How Many Golds Have Australia Won at the Summer Olympics?
Australia has won over 160 gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games since their first at the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens 1896, nearly half coming from the sport of swimming. Here is a list of the number of gold medals won by Australia at each Olympic Games.
Australia’s best ever gold medal tally was at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with 18, followed by Athens 2004 and Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games with 17. See the complete Australian Medal Tally.
Australia won no gold medals in 1904, 1920, 1936 and 1976.
- Athens 1896 — 2
- Paris 1900 — 3 (includes the medal won by Australian Stan Rowley, who
competed on a British athletics team for one event)
- St Louis 1904 — 0
- London 1908 — 1 (as part of Australasia)
- Stockholm 1912 — 2 (as part of Australasia)
- Antwerp 1920 — 0
- Paris 1924 — 3
- Amsterdam 1928 — 1
- Los Angeles 1932 — 3
- Berlin 1936 — 0
- London 1948 — 2
- Helsinki 1952 — 6
- Melbourne 1956 — 13
- Rome 1960 — 8
- Tokyo 1964 — 6
- Mexico City 1968 — 5
- Munich 1972 — 8
- Montreal 1976 — 0
- Moscow 1980 — 2
- Los Angeles 1984 — 4
- Seoul 1988 — 3
- Barcelona 1992 — 7
- Atlanta 1996 — 9
- Sydney 2000 — 16
- Athens 2004 — 17
- Beijing 2008 — 14
- London 2012 — 8
- Rio 2016 — 8
- Tokyo 2020 — 17
- Paris 2024 — 18
Related Pages
- Top Australian Gold Medal Winners at the Olympic Games
- Australia's Summer Olympics medal tally
- In What Sports Has Australia Won Gold at the Olympics?
- Australia's Winter Olympics medal tally
- All summer Olympic Games Medal Tallies
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