Australia at The 1980 Summer Olympics - Athletics

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

• Bill Scott

• Heat — 28:58.8
• Final — 28:15.1 (→ 9th place)

• Stephen Austin

• Heat — 29:45.2 (→ did not advance)

• Gerard Barrett

• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Gary Honey

• Qualification — 7.44 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Ian Campbell

• Qualification — 17.02 m
• Final — 16.72 m (→ 5th place)

• Ken Lorraway

• Qualification — 16.80 m
• Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

• Robert de Castella

• Final — 2:14:31 (→ 10th place)

• Christopher Wardlaw

• Final — 2:20:42 (→ 28th place)

• Gerard Barrett

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Peter Farmer

• Qualifying Round — 69.16m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• David Smith

• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Willi Sawall

• Final — 4:08:25 (→ 8th place)

• David Smith

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

• Peter Hadfield

• Final — 7709 points (→ 13th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Denise Boyd

• Heat — 11.56
• Quarterfinals — 11.35
• Semifinals — 11.44 (→ did not advance)

• Debbie Wells

• Heat — 11.72
• Quarterfinals — 11.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Penelope Gillies

• Heat — 13.68 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Gael Mulhall

• Qualification — 54.90 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Gael Mulhall

• Final — 18.00 m (→ 12th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Pamela Matthews

• Qualification — 55.72 m (→ did not advance)

• Petra Rivers

• Qualification — 51.08 m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Christine Stanton

• Qualification — 1.88m
• Final — 1.91m (→ 6th place)