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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 three countries, along with Greece and the United Kingdom, 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, diving 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.

Medals


         Australia
Total
17161750

Archery


1 Bronze

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

Athletics


1 Silver, 2 Bronze

Other: Christie Dawes; Katerina Dressler; Kurt Fearnley; David Geddes; Rosemary Hayward; Rebecca Irwin; Kristopher McCarthy; Andrew McManus; Renee Robson; Louise Sauvage; Annabelle Smith; Deborah Sosimenko; Eliza Stankovic.

Badminton


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

Baseball


Silver medal

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.

Basketball


1 Silver

Men's team competition

  • 10th place

Team Roster Head Coach: Brian Goorjian

Women's Team Competition

Beach Volleyball


Boxing


  • Men's Light Fly Weight (< 48 kg)
    • Peter Wakefield - Eliminated in the Round of 16 - Points Decision 29:20
  • Men's Fly Weight (49 kg - 51 kg)
    • Bradley Hore - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Points Decision 18:32
  • Men's Bantam Weight (52 kg - 54 kg)
    • Joel Brunker - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Referee Stop Contest Outscored 3:23 in Round 3
  • Men's Feather Weight (55 kg - 57 kg)
    • Ryan Langham - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Points Decision 15:40
  • Men's Light Weight (58 kg - 60 kg)
    • Anthony Little - Eliminated in the Round of 16 - Referee Stop Contest Outscored 9:29 in Round 3
  • Men's Light Welter Weight (61 kg - 64 kg)
    • Anoushirvan Nourian - Eliminated in the Round of 16 - Points Decision 25:33
  • Men's Welter Weight (65 kg - 69 kg)
    • Gerard O'Mahony - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Points Decision 27:54
  • Men's Middle Weight (70 kg - 75 kg)
    • Jamie Pittman - Eliminated in the Round of 32 - Points Decision 23:24
  • Men's Light Heavy Weight (76 kg - 81 kg)
    • No competitors
  • Men's Heavy Weight (82 kg - 91 kg)
    • Adam Forsyth - Eliminated in the Quarterfinals - Points Decision 12:27
  • Men's Super Heavy Weight (> 91 kg)
    • No competitors

Canoeing


2 Silver

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.

Cycling


6 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze

Mountain bike: Joshua Fleming; Lisa Mathison; Sidney Taberlay.

Road:

Track:

Diving


1 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze

Men's 3m Springboard:

Men's 10m Platform:

Women's 3m Springboard:

Women's 10m Platform:

Other Divers:

Equestrian


Tim Amitrano; Olivia Bunn; Phillip Dutton; Mary Hanna; Andrew Hoy; Phillip Dutton; Erica MacMillan; Stuart Tinney; Rebel Morrow; Olivia Bunn.

Fencing


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

Football


Men's Team Roster: John Aloisi; Alex Brosque; Tim Cahill; Shane Cansdell-Sherriff; Anthony Danze; Spase Dilevski; Ahmad Elrich; Eugene 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's Team Roster: 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, and Sarah Walsh.

Australia lost to Sweden in Quarter-Finals. Score: Sweden: 2 Australia: 1

Gymnastics


Men's artistic:

Women's artistic: 8th place team

Women's rhythmic:

Lesley Daly; Danielle Kelly

Hockey


1 Gold

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Australia - New Zealand 4-1
  • Australia - Argentina 2-2
  • Australia - India 4-3
  • Australia - South Africa 3-2
  • Australia - Netherlands 1-2
    • Semi Finals
  • Australia - Spain 6-3
    • Final
  • Australia - Netherlands 2-1 (After extra time, → Gold Medal)

Team Roster

Women's team

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Australia - Germany 1-2
  • Australia - South Africa 3-0
  • Australia - South Korea 2-2
  • Australia - The Netherlands 0-1
    • Classification Matches
  • 5th-8th place: Australia - Japan 3-1
  • 5th-6th place: Australia - New Zealand 3-0 (→ Fifth place)

Team Roster

Judo


Men

Women

Modern Pentathlon


Men's

Women's

Rowing


1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze

Men

Women

Sailing


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.

Shooting


1 Gold, 1 Bronze

Men's

Women's

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.

Softball


1 Silver

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.

  • Preliminary round: 6-1 record, 2nd seed
  • Semifinal: lost to United States, 5-0
  • Bronze medal game: defeated Japan, 3-0
  • Gold medal game: lost to United States, 5-1

Silver Medal - Lost to USA in Gold Medal match 5-1. The Team was the only one to score a run against the USA in the tournament.

Swimming


7 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze

Men

Women

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.

Synchronised Swimming


Amanda Laird; Leonie Nichols.

Table Tennis


Men: Trevor Brown; William Henzell; Russell Lavale; David Zalcberg. Women: Miao Miao; Jian Fang Lay.

Tennis


1 Bronze

Men's singles:

Men's doubles:

Women's singles:

Women's doubles:

Triathlon


1 Silver

Men's

Women's

Volleyball


Women's beach:

Men's:

  • Prelims: 0-5
  • Quarterfinal: Did not qualify

Team members: 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.

Water Polo


Men's: 9th place
  • Preliminary round: 1-3-1
  • Classification 7-12: Defeated Kazakhstan, 10-5
  • Classification 7-10: Lost to United States, 6-5
  • Classification 9/10: Defeated Croatia, 8-7
    • Team members: 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's: 4th place

  • Preliminary round: 2-0-1
  • Semifinal: Lost to Greece, 6-2
  • Bronze medal game: Lost to United States, 6-5
    • Team members: 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.

Weightlifting


Sergo Chakhoyan; Deborah Lovely.

Wrestling


Ali Abdo

Officials


  • President: Mr. John Coates
  • Secretary General: Mr. Bob Elphinston

External link


Australia at the Olympics | Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics

 

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