 NOC symbol of Australia Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics was represented by Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and abbreviated AUS. 482 athletes from Australia competed in all sports except for Handball in Athens.
Australia first competed in the Olympics in 1896, and is one of only two countries to have sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games. In 1908 and 1912, Australia and New Zealand entered a combined team named Australasia.
Australia entered the Athens Games having won a total of 58 medals, including 16 gold, as the host of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Its strongest sports were swimming, cycling and rowing.
Colin Beashel was Australia's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Australia's national anthem, "Advance Australia Fair", was played when the country won a gold medal.
A list of the members of the Australian Olympic team follows. Names in bold are medal winners.
Men's individual:
Women's individual:
Men's team:
- David Barnes, Tim Cuddihy, and Simon Fairweather - 6th place
Women's team:
- Deonne Bridger, Jo-Ann Galbraith, and Melissa Jennison - 11th place
- Men
- 100 m - Joshua Ross (eliminated in round 2)
- 200 m - Adam Miller (eliminated in round 1)
- 400 m - Casey Vincent, Clinton Hill (both eliminated in round 1)
- 3000 m steeplechase - Peter Nowill (eliminated in round 1)
- 5000 m - Craig Mottram (8th in final)
- 4x100 m relay - Adam Basil, Paul di Bella, Patrick Johnson, Joshua Ross (6th in final)
- 4x400 m relay - John Steffensen, Mark Ormrod, Patrick Dwyer, Clinton Hill (Silver medal)
- Marathon - Lee Troop (2:18:46, 28th place)
- Marathon - Nicholas Harrison (2:21:42, 45th place)
- Marathon - Sisay Bezabeh (2:25:26, 60th place)
- 20 km walk - Nathan Deakes (Bronze medal), Luke Adams (16th place)
- 50 km walk - Nathan Deakes (disqualified)
- Triple jump - Andrew Murphy (eliminated in first round)
- Pole vault - Paul Burgess (11th in final) Steven Hooker (eliminated in first round), Dmitri Markov (eliminated in first round)
- Shot put - Justin Anlezark (7th in final)
- Javelin - William Hamlyn-Harris (eliminated in first round), Oliver Dziubak (eliminated in first round)
- Hammer - Stuart Rendell (eliminated in first round)
- Women
- 200 m - Lauren Hewitt (eliminated in second round)
- 400 m hurdles - Jana Pittman (5th in final)
- 800 m - Tamsyn Lewis (eliminated in first round)
- 1500 m - Sarah Jamieson (eliminated in first round)
- 10000 m - Benita Johnson (24th place) Haley McGregor (25th place)
- Heptathlon - Kylie Wheeler (18th place)
- 20 km walk - Jane Saville (Bronze medal)
- Long jump - Bronwyn Thompson
- High jump - Petrina Price
- Pole vault - Kym Howe (eliminated in first round)
- Hammer - Bronwyn Eagles (eliminated in first round), Brooke Krueger (eliminated in first round)
Other: Christie Dawes; Katerina Dressler; Kurt Fearnley; David Geddes; Rosemary Hayward; Rebecca Irwin; Kerryn McCann; Kristopher McCarthy; Andrew McManus; Renee Robson; Natalie Saville; Louise Sauvage; Annabelle Smith; Deborah Sosimenko; Eliza Stankovic; Cheryl Webb;.
All of Australia's badminton players and pairs were defeated in their respective first round.
Men's singles:
Women's singles:
Men's doubles:
Women's doubles:
Mixed doubles:
- Travis Denney and Kate Wilson-Smith - defeated in round of 32
Silver medal
- Players: Craig Anderson; Thomas Brice; Adrian Burnside; Trent Durrington; Gavin Fingleson; Paul Gonzalez; Justin Huber; Nick Kimpton; Brendan Kingman; Craig Lewis; Graeme Lloyd; David Nilsson; Trent Oeltjen; Wayne Ough; Chris Oxspring; Brett Roneberg; Ryan Rowland Smith; John Stephens; Phillip Stockman; Brett Tamburrino; Richard Thompson; Rodney van Buizen; Glenn Williams; Jeff Williams.
- Manager: Jon Deeble
- Coaches: Tony Harris, Paul Elliott, Philip Dale
Advanced into Final match after defeating a Japanese team made up of professional players in Semifinal (1-0). Lost to Cuba in Final 2-6.
- Men: 10th place
- Players: David Anderson, Andrew Bogut, Calvin Bruton, Martin Cattalini, Shane Heal, Brett Maher, Matthew Nielsen, John Rillie, Paul Rogers, Anthony Ronaldson, Glen Saville, Jason Smith.
