Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Australia sent 417 athletes, 250 men and 167 women, to the Atlanta Games.
An Australian segment was featured in the closing ceremony, as Australia was to host the next edition of the Summer Olympics in Sydney four years later.
Medalists
Gold Wendy Schaeffer, Phillip Dutton, Andrew Hoy, and Gillian Rolton — equestrian, three-day event team competition Michelle Andrews, Alyson Annan, Louise Dobson, Renita Farrell, Juliet Haslam, Rechelle Hawkes, Clover Maitland, Karen Marsden, Jenn Morris, Nova Peris-Kneebone, Jackie Pereira, Katrina Powell, Lisa Powell, Danni Roche, Kate Starre, and Liane Tooth — field hockey, women's tournament James Tomkins, Drew Ginn, Nicholas Green, and Mike McKay — rowing, men's coxless fours Kate Slatter and Megan Still — rowing, women's coxless pairs Michael Diamond — shooting, men's trap shooting Russell Mark — shooting, men's double trap Kieren Perkins — swimming, men's 1500m freestyle Susie O'Neill — swimming, women's 200m butterfly Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde — tennis, men's doubles
Silver Cathy Freeman — athletics, women's 400 metres Louise McPaul — athletics, women's javelin throw Michelle Ferris — cycling, women's sprint Rob Scott and David Weightman — rowing, men's coxless pairs Daniel Kowalski — swimming, men's 1500m freestyle Scott Miller — swimming, men's 100m butterfly Petria Thomas — swimming, women's 200m butterfly Nicole Stevenson, Susie O'Neill, Samantha Riley, Sarah Ryan, Helen Denman (heats), and Angela Kennedy (heats) — swimming, women's 4 × 100 m medley relay Mitch Booth and Andrew Landenberger — sailing, men's Tornado
Bronze Michele Timms, Allison Tranquilli, Jenny Whittle, Fiona Robinson, Shelley Sandie, Rachael Sporn, Michelle Chandler, Trisha Fallon, Robyn Maher, Carla Boyd, Michelle Brogan, and Sandy Brondello — basketball, women's tournament Clint Robinson — canoeing, men's K1 1000m kayak singles Danny Collins and Andrew Trim — canoeing, men's 500m kayak pairs Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood — canoeing, women's K2 500m kayak pairs Bradley McGee — cycling, men's 4000m individual pursuit Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Tim O'Shannessey, and Dean Woods — cycling, men's 4000m team pursuit Stuart O'Grady — cycling, men's points race Lucy Tyler-Sharman — cycling, women's points race Stuart Carruthers, Baeden Choppy, Stephen Davies, Damon Diletti, Lachlan Dreher, Lachlan Elmer, Brendan Garard, Paul Gaudoin, Mark Hager, Paul Lewis, Grant Smith, Matthew Smith, Daniel Sproule, Jay Stacy, Michael York and Ken Wark — field hockey, men's tournament Ronald Snook, Duncan Free, Bo Hanson, and Janusz Hooker — rowing, men's quadruple sculls Anthony Edwards and Bruce Hick — rowing, men's lwt double scull Rebecca Joyce and Virginia Lee — rowing, women's lwt double scull Deserie Huddleston — shooting, women's double trap Natalie Ward, Brooke Wilkins, Nicole Richardson, Melanie Roche, Natalie Titcume, Malina Milson, Tracey Mosley, Haylea Petrie, Joyce Lester, Sally McDermid, Francine McRae, Suzanne Fairhurst, Tanya Harding, Jennifer Holliday, Carolyn Crudgington, Kerry Dienelt, Peta Edebone, Belinda Ashworth, Joanne Brown, and Kim Cooper — softball, women's tournament Daniel Kowalski — swimming, men's 200m freestyle Daniel Kowalski — swimming, men's 400m freestyle Scott Goodman — swimming, men's 200m butterfly Phil Rogers, Steven Dewick, Scott Miller, Michael Klim, and Toby Haenen (heats) — swimming, men's 4 × 100 m medley relay Samantha Riley — swimming, women's 100m breaststroke Emma Johnson, Susie O'Neill, Julia Greville, Nicole Stevenson, and Lise Mackie (heats) — swimming, women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst — volleyball, women's beach volleyball Stefan Botev — weightlifting, men's super heavyweight (> 108 kg) Colin Beashel and David Giles — Sailing, men's Star
Archery
In the seventh Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent three men and three women. Matthew Gray had the nation's only individual win, though the men's team won twice in the team round before being defeated in the semifinal and the bronze medal match.
