Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1980 Summer
flagcaption=Olympic Flag
competitors=127
sports=
flagbearer=Denise Boyd (opening)
Max Metzker (opening)
John Sumegi (closing)
gold=2
silver=2
bronze=5
total=9
rank=15

Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Although Australia did not officially participate in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, athletes were encouraged to boycott by the government, and Australia competed under the Olympic Flag.

Ultimately, the Australian Olympic Committee decided in a split vote to attend the Games, but some sport federations and athletes were pressured into boycotting the Games of their own volition. Many chose to stay at home, including such likely medallists as champion swimmer Tracey Wickham, sprinter Raelene Boyle and the Men's Field Hockey Team. Ultimately a team of 127 athletes attended the Games. Months earlier, a team of 204 athletes had been approved before boycott talks began.

In protest of the Afghanistan invasion, Australia did not march behind the national flag in the Opening Ceremony. Instead, flag bearers Denise Boyd (athletics) and Max Metzker (swimming), Australia’s first joint-flag carriers, carried the Olympic flag.

Medalists

Gold

*Michelle Ford — Swimming, Women's 800 metres Freestyle
*Neil Brooks, Mark Kerry, Peter Evans and Mark Tonelli — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay, known as the "Mean Machine!"

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 Backstroke
*Michelle Ford — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Butterfly

Results by event

Archery

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:
*Terene Donovan — 2343 points (→ 9th place)
*Carole Toy — 2285 points (→ 15th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
*Scott Dumbrell — 2271 points (→ 26th place)

Athletics

Men's Triple Jump
*Ian Campbell:* Qualification — 17.02 m:* Final — 16.72 m (→ 5th place)

*Kenneth Lorraway:* Qualification — 16.80 m:* Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon
* Robert de Castella:* Final — 2:14:31 (→ 10th place)

* Christopher Wardlaw:* Final — 2:20:42 (→ 28th place)

* Gerard Barrett:* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Decathlon
* Peter Hadfield:* Final — 7709 points (→ 13th place)

Women's High Jump
* Christine Stanton :* Qualification — 1.88m:* Final — 1.91m (→ 6th place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C)::* Lost to Cuba (76-83) :* Defeated Italy (84-77):* Defeated Sweden (64-55)
*Classification Round (Group B)::* Defeated Czechoslovakia (91-86):* Lost to Poland (74-101) :* Defeated Senegal (95-64) :* Defeated India (93-75) → 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

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
*Norman Stevens
*# First Round — Lost to Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)

Modern pentathlon

Men's individual competition:
*Robert Barrie — 4696 pts, 37th place

Diving

Men's Springboard
*Stephen Foley:* Preliminary Round — 521.82 points (→ 11th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform
*Stephen Foley:* Preliminary Round — 427.44 points (→ 16th place, did not advance)

wimming

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
*Graeme Brewer :* Qualifying Heat — 1.51,92 (2nd) :* Final — 1.51,60 (→ Bronze Medal)
*Ron McKeon :* Qualifying Heat — 1.52,66:* Final — 1.52,60 (→ 5th place)

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
*Max Metzker :* Qualifying Heat — 15.21,63 (3rd) :* Final — 15.14,49 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 200m Butterfly
*Paul Moorfoot :* Qualifying Heat — 2.05,69 (5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke
*Peter Evans :* Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (2nd) :* Final — 1.03,96 (→ Bronze Medal)
*Lindsay Spencer :* Qualifying Heat — 1.04,78 (3rd) :* Final — 1.05,04 (→ 6th place)

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
*Mark Kerry :* Qualifying Heat — 3.03,60 (1st) :* Final — 2.03,14 (→ Bronze Medal)
*Mark Tonelli :* Qualifying Heat — 2.07,04 (3rd, did not advance)
*Paul Moorfoot :* Qualifying Heat — 2.04,87 (1st) :* Final — 2.06,15 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley
*Paul Moorfoot :* Qualifying Heat — 4.34,28 (5th, did not advance)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Graeme Brewer, Mark Tonelli, Mark Kerry, and Ron McKeon:* Qualifying Heat — 7.34,06 (3rd) :* Final — 7.30,82 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
*Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark Tonelli, and Neil Brooks :* Qualifying Heat — 3.48,94 (2nd) :* Final — 3.45,70 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100m Freestyle
*Michelle Pearson :* Qualifying Heat — 58,90 (4th, did not advance)

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
*Michelle Ford :* Qualifying Heat — 8.42,36 (2nd) :* Final — 8.28,90 (→ Gold Medal)
*Rosemary Fydler:* Qualifying Heat — 8.49,47 (4th, did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly
*Lisa Curry :* Qualifying Heat — 1.02,92 (3rd) :* Final — 1.02,40 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly
*Michelle Ford :* Qualifying Heat — 2.12,72 (1st) :* Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal)
*Karen Ramsay :* Qualifying Heat — 2.17,82 (4th, did not advance)

Women's 200m Breaststroke
*Lisa Curry :* Qualifying Heat — 2.39,42 (→ 5th place, did not advance)

Women's 200m Butterfly
*Michelle Ford :* Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100m Backstroke
*Lisa Forrest :* Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (3rd, did not advance)
*Georgina Parkes :* Qualifying Heat — 1.05,06 (3rd, did not advance)

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 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Lisa Curry, Karen Ramsay, Rosemary Brown, and Michele Pearson :* Qualifying Heat — 3.56,24 (2nd) :* Final — 3.54,16 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
*Lisa Forrest, Lisa Curry, Karen Ramsay, and Rosemary Brown :* Qualifying Heat — 4.23,33 (2nd) :* Final — 4.19,90 (→ 6th place)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Defeated Bulgaria (9-5):* Lost to Cuba (4-6):* Lost to Yugoslavia (2-9)
*Final Round (Group B):* Defeated Bulgaria (8-5):* Drew with Romania (4-4):* Defeated Greece (4-2):* Defeated Sweden (9-4):* Defeated Italy (5-4) → 7th place
*Team Roster:* Michael Turner:* David Neesham:* Robert Bryant:* Peter Montgomeri:* Julian Muspratt:* Andrew Kerr:* Anthony Falson:* Charles Turner:* Martin Callaghan:* Randall Goff:* Andrew Steward
*Head Coach: Tom Hoad

Trivia

Norman May's call of the Men's 4 x 100m 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.

References

* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1980 IOC Site on 1980 Summer Olympics]
* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Report from the Organizing Committee (3 volumes)] on the AAFLA website