History

Australia made its Summer Olympic debut at the first games in 1896. The nation has made an appearance at all the games though competed in a combined team with New Zealand known as Australasia during the 1908 and 1912 games. They have hosted the games twice; in Melbourne 1956 and Sydney 2000. Australia usually sends one of the largest teams to the Summer Olympics, with over 400 athletes participating at each edition since 1996. Those athletes take part in most of the sports on the program with the largest teams appearing in athletics, cycling, rowing and swimming along with various team sports.

The nation has won around 500 medals in its history, making it one of the most successful countries to compete. This is also quite notable given Australia’s lower population relative to the other most successful nations. With the exception of the 1904 games Australia has medaled at every single Olympics it has participated in. Swimming is a huge source of Australia’s success, accounting for 188 medals. It is also the sport of Australia’s most successful athletes including Ian Thorpe and Liesel Jones whom have won nine medals each. Australia has also had success in athletics, cycling and rowing, winning 40 or more medals in each sport.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	David Barnes
	Ryan Tyack
	Taylor Worth
Men’s Team	David Barnes Ryan Tyack Taylor Worth

Artistic Swimming

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Team	Hannah Burkhill Hannah Cross Jane Fruzynski Alessandra Ho Kirsten Kinash Rachel Presser Emily Rogers Rose Stackpole Amie Thompson Kazia Zenke
Women’s Duet	From Team Quota

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 1500m	Stewart McSweyn
Men’s 5000m	Stewart McSweyn
	Patrick Tiernan
Men’s 20km Walk	Dane Bird-Smith
	Rhydian Cowley
Men’s Marathon	Brett Robinson
	Jack Rayner

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 800m	Catriona Bisset
Women’s 1500m	Jessica Hull
Women’s 100m Hurdles	Sally Pearson
Women’s 20km Walk	Katie Hayward
	Jemina Montag
Women’s Marathon	Sinead Diver
	Ellie Pashley
	Milly Clark
Women’s High Jump	Nicola McDermott
Women’s Javelin Throw	Kelsey-Lee Barber

Diving

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 3m Springboard	Maddison Keeney
	Esther Qin
Men’s 10m Platform	Cassiel Rousseau
Women’s 10m Platform	Melissa Wu

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Dressage	Alexis Hellyer Horse: Bluefields Floreno Brett Parbery Horse: DP Weltmieser Mary Hanna Horse: Boogie Woogie 6 Kristy Oatley Horse: Du Solei
Individual Eventing	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Eventing	Andrew Hoy Horse: Vassily de Lassos Christopher Burton Horse: Cooley Lands Shane Rose Horse: Virgil Emma McNab Horse: Fernhill Tabasco
Individual Jumping	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Jumping	Jamie Kermond Horse: Yandoo Oaks Constellation Scott Keach Horse: Fedor Billy Raymont Horse: Oaks Redwood Rowan Willis Horse: Blue Movie

Rugby Sevens

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Tournament	Qualified Via Rankings

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Laser	Matthew Wearn
Women’s Laser Radial	Zoe Thomson
Men’s 470	Mathew Belcher William Ryan
Women’s 470	Nia Jerwood Monique Devries
Women’s 49erFX	Natasha Bryant Annie Wilmot
Mixed Nacra 17 Foiling	Nathan Outteridge Haylee Outteridge

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Trap	James Willett
Women’s Trap (1) (2)	Laetisha Scanlan
	Penny Smith
Mixed Team Trap	Eligible to compete

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Freestyle	Cameron McEvoy
Men’s 100m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 200m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 400m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 800m Freestyle	Jack McLoughlin
	Mack Horton
Men’s 1500m Freestyle	Jack McLoughlin
Men’s 100m Backstroke	Mitch Larkin
	William Yang
Men’s 200m Backstroke	Mitch Larkin
	Tristan Hollard
Men’s 100m Breaststroke	Matthew Wilson
Men’s 200m Breaststroke	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 100m Butterfly	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 200m Butterfly	David Morgan
	Grant Irvine
Men’s 200m Individual Medley	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 400m Individual Medley	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Cameron McEvoy Clyde Lewis Alexander Graham Kyle Chalmers
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Clyde Lewis Kyle Chalmers Alexander Graham Mack Horton Jack McLoughlin Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Mitch Larkin Matthew Wilson Matthew Temple Kyle Chalmers Clyde Lewis

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 50m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 100m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 200m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 400m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 800m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 1500m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 200m Backstroke	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 100m Breaststroke	Jessica Hansen
	Abbey Harkin
Women’s 200m Breaststroke	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 100m Butterfly	Emma McKeon
	Brianna Throssell
Women’s 200m Butterfly	Brianna Throssell
	Laura Taylor
Women’s 200m Individual Medley	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Bronte Campbell Brianna Throssell Emma McKeon Cate Campbell Madison Wilson
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Ariarne Titmus Madison Wilson Brianna Throssell Emma McKeon Leah Neale Kiah Melverton
Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Minna Atherton Jessica Hansen Emma McKeon Cate Campbell Kaylee McKeown Brianna Throssell Madison Wilson
Women’s 10km Open Water	Kareena Lee

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay	Mitch Larkin Matthew Wilson Emma McKeon Cate Campbell Minna Atherton Matthew Temple Bronte Campbell