Olympic history of Australia

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Australia , whose NOK , the Australian Olympic Committee , was founded in 1895, took part in all the summer games, with Australian and New Zealand athletes competing together under the name Australasia in1908 and 1912. Australia was first represented at the Winter Games in 1936 and has been participating since 1952. Australia has sent young athletes to all of the Youth Olympic Games so far.

General

The 1932 Olympic team: standing (from left to right): Dennis , Charlton , Wearne , Scarf , unknown functionary, Baker, Golding , Mealing , Pearce , Bult; seated (from left to right): Quinn (painter), Hillhouse , Barwick, Gray , Ryan , unknown functionary

Clothing for the Australian team 2016 (from left to right): Dunkley-Smith , Bawden , McCulloch , Clancy , Edmondson , Jenkins, Fox, Taylor , Dwyer , Caslick, Wallace

Australia has been participating in the Olympic Games since the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. Australia's first Olympian was Edwin Flack , who competed in both athletics and tennis. With his victories over 800 and 1500 meters, Flack became the first Olympic champion in Australia. The first woman to appear at the Olympic Games in 1920 was Lily Beaurepaire, who competed in swimming and diving. The first woman in Australia to win an Olympic medal was swimmer Bonnie Mealing , who won silver over 100 meters in 1932. Two days later, Clare Dennis became the first woman from Australia to become an Olympic champion with her victory in the 200 meter chest.

Since 1936, with the exception of 1948, Australia took part in all subsequent Winter Games. The first winter Olympian was the speed skater Kenneth Kennedy in 1936 . The first women at the Winter Games in 1952 were figure skaters Nancy Burley and Gweneth Molony. The first medal at the Winter Games, a bronze medal, was won by the men's relay in the short track in 1994. The first medal in an individual sport in winter was won by ski racer Zali Steggall in slalom. Short tracker Steven Bradbury , who won gold over 1000 meters in 2002 , achieved his first Olympic win at the Winter Games . The first Olympic champion at the Winter Games was the freestyler Alisa Camplin two days later , who won the jumping.

In 1908 and 1912 Australian athletes took part as members of the Australasiens team, an association of athletes from Australia and New Zealand .

The most successful sport at the Olympic Games is swimming. 191 medals could be won here. There are eight swimmers among the ten most successful Australian Olympians. With five Olympic victories, three silver and one bronze medal, the swimmer Ian Thorpe is the most successful participant in Australia. The most successful woman with four gold and four silver medals is the swimmer Dawn Fraser .

Australia's first Olympic team included one participant in 1896. At the domestic summer games in Melbourne in 1956, 298 athletes started, the first time a number of participants in the three-digit range. Four of these athletes were riders who took part in the equestrian games in Stockholm. The largest team in Australia started in Sydney in 2000. 617 athletes took part here. The largest Olympic team outside Australia had 470 participants in Athens in 2004.

The most Olympic athlete was eventing rider Andrew Hoy . Between 1984 and 2004 and again in 2012, Hoy competed in seven Olympic Games. He was three times Olympic champion and also won another bronze medal.

The most successful games in terms of medals won was in Sydney in 2000. 58 medals were won here, 16 gold, 25 silver and 17 bronze medals. In terms of the number of Olympic victories, participation in Turin in 2004 was even more successful. 17 gold medals were won here. The most successful winter games were the 2010 games in Vancouver with two Olympic victories and one silver medal.

Applications and hosting of the Olympic Games

Applications

Three applications were submitted for the Summer Olympics. Melbourne applied to host the 16th Olympic Games in 1956 and was awarded the contract at the 43rd IOC session in Rome . Melbourne prevailed in the fourth ballot with one vote ahead of Buenos Aires . Melbourne also applied to host the 26th Olympic Games in 1996, but was eliminated in the third round of voting at the 96th IOC session in Tokyo . Sydney then applied to host the 27th Olympic Games in 2000. At the 101st IOC session, Sydney prevailed against Beijing in the fourth ballot .

So far, no Australian community has applied to host the Winter Olympics.

Alignment

The first Olympic Games on Australian soil were the 1956 Summer Games in Melbourne. They took place in Melbourne from November 22 to December 8, 1956. Because of the strict quarantine regulations for horses, the equestrian competitions had to be held in Stockholm from July 10th to 17th, 1956 . A total of 3314 athletes, 376 of them women, from 72 countries took part. The Olympic flame was lit by the athlete Ron Clarke , the Olympic oath was taken by the middle-distance runner John Landy .

Sydney hosted the 2000 Summer Games. They took place from September 15 to October 1, 2000. 10,651 athletes, 4069 of them women, from 199 countries started. The Olympic flame was lit by the athlete Cathy Freeman . The hockey player Rechelle Hawkes took the Olympic oath for the active players and the water polo referee Peter Kerr took the oath for the judges.

IOC members

Australia has two active IOC members and two honorary members. In 2001 the lawyer John Coates was elected an IOC member. In 2013 he was followed by three-time Olympic rowing champion James Tomkins , who had been elected to the IOC's athletes' commission a year earlier.

In 1977 sprinter Kevan Gosper was elected an IOC member. His membership ended in 2013 and has been an honorary member since 2014. Canoeist Phillip Coles was elected an IOC member in 1982. In 2012 membership ended, after which he became an honorary member.

Overview of the participations

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	Medals
year	total			Flag bearer				total	rank
1896	1	1	0		2			2	8th
1900	2	2	0		2		3	5	9
1904	2	2	0
1908-1912	Participation as members of the Australasian team
1920	13	12	1	George Parker		2	1	3	16
1924	35	35	0	Edwin Carr	3	1	2	6th	11
1928	18th	14th	4th	Henry Pearce	1	2	1	4th	19th
1932	12	8th	4th	Andrew Charlton	3	1	1	5	10
1936	32	28	4th	Duncan Gray			1	1	30th
1948	75	66	9	Les McKay	2	6th	5	13	14th
1952	81	71	10	Mervyn Wood	6th	2	3	11	9
1956	298	254	44	Mervyn Wood Albert Jacobs	13	8th	14th	35	3
1960	189	160	29	Jock sturdy skirt	8th	8th	6th	22nd	5
1964	243	203	40	Ivan Lund	6th	2	10	18th	8th
1968	128	104	24	Bill Roycroft	5	7th	5	17th	9
1972	168	139	29	Dennis Green	8th	7th	2	17th	6th
1976	180	146	34	Raelene Boyle		1	4th	5	32
1980	120	92	28	Denise Boyd Max Metzker	2	2	5	9	15th
1984	242	169	73	Wayne Roycroft	4th	8th	12	24	14th
1988	252	180	72	Richard Charlesworth	3	6th	5	14th	15th
1992	279	187	92	Jennifer Donnet	7th	9	11	27	10
1996	417	250	167	Andrew Hoy	9	9	23	41	7th
2000	617	341	276	Andrew Gaze	16	25th	17th	58	4th
2004	470	268	202	Colin Beashel	17th	16	17th	50	4th
2008	432	233	199	James Tomkins	14th	15th	17th	46	6th
2012	404	221	183	Lauren Jackson	8th	15th	12	35	8th
2016	420	208	212	Anna Meares	8th	11	10	29	10

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	Medals
year	total			Flag bearer				total	rank
1924-1932	not participated
1936	1	1	0
1948	not participated
1952	9	7th	2
1956	8th	7th	1
1960	30th	26th	4th	Vic Ekberg
1964	5	3	2
1968	3	3	0	Malcolm Milne
1972	4th	4th	0
1976	8th	5	3	Colin Coates
1980	9	5	4th	Robert McIntyre
1984	10	8th	2	Colin Coates
1988	19th	17th	2	Michael Richmond
1992	22nd	15th	7th	Daniel Kah
1994	25th	18th	7th	Kirstie Marshall			1	1	22nd
1998	23	15th	8th	Richard Nizielski			1	1	22nd
2002	25th	13	12	Adrian Costa	2			2	15th
2006	40	23	17th	Alisa Camplin	1		1	2	17th
2010	40	20th	20th	Torah Bright	2	1		3	13
2014	60	29	31	Alex Pullin		2	1	3	24
2018	50	28	22nd	Scott James		2	1	3	23

Interludes

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	Medals
year	total			Flag bearer				total	rank
1906	4th	4th	0				3	3	19th

Youth Summer Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	Medals
year	total			Flag bearer				total	rank
2010	100	52	48	Elizabeth Parnov	8th	13	8th	29	6th
2014	89	43	46	Tiana Penitani	4th	3	14th	21st	14th
2018	90			Keely Small	4th	8th	4th

Youth Winter Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer
year	total			Flag bearer			total	rank
2012	14th	8th	6th	Greta Small		2	2	28
2016	17th	8th	9	Emily Arthur	3	1	4th	19th
2020	33	15th	18th	Zoe Michael

Overview of the sports

Summer games

badminton


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Australian athletes have been taking part in badminton tournaments since the introduction of badminton at the 1992 Olympic Games. Anna Lao reached the quarterfinals in singles and together with Rhonda Cator in doubles. It was not until 2012 in London that the Leanne Choo / Renuga Veeran doubles were able to repeat this success.

baseball


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The first Australian baseball team participated in Atlanta in 1996. The team finished seventh of eight teams. The same result was achieved at the 2000 domestic summer games. In 2004 Australia qualified for the semifinals. Japan were defeated 1-0. In the final, Australia lost to Cuba 2-6, but had won the first Olympic medal in this sport. For the last Olympic baseball tournament in 2008, Australia could not qualify.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team	2004 Athens		first medal win

basketball


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For the first time an Australian basketball team was represented in Melbourne in 1956 at the Olympic Games. The team reached 12th place in 1964 in Tokyo, the team was ninth, also in 1972 in Munich. In 1976 you could improve to 8th place. This placement was also achieved in Moscow in 1980. In 1984 in Los Angeles, the men finished seventh. For the first time, a women's team also competed. She was fifth out of six teams.

In 1988 in Seoul, both teams were able to advance to the semi-finals. The men won three out of five preliminary round matches and defeated Spain in the quarter-finals. In the semifinals, Australia failed to Yugoslavia. The bronze match against the USA was also lost. The women won two out of three preliminary round matches. They too failed in the semifinals to Yugoslavia. The bronze game was lost against the Soviet Union.

In 1992 the men finished sixth. In Atlanta 1996 there was the biggest success in Australian basketball to date. The men reached the quarter-finals against Croatia after four wins in five preliminary round matches and won the game. In the semi-finals they lost to the USA and then lost the bronze game against Lithuania. The women won three of their five preliminary round matches. Russia was defeated in the quarter-finals and the USA lost in the semi-finals. The women then won the bronze medal with a 66:56 victory over Ukraine.

2000 in Sydney it was enough for the men again only for 4th place. The team won three of the five preliminary round matches and defeated Italy in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals they lost to France and lost the game for bronze as they did four years earlier against Lithuania. The women won all of their five preliminary round matches. They defeated Poland in the quarter-finals and Brazil in the semi-finals. The final against the USA was lost 54:76.

2004 in Athens, the men could not qualify for the quarter-finals. In the placement games they reached 9th place. The women, however, could repeat their success from Sydney. Again they won all of their five preliminary round matches. They beat New Zealand in the quarterfinals. As in Sydney, they met Brazil in the semi-finals and won 88:75. Again the final opponent was USA, the Australians lost again, this time with 63:74.

The 2008 tournament in Beijing was similar. After three wins in five preliminary round games, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals against the USA. In the final accounts they came in 7th. The women won all five preliminary round matches. They beat the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals and China in the semi-finals. For the third time in a row, the women’s final was USA-Australia, and the US women won for the third time. The result was 65:92.

Also in 2012 in London the men finished seventh again. As in Beijing, they reached the quarter-finals after three preliminary round victories and again the opponent was the US team. Australia lost 86: 119 and was ranked 7th in the final score. The women won four of their five preliminary round matches this time. In the quarter-finals they beat China and this time met the USA in the semi-finals, which defeated the Australians for the fourth time. The bronze match against Russia was won 83:74.

In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, the men reached the quarter-finals against Lithuania after four preliminary round victories in five games, which they could win. In the semi-finals they lost to Serbia. The bronze match against Spain was also lost with 88:89. The women won all of their five preliminary round matches. In the quarterfinals they lost to Serbia 71:73 and were eliminated. In the final accounts, the team was rated 5th.

Surname	Games	discipline
National team of women	2000 Sydney	Women's tournament
National team of women	2004 Athens	Women's tournament
National team of women	2008 Beijing	Women's tournament

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	1996 Atlanta	Women's tournament	first medal win
National team of women	2012 London	Women's tournament

Beach volleyball


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An Australian medal was won right at the Olympic debut of this sport in Atlanta in 1996. The Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst doubles won bronze. Cook / Pottharst became Olympic champions at the 2000 domestic summer games in Sydney. In 2004 in Athens they reached the semi-finals, lost this and also the game for bronze. The male doubles Julien Prosser / Mark Williams performed identically.

In 2008 in Beijing Natalie Cook competed with Tamsin Barnett Hinchley . They were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Natalie Cook Kerri Pottharst	2000 Sydney	Women's tournament	first Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Natalie Cook Kerri Pottharst	1996 Atlanta	Women's tournament	first medal win

Natalie Cook (front) and Kerri Pottharst in Sydney in 2000

Archery


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Australian archers competed in the 1972 Olympic re-edition of the sport in Munich. The men's team achieved their first success in Atlanta in 1996 with 4th place. Simon Fairweather won the first Australian medal with his victory in the individual competition in Sydney in 2000 and at the same time achieved the first Australian Olympic victory in this discipline.

In 2004 in Athens Tim Cuddihy won bronze in the singles, the team finished 6th. Another bronze was won in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro by the men's team.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Simon Fairweather	2000 Sydney	singles	first medal and Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Tim Cuddihy	2004 Athens	singles
Alec Potts Ryan Tyack Taylor Worth	2016 Rio de Janeiro	team

Simon Fairweather, 2000 Olympic Champion

Boxing


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The first Australian boxers competed in Paris in 1924. 1948 in London Adrian Holmes was fourth in the light heavyweight division. Kevin John Hogarth was the first Australian medalist in boxing in Melbourne in 1956. He won bronze in the welterweight division. Two more bronze medals were added in Rome in 1960. Oliver Taylor won his bantamweight medal, while Anthony Madigan won his light heavyweight medal . It wasn't until 32 years later that Grahame Cheney managed to win the next medal. He won silver light welterweight in Soul in 1988.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Grahame Cheney	1988 Seoul	Light welterweight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kevin John Hogarth	1956 Melbourne	Welterweight	first medal win
Oliver Taylor	1960 Rome	Bantamweight
Anthony Madigan	1960 Rome	Light heavyweight

fencing


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The first Australian fencers took part in the 1952 Olympic fencing tournament in Helsinki. Gregory Benko reached No. 6 in Montreal in 1976 with the foil. This was the only top ranking by an Australian fencer.

Soccer


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The first Olympic football tournament with Australian participation took place in 1956. The Australian team reached the quarter-finals, which they lost 4-2 to India. Only in 1988 Australia could qualify again. Again, the team made it to the quarter-finals. Here they lost to the Soviet Union with 0: 3. Australia also reached the quarter-finals in 1992. This time Sweden could be defeated 2-1. In the semifinals there was a 6-1 defeat against Poland. Australia lost the game for bronze 0-1 against Ghana. In 1996 and 2000, the men's teams failed in the preliminary round. In 2000 there was also a women's team for the first time, which, like the men, were eliminated in the preliminary round. They lost 3-0 against the German team.

In 2004 both teams reached the quarter-finals. The men were defeated there by Iraq with 0: 1, the women failed with 1: 2 to Sweden. In 2008, only the men who were eliminated in the preliminary round were there. In 2016, Australia was represented by the women's team. In the quarter-finals, the team held a 0-0 draw against Brazil, which continued even after extra time. The women lost 6-7 on penalties.

Weightlifting


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Australian weightlifters first competed in London in 1948. In 1952, Vern Barberis won the first Australian medal in this sport with bronze in the lightweight.

In 1984, Dean Lukin became the first Australian weightlifting Olympic champion in super heavyweight. Robert Kabbas also won bronze in the light heavyweight division. Stefan Botev , a native Bulgarian who won bronze for his country in 1992, started for his new home in Australia in 1993. In 1996 in Atlanta he won bronze in the super heavyweight division.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Dean Lukin	1984 Los Angeles	Super heavyweight	first Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Vern Barberis	1952 Helsinki	lightweight	first medal win
Robert Kabbas	1984 Los Angeles	Light heavyweight
Stefan Botev	1996 Atlanta	Super heavyweight

golf


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Golf was re-included in the Olympic program in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Two men and two women from Australia competed. Marcus Fraser finished 5th in the men, Minjee Lee 7th in the women.

Marcus Fraser
Minjee Lee

Handball


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Only once, in 2000 in Sydney, Australia took part in the Olympic handball tournament. Both men and women lost all of their preliminary round matches and were eliminated. The women lost u. a. at 10:39 against Austria.

hockey


4th	3	5

Australia has been participating in the Olympic hockey tournament since 1956. When they first participated, the Australian men reached 5th place. In 1960 they reached the quarter-finals, in which they failed 0-1 after extra time against India. The first match in the placement round was against Kenya. The game was 1: 1 after regular time. After 40 minutes of extra time and darkness fell, the game was abandoned and Australia declared the winner by tossing a coin. After a protest by the Kenyans, a replay was scheduled, which Australia won 2-1. The game for 5th place, just one day later, against New Zealand they lost 0-1.

The 1964 tournament was more successful and ended with the first medal win by an Australian hockey team. When you were runner-up in the group, you qualified for the semi-finals after the preliminary round. Opponents were India, Australia lost 3-1. The Australians won the game for bronze 3-2 against Spain. In 1968, Australia was tied with Kenya after the preliminary round in second place. To determine the semi-final participant, a playoff had to be played, which Australia won 3-2. In the semifinals, India was beaten 2-1 after extra time. The final against Pakistan was lost 2-1.

In 1972 it was enough for Australia only for the placement games for places 5 to 8. Australia won both games and was fifth. In 1976 the team was second in the group again, this time tied with India. The playoff was won 5: 4 in a seven-meter shootout after a 1: 1 after extra time. In the semifinals, Pakistan was defeated 2-1. The final against New Zealand ended in a 0-1 defeat.

It was not until 1984 that Australia could qualify again. This time a women's team took part for the first time. The men had won all of their five preliminary round matches, u. a. 3-0 against the Federal Republic of Germany. In the semifinals they lost to Pakistan with 0: 1, the game for bronze against the United Kingdom was lost with 2: 3. The women's tournament consisted of six teams, the tournament was played in a final round. Australia lay, u. a. after a 2: 2 against the Federal Republic of Germany, tied with the same goal difference together with the USA in 3rd place. At the time, the regulations did not provide for a direct comparison, which Australia had won 3: 1. Therefore, a seven-meter shootout was ordered immediately after the last game, which the USA could win.

In 1988 the men were able to win all of their five preliminary round games. However, they lost the semi-finals against the United Kingdom (2: 3) and the bronze medal against the Netherlands (1: 2). The women moved into the semi-finals after a victory over Germany (1-0) and two draws. Here they defeated the Netherlands 3-2. In the final, hosts South Korea were the opponents, the preliminary round game ended 5: 5. The Australians won 2-0 and became the first Australian hockey Olympic champions.

In 1992 the men won four of the five preliminary round matches, plus there was a 1-1 draw against Germany. In the semifinals, the Netherlands were defeated 3-0. The final took place against Germany again. Australia lost 1: 2. The women lost to Germany 0: 1 in the preliminary round. One win and one more defeat was only enough for third place in the group and thus for the placement round. The first round against New Zealand was won 5: 1, the game for 5th place against the Netherlands 2: 0.

In 1996 the men's team qualified for the semi-finals. The team finished second in their preliminary group and met Spain in the semifinals. The game was lost with 1: 2. In the game for bronze, the Australians were able to defeat the German team 3-2. The women finished first in the group and were thus directly qualified for the final. In the group games they defeated the German team 1-0. As in 1988, the final was played against South Korea. Australia won 3-1 and was Olympic champion for the second time.

At the domestic summer games in 2000, the men were first in their preliminary group. The semi-final against the Netherlands ended 0-0 after extra time. Australia lost 4-5 in the seven-meter shootout. The Australians won the bronze match against Pakistan 6: 3. The women were also first in their preliminary group. The tournament mode stipulated that the three best in the group played a round of medals. Australia stayed in first place here too and played against Argentina in the final. The Australians won the final 3-1 and became Olympic champions for the second time in a row. For the first time a women's team was able to defend its Olympic victory.

In the 2004 tournament, the men were in second place in their preliminary group. They won the semi-final against Spain 6: 3. In the final against the defeat, it went into overtime after it had been 1: 1 in regular time. Australia won 2-1, making the men Olympic champions for the first time. The women only finished fourth in their preliminary group. They lost against Germany with 1: 2. Thus, the women were only qualified for the placement games for places 5 to 8. Japan were defeated 3-1, in the game for 5th place there was a 3-0 victory against New Zealand.

The men finished 2nd in the preliminary round in 2008. In the semifinals, Spain lost 3-2, but won the bronze match against the Netherlands 6-2. The women only finished third in the group due to the worse goal difference compared to Chine. In the game for 5th place against the United Kingdom, they won 2-0. The same result was achieved in 2012. This time the men came first in the group. In the semifinals they lost to Germany 2-4. The bronze match against the United Kingdom was won 3-1. The women were again third in the group. Again they had a worse goal difference, this time against Argentina and New Zealand. In the preliminary round, the Australians had defeated Germany 3-1. The game for 5th place against China was won 2-0.

The 2016 tournament ended in 6th place for the men. Third in the group, you qualified for the quarter-finals. Here they lost 4-0 to the Netherlands. The women also finished third in the group. They too lost their quarter-finals. There was a 2-4 defeat against New Zealand. The women were also rated in 6th place.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	1988 Seoul	Women's tournament	first Olympic victory
National team of women	1996 Atlanta	Women's tournament
National team of women	2000 Sydney	Women's tournament
National team of men	2004 Athens	Men's tournament

Surname	Games	discipline
National team of men	1968 Mexico City	Men's tournament
National team of men	1976 Montreal	Men's tournament
National team of men	1992 Barcelona	Men's tournament

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of men	1964 Tokyo	Men's tournament	first medal win
National team of men	1996 Atlanta	Men's tournament
National team of men	2000 Sydney	Men's tournament
National team of men	2008 Beijing	Men's tournament
National team of men	2012 London	Men's tournament

Judo


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The first Australian judoka started at the Olympic premiere of the sport in 1964. Theodore Boronovskis won the bronze medal in the open class in Tokyo. Only 36 years later, in Sydney in 2000, was another success achieved. Mária Pekli won bronze in the lightweight.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Theodore Boronovskis	1964 Tokyo	open class	first medal win
Mária Pekli	2000 Sydney	lightweight

Canoeing


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The first Australian canoeists took part in Melbourne in 1956. Dennis Green and Walter Brown won the bronze medal here in a two-person kayak over 10,000 meters. The next medal win took 24 years to come. In 1980 in Moscow, John Sumegi won silver in a single kayak over 500 meters. He finished fourth over the 1000 meter distance. In 1984 in Los Angeles, Barry Kelly and Grant Kenny won bronze in a two-person kayak over 1000 meters. In this boat class over the same distance, Peter Foster and Kelvin Graham also won bronze in Seoul in 1988. Grant Davies won the silver medal in a single kayak over 1000 meters. The four-person kayak only narrowly failed in fourth place because of a medal rank.

In 1992 in Barcelona an Australian canoeist became the first Olympic champion. Clint Robinson won over 1000 meters in a single kayak. The four-person kayak won bronze. In the women's category, Danielle Woodward took silver in a single kayak on the slalom course. In 1996 three bronze medals could be won. Clint Robinson could not defend his Olympic victory in a single kayak over 1000 meters, he finished third. In a two-person kayak over 500 meters, Daniel James Collins and Andrew Trim came in third. The third bronze medal was won by Katrin Borchert and Annemarie Cox in a two-person kayak over 500 meters. Both women were not born Australians and had previously competed in the Olympic Games for their countries of birth. Cox was Dutch and had won bronze in a two-person kayak in 1988. Borchert was German and won the silver medal in a four-person kayak in 1992.

Borchert was also successful in Sydney in 2000 when she won bronze in a single kayak over 500 meters. Daniel James Collins and Andrew Trim won silver in a two-person kayak over 500 meters. In Athens 2004 Nathan Baggaley won silver in a single kayak over 500 meters. He finished fourth over 1000 meters. Together with Clint Robinson, he also won silver in a two-person kayak over 500 meters. Over 1000 meters, Daniel James Collins and David Rhodes took fourth place. Slalom rider Robin Bell in a single canoe also came fourth .

In 2008 in Beijing, Kenneth Wallace became Olympic champion in a single kayak over 500 meters. He won bronze over 1000 meters. Robin Bell also won bronze in the slalom in the single-canoe. The women's four-person kayak also won bronze. Slalom skier Jacqueline Lawrence won silver in a single kayak. The men's four-man kayak became the 2012 Olympic champion in London. Kenneth Wallace and Dave Smith finished 4th in a two-person kayak over 1000 meters. In the women's category, slalom skier Jessica Fox won silver in a single kayak. Jessica Fox was able to win bronze again in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Another bronze medal was won by Kenneth Wallace and Lachlan Tame in a two-person kayak over 1000 meters. Murray Stewart finished fourth in a single kayak over 1000 meters. The men's four-person kayak also took fourth place.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Clint Robinson	1992 Barcelona	K 1 1000 meters	first Olympic victory
Kenneth Wallace	2008 Beijing	K 1,500 meters
Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear	2012 London	K 4

Surname	Games	discipline
John Sumegi	1980 Moscow	K 1,500 meters
Grant Davies	1988 Seoul	K 1 1000 meters
Danielle Woodward	1992 Barcelona	K 1 slalom
Daniel James Collins Andrew Trim	2000 Sydney	K 2,500 meters
Nathan Baggaley	2004 Athens	K 1,500 meters
Clint Robinson Nathan Baggaley	2004 Athens	K 2,500 meters
Jacqueline Lawrence	2008 Beijing	K 1 slalom
Jessica Fox	2012 London	K 1 slalom

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Dennis Green Walter Brown	1956 Melbourne	K 2 10,000 meters	first medal win
Barry Kelly Grant Kenny	1984 Los Angeles	K 2 1000 meters
Peter Foster Kelvin Graham	1988 Seoul	K 2 1000 meters
Kelvin Graham Ian Rowling Steve Wood Ramon Andersson	1992 Barcelona	K 4
Clint Robinson	1996 Atlanta	K 1 1000 meters
Daniel James Collins Andrew Trim	1996 Atlanta	K 2,500 meters
Katrin Borchert Annemarie Cox	1996 Atlanta	K 2,500 meters
Katrin Borchert	2000 Sydney	K 1,500 meters
Kenneth Wallace	2008 Beijing	K 1 1000 meters
Robin Bell	2008 Beijing	C 1 slalom
Lisa Oldenhof Hannah Davis Chantal Meek Lyndsie Fogarty	2008 Beijing	K 4
Lachlan Tame Kenneth Wallace	2016 Rio de Janeiro	K 2 1000 meters
Jessica Fox	2016 Rio de Janeiro	K 1 slalom

Kenneth Wallace, Olympic champion 2008, bronze 2008 and 2016
Robin Bell, bronze 2008
Jacqueline Lawrence, silver 2008
Lisa Oldenhof (l.) And Hannah Davis (r.), Bronze 2008
Chantal Meek, bronze 2008
Lyndsie Fogarty, bronze 2008
Jessica Fox, silver 2012, bronze 2016

athletics


21st	25th	26th

An Australian athlete was used when the Olympic Games were first held in Athens in 1896. Edwin Flack became double Olympic champion over 800 and 1500 meters in Athens. This makes him the first Australian Olympic champion and medalist in the country's Olympic history. In 1900 in Paris, Stan Rowley won four medals. In the team run over 5000 meters, he became Olympic champion. However, he ran on a mixed team with runners from the United Kingdom who formed the team of the Amateur Athletic Association . Since Rowley was an Australian member of the British Empire, he was eligible to start for the AAA. He was nominated for the reason to occupy the mandatory fifth starting place. As a sprinter, Rowley was not suitable for the distance of 5000 meters. He had only covered 3500 meters when the penultimate runner crossed the finish line. The jury then broke off the competition. His gold medal is added to the medal balance of the mixed teams. Rowley won three bronze medals in the 60, 100 and 200 meters.

The walker George Parker won silver over 3000 meters in Antwerp in 1920. In 1924 in Paris, Nick Winter was Olympic champion in the triple jump. It was not until 12 years later, in 1936 in Berlin, that an Australian athlete was able to win a medal again. The triple jumper Jack Metcalfe won bronze.

In 1948 in London, the athletes won a total of six medals. John Winter became Olympic champion in the high jump. The long jumper Theo Bruce and the triple jumper George Avery each won silver. With her bronze medal in the 100-meter run, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty became the first Australian woman to win a medal. She also won bronze in the 80 meter hurdles. She was also a member of the 100-meter relay that ran for the silver medal. The women were the medal suppliers in Helsinki in 1952. Marjorie Jackson was a double Olympic champion over 100 and 200 meters. Shirley Strickland de la Hunty won the 80 meter hurdles and took bronze over 100 meters.

76 athletes competed in the 1956 domestic summer games in Melbourne. 12 medals were the result. Betty Cuthbert and Shirley Strickland de la Hunty were the most successful medal collectors. Cuthbert became a three-time Olympic champion. She won gold in the 100 and 200 meters and also won the 100 meter relay. Strickland de la Hunty was Olympic champion in the 80 meter hurdles and was also a member of the gold relay. She won her seventh Olympic medal, making her the most successful Australian athlete to date in terms of the number of medals. Marlene Mathews won two bronze medals in the 100 and 200 meters. Another bronze medal was added by Norma Thrower over 80 meter hurdles. The men's 400-meter relay won silver. Three bronze medals were won in the 100-meter run by Hector Hogan , in the 1500-meter run by John Landy and in the 10,000-meter run by Allan Lawrence .

Edwin Flack, double Olympic gold medalist in 1896, was the first Australian medalist and Olympic gold medalist
Stan Rowley, three times bronze 1900
Nick Winter, Olympic champion in 1924
Jack Metcalfe, bronze 1936
Joyce King, silver 1948
Hector Hogan, bronze 1956
John Landy (r.) At the finish of the 1500 meter run in 1956, in which he won bronze. The winner Ron Delany from Ireland kneels in front of him
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, three-time Olympic champion and with seven medals most successful athlete in Australia
Crossing the finish line in the 1956 women's 100 meter final: Betty Cuthbert in front, Marlene Mathews in the middle, and Heather Armitage from Britain , who was sixth , on the left

In 1960 in Rome, Herb Elliott won the gold medal in the 1,500 meter run. Dave Power won bronze over 10,000 meters, Noel Freeman took silver in the 20 kilometer walk. In the women's race, Brenda Jones won silver over 800 meters. 1964 in Tokyo Betty Cuthbert was once again Olympic champion. This time she won the 400-meter run, Judy Amoore won bronze here. Betty Cuthbert was Olympic champion for the fourth time and was more successful in the number of wins than Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, who had achieved three Olympic victories. Michele Mason won silver in the high jump. Pam Kilborn won bronze in the 80 meter hurdles and Marilyn Black over 200 meters. In the men's race, Ron Clarke took bronze over 10,000 meters.

