Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Australia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Australia at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	478 (225 men and 259 women) in 30 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Cate Campbell; Patty Mills
Flag bearer (closing)	Mathew Belcher
Officials	Ian Chesterman AM (chef de mission); Susie O'Neill AM (deputy chef de mission)
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 17 Silver 7 Bronze 22 Total 46
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games; –––– Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Australia is one of only five countries to have sent athletes to every Summer Olympics of the modern era, alongside Great Britain, France, Greece, and Switzerland.

Before the official postponement, the country initially withdrew from the Games over the coronavirus pandemic concerns. The executive board of the Australian Olympic Committee unanimously voted to tell their athletes to prepare for a postponed Games.^[2]

Australia competed in all sports except baseball, fencing, handball and wrestling.

Australia left Tokyo with 46 medals winning 17 gold medals equalling their best total from Athens 2004 along with 7 silver and 22 bronze.

^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ Forsaith, Rob (23 March 2020). "Prepare for Olympic delay: AOC to athletes". Australian Associated Press. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

[1] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[2] Forsaith, Rob (23 March 2020). "Prepare for Olympic delay: AOC to athletes". Australian Associated Press. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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