Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

• Michelle Ford — Swimming, Women's 800 metres Freestyle
• Neil Brooks, Mark Kerry, Peter Evans and Mark Tonelli — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, known as the Quietly Confident Quartet

  Silver

• Rick Mitchell — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• John Sumegi — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles

  Bronze

• Graeme Brewer — Swimming, Men's 200 metres Freestyle
• Max Metzker — Swimming, Men's 1.500 metres Freestyle
• Mark Kerry — Swimming, Men's 200 metres Backstroke
• Peter Evans — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Breaststroke
• Michelle Ford — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Butterfly

  Archery

• Terene Donovan — 2343 points
• Carole Toy — 2285 points

• Scott Dumbrell — 2271 points

  Athletics

• Bill Scott
• * Heat — 28:58.8
• * Final — 28:15.1
• Stephen Austin
• * Heat — 29:45.2
• Gerard Barrett
• * Heat — did not finish

• Gary Honey
• * Qualification — 7.44 m

• Ian Campbell
• * Qualification — 17.02 m
• * Final — 16.72 m
• Ken Lorraway
• * Qualification — 16.80 m
• * Final — 16.44 m

• Robert de Castella
• * Final — 2:14:31
• Chris Wardlaw
• * Final — 2:20:42
• Gerard Barrett
• * Final — did not finish

• Peter Farmer
• * Qualifying Round — 69.16m

• David Smith
• * Final — DSQ

• Willi Sawall
• * Final — 4:08:25
• David Smith
• * Final — did not finish

• Peter Hadfield
• * Final — 7709 points

• Denise Boyd
• * Heat — 11.56
• * Quarterfinals — 11.35
• * Semifinals — 11.44
• Debbie Wells
• * Heat — 11.72
• * Quarterfinals — 11.66

• Penelope Gillies
• * Heat — 13.68

• Gael Mulhall
• * Qualification — 54.90 m

• Gael Mulhall
• * Final — 18.00 m

• Pam Matthews
• * Qualification — 55.72 m
• Petra Rivers
• * Qualification — 51.08 m

• Christine Stanton
• * Qualification — 1.88m
• * Final — 1.91m

  Basketball

• Preliminary Round :
• * Lost to Cuba
• * Defeated Italy
• * Defeated Sweden
• Classification Round :
• * Defeated Czechoslovakia
• * Lost to Poland
• * Defeated Senegal
• * Defeated India → 8th place
• Team Roster:
• * Peter Ali
• * Stephen Breheny
• * Perry Crosswhite
• * Mel Dalgleish
• * Ian Davies
• * Gordon McLeod
• * Danny Morseau
• * Les Riddle
• * Larry Sengstock
• * Phil Smyth
• * Michael Tucker
• * Peter Walsh
• Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze

  Boxing

• Norm Stevens
• * First Round — Lost to Geza Tumbas on points

  Canoeing

Cycling

• Michael Wilson
• Kevin Bradshaw
• Remo Sansonetti
• Graham Seers

• Kevin Bradshaw
• Remo Sansonetti
• David Scarfe
• Michael Wilson

• Kenrick Tucker

• Kenrick Tucker

• Kelvin Poole

• Colin Fitzgerald
• Kevin Nichols
• Kelvin Poole
• Gary Sutton

  Diving

• Steve Foley
• * Preliminary Round — 521.82 points

• Steve Foley
• * Preliminary Round — 427.44 points

  Fencing

• Greg Benko

• Greg Benko

• Mitzi Ferguson
• Helen Smith

  Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

• Robert Barrie — 4696 pts, 37th place

  Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

• Neil Brooks
• * Qualifying Heat — 51,11
• * Semi-Finals — 52,70
• Graeme Brewer
• * Qualifying Heat — 52,59
• * Semi-Finals — 51,91
• * Final — 52,22
• Mark Tonelli
• * Qualifying Heat — 52,04
• * Semi-Finals — 52,17