In Mexico City, Ralph Doubell became Olympic champion over 800 meters. Peter Norman won silver over 200 meters. The award ceremony of this competition caused a sensation. The two Americans Tommie Smith , who won the gold medal, and the bronze medalist John Carlos raised their fists in salute to the Black Power movement. In solidarity, Norman had attached a plaque from the human rights movement Olympics Project for Human Rights to his tracksuit. There was a double victory in the 80 meter hurdles for women. Maureen Caird was Olympic champion ahead of Pam Kilborn . Over 200 meters, Raelene Boyle won silver and Jennifer Lamy bronze. The 1972 Munich Games were a setback for the Australian athletes. Only Raelene Boyle was able to win two silver medals, each over 100 and 200 meters. In 1976 in Montreal none of the 27 participants could climb onto the podium. In 1980 in Moscow, Rick Mitchell won silver over 400 meters.

The first Olympic victory in 16 years was achieved by the heptathlete Glynis Nunn . Gael Martin won bronze in the shot put. Gary Honey achieved the silver medal in the long jump. Honey had exactly the same distance as the Italian Giovanni Evangelisti with 8.24 m . In this case, the second best distance of the athletes had to decide on the placement. Here Honey with 8.18 m was nine centimeters better than Evangelisti with 8.09 m. In 1988 in Seoul, Debbie Flintoff-King won the 400-meter hurdles. Lisa Martin-Ondieki won silver in the marathon. Two bronze medals were the result of the Australian athletes in Barcelona in 1992. Tim Forsyth was third in the high jump, Daniela Costian in the discus throw.

With the largest athletics team since 1956, they traveled to Atlanta in 1996. 60 participants won two silver medals. Cathy Freeman won her medal in the 400-meter run, Louise McPaul in the javelin throw. The team was even bigger at the 2000 domestic summer games in Sydney. 82 participants had to live up to the naturally high expectations of the local audience. One gold and two silver medals were included in the final bill. Cathy Freeman became Olympic champion over 400 meters. Tatiana Grigorieva , a native Russian, won silver in the pole vault. Jai Taurima won the second silver medal in the long jump.

In 2004 in Athens, the members of the men's 400-meter relay ran to the silver medal. The walkers contributed two bronze medals: Nathan Deakes over 20 kilometers in the men and Jane Saville over the same distance in the women. In Beijing 2008 Steve Hooker became Olympic champion in the pole vault. The walker Jared Tallent could win two medals. He won silver over 20 kilometers and bronze over 50 kilometers. Sally Pearson won silver in the 100 meter hurdles. In 2012 in London, Sally Pearson became an Olympic champion. Jared Tallent also became Olympic champion over 50 kilometers after the original winner, Russian Sergei Kirdjapkin, was disqualified for doping. The long jumper Mitchell Watt also won silver. In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Jared Tallent won his third medal in a row over 50 kilometers with silver. Dane Bird-Smith won the bronze medal in the competition over 20 kilometers.

Herb Elliott, 1960 Olympic champion
Crossing the finish line in the 800 meter final of 1960: Lyudmila Schewzowa from the Soviet Union (left) wins ahead of Brenda Jones
Betty Cuthbert, four-time Olympic champion
Crossing the finish line in the 10,000 meter final in 1964: Olympic champion Billy Mills from the USA with the 722 and Mohammed Gammoudi from Tunisia with silver with the 615 . Right behind Gammoudi Ron Clarke in 3rd place
Ralph Doubell, Olympic Champion 1968
The award ceremony in the 200-meter run in 1968: left Peter Norman (silver), center Tommie Smith (gold), right John Carlos (bronze)
Cathy Freeman, 2000 Olympic Champion
Nathan Deakes, bronze 2004
Steve Hooker, 2008 Olympic Champion
Jared Tallent, silver and bronze 2008, Olympic champion 2012, silver 2016
Sally Pearson, silver 2008, Olympic champion 2012
Silver 2012
Dane Bird-Smith, bronze 2016

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Edwin Flack	1896 Athens	1500 meters	first Olympic victory and medal win for Australia
Edwin Flack	1896 Athens	800 meters
Nick Winter	1924 Paris	Triple jump
John Winter	1948 London	high jump
Marjorie Jackson	1952 Helsinki	100 meters
Marjorie Jackson	1952 Helsinki	200 metres
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	1952 Helsinki	80 meter hurdles
Betty Cuthbert	1956 Melbourne	100 meters
Betty Cuthbert	1956 Melbourne	200 metres
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	1956 Melbourne	80 meter hurdles
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Norma Croker Fleur Mellor Betty Cuthbert	1956 Melbourne	4 x 100 meter relay
Herb Elliott	1960 Rome	800 meters
Betty Cuthbert	1964 Tokyo	400 meters
Ralph Doubell	1968 Mexico City	800 meters
Maureen Caird	1968 Mexico City	80 meter hurdles
Glynis Nunn	1984 Los Angeles	Heptathlon
Debbie Flintoff-King	1988 Seoul	400 meter hurdles
Cathy Freeman	2000 Sydney	400 meters
Steve Hooker	2008 Beijing	Pole vault
Jared Tallent	2012 London	50 kilometers of walking
Sally Pearson	2012 London	100 meter hurdles

Surname	Games	discipline
George Parker	1920 Antwerp	3000 meters of walking
Theo Bruce	1948 London	Long jump
George Avery	1948 London	Triple jump
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King	1948 London	4 x 100 meter relay
Leon Gregory David Lean Graham Gipson Kevan Gosper John William Goodman	1956 Melbourne	4 x 400 meter relay
Noel Freeman	1960 Rome	20 kilometers of walking
Brenda Jones	1960 Rome	800 meters
Michele Mason	1964 Tokyo	high jump
Peter Norman	1968 Mexico City	200 metres
Raelene Boyle	1968 Mexico City	200 metres
Pam Kilborn	1968 Mexico City	80 meter hurdles
Raelene Boyle	1972 Munich	100 meters
Raelene Boyle	1972 Munich	200 metres
Rick Mitchell	1980 Moscow	400 meters
Gary Honey	1984 Los Angeles	Long jump
Lisa Martin-Ondieki	1988 Seoul	marathon
Cathy Freeman	1992 Barcelona	400 meters
Louise McPaul	1992 Barcelona	Javelin throw
Jai Taurima	2000 Sydney	Long jump
Tatiana Grigorieva	2000 Sydney	Pole vault
John Steffensen Mark Ormrod Patrick Dwyer Clinton Hill	2004 Athens	4 x 400 meter relay
Jared Tallent	2008 Beijing	50 kilometers of walking
Sally Pearson	2008 Beijing	100 meter hurdles
Mitchell Watts	2012 London	Long jump
Jared Tallent	2016 Rio de Janeiro	50 kilometers of walking

Surname	Games	discipline
Stan Rowley	1900 Paris	60 meters
Stan Rowley	1900 Paris	100 meters
Stan Rowley	1900 Paris	100 meters
Jack Metcalfe	1936 Berlin	Triple jump
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	1948 London	100 meters
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	1948 London	80 meter hurdles
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	1952 Helsinki	100 meters
Hector Hogan	1956 Melbourne	100 meters
John Landy	1956 Melbourne	1500 meters
Allan Lawrence	1956 Melbourne	10,000 meters
Marlene Mathews	1956 Melbourne	100 meters
Marlene Mathews	1956 Melbourne	200 metres
Norma Thrower	1956 Melbourne	80 meter hurdles
Dave Power	1960 Rome	10,000 meters
Ron Clarke	1964 Tokyo	10,000 meters
Marilyn Black	1964 Tokyo	200 metres
Judy Amoore	1964 Tokyo	400 meters
Pam Kilborn	1964 Tokyo	80 meter hurdles
Jennifer Lamy	1968 Mexico City	200 metres
Gael Martin	1984 Los Angeles	Shot put
Tim Forsyth	1988 Seoul	high jump
Daniela Costian	1988 Seoul	Discus throw
Nathan Deakes	2004 Athens	20 kilometers of walking
Jane Saville	2004 Athens	20 kilometers of walking
Jared Tallent	2008 Beijing	20 kilometers of walking
Dane Bird-Smith	2016 Rio de Janeiro	20 kilometers of walking

Modern pentathlon


1	-	-

The first Australian pentathlon competed in Helsinki in 1952. In 1964 in Tokyo, Peter Macken reached 4th place. Australia took 5th place in the team standings. The next successes came 48 years later. In London 2012, Chloe Esposito finished seventh. In 2016 she became an Olympic champion, her brother Max Esposito came in seventh among the men.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Chloe Esposito	2016 Rio de Janeiro		first Olympic victory and medal win

Cycling


14th	19th	18th

Australian cyclists have been participating in Olympic competitions since 1920. In 1928 in Amsterdam, Edgar Gray became Australia's first medalist in cycling. He won bronze in the 1000 meter time trial. In 1932 he became the first cycling Olympic champion from Australia in this discipline. He was also fourth in the sprint. In 1936 in Berlin he reached 5th place in the sprint.

Charles Bazzano finished fourth in the sprint in London in 1948. The pursuit foursome was fifth. Two Olympic victories were won in Helsinki in 1952. Russell Mockridge won the 1000-meter time trial and won the tandem sprint with Lionel Cox . Cox also won silver in the sprint. 1956 in Melbourne there was gold again, this time by Ian Browne and Tony Marchant . Dick Ploog won bronze in the sprint, Warren Scarfe finished fourth in the 1000-meter time trial.

In 1960 in Rome, Ron Baensch reached 4th place in the sprint, Ian Chapman 5th place in the 1000-meter time trial. There were also two fourth places in Tokyo in 1964 by Ray Bilney in the street race and the pursuit foursome. In the individual pursuit, John Bylsma was fourth in Mexico City in 1968. After a 16-year break, medals could be won again in Munich in 1972. Clyde Sefton won silver in the road race, John Nicholson also won silver in the sprint and Danny Clark a third silver medal in the 1000-meter time trial. John Bylsman finished fourth in the individual pursuit for the second year in a row.

28 years after the last Olympic victory in 1984 in Los Angeles, the Australian four-way winner in the team pursuit. Team member Dean Woods finished fourth in the individual pursuit. Woods won silver in the individual pursuit in Seoul in 1988. The track four (with Woods) won bronze in the team pursuit. Martin Vinnicombe took silver in the 1000 meter time trial, Gary Neiwand bronze in the sprint. Gary Neiwand won three silver medals in the sprint, Shane Kelly in the 1000 meter time trial and the track four in the team pursuit. Mark Kingsland finished fourth in the individual pursuit. Kathy Watt became the first Australian woman to win a cycling medal and become an Olympic champion. She won the road race and took silver in the individual pursuit.

In Atlanta 1996 men won three bronze medals by Stuart O'Grady in the points race, Bradley McGee in the individual pursuit and the track four in the team pursuit. Gary Neiwand finished fourth in the sprint. In the women's category, Michelle Ferris won silver in the sprint and Lucy Tyler-Sharman bronze in the points race. Kathy Watt reached fourth place in the time trial. In 2000 in Sydney Brett Aitken and Scott McGrory drove to Olympic victory in the Madison. Shane Kelly won bronze in the 1000 meter time trial, Bradley McGee bronze in the individual pursuit. Gary Neiwand, Sean Eadie and Darryn Hill won bronze in the Olympic sprint. Neiwand also won silver in the Keirin. Michelle Ferris won silver in the women’s 500-meter time trial and fourth in the sprint, as did Anna Millward in the road race.

The 2004 Athens Games were extremely successful. The Australian team achieved six Olympic victories. Olympic champions were the four-wheel in the men's team pursuit, Ryan Bayley in the sprint and keirin, Stuart O'Grady and Graeme Brown in the Madison, Sara Carrigan in the road race and Anna Meares in the 500-meter time trial. Bradley McGee also won silver in the individual pursuit, Shane Kelly bronze in the keirin, Katie Mactier silver in the individual pursuit and Anna Meares bronze in the sprint. Michael Rogers was fourth in the road time trial. The winner, the American Tyler Hamilton , was disqualified for doping. With this, Rogers subsequently advanced to the bronze rank. Shane Kelly also finished fourth in the sprint. Together with Sean Eadie and Ryan Bayley, he also finished fourth in the Olympic sprint. Oenone Wood was fourth in the women's road race.

Anna Meares won silver in the sprint in Beijing in 2008. It would remain the only medal for Australia at these Olympics. Michael Rogers finished fifth in the road race and eighth in the time trial. Cadel Evans finished fifth in the time trial. On his fifth Olympic participation, Shane Kelly finished in both the Keirin and the team sprint. The men's four was also fourth in the team pursuit, as was Cameron Meyer in the points race. Anna Meares was again Olympic champion in the sprint in London in 2012. Together with Kaarle McCulloch , she won bronze in the team sprint. Annette Edmondson won bronze in the Omnium. There was a fourth place in the women's team pursuit. In the men's category, the four-man team pursuit won silver. Sam Willoughby also won silver on BMX. Shane Perkins won bronze in the sprint. The team in the team sprint reached 4th place.

