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competed at the

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. 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

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. Australia is one of only five countries to have sent athletes to every

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of the modern era, alongside

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, and

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. Before the official postponement, the country initially withdrew from the Games over the coronavirus pandemic concerns. The executive board of the

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unanimously voted to tell their athletes to prepare for a postponed Games. Australia competed in all sports except baseball, fencing, handball and wrestling. With Australia being hosted the 2032 Summer Olympics in

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, the nation remained in the Japanese ''

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'' order during the

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between

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and

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

Medallists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Injuries, mental health concerns, family reasons and positive COVID infections led to several officially selected athletes withdrawing and being replaced where possible. These include: Justis Huni (boxing),

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(tennis),

Alex de Minaur Alex de Minaur ( ; es, Álex de Miñaur Román, ; born 17 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 15 on 28 June 2021 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October 2020. ...

(tennis) replaced by

Max Purcell Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in doubles alongside Matthew Ebden. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2022 Australian Op ...

, Liz Cambage (basketball) replaced by

Sara Blicavs Sara Blicavs ( lv, Sāra Blicava; born 15 February 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Southside Flyers in the WNBL Blicavs was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2 ...

, Chris Burton replaced by

Stuart Tinney Stuart Brian Tinney, OAM (born 7 December 1964 in Mundubbera) is an Olympic-level equestrian rider, who competes for Australia. He won a team gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a team bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and also comp ...

(equestrian), Cameron Meyer replaced by

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, Jack Haig replaced by

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(cycling),

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replaced Ramy Najjarine and Jay Rich-Baghuelou replaced

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(football), Penny Squibb (hockey) replaced Georgia Wilson, Henry Paterson (rugby 7's) replaced by

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and

Dane Bird-Smith Dane Alex Bird-Smith (born 15 July 1992) is an Australian racewalking athlete. He competes in the 20 kilometres race walk, and has a best of 1:19:28 hours for the distance, set in 2017. He competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he was the br ...

(athletics).

Archery

Three Australian archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in

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. On 6 March 2020, Rio 2016 bronze medallists

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and

Taylor Worth Taylor Worth (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian archer competing in recurve events. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the men's team event, a gold medal at the United States Open and at the 2008 World Youth Archery Cha ...

, with David Barnes making his Olympic comeback after his debut in Athens 2004, were officially named to the men's archery team for the Games, based on their individual results at the four-part selection trials.

Artistic swimming

Australia fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team event through an Oceania continental selection in the team free routine at the 2019 FINA World Championships in

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. The artistic swimming squad, highlighted by Rio 2016 Olympians Hannah Cross,

Emily Rogers Emily Rogers (born 25 March 1998) is an Australian synchronised (artistic) swimmer. Artistic Swimming made its Olympic debut in 1984 (named Synchronised Swimming) and is one of only two events that is female only at the Olympics. Teams perform ...

, and

Amie Thompson Amie Thompson (born 31 January 1996) is an Australian synchronised (artistic) swimmer. Artistic Swimming made its Olympic debut in 1984 (named Synchronised Swimming) and is one of only two events that is female only at the Olympics. Teams perf ...

, were officially selected to the Australian roster for the Games on 26 February 2020. Initially set to compete in both duet and team events at the rescheduled Games, Rio 2016 Olympian Rose Stackpole officially announced her retirement from the sport in August 2020. Instead, rookie Hannah Burkhill was selected to complete the rest of the squad on 4 September 2020. On 2 July 2021, Carolyn Rayna Buckle was announced as an inclusion to the team after the retirement of Hannah Cross.

