 3-0
- Quarter Finals
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- Australia — Sweden 2-1
- Semi Finals
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- Australia — Poland 1-6
- Bronze Medal Match
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- Australia — Ghana 0-1
- Team Roster
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- ( 1.) John Filan
- ( 2.) Milan Blagojevic
- ( 3.) Dominic Longo
- ( 4.) Ned Zelic
- ( 5.) Shaun Murphy
- ( 6.) Tony Vidmar
- ( 7.) John Gibson
- ( 8.) Paul Okon
- ( 9.) Zlatko Arambasic
- (10.) George Slifkas
- (11.) John Markovski
- (12.) Damian Mori
- (13.) Tom Veart
- (14.) Steve Refenes
- (15.) Tony Popovic
- (16.) David Seal
- (17.) Gary Hasler
- (18.) Steve Corica
- (19.) Brad Maloney
- (20.) Mark Bosnich
Head coach: Eddie Thomson
[edit] Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Semi Finals
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- Australia — The Netherlands 3 - 2
- Final
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- Australia — Germany 1 - 2 (→
Silver Medal)
- Australia — Germany 1 - 2 (→
- Team Roster
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- ( 1.) Warren Birmingham (captain)
- ( 2.) David Wansbrough
- ( 3.) John Bestall
- ( 4.) Lee Bodimeade
- ( 5.) Ashley Carey
- ( 6.) Stephen Davies
- ( 7.) Damon Diletti (gk)
- ( 8.) Lachlan Dreher (gk)
- ( 9.) Lachlan Elmer
- (10.) Dean Evans
- (11.) Gregory Corbitt
- (12.) Paul Lewis
- (13.) Graham Reid
- (14.) Jay Stacy
- (15.) Ken Wark
- (16.) Michael York
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Classification Matches
- Team Roster
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- ( 1.) Kathleen Partridge (gk)
- ( 2.) Christine Dobson
- ( 3.) Liane Tooth
- ( 4.) Alyson Annan
- ( 5.) Juliet Haslam
- ( 6.) Michelle Hager
- ( 7.) Alison Peek
- ( 8.) Lisa Powell
- ( 9.) Lisa Naughton (gk)
- (10.) Kate Starre
- (11.) Sally Carbon
- (12.) Jackie Pereira
- (13.) Tracey Belbin
- (14.) Rechelle Hawkes
- (15.) Sharon Buchanan
- (16.) Debbie Bowman-Sullivan
- Head coach: Brian Glencross
[edit] Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Modern Pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's Individual Competition:
- Gavin Wayne Lackey → 30th place (5,111 points)
- Colin Michael Hamilton → 58th place (4,594 points)
- Alexander Watson → 63rd place (4,279 points)
Men's Team Competition:
- Lackey, Hamilton, and Watson → 16th place (13,984 points)
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
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- Final Ranking — 98.7 points (→ Bronze Medal)
- Final Ranking — 98.7 points (→
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
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- Final Ranking — 136.0 points (→ 10th place)
Women's 470 Class
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- Final Ranking — 80.4 points (→ 9th place)
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's 50 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 23.01
- B-Final — 22.69 (→ 9th place)
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- Heat — 23.10
- B-Final — 23.06 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 50.26
- B-Final — 50.78 (→ 14th place)
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- Heat — 50.59
- B-Final — 50.93 (→ 16th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
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- Heat — 1:49.26
- B-Final — 1:49.75 (→ 10th place)
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- Heat — 1:49.32
- B-Final — 1:49.77 (→ 11th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
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- Heat — 3:49.24
- Final — 3:45.16 (→ Silver Medal)
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- Heat — 3:50.12
- Final — 3:48.79 (→ 5th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
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- Heat — 15:02.75
- Final — 14:43.48 (→ Gold Medal)
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- Heat — 15:11.36
- Final — 14:55.29 3:48.79 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 100m Backstroke
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- Heat — 57.03 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
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- Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
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- Heat — 2:06.79 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 1:02.10
- Final — 1:01.76 (→ Bronze Medal)
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- Heat — 1:04.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 2:14.39
- Final — 2:13.59 (→ 6th place)
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- Heat — 2:15.67
- B-Final — 2:15.50 (→ 9th place)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle
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- Heat — 7:22.19
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- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
[edit] Synchronized Swimming
Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Table Tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's Singles Competition
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- First Round — Lost to Pete Sampras (United States) 1-6, 6-7, 4-6
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- First Round — Lost to Michael Stich (Germany) 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6
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- First Round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 1-6, 6-7, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
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- First Round — Defeated Roger Smith and Mark Knowles (Bahamas) 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 6-3
- Second round — Lost to Leander Paes and Ramesh Krishnan (India) 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 1-6
Women's Singles Competition
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- First Round — Defeated Katia Piccolini (Italy) 6-1 6-0
- Second Round — Lost to Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 2-6 1-6
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- First Round — Lost to Raffaella Reggi-Concato (Italy) 4-6 6-7
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- First Round — Lost to Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 3-6, 3-6
[edit] Water Polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to United States (4-8)
- Defeated France (9-5)
- Lost to Soviet Union (9-12)
- Tied with Germany (7-7)
- Defeated Chechoslovakia (15-9)
- Classification Matches
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- Defeated Cuba (7-5)
- Defeated Hungary (9-8) → Fifth place
- Team Roster
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Australia at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1992/. Retrieved 2011-21-12.