In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, the four-man won the silver medal in the team pursuit. Anna Meares won bronze in the Keirin. Both team sprint teams took 4th place, also Matthew Glaetzer in the sprint.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Edgar Gray	1932 Los Angeles	1000 meter time trial	first Olympic victory
Russell Mockridge	1952 Helsinki	1000 meter time trial
Russell Mockridge Lionel Cox	1952 Helsinki	tandem
Ian Browne Tony Marchant	1956 Melbourne	tandem
Dean Woods Michael Grenda Kevin Nichols Michael Turtur	1984 Los Angeles	Team pursuit
Kathy Watt	1992 Barcelona	Road racing
Scott McGrory Brett Aitken	2000 Sydney	Madison
Ryan Bayley	2004 Athens	sprint
Ryan Bayley	2004 Athens	Keirin
Graeme Brown Stuart O'Grady	2004 Athens	Madison
Graeme Brown Brett Lancaster Bradley McGee Luke Roberts Peter Dawson Stephen Wooldridge	2004 Athens	Team pursuit
Sara Carrigan	2004 Athens	Road racing
Anna Meares	2004 Athens	500 meter time trial
Anna Meares	2012 London	sprint

Surname	Games	discipline
Lionel Cox	1952 Helsinki	sprint
Clyde Sefton	1972 Munich	Road racing
John Nicholson	1972 Munich	sprint
Danny Clark	1972 Munich	1000 meter time trial
Dean Woods	1988 Seoul	Individual tracking
Martin Vinnicombe	1988 Seoul	1000 meter time trial
Gary Neiwand	1992 Barcelona	sprint
Shane Kelly	1992 Barcelona	1000 meter time trial
Brett Aitken Steve McGlede Shaun O'Brien Stuart O'Grady	1992 Barcelona	Team pursuit
Kathy Watt	1992 Barcelona	Individual tracking
Michelle Ferris	1996 Atlanta	sprint
Gary Neiwand	2000 Sydney	Keirin
Michelle Ferris	2000 Sydney	500 meter time trial
Bradley McGee	2004 Athens	Individual tracking
Katie Mactier	2004 Athens	Individual tracking
Anna Meares	2008 Beijing	sprint
Sam Willoughby	2012 London	BMX
Jack Bobridge Glenn O'Shea Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn	2012 London	Team pursuit
Jack Bobridge Alexander Edmondson Callum Scotson Michael Hepburn Sam Welsford	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team pursuit

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Edgar Gray	1928 Amsterdam	1000 meter time trial	first medal win
Dick Ploog	1956 Melbourne	sprint
Gary Neiwand	1988 Seoul	sprint
Dean Woods Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Steve McGlede Scott McGrory	1988 Seoul	Team pursuit
Bradley McGee	1996 Atlanta	Individual tracking
Stuart O'Grady	1996 Atlanta	Points race
Brett Aitken Bradley McGee Stuart O'Grady Dean Woods Tim O'Shannessey	1996 Atlanta	Team pursuit
Lucy Tyler-Sharman	1996 Atlanta	Points race
Shane Kelly	2000 Sydney	1000 meter time trial
Bradley McGee	2000 Sydney	Individual tracking
Sean Eadie Darryn Hill Gary Neiwand	2000 Sydney	Olympic sprint
Michael Rogers	2004 Athens	Time trial
Shane Kelly	2004 Athens	Keirin
Anna Meares	2004 Athens	sprint
Shane Perkins	2012 London	sprint
Annette Edmondson	2012 London	Omnium
Annette Edmondson Melissa Hoskins Josephine Tomic	2012 London	Team sprint
Anna Meares	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Keirin

Lionel Cox, gold and silver 1952
Ron Baensch (1966)
Danny Clark, silver 1972 (photo from 1999)
Shane Kelly, silver 1992, bronze 2000 and 2004
Kathy Watt, gold and silver 1992
Stuart O'Grady, silver 1992, bronze 1996, Olympic champion 2004 (photo from 2007)
Bradley McGee, bronze 1996, 2000, Olympic champion and silver 2004
Anna Millward
Sean Eadie, bronze 2000
Brett Lancaster, 2004 Olympic Champion
Luke Roberts, 2004 Olympic Champion
Graeme Brown, 2004 double Olympic gold medalist
Michael Rogers, bronze 2004
Sara Carrigan, 2004 Olympic champion
Anna Meares, Olympic victory and bronze 2004, silver 2008, Olympic victory and bronze 2012, bronze 2016
Shane Perkins, bronze 2016
Jack Bobridge, silver 2012 and 2016

horse riding


6th	3	3

The first Olympic riders in Australia took part in the 1956 Equestrian Games in Stockholm. The strict Australian quarantine regulations for horses were the reason why the equestrian competitions could not be held in Melbourne. The most successful riders were the eventing riders who won all of the Australian medals in equestrianism.

In 1960 in Rome, the eventing riders achieved the Olympic victory with the team. In the individual competition, Lawrence Morgan was Olympic champion, Neale Lavis won silver. In 1964 in Tokyo, show jumper John Fahey was fourth in the individual ranking. In Mexico City in 1968 the eventing riders won bronze in the team classification. In 1972 in Munich they came fourth, in 1976 they won bronze again. Wayne Roycroft reached 5th place in the individual ranking in Montreal, as did the show jumper Guy Creighton.

Only 16 years later, in 1992 in Barcelona, could medals be won again. Matthew Ryan was Olympic champion in the individual and with the team. The team was able to defend their Olympic victory in Atlanta in 1996. In 2000 in Sydney she became Olympic champion for the third time in a row. There was also a silver medal in the individual ranking by Andrew Hoy . In Beijing 2008 a silver medal followed for the team. Megan Jones was fourth in the individual ranking. In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro there was another bronze medal for the team. In London 2012 Andrew Hoy took part in the Olympic Games for the seventh time. In the individual ranking, Sam Griffiths was in 4th place and Christopher Burton in 5th place.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Lawrence Morgan on Salad Days	1960 Rome	Versatility single	first Olympic victory and medal win
Lawrence Morgan on Salad Days Neale Lavis on Mirrabooka Bill Roycroft on Our Solo Brian Crago on Saber	1960 Rome	Versatility team
Matthew Ryan on Kibah Tic Toc	1992 Barcelona	Versatility single
Matthew Ryan on Kibah Tic Toc Andrew Hoy on Kiwi Gillian Rolton on Peppermint Grove David Green on Duncan II	1992 Barcelona	Versatility team
Wendy Schaeffer on Sunburst Andrew Hoy on Darien Powers Gillian Rolton on Peppermint Grove Phillip Dutton on True Blue Girdwood	1996 Atlanta	Versatility team
Stuart Tinney on Jeepster Andrew Hoy on Darien Powers Matthew Ryan on Kibah Sandstone Phillip Dutton on House Doctor	2000 Sydney	Versatility team

Surname	Games	discipline
Neale Lavis on Mirrabooka	1960 Rome	Versatility single
Andrew Hoy on Darien Powers	2000 Sydney	Versatility single
Shane Rose on All Luck Sonja Johnson on Ringwould Jaguar Lucinda Fredericks on Headley Britannia Clayton Fredericks on Ben Along Time Megan Jones on Irish Jester	2008 Beijing	Versatility team

Surname	Games	discipline
Wayne Roycroft on Zhivago Brien Cobcroft on Depeche Bill Roycroft on Warrathoola James Scanlon on The Furtive	1968 Mexico City	Versatility team
Wayne Roycroft on Laurenson Mervyn Bennett on Regal Reign Bill Roycroft on Version Denis Pigott on Hillstead	1976 Montreal	Versatility team
Shane Rose on CP Qualified Christopher Burton on Santana II Sam Griffiths on Paulank Brockagh Stuart Tinney on Pluto Mio	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Versatility team

Andrew Hoy 2012 on Rutherglen
Christopher Burton 2012 on Holstein Park Leilani (1966)

Wrestling


-	1	2

In 1924 in Paris, the first Australian wrestler stepped onto the mat. The first medal was there in 1932 in Los Angeles by the freestyle wrestler Edward Scarf , who won bronze in the light middleweight division. Richard Garrard won silver welterweight in London in 1948, James Michael Armstrong bronze heavyweight.

Although Australian wrestlers took part in all other games in the following years, including in the Greco-Roman style, none of the participants could fight their way onto the podium.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Richard Garrard	1948 London	Welterweight freestyle

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Edward Scarf	1932 Los Angeles	Light heavyweight freestyle	first medal win
James Michael Armstrong	1948 London	Heavyweight freestyle

rowing


11	15th	14th

Australian rowers have taken part in Olympic rowing regattas since 1924. In 1928 in Amsterdam, Henry Pearce became the first Australian medalist and Olympic champion in rowing with his victory in the one. He was able to repeat his Olympic victory in Los Angeles in 1932. Mervyn Wood became Olympic champion in London in 1948. In 1952 in Helsinki he won silver. The eighth took bronze.

At the domestic summer games in Melbourne in 1956, the eighth repeated winning the bronze medal. Mervyn Wood won bronze in double sculls with Murray Riley. Stuart MacKenzie took silver in the single. It wasn't until 1968 that Australian rowers were successful again. The eighth won silver. After this success it took another 16 years until the next medal. In 1984 in Los Angeles, the men's quadruple won silver and the eighth won bronze. For the first time, Australian rowers were able to win a medal. The foursome with the helmsman got bronze. In 1988 in Seoul, Hamish McGlashan reached 4th place in the single.

After 44 years, Australian rowing Olympic champions were crowned for the first time in 1992 in Barcelona. Gold was won by the men's double scull and the four without a helmsman. Two Olympic victories were also achieved in Atlanta in 1996 by the four without a helmsman and the women's double scull. There was also silver for the two without a helmsman and bronze for the men's double scull and both lightweight double sculls. The women's double scull just barely missed a medal rank in fourth place.

At the domestic Summer Games in Sydney in 2000, no Australian boat could go to victory. It was enough for three silver medals through the eighth of the men, the lightweight four without a helmsman and the two without a helmsman. Bronze went to the two and four without helmsmen. The men's double scull and the women's lightweight double scull finished fourth.

The two without a helmsman became Olympic champion in Athens in 2004. James Tomkins won his third gold medal here and was, along with a bronze medal, the most successful Australian rower at the Olympic Games. The lightweight four without a helmsman won silver. Bronze went to the men's eight and the women's double quad. The four without a helmsman and the women's lightweight double scull just missed the medal ranks.

In Beijing both the double scull and the double without a helmsman became Olympic champions. The four without a helmsman won silver. The men's double-fours took 4th place. In London 2012, no boat achieved an Olympic victory. Three silver medals for the four without a helmsman, the double scull for women and the two without a helmswoman and two bronze medals for the double scull for the men and the one for the women stood at the end of the regattas. The lightweight four without a helmsman and the women's double quad finished 4th. Drew Ginn was a rower in the four without a helmsman. With his silver medal, he replaced James Tomkins as the most successful Australian rower at the Olympic Games. Ginn, like Tomkins, had won three gold medals. In addition, Ginn won a silver medal, while Tomkins won a bronze medal.

In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Kim Brennan became Olympic champion in single. Brennan started in London in 2012 under her maiden name Crow. The four without a helmsman and the men's double quad both won silver.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Henry Pearce	1928 Amsterdam	One	first medal and Olympic victory
Henry Pearce	1932 Los Angeles	One
Mervyn Wood	1948 London	One
Stephen Hawkins Peter Antonie	1992 Barcelona	Double scull
Andrew Cooper Mike McKay Nicholas Green James Tomkins	1992 Barcelona	Foursome without a helmsman
Drew Ginn Mike McKay James Tomkins Nicholas Green	1996 Atlanta	Foursome without a helmsman
Megan Still Kate Slatter	1996 Atlanta	Two without a helmsman
Drew Ginn James Tomkins	2004 Athens	Two without a helmsman
Drew Ginn Duncan Free	2008 Beijing	Two without a helmsman
David Crawshay Scott Brennan	2008 Beijing	Double scull
Kim Brennan	2016 Rio de Janeiro	One

Surname	Games	discipline
Mervyn Wood	1952 Helsinki	One
Stuart MacKenzie	1956 Melbourne	One
Eighth of the men	1968 Mexico City	Eighth
Paul Reedy Gary Gullock Timothy McLaren Anthony Lovrich	1984 Los Angeles	Double fours
David Weightman Robert Scott	1996 Atlanta	Two without a helmsman
Simon Burgess Anthony Edwards Darren Balmforth Robert Richards	2000 Sydney	Lightweight four without a helmsman
Eighth of the men	2000 Sydney	Eighth
Rachael Taylor Kate Slatter	2000 Sydney	Two without a helmsman
Glen Loftus Anthony Edwards Benjamin Cureton Simon Burgess	2004 Athens	Lightweight four without a helmsman
Matt Ryan James Marburg Cameron McKenzie-McHarg Francis Hegerty	2008 Beijing	Foursome without a helmsman
William Lockwood James Chapman Drew Ginn Joshua Dunkley-Smith	2012 London	Foursome without a helmsman
Kim Crow Brooke Pratley	2012 London	Double scull
Kate Hornsey Sarah Tait	2012 London	Two without a helmsman
Joshua Booth Josh Dunkley-Smith Alexander Hill William Lockwood	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Foursome without a helmsman
Alexander Belonogoff Karsten Forsterling Cameron Girdlestone James McRae	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Double fours

Surname	Games	discipline
Eighth of the men	1952 Helsinki	Eighth
Mervyn Wood Murray Riley	1956 Melbourne	Double scull
Eighth of the men	1956 Melbourne	Eighth
Eighth of the men	1984 Los Angeles	Eighth
Robyn Gray-Gardner Karen Brancourt Susan Chapman Margot Foster Susan Lee	1984 Los Angeles	Foursome with a helmsman
Janusz Hooker Duncan Free Ronald Snook Boden Hanson	1996 Atlanta	Double fours
Anthony Edwards Bruce Hick	1996 Atlanta	Lightweight double scull
Rebecca Joyce Virginia Lee	1996 Atlanta	Lightweight double scull
Matthew Long James Tomkins	2000 Sydney	Two without a helmsman
James Stewart Benjamin Dodwell Geoffrey Stewart Boden Hanson	2000 Sydney	Foursome without a helmsman
Eighth of the men	2004 Athens	Eighth
James Stewart Benjamin Dodwell Geoffrey Stewart Boden Hanson	2004 Athens	Foursome without a helmsman
Christopher Morgan Karsten Forsterling James McRae Daniel Noonan	2012 London	Double fours
Kim Crow	2012 London	One

Henry Pearce, Olympic champion in 1928 and 1932
The rowing team from 1952, standing (from left to right): Chapman , Anderson, Rogers, Greenwood, Pain, Finlay , Middleton, Williamson; seated (from left to right): Palmer, Cayzer, Riley, Berkery, Wood , Chessell, Tinning
James Tomkins, Olympic Champion 1992, 1996 and 2004 (photo from 2008)
Scott Brennan, 2008 Olympic Champion
James Chapman, Silver 2012
Christopher Morgan, bronze 2012
James McRae, bronze 2012, silver 2016
Kim Crow-Brannen, silver and bronze 2012, Olympic champion 2016

Rugby Sevens


1	-	-

Rugby Sevens was added to the Olympic program in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Australia competed with a men's and a women's team. The men were eliminated in the quarter-finals against South Africa with 5:22. In the preliminary round they still won 12: 5. In the placement round they lost to Argentina with 21:26 and France with 10:12 and thus finished eighth and last.

The women started the tournament with two wins, including a 53-0 win over Colombia. This was the biggest win in the tournament. Finally, the Australians played 12:12 against the USA. Spain was beaten 24-0 in the quarter-finals and Canada 17-5 in the semi-finals. In the final there was a duel against New Zealand. The Australians won the match 24:17, becoming the first Olympic champions in rugby sevens.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Women's tournament	first Olympic victory and medal win

shoot


5	1	5

For the first time, Australian shooters took part in an Olympic tournament in London in 1948. A first success could only be recorded in 1984 in Los Angeles. Patricia Dench won bronze with the sport pistol. Eli Ellis and Terry Rumbel took 6th and 7th place in trap shooting. In 1992 in Barcelona, Lynn Freh was seventh with the sport pistol.

1996 in Atlanta there were the first Olympic victories in this sport. First Michael Diamond was Olympic champion in trap shooting, John Maxwell was fourth. Then Russell Mark won the double trap. Deserie Huddleston won bronze in double trap.

In 2000 in Sydney Michael Diamond was able to repeat his Olympic victory, Russell Mark won silver in a double trap. With the air pistol, Annemarie Ford won bronze. In the skeet shooting, Natasha Lonsdale finished fourth. In 2004 in Athens, Suzanne Balogh was Olympic champion in trap shooting, Lauryn Mark was fourth in skeet shooting. Adam Vella won bronze in the men's trap shooting category.

In Beijing 2008 only one bronze medal could be achieved, which Warren Potent achieved with the small bore rifle in prone position. Michael Diamond finished fourth in trap shooting, Russell Mark fifth in double trap. No medal could be won in London in 2012. Michael Diamond finished fourth in trap shooting in his sixth Olympic Games, Suzanne Balogh reached 6th place. In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Catherine Skinner was Olympic champion in trap shooting. With four gold and one bronze medal, trap shooting is the most successful discipline for Australia's shooters.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Michael Diamond	1996 Atlanta	Trap	first Olympic victory
Russell Mark	1996 Atlanta	Double trap
Michael Diamond	2000 Sydney	Trap
Suzanne Balogh	2004 Athens	Trap
Catherine Skinner	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Trap

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Russell Mark	2000 Sydney	Double trap

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Patricia Dench	1984 Los Angeles	Sport pistol	first medal win
Deserie Huddleston	1996 Atlanta	Double trap
Annemarie Ford	2000 Sydney	Air pistol
Adam Vella	2004 Athens	Trap
Warren Potent	2008 Beijing	Small caliber rifle lying

Warren Potent, bronze 2008

swim


60	66	65

Australia's most successful sport is swimming. Of the ten most successful Olympians, eight are swimmers. In total, Australian swimmers won 188 medals, including 60 gold, 64 silver and 64 bronze medals.

