# Australian Athletics Team

The Australian Athletics Team, also known as the Australian Flame since 2009, 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. Australia also competes in specific event world championships such as the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
The team has a rich history of success, with numerous athletes having been inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame, including Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Betty Cuthbert, and Marjorie Jackson. In 2000, Athletics Australia established its own Hall of Fame.
The team has a presence in the Paralympic Games and the IPC Athletics World Championships.

## Olympic Games

As of the 2024 Olympics, there have been fifteen gold medallists: Edwin Flack (dual), Nick Winter, John Winter, Marjorie Jackson (dual), Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (triple), Betty Cuthbert (four), Norma Croker (Relay), Fleur Mellor (relay), Herb Elliott, Ralph Doubell, Maureen Caird, Glynis Nunn, Debbie Flintoff-King, Cathy Freeman, Steve Hooker, Sally Pearson and Nina Kennedy.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
| 1896 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1900 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 1904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1920 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1924 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1936 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 1948 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 1952 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 1956 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 1960 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 1968 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 1972 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1980 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 1984 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 |

## IAAF World Championships in Athletics

As of the 2023 World Championships, there have been eleven world champions: Robert de Castella, Cathy Freeman (dual), Jana Pittman (dual), Dmitri Markov, Nathan Deakes, Steven Hooker, Dani Samuels, Sally Pearson (dual), Kelsey-Lee Barber (dual), Eleanor Patterson and Nina Kennedy.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 1987 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 |

## IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics

As of the 2014 World Championships, there have been seven world indoor champions: Michael Hillardt, Kerry Saxby, Melinda Gainsford, Tamsyn Lewis, Steven Hooker, Fabrice Lapierre and Sally Pearson.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 1993 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |

## Commonwealth Games

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
| 1930 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1934 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1938 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 2 |
| 1950 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 1 |
| 1954 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| 1958 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 1 |
| 1962 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 1 |
| 1966 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 1 |
| 1970 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 1 |
| 1974 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 2 |
| 1978 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 2 |
| 1982 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 2 |
| 1986 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 3 |
| 1990 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 2 |
| 1994 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 1 |
| 1998 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 2 |
| 2006 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 1 |
| 2010 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 2 |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 1 |

## World Athletics U20 Championships

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 1988 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 1990 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 1992 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 1994 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 7 |
Australia did not participate at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships.

## IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 |

## Paralympic Games

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
| 1964 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 1968 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 4 |
| 1972 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 |
| 1976 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 10 |
| 1980 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 12 |
| 1984 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 58 | 7 |
| 1988 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 53 | 7 |
| 1992 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 40 | 6 |
| 1996 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 3 |
| 2000 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 66 | 1 |
| 2004 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 2 |
| 2008 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 10 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 13 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 |

## IPC Athletics World Championships

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal Rank |
| 1994 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 56 | |
| 1998 | 33 | 20 | 19 | 72 | |
| 2002 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 33 | |
| 2006 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 9 |
| 2013 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 15 |
| 2015 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 9 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 5 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 18 |