- Women: Silver Medal
- Players: Suzy Batkovic, Sandra Brondello, Trish Fallon, Kristi Harrower, Lauren Jackson, Natalie Porter, Alicia Poto, Belinda Snell, Rachael Sporn, Laura Summerton, Penelope Taylor, Allison Tranquilli.
- Men's
- Andrew Schacht & Joshua Slack - Eliminated in round of 16
- Julien Prosser & Mark Williams - 4th place
- Women's
Joel Brunker; Adam Forsyth; Bradley Hore; Ryan Langham; Anthony Little; Anoushirvan Nourian; Gerard O'Mahony; Jamie Pittman; Peter Wakefield.
Medals:
Men's K1 500m:
Nathan Baggaley (Silver)
Men's K2 500m: Nathan Bagalley, Clint Robinson (Silver)
Kate Barclay; Robin Bell; Mark Bellofiore; Daniel Collins; Warwick Draper; Martin Marinov; Chantal Meek; Lachlan Milne; Louise Natoli; Lisa Oldenhof; Amanda Rankin; David Rhodes.
Mountain bike: Joshua Fleming; Lisa Mathison; Sidney Taberlay.
Road:
- Sara Carrigan Women's (Gold)
- Baden Cooke; Olivia Gollan; Robbie McEwen; Stuart O'Grady; Michael Rogers; Matthew White; Oenone Wood.
Track:
- Ryan Bayley Men's Sprint (Gold) and Men's Keirin (Gold)
- Anna Meares Women's 500m Time Trial (Gold) and Women's Sprint (Bronze)
- Men's Team Pursuit (Gold) - Graeme Brown; Peter Dawson; Brett Lancaster; Luke Roberts; Stephen Wooldridge; Brad McGee
- Men's Madison (Gold) - Graeme Brown; Stuart O'Grady
- Brad McGee Men's Individual Pursuit (Silver)
- Kate Mactier Women's Individual Pursuit (Silver)
- Shane Kelly Men's Keirin (Bronze)
- Katherine Bates; Mark Renshaw; Sean Eadie; Ben Kersten.
Men's 3m Springboard:
- Individual: Robert Newbery (Final - 12th); Steven Barnett (Semifinal - 16th)
- Synchronised: Steven Barnett, Robert Newbery (Bronze)
Men's 10m Platform:
- Individual: Mathew Helm (Silver); Robert Newbery (Final - 8th)
- Synchronised: Mathew Helm, Robert Newbery (Bronze)
Women's 3m Springboard:
- Individual: Loudy Tourky (Final - 6th), Irina Lashko (Final - 7th)
- Synchronised: Irina Lashko, Chantelle Newbery (Bronze)
Women's 10m Platform:
- Individual: Chantelle Newbery (Gold), Loudy Tourky (Bronze)
- Synchronised: Lynda Folauhola, Loudy Tourky (Final - 4th)
Other Divers:
Tim Amitrano; Olivia Bunn; Phillip Dutton; Mary Hanna; Andrew Hoy; Phillip Dutton; Erica MacMillan; Stuart Tinney; Rebel Morrow; Olivia Bunn.
Men's: Épée Individual: Seamus Robinson - defeated in round of 32
Women's Épée Individual: Evelyn Halls - defeated in round of 16
Men's Foil Individual: Frank Bartolillo - defeated in round of 32
Men: John Aloisi; Alex Brosque; Tim Cahill; Shane Cansdell-Sherriff; Anthony Danze; Spase Dilevski; Ahmad Elrich; Eugen Galekovic; Ryan Griffiths; Brett Holman; Bradley Jones; Adrian Madaschi; Jonathan McKain; Craig Moore; Jade North; David Tarka; Carl Valeri; Luke Wilkshire.
Australia lost to Iraq in Quarter-Finals. Score: Iraq: 1 Australia: 0
Women: Dianne Alagich, Melissa Barbieri, Rhian Davies, Lisa De Vanna, Gillian Foster, Heather Garriock, Tal Karp, Cassandra Kell, Selin Kuralay, Kylie Ledbrook, Joanne Peters, Karla Reuter, Cheryl Salisbury, Sally Shipard, Thea Slatyer, Danielle Small, Sacha Wainwright, Sarah Walsh.
Australia lost to Sweden in Quarter-Finals. Score: Sweden: 2 Australia: 1
Penelope Blackmore; Lesley Daly; Danielle Kelly; Stephanie Moorhouse; Melissa Munro; Karen Nguyen (reserve); Philippe Rizzo; Monette Russo; Lisa Skinner; Allana Slater.