Australia's first Olympic swimmer was in Paris in Frederick Lane in 1900 . He was also Australia's first ever medalist and Olympic champion in swimming. Lane won the 200 meter freestyle and 200 meter obstacle swimming competitions. Francis Gailey won four medals in St. Louis in 1904. He won silver on the freestyle courses over 220, 440 and 880 yards and bronze over one mile freestyle.

In 1920 in Antwerp, the 200-meter freestyle relay won silver. Frank Beaurepaire won bronze in the 1500 meters freestyle. In 1924 in Paris, Andrew Charlton became Olympic champion in the 1500 meter freestyle, Frank Beaurepaire won bronze again. Charlton won bronze in the 400 meter freestyle. Beaurepaire and Charlton were members of the 200-meter freestyle relay that took silver. Charlton won silver in the 400 and 1,500 yards freestyle in 1928. With Edna Davey, who started the 400 meter freestyle, an Australian swimmer took part in the Olympic Games for the first time.

Australia's first female medalist in Olympic swimming, and also the first female Olympic champion, was Clare Dennis in Los Angeles in 1932 , who won the 200-meter chest. Bonnie Mealing won silver over 100 meters chest . In 1936, the participation for Australian swimmers was unsuccessful. In 1948 in London, John Marshall won silver in the 1500 meter freestyle and bronze over 400 meters. Nancy Lyons won silver in the 200 meters chest, Judy-Joy Davies bronze in the 100 meters chest. In Helsinki 1952, John Davies was Olympic champion over 200 meters breast.

Australia celebrated eight Olympic victories at the domestic summer games in Melbourne in 1956. Murray Rose became a three-time Olympic champion. He won the 400 and 1500 meter freestyle and also the men's 200 meter freestyle relay. There was a double success for the men over 100 meters back. David Theile was Olympic champion ahead of John Monckton . Over 100 meters freestyle all medals went to Australia for both men and women. In the men's category, John Henricks won ahead of John Devitt and Gary Chapman, and in the women's category, Dawn Fraser ahead of Lorraine Crapp and Faith Leech . Lorraine Crapp won the 400 meter freestyle ahead of Dawn Fraser. Crapp and Fraser and Leech were members of the 100-meter freestyle relay that won gold.

In 1960 in Rome, swimmers remained successful. Murray Rose won his fourth gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle, while John Konrads won bronze. Konrads became Olympic champion in the 1500 meter freestyle, here Murray Rose won silver. John Devitt won the 100 meters freestyle. Rose, Devitt and Konrads were members of the 200-meter freestyle relay that took bronze. David Theile repeated his Olympic victory over 100 meters back and swam to silver with the 100 meter medley relay. Dawn Fraser was Olympic champion in the 100 meter freestyle. The 100-meter freestyle relay and the 100-meter individual medley relay both won silver. Jan Andrew won bronze over 100 meters dolphin.

Frederick Lane, double Olympic champion 1900
The season that won silver in 1920 (in bathing suits from left to right): Frank Beaurepaire, William Herald, Ivan Stedman, Keith Kirkland
Andrew Charlton, Olympic victory, silver and bronze 1924, silver 1928
Clare Dennis, 1932 Olympic champion on her return
Bonnie Mealing, silver 1932
John Henricks, 1956 Olympic Champion
John Devitt, silver 1956, Olympic victory and bronze 1960
David Theile, Olympic champion 1956, 1960, silver 1960
John Monckton, silver 1956
Lorraine Crapp, double Olympic victory and silver in 1956, silver in 1960
Dawn Fraser, double Olympic victory and silver in 1956, Olympic victory and silver in 1960, Olympic victory and silver in 1964
Faith Leech, Olympic victory and bronze 1956

In 1964 in Tokyo, Dawn Fraser became the most successful swimmer at the Olympic Games with her fourth gold medal (over 100 meters freestyle) and a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle relay. In the men's race, Robert Windle won the 1500 meter freestyle, Ian O'Brien the 200 meter chest and Kevin Berry the 200 meter dolphin. Allan Wood swam to two bronze medals in the 400 and 1500 meters freestyle. The men's relay over 100 meters freestyle and 100 meter medley both won bronze.

In Mexico City in 1968 Michael Wenden was a double Olympic champion. He won gold in the 100 and 200 meter freestyle. There was also silver with the 200-meter freestyle relay and bronze with the 100-meter freestyle relay. Greg Brough won bronze in the 1,500 meter freestyle. Lynette McClements became Olympic champion over 100 meters dolphin. She also won silver with the 100-meter individual medley relay. Karen Moras took bronze in the 400 meter freestyle.

In 1972 in Munich, Australian swimmers swam to six Olympic victories. Brad Cooper won the 400 meter freestyle, Shane Gould won the 200 and 400 meter freestyle and 200 meter medley, Beverley Whitfield over the 200 meter chest and Gail Neall over 400 meter medley. There were also silver medals by Graham Windeatt in the 1500 meter freestyle and Shane Gould in the 800 meter freestyle as well as bronze medals by Shane Gould in the 100 meters freestyle and Beverley Whitfield in the 100 meters chest. The participation in Montreal in 1976 was a disappointment for the highly esteemed Australians. Only one bronze medal could be won by Stephen Holland in the 1500 meter freestyle.

With two Olympic victories, the Australian team did better in Moscow in 1980. The men's 100 meter medley relay and Michelle Ford in the 800 meter freestyle were Olympic champions . There were also bronze medals from Graeme Brewer over 200 meters freestyle, Max Metzker over 1500 meters freestyle, Marcus Kerry over 200 meters back, Peter Evans over 100 meters chest and Michelle Ford over 200 meters dolphin. An Olympic victory could be celebrated in Los Angeles in 1984. Jonathan Sieben won over 200 meters dolphin. Silver won Mark Stockwell over 100 meters freestyle, Glenn Beringen over 200 meters chest and the 100-meter freestyle relay of men, Karen Phillips over 200 meters dolphin and Suzanne Landells over 400 meters medley. There were also bronze medals from Justin Lemberg over 400 meters freestyle, Peter Evans over 100 meters chest, Glenn Buchanan over 100 meters dolphin, Robert Woodhouse over 400 meters medley, Michelle Pearson over 200 meters medley and the 100 meter medley relay for men.

In 1988 in Seoul, Duncan Armstrong won gold over the 200 meter freestyle and silver over the 400 meter distance. Julie McDonald won bronze in the 800 meter freestyle. In Barcelona in 1992 Kieren Perkins was Olympic champion in the 1500 meter freestyle before Glen Housman Perkins also won silver in the 400 meter freestyle. Philip Rogers won bronze in the 100 meter chest. In the women's race, Hayley Lewis won silver 800 meters and bronze over 400 meters freestyle. Other bronze medals were won by Nicole Livingstone over 200 meters back, Samantha Riley over 100 meters chest and Susie O'Neill over 200 meters dolphin.

In 1996 in Atlanta, two Olympic victories were celebrated. There was an Australian double victory over 1500 meters freestyle. Defending champion Kieren Perkins won ahead of Daniel Kowalski , who also won bronze in the 200 and 400 meters freestyle. Scott Miller won silver in the 100 meter dolphin, Scott Goodman bronze in the 200 meter dolphin. The men's 100 meter medley relay also won bronze. In the women’s category, Susie O'Neill was Olympic champion over 200 meters dolphin, her teammate Petria Thomas won silver. Samantha Riley repeated her bronze medal over 100 meters chest. The medley relay won silver, the women's 200 meter freestyle relay bronze.

In Sydney 2000, Ian Thorpe was Olympic champion in the 400 meter freestyle, in the 200 meters he won silver. Grant Hackett won gold in the 1500 meter freestyle, here Kieren Perkins won silver. Both men's freestyle relays, each with Ian Thorpe, won gold, the medley relay took silver. Michael Klim also won silver in the 100 meter dolphin with Geoff Huegill on the bronze rank . Justin Norris won bronze over 200 meters dolphin . Matt Welsh won silver over 100 meters back and bronze over 200 meters back. For women, Susie O'Neill was Olympic champion in the 200 meter freestyle. Over 200 meters dolphin she won silver in front of Petria Thomas on the bronze place. The 200-meter freestyle relay and the layer relay both won silver, as did Leisel Jones over 100 meters chest.

Ian Thorpe was double Olympic champion in the 200 and 400 meters freestyle in Athens in 2004, and he won bronze in the 100 meters. Grant Hackett finished second in the 400m freestyle behind Thorpe and defended his Olympic victory in the 1500m. The men's 200-meter freestyle relay won silver. Thorpe also swam in the season, making him the most successful Australian at the Olympic Games. The women won the 100-meter freestyle relay and the individual relay relay. Petria Thomas became Olympic champion over 100 meters dolphin and won over 200 meters silver. Leisel Jones also won silver in the 200 meter chest, and in 100 meters she was third behind her teammate Brooke Hanson . Jodie Henry won gold in the 100 meters freestyle, Lisbeth Trickett bronze in the 50 meters freestyle.

Six Olympic victories, all by women, were won in Beijing in 2008. In addition to the 200-meter freestyle relay and the individual relay relay, Leisel Jones won gold in the 100 meter chest, Lisbeth Trickett in the 100 meter dolphin and Stephanie Rice in the 200 and 400 meter medley gold. Leisel Jones won silver in the 200 meters chest, Lisbeth Trickett in the 100 meters freestyle. Bronze went to Cate Campbell over 50 meters freestyle, Jessicah Schipper over 100 and 200 meters dolphin and the 100 meter freestyle relay. In the men's race, Grant Hackett won the 1500 meter freestyle, Eamon Sullivan the 100 meter freestyle, Brenton Rickard the 200 meter chest and the individual medley silver. Bronze won both freestyle seasons as well as Hayden Stoeckel over 100 meters back and Andrew Lauterstein over 100 meters dolphin.

Participation in London in 2012 turned out to be less successful despite the victory in the women's 100-meter freestyle relay. The men won two silver medals through James Magnussen over 100 meters freestyle and Christian Sprenger over 100 meters chest. The men's medley relay won bronze. In addition to the Olympic victory in the relay, the women won silver through the 200-meter freestyle relay and the single layer relay. Emily Seebohm also won silver in the 100 meters back and Alicia Coutts in the 200 meters medley. Bronze went to Bronte Barratt in the 200 meters freestyle and Alicia Coutts in the 100 meters dolphin.

The men were able to celebrate Olympic victories again in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Kyle Chalmers was Olympic champion in the 100 meter freestyle, Mackenzie Horton in the 400 meter freestyle. Mitch Larkin won silver over 200 meters back. The 100-meter freestyle relay and the men's individual relay relay both won bronze. For women, the 100-meter freestyle relay was able to repeat its Olympic victory. The 200-meter freestyle relay and the individual medley relay won silver. There was also a silver medal from Madeline Groves over 200 meters dolphin and a bronze medal from Emma McKeon over 200 meters freestyle.

Michael Wenden, double Olympic champion in 1968
Brad Cooper, 1972 Olympic champion
Shane Gould, three-time Olympic champion in 1972
Beverley Whitfield, 1972 Olympic champion
Max Metzker, bronze 1980
Hayley Lewis, silver and bronze 1992 (photo from 2011)
Michael Klim, Olympic victory, silver 2000, silver 2004, bronze 1996
Grant Hackett, Olympic Champion 2000 and 2004, silver 2004 and 2008, bronze 2008
Ian Thorpe, Australia's most successful Olympic athlete with five Olympic victories, three silver and one bronze medal
Ashley Callus, Olympic Champion 2000, bronze 2008
Geoff Huegill, silver and bronze 2000
Leisel Jones, Olympic victory in 2004 and 2008, silver in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012, bronze in 2004
Lisbeth Trickett, Olympic victory 2004, 2008 and 2012, silver 2008, bronze 2004 and 2008
Eamon Sullivan, silver and bronze 2008
Brenton Rickard, silver 2008, bronze 2012
Andrew Lauterstein, silver and bronze 2008
Christian Sprenger, silver 2008, silver and bronze 2012
Start of the tenth heat of the women's 50 meter freestyle in 2008. On Block 4 Cate Campbell
Stephanie Rice, three-time Olympic champion in 2008
Emily Seebohm, Olympic gold medal in 2008 and 2012, silver in 2012 and 2016
Bronte Campbell, Olympic gold medal in 2016

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Frederick Lane	1900 Paris	200 meters freestyle	first Olympic victory and medal win
Frederick Lane	1900 Paris	200 meter obstacle
Andrew Charlton	1924 Paris	1500 meters freestyle
Clare Dennis	1932 Los Angeles	200 meters chest
John Davies	1952 Helsinki	200 meters chest
John Henricks	1956 Melbourne	100 meters freestyle
Murray Rose	1956 Melbourne	400 meters freestyle
Murray Rose	1956 Melbourne	1500 meters freestyle
David Theile	1956 Melbourne	100 meters back
Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose John Henricks Gary Chapman Graham Hamilton Murray Garretty	1956 Melbourne	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Dawn Fraser	1956 Melbourne	100 meters freestyle
Lorraine Crapp	1956 Melbourne	400 meters freestyle
Dawn Fraser Faith Leech Sandra Morgan Lorraine Crapp Margaret Gibson Elizabeth Frazer	1956 Melbourne	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
John Devitt	1960 Rome	100 meters freestyle
Murray Rose	1960 Rome	400 meters freestyle
John Konrads	1960 Rome	1500 meters freestyle
David Theile	1960 Rome	100 meters back
Dawn Fraser	1960 Rome	100 meters freestyle
Robert Windle	1964 Tokyo	1500 meters freestyle
Ian O'Brien	1964 Tokyo	200 meters chest
Kevin Berry	1964 Tokyo	200 meters dolphin
Dawn Fraser	1964 Tokyo	100 meters freestyle
Michael Wenden	1968 Mexico City	100 meters freestyle
Michael Wenden	1968 Mexico City	200 meters freestyle
Lynette McClements	1968 Mexico City	100 meters dolphin
Brad Cooper	1972 Munich	400 meters freestyle
Shane Gould	1972 Munich	200 meters freestyle
Shane Gould	1972 Munich	400 meters freestyle
Shane Gould	1972 Munich	200 meter locations
Beverley Whitfield	1972 Munich	200 meters chest
Gail Neall	1972 Munich	400 meter locations
Marcus Kerry Peter Evans Mark Tonelli Neil Brooks Glenn Patching	1980 Moscow	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Michelle Ford	1980 Moscow	800 meters freestyle
Jonathan Seven	1984 Los Angeles	200 meters dolphin
Duncan Armstrong	1988 Seoul	200 meters freestyle
Kieren Perkins	1992 Barcelona	1500 meters freestyle
Kieren Perkins	1996 Atlanta	1500 meters freestyle
Susie O'Neill	1996 Atlanta	200 meters dolphin
Ian Thorpe	2000 Sydney	400 meters freestyle
Grant Hackett	2000 Sydney	1500 meters freestyle
Susie O'Neill	2000 Sydney	200 meters freestyle
Michael Klim Chris Fydler Ashley Callus Ian Thorpe Todd Pearson Adam Pine	2000 Sydney	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Ian Thorpe Michael Klim Todd Pearson Bill Kirby Grant Hackett Daniel Kowalski	2000 Sydney	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Ian Thorpe	2004 Athens	200 meters freestyle
Ian Thorpe	2004 Athens	400 meters freestyle
Grant Hackett	2004 Athens	1500 meters freestyle
Jodie Henry	2004 Athens	100 meters freestyle
Petria Thomas	2004 Athens	100 meters dolphin
Jodie Henry Lisbeth Trickett Alice Mills Petria Thomas Sarah Ryan	2004 Athens	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Brooke Hanson Jodie Henry Leisel Jones Alice Mills Giaan Rooney Jessicah Schipper Petria Thomas	2004 Athens	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Leisel Jones	2008 Beijing	100 meters chest
Lisbeth Trickett	2008 Beijing	100 meters dolphin
Stephanie Rice	2008 Beijing	200 meter locations
Stephanie Rice	2008 Beijing	400 meter locations
Stephanie Rice Bronte Barratt Kylie Palmer Linda Mackenzie Felicity Galvez Angela Bainbridge Melanie Schlanger Lara Davenport	2008 Beijing	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Lisbeth Trickett Tarnee White Felicity Galvez Shayne Reese	2008 Beijing	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Alicia Coutts Cate Campbell Brittany Elmslie Melanie Schlanger Emily Seebohm Yolane Kukla Lisbeth Trickett	2012 London	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Kyle Chalmers	2016 Rio de Janeiro	100 meters freestyle
Mackenzie Horton	2016 Rio de Janeiro	400 meters freestyle
Cate Campbell Brittany Elmslie Bronte Campbell Emma McKeon Madison Wilson	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay

