Australia Athletics in Summer Olympics: Qualified Team and Schedule

Australia has participated in every Summer Olympics in athletics. In the 1896 Summer Olympics, Edwin Flack won the Men's 800 and 1500 m. He was the first Australian to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics and the nation's first medalist overall. After swimming, athletics is the second most successful Olympic sport in Australia.

Athletics Australia will compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from July 26 to August 11. Athletes from France, Great Britain, Greece, Switzerland, and Australia have participated in every Summer Olympic Games since the games began.

Australia and the United States will host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. They will march ahead of the French team at Place du Trocadéro for the opening ceremony's parade of nations. Brisbane will host the 2032 Summer Olympics.

Australian Olympic Team 2024 Athletics

Track & field, road running, and racewalking are the three sets of 48 medal events held in the athletics section of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from August 1 to August 11, 2024.

For the first time in Olympic history, men and women will compete in the same number of medal events.

Australian track and field athletes completed the entry criteria for Paris 2024 by passing the direct qualifying mark or by global ranking in the following events (up to three individuals per event).

The top finishers in the 2024 Australian Athletics Championships will typically receive preference if there are more than three qualified Australians in any given event.

Australian Olympic Marathon Qualifying Time

Over the previous few editions, the number of Australian athletes competing in the Summer Olympics and the total amount of Olympic medals Australia has won has climbed gradually. Australia is predicted to field a team of nearly 500 athletes during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Eleanor Patterson, the 2022 world champion, and high jumper Nicola Olyslagers, a Tokyo 2020 silver medalist, are part of Australia's Olympic athletics squad for Paris 2024. On his third appearance, men's discus throw Diamond League champion Matthew Denny will be looking for his first Olympic title.

Jessica Fox will try to win her fifth Olympic medal when she returns to Paris in 2024. Three years ago, the Australian canoeist took home the gold medal in the women's C1 event. In the K1 events, she won bronze in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and silver in London 2012.

Paris Olympic Athletics Schedule

To mark two years until the Games, the Organizing Committee first released the calendar of competitive sessions for each event in July last year.

Athletics will start from Thursday 1^st August 2024 to 10^th August 2024.

• Thursday 1 August 2024

Track and field athletics: 0730–0905 for the M 20km race walk final; 0920–1105 for the W 20km race walk final

• Friday 2 August 2024

Athletics Track and field events: 1005: M decathlon 100m; 1010: M hammer throw qualification A; 1035: W 100m preliminary round; 1015: W high jump qualification; 1055: M decathlon long jump; 1105: M 1500m round 1; 1135: M hammer throw qualification.

• Saturday 3 August 2024

Athletics (track and field): M decathlon discus throw A (1055); M decathlon 110m hurdles (1055); M pole vault qualification (1010); M 100m preliminary round (1035); W 800m repechage (1110)

• Sunday 4 August 2024

Athletics in track and field, the following events are scheduled: 1020 for the W hammer throw qualification A, 1055 for the W 200m round 1, 1100 for the M long jump qualification, 1145 for the W hammer throw qualification B and 1150 for the M 110m hurdles round 1.

• Monday 5 August 2024

Athletics Track and field events: 1005: M 400-meter hurdles round 1; 1010: M discus throw qualification A; 1040: W pole vault qualification; 1050: W 400-meter hurdles repechage; 1120: M 400-meter repechage; 1135: M discus throw qualification B.

• Tuesday 6 August 2024

Athletics (track and field): 1005: Women 1500 metres; 1020: Men javelin throw qualification A; 1050: Men 110 metres hurdles repetition; 1115: Women long jump qualification; 1120: Women 400 metres repetition; 1150: Men javelin throw qualification B; 1200: Men 400 metres hurdles repetition.

• Wednesday 7 August 2024

Track and field: 0730–1050: Mixed relay marathon race walk final; 1005–M high jump qualification; 1015–W 100m hurdles round one; 1025–W javelin throw qualification A; 1100–M 5000m round one; 1145–M 800m round one; 1150–W javelin throw qualification B.

• Thursday 8 August 2024

Athletics: 1005: Women's heptathlon 100-meter hurdles; 1025: Women's shot put qualification; 1035: Women's 100-meter hurdles replay; 1105: Women's heptathlon high jump; 1110: Women's 4x100-meter relay round one; 1135: Men's 4x100-meter relay round one; 1200: Men's 800-meter replay

• Friday 9 August 2024

Track and field: 1005: Women's heptathlon long jump; 1040: Women's 4x400m relay round 1; 1105: Men's 4x400m relay round 1; 1120: Women's heptathlon javelin throw A; 1130: Men's 800m semifinals; 1205: Women's 100m hurdles semifinals; 1230: Women's heptathlon javelin throw B.

• Saturday 10 August 2024

Athletics (track and field): 2000: M 5000m final; 2025: W 1500m final; 2112: M 4x400m relay final; 2122: W 4x400m relay final; 0800–1100: M marathon final; 1910: M high jump final; 1925: M 800m final; 1940: W javelin throw final; 1945: W 100m hurdles final.

Australian Olympic Team 2024 Team List

Australian athletics Olympic team of men and women is:

Men:

Women

Field Event

Frequently Asked Questions

1. In 2024, how many Australian athletes will compete in the Olympics?

426 Australian athletes will be competing in the Olympics.

1. Which Olympic sport has brought Australia the most success?

With 58 of Australia's 135 Olympic gold medals in swimming, the sport is the most successful in the country's Olympic history.

1. Which Australian woman swimmer is the most well-known?

Emma McKeon is the most successful Australian swimmer at the Olympics right now. She is tied with Ian Thorpe for the most gold medals but has won more overall.