Men: Michael Brennan; Travis Brooks; Dean Butler; Liam De Young; Jamie Dwyer; Nathan Eglington; Troy Elder; Bevan George; Robert Hammond; Mark Hickman; Mark Knowles; Brent Livermore; Michael McCann; Stephan Mowlan; Grant Schubert; Matthew Wells.
Australia won Gold, defeating The Netherlands 2 - 1 in the final.
Women: Katie Allen; Carmel Bakurski; Toni Cronk; Louise Dobson; Suzanne Faulkner; Peta Gallagher; Emily Halliday; Nikki Hudson; Rachel Imison; Bianca Netzler; Katrina Powell (c); Angie Skirving; Karen Smith; Sarah Taylor; Julie Towers; Melanie Twitt.
Australia placed 5th.
Men
- 60 kg: Scott Fernandis - defeated in round of 32
- 66 kg: Heath Young - defeated in repechage
Women
- 48 kg: Sonya Chervonsky - defeated in repechage
Others:Catherine Arlove; Andrew Collett; Carly Dixon; Morgan Endicott-Davies; Daniel Kelly; Martin Kelly; Jessica Malone; Maria Pekli; Semir Pepic.
Men's
- Alexander Parygin - 4904pts (27th place)
Women's
- Eszter Hortobagyi - 4964pts (20th place)
Men
- Eight: Bo Hanson, Michael McKay, Stuart Reside, Geoffrey Stewart, James Stewart, Stephen Stewart, Stefan Szczurowski, Stuart Welch, Michael Toon (cox) - Bronze medal
- Coxless four: David Dennis, Robert Jahrling, Tom Laurich, David McGowan - eliminated in heats
- Coxless pair: Drew Ginn, James Tomkins - Gold medal
- Quad scull: Scott Brennan, Shaun Coulton, David Crawshay, Duncan Free.
- Double scull: Peter Hardcastle, Brendan Long
- Single scull: Craig Jones - eliminated in heats
- Lightweight coxless four: Simon Burgess, Ben Cureton, Anthony Edwards, Glen Loftus - Silver medal
- Lightweight double scull: George Jelbart, Cameron Wurf
Women
- Eight: Kyeema Doyle, Katie Foulkes (cox), Monique Heinke, Catriona Oliver, Sarah Outhwaite, Victoria Roberts, Sally Robbins, Julia Wilson, Jodi Winter.
- Quad scull: Amber Bradley, Kerry Hore, Dana Faletic, Rebecca Sattin - 4th in final (Promoted to Bronze after a member of third-placed Ukrainian team fails drug test)
- Double scull: Donna Martin, Jane Robinson - eliminated in heats
- Lightweight double scull: Amber Halliday, Sally Newmarch - eliminated in final
Jennifer Armstrong; Colin Beashel; Nicky Bethwaite; Michael Blackburn; Sarah Blanck; Gary Boyd; Darren Bundock; Jessica Crisp; John Forbes; David Giles; Karyn Gojnich; Lars Kleppich; Kristin Kosmala; Christopher Nicholson; Anthony Nossiter; Malcolm Page; Belinda Stowell; Nathan Wilmot.
Mens
- 10 m Air Pistol
- David Moore - eliminated in qualifying round (27th)
- Daniel Repacholi - eliminated in qualifying round (36th)
- Trap
- Adam Vella - Bronze medal
Womens
- 10 m Air Pistol
- Lalita Yauhleuskaya - eliminated in qualifying round (21st)
- Linda Ryan - eliminated in qualifying round (28th)
- 10 m Air Rifle
- Susan McCready - eliminated in qualifying round (27th)
- Trap
- Suzanne Balogh - Gold medal
Other: George Barton; Michael Diamond; Kim Frazer; Stephen Haberman; Matthew Inabinet; Timothy Lowndes; Lauryn Mark; Warren Potent; Bruce Quick; Paul Rahman; Susan Trindall; Tom Turner; Bryan Wilson; Annette Woodward.
Sandra Allen; Marissa Carpadios; Fiona Crawford; Amanda Doman; Peta Edebone; Tanya Harding; Natalie Hodgskin; Simmone Morrow; Tracey Mosley; Stacey Porter; Melanie Roche; Natalie Titcume; Natalie Ward; Brooke Wilkins; Kerry Wyborn.
Silver Medal - Lost to USA in Gold Medal match 5-1. The Team was the only one to score a point against the USA in the tournament.
