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Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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| NOCname = Australian Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1980

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| location = Moscow

| competitors = 120 (92 men and 28 women)

| sports = 17

| flagbearer = Denise Boyd (opening)
Max Metzker (opening)
John Sumegi (closing)

| rank = 15

| gold = 2

| silver = 2

| bronze = 5

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Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Australia competed under the Olympic Flag. 120 competitors, 92 men and 28 women, took part in 92 events in 17 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1980/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044347/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1980/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Australia at the 1980 Summer Games |access-date=2011-04-17 |work=sports-reference.com}}

For the first time in the Olympics history, there were two flag bearers, Denise Boyd (athletics) and Max Metzker (swimming), Australia's first joint-flag carriers, carried the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony instead of the national flag. Countries marched in order of the Russian alphabet, and Australia was therefore second in the parade of nations, following Greece, which has traditionally led the march since 1928.

Archery

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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

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Men's 10,000 metres

Men's Long Jump

  • Gary Honey
  • Qualification — 7.44 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Ian Campbell
  • Qualification — 17.02 m
  • Final — 16.72 m (→ 5th place)
  • Ken Lorraway
  • Qualification — 16.80 m
  • Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Peter Farmer
  • Qualifying Round — 69.16m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Decathlon


Women's 100 metres

  • Denise Boyd
  • Heat — 11.56
  • Quarterfinals — 11.35
  • Semifinals — 11.44 (→ did not advance)
  • Debbie Wells
  • Heat — 11.72
  • Quarterfinals — 11.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Women's Discus Throw

  • Gael Mulhall
  • Qualification — 54.90 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Pam Matthews
  • Qualification — 55.72 m (→ did not advance)
  • Petra Rivers
  • Qualification — 51.08 m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

Basketball

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;Men's Team Competition

Boxing

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Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1980.

;Individual road race

;Team time trial

;Sprint

;1000m time trial

;Individual pursuit

;Team pursuit

Diving

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Men's Springboard

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

Men's Platform

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

Fencing

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Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1980.

;Men's foil

;Men's épée

;Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1980.

Men's individual competition:

Rowing

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Shooting

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;Mixed

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Final

Score

!Rank

Yvonne Hill

|rowspan=2|50 m rifle, prone

|align="center"|596

|align="center"|11

David Hollister

|align="center"|595

|align="center"|15

Swimming

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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

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

Men's 200m Butterfly

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

Men's 100m Breaststroke

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

Men's 400m Individual Medley

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

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m 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

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Lisa Curry
  • Qualifying Heat — 1.02,92 (3rd)
  • Final — 1.02,40 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Water polo

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;Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics}}

Trivia

Norman May's call of the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, in which he excitedly exclaimed "Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold",[http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1171944.htm Norman May], George Negus Interview, August 9, 2004 has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport.

See also

References

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  • [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1980 IOC Site on 1980 Summer Olympics]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Report from the Organizing Committee (3 volumes)] on the AAFLA website
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044347/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1980/ sports-reference]

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