Australia at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Australia at the Paralympic Games
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At the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville/New York
Competitors	109
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 49	Silver 54	Bronze 51	Total 154
Paralympic history (summary)
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Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics that were held in two locations - Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom (wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries) and in the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, United States of America (wheelchair and ambulatory athletes with cerebral palsy, amputees, and "Les Autres" (the others) conditions as well as blind and visually impaired athletes). Four months before the beginning of the 1984 summer Paralympics, the University of Illinois terminating their contract to hold the Games.^[1] Australia won 154 medals - 49 gold, 54 silver and 51 bronze medals. Australia competed in 9 sports and won medals in 6 sports. Australia finished 8th on the gold medal table and 7th on the total medal table.^[2]

Notable Australian performances were:

• In Stoke Mandeville (Spinal and Cord Injury athletes) :
  • Australia’s female shooters : Libby Kosmala won four gold medal, creating world record on each occasion, and Barbara Caspers matched her effort also winning four gold medals
  • Alan Dufty won two of each gold, silver and bronze medals on the track
  • Roy Fowler won two gold medals in the singles and doubles lawn bowls
  • A host of other athletes won individual gold medals including Allan Chadwick, Julie Dowling, Terry Giddy, Eric Magennis (with Roy Fowler), Michael Nugent, Jan Randles, Wayne Ryding and Peter Trotter.^[3]
• In New York:
  • The Amputee athletes were the most successful:
  • In the pool, coaching provided by Peter Carroll: Helena Brunner won 5 gold medals, Gary Gudgeon won 4, Greg Hammond won 3 and Rosemary Eames won 2.
  • In the track, Brett Holcombe won 3 gold medals
• Blind and Vision Impaired athletes also benefited from a national organisation to organize competitions and raise funds.
  • They performed well in track and field with Mark Davies winning two gold medals, Margaret Murphy winning a silver and bronze, and both Warren Lawton and Prue-Anne Reynalds securing bronze medals.
  • Blind and Vision Impaired swimmers excelled. Medallist included Mary-Anne Wallace (gold, silver and two bronze), Kingsley Bugarin (3 silver and a bronze), Craig Blackburn (3 silver), Therese Donovan (3 silver and a bronze), and Mary-Anne Wallace (silver and two bronze medals).
• For the first time 4 Cerebral Palsy athletes and a “Les Autres” athlete attended the Paralympics :
  • Robert Walden won four gold medals in the pool
  • Terry Biggs won a gold medal in table tennis
  • Lyn Coleman won a silver medal on the track
  • The first Australia’s “Les Autres” athlete, Malcom Chalmers won a gold, silver and two bronze medals in swimming.^[3]

Preparation

The 1984 Summer Paralympics has become known as "The last minute games".^[4] These Games were originally intended to be hosted by the University of Illinois but financial problems caused the university to pull out of hosting them three months before they were set to begin, "...without doubt resulting in a setback to the disability sports movement".^[5] On short notice, Long Island and Stoke Mandeville took up the task of hosting the Games.^[6] The NWAA felt that by hosting separate games, there would be more freedom for each disability group and more services could be provided to athletes.^[7] With 1500 athletes and officials arriving from 41 different countries it was the 35 years experience of hosting national and international games that allowed the games to be put together so quickly and efficiently.^[6][8] The sports stadium had been built in 1969 and ten years later the Olympic village had also been built to ensure disabled athletes always had Olympic facilities when others were closed.^[6] However, a number of small problems arose throughout the initial planning phases for the games. The seating plan needed to allow the 300-seat stadium to sit 40 different countries. Organisers claimed that there were a number of minor diplomatic problems such as the Egyptian representative Admiral Latif and organisers not knowing how many of his wives and extended family were expected to come.^[6] Furthermore, the flag the USA had provided was considerably larger than all the other nations' flags and organisers had to purchase larger flags for all other countries so the size difference wouldn’t show.^[6]

With such a large number of people arriving, 43 nations worth of athletes and officials were never going to fit into the existing Olympic village. Alternate arrangements had to be made with the Japanese team sleeping in Mandeville School, the Israeli team sleeping at a local agriculture college, the American team sleeping at RAF Halton camp and hospital beds and Thame and High Wacombe also used as accommodation.^[6] Smaller national teams stayed in the homes of locals with trainers and coaches camping in the backyard.^[6]

