Australia at the 1924 Summer Olympics
# Australia at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Australia competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Nick Winter | Athletics | Men's triple jump | July 12 |
| Gold | Dick Eve | Diving | Men's plain high diving | July 15 |
| Gold | Boy Charlton | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle | July 15 |
| Silver | Frank Beaurepaire, Boy Charlton, Moss Christie, Ernest Henry, Ivan Stedman | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | July 20 |
| Bronze | Boy Charlton | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | July 18 |
| Bronze | Frank Beaurepaire | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle | July 15 |

## Aquatics

### Diving

A single diver represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Eve won the gold medal in the plain high diving competition, Australia's first Olympic diving medal. He also finished fifth in the springboard event.

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Diver | Event | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diver | Event | Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank |
| Dick Eve | 3 m board | 13 | 522.3 | 2 Q | 26 | 564.3 | 5 |
| Dick Eve | Plain high diving | 13.5 | 157 | 1 Q | 13.5 | 160 | |

### Swimming

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Swimmer | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swimmer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Frank Beaurepaire | 400 m freestyle | 5:38.0 | 2 Q | DNF | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frank Beaurepaire | 1500 m freestyle | 22:17.6 | 1 Q | 21:41.6 | 1 Q | 21:48.4 | |
| Boy Charlton | 400 m freestyle | 5:30.2 | 2 Q | 5:32.6 | 2 Q | 5:06.6 | |
| Boy Charlton | 1500 m freestyle | 21:20.4 OR | 1 Q | 21:28.4 | 1 Q | 20:06.6 WR | |
| Moss Christie | 100 m freestyle | 1:07.2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Moss Christie | 400 m freestyle | DNF | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Moss Christie | 1500 m freestyle | 22:49.4 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ernest Henry | 100 m freestyle | 1:03.8 | 2 Q | 1:03.0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ivan Stedman | 100 m freestyle | 1:06.2 | 2 Q | 1:06.0 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ivan Stedman | 200 m breaststroke | 3:09.6 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frank Beaurepaire Boy Charlton Moss Christie Ernest Henry Ivan $Stedman^*$ | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 10:21.2 | 1 Q | 10:27.0 | 1 Q | 10:02.2 | |

$^*$ – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

## Athletics

Nine athletes represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport (excluding appearances as part of Australasia). Winter took the nation's only athletics medal of the Games, a gold in the triple jump.

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ernie Austen | 10 km walk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Disqualified | Disqualified | did not advance | did not advance |
| Malcolm Boyd | 800 m | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Malcolm Boyd | 1500 m | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Malcolm Boyd | 5000 m | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Slip Carr | 100 m | 11.0 | 2 Q | 10.9 | 2 Q | 10.7 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Slip Carr | 200 m | 22.6 | 1 Q | 21.8 | 1 Q | 22.1 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Denis Duigan | Pentathlon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Eliminated-4 | Eliminated-4 |
| Denis Duigan | Pentathlon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | did not finish | did not finish |
| Richard Honner | 400 m | 53.1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Richard Honner | 400 m hurdles | N/A | N/A | 58.5 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Richard Honner | Long jump | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.635 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Charles Lane | 400 m | 51.4 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jack Newman | 800 m | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jack Newman | 1500 m | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roy Norman | 200 m | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roy Norman | 400 m | 50.6 | 2 Q | 50.2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roy Norman | 800 m | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nick Winter | Triple jump | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15.18 | 1 Q | 15.525 | |

## Boxing

Three boxers represented Australia at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's debut in the sport, though an Australian had won a silver medal as part of the 1908 Australasia team. Sinclair was the only Australian to win a match in 1924; none of the Australian boxers advanced past the round of 16.

| Boxer | Weight class | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / Bronze match | Final / Bronze match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boxer | Weight class | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Charles Jardine | Heavyweight | N/A | von Porat (NOR) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| Raymond Jones | Middleweight | Funk (USA) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
| Charles Sinclair | Lightweight | Huizenaar (NED) W | Genon (BEL) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Round | Wins | Losses | Percent |
| Round of 32 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Round of 16 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Quarterfinals | 0 | 0 | – |
| Semifinals | 0 | 0 | – |
| Final | 0 | 0 | – |
| Bronze match | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 1 | 3 | .250 |

## Cycling

Four cyclists represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

### Road cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Cyclist | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cyclist | Event | Result | Rank |
| Sidney Ramsden | Time trial | 7:18:23.4 | 36 |

### Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Cyclist | Event | First round | First round | First repechage | First repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Second repechage | Second repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cyclist | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Robert Broadbent | 50 km | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 8–36 |
| Walter Coppins | 50 km | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 8–36 |
| Walter Coppins | Sprint | 13.6 | 1 Q | Advanced directly | Advanced directly | Unknown | 3 r | Unknown | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| George Dempsey | 50 km | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Unknown | 8–36 |
| George Dempsey | Sprint | 13.8 | 1 Q | Advanced directly | Advanced directly | 13.2 | 1 Q | Advanced directly | Advanced directly | Unknown | 2 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Rowing

Ten rowers represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport, though the 1912 Australasia team included rowers.

Ranks given are within the heat.

| Rower | Event | Semifinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rower | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Arthur Bull | Single sculls | 7:19.0 | 1 Q | Advanced directly | Advanced directly | Did not finish | 4 |
| Frank Cummings Robert Cummings Herbert Graetz Walter Jarvis Walter Pfeiffer Arthur Scott William Sladden Alf Taeuber Ted Thomas | Eight | Unknown | 2 r | 6:47.0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Tennis

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| James Bayley | Singles | Schildt (FIN) W 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 | Bache (DEN) W 6–2, 6–1, 6–2 | Gilbert (GBR) L 5–7, 7–9, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| James Willard | Singles | Raymond (RSA) W 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 | Halot (BEL) W 8–6, 6–2, 6–2 | Jacob (IND) L 1–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| James Bayley James Willard | Doubles | — | von Kehrling / von Kelemen (HUN) W 6–8, 11–9, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | Richards / Hunter (USA) L 1–6, 2–6, 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Wrestling

### Freestyle wrestling

**Men's**

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Claude Angelo | Featherweight | Bye | Stott (GBR) W | Chilcott (CAN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