Surname	Games	discipline
Francis Gailey	1904 St. Louis	220 yards freestyle
Francis Gailey	1904 St. Louis	440 yards of freestyle
Francis Gailey	1904 St. Louis	880 yards of freestyle
Henry Hay William Herald Ivan Stedman Frank Beaurepaire Keith Kirkland	1920 Antwerp	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Andrew Charlton Maurice Christie Frank Beaurepaire Ernest Henry Ivan Stedman	1924 Paris	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Andrew Charlton	1928 Amsterdam	400 meters freestyle
Andrew Charlton	1928 Amsterdam	1500 meters freestyle
Bonnie Mealing	1932 Los Angeles	100 meters chest
John Marshall	1948 London	1500 meters freestyle
Nancy Lyons	1948 London	200 meters chest
John Devitt	1956 Melbourne	100 meters freestyle
John Monckton	1956 Melbourne	100 meters back
Lorraine Crapp	1956 Melbourne	100 meters freestyle
Dawn Fraser	1956 Melbourne	400 meters freestyle
Murray Rose	1960 Rome	1500 meters freestyle
Neville Hayes	1960 Rome	200 meters dolphin
David Theile Terry Gathercole Neville Hayes Geoffrey Shipton Julian Carroll William Burton Kevin Berry	1960 Rome	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Dawn Fraser Ilsa Konrads Lorraine Crapp Alva Colquhoun Sandra Morgan Ruth Everuss	1960 Rome	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Marilyn Wilson Rosemary Lassig Jan Andrew Dawn Fraser Gerganiya Beckitt Ilsa Konrads	1960 Rome	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Robyn Thorn Janice Murphy Jan Andrew Lynette Bell Dawn Fraser Jan Turner	1964 Tokyo	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Gregory Rogers Graham White Robert Windle Michael Wenden	1968 Mexico City	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Lynette Watson Judy Playfair Lynette McClements Jenny Steinbeck Lynette Bell	1968 Mexico City	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Graham Windeatt	1972 Munich	1500 meters freestyle
Shane Gould	1972 Munich	800 meters freestyle
Mark Stockwell	1984 Los Angeles	100 meters freestyle
Glenn Beringen	1984 Los Angeles	200 meters chest
Gregory Fasala Neil Brooks Michael William Delany Mark Stockwell	1984 Los Angeles	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Karen Phillips	1984 Los Angeles	200 meters dolphin
Suzanne Landells	1984 Los Angeles	400 meter locations
Duncan Armstrong	1988 Seoul	400 meters freestyle
Kieren Perkins	1992 Barcelona	400 meters freestyle
Glen Housman	1992 Barcelona	1500 meters freestyle
Hayley Lewis	1992 Barcelona	800 meters freestyle
Daniel Kowalski	1996 Atlanta	1500 meters freestyle
Scott Miller	1996 Atlanta	100 meters dolphin
Petria Thomas	1996 Atlanta	200 meters dolphin
Nicole Livingstone Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan Helen Denman Angela Kennedy	1996 Atlanta	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Ian Thorpe	2000 Sydney	200 meters freestyle
Kieren Perkins	2000 Sydney	1500 meters freestyle
Matt Welsh	2000 Sydney	100 meters back
Michael Klim	2000 Sydney	100 meters dolphin
Matt Welsh Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Michael Klim Ryan Mitchell Adam Pine Ian Thorpe Josh Watson	2000 Sydney	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Leisel Jones	2000 Sydney	100 meters chest
Susie O'Neill	2000 Sydney	200 meters dolphin
Susie O'Neill Giaan Rooney Kirsten Thomson Petria Thomas Elka Graham Jacinta van Lint	2000 Sydney	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Dyana Calub Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill Giaan Rooney Sarah Ryan Tarnee White	2000 Sydney	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Grant Hackett	2004 Athens	400 meters freestyle
Grant Hackett Michael Klim Nicholas Sprenger Ian Thorpe Grant Hackett Anthony Matkovich Todd Pearson Craig Stevens	2004 Athens	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Petria Thomas	2004 Athens	200 meters dolphin
Brooke Hanson	2004 Athens	100 meters chest
Leisel Jones	2004 Athens	200 meters chest
Eamon Sullivan	2008 Beijing	100 meters freestyle
Grant Hackett	2008 Beijing	1500 meters freestyle
Brenton Rickard	2008 Beijing	200 meters chest
Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan Ashley Delaney Christian Sprenger Adam Pine Matt Targett	2008 Beijing	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Lisbeth Trickett	2008 Beijing	100 meters freestyle
Leisel Jones	2008 Beijing	200 meters chest
James Magnussen	2012 London	100 meters freestyle
Christian Sprenger	2012 London	100 meters chest
Emily Seebohm	2012 London	100 meters back
Alicia Coutts	2012 London	200 meter locations
Bronte Barratt Melanie Schlanger Kylie Palmer Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Angela Bainbridge Jade Neilsen Blair Evans	2012 London	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Melanie Schlaner Brittany Elmslie	2012 London	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Mitch Larkin	2016 Rio de Janeiro	200 meters back
Madeline Groves	2016 Rio de Janeiro	200 meters dolphin
Bronte Barratt Jessica Ashwood Emma McKeon Leah Neale Tamsin Cook	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Cate Campbell Emily Seebohm Brittany Elmslie Emma McKeon Madeline Groves Madison Wilson Taylor McKeown	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4 x 100 meter medley relay

Surname	Games	discipline
Francis Gailey	1904 St. Louis	one mile freestyle
Frank Beaurepaire	1920 Antwerp	1500 meters freestyle
Andrew Charlton	1924 Paris	400 meters freestyle
Frank Beaurepaire	1924 Paris	1500 meters freestyle
John Marshall	1948 London	400 meters freestyle
Judy-Joy Davies	1948 London	100 meters chest
Gary Chapman	1956 Melbourne	100 meters freestyle
Faith Leech	1956 Melbourne	100 meters freestyle
John Konrads	1960 Rome	400 meters freestyle
David Dickson John Devitt Murray Rose John Konrads John Rigby Allan Wood	1960 Rome	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Jan Andrew	1960 Rome	100 meters dolphin
Allan Wood	1964 Tokyo	400 meters freestyle
Allan Wood	1964 Tokyo	1500 meters freestyle
David Dickson Peter Doak John Ryan Robert Windle	1964 Tokyo	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Peter Reynolds Ian O'Brien Kevin Berry David Dickson Peter Tonkin	1964 Tokyo	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Greg Brough	1968 Mexico City	1500 meters freestyle
Gregory Rogers Robert Cusack Robert Windle Michael Wenden	1968 Mexico City	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Karen Moras	1968 Mexico City	400 meters freestyle
Shane Gould	1972 Munich	100 meters freestyle
Beverley Whitfield	1972 Munich	100 meters chest
Stephen Holland	1976 Montreal	1500 meters freestyle
Graeme Brewer	1980 Moscow	200 meters freestyle
Max Metzker	1980 Moscow	1500 meters freestyle
Marcus Kerry	1980 Moscow	200 meters back
Peter Evans	1980 Moscow	100 meters chest
Michelle Ford	1980 Moscow	200 meters dolphin
Justin Lviv	1984 Los Angeles	400 meters freestyle
Peter Evans	1984 Los Angeles	100 meters chest
Glenn Buchanan	1984 Los Angeles	100 meters dolphin
Robert Woodhouse	1984 Los Angeles	400 meter locations
Marcus Kerry Peter Evans Glenn Buchanan Mark Stockwell Jonathan Seven Neil Brooks	1984 Los Angeles	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Michelle Pearson	1984 Los Angeles	200 meter locations
Julie McDonald	1988 Seoul	800 meters freestyle
Philip Rogers	1992 Barcelona	100 meters chest
Hayley Lewis	1992 Barcelona	400 meters freestyle
Nicole Livingstone	1992 Barcelona	200 meters back
Samantha Riley	1992 Barcelona	100 meters chest
Susie O'Neill	1992 Barcelona	200 meters dolphin
Daniel Kowalski	1996 Atlanta	200 meters freestyle
Daniel Kowalski	1996 Atlanta	400 meters freestyle
Scott Goodman	1996 Atlanta	200 meters dolphin
Steven Dewick Philip Rogers Scott Miller Michael Klim Toby Haenen	1996 Atlanta	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Samantha Riley	1996 Atlanta	100 meters chest
Julia Greville Nicole Livingstone Emma Johnson Susie O'Neill Lise Mackie	1996 Atlanta	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Matt Welsh	2000 Sydney	200 meters back
Geoff Huegill	2000 Sydney	100 meters dolphin
Justin Norris	2000 Sydney	200 meters dolphin
Petria Thomas	2000 Sydney	200 meters dolphin
Ian Thorpe	2004 Athens	100 meters freestyle
Lisbeth Trickett	2004 Athens	50 meters freestyle
Leisel Jones	2004 Athens	100 meters chest
Hayden Stoeckel	2008 Beijing	100 meters back
Andrew Lauterstein	2008 Beijing	100 meters dolphin
Eamon Sullivan Andrew Lauterstein Ashley Callus Matt Targett Leith Brodie Patrick Murphy	2008 Beijing	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Patrick Murphy Grant Hackett Grant Brits Nicholas Ffrost Kirk Palmer Leith Brodie	2008 Beijing	4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
Cate Campbell	2008 Beijing	50 meters freestyle
Jessica Schipper	2008 Beijing	100 meters dolphin
Jessica Schipper	2008 Beijing	200 meters dolphin
Cate Campbell Alice Mills Melanie Schlanger Lisbeth Trickett Shayne Reese	2008 Beijing	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Hayden Stoeckel Christian Sprenger Matt Targett James Magnussen Brenton Rickard Tommaso D'Orsogna	2012 London	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Bronte Barratt	2012 London	200 meters freestyle
Alicia Coutts	2012 London	100 meters dolphin
James Magnussen James Roberts (swimmer) lJames Roberts Cameron McEvoy Kyle Chalmers Matthew Abood	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
Mitch Larkin Cameron McEvoy David Morgan Jake Packard Kyle Chalmers	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4 x 100 meter medley relay
Emma McKeon	2016 Rio de Janeiro	200 meters freestyle

sailing


11	8th	8th

The first Olympic sailing regattas with Australian participation were the regattas in 1948. The first medals were won at the domestic summer games in 1956. In the Sharpie class, John Scott and Rolly Tasker won the silver medal. The 5.5 m class boat won bronze. In 1960 Ronald Jenyns reached fourth place in the Finn dinghy.

The first Olympic victory was achieved in 1964 with victory in the 5.5 m class. In 1968 Ronald Jenyns repeated his fourth place in the Finn dinghy. The Australian Flying Dutchman also finished fourth. Two Olympic victories were achieved in 1972 by boats in the Starboat and Dragon classes. Curiously, the twin brothers John and Thomas Anderson won their gold medals in two different boat classes, John in the star boat, Thomas in the kite. In addition, John Bertrand placed fourth in the Finn dinghy .

In 1976 John Bertrand was able to win a bronze medal in the Finn dinghy. Another bronze medal went to the 470 class boat. The Tornado class boat took fourth place. In 1984 the Tornado class boat won bronze. The Finn Dinghi class silver medalist, American John Bertrand, was not related to the 1976 bronze medalist.

In 1992 Lars Kleppich won bronze in windsurfing. Bronze also went to the Tornado class boat. In 1996 the Tornado boat won silver and the Star boat class won bronze. Michael Blackburn finished 4th in the Finn dinghy. At the 2000 domestic summer games, there were two Olympic victories to celebrate. The men's and women's 470 class boats were Olympic champions and were able to win the first medals for female sailors from Australia. The Tornado class boat also won silver, Michael Blackburn won bronze in the Finn dinghy. Lars Kleppich finished fourth in windsurfing.

In 2004 Sarah Blanck finished fourth in the Europe class. In 2008, as in 2000, both 470 boats won the gold medal. The Tornado class boat won silver. Sarah Blanck repeated her fourth place in the Europe class. With three Olympic victories and one silver medal, the 2012 Games turned out to be the most successful participation by Australian sailors. Olympic victories were achieved by the men's 470 and 49er class boats and Tom Slingsby in the laser. The Elliott class sailors won silver. Tom Burton became Olympic champion in the laser in 2016. Silver went to the men's 470 and 49 class boats, as well as the Nacra 17.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Bill Northam Peter O'Donnell James Sargeant	1964 Tokyo	5.5 m	first Olympic victory
David Forbes John Anderson	1972 Munich	Star boat
John Cuneo John Shaw Thomas Anderson	1972 Munich	Dragons
Tom King Mark Turnbull	2000 Sydney	470s
Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell	2000 Sydney	470s
Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	2008 Beijing	470s
Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson	2008 Beijing	470s
Tom Slingsby	2012 London	laser
Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page	2012 London	470s
Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen	2012 London	49er
Tom Burton	2016 Rio de Janeiro	laser

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
John Scott Rolly Tasker	1956 Melbourne	Sharpie	first medal win together with the boat of the 5.5 m class
Mitch Booth Andrew Landenberger	1996 Atlanta	tornado
Darren Bundock John Forbes	2000 Sydney	tornado
Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	2008 Beijing	tornado
Olivia Price Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty	2012 London	Elliott
Mathew Belcher William Ryan	2016 Rio de Janeiro	470s
Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen	2016 Rio de Janeiro	49er
Jason Waterhouse Lisa Darmanin	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Nacra 17

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Douglas Buxton Devereaux Mytton Jock Sturrock	1956 Melbourne	5.5 m	first medal win together with the Sharpie class boat
John Bertrand	1976 Montreal	Finn dinghy
Ian Brown Ian Ruff	1976 Montreal	470s
Christopher Cairns Scott Anderson	1984 Los Angeles	tornado
Lars Kleppich	1992 Barcelona	Windsurfing
Mitch Booth John Forbes	1992 Barcelona	tornado
Colin Beashel David Giles	1996 Atlanta	Star boat
Michael Blackburn	2000 Sydney	Finn dinghy

Malcolm Page, Olympic Champion 2008 and 2012
Nathan Wilmot, 2008 Olympic Champion
Elise Rechichi, 2008 Olympic champion
Tessa Parkinson, 2008 Olympic champion
Nina Curtis (left) and Olivia Price (right), silver 2012

Softball


-	1	3

Softball was included in the 1996 Olympic program. When this competition was held for the first time, the Australian team won the bronze medal. The women won six out of nine games. Also in Sydney in 2000 the team reached bronze. She won six of the seven preliminary round matches. The following round was played in the page playoff system . First Australia lost 1-0 to Japan. Since China lost 3-0 to the USA, Australia then played the final against the USA, but lost 1-0, leaving the Australians bronze.

