Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 242 competitors, 169 men and 73 women, took part in 137 events in 22 sports.
Medalists
Archery
In the fourth Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent one woman and one man. Two-time veteran Terene Donovan improved her score from four years earlier by 99 points even as she fell ten places in the ranking.
Women's Individual Competition
Terene Donovan — 2442 points (→ 19th place)
Men's Individual Competition
Christopher Blake — 2434 points (→ 31st place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Peter Van Miltenburg
Qualifying Heat — 10.55
Quarterfinals — 10.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Peter Van Miltenburg
Qualifying Heat — 21.06
Quarterfinals — 21.09 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
Darren Clark
Heat — 45.68
Quarterfinals — 44.77
Semifinals — 45.26
Final — 44.75 (→ 4th place) Bruce Frayne Heat — 46.08 Quarterfinals — 45.35 Semifinals — 45.21 (→ did not advance) Gary Minihan Heat — 46.93 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Robert de Castella — 2:11:09 (→ 5th place)
Men's Long Jump
Gary Honey
Qualification — 7.93m
Final — 8.24m (→ Silver Medal)
Men's High Jump
John Atkinson
Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Peter Hadfield
Final result — 7683 points (→ 14th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
David Smith
Final — 1:26:48 (→ 10th place) Simon Baker Final — 1:27:43 (→ 14th place) Willi Sawall Final — 1:28:24 (→ 16th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Michael Harvey
Final — 4:09:18 (→ 11th place) Andrew Jachno Final — DNF (→ no ranking) Willi Sawall Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's 3,000 metres
Donna Gould
Heat — 9.05.56 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Lisa Martin
Final — 2:29.03 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Debbie Flintoff-King
Heat — 57.20
Semifinal — 56.24
Final — 56.21 (→ 6th place)
Women's Long Jump
Robyn Lorraway
Qualification — 6.61 m
Final — 6.67 m (→ 6th place) Glynis Nunn Qualification — 6.41 m Final — 6.53 m (→ 7th place) Linda Garden Qualification — 6.49 m Final — 6.30 m (→ 11th place)
Women's High Jump
Vanessa Browne
Qualification — 1.90m
Final — 1.94m (→ 6th place) Christine Stanton Qualification — 1.90m Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Gael Martin
Qualification — 55.38m
Final — 55.88m (→ 8th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Petra Rivers
Qualification — 59.12m
Final — 56.20m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put
Gael Martin
Final — 19.19 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Heptathlon
Glynis Nunn
Final result — 6390 points (→ Gold Medal)
Basketball
Men's team competition
Preliminary round (Group A) Defeated Brazil (76–72) Lost to Yugoslavia (64–94) Defeated West-Germany (67–66) Lost to Italy (82–93) Defeated Egypt (94–78) Quarterfinals Lost to Spain (93–101) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Lost to Uruguay (95–101) 7th/8th place: Defeated West-Germany (83–76) → Seventh place Team Roster Phil Smyth (captain) Andrew Campbell Damian Keogh Larry Sengstock Mark Dalton Wayne Carroll Mel Dalgleish Andrew Gaze Ian Davies Danny Morseau Brad Dalton Ray Borner Head coach: Lindsay Gaze
Women's team competition
Preliminary round
Lost to PR China (64–67) Lost to United States (47–81) Lost to Canada (45–56) Lost to South Korea (48–54) Defeated Yugoslavia (62–59) → Fifth place Team Roster Robyn Maher Bronwyn Marshall Jenny Cheesman (captain) Patricia Cockrem Donna Quinn Patricia Mickan Julie Nykiel Kathryn Foster Marina Moffa Karen Dalton Wendy Laidlaw Sue Geh
Head Coach: Brendan Flynn
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Jeff Fenech First round — Defeated René Centellas (BOL), RSC-3 Second round — Defeated David Mwaba (TNZ), 5:0 Quarterfinals — Lost to Redzep Redzepovski (YUG), 1:4
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented Australia in 1984, winning gold in the team pursuit.
Individual road race
Jeff Leslie – +22:20 (→ 50th place) Michael Lynch – +27:05 (→ 55th place) Gary Trowell – did not finish (→ no ranking) John Watters – did not finish (→ no ranking)