Australia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Australian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside France, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Brisbane will stage the 2032 Summer Olympics, Australia and the United States, the next nation to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, marched before the homebound French team entering the Place du Trocadéro during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.
The Australian Olympic team left Paris with 53 medals winning 18 gold, marking the country's most successful Olympic campaign in terms of gold medals, and the second most successful in terms of overall medals after Sydney 2000, where 58 medals were won.
Australia's final team consisted of 461 athletes (205 men and 256 women) competing in 33 sports, with Anna Meares selected as the chef de mission.
On July 24, 2024, field hockey player Eddie Ockenden and slalom canoeist Jessica Fox were named as the flag-bearers to lead the country's opening ceremony.
On August 10, sailor Matthew Wearn and swimmer Kaylee McKeown, both gold medalists in Paris, were named flag-bearers for the closing ceremony.
The following Australian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
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<small> Athletes who participated in the heats only.</small>
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Two Australian archers qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's and women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of their mixed team gold medal results at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Australia fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and mixed team event as the highest-ranked Oceanian nation eligible for qualification at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
Australian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each). If there are more than three qualified Australians in any event, preference will generally be given to the highest finishers at the 2024 Australian Athletics Championships.
Track and road events<br />Men
Women
Mixed
Field events<br /> Men
Women
Combined events â Men's decathlon
Combined events â Women's heptathlon
Australia entered three badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Summary
The Australia men's basketball team qualified for the games by virtue of their results through the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Philippines, Japan & Indonesia, as the highest-ranked squad from Oceanic zone.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
The Australia women's national basketball team qualified by placing in the top three at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Belém, Brazil.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Summary
The Australia women's 3x3 team by winning the FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2 in Utsonomiya, Japan.
Team roster
The roster was named on 8 July 2024.
Group play
Australia entered twelve boxers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified for Paris in their respective weight division after winning gold at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Men
Women
Australia entered two breakdancers to compete in their respective gender-based dual battles for Paris 2024. Jeffrey Dan Arpie (J Attack) and Rachael Gunn (Raygun) secured the spots by virtue of their gold-medal victory each in the B-boys and B-girls final battle at the 2023 WDSF Oceanian Breaking Championships in Sydney, Australia.
Australian canoeists confirmed a boat in the men's C-1 and K-1, women's C-1, K-1, and KX classes, respectively, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain, and 2024 Oceania Championships in Penrith.
Kayak cross
Australian canoeists qualified one boat in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
Australia entered a team of six road cyclists (three male and three female). Australia qualified three male and three female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Men
Women
Australian riders obtained full spots for men's track events and women's team pursuit, Madison, and Omnium, and two additional quotas for women's sprint and keirin based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.
Sprint
Pursuit
Keirin
Omnium
Madison
Australian mountain bikers secured one female quota place for the Olympics through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.
Freestyle<br />Australian riders received a single quota spot in the men's and women's BMX freestyle for the games. The first quota is obtained at the men's event by virtue of the top three highest nation's at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, while the second quota is obtained at the women's event by virtue of the highest continental representation, not yet qualified, at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Race<br />Australian riders secured three quota places (one men's and three women's) in the race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of the final Olympic BMX ranking.
Australian divers secured nine quota place for Paris 2024, by advancing to the top twelve final of the men's individual platform and women's individual springboard at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; by virtue of gold medal results through 2023 Oceania Championships in Brisbane, Australia; and also by virtue top 12 individuals results and top 4 synchronized pair, not yet qualified, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Men
Women
Australia fielded a full-squad of three equestrian riders into the team dressage, eventing and jumping competitions, respectively, by securing an outright berth each as the top-ranked nation from Southeast Asia and Oceania, vying for qualification, at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark; one of two highest-ranked eligible nations at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic eventing qualifier for Group F and G (Africa, Middle East, Asia and Oceania) in Millstreet, Ireland; and one of two highest-ranked eligible nations at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic jumping qualifier for Group G in Valkenswaard, The Netherlands.
<small>Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position</small>
Summary
Australia men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of the nation's gold medal results at the 2023 Oceania Cup in WhangÃÂrei, New Zealand.
Team roster
Group play
Australia women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics following the triumph of the nation's gold medal results at the 2023 Oceania Cup in WhangÃÂrei, New Zealand.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Summary
Australia women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third round 2-legged tie of the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and in Melbourne 13âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Team roster
Group play
Australia entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly to Paris 2024, based on their respective ranking performances in the top 60 on the IGF World Rankings.
