The Australian Olympic team left Paris with 53 medals winning 18 gold, marking the country's most successful Olympic campaign. Australia's final team consisted of athletes men and women competing in 33 sports, [ 3 ] with Anna Meares selected as the chef de mission.
On July 24, , field hockey player Eddie Ockenden and slalom canoeist Jessica Fox were named as the flag-bearers to lead the country's opening ceremony. On August 10, sailor Matthew Wearn and swimmer Kaylee McKeown , both gold medalists in Paris, were named flag-bearers for the closing ceremony. The following Australian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Two Australian archers qualified for the Summer Olympics men's and women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of their mixed team gold medal results at the Pacific Games in Honiara , Solomon Islands. 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 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka , Japan. Australian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris , 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.
Combined events โ Men's decathlon. Combined events โ Women's heptathlon. Team roster A player roster was announced on 10 April A player roster was announced on 26 March Group play.
The roster was named on 8 July Australia entered twelve boxers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified for Paris in their respective weight division after winning gold at the Pacific Games in Honiara , Solomon Islands.
