Australia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
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Australia
hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games
in Brisbane
, Queensland
and their team was abbreviated AUS.
This was Australia's twelfth of 12 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games
1982 Commonwealth Games
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September–9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium , in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the...
in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
and their team was abbreviated AUS.
This was Australia's twelfth of 12 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.
Gold
- Peter Bourke – Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Garry Brown – Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Ray BoydRay BoydRaymond Boyd is a former athlete from Australia, who competed in the Pole vault.Boyd won eleven Australian Championships in the Pole Vault, ending his career on a high note when winning the Gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane...
– Athletics, Men's Pole Vault - Raelene BoyleRaelene BoyleRaelene Ann Boyle, AM, MBE, , Australian athlete, represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals. In 1998, Boyle was named one of 100 National Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia.-Early life:Boyle was born on 24 June 1951, the daughter of...
– Athletics, Women's 400 metres - Robert de CastellaRobert de CastellaRobert Francois de Castella, MBE is an Australian former world champion marathon runner. He is widely known as "Deek" or "Deeks" to the Australian public, and "Tree" to his competitors due to his thick legs and inner calm...
– Athletics, Men's Marathon - Debbie FlintoffDebbie Flintoff-KingDebra Lee Flintoff-King , born 20 April 1960 in Melbourne, Victoria, is a retired Australian athlete, and winner of the women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Athletics career:...
– Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles - Gary HoneyGary HoneyGary Ronald Honey is a retired long jumper from Australia. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics with a jump of 8.24 metres....
– Athletics, Men's Long Jump - Sue Howland – Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Glynis NunnGlynis NunnGlynis Nunn OAM is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event. Born Glynis Leanne Saunders in Toowoomba, Queensland, she began competing in athletics at age 9, when she was a student at Toowoomba South State School.She starred in several events, and was thus a natural...
– Athletics, Women's Heptathlon - Robert Dobbins, Keith Poole, Bert Sharp, Don Sherman – Bowls, Men's Fours
- Michael GrendaMichael GrendaMichael Grenda, OAM is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Australia, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
– Cycling, 4,000 m Team Pursuit - Kevin NicholsKevin NicholsKevin John Nichols is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.-Career:At the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles, Nichols was a member of the gold winning pursuit team. Nichols also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:* , from sports-reference.com;...
– Cycling, 4,000 m Team Pursuit - Kevin NicholsKevin NicholsKevin John Nichols is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.-Career:At the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles, Nichols was a member of the gold winning pursuit team. Nichols also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:* , from sports-reference.com;...
– Cycling, 10 mile - Kenrick Tucker – Cycling, 1,000 m Sprint
- Michael TurturMichael TurturMike Turtur is a former track cyclist, Olympic gold medallist, and current race director of the Tour Down Under....
– Cycling, 4,000 m Individual Pursuit - Michael TurturMichael TurturMike Turtur is a former track cyclist, Olympic gold medallist, and current race director of the Tour Down Under....
– Cycling, 4,000 m Team Pursuit - Gary West – Cycling, 4,000 m Team Pursuit
- Valerie Beddoe – Diving, Women's Platform
- Jenny Donnet – Diving, Women's Springboard
- Phillip Adams – Shooting, Free Pistol Pairs
- Phillip Adams – Shooting, Air Pistol Pairs
- Keith Affleck – Shooting, Full Bore Rifle Pairs
- Geoffrey Ayling – Shooting, Full Bore Rifle Pairs
- Gregory ColbertGregory ColbertGregory Colbert is a Canadian film-maker and photographer best known as the creator of Ashes and Snow, an exhibition of photographic artworks and films housed in the Nomadic Museum.-Career:...
– Shooting, Air Pistol Pairs - Jim Ellis – Shooting, Trap Pairs
- Peter Heuke – Shooting, Rapid Fire Pistol Pairs
- Terry Rumbel – Shooting, Trap Pairs
- Noel Ryan Centre – Shooting, Fire Pistol Pairs
- Alan Smith Small – Shooting, Bore Rifle Prone Singles
- Alex Taransky – Shooting, Rapid Fire Pistol Pairs
- Alex Taransky – Shooting, Centre Fire Pistol Pairs
- John Tremelling – Shooting, Free Pistol Pairs
- Graeme BrewerGraeme BrewerGraeme Brewer was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the late 1970s and early 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 1980 Moscow Olympics...
– Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay - Graeme BrewerGraeme BrewerGraeme Brewer was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the late 1970s and early 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 1980 Moscow Olympics...
– Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay - Neil BrooksNeil BrooksNeil Brooks is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents...
– Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle - Neil BrooksNeil BrooksNeil Brooks is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents...
– Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay - Neil BrooksNeil BrooksNeil Brooks is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents...
– Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay - Lisa Curry – Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Lisa Curry – Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Lisa Curry – Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Michael DelanyMichael DelanyMichael Delany was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.Delany was best known for being a member of the so-called Mean Machine...
– Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay - Peter EvansPeter Evans (swimmer)Peter Maxwell Evans is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four Olympic medals, most notably a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet...
– Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay - Greg FasalaGreg FasalaGregory John Fasala was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
– Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay - Michelle FordMichelle FordMichelle Jan Ford MBE was an Australian long distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the only non Soviet bloc female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the boycott-marred games...
– Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly - Lisa ForrestLisa ForrestElizabeth Marie "Lisa" Forrest is a former Australian swimmer and current media personality. Forrest was the captain of the Australian swimming team at the 1980 Summer Olympics-References:...
– Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke - Lisa ForrestLisa ForrestElizabeth Marie "Lisa" Forrest is a former Australian swimmer and current media personality. Forrest was the captain of the Australian swimming team at the 1980 Summer Olympics-References:...
– Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke - Graeme McGufficke – Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Ron McKeon – Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Max MetzkerMax MetzkerMaxwell Raymond Metzker was an Australian long distance freestyle swimmer of the late 1970s and early 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1980 Moscow Olympics...
– Swimming, Men's 1,500 m Freestyle - David Orbell – Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Paul Rowe – Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Jon SiebenJon SiebenJonathan Scott Sieben is an Australian former butterfly swimmer active in the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m butterfly at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
– Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay - Tracey WickhamTracey WickhamTracey Lee Wickham MBE OAM is an Australian former middle distance world champion swimmer. Despite her success in the pool, Wickham has battled financial hardship and personal tragedy throughout her life....
– Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle - Tracey WickhamTracey WickhamTracey Lee Wickham MBE OAM is an Australian former middle distance world champion swimmer. Despite her success in the pool, Wickham has battled financial hardship and personal tragedy throughout her life....
– Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle - Robert KabbasRobert KabbasRobert Kabbas is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the silver medal in the Lightheavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
– Weightlifting, Middle Heavyweight (up to 90 kg) - Dean LukinDean LukinDinko Lukin OAM is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics...
– Weightlifting, Super Heavyweight (over 110 kg) - Nick Voukelatos – Weightlifting, Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
Silver
- Denise BoydDenise BoydDenise Boyd is a former Australian Olympic sprinter, who reached two Olympic finals in the 200 metres sprint...
– Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay - Raelene BoyleRaelene BoyleRaelene Ann Boyle, AM, MBE, , Australian athlete, represented Australia at three Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals. In 1998, Boyle was named one of 100 National Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia.-Early life:Boyle was born on 24 June 1951, the daughter of...
– Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay - Leanne Evans – Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay
- John Fleming – Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay
- Debbie Flintoff – Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay
- Ken LorrawayKen LorrawayKenneth John Lorraway was a male triple jumper from Australia, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1984....
– Athletics, Men's Triple Jump - Gary MinihanGary MinihanGary Minihan is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in 400 metres and a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay....
– Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay - Rick MitchellRick MitchellRichard Charles Mitchell is an Australian triple Olympian who competed in the 400 metres.Commencing in athletics at the relatively late age of seventeen, he joined the Waverley Athletics Club in Melbourne in 1972 with the aim of improving his fitness before the following rugby union season...
– Athletics, Men's 400 metres - Rick MitchellRick MitchellRichard Charles Mitchell is an Australian triple Olympian who competed in the 400 metres.Commencing in athletics at the relatively late age of seventeen, he joined the Waverley Athletics Club in Melbourne in 1972 with the aim of improving his fitness before the following rugby union season...
– Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay - Gael Mulhall – Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Gael Mulhall – Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Greg ParkerGreg ParkerGreg Parker was a Professor of Photonics at the University of Southampton, Hampshire, England in September 2010 after 23 years of research and lecturing. He is now CEO of his Consultancy company Parker Technology which is detailed on the Concept2Innovation web site...
– Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay - Petra RiversPetra RiversPetra Rivers is a retired Australian athlete who specialised in the javelin throw.At the 1970 National Championships, she won both the Open and Junior javelin titles. Although still only seventeen, it was her fourth national junior javelin championship win...
– Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw - Christine StantonChristine StantonChristine Frances Stanton is a retired high jumper from Australia, who was born as Christine Annison. She set her personal best on 1985-01-26, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in Adelaide, South Australia...