Women's individual competition: Myfanwy Matthews → Round of 64, 48th place (0-1) Deonne Bridger → Round of 64, 57th place (0-1)
Men's individual competition: Matthew Gray → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1) Jackson Fear → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1) Simon Fairweather → Round of 64, 52nd place (0-1)
Men's team competition: Gray, Fear, and Fairweather → Bronze medal match, 4th place (2-2)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Rod Mapstone Qualification — 10.56 (6th) (→ did not advance) Paul Henderson Qualification — 10.52 (5th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres Steve Brimacombe Qualification — 20.53 (3rd) Semi-finals — 20.38 (5th) (→ did not advance) Dean Capobianco Qualification — 21.03 (7th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres Paul Greene Qualification — 46.12 (3rd) Quarter-finals — 46.22 (8th) (→ did not advance) Mark Ladbrook Qualification — 46.28 (5th) (→ did not advance) Michael Joubert Qualification — 46.30 (5th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres Paul Byrne Qualification — 1:47.05 (3rd) Semi-Finals — 1:47.58 (6th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres Paul Cleary Qualification — 3:52.85 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres Shaun Creighton Qualification — 14:04.08 Semifinal — 13:55.23 (→ did not advance) Julian Paynter Qualification — 14:00.25 Semifinal — 14:23.60 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres Shaun Creighton Qualification — 28:44.29 (13th) (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m relay Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Steve Brimacombe, and Rod Mapstone Heat — 38.93 (1st) Semi Final — 39.10DQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m relay Mark Ladbrook, Michael Joubert, Paul Greene, and Cameron Mackenzie Heat — 3:03.73 Semi Final — 3:04.55 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110m hurdles Kyle Vander Kuyp Heat — 13.32 (1st) Quarter-final — 13.49 (3rd) Semi-final — 13.38 (4th) Final — 13.40 (7th)
Men's 400m hurdles Rohan Robinson Heat — 48.89s Semi final — 48.28s Final — 48.30s (→ 5th place) Simon Hollingsworth Heat — 52.16 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase Chris Unthank Heat — 8:31.86 Semifinals — 8:25.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's decathlon Peter Winter Did not finish (10.85 (-0.4), NM, 13.43m) DNF Decathlon after 3 no jumps in long jump Scott Ferrier Did not finish
Men's marathon Steve Moneghetti — 2:14.35 (→ 7th place) Rod de Highden — 2:17.42 (→ 23rd place) Sean Quilty — 2:19.35 (→ 34th place)
Men's 20 km walk Nicholas A'Hern 1:20:31 (4th place) Dion Russell 1:30:04 (47th place)
Men's 50 km walk Duane Cousins — did not finish (→ no ranking) Simon Baker — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's hammer throw Sean Carlin Qualification — 72.32m (→ did not advance)
Men's high jump Tim Forsyth Qualification — 2.28m (1st) Final — 2.32m (7th) Chris Anderson Qualification — 2.15 (27th → did not advance)
Men's triple jump Andrew Murphy Qualification — 16.0m (34th → did not advance)
Men's pole vault Simon Arkell Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance) James Miller Qualification — 5.60m (→ did not advance)
Men's javelin throw Andrew Currey Qualification — 77.28m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres Susan Hobson Qualification — 32:25.13 Final — 32:47.71 (→ 17th place) Kylie Risk Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Lee Naylor, Kylie Hanigan, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, and Renee Poetschka Qualification — 3:33.78 (→ did not advance)
Women's long jump Nicole Boegman Qualification — 6.67m Final — 6.73m (→ 8th place)
Women's discus throw Lisa-Marie Vizaniari Qualification — 63.00m Final — 62.48m (→ 8th place) Daniela Costian Qualification — 61.66m (→ did not advance)
Women's javelin throw Louise McPaul Qualification — 62.32m Final — 65.54m (→ Silver medal) Joanna Stone Qualification — 58.54m (→ did not advance)