Volunteers

Volunteers were in abundance throughout the Games. The spinal injuries ward was worked by volunteers and St Johns Ambulances to ensure nurses could be free for games duties.^[6] Douglas Joss was released from his job on Aylesbury Council to organise local volunteers, known as Blue Banders.^[6] Police said they couldn't help with marshalling the Games and the best they could do was put a few extra motorcycles out.^[6] A volunteer badge was handed out to volunteers and it wasn't an uncommon site for people to be wearing 5 or 6 of the same badge with different years on it.^[6]

Mascot

The mascot for the 1984 Paralympic Games was Dan D. Lion, which was designed by an art teacher Maryanne McGrath Higgins.^[9] The name was designed by Human Resources School, a special education institute for students with severe physical impairments in New York.^[9] Running shoes and jogging clothes was the main attire the mascot wore. Dan D. Lion was only the mascot for the New York Games not the Stoke Mandeville Games which did not have an official mascot.^[9]

Team

Australia sent a large team of 58 athletes in Stoke Mandeville. These athletes were managed by George Dunstan and Don Perriman with medical supervision provided by Dr John Bourke, Sister Norma Beer and physiotherapist Maggie Beven, as well as 13 additional escorts. Australia sent 66 other athletes to the International Games for Disabled in New York. The largest components of competitors were Amputees (40) and Blind and Vision Impaired (21), while Cerebral Palsy (4) and an Australian “Les Autres” athlete attended the Games for the first time.^[10]

Amputee Officials in New York - Berry Rickards (General Manager), Peter Carroll (Swim Coach/Manager), Brian Neighbour (Athletics Coach/Manager), Wayne Bradshaw (Athletics Assistant), Dr Les Cunningham (Sport Psychologist), Mark Mannin (Media)^[11]
Blind Officilas in New York - J. Simon (General Manager), Jane Buckley (Physiotherapist)

Opening Ceremonies

New York

Patchy showers greeted the 14000 spectators packed into the Mitchel Park stadium for the 2pm start of the New York Games opening ceremony on the 19th June.^[1] New York radio personality William B. Williams introduced everyone with a welcome speech.^[1] Entertainers such as Bill Buzzeo and the Dixie Ramblers, Richie Havens, The New Image Drum and Bugle Corps, the ARC Gospel Chorus and the Square Dance Extravaganza followed the introduction speech.^[1] Four helicopters then landed in the middle of a baseball field behind Mitchel Park, which marked the arrival of President Reagan.^[1] Next followed Jiggs MacDonald, a famous sports announcer, calling the countries for the march led by Netherlands as the hosts of the 1980 Games with each country lead by Boy and Girl Scouts from Nassau and Suffolk countries.^[1]

Stoke Mandeville

Prince Charles landed on the Buckinghamshire County Council sports field via helicopter on the 22nd of July.^[1] He was then escorted to the Stoke Mandeville stadium by Horace Poole, Chairman of the British Paraplegic Sports Society where Dr Robert Jackson made a welcome speech to the athletes on behalf of ISMGF (International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation).^[1]

Closing Ceremonies

New York

Commander Archie Cameron, President of ICC officially closed the games with a short speech acknowledging the athletes and the next host nation, Seoul, South Korea. The flags of the games were then lowered and American athletes carried the flags back to the reviewing stand where they were handed over the President of the Games, Dr William T. Callahan.^[1] Callahan then handed them over to the next President of the Seoul delegation, Mr Gee Woo Lee. Farewell addresses and a spiritual message then followed plus a complete black where everyone in the stadium held a light stick under a large firework display.^[1]

Stoke Mandeville

The ceremony began with a parade of up to six athletes and their team manager entering the stadium behind a placard bearing their country's name.^[1] Presentation of medals to the successful basketball teams were next which was then followed by the presentation of the first ever Sir Ludwig Gutmann Awards which are presented to an athlete and administrator for outstanding contribution to sport for the spinally paralysed.^[1] Acknowledgment speeches then followed and the Games flag was taken to the podium where it was handed over to a representative from Korea as next host nation for the 1988 Games.^[1]

Queenslanders in the Australian team for the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville. From left to right – Mike Nugent, Robert McIntyre, Michael Quinn, Carmel Williams, Roy Fowler, Susan Davies, Alan Dufty, Kerri-Anne Connor, Peter Marsh, and Ken Moran

