Edwin Flack Reserve

The Berwick Recreational Reserve was renamed on 16 June 1996 to honour Australia’s first gold medal Olympian – Edwin Flack.
The reserve’s oval and athletics track are lined with plaques commemorating Australia’s gold medalists from every modern Olympic Games together with a tree that has an association with the country that hosted the Games.
The plaques were an initiative of the Edwin Flack Centenary Committee in 1995 to commemorate the centenary of Edwin Flack’s gold medal win. There are no plaques for the years 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of World Wars 1 and 2.

Also here is the JE Hower Pavilion. When we first visited in 2011 the gates were painted a creamy yellow colour, when we returned in 2014 they were much more dramatic in grey and black.

Plaque transcriptions

1896 Athens Greece
Australian Gold Medalist
EH Flack Athletics / 800 metres / 1500 metres

1900 Paris France
Australian Gold Medalists
FCV Lane Swimming / 200m freestyle / 200m obstacle
D Mackintosh Shooting / Game

1904 St Louis USA
No Australian Gold Medals

1908 London England
Australian Gold Medalists
Rugby Union Team

1912 Stockholm Sweden
Australian Gold Medalists
F Durack Swimming / 100m freestyle
Australasian Team / 4x200m freestyle relay (men)

1920 Antwerp Belgium
No Australian Gold Medals

1924 Paris France
Australian Gold Medalists
AW Winter Athletics / Hop Step & Jump
RC Eve Diving / Tower Event
AM Charlton Swimming / 400m freestyle

1928 Amsterdam Holland
Australian Gold Medalist
HR Pearce Rowing / Single Sculls

1932 Los Angeles USA
Australian Gold Medalists
EL Gray Cycling / 1000m time trial
HR Pearce Rowing / Single Sculls
C Dennis Swimming / 200m Breaststroke

1936 Berlin Germany
No Australian Gold Medals

1948 London England
Australian Gold Medalists
JA Winter Athletics / High Jump
MT Wood Rowing / Single Sculls

1952 Helsinki Finland
Australian Gold Medalists
M Jackson Athletics / 100m 200m
SB Strickland De La Hunty / Athletics 80m Hurdles
R Mockridge Cycling / 100m Time Trial / Cycling 2000m Tandem
JG Davies Swimming / 200m Breaststroke

1956 Melbourne Australia
Australian Gold Medalists
B Cuthbert Athletics / 100m 200m
SB Strickland De La Hunty / Athletics 80m Hurdles
Athletics 4×100 Relay (women)
Cycling / 2000m Tandem
J Henricks Swimming / 100m Freestyle
M Rose Swimming / 400m Freestyle 1500m Freestyle
D Theile Swimming / 100m Backstroke
Swimming 4×200 Freestyle Relay (men)
D Fraser Swimming / 100m Freestyle
L Crapp Swimming / 400m Freestyle
Swimming 4×100 Freestyle Relay (women)

1960 Rome Italy
Australian Gold Medalists
HJ Elliott Athletics / 1500m
L Morgan Equestrian / Three Day Event / Equestrian / Three Day Team Event
JT Devitt Swimming / 100m Freestyle
M Rose Swimming / 400m Freestyle
J Konrads Swimming / 1500m Freestyle
D Theile Swimming / 100m Backstroke
D Fraser Swimming / 100m Freestyle

1964 Tokyo Japan
Australian Gold Medalists
B Cuthbert Athletics/ 400m
RG Windle Swimming / 1500m Freestyle
KJ Berry Swimming / 200m Butterfly
I O’Brien Swimming / 200m Breaststroke
D Fraser Swimming / 100m Freestyle
Australian Crew Yachting / 5.5m class

1968 Mexico City Mexico
Australian Gold Medalists
RD Doubell Athletics / 800m
M Caird Athletics / 80m Hurdles
MV Wenden Swimming / 100m 200m Freestyle
L McClements Swimming / 100m Butterfly

1972 Munich West Germany
Australian Gold Medalists
S Gould Swimming / 200m 400m Freestyle / 200m Individual Medley
G Neall Swimming / 400m Individual Medley
B Whitfield Swimming / 200m Breaststroke
BP Cooper Swimming 400m Freestyle
Australian Crew Yachting / Dragon Class Star Class