In 2004 in Athens, Australia won silver. Six of the seven preliminary round matches were won. In the second semi-final they lost against the USA with 0: 5, but could in Final Japan 3: 0 beat and the Grand Final move. Here they lost again to the USA, this time with 1: 5. In 2008 in Beijing, the Australians won their fourth and final bronze medal. They won five times in seven preliminary round matches. The semi-final against Canada was won 5-3, but the final against Japan was lost 3-4.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National softball team	2004 Athens

Surname	Games	annotation
National softball team	1996 Athens	first medal win
National softball team	2000 Sydney
National softball team	2008 Beijing

Taekwondo


1	1	-

At the Olympic premiere of the sport in Sydney in 2000, Australian Taekwondoin won their first medals. The first medal, at the same time the first Olympic victory, won Lauren Burns in the flyweight division. Daniel Trenton won silver in the heavyweight division. In the following years, however, Australian athletes remained unsuccessful.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Lauren Burns	2000 Sydney	Flyweight	first medal and Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Daniel Trenton	2000 Sydney	Heavyweight

tennis


1	1	3

As early as 1896 in Athens, an Australian, Edwin Flack , took part in the Olympic tennis tournament. In doubles he won the bronze medal, but this medal is not listed in the Australian medal balance because Flack's doubles partner was the Briton John Pius Boland , who thus formed a mixed team.

In 1988 tennis was reinstated in the Olympic program. The women's doubles Elizabeth Smylie and Wendy Turnbull were the first Australian medal winners in tennis with bronze. The doubles Rachel McQuillan and Nicole Provis also won bronze in 1992 in Barcelona.

In 1996, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde achieved their first Australian Olympic tennis victory in doubles by defeating British doubles Neil Broad and Tim Henman . In 2000 in Sydney they lost to the Canadians Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor in the final . In the women's singles, Jelena Dokić could not win her game for the bronze medal against the American Monica Seles . In 2004 in Athens Alicia Molik won bronze by defeating the Russian Anastassija Myskina .

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	1996 Atlanta	Double	first Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	2000 Sydney	Double

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull	1988 Seoul	Double	first medal win
Rachel McQuillan Nicole Provis	1992 Barcelona	Double
Alicia Molik	2004 Athens	singles

Jelena Dokic
Alicia Molik, bronze 2004

Table tennis


-	-	-

The first Australian table tennis players took part in the 1988 Olympic premiere of the sport in Seoul. The greatest success was the quarter-finals participation of the Miao Miao / Shirley Zhou doubles .

Triathlon


1	2	2

Australian triathletes also took part for the first time at the Olympic premiere of the sport in Sydney in 2000. While Miles Stewart finished sixth in the men's category , all three women achieved a placement in the top 10. With the silver medal, Michellie Jones was Australia's first triathlon medalist. Loretta Harrop finished fifth and Nicole Hackett tenth. In 2004 in Athens, Loretta Harrop won silver, Greg Bennett was fourth.

In 2008 in Beijing, Emma Snowsill became the first Australian Olympic triathlon champion. Today she bears the name Emma Frodeno after she married the German triathlete Jan Frodeno in 2010 , who also became Olympic champion in 2008. Emma Moffatt won the bronze medal. In 2012 in London, Erin Densham won bronze, Emma Jackson finished eighth. In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Emma Moffatt finished sixth and Aaron Royle finished ninth.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Emma Snowsill	2008 Beijing		first Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Michellie Jones	2000 Sydney		first medal win
Loretta Harrop	2004 Athens

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Emma Moffatt	2008 Beijing
Erin Densham	2012 London

Award ceremony 2008: left the Olympic champion Emma Snowsill, right Emma Moffatt with bronze
Erin Densham, bronze 2012
Emma Jackson

do gymnastics


-	1	-

Australian gymnasts first took part in the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956. It wasn't until 2000 in Sydney that successes were achieved for the first time. In apparatus gymnastics, Lisa Skinner reached place 7 on the floor and place 8 in the individual all-around. The first medal was won in trampoline gymnastics. Ji Wallace won silver in the men's competition. In 2004 in Athens, Allana Slater was eighth on the balance beam. 2008 in Beijing, the women's squad was sixth in the team all-around event. Lauren Mitchell ranked 5th on the floor in London in 2012.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Ji Wallace	2000 Sydney	trampoline	first medal win

volleyball


-	-	-

The first participation of Australian teams in the Olympic volleyball tournament took place in Sydney in 2000. The men's team reached the quarter-finals, but lost 3-1 to Italy. In the placement round they lost to the Netherlands and Cuba and finished eighth. The women were eliminated after the preliminary round. In 2004 in Athens, the men's team was eliminated as the bottom of the group after the preliminary round. The women's team had not been able to qualify for the Olympic tournament.

It wasn't until 2012 in London that an Australian men's team took part again. Again, they were eliminated after the preliminary round.

Water polo


1	-	2

The first Australian water polo team at the Olympic Games took part in London in 1948. With two defeats in two preliminary round games, Australia was eliminated early. In 1952, the team failed after two defeats in the qualifying round. The tournament at the domestic summer games in 1956 also ended early after three defeats in the preliminary round, as did the tournaments in 1960 and 1964.

Australia could only qualify again in 1972. Here the first point was won with a draw against Greece. Against the team of the Federal Republic of Germany Australia lost 3-6. Four losses in the placement round meant Australia's twelfth place. In 1976 they were eliminated again with three defeats after the preliminary round. There was a 3: 4 defeat against the Federal Republic of Germany.

In 1980 Moscow was more successful. For the first time there was a victory, a 9: 5 over Bulgaria. In the placement round they won again 8: 5 against Bulgaria, 4: 2 against Greece, 9: 4 against Sweden and 5: 4 against Italy. They scored 4: 4 against Romania. With that, Australia finished 7th.

1984 in Los Angeles they qualified for the first time for the final round. After a 6:10 defeat against West Germany, they played 8: 8 against Italy and beat Japan 15: 2. In the final round they lost to Yugoslavia 6: 9 and the USA 7:12. They then defeated the Netherlands 8: 7 and played 10:10 against Spain. In the final standings, Australia finished fifth.

Two wins and three defeats, u. a. an 11:13 against the Federal Republic of Germany, were the preliminary round results from 1988 in Seoul. In the placement round for places 5 to 8 there was a victory over Spain and a defeat against Hungary. In the final accounts, Australia was in 8th place. In 1992, Australia separated from the German team 7: 7 in the preliminary round. With two wins and two defeats they got into the placement round for places 5 to 8. Australia won against Cuba and Hungary and finished 5.

The next participation took place in 2000 in Sydney. This time a women's team was also qualified. With one win and two draws in five preliminary round matches, the men's team went to the quarter-finals. Here they lost 3: 7 against Yugoslavia. In the placement round they lost to Italy and Croatia and finished 8th. The women won four of their five preliminary round matches and thus qualified for the semi-finals. Here Russia was beaten 7: 6. In the final, the women defeated the USA 4-3, making them Australia's first water polo Olympic champion.

The men were only able to qualify for the placement round for places 7 to 12 in Athens in 2004 with just one win and one draw in five preliminary round games. The first placement game against Kazakhstan was won 10-5, the following game against the USA they lost 5-6. The game for place 9 could be won against Croatia with 8: 7. The women managed two wins and one draw in their preliminary round. The semi-final against Greece was lost 6-2. The Australians were also defeated in the game for the bronze medal. They lost 5-6 against the USA.

The 2008 tournament in Beijing was similar for the men to the 2004 tournament. In the preliminary round, two wins and one draw were achieved in five games, but the team only made it to the placement round. After victories over Canada and Italy (after penalty shootout), they lost the game for 7th place against Greece 8: 9. The women reached the semi-final qualification against China with two wins and one draw in three preliminary round matches, which they won 12:11. In the semifinals they lost against the USA 8: 9, but won the game for bronze against Serbia 12:11 after a penalty shootout.

In London 2012, the men qualified for the quarterfinals with two wins in three preliminary round matches. They lost against Serbia with 8:11. In the placement round they then lost to Hungary, but were then able to win the game for 7th place against the USA 10: 9. The women won all three preliminary round matches and faced Russia in the quarter-finals, which they defeated 11:10. In the semifinals they lost 9:11 against the USA, the bronze game was won 13:11 against Hungary.

In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, the men were eliminated after two wins and one draw in the preliminary round. The women won two of their three preliminary round matches and lost in the quarterfinals to Hungary 11:13. In the placement round Brazil was beaten 11: 4, the game for 5th place against Spain was lost 10:12.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National women's water polo team	2000 Sydney	Women's tournament	first medal and Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National women's water polo team	2008 Beijing	Women's tournament
National women's water polo team	2012 London	Women's tournament

Diving


3	3	7th

In 1920 in Antwerp, an Australian diver took part in the Olympic Games for the first time. Richmond Eve became the first Australian Olympic diving champion in Paris in 1924 when he won the diving championship.

It was not until 1964 in Tokyo that another success could be shown. Robyn Bradshaw finished ninth in high diving. Donald Wagstaff reached 8th place in jumping in Mexico City in 1968. In 1980 Valerie McFarlane was sixth in artificial diving and seventh in diving, and in 1984 fifth in the tower. In Barcelona 1992 Michael Murphy just missed a medal with fourth place in jumping. In 1996 in Atlanta he finished sixth.

After 76 years, medals in diving were again won in Sydney in 2000. Robert Newbery and Dean Pullar won bronze in synchronized jumping. With his partner Mathew Helm , Robert Newbery took 5th place in synchronized diving. Dean Pullar was fifth in jumping. Rebecca Gilmore and Loudy Tourky won bronze in synchronized diving. Loudy Tourky finished fourth in synchronized jumping with his partner Chantelle Newbery . Chantelle Newbery took 7th place in artificial jumping.

Australian diving divers were particularly successful in 2004 in Athens. Chantelle Newbery became Olympic champion in high diving, Loudy Tourky won bronze. With her partner, born Russian Irina Laschko , Chantelle Newbery won bronze in synchronized jumping. Loudy Tourky and Lynda Folauhola took 4th place in synchronized diving. In the men's category, Mathew Helm won silver in diving. With Robert Newbery he also won bronze in synchronized diving. Newbery jumped with his partner Steven Barnett to the bronze medal in synchronized jumping.

In 2008 in Beijing, Matthew Mitcham became Olympic champion in high diving, Mathew Helm was sixth. In synchronized diving, Robert Newbery and Mathew Helm reached fourth place. In the women's category , Briony Cole and Melissa Wu won silver in synchronized diving. With her partner Sharleen Stratton , Briony Cole jumped 5th in synchronized jumping. Melissa Wu reached 6th place in diving, Sharleen Stratton 7th place in artificial diving.

A silver medal was won in London in 2012. Brittany Broben achieved this in high diving , Melissa Wu came fourth. Sharleen Stratton took 5th place in artificial jumping and was fifth in synchronized jumping with Anabelle Smith . Loudy Wiggins, who started in 2004 under her maiden name Tourky, and Rachel Bugg finished fourth in synchronized diving. In the men's competition, Ethan Warren was seventh in jumping.

Anabelle Smith and Maddison Keeney won bronze in synchronized jumping in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In the individual competition, Maddison Keeney was fifth, Esther Qin sixth. Melissa Wu took fifth place in high diving.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Richmond Eve	1924 Paris	Diving	first medal and Olympic victory
Chantelle Newbery	2004 Athens	Diving
Matthew Mitcham	2008 Beijing	Diving

Surname	Games	discipline
Mathew helmet	2004 Athens	Diving
Briony Cole Melissa Wu	2008 Beijing	Synchronized diving
Brittany Broben	2012 London	Diving

Surname	Games	discipline
Robert Newbery Dean Pullar	2000 Sydney	Synchronized jumping
Rebecca Gilmore Loudy Tourky	2000 Sydney	Synchronized diving
Robert Newbery Steven Barnett	2004 Athens	Synchronized jumping
Robert Newbery Mathew Helm	2004 Athens	Synchronized diving
Loudy Tourky	2004 Athens	Diving
Chantelle Newbery Irina Laschko	2004 Athens	Synchronized jumping
Anabelle Smith Maddison Keeney	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Synchronized jumping

Richmond Eve, 1924 Olympic champion
Mathew Helm, silver and bronze 2004
Matthew Mitcham, 2008 Olympic Champion
Briony Cole, silver 2008
Melissa Wu, silver 2008
Brittany Broben, Silver 2012
Anabelle Smith, bronze 2016

Winter games

biathlon


-	-	-

The first Australian biathlete started in Sarajevo in 1984. The greatest success came in 1994 in Lillehammer, when Kerryn Pethybridge-Rim reached 8th place over 15 kilometers.

Bobsleigh


-	-	-

The first Australian bobsleighs were sent to the ice rink in Calgary in 1988. So far there has been no success.

ice Hockey


-	-	-

The first and so far only Australian ice hockey team went on the ice in 1960 in Squaw Valley. In the preliminary round there were two defeats in two games. The three placement games were also lost, so Australia finished ninth and last.

figure skating


-	-	-

The first Australian figure skaters took part in Oslo in 1952.

Speed skating


-	-	-

The first Australian speed skater took part in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936. The Australian Olympic team consisted only of this athlete, Kenneth Kennedy . Colin Hickey had his first success in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo when he finished seventh over 500 and 1500 meters.

In 1976 in Innsbruck Colin Coates ran in 6th place over 10,000 meters and 8th place over 1500 meters. In Calgary 1988, Coates, now 41 years old, took part in the Olympic Winter Games for the sixth time.

Freestyle ski


3	3	2

Freestyle skiing became an Olympic sport in Albertville in 1992. Australian freestylers also competed for the first time at the Olympic debut. In jumping, Kirstie Marshall reached 6th place in Lillehammer in 1994. In 2002 in Salt Lake City, Alisa Camplin became the first Australian woman in jumping to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Lydia Ierodiaconou finished eighth.

In 2006 in Turin Alisa Camplin won another bronze. Jacqui Cooper jumped to 8th place. In the men's category, Dale Begg-Smith was Olympic champion on the moguls. In 2010 in Vancouver, Dale Begg-Smith won silver. Scott Kneller reached 8th place in ski cross. Lydia Lassila, who started in 2002 under her maiden name Ierodiaconou, became Olympic champion in jumping in Vancouver.

In 2014 in Sochi, David Morris won silver in jumping, Lydia Lassila bronze. Laura Peel finished seventh and Danielle Scott ninth. On the moguls, Matt Graham reached 7th place, Britteny Cox 5th place. Katya Crema was seventh in ski cross. In slopestyle, Russell Henshaw reached 8th place and Anna Segal 5th place. In 2018 in Pyeongchang, Rohan Chapman-Davies won silver on the moguls. In the women’s category, Jakara Anthony took 4th place and Britteny Cox 5th place.