Results

Spinal and Cord Injury Australia’s team won 19 gold medals in Stoke Mandeville and over half of the athletes at the VII World Wheelchair secured medals. If we combine both the International Games for the disabled in New York and the VII World Wheelchair Games at Stoke Mandeville, as the New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984 Paralympic Games, Australia had he most successful Paralympic Games since Tel Aviv 1968. The combined team won 49 gold medals, 54 silver medals and 51 bronze medals to finish eight on the medal tally.^[12]

Stoke Mandeville Australian Athlete Participation Reports

Source:^[3]

Sport	Male	Female	Total
Archery	5	1	0
Athletics	44	11	55
Boccia	0	0	0
Cycling	0	0	0
Equestrian	0	0	0
Football 7-a-side	0	0	0
Goalball	0	0	0
Lawn Bowls	10	0	10
Powerlifting	0	0	0
Shooting	5	0	5
Snooker	0	0	0
Swimming	14	15	29
Table Tennis	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	0	0
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wheelchair Basketball	0	0	0
Wheelchair Fencing	0	0	0
Wrestling	0	0	0

Australia World Record Holders

Source:^[13]

Women

Name	Event
Barbara Caspers, S.A.	Class 1C (Quad) Air Rifle (all positions)
Julie Dowling, TAS.	Class 4 (Para) Javelin
Tracey Freeman, QLD.	Class 1C (Quad) Shotput -60m Track
Libby Kosmala, S.A.	Class 2 (Para) Air Rifle (all positions)

Men

Name	Event
Alan Chadwick, NSW.	Class 1A (Quad) Air Rifle (Prone)
Alan Dufty, QLD.	Class 1C (Quad) 400m Track
Terry Giddy, NSW.	Class 4 (Para) Discus
Michael Nugent, QLD.	Class 2 (Para) 400m Track
Wayne Patchet, NSW.	Class 1A (Quad) Shotput Discus- Club
Eric Russell, SA.	Class 3 (Para) Shotput
Wayne Ryding, VIC	Class 5 (Para) 100m Freestyle