Athletics

Australian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of three athletes in each event): On 19 August 2020, national champions Stewart McSweyn and

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in the long-distance running, race walkers

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and Rio 2016 bronze medallist

, and reigning world javelin throw champion

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were the first track and field athletes officially selected to the Australian squad for the rescheduled Games. On 3 July 2021, the track and field team was officially finalised by

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with a contingent of 63 athletes set to represent Australia. On 25 July, Dane Bird-Smith withdrew from the team in the 20 km Walk for personal reasons. ;Track & road events ;Men ;Women ;Field events ;Men ;Women ;Combined events – Men's decathlon

Badminton

Australia entered four badminton players (one man and three women) into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings; one entry each in the women's singles and a pair in the women's and mixed doubles.

Setyana Mapasa Setyana Daniella Florensia Mapasa (born 15 August 1995) is an Indonesian-born Australian badminton player. Mapasa won a silver medal at the 2013 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team when she represented Indonesia. She officially became an ...

Gronya Somerville Gronya Somerville (born 10 May 1995) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles. She has won nine Oceania Badminton Championships, Oceania Championships titles, six in the women's doubles and three in the mixed doubles. Person ...

and

Simon Leung Simon Wing Hang Leung (born 24 November 1996) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles. He won the mixed doubles Oceania Championships title in 2019 and 2020. Leung represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. As a mixe ...

will be making their Olympic debut, while

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will be making her second appearance after being selected into the 2016 Rio Olympic team.

Basketball

;Summary

Men's tournament

Australia men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the second round and securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked Oceania squad at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in

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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

Australia women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads at the

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meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal

Boxing

Australia entered six boxers (four men and two women) into the Olympic tournament. 2019 world bronze medallist Justis Huni (men's heavyweight) and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion

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(women's featherweight), along with rookies Alex Winwood (men's flyweight), Paulo Aokuso (men's light heavyweight), and Caitlin Parker (women's middleweight), secured the spots on the Australian squad by advancing to the semifinal match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in

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. Harrison Garside completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from Asia and Oceania in the men's lightweight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings. Justis Huni withdrew due to a hand injury after boxing

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in June 2021.

Canoeing

Slalom

Australian canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in

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and the 2020 Oceania Championships in

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. They must also compete at the Australian Open and in two trials of the Oceania Championships, both held in

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, to assure their selection to the nation's Olympic slalom canoeing team. On 8 November 2019, multiple world and Olympic medallist Jessica Fox was officially selected to the Australian roster for her third consecutive Games, with Rio 2016 Olympian Lucien Delfour (men's K-1) and rookie Daniel Watkins (men's C-1) joining her three months later at the end of the selection trials.

Sprint

Australian canoeists qualified a total of six boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the

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and the 2020 Oceania Championships in

. At the end of the two-stage selection trials, fourteen sprint canoe and kayak paddlers were officially named to the Australian team on 27 March 2020, with London 2012 gold medallist Murray Stewart in the men's K-4 500 metres making his third consecutive trip to the Games. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); SF = Qualify to semifinal round; QF = Qualify to quarterfinal round

Cycling

Road

Australia entered a squad of eight riders (four per gender) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the

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. Cameron Meyer later withdrew from the team. The road cycling team was officially named on May 19, 2021, with two-time individual time trial world champion

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and dual world medallist

Amanda Spratt Amanda Spratt (born 17 September 1987) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Spratt was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2012, 2016 and 2020 she won the Au ...

returning to their third consecutive Games. ;Men ;Women

Track

Following the completion of the

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, Australian riders accumulated spots for both men and women in team sprint, team pursuit, madison, and omnium based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Australia won its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin. The full Australian track cycling squad was officially named on 19 March 2020, with Matthew Glaetzer (men's team sprint) and

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(women's team pursuit) riding for their third consecutive Games. Cameron Meyer withdrew on 5 July 2021 due to personal reasons. ;Sprint ;Team sprint Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final ;Pursuit ;Keirin ;Omnium ;Madison

Mountain biking

Australian mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place each into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the top-two finish vying for the men's qualification under the elite category at the 2019 UCI World Championships in

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, and the nation's twenty-first-place finish for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.

