Australian athletes hit their stride in Tokyo.
The strangest Olympics in modern history is now over but Team Australia, despite the oddities of these games, not only went on to claim a record number of golds in just one day (Wednesday 28 July) but backed it up again the following Sunday (1 August) with another record haul of four golds. This put us in sight of our gold-medal record haul of 17 set in Athens 2004, which we subsequently equalled but we’re not able to surpass.
Even still, Team Australia managed to bag a total of 46 medals overall. This equalled our third-best medal haul in Olympic history, finishing sixth on the overall medal tally. The United States pipped China to the top spot overall with one more gold while the host nation, Japan, came in third.
It’s a great improvement from the last Olympics and that’s got us thrilled for the future, especially Brisbane 2032.
Gold Medallists
Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell, Swimming
- 4x100m medley relay
Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris, Swimming
- 4x100m freestyle relay
Kaylee McKeown, Swimming
- 100m backstroke
- 200m backstroke
Ariarne Titmus, Swimming,
- 400m freestyle
- 200m freestyle
Izaac Stubblety-Cook, Swimming
- 200m breaststroke
Emma McKeon, Swimming
- 100m freestyle
- 50m freestyle
Jessica Fox, canoeing
- Slalom c-1
Logan Martin, BMX
- Park freestyle
Matt Wearn, Sailing
- One person dinghy – laser
Keegan Palmer, Skateboarding
- Park
Alexander Purnell, Spencer Turrin, Jack Hargreaves and Alexander Hill, Rowing
- Men’s Four
Lucy Stephan, Rosemary Popa, Jessica Morrison and Annabelle Mcintyre, Rowing
- Women’s Four
Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan, Sailing
- Men’s two-person dinghy
Jean van der Westhuyzen and Thomas Green, Canoe Sprint
- Men’s kayak double 1000m
What an incredible Games for Team AUS at #Tokyo2020!
See more: https://t.co/Q0QG74GLK2#TokyoTogether pic.twitter.com/B8AJKxXR21
— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) August 8, 2021
Silver Medallists
Jack McLoughlin, Swimming
- 400m freestyle
Kyle Chalmers, Swimming
- 100m freestyle
Ariarne Titmus, Swimming
- 800m freestyle
Andrew Hoy, Shane Rose and Kevin McNab, Equestrian
- Eventing team
Australia, Hockey
- Men
Mariafe Artacho Del Solar and Taliqua Clancy, Beach volleyball
- Women
Nicola McDermott, Athletics
- High jump
Congratulations to @AUSOlympicTeam on their fantastic #Tokyo2020 achievements. So many magical individual & team performances especially by athletes with a link to #QLD. It bodes well as we build towards #Brisbane2032! https://t.co/vzbxf5rA96
— DFAT Queensland (@DFATQLD) August 8, 2021
Bronze Medallists
Owen Wright, Surfing
Australia, Swimming,
- Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
Australia, Swimming
- Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
Brendon Smith, Swimming
- 400m individual medley
Emma McKeon, Swimming
- 100m butterfly
Jessica Fox, Canoe slalom
- Kayak
Rohan Dennis, Cycling road,
- Individual time trial
Australia, Rowing
- Men’s quadruple sculls
Australia, Rowing
- Women’s quadruple sculls
Australia, Athletics,
- Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
Cate Campbell, Swimming
- 100m freestyle
Emily Seebohm, Swimming
- 200m backstroke
Australia, Swimming
- Mixed 4x100m medley relay
Ashleigh Barty and John Peers, Tennis
- Mixed doubles
Andrew Hoy, Equestrian
- Eventing individual
Australia, Cycling track
- Men’s team pursuit
Kareena Lee, Marathon swimming
- Women’s 10km
Ashley Moloney, Athletics
- Men’s decathlon
Melissa Wu, Diving
- Women’s 10m platform
Harry Garside, Boxing
- Men’s light
Kelsey-Lee Barber, Athletics
- Women’s javelin
Australia, Basketball
- Men
Thank you Tokyo, for reconnecting the world. 👉https://t.co/uK8rG4dmYd#TokyoTogether pic.twitter.com/3Ss1JqT2fI
— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) August 9, 2021