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Davies, MarkMark Davies Athletics Men’s 100 m B2  Gold Davies, MarkMark Davies Athletics Men’s Pentathlon B2  Gold Dufty, AlanAlan Dufty Athletics Men’s 400 m 1C  Gold Dufty, AlanAlan Dufty Athletics Men’s Marathon 1C  Gold Nugent, MichaelMichael Nugent Athletics Men’s 400 m 2  Gold Trotter, PeterPeter Trotter Athletics Men’s 5000 m 4  Gold Holcombe, BrettBrett Holcombe, Peter Kirby, Joe Egan. Vernon Ezzy Athletics Men’s 4×100 m relay A4–9  Gold Morley, MichaelMichael Morley Athletics Men’s High jump A6  Gold McGregor, KerrodKerrod McGregor Athletics Men’s Long jump A2  Gold McGregor, KerrodKerrod McGregor Athletics Men’s Javelin throw A2  Gold Holcombe, BrettBrett Holcombe Athletics Men’s Long jump A6  Gold Holcombe, BrettBrett Holcombe Athletics Men’s Triple jump A6  Gold Giddy, TerryTerry Giddy Athletics Men’s Discus throw 4  Gold Randles, JanJan Randles Athletics Women’s Marathon 4  Gold Woodbridge, ValerieValerie Woodbridge Athletics Women’s Long jump A2  Gold Dowling, JulieJulie Dowling Athletics Women’s Javelin 4  Gold Smith, DonnaDonna Smith Athletics Women’s Javelin A2  Gold Fowler, RoyRoy Fowler Lawn bowls Men's singles paraplegic  Gold Fowler, RoyRoy Fowler, Eric Magennis Lawn bowls Men's pairs paraplegic  Gold Chadwick, AllanAllan Chadwick Shooting Men's Rifle prone - tetraplegic (aids) 1A-1C  Gold Kosmala, LibbyLibby Kosmala Shooting Women's Air rifle 3 positions 2-6  Gold Kosmala, LibbyLibby Kosmala Shooting Women's Air rifle kneeling 2-6  Gold Kosmala, LibbyLibby Kosmala Shooting Women's Air rifle prone 2-6  Gold Kosmala, LibbyLibby Kosmala Shooting Women's Air rifle standing 2-6  Gold Caspers, BarbaraBarbara Caspers Shooting Women'sAir rifle kneeling 1A-1C  Gold Caspers, BarbaraBarbara Caspers Shooting Women's Air rifle prone 1A-1C  Gold Caspers, BarbaraBarbara Caspers Shooting Women's Air rifle standing 1A-1C  Gold Caspers, BarbaraBarbara Caspers Shooting Mixed Air rifle 3 positions 1A-1C  Gold Walden, RobertRobert Walden Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle C6  Gold Walden, RobertRobert Walden Swimming Men's 25 m freestyle C6  Gold Walden, RobertRobert Walden Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle C6  Gold Walden, RobertRobert Walden Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle C6  Gold Gudgeon, GaryGary Gudgeon Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke A4  Gold Gudgeon, GaryGary Gudgeon Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly A4  Gold Gudgeon, GaryGary Gudgeon Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley A4  Gold Gudgeon, GaryGary Gudgeon Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle A4  Gold Team, AustralianAustralian Team Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay A1–A9  Gold Team, AustralianAustralian Team Swimming Women’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay A1–A9  Gold Team, AustralianAustralian Team Swimming Women’s 4 × 100 m medley relay A1–A9  Gold Brunner, HelenaHelena Brunner Swimming Women’s 100 m backstroke A4  Gold Eames, RosemaryRosemary Eames Swimming Women’s 100 m breaststroke A6  Gold Brunner, HelenaHelena Brunner Swimming Women’s 100 m freestyle A4  Gold Brunner, HelenaHelena Brunner Swimming Women’s 400 m freestyle A4  Gold Wallace, Mary-AnneMary-Anne Wallace Swimming Women’s 400 m freestyle B3  Gold Ryding, WayneWayne Ryding Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly A4  Gold Hammond, GregGreg Hammond Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke A8  Gold Hammond, GregGreg Hammond Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle A8  Gold Chalmers, MalcomMalcom Chalmers Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle L6  Gold Biggs, TerryTerry Biggs Table tennis Men's Singles C1  Silver Trewhella, IanIan Trewhella Archery Men's Double advanced metric round