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Australia's Representation at the Olympic Games

Olympiad & Host City Year Nations
Competing		 Team
Size		 General
Manager		 Flag Bearer Rowing
Manager		 Medals Rowing
G S B Tot G S B Tot
I—Athens 1896 13 1       2     2        
II—Paris 1900 22 2       3   4 7        
III—St Louis 1904 13 2                      
Athens (1) 1906 20 4           3 3        
IV—London 1908 22 (2) 25 W Hill H St A Murray (NZ)   1 2 1 4        
V—Stockholm 1912 28 (2) 22 V Homiman M Champion (NZ)   2 2 2 6        
VI—no games (3) 1916                          
VII—Antwerp 1920 29 13 HA Bennett       2 1 3        
VIII—Paris 1924 44 38 O Merrett N Winter   3 1 2 6        
IX—Amsterdam 1928 46 18 LG Duff R Pearce (rower)   1 2 1 4 1     1
X—Los Angeles 1932 37 12 JSW Eve A Charlton   3 1 1 5 1     1
XI—Berlin 1936 49 34 HG Alderson D Gray       1 1        
XII & XIII—no games (4) 1940
1944		                          
XIV—London 1948 59 77 E Tanner L Mackay   2 6 5 13 1     1
XV—Helsinki 1952 69 85 W Uren M Wood (rower) JR Berkery 6 2 3 11   1 1 2
XVI—Melbourne 1956 67 291 W Uren M Wood (rower) WRB Todd 13 8 14 35   1 2 3
XVII—Rome 1960 83 211 S Grange A Sturrock RG Blundstone 8 8 6 22        
XVIII—Tokyo 1964 93 255 L Curnow I Lund A McLeish 6 2 10 18        
XIX—Mexico City 1968 112 113 J Patching W Roycroft RC Hemery 5 7 5 17   1   1
XX—Munich 1972 122 170 J Patching D Green RC Hemery 8 7 2 17        
XXI—Montreal 1976 92 185 J Howson R Boyle JD Coates   1 4 5        
XXII—Moscow 1980 81 (5) 125 P Coles D Boyd/M Metzker JF Boultbee 2 2 5 9        
XXIII—Los Angeles 1984 142 250 W Hoffman   DG Croot 4 11 12 27   1 2 3
XXIV—Seoul 1988 160 267 JD Coates R Charlesworth S Hinchy 3 6 5 14        
XXV—Barcelona 1992 172 290 JD Coates J Donnet AN Guerin 7 9 11 27 2     2
XXVI—Atlanta 1996     JD Coates   AN Guerin 9 9 23 41 2 1 3 6
XXVII—Sydney 2000     JD Coates   M Eastaughffe 16 25 17 58   3 3 6
XXVIII—Athens 2004     JD Coates   W Diplock         1 1 2 4

Notes:
(1) Tenth anniversary celebration sanctioned by the IOC.
(2) Competed with New Zealand as Australasia. Figures do not include New Zealanders.
(3) The 1916 Games were awarded to Berlin but cancelled due to the war.
(4) The 1940 Games were awarded to Tokyo but were cancelled due to war. Initially they were transferred to Helsinki before being cancelled. The 1944 Games were awarded to London but again cancelled due to war.
(5) Figures do not include those athletes who withdrew over the boycott issue.

Rowers have been the general manager at the Stockholm, Montreal, Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens Games.

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