Australia competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

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Australia at the 1924 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUS
NOC	Australian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympics.com.au
in Paris
Competitors	35
Flag bearer	Edwin Carr
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games ––––  Australasia (1908–1912)

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Nine athletes represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport (excluding appearances as part of Australasia). Winter took the nation's only athletics medal of the Games, a gold in the triple jump.

Ranks given are within the heat.

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ernie Austen	10 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		did not advance
Malcolm Boyd	800 m	N/A		Unknown	4	did not advance
	1500 m	N/A		Unknown	5	did not advance
	5000 m	N/A		Unknown	9	did not advance
Slip Carr	100 m	11.0	2 Q	10.9	2 Q	10.7	4	did not advance
	200 m	22.6	1 Q	21.8	1 Q	22.1	4	did not advance
Denis Duigan	Pentathlon	N/A						Eliminated-4
	Pentathlon	N/A						did not finish
Richard Honner	400 m	53.1	3	did not advance
	400 m hurdles	N/A		58.5	4	did not advance
	Long jump	N/A				6.635	3	did not advance
Charles Lane	400 m	51.4	3	did not advance
Jack Newman	800 m	N/A		Unknown	6	did not advance
	1500 m	N/A		Unknown	5	did not advance
Roy Norman	200 m	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	5	did not advance
	400 m	50.6	2 Q	50.2	4	did not advance
	800 m	N/A		Unknown	5	did not advance
Nick Winter	Triple jump	N/A				15.18	1 Q	15.525

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Three boxers represented Australia at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's debut in the sport, though an Australian had won a silver medal as part of the 1908 Australasia team. Sinclair was the only Australian to win a match in 1924; none of the Australian boxers advanced past the round of 16.

More information Boxer, Weight class ...

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Charles Jardine	Heavyweight	N/A	von Porat (NOR) L	did not advance			9
Raymond Jones	Middleweight	Funk (USA) L	did not advance				17
Charles Sinclair	Lightweight	Huizenaar (NED) W	Genon (BEL) L	did not advance			9

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More information Opponent nation, Wins ...

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 0 1 .000  Netherlands 1 0 1.000  Norway 0 1 .000  United States 0 1 .000 Total 1 3 .250

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 1 1 .500 Round of 16 0 2 .000 Quarterfinals 0 0 – Semifinals 0 0 – Final 0 0 – Bronze match 0 0 – Total 1 3 .250

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Four cyclists represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Ten rowers represented Australia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport, though the 1912 Australasia team included rowers.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
James Bayley	Singles	Schildt (FIN) W 6–1, 6–3, 6–4	Bache (DEN) W 6–2, 6–1, 6–2	Gilbert (GBR) L 5–7, 7–9, 1–6	did not advance
James Willard	Singles	Raymond (RSA) W 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4	Halot (BEL) W 8–6, 6–2, 6–2	Jacob (IND) L 1–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6	did not advance
James Bayley James Willard	Doubles	—	von Kehrling / von Kelemen (HUN) W 6–8, 11–9, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Richards / Hunter (USA) L 1–6, 2–6, 2–6	did not advance

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• Andrews, Malcolm, Australia at the Olympics, ABC Books, 2000
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference