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Sport is an important part of Australian culture and dates back to the early colonial period. The first of the country's mainstream sports to become established in order of their organisation were cricket, Australian rules football, rugby union, tennis, soccer, basketball, netball and rugby league.
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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.
Australia's lower classes played sports on public holidays, with the upper classes playing more regularly on Saturdays. [2] Sydney was the early hub of sport in the colony. [3] Early forms of football would be played there by 1829. [4] Early sport in Australia was played along class lines.
Australia's victory over New Zealand in the 2015 Cricket World Cup Final was the most-watched sports match ever in Australia, peaking at 4.218 million viewers nationally. The second innings of the match, which saw Australia winning the match with seven wickets to spare, averaged 2.404 million in the five capital cities and 3.285 million nationally.
Sports that were created in Australia. Pages in category "Sports originating in Australia" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
Sport in Western Australia by sport (14 C, 3 P) Sport in the Northern Territory by sport (8 C, 1 P) # Australian sportspeople by sport (98 C) A.
Athletics is a popular sport in Australia, with around 34,000 athletes, officials and coaches currently registered with the national association. [ 2 ] Though not as high-profile as sports such as Cricket , Rugby league or Rugby Union in Australia, athletics has produced many world sporting legends, including Edwin Flack , Betty Cuthbert , Herb ...