BMX

Australian riders qualified for three quota place (one men and two women) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish for men and fifth for women in the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification Ranking List of 1 June 2021. ;Racing ;Freestyle

Diving

Australian divers qualified for the following individual spots at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships and 2019 Oceania Championships. They must compete at the 2020 Australian Open Championships to assure their selection to the Olympic team.

Equestrian

Australian equestrians qualified a full squad in the team dressage competition by receiving a spare berth freed up by host nation Japan, as the top-ranked nation from Southeast Asia and Oceania, not yet qualified, at the

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. Additionally, the country's eventing and show jumping teams qualified for the Games by virtue of a top-six finish each in the same tournament. The Australian equestrian teams for dressage and eventing were unveiled on June 25, 2021. At age 66, Mary Hanna is set to become the oldest Australian Olympian on record. The jumping team was named on June 30, 2021.

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

and Leporis have been named the team alternates. Originally-selected Chris Burton later withdrew, causing Tinney to step in, and granting

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and Don Quidam to become the new traveling alternates. McNab later replaced Tinney shortly prior to the competition.

Jumping

Rowan Willis and Blue Movie were named the team alternates but withdrew on 8 July. On 21 July,

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was removed as part of the Jumping team after testing positive for the use of cocaine, in a recreational capacity, from a sample given in an out of competition test conducted on 26 June. On 23 July Katie Laurie and

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were confirmed as Individual competitors.

Field hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by beating New Zealand with a unanimous 3–0 for a gold-medal victory at the 2019 Oceania Cup in

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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

Australia women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating

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in a playoff at the

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leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal

Football

;Summary

Men's tournament

For the first time in twelve years, Australia men's football team qualified for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the last of three available berths of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in

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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ----

Women's tournament

Australia women's football team qualified for the Games by defeating

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in a two-legged playoff of the 2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal match

Golf

Australia entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Adam Scott qualified for the men's event but chose not to play.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Australia entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. American-based Tyson Bull secured one of the two places available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the horizontal bar exercise, while two additional berths were awarded to the Australian female gymnasts, who participated in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events at the 2019 World Championships in

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and at the 2021 Oceania Championships in

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. ;Men ;Women

Rhythmic

Australia fielded a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete at the Olympics, by winning the gold each in the individual and group all-around at the 2021 Oceania Championships in

. ;Individual ;Team

Trampoline

Australia qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by winning the gold at the 2021 Oceania Championships in

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Judo

Karate

Australia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Tsuneari Yahiro will be competing in men's kumite 75 kg, after

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give him continental representation quotas. ;Kumite

Modern pentathlon

Australia qualified two modern pentathletes for the Games. London 2012 Olympian Ed Fernon and Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympian Marina Carrier, who eventually received a berth forfeited by New Zealand, secured their selection as Oceania's top-ranked modern pentathletes at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in

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, China.

Rowing

Australia qualified nine boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in

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. Meanwhile, the women's quadruple sculls boat was awarded to the Australian roster with a top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in

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. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

;Summary

Men's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth with a gold-medal victory at the 2019 Oceania Sevens Championships in

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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ----

Women's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by finishing among the top four and securing an outright berth at the

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. ;Team roster * Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players ;Group play

Sailing

Australian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the

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, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. On 20 September 2019, the

announced the first set of sailors selected for Tokyo 2020, namely Rio 2016 silver medallists and defending world 470 champions

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and William Ryan and world's current top-ranked Laser sailor

Matthew Wearn Matthew "Matt" Wearn (born 30 September 1995) is an Australian competitive sailor, Olympic champion and multiple times medalist at world championships. Wearn has been sailing since he was five years old. He chose the sport over a possible care ...