1976 Montreal Canada
No Australian Gold Medalists

1980 Moscow USSR
Australian Gold Medalists
M Ford Swimming / 800m Freestyle
Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay (men)

1984 Los Angeles USA
Australian Gold Medalists
G Nunn Athletics / Heptathlon
J Sieben Swimming / 200m Butterfly
D Lukin Weightlifting / Super Heavyweight
Cycling 4000m Team Pursuit

1988 Seoul South Korea
Australian Gold Medalists
D Armstrong Swimming / 200m Freestyle
D Flintoff-King Athletics / 400m Hurdles
Hockey Team (women)

1992 Barcelona Spain
Australian Gold Medalists
K Watt Cycling / Individual Road Race
M Ryan Equestrian / Individual Three-Day Event
K Perkins Swimming / 1500m Freestyle
C Robinson Canoeing / 100m K1
Equestrian Team Three-Day Event
Rowing Double Sculls (men)
Rowing Coxless Fours (men)

1996 Atlanta USA
Australian Gold Medalists
Michael Diamond Shooting / Trap
Russell Mark Shooting / Double Trap
Susan O’Neill Swimming / 200m Butterfly
Kieren Perkins Swimming / 1500m Freestyle
Rowing Coxless Fours (men)
Rowing Coxless Pair (women)
Equestrian 3 Day Event
Hockey Team (women)

2000 Sydney Australia
Australian Gold Medalists
Cathy Freeman Athletics Women’s 400m
Grant Hackett Swimming Men’s 1500m Freestyle
Ian Thorpe Swimming Men’s 400m Freestyle
Susie O’Neill Swimming Women’s 200m Freestyle
Swimming Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Swimming Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Simon Fairweather Archery Men’s Individual
Men’s Sailing 470 Class
Women’s Sailing 470 Class
Women’s Hockey
Women’s Water Polo
Women’s Beach Volleyball
Lauren Burns Taekwondo Under 49kg
Michael Diamond Shooting Men’s Trap
Equestrian Team Three Day Event
Cycling Men’s Madison
2002 Salt Lake USA
Winter Olympic Gold Medalists
Alisa Camplin Women’s Aerial Skiing
Steven Bradbury Men’s 1000 metres Short Track Speed Skating

Athens Greece 2004
Australian Gold Medalists
Sara Carrigan Cycling, Women’s Road Race
Ryan Bayley Cycling, Men’s Sprint
Ryan Bayley Cycling, Men’s Keirin
Cycling, Men’s Team Pursuit
Graeme Brown and Stuart O’Grady Cycling, Men’s Madison
Anna Meares Cycling, Women’s 500m Time Trial
Chantelle Newbury Diving, Women’s 10m Platform
Hockey, Men
Drew Ginn and James Tomkins Rowing, Men’s Pairs
Suzy Balogh Shooting, Women’s Trap
Jodie Henry Swimming, Women’s 10m Freestyle
Petria Thomas Swimming, Women’s 100m Butterfly
Swimming, Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Swimming, Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
Ian Thorpe Swimming, Men’s 200m Freestyle
Ian Thorpe Swimming, Men’s 400m Freestyle
Grant Hackett Swimming, Men’s 1500m Freestyle

2008 Beijing China
Australian Gold Medalists
Steven Hooker Athletics Men’s Pole Vault
Ken Wallace Canoe/Kayak (K1) 500m Men
Matthew Mitcham Diving Men’s 10m Platform
David Crawshay & Scott Brennan Rowing Men’s Double Sculls
Drew Ginn & Duncan Free Rowing Men’s Pair
Nathan Wilmot & Malcolm Page Sailing 470 Class Men
Elise Rechichi & Tessa Parkinson Sailing 470 Class Women
Leisel Jones Swimming Women’s 100m Breaststroke
Lisbeth Trickett Swimming Women’s 100m Butterfly
Stephanie Rice Swimming Women’s 200m Individual Medley
Stephanie Rice Swimming Women’s 400m Individual Medley
Swimming Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Swimming Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
Emma Snowsill Triathlon Women
2006 Turin Italy Winter Olympics
Australian Gold Medalist
Dale Begg-Smith Freestyle Skiing Men’s Moguls

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