Australia fielded a squad of five female gymnasts and one male gymnast for Paris. All of the female gymnasts qualified for the games after advancing to the final round of team all-around and obtained one of nine available team spots for nations not yet qualified at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. Later on, Jesse Moore qualified for the games after becoming the highest rank eligible gymnast through the 2024 Oceanian Championships in Auckland, New Zealand.
Men
Women
Following the 2024 Oceania Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships that doubled with European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, International Gymnastics Federation announced Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva as Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual qualifier and Australian Group, known as "Aspire Senior Group", as Rhythmic Gymnastics Group qualifier.
Australia qualified one gymnast for the men's trampoline competition in Paris through the reallocated continental quota (one of the quotas not used by another continent).
Australia has qualified three judokas (one man and two women) via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Oceania.
Australian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
Men
Women
<small>Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage</small>
Summary
Australia national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing a fifth-place finish and the last of four available slots in the 2022âÂÂ23 World Rugby Sevens Series, thumping Great Britain in a seventh-place playoff at the London leg.
Team roster
Group stage
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Australia women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinal phase of the Hong Kong leg and securing a top-four placement in the 2022âÂÂ23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
Team roster
Group stage
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Australian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, and 2023 Sail Sydney in Sydney.
Elimination events
Medal race events
Australian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Oceania Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. They must compete in two selection meets of the Australia Cup to attain their benchmark scores and assure their selection to the Olympic team.
Men
Women
Mixed
Australia entered nine skateboarders (four males and five females) to compete in each of the following events at the Games.
Men
Women
Australia entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Oceana Mackenzie and Campbell Harrison qualified directly for the women's and men's boulder & lead combined events, by winning the gold medal at the 2023 Oceania Olympic Qualifier in Melbourne, Australia.
Boulder & lead combined
Australian surfers confirmed four shortboard quota places (two male and two female) for Tahiti. Ethan Ewing, Jack Robinson, Tyler Wright and Molly Picklum finished among the top ten (men) and top eight (women) of those eligible for qualification in their respective shortboard races based on the results aggregated in the 2023 World Surf League rankings.
<small>Qualification legend: R3 â Qualifies to elimination rounds; R2 â Qualifies to repechage round</small>
Australian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): To assure their nomination to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual pool event under both the benchmark standard and the World Aquatics A-cut at the 2024 Australian Championships and Olympic Trials.
Men
Women
Mixed
<small> Swimmers who participated in the heats only.</small>
Australia fielded a full squad of table tennis players into the Games, by virtue of their successful victory at the 2023 Oceania Championships in Townsville.
Men
Women
Mixed
Australia qualified three athletes to compete at the games. Bailey Lewis, Leon Sejranovic, and Stacey Hymer qualified for Paris 2024 by winning the final match in their respective weight classes at the 2024 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Originally, Australia were allocated 4 spots, but later, Oceania Taekwondo Union disabled one Olympic quota spot due to the event not having the minimum number of athletes participating in the weight class (Women âÂÂ49 kg), that being a minimum of 4; therefore the quota places is re-allocated to the WT Olympic Rankings list.
The main qualifying criterion will be players' positions on the ATP and WTA ranking lists published on 10 June 2024 after the 2024 French Open. The players entering were formally submitted by the International Tennis Federation. The ATP and WTA rankings were based on performances from the previous 52 weeks, and there were several tournaments in the two-month period between the time of the rankings being frozen for entry and the beginning of the tennis events at the Olympics. Top ranked men's singles tennis player Alex de Minaur was originally planned to compete, but had to withdraw from the singles event due to a hip injury and this was the second consecutive Olympics that did not compete in singles.
Men
Women
Mixed
Australia confirmed four quota places (two per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris following the release of the final mixed relay Olympic qualification ranking.
Individual
Relay
Australian men's and women's pairs qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking. Later on, another men's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 AVC Continental Cup Final in Ningbo, China.
Summary
Australia men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by being the only Oceanian team at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.
Team roster
Group play
Australia women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics following the triumph of the gold medal achievement through 2023 Oceania Qualifier Series in Auckland, New Zealand.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinals
Gold medal game
Australia entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Jacqueline Nichele (women's 71 kg), Eileen Cikamatana (women's 81 kg) and Kyle Bruce (Men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots or the place of IWF Olympic Continental Qualification Ranking, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
For the first time since 2016, Australia qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Georgii Okorokov and Jayden Lawrence qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.
Hockey player Tom Craig was arrested in France during the 2024 French Olympics.
B-girl Rachael "Raygun" Gunn experienced online backlash following her breakdancing round-robin battle, in which she did not score any points.