Western Australian Athletes at the Olympic Games
The fact that Australia has been represented at every Modern Olympic Games underlines that as a nation, Australia has a long tradition of friendly participation and sportsmanship. Australia and Greece are the only two nations to hold this honour.
Australia’s most successful Games was at Sydney in 2000 where we fielded a team of 630 athletes who garnered a medal count of 58. This total is comprised of:
16 Gold 25 Silver 17 Bronze
Athens in 2004 has been the most successful overseas Games with 49 medal. This total comprises of:
17 Gold 16 Silver 16 Bronze
WA’s record contingent of 54 athletes made up over 11% of the 2004 Team and they contributed to over 20% of Australia’s medal tally of 17 Gold, 16 Silver and 16 Bronze.
The table below shows the historical Australian medal count of the Modern Olympic Games.
Australian compared to the other countries - medal count in Greece - day by day:
Australia's GOLD medal tally by world population
Australian Olympic 2004 Athens medallists |
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