Australia at the Olympics

Australia at the Olympics is a history which includes 45 games in 22 countries and 3,000+ athletes.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), "Australia" ; retrieved 2012-7-29. Since 1895, Australia has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".
Olympics.org,  "Factsheet: The Olympic Movement"; retrieved 2012-7-29.

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.Australia; retrieved 2012-7-29.

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.SR/Olympics, "Australasia" ; retrieved 2012-7-29.

Host country
Australia has hosted the Olympics twice:

The 1956 Summer Olympics were at Melbourne in Victoria.SR/Olympics, "1956 Melbourne Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-7-29.

The 2000 Summer Olympics were at Sydney in New South Wales.SR/Olympics, "1956 Sydney Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-7-29.

Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 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 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 Total  138  153  177  468  11

Medals by Winter Games
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 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 Total  5  1  3  9  21

Medals by sport (both Summer and Winter)
 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 Total  143  154  179  477

References

Other websites

 Australian Olympic Committee 
 Australia profile at London2012.com 

Category:Nations at the Olympics
Category:Australia at multi-sport events