. The skiff crews (49er and 49erFX), highlighted by Ryan's sister and fellow Rio 2016 Olympian

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, were named to the sailing team on 27 February 2020, while Nacra 17 cousins

Jason Waterhouse Jason Waterhouse (born 8 November 1991) is an Australian competitive sailor. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the mixed Nacra 17. In March 2020 Waterhouse and fellow crew member Lisa Darmanin were selected to re ...

and

Lisa Darmanin Lisa Darmanin (born 27 August 1991) is an Australian competitive sailor. She won the Silver medal in the mixed Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In March 2020, Darmanin and fellow crew member Jason Waterhouse were s ...

were set to defend their Rio 2016 podium finish at the Enoshima regatta, after being selected four days later. Laser Radial sailor Mara Stransky joined the sailing roster on 19 March 2020, followed by the women's 470 crew (

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& Monique de Vries) over a year later. Finn yachtsman and Rio 2016 Olympian Jake Lilley rounded out the sailing selection for the rescheduled Games on 21 April 2021. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Australian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Oceania Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020. On 17 April 2020, the

officially announced a roster of fifteen shooters selected for the rescheduled Olympics, with pistol ace

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leading them to his remarkable fifth Games, Kazakh import

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to her fourth, and rifle marksman

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to his third. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Skateboarding

Australia qualified three skateboarder in men's and women's park events at the Games based on the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings List of 30 June 2021.

Softball

Australia women's softball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the final match of the WBSC Women's Softball Qualifying Event for Asia and Oceania in

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. ;Summary Legend: ;Team roster ;Group play

Sport climbing

Australia entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Tom O'Halloran and Oceania Mackenzie qualified directly for the women's and men's combined events respectively, by advancing to the final stage and eventually winning the gold medal at the 2020 IFSC Oceania Championships in

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Surfing

Australia sent four surfers (two per gender) to compete in their respective shortboard races at the Games. Julian Wilson, Owen Wright, Sally Fitzgibbons, and Stephanie Gilmore finished within the top ten (for men) and top eight (for women), respectively, of those eligible for qualification in the

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rankings to secure their places on the Australian roster for Tokyo 2020. Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified directly for the third round; q = Qualified for the second round

Swimming

Australian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): To assure their nomination to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual pool event under both the benchmark standard and the FINA A-cut at the 2021 Australian Championships and Olympic Trials (12 to 17 June) in Adelaide. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Swimmers who participated in the heats only. Several swimmers withdrew from events originally selected – Kyle Chalmers (200m freestyle), Emma McKeon (200m freestyle) and Matthew Temple (100m freestyle) and were replaced by swimmers already selected. On 22 July, Kaylee McKeown withdrew from the women's 200 m individual medley to focus on her backstroke double.

Table tennis

Australia entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's and women's teams secured their respective Olympic berths by winning the gold medal each at the Oceania Qualification Event in

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, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete each in the men's and women's singles tournament. On 22 July 2020, Australian Olympic Committee nominated Rio 2016 Olympians David Powell and Chris Yan, returning Olympian

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from

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, and rookie Michelle Bromley to compete in their respective singles tournaments for Tokyo 2020, following their top two finish at a national selection meet in

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. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Taekwondo

Australia entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Two-time Olympian

Safwan Khalil Safwan Khalil (born 15 May 1986 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a taekwondo athlete from Australia. He competed at the London Olympics in the 58 kg division, losing in a bronze medal match against Alexey Denisenko. Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, ...

(men's 58 kg),

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(men's 80 kg), Stacey Hymer (women's 57 kg), and Reba Stewart (women's +67 kg) topped the podium in each of their respective weight classes to secure the spots on the Australian squad at the 2020 Oceania Qualification Tournament in

Tennis

The main qualifying criterion will be players' positions on the ATP and

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lists published on 14 June 2021 after the

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. The players entering were formally submitted by the

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. The ATP and WTA rankings were based on performances from the previous 52 weeks, and there were several tournaments in the two-month period between the time of the rankings being frozen for entry and the beginning of the tennis events at the Olympics. Players had to be part of a nominated team for three