tetraplegic  Silver Trewhella, IanIan Trewhella, David Higgins, Stephen Austen Archery Men's Short metric round team 1A-6  Silver McPherson, DavidDavid McPherson Athletics Men’s 100 m 2  Silver Dufty, AlanAlan Dufty Athletics Men’s 200 m 1C  Silver McInyre, RobertRobert McInyre Athletics Men’s 800 m 5  Silver Trotter, PeterPeter Trotter Athletics Men’s 1500 m 4  Silver Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh, Alan Dufty, Michael Quinn, Michael Desanto Athletics Men’s 4 × 200 m relay 1A–1C  Silver Team, AustralianAustralian Team Athletics Men’s 4 × 400 m relay A4–9  Silver Hoggan, JamesJames Hoggan Athletics Men’s High jump A4  Silver Holcombe, BrettBrett Holcombe Athletics Men’s High jump A6  Silver Sargolia, StephenStephen Sargolia Athletics Men’s Long jump A4  Silver Sargolia, StephenStephen Sargolia Athletics Men’s 400 m A4  Silver Muir, StephenStephen Muir Athletics Men’s Triple jump A5  Silver McGregor, KerrodKerrod McGregor Athletics Men’s Discus throw A2  Silver Dann, DonaldDonald Dann Athletics Men’s Javelin throw A4  Silver Federico, JohnJohn Federico Athletics Men’s Slalom 5  Silver Russell, JulieJulie Russell Athletics Women’s Marathon 3  Silver Murphy, MargaretMargaret Murphy Athletics Women’s High jump B2  Silver Woodbridge, ValerieValerie Woodbridge Athletics Women’s Discus throw A2  Silver Smith, DonnaDonna Smith Athletics Women’s Shot put A2  Silver Coleman, LynLyn Coleman Athletics Women’s Slalom C1  Silver Forsberg, JohnJohn Forsberg Lawn bowls Men's singles A6/8  Silver Forsberg, JohnJohn Forsberg, Robert Wedderburn Lawn bowls Men's pairs A6/8  Silver Lewis, WayneWayne Lewis, Ken Moran Lawn bowls Men's pairs paraplegic  Silver Bugarin, KingsleyKingsley Bugarin Swimming Men’s 50 m breaststroke B3  Silver Bugarin, KingsleyKingsley Bugarin Swimming Men’s 50 m freestyle B3  Silver Gudgeon, GaryGary Gudgeon Swimming Men’s 100 m backstroke A4  Silver Hammond, GregGreg Hammond Swimming Men’s 100 m butterfly A8  Silver Blackburn, CraigCraig Blackburn Swimming Men’s 100 m butterfly B3  Silver Blackburn, CraigCraig Blackburn Swimming Men’s 100 m freestyle B3  Silver Chalmers, MalcomMalcom Chalmers Swimming Men’s 100 m butterfly L6  Silver Hammond, GregGreg Hammond Swimming Men’s 200 m individual medley A8  Silver Ryding, WayneWayne Ryding Swimming Men’s 400 m freestyle 5  Silver Blackburn, CraigCraig Blackburn Swimming Men’s 400 m freestyle B3  Silver Team, AustralianAustralian Team Swimming Men’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay A1–A9  Silver Connor, Kerri-AnneKerri-Anne Connor Swimming Women’s 50 m butterfly  Silver King, UrsulaUrsula King Swimming Women’s 50 m freestyle 3  Silver Connor, Kerri-AnneKerri-Anne Connor Swimming Women’s 100 m backstroke 4  Silver Eames, RosemaryRosemary Eames Swimming Women’s 100 m backstroke A6  Silver Lewis, TraceyTracey Lewis Swimming Women’s 100 m backstroke A8  Silver Young, CarolCarol Young Swimming Women’s 100 m breaststroke A2  Silver Evans, MeredithMeredith Evans Swimming Women’s 100 m breaststroke A4  Silver Donovan, ThereseTherese Donovan Swimming Women’s 100 m breaststroke B2  Silver Eames, RosemaryRosemary Eames Swimming Women’s 100 m butterfly A6  Silver Lewis, TraceyTracey Lewis Swimming Women’s 100 m butterfly A8  Silver Wallace, Mary-AnneMary-Anne Wallace Swimming Women’s 100 m butterfly B3  Silver Connor, Kerri-AnneKerri-Anne Connor Swimming Women’s 100 m freestyle 4  Silver Eames, RosemaryRosemary Eames Swimming Women’s 100 m freestyle A6  Silver Lewis, TraceyTracey Lewis Swimming Women’s 100 m freestyle A8  Silver Donovan, ThereseTherese Donovan Swimming Women’s 100 m freestyle B2  Silver Brunner, HelenaHelena Brunner Swimming Women’s 200 m individual medley A4  Silver Eames, RosemaryRosemary Eames Swimming Women’s 200 m individual medley A6  Silver Donovan, ThereseTherese Donovan Swimming Women’s 400 m