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Australia's Olympic Medal Tally - Summer Games

Here is 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)
# Includes the gold medal won by Australian Stan Rowley, who competed on a British athletics team for one event (1900).



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