– Athletics, Women's High Jump - Robyn Strong – Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Robert Parrella – Bowls, Men's Singles
- Douglas Sam – Boxing, Middleweight (up to 75 kg)
- Ricky Flood – Cycling, Road Team Time Trial
- Gary Hammond – Cycling, 10 mile
- Michael Lynch – Cycling, Road Team Time Trial
- Remo Sansonetti – Cycling, Road Team Time Trial
- John Watters – Cycling, Road Team Time Trial
- Chris Wilson – Cycling, 1,000 m Time Trial
- Stephen Foley – Diving, Men's Springboard
- Stephen Foley – Diving, Men's Platform
- Phillip Adams – Shooting, Air Pistol Singles
- Ian Hale – Shooting, Skeet Singles
- Terry Rumbel – Shooting, Trap Singles
- Glenn BeringenGlenn BeringenGlenn Beringen was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s from Adelaide, who won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics...
– Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke - Greg FasalaGreg FasalaGregory John Fasala was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
– Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle - Michelle FordMichelle FordMichelle Jan Ford MBE was an Australian long distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the only non Soviet bloc female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the boycott-marred games...
– Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle - Tim Ford – Swimming, Men's 1,500 m Freestyle
- David Orbell – Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Georgina Parkes – Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Georgina Parkes – Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Michele Pearson – Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Paul Rowe – Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Angela Russell – Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Janet Tibbits – Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Janet Tibbits – Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Tracey WickhamTracey WickhamTracey Lee Wickham MBE OAM is an Australian former middle distance world champion swimmer. Despite her success in the pool, Wickham has battled financial hardship and personal tragedy throughout her life....
– Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle - Bob EdmondBob EdmondBob Edmond is a former Australian sportsman who played Australian rules footballer with Carlton in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s and won two Commonwealth Games silver medals in weightlifting....
– Weightlifting, Super Heavyweight (over 110 kg) - Joe Kabalan – Weightlifting, Heavyweight (up to 110 kg)
- Tony Pignone – Weightlifting, Middleweight (up to 75 kg)
- Bill Stellios – Weightlifting, Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)
- Cris Brown – Wrestling, Featherweight (up to 62 kg)
- Zsig Kelevitz – Wrestling, Lightweight (up to 68 kg)
- Wally Koenig – Wrestling, Middleweight (up to 82 kg)
Bronze
- Michael Coen – Archery, Men's FITA Double
- Heather Barralet – Athletics, Women's 800 metres
- Gary MinihanGary MinihanGary Minihan is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in 400 metres and a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay....
– Athletics, Men's 400 metres - Colleen Pekin – Athletics, Women's 100 metres
- Don Wright – Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Jenny Cunningham, Maxine Evans, Jane Forrest, Mark Harry, Trevor James, Darren McDonald,
Julie McDonald, Paul Morgan, Michael ScandoleraMichael ScandoleraMichael George "Mike" Scandolera is a male badminton player from Australia.-Career:Michael Scandolera took part at the 1989 Badminton World Championships. He reached there rank 17 in the men's doubles and rank 65 in the men's singles...
, and Audrey Swaby – Badminton Team - Denis DaltonDenis DaltonDenis Dalton is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s.An Old Paradian, Dalton was used mostly as a rover in his two seasons at Collingwood...
– Bowls, Men's Pairs - Peter Rheuben – Bowls, Men's Pairs
- Rodney Harberger – Boxing, Featherweight (up to 57 kg)
- Richard Reilly – Boxing, Bantamweight (up to 54 kg)
- Grant Richards – Boxing, Flyweight (up to 51 kg)
- Brian Tink – Boxing, Lightweight (up to 60 kg)
- Michael TurturMichael TurturMike Turtur is a former track cyclist, Olympic gold medallist, and current race director of the Tour Down Under....
– Cycling, 10 mile - Valerie Beddoe – Diving, Women's Springboard
- Phillip Adams – Shooting, Free Pistol Singles
- Alex Crikis – Shooting, Skeet Pairs
- Ian Hale – Shooting, Skeet Pairs
- Norbert Jahn – Shooting, Air Rifle Pairs
- Noel Ryan Centre – Shooting, Fire Pistol Singles
- Anton Wurfel – Shooting, Air Rifle Pairs
- Susie Baumer – Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Lisa Curry – Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Michael DelanyMichael DelanyMichael Delany was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.Delany was best known for being a member of the so-called Mean Machine...
– Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle - Peter EvansPeter Evans (swimmer)Peter Maxwell Evans is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four Olympic medals, most notably a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet...
– Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke - Ron McKeon – Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Audrey Moore – Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Michele Pearson – Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Jon SiebenJon SiebenJonathan Scott Sieben is an Australian former butterfly swimmer active in the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m butterfly at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....
– Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly - Lorenzo Orsini – Weightlifting, Bantamweight (up to 56 kg)
- Mick Sabljak – Weightlifting, Middle Heavyweight (up to 90 kg)
- Murray Avery – Wrestling, Heavyweight (up to 100 kg)
- Ken Hoyt – Wrestling, Flyweight (up to 52 kg)