freestyle B2  Silver Connor, Kerri-AnneKerri-Anne Connor Swimming Women’s 4×50 m individual medley 4  Silver Bugarin, KingsleyKingsley Bugarin Swimming Men’s 50 m freestyle B3  Bronze Davies, SusanSusan Davies Archery Women's Double FITA round paraplegic  Bronze Egan, JoeJoe Egan Athletics Men’s 100 m A4  Bronze Kirby, PeterPeter Kirby Athletics Men’s 100 m A6  Bronze McPherson, DavidDavid McPherson Athletics Men’s 200 m 2  Bronze Kirby , PeterPeter Kirby Athletics Men’s 400 m A6  Bronze Dufty, AlanAlan Dufty Athletics Men’s 800 m 1C  Bronze Nugent, MikeMike Nugent Athletics Men’s 800 m 2  Bronze Nugent, MikeMike Nugent Athletics Men’s 1500 m 2  Bronze Trotter, PeterPeter Trotter Athletics Men’s 800 m 4  Bronze McIntyre, RobertRobert McIntyre Athletics Men’s 1500 m 5  Bronze McIntyre, RobertRobert McIntyre Athletics Men’s 5000 m 5  Bronze Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh, Alan Dufty, Michael Quinn, Michael Desanto Athletics Men’s 4 × 100 m relay 1A–1C  Bronze Wiseman, JeffJeff Wiseman, Robert Turner, Robert McIntyre, Peter Trotter Athletics Men’s 4 × 400 m relay 2–5  Bronze Lawton, WarrenWarren Lawton Athletics Men’s High jump B3  Bronze Kirby , PeterPeter Kirby Athletics Men’s Long jump A6  Bronze Morley, MichaelMichael Morley Athletics Men’s Triple jump A6  Bronze Quinn , MichaelMichael Quinn Athletics Men’s Slalom 1B  Bronze Reynalds, Prue-AnnePrue-Anne Reynalds Athletics Women’s 3000 m B1  Bronze Randles, JanJan Randles Athletics Women’s 5000 m 4  Bronze Murphy, MargaretMargaret Murphy Athletics Women’s Long jump B2  Bronze Smith, DonnaDonna Smith Athletics Women’s Discus throw A2  Bronze Woodbridge, ValerieValerie Woodbridge Athletics Women’s Shot put A2  Bronze Russell, JulieJulie Russell Athletics Women’s Pentathlon 3  Bronze Swann, CliffordClifford Swann, Keith Zotti Lawn bowls Men's pairs A2/4  Bronze Boldery, DavidDavid Boldery Lawn bowls Men's singles A2/4  Bronze Newton, JohnJohn Newton Lawn bowls Men's singles A6/8  Bronze Chalmers, MalcomMalcom Chalmers Swimming Men’s 100 m breaststroke L6  Bronze Griffin, DavidDavid Griffin Swimming Men’s 100 m butterfly A2  Bronze Tracey, PhillipPhillip Tracey Swimming Men’s 100 m freestyle 1A  Bronze Staddon, RobertRobert Staddon Swimming Men’s 100 m freestyle 1C  Bronze Staddon, RobertRobert Staddon Swimming Men’s 25 m backstroke 1C  Bronze Chalmers, MalcomMalcom Chalmers Swimming Men’s 200 m individual medley L6  Bronze Bugarin, KingsleyKingsley Bugarin Swimming Men’s 400 m breaststroke B3  Bronze Team, AustralianAustralian Team, Robert Staddon, Michael Quinn, Wayne Ryding?, Phillip Tracey? Swimming Men’s 3×25 m freestyle relay 1A–1C  Bronze King, UrsulaUrsula King Swimming Women’s 25 m butterfly 3  Bronze Donovan, ThereseTherese Donovan Swimming Women’s 100 m backstroke B2  Bronze Connor, Kerri-AnneKerri-Anne Connor Swimming Women’s 100 m breaststroke 4  Bronze Brunner, HelenaHelena Brunner Swimming Women’s 100 m breaststroke A4  Bronze Young, CarolCarol Young Swimming Women’s 100 m butterfly A2  Bronze Currie, AnneAnne Currie Swimming Women’s 100 m freestyle A1  Bronze Wallace, Mary-AnneMary-Anne Wallace Swimming Women’s 100 m freestyle B3  Bronze King, UrsulaUrsula King Swimming Women’s 200 m freestyle 3  Bronze Evans, MeredithMeredith Evans Swimming Women’s 100 m backstroke A4  Bronze Evans, MeredithMeredith Evans Swimming Women’s 200 m individual medley A4  Bronze Evans, MeredithMeredith Evans Swimming Women’s 400 m freestyle A4  Bronze Evans, MeredithMeredith Evans Swimming Women’s 100 m freestyle A4  Bronze Lewis, TraceyTracey Lewis Swimming Women’s 200 m individual medley A8  Bronze Donovan, ThereseTherese Donovan Swimming Women’s 200 m individual medley B2  Bronze Wallace, Mary-AnneMary-Anne Wallace Swimming Women’s 200 m individual medley B3  Bronze Engel, KerrieKerrie Engel Swimming Women’s 400 m freestyle 5 [2]