Surname	Games	discipline
Alisa Camplin	2002 Salt Lake City	Leap
Dale Begg-Smith	2006 Turin	Mogul slope
Lydia Lassila	2010 Vancouver	Leap

Surname	Games	discipline
Dale Begg-Smith	2010 Vancouver	Mogul slope
David Morris	2014 Sochi	Leap
Rohan Chapman-Davies	2018 Pyeongchang	Mogul slope

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Alisa Camplin	2006 Turin	Leap
Lydia Lassila	2014 Sochi	Leap

Award ceremony 2010: Lydia Lassila (middle) wins gold in jumping ahead of the Chinese Li Nina (l.) And Guo Xinxin (r.)
David Morris, Silver 2014

Nordic combination


-	-	-

In 1960 in the Nordic Combined Squaw Valley there was the first and so far only participation of an Australian athlete.

Sledding


-	-	-

Australian tobogganers first started in Albertville in 1992.

Short track


1	-	1

The Olympic premiere of this sport took place in 1992 in Albertville. Australian short trackers also took part for the first time. The men's relay won bronze in Lillehammer in 1994, thus ensuring Australia's first ever medal at the Winter Olympics. In 2002, Steven Bradbury became the first Australian Olympic champion at the Winter Games in the 1000-meter run. Bradbury won completely by surprise, because his rivals fell in the final run just before the finish line. Bradbury, who was at the very end, was able to overtake the fallen and cross the finish line first. He was able to finish the semi-finals in second place by falling his opponents and thus qualify for the final.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Steven Bradbury	2002 Salt Lake City	1000 meters	Australia's first ever Olympic victory at the Winter Olympics

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski	1994 Lillehammer	Season	Australia's first ever medal win at the Winter Olympics

skeleton


-	-	-

The first Australian skeleton riders started in Turin in 2006.

Alpine skiing


-	-	1

Australian ski racers have been taking part in the Winter Olympics since 1952. The greatest success was achieved in 1998 in Nagano Zali Steggall , who won bronze in the slalom. In 2002 in Salt Lake City, Jenny Owens reached 9th place in the alpine combination.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Zali Steggall	1998 Nagano	slalom	first medal win

Cross-country skiing


-	-	-

Australian cross-country skiers have been taking part in the Winter Olympics since 1952.

Snowboard


1	2	1

The first Australian snowboarder started in Nagano in 1998. Torah Bright achieved his first success in 2006 in Turin, finishing fifth in the halfpipe. In 2010 in Vancouver she was then Olympic champion. In 2014 in Sochi, she won a silver medal. In slopestyle she reached number 7.

Two medals were won in 2018. Jarryd Hughes secured the silver medal in snowboard cross , Alex Pullin came in sixth. In the halfpipe, Scott James achieved bronze.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Torah Bright	2010 Vancouver	halfpipe	first medal and Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Torah Bright	2014 Sochi	halfpipe
Jarryd Hughes	2018 Pyeongchang	Cross

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Scott James	2018 Pyeongchang	halfpipe

Torah Bright, 2010 Olympic Champion, 2014 silver

Interludes

Four Australians, three track and field athletes and one swimmer, traveled to the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 . The sprinter Nigel Barker won bronze in the 100 and 400 meters respectively. The swimmer Cecil Healy also won bronze in the 100 meter freestyle.

Youth games

Youth Summer Games

In the first edition of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore , 100 young athletes, 52 boys and 48 girls, took part. 29 medals, including eight gold, 13 silver and eight bronze medals, were won.

Olympic champions were the swimmers Nicholas Schafer over 100 meters chest and Emily Selig over 200 meters chest. Both tier seasons won gold. Other Olympic champions include track and field athlete Nicholas Hough, who won the 110 meter hurdles, boxer Damien Hooper, who won the middleweight division, and canoeist Jessica Fox, who won the kayak slalom. The boys' field hockey team also won the gold medal with a 2-1 final victory over Pakistan.

Silver won the mixed 100-meter freestyle relay as well as Kenneth To over 50 meters freestyle and 200 meter medley, Emma McKeon over 100 meters freestyle, Nicholas Schafer over 50 meters chest and Emily Selig over 100 meters chest. Ellie Salthouse won silver in the triathlon, the rowers Emma Basher and Olympia Aldersey in two. Other silver medals were won by the lightweight boxer Brett Mather, the athletes Michelle Jenneke over 100 meter hurdles, Brandon Starc in the high jump and Elizabeth Parnov in the pole vault. The girls' team in 3 × 3 basketball also won silver.

Five bronze medals were won by swimmers: Emma McKeon over 50 and 200 meters freestyle, Nicholas Schafer over 200 meters chest, Max Ackermann over 50 meters back, Kenneth To over 100 meters freestyle and the mixed layer relay. Other bronze medals were won by rowers Matthew Cochran and David Watts in twos and gymnast Angela Donald on the balance beam.

Three other medals were won in mixed teams. These medals do not count towards the Australian medal balance. In the Oceania 1 mixed triathlon relay , Ellie Salthouse won silver. Show jumper Thomas McDermott on Hugo also won silver in the mixed team. Track and field athletes Nicholas Hough and Raheen Williams won bronze in the mixed relay.

In the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games , 89 youth athletes, 43 boys and 46 girls, took part. This time there were 21 medals, four gold, three silver and 14 bronze medals. The boys' hockey team defended their Olympic victory with a final victory over Canada in the penalty shootout (3: 2) after it had been 3: 3 in regular time. The girls' rugby sevens team, as well as triathlete Brittany Dutton and track and field athlete Jessica Thornton , who won over 400 meters, were also Olympic champions .

The athletes Tay-Leiha Clark won silver in the triple jump and Alex Hulley in the hammer throw as well as the swimmer Ami Matsuo over 50 meters freestyle. The Australian swimming team won nine bronze medals through the individual relay relay for girls and boys, the mixed individual relay relay, the 100-meter freestyle relay for girls and the mixed 100-meter freestyle relay as well as Brianna Throssell over 100 and 200 meters dolphin and 200 yards freestyle and Nicholas Brown over 100 yards dolphin. Further bronze medals were won in athletics by Trae Williams over 100 meters for the boys, Sam Geddes over 100 meters in the girls and Shemaiah James in the high jump as well as in show jumping by Jake Hunter on For the Star in the individual competition and the boxer Caitlin Parker in the heavyweight division .

Five other medals were won in mixed teams. These medals do not count towards the Australian medal balance. Trae Williams became Olympic champion with the mixed 8 x 100 meter relay ( Team 034 ). Rachel Pace started in Team 038 and won silver, Sam Geddes started in Team 017 and won bronze. Judoka Jolan Florimont won bronze with the mixed team Team Xian . The triathletes Brittany Dutton and Jack van Stekelenburg also won bronze in the mixed team Oceania 1 .

Emma McKeon , 2010 Youth Olympic Champion, 2016 Olympic Champion
Michelle Jenneke, silver 2010

Youth Winter Games

Fourteen young athletes, eight boys and six girls, took part in the first staging of the 2012 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck . Two bronze medals were won.

The medal winners were the snowboarders Alexandra Fitch in slopestyle and Sharnita Crompton, who competed in ice hockey skills.

In 2016 in Lillehammer 17 young athletes, eight boys and nine girls, took part, who won three silver and one bronze medal.

Silver won in snowboarding Emily Arthur in the halfpipe and Alex Dickson in snowboard cross and in freestyle Zali Offord in ski cross. Her teammate Louis Muhlen won bronze in the boys' ski cross.

The short-track runner Julia Moore won the silver medal in the mixed relay. This medal is not included in the Australian medal table.

Art competitions

The composer Ruby Mary Reynolds-Lewis submitted her work Foxhunt to the art competitions as part of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris , which, however, did not achieve any placement.

In 1932 the painter James Quinn was represented with two of his portraits. One was a portrait of polar explorer Hubert Wilkins , the other a portrait of rowing coach Steve Fairbairn. Both works could not be placed.

Olympic mountaineering award

George Ingle Finch

The Olympic mountaineering award , the Prix olympique d'alpinisme , was awarded in 1924 to the participants of the British Mount Everest expedition of 1922 . One of the participants was the Australian mountaineer George Ingle Finch , who, like the other participants, was personally awarded a gold-plated silver medal by Pierre de Coubertin . The award ceremony took place on February 5, 1924, during the closing ceremony of the Chamonix Winter Games .

Participants by sport

Summer games

sport	year
sport	1896	1900	1904	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
badminton																				2	8th	7th	6th	6th	6th	5
baseball																					20th	24	24
basketball											12		12		12	12	12	24	22nd	12	24	24	24	24	24	24
Beach volleyball																					6th	10	8th	4th	4th	4th
Archery															3	4th	3	2	3	3	5	6th	6th	5	2	4th
Boxing					3			3	7th	5	9	10	10	4th	4th	4th	2	5	4th	6th	8th	9	9	9	11	3
fencing										6th	21st	11	18th	5	4th	3	3	3	2	2	1	7th	3	2	3
Soccer											11								17th	19th	16	32	32	17th		18th
Weightlifting									2	3	7th	7th	7th	2	3	3	5	4th	4th	4th	7th	12	2	2	2	2
golf																										4th
Handball																						30th
hockey											18th	15th	14th	14th	16	15th		32	32	32	32	32	32	33	32	32
Judo													4th		4th	3	3	3	3	2	12	14th	12	13	6th	7th
Canoeing											8th	7th	10	6th	7th	8th	5	9	8th	17th	23	21st	16	16	20th	16
athletics	1	1	1	4th	9	7th	4th	5	18th	17th	76	28	35	24	22nd	27	21st	30th	28	35	60	82	42	40	50	59
Modern pentathlon										1	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	1	3	1	2	2	1	2	2
Cycling				2	4th	2	1	3	6th	6th	11	9	14th	9	10	12	10	12	17th	16	21st	27	24	28	27	31
horse riding												4th	7th	7th	4th	7th		9	10	5	11	14th	8th	12	12	12
Wrestling					1	3	1	3	4th	4th	15th	9	8th	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	9	11	1	4th	1	3
rowing					10	1	1	12	8th	14th	26th	25th	26th	11	16	13	16	25th	16	28	45	45	45	48	46	29
Rugby Sevens																										25th
shoot									6th		12	7th	8th	3	4th	6th	2	9	12	7th	16	23	21st	17th	17th	18th
swim		1	1	6th	5	5	5	5	10	10	26th	26th	32	24	24	28	17th	33	27	35	33	52	43	52	55	48
sailing									3	6th	11	11	11	11	13	12		13	13	13	16	18th	18th	17th	13	11
Softball																					15th	15th	15th	15th
Taekwondo																						8th	4th	4th	2	4th
tennis	1			1	2														6th	7th	7th	10	7th	8th	6th	10
Table tennis																			3	2	5	9	6th	6th	6th	6th
Triathlon																						6th	6th	5	6th	6th
do gymnastics											9	4th	11	2	3	3	3	6th	3	7th	9	11	9	9	8th	4th
volleyball																						24	12		12
Water polo									10	7th	9	10	11		11	11	11	13	13	13		26th	26th	26th	26th	26th
Diving				1	1	1		1	1	2	10	4th	2	2	3	4th	3	4th	5	7th	7th	6th	7th	9	10	9

Winter games

sport	year
sport	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
biathlon											1	1	2	2	1		1	1	2
Bobsleigh												5	2	4th	4th		4th	7th	6th	4th
ice Hockey					17th
figure skating			3	2	6th				2	2	2	4th	3	2	4th	2	1	1	4th	4th
Speed skating	1		1	1	2		1	2	1	2	2	4th	2	2				1	1	2
Freestyle ski													2	5	5	7th	9	11	21st	16
Nordic combination					1
Sledding													1	1			1	1	1	1
Short track													6th	5	5	5	6th	2	2
skeleton																	2	3	3	2
Alpine skiing			3	5	3	5	1	2	5	4th	3	3	2	2	1	10	4th	2	5	3
Cross-country skiing			2		1		1			1	2	2	2	2	2		3	3	4th	6th
Snowboard															1	1	9	8th	11	11

Youth Summer Games

sport	year
sport	2010	2014
badminton	2	2
basketball	4th
Beach volleyball		2
Archery	2	2
Boxing	2	2
fencing		1
Weightlifting	2	2
golf		2
Handball	14th
hockey	16	9
Judo		2
Canoeing	2	1
athletics	17th	20th
Modern pentathlon		2
Cycling	4th
horse riding	1	1
Wrestling	3	1
rowing	4th	3
Rugby Sevens		12
shoot	3	4th
swim	8th	8th
sailing	2	2
tennis		4th
Table tennis	1	2
Triathlon	2	2
do gymnastics	9	3
Diving	1

Youth Winter Games

sport	year
sport	2012	2016
biathlon	1	2
ice Hockey	2	2
figure skating	1
Freestyle ski	4th	4th
Sledding	1
Short track		1
Alpine skiing	2	2
Cross-country skiing	2	2
Snowboard	1	4th

Medal table

Olympic games

				total	rank
Olympic Summer Games	147	165	188	500	9
winter Olympics	5	5	5	15th	20th
total	152	170	193	515	11

Youth Olympic Games

				total	rank
Youth Olympic Summer Games	12	16	22nd	50	9
Youth Olympic Winter Games	0	3	3	6th	24
total	12	19th	25th	56	10

Medals by sport

Summer games

total	147	165	188	500
sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
swim	60	66	65	191
athletics	21st	26th	26th	73
Cycling	14th	19th	18th	51
rowing	11	15th	14th	40
sailing	11	8th	8th	27
horse riding	6th	3	3	12
shoot	5	1	5	11
hockey	4th	3	5	12
Canoeing	3	8th	13	24
Diving	3	3	7th	13
Triathlon	1	2	2	5
tennis	1	1	3	5
Weightlifting	1	1	2	4th
Taekwondo	1	1	0	2
Archery	1	0	2	3
Water polo	1	0	2	3
Beach volleyball	1	0	1	2
Modern pentathlon	1	0	0	1
Rugby Sevens	1	0	0	1
basketball	0	3	2	5
Boxing	0	1	3	4th
Softball	0	1	3	4th
Wrestling	0	1	2	3
baseball	0	1	0	1
do gymnastics	0	1	0	1
Judo	0	0	2	2

Winter games

total	5	5	5	15th
sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
Freestyle ski	3	3	2	8th
Snowboard	1	2	1	4th
Short track	1	0	1	2
Alpine skiing	0	0	1	1

Web links

Australia in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Australia on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
Australian NOK website

Individual evidence

↑ including the four athletes at the Equestrian Games in Stockholm had participated
^ Standard bearer at the Equestrian Games in Stockholm
↑ Article in The Guardian of June 17, 2016 (Eng.)
^ Report on live-radsport.ch from September 1, 2015
↑ Edwin Flack competed in both athletics and tennis
↑ The ice hockey tournaments were held as skill challenges for individual boys and girls

[1] uding the four athletes at the Equestrian Games in Stockholm had participated

[2] Standard bearer at the Equestrian Games in Stockholm

[3] Article in The Guardian of June 17, 2016 (Eng.)

[4] Report on live-radsport.ch from September 1, 2015

[5] Edwin Flack competed in both athletics and tennis

[6] The ice hockey tournaments were held as skill challenges for individual boys and girls


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Olympic history of Australia

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Applications and hosting of the Olympic Games

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Alignment

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Overview of the participations

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Interludes

Youth Summer Games

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Overview of the sports

Summer games

badminton

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Beach volleyball

Archery

Boxing

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Weightlifting

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Handball

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Judo

Canoeing

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rowing

Rugby Sevens

shoot

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Softball

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Triathlon

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Diving

Winter games

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Speed ​​skating

Freestyle ski

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Sledding

Short track

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Cross-country skiing

Snowboard

Interludes

Youth games

Youth Summer Games

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Art competitions

Olympic mountaineering award

Participants by sport

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Medal table

Olympic games

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Medals by sport

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See also

Web links

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