Men
- 50 m Freestyle - Brett Hawke (6th in final), Ashley Callus (eliminated in heats)
- 100 m Freestyle - Ian Thorpe (Bronze medal), Ashley Callus (eliminated in heats)
- 200 m Freestyle - Ian Thorpe (Gold medal), Grant Hackett (5th in final)
- 400 m Freestyle - Ian Thorpe (Gold medal), Grant Hackett (Silver medal)
- 1500 m Freestyle - Grant Hackett (Gold medal), Craig Stevens
- 100 m Backstroke - Matt Welsh (5th in final), Josh Watson (eliminated in heats)
- 200 m Backstroke - Patrick Murphy (eliminated in heats), Matt Welsh (eliminated in heats)
- 100 m Butterfly - Geoff Huegill (8th in final), Adam Pine (eliminated in heats)
- 200 m Butterfly - Justin Norris (5th in semi-final), Travis Nederpelt (eliminated in heats)
- 100 m Breaststroke - Jim Piper (eliminated in heats)
- 200 m Breaststroke - Jim Piper (disqualified in final), Regan Harrison (eliminated in heats)
- 200 m Individual Medley - Justin Norris (eliminated in heats), Adam Lucas (eliminated in heats)
- 400 m Individual Medley - Travis Nederpelt (8th in final), Justin Norris (eliminated in heats)
- 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- 4x100 m Medley Relay
Women
- 50 m Freestyle - Libby Lenton (Bronze medal), Michelle Engelsman (6th in final)
- 100 m Freestyle - Jodie Henry (Gold medal), Libby Lenton (5th in semi-final)
- 200 m Freestyle - Elka Graham (6th in semi-final), Linda Mackenzie (eliminated in heats)
- 400 m Freestyle - Elka Graham (eliminated in heats), Linda Mackenzie (7th in final)
- 800 m Freestyle - Sarah Paton (eliminated in heats), Linda Mackenzie (eliminated in heats)
- 100 m Backstroke - Marieke Guehrer (eliminated in heats), Giaan Rooney (4th in semi-final)
- 200 m Backstroke - Melissa Morgan (7th in semi-final), Frances Adcock (7th in semi-final)
- 100 m Butterfly - Petria Thomas (Gold medal), Jess Schipper (4th in final)
- 200 m Butterfly - Petria Thomas (Silver medal), Felicity Galvez (5th in final)
- 100 m Breaststroke - Brooke Hanson (Silver medal), Leisel Jones (Bronze medal)
- 200 m Breaststroke - Leisel Jones (Silver medal), Brooke Hanson (8th in final)
- 200 m Individual Medley - Lara Carroll (5th in final), Alice Mills (6th in semi-final)
- 400 m Individual Medley - Lara Carroll (eliminated in heats), Jennifer Reilly (eliminated in heats)
- 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- 4x100 Medley Relay
Melissa Mitchell was a member of the Australian swimming team as part of the 4x100 m freestyle relay team, however she did not compete in any event at the games.
Amanda Laird; Leonie Nichols.
Men: Trevor Brown; William Henzell; Russell Lavale; David Zalcberg.
Women: Miao Miao; Jian Fang Lay.
Men: Caroline Bartasek; Daniel Trenton.
Women: Caroline Massimino; Tina Morgan.
Men's singles:
Men's doubles:
Women's singles:
- Nicole Pratt - eliminated in round of 16
- Alicia Molik - Bronze medal
- Samantha Stosur - eliminated in round of 64
Women's doubles:
- Nicole Pratt & Samantha Stosur - eliminated in round of 32
- Alicia Molik & Rennae Stubbs - eliminated in quarter finals
Men's
- Greg Bennett - 1:51:41.58 (4th place)
- Peter Robertson - 1:55:44.36 (24th place)
- Simon Thompson - 1:52:47.18 (10th place)
Women's
- Loretta Harrop - 2:04:50.17 (silver medal)
- Rina Hill - 2:11:58.86 (33rd place)
- Maxine Seear - Did not finish
Brett Alderman; David Beard; Luke Campbell; Zane Christensen; Andrew Earl; David Ferguson; Benjamin Hardy; Dan Howard; Travis Moran; Grant Sorensen; Hidde Van Beest; Matthew Young.
Men: Pietro Figlioli; Trent Franklin; Toby Jenkins; Sam McGregor; Craig Miller; Tim Neesham; Aleksandr Osadchuk; Dean Semmens; James Stanton; Rafael Sterk; Nathan Thomas; Thomas Whalan; Gavin Woods.
Women: Belinda Brooks; Jemma Brownlow; Naomi Castle; Nikita Cuffe; Joanne Fox; Kate Gynther; Kelly Heuchan; Emma Knox; Elise Norwood; Melissa Rippon; Rebecca Rippon; Bronwyn Smith; Jodie Stuhmcke.
Sergo Chakhoyan; Deborah Lovely.
Ali Abdo
Officials
- President: Mr. John Coates
- Secretary General: Mr. Bob Elphinston
See also
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