Australia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 252 competitors, 180 men and 72 women, took part in 145 events in 24 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 19 September Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 28 September Australia women's national field hockey team Field hockey Women's tournament 30 September Cycling Men's track time trial 20 September Cycling Men's individual pursuit 22 September Athletics Women's marathon 23 September Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 23 September Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres 1 October Boxing Light welterweight 2 October Cycling Men's sprint 24 September Cycling Men's team pursuit 24 September Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 24 September Tennis Women's doubles 28 September Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres 1 October
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 0 3Athletics 16 12 28Basketball 11 11 22Boxing 4 – 4Canoeing 8 0 8Cycling 13 4 17Diving 3 2 5Equestrian 8 2 10Fencing 1 1 2Field hockey 16 16 32Football 17 – 17Gymnastics 1 2 3Judo 3 – 3Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Rowing 16 0 16Sailing 11 2 13Shooting 10 2 12Swimming 14 11 25Synchronized swimming – 2 2Table tennis 1 2 3Tennis 3 3 6Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 4 – 4Wrestling 3 – 3 Total 180 72 252
Archery
In the fifth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent only men. They were not successful, with Simon Fairweather's 16th place the best ranking any individual received. The Australians did not qualify for the team semifinal.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundEighth-finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankChristopher BlakeIndividual122841Did not advanceSimon FairweatherIndividual127611322331616Did not advanceRodney WagnerIndividual118463Did not advanceSimon Fairweather Christopher Blake Rodney WagnerTeam368813Did not advance
Athletics
Men's Competition Men's 200m Mark Garner Heat – 21.09 Quarterfinals – 21.08 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 400m Robert Stone Heat – 46.52 Quarterfinals – 46.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Miles Murphy Heat – 46.38 Quarterfinals – 45.93 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 1,500m Pat Scammel Heat – 3:45.21 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 5,000m Andrew Lloyd Heat – 13:47.87 Semifinals – 13:42.49 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 10,000m Andrew Lloyd Heat – did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's Marathon Steve Moneghetti Final – 2"11.49 (→ 5th place) Robert De Castella Final – 2"13.07 (→ 8th place) Bradley Camp Final – 2"23.49 (→ 41st place)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Robert Ballard, Mark Garner, Leigh Miller, and Miles Murphy Heat – 3:05.93 Miles Murphy, Mark Garner, Robert Ballard, and Darren Clark Semi-final – 3:06.63 Robert Ballard, Mark Garner, Miles Murphy, and Darren Clark Final – 3:02.49 (→ 6th place)
Men's 400m Hurdles Leigh Miller Heat – 50.53 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's Long Jump David Culbert Qualification – 7.64m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon Simon Shirley – 8036 points (→ 15th place) 100 metres – 11.03s Long Jump – 7.45m Shot Put – 14.20m High Jump – 1.97m 400 metres – 48.84s 110m Hurdles – 15.44s Discus Throw – 41.68m Pole Vault – 4.70m Javelin Throw – 64.00m 1.500 metres – 4:27.48s
Men's 20 km Walk Simon Baker Final – 1:21:47.0 (→ 11th place) Andrew Jachno Final – 1:24:52.0 (→ 28th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Simon Baker Final – 3:44:07.0 (→ 6th place) Andrew Jachno Final – 3:53:23.0 (→ 19th place)
Men's Discus Throw Werner Reiterer Qualification – 59.78m (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's Competition Women's 100m Kerry Johnson Heat – 11.44 Quarterfinals – 11.42 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200m Kerry Johnson Heat – 23.20 Quarterfinals – 23.01 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 400m Maree Holland Heat – 52.29 Quarterfinals – 50.90 Semifinals – 50.24 Final – 51.25 (→ 8th place)
Women's 3,000m Jackie Perkins Heat – 9:01.82 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 10,000m Carolyn Schuwalow Heat – 32:10.05 Final – 32:45.07 (→ 17th place) Jackie Perkins Heat – 33:45.22 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay Debbie Flintoff-King, Maree Holland, Kerry Johnson, and Jenny Laurendet Heat – did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon Lisa Martin Final – 2:25:53 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 100m Hurdles Jane Flemming Heat – 13.53 Quarterfinals – did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's 400m Hurdles Debbie Flintoff-King Heat – 54.99 Semifinals – 54.00 Final – 53.17 (→ Gold Medal) Sally Fleming Heat – 56.08 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Jenny Laurendet Heat – 56.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's High Jump Christine Stanton Qualification – 1.92m Final – 1.93m (→ 7th place) Vanessa Browne Qualification – 1.90m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's Long Jump Nicole Boegman Qualification – 6.72m Final – 6.73m (→ 5th place)
Women's Heptathlon Jane Flemming final result – 6351 points (→ 7th place)
Basketball
Summary TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionscoreOppositionscoreOppositionscoreOppositionscoreOppositionscoreRankOppositionscoreOppositionscoreOppositionscoreRankAustralia men'sMen's tournamentW 81–77L 69–91W 106–67L 78–98W 95–753 QW 77–74L 70–91L 49–78 4Australia women'sWomen's tournamentL 55–91W 63–57W 60–48 N/A N/A1 Q N/AL 56–57L 53–68 4
Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented Australia in 1988.
Men's road race Edward Salas Stephen Fairless Scott Steward
Men's team time trial Stephen Fairless Bruce Keech Clayton Stevenson Scott Steward
Men's sprint Gary Neiwand
Men's 1 km time trial Martin Vinnicombe
Men's individual pursuit Dean Woods
Men's team pursuit Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Stephen McGlede Dean Woods Scott McGrory
Men's points race Robert Burns
Women's road race Elizabeth Hepple – 2:00:52 (→ 22nd place) Donna Gould – 2:00:52 (→ 27th place) Kathleen Shannon – 2:00:52 (→ 29th place)
Women's sprint Julie Speight
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankGraeme Banks3 m springboard499.4123Did not advanceRussell Butler470.1928Did not advanceGraeme Banks10 m platform462.8719Did not advanceCraig Rogerson469.4718Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankJennifer Donnet3 m springboard433.1711 Q432.8110Julie Kent10 m platform339.9614Did not advance
Equestrianism
Fencing
Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Australia in 1988.
