Australia at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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rdf:langString Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics that were held in two locations - Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom (wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries) and in the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, United States of America (wheelchair and ambulatory athletes with cerebral palsy, amputees, and "Les Autres" (the others) conditions as well as blind and visually impaired athletes). Four months before the beginning of the 1984 summer Paralympics, the University of Illinois terminating their contract to hold the Games. Australia won 154 medals - 49 gold, 54 silver and 51 bronze medals. Australia competed in 9 sports and won medals in 6 sports. Australia finished 8th on the gold medal table and 7th on the total medal table. Notable Australian performances were: * In Stoke Mandeville (Spinal and Cord Injury athletes): * Australia's female shooters: Libby Kosmala won four gold medal, creating world record on each occasion, and Barbara Caspers matched her effort also winning four gold medals * Alan Dufty won two of each gold, silver and bronze medals on the track * Roy Fowler won two gold medals in the singles and doubles lawn bowls * A host of other athletes won individual gold medals including Allan Chadwick, Julie Dowling (athlete), Terry Giddy, Eric Magennis (with Roy Fowler), Michael Nugent, Jan Randles, Wayne Ryding and Peter Trotter. * In New York: * The Amputee athletes were the most successful: * In the pool, coaching provided by Peter Carroll: Helena Brunner won 5 gold medals, Gary Gudgeon won 4, Greg Hammond won 3 and Rosemary Eames won 2. * In the track, Brett Holcombe won 3 gold medals * Blind and Vision Impaired athletes also benefited from a national organisation to organize competitions and raise funds. * They performed well in track and field with Mark Davies winning two gold medals, Margaret Murphy winning a silver and bronze, and both Warren Lawton and Prue-Anne Reynalds securing bronze medals. * Blind and Vision Impaired swimmers excelled. Medallist included Mary-Anne Wallace (gold, silver and two bronze), Kingsley Bugarin (3 silver and a bronze), Craig Blackburn (3 silver), Therese Donovan (3 silver and a bronze), and Mary-Anne Wallace (silver and two bronze medals). * For the first time 4 Cerebral Palsy athletes and a "Les Autres" athlete attended the Paralympics : * Robert Walden won four gold medals in the pool * Terry Biggs won a gold medal in table tennis * Lyn Coleman won a silver medal on the track * The first Australia's "Les Autres" athlete, Malcom Chalmers won a gold, silver and two bronze medals in swimming.

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