Medals by discipline Discipline Total Archery 0 2 1 3 Athletics 17 19 22 58 Boccia 0 0 0 0 Cycling 0 0 0 0 Wheelchair fencing 0 0 0 0 Football seven-a-side 0 0 0 0 Lawn bowls 2 3 3 8 Shooting 9 0 0 9 Swimming 20 30 24 74 Table tennis 1 0 0 1 Volleyball 0 0 0 0 Weightlifting 0 0 0 0 Wheelchair basketball 0 0 0 0 Total 49 54 50 153

Events

Archery

Australia represented by:
Men – Stephen Austen, David Higgins, Eric Klein, Russell Shinn, Ian Trewhella
Women – Susan Davies
^[2] Australia won 3 medals - 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

Athletics

Australia represented by:
Men – Terry Biggs, Paul Bird, K. Bley, Murray Buck, Bailey Compton, Paul Croft, Donald Dann, Mark Davies, Michael Desanto, Neil Dixon, Alan Dufty, Joe Egan, David Evans, Vernon Ezzy, John Federico, Ian Gainey, Terry Giddy, Nicky Gleeson, David Goodman, James Hoggan, Brett Holcombe, Peter Kirby, Warren Lawton, Peter Marsh, Kerrod McGregor, Robert McIntyre, Jeff McNeil, David McPherson, Michael Morley, Stephen Muir, Panayiotis (Peter) Negropontis, Michael Nugent, John Payne, Michael Quinn, David Regan, Stephen Sargolia, John Sheil, Darryl Smith, Peter Trotter, Robert Turner, Jeff Wiseman, Garry Woolgar
Women – Lynette Coleman, Julie Dowling, Meredith Jones, Margaret Murphy, Jan Randles, Prue-Anne Reynalds, Amanda Rose, Julie Russell, Donna Smith, Catherine Watson, Valerie Woodbridge
^[2] Australia won 58 medals - 17 gold, 19 silver and 22 bronze medals. Coaches - D. Reed (blind), D. Regan (blind) Officials - R. Carlton (Manager - Blind), B. Dunk (blind), L. O'Brien (blind), _

Goalball

Men - Theo Bottom, Graham Coulton, Martin Furness, Nick Gleeson, Greg Scott, Leigh Sloan
Coach - S. Bennett Officials - M. Downey ^[14]

Lawn Bowls

Australia represented by:
Men – David Boldery, John Forsberg, Roy Fowler, Wayne Lewis, Eric Magennis, Ken Moran, John Newton, Clifford Swann, Robert Wedderburn, Keith Zotti
^[2] Australia won 8 medals - 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. Roy Fowler won 2 gold medals.

Shooting

Australia represented by:
Men – Troy Andrews, Kevin Bawden, Keith Bremner, Allan Chadwick, Peter Parker, Andrew Rainbow, Stanley Sims, Grant Walker
Women – Barbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala
^[2] Australian team won 9 gold medals - Barbara Caspers and Elizabeth Kosmala both won 4 gold medals and Allan Chadwick one gold medal.

Snooker

Australia represented by:
Men - Don Campbell

Swimming

Australia represented by:
Men – Paul Bird, Craig Blackburn, Kingsley Bugarin, Malcom Chalmers, Geoffrey Fowler, David Griffin, Gary Gudgeon, Gregory Hammond, Michael Kelly, Alan Morley, Michael Quinn, Wayne Ryding, Robert Staddon, Phillip Tracey, Robert Walden
Women – Helena Brunner, Lynette Coleman, Kerri-Anne Connor, Anne Currie, Therese Donovan, Rosemary Eames, Kerrie Engel, Meredith Evans, Deborah Holland, Ursula King, Tracey Lewis, Jan Miller, Mary-Anne Wallace, Carol Young
Coaches - G. Brown (Blind) Officials - J. Blackburn (Manager - Blind) Swimming was Australia's most successful sport at the combined Games winning 74 medals - 20 gold, 30 silver and 24 bronze.

Table Tennis

Australia represented by:
Men – Terry Biggs
,^[2] Paul Croft, Garry Croker, Joe Marlow, Errol Smith
Australian won a gold medal through Terry Biggs performance.

Weightlifting

Australia represented by:

Men – Brian McNicholl^[2]
Australia did not win a medal. Brian McNicholl came 4th in his event.^[15]

Wheelchair Basketball

Australia represented by:
Men – Michael Callahan, Kevin Coombs, David Gould, Erich Hubel, Ch. Ikstrum, Michael McFaun, Nick Morozoff, Richard Oliver, P. Peterson, Mark Pope, coached by Bruno Moretti
^[16] Australia did not win a medal.

See also

• Australia at the Paralympics
• Libby Kosmala

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