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Track
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Australian Olympic Medallists
Australian
Track and Field athletes have competed at every Olympic Games.
Edwin Flack, Australia's first representative at an Olympic
Games, won two Olympic Championships in 1896.
In 2000, Catherine Freeman achieved a unique double. After lighting the Olympic Flame in Sydney, the indigenous Australian won a
Gold Medal in the 400m.
Australia's medallists and Olympic record-holders are listed
by event:
WOMEN
100m
1948 BRONZE Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1952 GOLD Marjorie Jackson (Nelson)
BRONZE Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1956 GOLD Betty Cuthbert
BRONZE Marlene Mathews (Willard)
1972 SILVER Raelene Boyle
200m
1948 BRONZE* Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1952 GOLD Marjorie Jackson (Nelson)
1956 GOLD Betty Cuthbert
BRONZE Marlene Mathews (Willard)
1964 BRONZE Marilyn Black (Vassella)
1968 SILVER Raelene Boyle
BRONZE Jenny Lamy
1972 SILVER Raelene Boyle
400m
1964 GOLD Betty Cuthbert
BRONZE Judy Amoore (Pollock)
1972 SILVER Raelene Boyle
1996 SILVER Catherine Freeman
2000 GOLD Catherine Freeman
800m
1960 SILVER Brenda Jones (Carr)
1500m to 10000m
NIL
Marathon
1988 SILVER Lisa Martin (Ondieki)
Sprint Hurdles (80m to 1968, 100m since)
1948 BRONZE Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1952 GOLD Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1956 GOLD Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1964 BRONZE Pam Kilborn (Ryan)
1968 GOLD Maureen Caird
1968 SILVER Pam Kilborn (Ryan)
400m Hurdles
1988 GOLD Debbie Flintoff (King)
High Jump
1964 SILVER Michele Mason (Brown)
Pole Vault
2000 SILVER Tatiana Grigorieva
Long Jump
NIL
Triple Jump
NILE
Shot Putt
1984 BRONZE Gael Mulhall (Martin)
Discus
1992 BRONZE Daniela Costian
Javelin
1996 SILVER Louise McPaul (Currey)
Hammer
NIL
Multi-Event (Pentathlon to 1980, Heptathlon since)
1984 GOLD Glynis Nunn (Cearns)
Walk (10km to 2000, 20km since)
NIL
4x100m Relay
1948 SILVER Shirley Strickland, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Joyce King
1956 GOLD Shirley Strickland, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert
4x400m Relay
NIL
MEN
60m
1900 BRONZE Stan Rowley
100m
1900 BRONZE Stan Rowley
1906 BRONZE Nigel Barker (intercalated Games)
1956 BRONZE Hec Hogan
200m
1900 BRONZE Stan Rowley
1968 SILVER Peter Norman
400m
1906 BRONZE Nigel Barker (intercalated Games)
1980 SILVER Rick Mitchell
800m
1896 GOLD Edwin Flack
1968 GOLD Ralph Doubell
1500m
1896 GOLD Edwin Flack
1956 BRONZE John Landy
1960 GOLD Herb Elliott
5000m
NIL
10000m
1956 BRONZE Allan Lawrence
1960 BRONZE Dave Power
1964 BRONZE Ron Clarke
MARATHON
NIL
Sprint Hurdles (110m)
NIL
400m Hurdles
NIL
High Jump
1948 GOLD John Winter
1956 SILVER Chilla Porter
1992 BRONZE Tim Forsyth
Pole Vault
NIL
Long Jump
1948 SILVER Bill Bruce
1984 SILVER Gary Honey
2000 SILVER Jai Taurima
Triple Jump
1924 GOLD Nick Winter
1936 BRONZE Jack Metcalfe
1948 SILVER George Avery
Shot Putt
NIL
Discus
NIL
Javelin
NIL
Hammer
NIL
Decathlon
NIL
3000m Walk
1920 SILVER
20k Walk
1960 SILVER Noel Freeman
50k Walk
NIL
4x100m Relay
NIL
4x400m Relay
1956 SILVER Leon Gregory, Geoff Goodacre, Dave Lean, Kevan Gosper
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