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Australian athletes have impressed the world this Olympic Games winning gold from the pool to the BMX track.
Currently Australia is coming third on the medal table, trailing the US and China with 14 gold medals.
Overall Australia has won 35 medals.
So how is Australia tracking overall?
Below we break down Australia's Olympic results so far.
How many medals has Australia won?
Australia currently has 14 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals.
Here is the medal tally after day 11.
What sports has Australia won gold in?
Seven of Australia's gold medals have been won in the pool.
The swimming team's success was so great that, for the first time in Olympic history, Australia was ahead of the USA in the medal tally at the end of week one.
But in the end, the USA caught up, bagging eight swimming gold medals to Australia's seven.
Elsewhere, as of day 12, Australia picked up gold medals in canoeing, equestrian, tennis and BMX.
The gold wins so far were:
- Noemie Fox — Canoe slalom: Women's kayak cross
- Arisa Trew — Skateboarding: Women's park
- Grace Brown — Cycling: Women's individual time trial
- Ariarne Titmus — Swimming: Women's 400m freestyle
- Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris — Swimming: Women's 4x100m freestyle
- Mollie O'Callaghan — Swimming: Women's 200m freestyle
- Kaylee McKeown — Swimming: Women's 100m backstroke
- Jess Fox — Canoe slalom: Women's C1
- Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O'Callaghan, Lani Pallister and Brianna Throssell — Swimming: Women's 4x200m freestyle
- Cameron McEvoy — Swimming: Men's 50m freestyle
- Kaylee McKeown — Swimming: Women's 200m backstroke
- Saya Sakakibara — Cycling: Women's BMX racing
- Matthew Ebden and John Peers — Tennis: Men's doubles
What was Australia's best Olympics?
Australia's largest number of gold medals at an Olympic Games was 17 at Athens in 2004 and Tokyo in 2021.
Currently Australia is three gold medals away from making history.
The largest number of medals won by Australia was 58 at the Sydney 2000 games.
| Edition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens 2004 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 50 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 46 |
| Sydney 2000 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 58 |
| Beijing 2008 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| Melbourne 1956 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
Could Australia make history this Olympics?
Potentially.
There is still a chance for more gold but Australia would need five more to reach a new record.
However, this year for the first time, Australia won a gold medal everyday for the first eight days of the games.
There is also a new record for the youngest Australian gold medallist set by 14-year-old skateboarder Arisa Trew.
Have Australian women won more medals?
Of the 14 medals Australia has won so far, 12 have been won by women.
In the past two Olympic Games, women have won the majority of medals but the amount in Paris is greater.
In Tokyo, of the 17 medals won, 9 were won by women or women's teams.
In Rio, 5 out of 8 were won by women or women's teams.
Fifty per cent of the competing athletes at the Paris Games for the first time ever are women.
Could Australia win more medals?
There are still guaranteed medal chances for multiple athletes across several sports.
Featherweight boxer Charlie Senior is set to win at least a bronze medal after he made it to the semifinal this Friday morning.
Caitlin Parker will secure Australia's first women's boxing medal when she heads to the women's middleweight semifinal on Friday morning as well.
For each event, the athlete who loses the semifinal will be awarded bronze.
In sailing, Matt Warn is assured of a silver medal at least in the men's dinghy medal race.
There are also several medal hopefuls in the athletics with Matt Denny, Nina Kennedy and Jess Hull to still compete.
The Opals and water polo teams could also still win medals.
And who knows, there's always room for surprises.
When is the closing ceremony?
Prepare for a very early start to your week if you want to catch the closing ceremony live.
It's scheduled to start a couple of hours after the last event — the women's marathon.
For Australian viewers, it's going to fall on Monday, August 12.
Here's the start time for each region:
- 2am AWST: Western Australia
- 3.30am ACST: Northern Territory and South Australia
- 4am AEST: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria
Don't expect another parade through the city, though.
This one will take a more traditional approach inside the walls of Stade de France.
You can expect to see a closing parade, speeches, and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame.