Australia at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Australia at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Australia at the; 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
in Lillehammer
Competitors	25 (18 men, 7 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Kirstie Marshall
Medals; Ranked 22nd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Australia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Australia won a bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres short track relay, the nation's first medal at the Winter Olympic Games. A total of 25 Australian athletes competed, participating in alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing (in both aerials and moguls), luge, short track speed skating, and speed skating.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 metre relay	26 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	0	2	2
Bobsleigh	4	–	4
Cross-country skiing	2	0	2
Figure skating	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	3	2	5
Luge	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	4	1	5
Speed skating	2	0	2
Total	18	7	25

Alpine skiing

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Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1 (DH)		Run 2 (Sl)		Run 3 (Sl)		Final/Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Anthony Huguet	Super-G	—						4:37.44	+4.91	37
Anthony Huguet	Giant slalom	1:33.60	37	did not finish		—		did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1 (DH)		Run 2 (Sl)		Run 3 (Sl)		Final/Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Zali Steggall	Giant slalom	1:28.68	35	1:17.46	24	—		2:46.14	+15.17	24
	Slalom	1:03.16	28	59.88	22	—		2:03.04	+7.03	22
	Combined	1:33.46	31	52.34	12	did not finish

Biathlon

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Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sandra Paintin-Paul	Individual	1:01:21.7	7	64
Sandra Paintin-Paul	Sprint	28:31.1	1	40
Kerryn Rim	Individual	54:10.1	2	8
Kerryn Rim	Sprint	27:32.3	2	21

Bobsleigh

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Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Justin McDonald Glenn Carroll	Two-man	54.03	28	53.96	27	54.21	29	54.27	27	3:36.47	27
Justin McDonald Glenn Carroll Scott Walker Adam Barclay	Four-man	52.48	16	52.67	21	52.85	20	53.02	20	3:31.02	20

Cross-country skiing

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Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anthony Evans	10 km classical	27:09.9	51
	15 km freestyle pursuit	1:08:22.9	57
	50 km classical	2:22:05.2	43
Mark Gray	10 km classical	27:54.0	67
	15 km freestyle pursuit	1:10:01.1	66
	30 km freestyle	1:24:49.9	61
	50 km classical	2:28:51.6	59

Figure skating

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Athlete(s)	Event	CD1	CD2	SP/OD	FS/FD	Total
Athlete(s)	Event	FP	FP	FP	FP	TFP	Rank
Stephen Carr	Men's	—		20 Q	18	28.0	18
Danielle Carr & Stephen Carr	Pairs	—		10	11	16.0	11

Freestyle skiing

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Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nick Cleaver	Moguls	24.34	15 Q	23.02	16
Adrian Costa		25.46	7 Q	23.38	14
Paul Costa		22.20	26	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacqui Cooper	Aerials	139.67	16	did not advance
Kirstie Marshall	Aerials	166.12	q Q	150.76	6

Luge

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Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Roger White	Men's	55.674	54.546	54.842	58.000	3:43.062	32

Short track speed skating

The relay result was Australia's first Winter Olympics medal. In the semi-final, they beat Japan and New Zealand to qualify behind Canada. They went into the final with three objectives: to stay on their feet (to avoid a repeat of what happened in Albertville), to remain undisqualified, and to beat at least one of the other three finalists. With 21 of 45 laps to go, a Canadian crashed into the side, and was out of contention. With 12 laps to go, Italian Mirko Vuillermin accelerated away, creating a gap such that Australia was unlikely to win gold. Until the last change, it seemed that Australia might win silver. Nizielski was the final skater, and said later that "At the last change [American] Eric Flaim got a good push-away and he stepped underneath my feet and stopped me. I thought, well I'm not going to fight him for this. I didn't want to let the team down. And I was very aware that I had taken a fall in Albertville. I just wanted to get through and get the medal." Team member Steven Bradbury went on to win Australia's first winter gold in 2002.

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Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steven Bradbury	500m	45.43	2 Q	44.18	1 Q	1:03.51	4 QB	B Final 45.33	8
Steven Bradbury	1000m	2:01.89	3	did not advance					24
Kieran Hansen	500m	46.30	3	did not advance					23
Kieran Hansen	1000m	1:32.96	2 Q	1:32.34	3	did not advance			12
Richard Nizielski	500m	44.86 OR	1 Q	45.57	4	did not advance			10
Richard Nizielski	1000m	1:32.42	2 Q	1:29.93	4	did not advance			13
Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski	5000m relay	—				7:14.41	2 Q	7:13.68

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Kah	500m	48.56	2 Q	47.90	3	did not advance			12
Karen Kah	1000m	1:41.64	1 Q	1:39.93	4	did not advance			11

Speed skating

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Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Phillip Tahmindjis	1000 m	1:16.29	37
Phillip Tahmindjis	1500 m	1:57.59	36
Danny Kah	1500 m	1:56.04	25
Danny Kah	5000 m	7:00.02	25

References

^ Australia at the 1994 Winter Olympics
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved October 1, 2013.

External links

Australia NOC
Olympic Winter Institute of Australia
"2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" PDF file
"The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)
"Australia and the Olympic Games" by Harry Gordon. ISBN 0-7022-2627-0
Australian Olympic Committee

[1] Australia at the 1994 Winter Olympics

[OfficialReport-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved October 1, 2013.

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