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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 ...
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 ...
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 .
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 ]
The first Australian woman to win an Olympic medal was Shirley Strickland, at the 1948 London Games, with a bronze medal in the 100 metres sprint while Australia's first female gold medalist in athletics was Marjorie Jackson who won the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint races in 1952. [10]
Australian Olympic Committee: Website: www.olympics.com.au: in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 459 (203 men and 256 women) in 33 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Eddie Ockenden & Jessica Fox: Flag bearer (closing) Matthew Wearn & Kaylee McKeown: Officials: Anna Meares (chef de mission) [1] Medals Ranked 4th: Gold 18
The Australian Olympic Committee sent a total of 470 athletes (268 men and 202 women) to the Games to compete in 29 sports. Australia finished the Athens Games having won a total of 50 medals, including 17 gold, the most gold medals to date although this was equalled in Tokyo 2020 and surpassed its total in Paris 2024 with 18 gold medals.