Australia at the Olympics

**Australia at the Olympics** is a history which includes 45 games in 22 countries and 3,000+ athletes. Since 1895, Australia has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Australia is AUS.

## History

The Australia National Olympic Committee was formed in 1895.  It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1895.

Afghanistan's team first competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Australia has sent athletes to almost all of the modern Olympic Games.  Australia has competed in every Summer Olympic Games, and most Winter Olympic Games.

In 1908 and 1912, Australia competed with New Zealand under the name Australasia.

## Host country

Australia has hosted the Olympics twice:

The 1956 Summer Olympics were at Melbourne in Victoria.

The 2000 Summer Olympics were at Sydney in New South Wales.

### Medals by Summer Games

|Games|Athletes||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:gold; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold|style="background:silver; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver|style="background:#cc9966; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze||
|1896 Athens|1|2|0|0|2|8|
|1900 Paris|3|2|0|3|5|9|
|1904 St. Louis|2|0|0|0|0|–|
|1908 London|_as part of Australasia_||||||
|align=left|1912 Stockholm||||||
|1920 Antwerp|13|0|2|1|3|16|
|1924 Paris|37|3|1|2|6|11|
|1928 Amsterdam|18|1|2|1|4|19|
|1932 Los Angeles|12|3|1|1|5|10|
|1936 Berlin|33|0|0|1|1|30|
|1948 London|77|2|6|5|13|14|
|1952 Helsinki|85|6|2|3|11|9|
|1956 Melbourne (host nation)|314|13|8|14|35|3|
|1960 Rome|188|8|8|6|22|5|
|1964 Tokyo|234|6|2|10|18|8|
|1968 Mexico City|175|5|7|5|17|9|
|1972 Munich|173|8|7|2|17|6|
|1976 Montreal|184|0|1|4|5|32|
|1980 Moscow|123|2|2|5|9|15|
|1984 Los Angeles|240|4|8|12|24|14|
|1988 Seoul|270|3|6|5|14|15|
|1992 Barcelona|290|7|9|11|27|10|
|1996 Atlanta|424|9|9|23|41|7|
|2000 Sydney (host nation)|630|16|25|17|58|4|
|2004 Athens|482|17|16|17|50|4|
|2008 Beijing|433|14|15|17|46|6|
|2012 London|410|7|16|12|35|10|

### Medals by Winter Games

|Games|Athletes||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:gold; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold|style="background:silver; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver|style="background:#cc9966; width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze||
|1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen|1|0|0|0|0|–|
|1948 St. Moritz|_did not participate_||||||
|1952 Oslo|9|0|0|0|0|–|
|1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo|10|0|0|0|0|–|
|1960 Squaw Valley|31|0|0|0|0|–|
|1964 Innsbruck|6|0|0|0|0|–|
|1968 Grenoble|3|0|0|0|0|–|
|1972 Sapporo|4|0|0|0|0|–|
|1976 Innsbruck|8|0|0|0|0|–|
|1980 Lake Placid|10|0|0|0|0|–|
|1984 Sarajevo|10|0|0|0|0|–|
|1988 Calgary|18|0|0|0|0|–|
|1992 Albertville|23|0|0|0|0|–|
|1994 Lillehammer|25|0|0|1|1|22|
|1998 Nagano|24|0|0|1|1|22|
|2002 Salt Lake City|27|2|0|0|2|15|
|2006 Turin|40|1|0|1|2|17|
|2010 Vancouver|40|2|1|0|3|13|

### Medals by sport (both Summer and Winter)

|Total|143|154|179|477|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Swimming|57|60|61|178|
|Athletics|20|26|25|71|
|Cycling|14|18|8|40|
|Rowing|10|13|14|37|
|Sailing|10|5|8|23|
|Equestrian|6|3|2|11|
|Field hockey|4|3|1|8|
|Shooting|4|1|5|10|
|Canoeing|3|8|11|22|
|Freestyle skiing|3|1|1|5|
|Triathlon|1|2|2|5|
|Tennis|1|1|3|5|
|Weightlifting|1|1|2|4|
|Taekwondo|1|1|0|2|
|Archery|1|0|1|2|
|Short track speed skating|1|0|1|2|
|Water polo|1|0|2|3|
|Volleyball|1|0|1|2|
|Snowboarding|1|0|0|1|
|Basketball|0|3|2|5|
|Boxing|0|1|3|4|
|Softball|0|1|3|4|
|Wrestling|0|1|2|3|
|Gymnastics|0|1|0|1|
|Baseball|0|1|0|1|
|Judo|0|0|2|2|
|Alpine skiing|0|0|1|1|

## Other websites

- Australian Olympic Committee
- Australia profile at London2012.com

## Infobox (country at games)

- **noc**: AUS
- **nocname**: Australian Olympic Committee
- **games**: Olympics
- **gold**: 152
- **silver**: 168
- **bronze**: 192
- **seealso**: Australia at the 1906 Intercalated Games, 1906 Intercalated Games
 (1908–1912)