Australian Athletics Team
The Australian Athletics Team has been known as the Australian Flame since 2009. The team participates in several world multi-event athletics competitions: Summer Olympics, IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Australia also participates in specific event world championships including IAAF World Cross Country Championships and IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
As of 2015, three athletes that have been inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Betty Cuthbert and Marjorie Jackson. In 2000, Athletics Australia established its Hall of Fame.Olympic Games">Athletics at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games
As of the 2012 Olympics, there have been fifteen gold medallists: Edwin Flack, Nick Winter, John Winter, Marjorie Jackson, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Betty Cuthbert, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Herb Elliott, Ralph Doubell, Maureen Caird, Glynis Nunn, Debbie Flintoff-King, Cathy Freeman, Steve Hooker and Sally Pearson.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal
Rank |
| 1896 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1900 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 1904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1920 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1924 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1936 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 1948 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 1952 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 1956 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 1960 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 1968 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 1972 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1980 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
As of the 2015 World Championships, there have been eight world champions: Robert de Castella, Cathy Freeman, Jana Pittman, Dmitri Markov, Nathan Deakes, Steven Hooker, Dani Samuels and Sally Pearson.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal
Rank |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 1987 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
As of the 2014 World Championships, there have been seven world indoor champions: Michael Hillardt, Kerry Saxby, Melinda Gainsford, Tamsyn Lewis, Steven Hooker, Fabrice Lapierre and Sally Pearson.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal
Rank |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 1993 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
Commonwealth Games">Athletics at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal
Rank |
| 1930 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1934 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1938 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 2 |
| 1950 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 1 |
| 1954 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| 1958 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 1 |
| 1962 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 1 |
| 1966 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 1 |
| 1970 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 1 |
| 1974 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 2 |
| 1978 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 2 |
| 1982 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 2 |
| 1986 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 3 |
| 1990 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 2 |
| 1994 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 1 |
| 1998 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 2 |
| 2006 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 1 |
| 2010 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 2 |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold Medal
Rank |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 1988 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 1990 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 1992 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 1994 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
Paralympic Games
