Australian Gold Medals at the Summer Olympic Games

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Australian Gold Medal Winners

2004 Athens 2000 Sydney 1996 Atlanta 1992 to 1956 1952 to 1896

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XV 1952 Helsinki, Finland
Swimming - 200m Breaststroke	John Davies
Cycling - 1000m Sprint	Russel Mockridge
Track - 100m	Marjorie Jackson
Track - 200m	Marjorie Jackson
Track - 80m Hurdles	Shirley Strickland
Cycling - 2000m Tandem	Russell Mockridge Lionel Cox
XIV 1948 London, England
Single Sculls	Mervyn Wood
Track & Field - High Jump	John Winter
XIII 1944
Cancelled due to World War II
XII 1940
Cancelled due to World War II
XI 1936 Berlin, Germany
No gold medals won by Australia
X 1932 Los Angeles, USA
Swimming - 200m Breaststroke	Clare Dennis
Cycling - 1000m Time Trial	Edgar Gray
Single Sculls	Henry Pearce
IX 1928 Amsterdam, Holland
Single Sculls	Henry Pearce
VIII 1924 Paris, France
Track & Field - Hop, Step & Jump (triple jump)	Anthony Winter
Swimming, 1500m Freestyle	Andrew Charlton
Diving, Plain High Diving	Richmond Eve
VII 1920 Antwerp, Belgium
No gold medals won by Australia
VI 1916
Cancelled due to World War I
V 1912 Stockholm, Sweden
No gold medals won by Australia
IV 1908 London, England
No gold medals won by Australia
III 1904 St. Louis, USA
No gold medals won by Australia
II 1900 Paris, France
Swimming - 100m Freestyle	Sarah Durack
Swimming - Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay	Leslie Boardman Malcolm Champion NZ Harold Hardwick Cecil Healy
I 1896 Athens, Greece
Track - 800m	Edwin Flack
Track - 1500m	Edwin Flack