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(women) or

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

(men) events between the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. This requirement was reduced to two Fed/Davis Cup events during the Olympic cycle from 2016 to 2020 if their nation competed at the Zone Group round robin level for three of the four years or if the player had represented their nation at least twenty times. No quota spots are available for mixed doubles; instead, all teams have to consist of players already qualified in the singles or doubles. The top 15 combined ranking teams and the host nation qualified. Australia has four players eligible players in the men's tournaments and three in the women's. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Triathlon

Australia qualified six triathletes for the following events at the Games by finishing among the top seven nations in the ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Rankings and the calculation of quotas following the 2021 World Triathlon Cup. ;Individual ;Relay

Volleyball

Beach

Australia women's beach volleyball pair qualified for the Games, as the result in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking List of 13 June 2021.

Water polo

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ----

Women's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Classification semifinal ;Fifth place game

Weightlifting

Australian weightlifters qualified for five quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.

Non-competing sports

3 × 3 basketball

The Australian women's 3v3 basketball team participated at the 2021 FIBA 3x3 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament but were defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain 14–12. The men's team were not eligible for the 2021 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament based on their ranking.

Baseball

Australia was set to compete in the 2021 Final Qualifier tournament for

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from 22 June to 26 June 2021. However, on 9 June, the team announced that due to "logistical challenges", they had made a "gut-wrenching" decision to withdraw from the tournament.

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Chief Executive Glenn Williams said the withdrawal was due to protocols around quarantining as a result of the

. Australia was ranked sixth in the world at the time of its announcement to withdraw.

Fencing

Australia sent six fencers to the 2021 Asian Zone Olympic Qualifying in

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from 25 to 26 April. However, none of the athletes were successful in qualifying for the Olympic events. The qualifiers eventually went to Roman Petrov from (Kyrgyzstan),

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(China), Sherzov Mamutov (Uzbekistan) in the men's event and Kiria Tikanah and

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(Singapore), and Zaynab Dayibekova (Uzbekistan) in the women's event. Australia last participated in fencing at the

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with

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in the women's épée.

Handball

Australia has not participated in

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at the

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since the

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where it was the host. It has not qualified for the sport in an away tournament as of 2021.

Wrestling

Australia sent four athletes to the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament and one athlete at the

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. However, no Australians who participated advanced to the finals to qualify for a berth at the wrestling event at the 2020 Olympics. Australia has won one silver and two bronze medals in freestyle wrestling but has not won a medal in the Greco-Roman event.

Team facts

* The second-largest team sent from Australia to a non-home Olympic Games, behind the 482 athletes who competed at the

. * The third-largest Australian contingent sent to an Olympic Games, behind the 617 athletes who competed at the

. * Highest percentage of female athletes to compete for Australia – 53.5% (256 athletes) (Previous highest 50.90% Rio 2016 – 214 athletes) * Highest number of Indigenous athletes – 16 athletes. (Previous highest 12 at Sydney 2000). Women –

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(tennis), Angeline Blackburn (athletics),

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(beach volleyball),

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(basketball),

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(hockey), Stacy Porter (softball),

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(football), Tarni Stepto (softball),

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(football). Men – Thomas Grice (shooting sports),

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(rugby sevens),

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(basketball),

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(rugby sevens),

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(weightlifting), Alex Winwood (boxing) * Oldest ever Australian Olympic competitor – Mary Hanna 66, Equestrian * Most Olympic Games for Australia –

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competing at his 8th Games in Tokyo * Most Olympic Games for Australian women –

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(table tennis) and Mary Hanna (equestrian) both competing at their 6th Games in Tokyo

References

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Sprint

Cycling

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BMX

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Football

Men's tournament

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Artistic

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Trampoline

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Rowing

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Men's tournament

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Sailing

Shooting

Skateboarding

Softball

Sport climbing

Surfing

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Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Water polo

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Weightlifting

Non-competing sports

3 × 3 basketball

Baseball

Fencing

Handball

Wrestling

Team facts

See also

References