The Australian Olympic team left Paris with 53 medals winning 18 gold, marking the country's most successful Olympic campaign.[2]
Administration
Australia's final team consisted of 461 athletes (205 men and 256 women) competing in 33 sports,[3] with Anna Meares selected as the chef de mission.[1]
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.[6]
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.[7]
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).[8][9][10] 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.
Key
Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as the fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
Team roster
A 22-player roster was announced on 10 April 2024.[12] It was cut to 17 players on 16 May.[13] The final squad was finalized on 5 July.[14]
Australia men's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Source: FIBA Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored. Notes:
Source: FIBA Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored. (H) Hosts Notes:
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.[22][23]
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.[24]
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.[25][26]
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.[29]
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.
Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to semifinal for gold medal; q - Qualify to classification semifinal; FA - Gold medal final; FB - Bronze medal final; FC - Fifth place final; FD - Seventh place final
Freestyle 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.[30][31]
Race 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.[32][33]
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.
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.[35][36][37][38]
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.[49] Later on, Jesse Moore qualified for the games after becoming the highest rank eligible gymnast through the 2024 Oceanian Championships in Auckland, New Zealand.
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.[50]
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).
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
Team roster
Australia's squad of 12 players was named on 2 July 2024. Additionally, Michael Icely and Josh Turner were named as traveling reserves.[53][54]
Team roster
Australia's squad of 12 players was named on 2 July 2024. Additionally, Kahli Henwood and Sidney Taylor were named as traveling reserves.[60][61]
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.[63] They must compete in two selection meets of the Australia Cup to attain their benchmark scores and assure their selection to the Olympic team.
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.[64]
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.[65]
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)):[66] 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.
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.[67]
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.[68] 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 -49 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.[69]
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.
Australian men's and women's pairs qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.[70][71] Later on, another men's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 AVC Continental Cup Final in Ningbo, China.[72]
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.[79]
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
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