Australia at the World Athletics Championships

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Australia at the
World Athletics Championships
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WA codeAUS
National federation Athletics Australia
Website www.athletics.com.au
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
15
Silver
16
Bronze
14
Total
45
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)

Australia has participated in every edition of the World Athletics Championships since the inaugural event in 1983. Australia is 13th on the all time medal table.

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Australia has won 15 gold medals, with 10 individual winners, and 45 medals total. Cathy Freeman, Jana Pittman, Kelsey-Lee Barber and Sally Pearson are Australia's only multiple gold medal winners, with two each; Freeman (bronze) and Pearson (silver) have also each won a place medal. [1] Other multiple medalists are: Dmitri Markov (one gold, one silver), Jared Tallent (three silvers), Kerry Saxby-Junna (one silver, one bronze) and Mitchell Watt (one silver, one bronze). Australia's first World Championships medal was when Robert de Castella won gold in the Men's marathon at the inaugural World Championships in 1983.

Medalists

MedalNameYearEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Robert De Castella 1983 Helsinki Men's marathon
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Debbie Flintoff-King 1987 Rome Women's 400 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kerry Saxby-Junna 1987 Rome Women's 10km walk
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Daniela Costian 1993 Stuttgart Women's discus throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Steve Brimacombe, Paul Henderson, Tim Jackson, Damien Marsh 1995 Göteborg Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Cathy Freeman, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Lee Naylor, Renee Poetschka 1995 Göteborg Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tim Forsyth 1997 Athens Men's high jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Steve Moneghetti 1997 Athens Men's marathon
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cathy Freeman 1997 Athens Women's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Joanna Stone-Nixon 1997 Athens Women's javelin throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dmitri Markov 1999 Seville Men's pole vault
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cathy Freeman 1999 Seville Women's 400 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tatiana Grigorieva 1999 Seville Women's pole vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kerry Saxby-Junna 1999 Seville Women's 20 kilometres walk
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Dmitri Markov 2001 Edmonton Men's pole vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Adam Basil, Steve Brimacombe, Paul Di Bella, Matt Shirvington 2001 Edmonton Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bronwyn Eagles 2001 Edmonton Women's hammer throw
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jana Pittman 2003 Paris Women's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Craig Mottram 2005 Helsinki Men's 5000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nathan Deakes 2007 Osaka Men's 50 kilometres walk
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jana Pittman 2007 Osaka Women's 400 metres hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Steve Hooker 2009 Berlin Men's pole vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mitchell Watt 2009 Berlin Men's long jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joel Milburn (Heat Only), Ben Offereins, John Steffenson, Tristan Thomas, Sean Wroe 2009 Berlin Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Dani Samuels 2009 Berlin Women's discus throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jared Tallent 2011 Daegu Men's 50 kilometres walk
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mitchell Watt 2011 Daegu Men's long jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sally Pearson 2011 Daegu Women's 100 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jared Tallent 2013 Moscow Men's 50 kilometres walk
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kimberley Mickle 2013 Moscow Women's javelin throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sally Pearson 2013 Moscow Women's 100 metres hurdles

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Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jared Tallent 2015 Beijing Men's 50 kilometres walk
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Fabrice Lapierre 2015 Beijing Men's long jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sally Pearson 2017 London Women's 100 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dani Stevens 2017 London Women's discus throw
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kelsey-Lee Barber 2019 Doha Women's javelin throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nina Kennedy 2022 Oregon Women's pole vault
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Eleanor Patterson 2022 Oregon Women's high jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kelsey-Lee Barber 2022 Oregon Women's javelin throw
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nina Kennedy 2023 Budapest Women's pole vault
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jemima Montag 2023 Budapest Women's 20 kilometres walk
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Eleanor Patterson 2023 Budapest Women's high jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mackenzie Little 2023 Budapest Women's javelin throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kurtis Marschall 2023 Budapest Men's pole vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nicola Olyslagers 2023 Budapest Women's high jump

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Medal tables

Doping disqualifications

AthleteSexEventYear(s)ResultNotes
Joshua Ross Men 200 m
4 × 100 m relay
2013 7th (h)Australian relay team disqualified

See also

References

  1. "Sally Pearson roars back to win world championships 100m hurdles gold, Usain Bolt fails to finish". 13 August 2017.
  2. Australian Athletics Results [ usurped ]
  3. Australian Athletics Results [ usurped ]