Australian Athletics Team

The Australian Athletics Team has been known as the Australian Flame since 2009.[1] The team participates in several world multi-event athletics competitions: Summer Olympics, IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Australia also participates in specific event world championships including IAAF World Cross Country Championships and IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

As of 2015, three athletes that have been inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Betty Cuthbert and Marjorie Jackson.[2] In 2000, Athletics Australia established its Hall of Fame.[3]

Olympic Games

As of the 2012 Olympics, there have been fifteen gold medallists: Edwin Flack (dual), Nick Winter, John Winter, Marjorie Jackson (dual), Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (triple), Betty Cuthbert (four), Norma Croker (Relay), Fleur Mellor (relay), Herb Elliott, Ralph Doubell, Maureen Caird, Glynis Nunn, Debbie Flintoff-King, Cathy Freeman, Steve Hooker and Sally Pearson.

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Medal
Rank
1896 2 0 0 2 2
1900 0 0 3 3 9
1904 0 0 0 0 -
1908 0 0 0 0 -
1912 0 0 0 0 -
1920 0 1 0 1 10
1924 1 0 0 1 5
1928 0 0 0 0 -
1932 0 0 0 0 -
1936 0 0 1 1 14
1948 1 3 2 6 6
1952 3 0 1 4 3
1956 4 2 6 12 3
1960 1 2 1 4 7
1964 1 1 4 6 8
1968 2 3 1 6 4
1972 0 2 0 2 12
1976 0 0 0 0 -
1980 0 1 0 1 12
1984 1 1 1 3 10
1988 1 1 0 2 7
1992 0 0 2 2 29
1996 0 2 0 2 28
2000 1 2 0 3 13
2004 0 1 2 3 9
2008 1 2 1 4 8
2012 2 1 0 3 8
2016 0 1 1 2 17
2020 0 1 2 3 27

[4]

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

As of the 2023 World Championships, there have been eleven world champions: Robert de Castella, Cathy Freeman (dual), Jana Pittman (dual), Dmitri Markov, Nathan Deakes, Steven Hooker, Dani Samuels, Sally Pearson(dual), Kelsey-Lee Barber (dual), Eleanor Patterson and Nina Kennedy.

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Medal
Rank
1983 1 0 0 1 11
1987 0 2 0 2 16
1991 0 0 0 0 -
1993 0 1 0 1 23
1995 0 1 1 2 27
1997 1 1 2 4 13
1999 1 1 2 4 15
2001 1 0 2 3 18
2003 1 0 0 1 14
2005 0 0 1 1 35
2007 2 0 0 2 7
2009 2 0 2 4 10
2011 1 1 1 3 8
2013 0 2 1 3 16
2015 0 2 0 2 20
2017 1 1 0 2 12
2019 1 0 0 1 17
2022 2 0 1 3 6
2023 1 2 3 6 12

[5]

IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics

As of the 2014 World Championships, there have been seven world indoor champions: Michael Hillardt, Kerry Saxby, Melinda Gainsford, Tamsyn Lewis, Steven Hooker, Fabrice Lapierre and Sally Pearson.

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Medal
Rank
1985 1 0 1 2 13
1987 0 0 0 0 -
1989 1 0 0 1 10
1991 0 1 0 1 17
1993 0 3 1 4 15
1995 1 0 0 1 11
1997 0 1 0 1 21
1999 0 1 0 1 20
2001 0 0 1 1 26
2003 0 0 0 0 -
2004 0 0 0 0 -
2006 0 0 0 0 -
2008 1 0 1 2 8
2010 2 0 1 3 5
2012 1 1 0 2 8
2014 0 1 0 1 24
2016 0 1 0 1 19
2018 0 0 0 0 -
2022 0 1 1 2 22
2024 1 0 0 1 9

[6]

Commonwealth Games

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Medal
Rank
1930 0 3 1 4 6
1934 1 1 2 4 5
1938 6 11 12 29 2
1950 15 8 5 28 1
1954 6 3 4 13 2
1958 10 6 6 22 1
1962 12 12 13 37 1
1966 11 8 2 21 1
1970 10 9 3 22 1
1974 8 7 7 22 2
1978 6 11 7 24 2
1982 9 9 4 22 2
1986 9 5 12 26 3
1990 10 11 5 26 2
1994 13 7 4 24 1
1998 13 10 11 34 1
2002 9 9 10 28 2
2006 16 12 13 41 1
2010 11 6 3 20 2
2014 8 1 3 12 3
2018 13 13 10 36 1
2022 10 10 4 24 1

[7]

IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Medal
Rank
1986 1 1 1 3 11
1988 0 2 0 2 16
1990 2 2 2 6 7
1992 0 3 1 4 17
1994 2 1 0 3 8
1996 1 2 7 10 12
1998 1 1 2 4 11
2000 2 1 2 5 7
2002 0 1 2 3 25
2004 0 0 3 3 31
2006 2 0 1 3 8
2008 0 0 1 1 34
2010 0 0 1 1 39
2012 0 3 2 5 23
2014 0 1 1 2 26
2016 0 3 1 4 21
2018 2 3 0 5 7

[8]

IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Medal
Rank
1999 2 0 1 3 8
2001 3 3 1 7 4
2003 2 1 2 5 8
2005 2 3 2 7 8
2007 1 1 2 4 10
2009 0 1 0 1 27
2011 1 2 1 4 13
2013 3 0 2 5 4
2015 0 2 2 4 21

[9]

Paralympic Games

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Medal
Rank
1964 2 3 0 5 7
1968 7 7 5 19 4
1972 3 4 4 11 9
1976 7 11 5 23 10
1980 8 9 17 34 12
1984 17 19 22 58 7
1988 14 19 20 53 7
1992 13 15 12 40 6
1996 19 12 12 43 3
2000 35 15 16 66 1
2004 10 12 10 32 2
2008 10 9 7 26 2
2012 5 9 13 27 10
2016 3 9 15 27 13
2020 4 7 8 19 11

[10]

IPC Athletics World Championships

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Medal
Rank
1994 24 20 12 56
1998 33 20 19 72
2002 10 13 10 33
2006 16 6 10 22
2011 8 8 7 23 9
2013 4 11 15 30 15
2015 8 4 10 22 9
2017 11 9 8 28 5
2019 9 6 10 25 7
2023 3 8 3 14 18

[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Athletics Australia (2010). Annual report 2009-2010 (PDF). Melbourne: Athletics Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ "IAAF Hall of Fame". IAAF website. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame". Athletics Australia website. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Olympic Games". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ^ "World Championships". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ^ "World Indoor Championships". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Athletics Results". Australian Commonwealth Games Association website. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Australia at the World Junior Championships". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Australian Performances at World Youth Championships". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Australia at the Paralympic Games". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Australia at the IPC World Championships". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2015.

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