Women's heptathlon Jane Jamieson Final Result — 5897 points (→ 20th place)
Women's marathon Kerryn McCann — 2:36.41 (→ 28th place) Suzanne Malaxos — 2:50.46 (→ 57th place) Lisa Ondieki — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 10 km walk Kerry Saxby-Junna — 43:59 (→ 12th place) Anne Manning — 45:27 (→ 19th place) Jane Saville — 45:56 (→ 26th place)
Badminton
Men's singles Murray Hocking 1st round: vs Iain Sydie (CAN) - 9-15, 9-15 - did not advance
Men's doubles Peter Blackburn and Paul Staight 1st round: vs Stephan Beeharry and Eddy Clarisse (MRI) - 15-3, 15-7 2nd round: vs Huang Zhanzhong and Jiang Xin (CHN) - 7-15, 9-15 - did not advance
Women's singles Lisa Campbell 1st round: vs Yasuko Mizui (JPN) - 0-11, 11-8, 7-11 - did not advance Song Yang 1st round: vs Kelly Morgan (GBR) - 1-11, 5-11 - did not advance
Women's doubles Rhonda Cator and Amanda Hardy 1st round: vs Lili Tampi and Finarsih (INA) - 9-15, 4-15 - did not advance
Mixed doubles Murray Hocking and Lisa Campbell 1st round: vs Tao Xiaoqiang and Wang Xiaoyuan (CHN) - 5-15, 4-15 - did not advance Peter Blackburn and Rhonda Cator 1st round: vs Mikhail Korshuk and Vlada Chernyavskaya (BLR) - 18-14, 15-9 2nd round: vs Liu Jianjun and Sun Man (CHN) - 4-15, 15-7, 4-15 - did not advance Paul Stevenson and Amanda Hardy 1st round: vs Darryl Yung and Denyse Julien (CAN) - 9-15, 3-15 - did not advance
Baseball
Men's tournament Australia made its first appearance in the official Olympic baseball tournament in 1996. The team won two of its preliminary round games, against Korea and Japan, but lost the other five. The Australians' record put them in a three-way tie for fifth, with all three teams eliminated from contention and the tie-breaker rules used only to formally place the three teams. Australia came out on the bottom of that tie-breaker, and ended up in seventh place.
Team roster Jeff Williams Mark Doubleday Scott Tunkin Michael Nakamura Steven Hinton Richard Vagg Andrew Scott Shane Tonkin Jason Hewitt Andrew McNally Matthew Sheldon-Collins Peter Vogler David Hynes Grant McDonald Scott Dawes Stuart Howell Sten Lindberg Simon Sheldon-Collins Stuart Thompson John Moore
Basketball
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Women's tournament
Team roster Carla Boyd Michelle Brogan Sandy Brondello Michelle Chandler Trisha Fallon Robyn Maher Fiona Robinson Shelley Sandie Rachael Sporn Michele Timms Allison Tranquilli Jenny Whittle Head coach: Tom Maher Preliminary round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Beach volleyball
Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner — 9th place overall
Boxing
Men's flyweight (51 kg) Hussein Hussein First round — defeated Carmine Molaro (Italy), 11-8 Second round — lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 20-27
Men's bantamweight (54 kg) James Swan First round — lost to Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 4-14
Men's featherweight (57 kg) Robert Peden First round — defeated Mohamed Achik (Morocco), 15-7 Second round — lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria), 8-20
Men's light welterweight (63,5 kg) Lee Trautsch First round — lost to Fethi Missaoui (Tunisia), 9-25
Men's light welterweight (67 kg) Lynden Hosking First round — lost to Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's light middleweight (71 kg) Richard Rowles First round — lost to György Mizsei (Hungary), 2-10
Men's middleweight (75 kg) Justann Crawford First round — defeated Sackey Shivute (Namibia), 12-3 Second round — lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), referee stopped contest in third round
Men's light heavyweight (81 kg) Rick Timperi First round — lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 7-21
Canoeing
Slalom
Men's C-1 Justin Boocock Total score: 166.96 - 16th
Men's C-2 Andrew Wilson and John Felton Total score: 199.06 - 14th
Men's K-1 Richard MacQuire Total score: 153.07 - 24th Matthew Pallister Total score: 179.19 - 38th
Women's K-1 Mia Farrance