Men's foil Robert Davidson
Men's épée Robert Davidson
Women's foil Andrea Chaplin
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Men's team competition Preliminary round (Group A) Australia – Kenya 7–1 Australia – Argentina 4–0 Australia – Netherlands 3–2 Australia – Pakistan 4–0 Australia – Spain 1–0 Semi-finals Australia – Great Britain 2–3 Bronze Medal Game Australia – Netherlands 1–2 (→ Fourth place) Team Roster ( 1.) Craig Davies (captain) ( 2.) Colin Batch ( 3.) John Bestall ( 4.) Warren Birmingham ( 5.) Ric Charlesworth ( 6.) Andrew Deane ( 7.) Michael York ( 8.) Mark Hager ( 9.) Jay Stacy (10.) Neil Hawgood (11.) Peter Noel (goalkeeper) (12.) Graham Reid (13.) Roger Smith (14.) Neil Snowden (goalkeeper) (15.) David Wansbrough (16.) Ken Wark Head coach: Richard Aggiss
Women's team competition Preliminary round (Group B) Australia – Canada 1–1 Australia – West Germany 1–0 Australia – South Korea 5–5 Semi-finals Australia – The Netherlands 3–2 Final Australia – South Korea 2–0 (→ Gold Medal) Team Roster ( 1.) Kathleen Partridge (goalkeeper) ( 2.) Elsbeth Clement ( 3.) Liane Tooth ( 4.) Loretta Dorman ( 5.) Lorraine Hillas ( 6.) Michelle Capes ( 7.) Sandra Pisani ( 8.) Deborah Bowman (captain) ( 9.) Lee Capes (10.) Kim Small (11.) Sally Carbon (12.) Jackie Pereira (13.) Tracey Belbin (14.) Rechelle Hawkes (15.) Sharon Buchanan (16.) Maree Fish (goalkeeper) Head coach: Brian Glencross
Judo
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition: Alexander Watson – 0 pt, 64th place
Men's team competition: Watson – 0 pt, 64th place
Rowing
Ion Popa
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle Andrew Baildon Heat – 22.99 Final – 23.15 (→ 8th place) Tom Stachewicz Heat – 23.72 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle Andrew Baildon Heat – 50.34 Final – 50.23 (→ 6th place) Tom Stachewicz Heat – 50.90 B-Final – 50.71 (→ 9th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Duncan Armstrong Heat – 1:48.86 Final – 1:47.25 (→ Gold Medal) Tom Stachewicz Heat – 1:51.02 B-Final – 1:50.83 (→ 11th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Duncan Armstrong Heat – 3:50.64 Final – 3:47.15 (→ Silver Medal) Ian Brown Heat – 3:51.09 B-Final – 3:54.63 (→ 13th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Michael Bruce McKenzie Heat – 15:19.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place) Jason Plummer Heat – 15:22.85 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Carl Wilson Heat – 58.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Simon Upton Heat – 59.06 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Simon Upton Heat – 2:05.08 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Ian McAdam Heat – 1:04.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Ian McAdam Heat – 2:19.68 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Jon Sieben Heat – 53.85 Final – 53.33 (→ 4th place) David Wilson Heat – 55.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly David Wilson Heat – 1:59.02 Final – 1:59.20 (→ 6th place) Martin Roberts Heat – 2:00.32 B-Final – 2:04.28 (→ 16th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Robert Bruce Heat – 2:04.31 Final – 2:04.34 (→ 6th place) Rob Woodhouse Heat 8 – 2:05.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley Robert Bruce Heat – 4:25.15 B-Final – 4:24.33 (→ 11th place) Rob Woodhouse Heat 5 – 4:25.60 B-Final – 4:26.14 (→ 14th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Jason Plummer, Ian Brown, Martin Roberts, and Tom Stachewicz Heat – 7:21.46 Tom Stachewicz, Ian Brown, Jason Plummer, and Duncan Armstrong Final – 7:15.23 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Carl Wilson, Ian McAdam, Jon Sieben, and Andrew Baildon Heat – 3:47.40 Final – 3:45.85 (→ 6th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle Karen van Wirdum Heat – 26.12 Final – 26.01 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Karen van Wirdum Heat – 56.84 B-Final – 57.04 (→ 14th place) Susanne Baumer Heat – 57.76 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle Sheridan Burge-Lopez Heat – 2:03.42 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Susanne Baumer Heat – 2:04.82 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Janelle Elford Heat – 4:11.07 Final – 4:10.64 (→ 5th place) Sheridan Burge-Lopez Heat – 4:12.77 B-Final – 4:10.21 (→ 9th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Julie McDonald Heat – 8:29.68 Final – 8:22.93 (→ Bronze Medal) Janelle Elford Heat – 8:32.14 B-Final – 8:30.94 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Nicole Livingstone Heat – 1:03.26 Final – 1:04.15 (→ 7th place) Karen Lord Heat – 1:04.69 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Nicole Livingstone Heat – 2:14.81 Final – 2:13.43 (→ 5th place) Karen Lord Heat – 2:16.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place) B-Final – 2:18.78 (→ 14th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Lara Hooiveld Heat – 1:11.40 B-Final – 1:11.26 (→ 15th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Lara Hooiveld Heat – 2:39.97 (→ did not advance, 30th place)