Australia at The 1980 Summer Olympics - Swimming

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Neil Brooks
  • Qualifying Heat — 51,11 (2nd)
  • Semi-Finals — 52,70 (→ did not advance)
  • Graeme Brewer
  • Qualifying Heat — 52,59 (4th)
  • Semi-Finals — 51,91 (3rd)
  • Final — 52,22 (→ 8th place)
  • Mark Tonelli
  • Qualifying Heat — 52,04 (3rd)
  • Semi-Finals — 52,17 (5th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Graeme Brewer
  • Qualifying Heat — 1.51,92 (2nd)
  • Final — 1.51,60 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Ron McKeon
  • Qualifying Heat — 1.52,66
  • Final — 1.52,60 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Graeme Brewer
  • Qualifying Heat — 3.57,19 (→ did not advance)
  • Max Metzker
  • Qualifying Heat — 3.54,79 (2nd)
  • Final — 3.56,87 (→ 7th place)
  • Ron McKeon
  • Qualifying Heat — 3.56,77 (2nd)
  • Final — 3.57,00 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

  • Max Metzker
  • Qualifying Heat — 15.21,63 (3rd)
  • Final — 15.14,49 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Paul Moorfoot
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.05,69 (5th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Peter Evans
  • Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (2nd)
  • Final — 1.03,96 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Lindsay Spencer
  • Qualifying Heat — 1.04,78 (3rd)
  • Final — 1.05,04 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Lindsay Spencer
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.21,08 (2nd)
  • Final — 2.19,68 (→ 5th place)
  • Peter Evans
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.26,62 (4th, did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Mark Tonelli
  • Qualifying Heat — 58,66 (1st)
  • Semi Final — 57,89 (2nd)
  • Final — 57,98 (→ 7th place)
  • Mark Kerry
  • Qualifying Heat — 58,08 (3rd)
  • Semi Final — 58,07 (3rd, did not advance)
  • Glenn Patching
  • Qualifying Heat — 58,30 (1st)
  • Semi Final — 1.00,31 (8th, did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Mark Kerry
  • Qualifying Heat — 3.03,60 (1st)
  • Final — 2.03,14 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Mark Tonelli
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.07,04 (3rd, did not advance)
  • Paul Moorfoot
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.04,87 (1st)
  • Final — 2.06,15 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Paul Moorfoot
  • Qualifying Heat — 4.34,28 (5th, did not advance)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Graeme Brewer, Mark Tonelli, Mark Kerry, and Ron McKeon
  • Qualifying Heat — 7.34,06 (3rd)
  • Final — 7.30,82 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark Tonelli, and Neil Brooks
  • Qualifying Heat — 3.48,94 (2nd)
  • Final — 3.45,70 (→ Gold Medal)


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Michelle Pearson
  • Qualifying Heat — 58,90 (4th, did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Karen Ramsay
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.06,06 (3rd, did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Michelle Ford
  • Qualifying Heat — 4.13,90 (1st)
  • Final — 4.11,65 (→ 4th place)
  • Rosemary Fydler
  • Qualifying Heat — 4.21,36 (6th, did not advance)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Michelle Ford
  • Qualifying Heat — 8.42,36 (2nd)
  • Final — 8.28,90 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Rosemary Fydler
  • Qualifying Heat — 8.49,47 (4th, did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Lisa Curry
  • Qualifying Heat — 1.02,92 (3rd)
  • Final — 1.02,40 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Michelle Ford
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.12,72 (1st)
  • Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Karen Ramsay
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.17,82 (4th, did not advance)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Lisa Curry
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.39,42 (→ 5th place, did not advance)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Michelle Ford
  • Final — 2.11,66 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Lisa Forrest
  • Qualifying Heat — 1.04,55 (3rd, did not advance)
  • Georgina Parkes
  • Qualifying Heat — 1.05,06 (3rd, did not advance)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Lisa Forrest
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.15,40 (1st)
  • Final — 2.16,75 (→ 7th place)
  • Georgina Parkes
  • Qualifying Heat — 2.17,78 (3rd, did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Lisa Curry
  • Qualifying Heat — 5.01,58 (→ 5th place, did not advance)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Lisa Curry, Karen Ramsay, Rosemary Brown, and Michele Pearson
  • Qualifying Heat — 3.56,24 (2nd)
  • Final — 3.54,16 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Lisa Forrest, Lisa Curry, Karen Ramsay, and Rosemary Brown
  • Qualifying Heat — 4.23,33 (2nd)
  • Final — 4.19,90 (→ 6th place)

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