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22: top twenty-two teams based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships [12] 3: top three teams outside the key qualifier through the World Athletics Race Walk rankings based on the aggregate scores of both a male and a female athlete within the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024 ...
Australia's final team consisted of 461 athletes (205 men and 256 women) competing in 33 sports, [3] with Anna Meares selected as the chef de mission. [1]On July 24, 2024, field hockey player Eddie Ockenden and slalom canoeist Jessica Fox were named as the flag-bearers to lead the country's opening ceremony.
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.
Just a day after running the fourth fastest under-18 100m time in history, 16-year-old sprint sensation Gout Gout has broken Australia’s longstanding men’s 200m record.. Peter Norman’s 200m ...
[5] [6] In April 2024, he won the national triple jump title at the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide. [7] He was selected to compete for Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He jumped 16.80 metres in the qualifying round to reach the final, where he placed twelfth overall. [8] [9]
The Australian Athletics Team, also known as the Australian Flame since 2009, [1] represents Australia in international athletics competitions. The team participates in a variety of global multi-event athletics competitions, including the Summer Olympics, IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships, and the Commonwealth Games.
Australian Olympic Team Uniforms unveiled for Rio 2016 Australian Olympic athletes in 1932 wearing the traditional uniform of a dark green blazer trimmed with yellow, still in use at the London 2012 opening ceremony. [1] Australia has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games, as well as every Winter Olympics except 1924–32 and 1948.
Australia has hosted many important athletics competitions, including the 1956 and 2000 Olympic Games, the 1938, 1962, 1982 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 1985 World Cup in Athletics, and the 1996 World Junior Championships. Athletics Australia is the governing body for athletics in Australia.