• Graeme Brewer
• * Qualifying Heat — 1.51,92
• * Final — 1.51,60
• Ron McKeon
• * Qualifying Heat — 1.52,66
• * Final — 1.52,60

• Graeme Brewer
• * Qualifying Heat — 3.57,19
• Max Metzker
• * Qualifying Heat — 3.54,79
• * Final — 3.56,87
• Ron McKeon
• * Qualifying Heat — 3.56,77
• * Final — 3.57,00

• Max Metzker
• * Qualifying Heat — 15.21,63
• * Final — 15.14,49

• Paul Moorfoot
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.05,69

• Peter Evans
• * Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55
• * Final — 1.03,96
• Lindsay Spencer
• * Qualifying Heat — 1.04,78
• * Final — 1.05,04

• Lindsay Spencer
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.21,08
• * Final — 2.19,68
• Peter Evans
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.26,62

• Mark Tonelli
• * Qualifying Heat — 58,66
• * Semi Final — 57,89
• * Final — 57,98
• Mark Kerry
• * Qualifying Heat — 58,08
• * Semi Final — 58,07
• Glenn Patching
• * Qualifying Heat — 58,30
• * Semi Final — 1.00,31

• Mark Kerry
• * Qualifying Heat — 3.03,60
• * Final — 2.03,14
• Mark Tonelli
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.07,04
• Paul Moorfoot
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.04,87
• * Final — 2.06,15

• Paul Moorfoot
• * Qualifying Heat — 4.34,28

• Graeme Brewer, Mark Tonelli, Mark Kerry, and Ron McKeon
• * Qualifying Heat — 7.34,06
• * Final — 7.30,82

• Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark Tonelli, and Neil Brooks
• * Qualifying Heat — 3.48,94
• * Final — 3.45,70

• Michelle Pearson
• * Qualifying Heat — 58,90

• Karen Ramsay
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.06,06

• Michelle Ford
• * Qualifying Heat — 4.13,90
• * Final — 4.11,65
• Rosemary Fydler
• * Qualifying Heat — 4.21,36

• Michelle Ford
• * Qualifying Heat — 8.42,36
• * Final — 8.28,90
• Rosemary Fydler
• * Qualifying Heat — 8.49,47

• Lisa Curry
• * Qualifying Heat — 1.02,92
• * Final — 1.02,40

• Michelle Ford
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.12,72
• * Final — 2.11,66
• Karen Ramsay
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.17,82

• Lisa Curry
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.39,42

• Michelle Ford
• * Final — 2.11,66

• Lisa Forrest
• * Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55
• Georgina Parkes
• * Qualifying Heat — 1.05,06

• Lisa Forrest
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.15,40
• * Final — 2.16,75
• Georgina Parkes
• * Qualifying Heat — 2.17,78

• Lisa Curry
• * Qualifying Heat — 5.01,58

• Lisa Curry, Karen Ramsay, Rosemary Brown, and Michele Pearson
• * Qualifying Heat — 3.56,24
• * Final — 3.54,16

• Lisa Forrest, Lisa Curry, Karen Ramsay, and Rosemary Brown
• * Qualifying Heat — 4.23,33
• * Final — 4.19,90

  Water polo

• Preliminary Round
• * Defeated Bulgaria
• * Lost to Cuba
• * Lost to Yugoslavia
• Final Round
• * Defeated Bulgaria
• * Drew with Romania
• * Defeated Greece
• * Defeated Sweden
• * Defeated Italy → 7th place
• Team Roster
• * Michael Turner
• * David Neesham
• * Robert Bryant
• * Peter Montgomery
• * Julian Muspratt
• * Andrew Kerr
• * Anthony Falson
• * Charles Turner
• * Martin Callaghan
• * Randall Goff
• * Andrew Steward
• Head Coach: Tom Hoad

  Weightlifting

Wrestling

Trivia