page_title: List of Australian Olympic medallists in athletics
section_title: Statistics 1896-2016
hierarchical_section_title: List of Australian Olympic medallists in athletics / Statistics 1896-2016
caption_attribution_description: Women's 100 m final at the 1956 Olympics. Left-right: Betty Cuthbert, Marlene Mathews, Heather Armitage
context_page_description: Australia has competed in athletics in all Summer Olympics. Edwin Flack in winning the Men's 800 m and 1500 m at the 1896 Summer Olympics won Australia's first athletics and Olympics medals and was its first gold medallist. Athletics is the Australia's second most successful Olympic sport after swimming.
context_section_description: Australia has won 73 medals: 21 gold, 26 silver, and 26 bronze medals.
  Australian women have won 38 medals: 13 gold, 12 silver, and 13 bronze medals
  Australia men have won 35 medals: 8 gold, 14 silver, and 13 bronze medals
  Number of female athletes winning medals: 28 
  Number of male athletes winning medals: 36 
  Fifteen athletes have won individual gold medals: Edwin Flack (dual), Nick Winter, John Winter, Marjorie Jackson (dual), Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (triple), Betty Cuthbert (four), Herb Elliott, Ralph Doubell, Maureen Caird,  Glynis Nunn, Debbie Flintoff-King, Cathy Freeman, Steve Hooker, Sally Pearson and Jared Tallent
  Two athletes have won relay gold medals: Norma Croker and Fleur Mellor 
  Most medals: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (7), 1948, 1952, 1956, including 3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze; Betty Cuthbert (4), 1956 & 1960, including 4 gold; Jared Tallent (4), 2008, 2012, 2016, including 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze;Raelene Boyle (3), 1968 & 1972, including 3 silver; Stan Rowley (3) 1900, including 3 bronze
  Multiple gold medallists: Betty Cuthbert (4); Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (3); and Marjorie Jackson (2)
  Medallists at more than one Games: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty and Jared Tallent (3 Games); Betty Cuthbert, Pam Kilborn, Raelene Boyle, Cathy Freeman, Sally Pearson (2 Games)
  Relay medals: A total of 5 (including 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal for Women's 4 × 100 m, plus 1 gold medal for Men's 1 x 400 m and 2 silver medals for Men's 4 × 400 m)
caption: Betty Cuthbert (bib 468) winning gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
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