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  Track & Field Athletics Australia    by Graham Thomas 

Australian Olympic Medallists

Ron Clarke lit the Olympic Flame at Melbourne in 1956Australian Track and Field athletes have competed at every Olympic Games.

Edwin Flack, Australia's first representative at an Olympic Games, won two Olympic Championships in 1896.

In 2000, Catherine Freeman achieved a unique double.  After lighting the Olympic Flame in Sydney, the indigenous Australian won a Gold Medal in the 400m.

Australia's medallists and Olympic record-holders are listed by event:

WOMEN

100m
1948	BRONZE	Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1952	GOLD	Marjorie Jackson (Nelson)
	BRONZE	Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1956	GOLD	Betty Cuthbert
	BRONZE	Marlene Mathews (Willard)
1972	SILVER	Raelene Boyle

200m	
1948	BRONZE* Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1952	GOLD	Marjorie Jackson (Nelson)
1956	GOLD	Betty Cuthbert
	BRONZE	Marlene Mathews (Willard)
1964	BRONZE	Marilyn Black (Vassella)
1968	SILVER	Raelene Boyle
	BRONZE	Jenny Lamy
1972	SILVER	Raelene Boyle

400m
1964	GOLD	Betty Cuthbert
	BRONZE	Judy Amoore (Pollock)
1972	SILVER	Raelene Boyle
1996	SILVER	Catherine Freeman
2000	GOLD	Catherine Freeman

800m
1960	SILVER	Brenda Jones (Carr)

1500m to 10000m
	NIL

Marathon
1988	SILVER	Lisa Martin (Ondieki)

Sprint Hurdles (80m to 1968, 100m since)
1948	BRONZE	Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1952	GOLD	Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1956	GOLD	Shirley Strickland (de la Hunty)
1964	BRONZE	Pam Kilborn (Ryan)
1968	GOLD	Maureen Caird
1968	SILVER	Pam Kilborn (Ryan)

400m Hurdles
1988	GOLD	Debbie Flintoff (King)

High Jump
1964	SILVER	Michele Mason (Brown)

Pole Vault
2000	SILVER	Tatiana Grigorieva

Long Jump
	NIL

Triple Jump
	NILE

Shot Putt
1984	BRONZE	Gael Mulhall (Martin)

Discus
1992	BRONZE	Daniela Costian

Javelin
1996	SILVER	Louise McPaul (Currey)

Hammer
	NIL

Multi-Event (Pentathlon to 1980, Heptathlon since)
1984	GOLD	Glynis Nunn (Cearns)

Walk (10km to 2000, 20km since)
	NIL

4x100m Relay
1948	SILVER	Shirley Strickland, June Maston, Betty McKinnon, Joyce King
1956	GOLD	Shirley Strickland, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert

4x400m Relay
	NIL

MEN

60m
1900	BRONZE	Stan Rowley

100m
1900	BRONZE	Stan Rowley
1906	BRONZE	Nigel Barker (intercalated Games)
1956	BRONZE	Hec Hogan

200m
1900	BRONZE	Stan Rowley
1968	SILVER	Peter Norman

400m
1906	BRONZE	Nigel Barker (intercalated Games)
1980	SILVER	Rick Mitchell

800m
1896	GOLD	Edwin Flack
1968	GOLD	Ralph Doubell

1500m
1896	GOLD	Edwin Flack
1956	BRONZE	John Landy
1960	GOLD	Herb Elliott

5000m
	NIL

10000m
1956	BRONZE	Allan Lawrence
1960	BRONZE	Dave Power
1964	BRONZE	Ron Clarke

MARATHON
	NIL

Sprint Hurdles (110m)
	NIL

400m Hurdles
	NIL

High Jump
1948	GOLD	John Winter
1956	SILVER	Chilla Porter
1992	BRONZE	Tim Forsyth

Pole Vault
	NIL

Long Jump
1948	SILVER	Bill Bruce
1984	SILVER	Gary Honey
2000	SILVER	Jai Taurima

Triple Jump
1924	GOLD	Nick Winter
1936	BRONZE	Jack Metcalfe
1948	SILVER	George Avery

Shot Putt
	NIL

Discus
	NIL

Javelin
	NIL

Hammer
	NIL

Decathlon
	NIL

3000m Walk
1920	SILVER

20k Walk
1960	SILVER	Noel Freeman

50k Walk
	NIL

4x100m Relay
	NIL

4x400m Relay
1956	SILVER	Leon Gregory, Geoff Goodacre, Dave Lean, Kevan Gosper

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