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

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
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 20km Walk	Katie Hayward
	Jemina Montag
Women’s Marathon	Sinead Diver
	Ellie Pashley

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
Men’s 470	Mathew Belcher William Ryan
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	Laetisha Scanlan
Mixed Team Trap	Eligible to compete

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m Freestyle	Kyle Chalmers
Men’s 200m Freestyle	Kyle Chalmers
	Elijah Winnington
Men’s 400m Freestyle	Elijah Winnington
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	Matthew Wilson
	Zac Stubblety-Cook
Men’s 200m Individual Medley	Mitch Larkin
	Matthew Wilson
Men’s 400m Individual Medley	Over 2 Eligible Athletes

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	Ariarne Titmus
Women’s 800m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 1500m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Minna Atherton
	Kaylee McKeown
Women’s 200m Backstroke	Emily Seebohm
Women’s 100m Breaststroke	Abbey Harkin
Women’s 200m Breaststroke	Jenna Strauch
	Abbey Harkin
Women’s 100m Butterfly	Emma McKeon
	Brianna Throssell
Women’s 200m Individual Medley	Calypso Sheridan
	Abbey Harkin