Australia's Olympic Medal Tally - Summer Games
Table of total medals won by Australia, at each Summer Olympic Games. Australia’s best ever total medal tally was at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, though Australia won more gold medals in 2004 and 2021. See also the Australia's Winter Olympics medal tally.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total Medals Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1900 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 # |
| 1904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 * |
| 1912 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 * |
| 1920 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1924 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1928 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1932 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1936 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1948 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 1952 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 1956 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| 1960 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 1964 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 1972 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 1976 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1980 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1984 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 1988 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 1992 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| 1996 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 41 |
| 2000 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 58 |
| 2004 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 49 |
| 2008 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| 2012 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
| 2021 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 46 |
| Total | 168 | 174 | 212 | 554 |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
* Includes medals won by the Australians in the Australasian teams (1908 and 1912)
# Include the gold medal won by Australian Stan Rowley, who competed on a British athletics team for one event (1900).
Related Pages
- Comparision of the number of gold medals won by Australia at each Olympics
- Australia's Winter Olympics medal tally
- All summer Olympic Games Medal Tallies
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- Jacinta (2016)
I want to know what years Australia has won a medal in the diving. Also which year was gold please - Bel (2016)
I want to know what sports has Australia NEVER won a medal in in the Olympic Games. - Rob Admin :
Badminton, table tennis, synchronized swimming, handball, fencing, soccer, golf, modern pentathlon, volleyball (indoor), artistic and rhythmic gymnastics. Quite a few. - John Erichsen Rob (2016)
You can cross the modern pentathlon off that list! - Tex (2016)
Has Australia ever won gold, silver and bronze in the same event? Or is there a maximum of 2 competitors from each country in any event? - Rob Admin Tex (2016) - In many sports there can be three athletes if all reach the qualifying standard, so it is possible. I can't recall Australia ever achieving this, though I imagine the closest we have come would be in a swimming event. - Coolkid (2016)
how many gold medals has Australia won in the summer Olympic games only? (Total) Just curious. - JCP1978 coolkid (2016)
142. Not including any from the current Olympics. - Technosaurus Punk coolkid (2016)
They only have 12 in the winter Olympics. 5 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze. So 467 summer Olympics total. 137 gold, 154 silver, 176 bronze at summer Olympics. - JCP1978 Technosaurus Punk (2016)
the above table is ONLY the summer olympic games, so 479 is the total medals won in all summer olympics by Australia (142 of these are gold). This is obviously not including any of the 2016 olympic medals yet.