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The mixed team medal is not credited to Australia. The first tennis gold medal won by Australia was by the Woodies in men's doubles in 1996; the pair also won Australia's only silver medal in the sport four years later. In 2024, Matthew Ebden and John Peers won the men's doubles, providing Australia with its second gold medal in tennis.
Australia has competed in athletics in all Summer Olympics. Edwin Flack won the Men's 800 m and 1500 m at the 1896 Summer Olympics. He won Australia's first athletics and Olympics medals and was that country’s first gold medallist. [1] Athletics is the Australia's second most successful Olympic sport after swimming.
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.
Australia entered two breakdancers to compete in their respective gender-based dual battles for Paris 2024. Jeffrey Dan Arpie (J Attack) and Rachael Gunn (Raygun) secured the spots by virtue of their gold-medal victory each in the B-boys and B-girls final battle at the 2023 WDSF Oceanian Breaking Championships in Sydney, Australia. [24]
Each medal weighed 455–529 g (16–19 oz), had a diameter of 85 mm (3.3 in) and was 9.2 mm (0.36 in) thick. [21] The gold medals were made with 98.8 percent silver and 1.13 percent gold, while the bronze medals were made up with copper, zinc, and tin. [22]
The Olympic medal table is a method of sorting the medal placements of countries in the modern-day Olympics and Paralympics.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not officially recognize a ranking of participating countries at the Olympic Games. [1]
Australia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2] The Australian team consisted of 43 athletes (21 men and 22 women), competing in 10 sports. This marked a decrease of seven athletes from 2018. [3] Alpine skier Madison Hoffman was selected but withdrew due to an ACL injury. [4]
Swimming is Australia's most prolific Olympic sport, having been responsible for 78 of Australia's 185 Olympic gold medals. In addition, a list of the top 100 Australian Olympians of all time, compiled by the Australian Olympic Committee, named 35 swimmers in the top 100, more than any other sport. Swimmers have been given the honour of ...