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Betty Cuthbert (bib 468) winning gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Australia has won 83 medals: 22 gold, 29 silver, and 32 bronze medals. [1] Australian women have won 45 medals: 14 gold, 15 silver, and 16 bronze medals; Australia men have won 37 medals: 8 gold, 14 silver, and 15 bronze medals; Number of female athletes winning medals: 34 [2]
These totals do not include 11 medals recognised by the Australian Olympic Committee: 10 medals (3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze) won by Australians competing for the combined Australasia team in 1908 and 1912 (8 by individuals, 1 by an exclusively Australian team and 1 by a combined team) and 1 bronze medal won in tennis by Edwin Flack in 1896 ...
Pages in category "Olympic gold medalists for Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 291 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ian Thorpe, with 9 medals is equal with Leisel Jones for second-most Olympic medals by an Australian. Stephanie Rice, winner of three gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, including the medley double. Grant Hackett, winner of the 1500 m freestyle in 2000 and 2004, captained Australia's swimming team at the 2008 Olympics. Leisel Jones has won nine ...
Australian divers secured nine quota place for Paris 2024, by advancing to the top twelve final of the men's individual platform and women's individual springboard at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; by virtue of gold medal results through 2023 Oceania Championships in Brisbane, Australia; and also by virtue top 12 ...
In the 4 × 100 m relay, the Americans had won the event every time it had been contested. Australia was able to edge out the Americans by .19 seconds to win the gold medal. The Australians also set three world records. The 2000 Olympics also saw the emergence of Ian Thorpe as an Olympic champion in the Men's 400 m Freestyle. Men
Discipline (link to medalists list) Contested Number of Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold-silver-bronze) Athlete(s) with the most gold medals Olympics (up to 2022) Medal events (in 2022) Total Alpine skiing: Since 1936 19 11 167 168 165 500 Kjetil André Aamodt (4–2–2) Kjetil André Aamodt (4–2–2)
Further medal success was anticipated at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, which were attended by 24 Australian athletes. [44] Zali Steggall , who months earlier had become the first Australian woman to win a World Cup event and was ranked sixth in the world, [ 45 ] won the country's first individual medal with a bronze in slalom skiing. [ 46 ]