Australia's 🇦🇺BEST moments at the Olympics!

Relive some of the greatest Olympic Moments for Australia:

Matthew Mitcham - Diving (Beijing 2008) 🥇
Alisa Camplin - Freestyle Skiing (Salt Lake City 2002) 🥇
Men's Hockey (Athens 2004) 🥇
Swimming (Sydney 2000) 🥇
Betty Cuthbert - Athletics (Melbourne 1956) 🥇
Steven Bradbury - Short track speak skating (Salt Lake City 2002) 🥇
Sally Pearson - Athletics (London 2012) 🥇
Ian Thorpe - Swimming (Athens 2004) 🥇
Cathy Freeman - Athletics (Sydney 2000)🥇
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[Dylan]

for a population of 25 million. Australia has done incredibly well to be consistently in the top 10 on the medal table along with countries with populations far larger. Come on Aussies do us proud!

[kingadamw]

I wish I was alive to watch the Bradbury race. Sitting there thinking he’s gone for all money, then all the other guys fall over and he wins. I would’ve gone absolutely nuts if I’d been able to watch that live. Amazing

[euanvanstraaten]

They really should have mentioned that the guy in 10. also dived the highest score in diving history which still stands

[rnsw]

Sally Pearson worked so hard for years to be that great and her reaction to the gold was priceless..

[alexbronynerfman]

This one's for you aussie from Vietnam. Congratulations on win as host city of 35th olympic in Brisbane

[vijam]

I used to attend the primary school which Betty Cuthbert attended. She donated 2 of her medals to our school. It was very cool seeing them in the office! Rest In Peace.

[donovandownes]

was not ready for the belly flops at 0:54

[rossangel]

Mate Bradbury is an icon In Australia. Should have been #1

[gazzawhite]

Keiran Perkins, 1500m freestyle, 1996. Godly swim

[keraptisblackrazor]

Matthew Mitcham's dive doesn't get the credit it deserves. It should be one of the great moments in Olympic history, not just Australian.
"You want the gold? No problem just nail the highest scoring dive in Olympic history."
"Hold my beer."

[KG.]

Australia always there. Important part of the Olympic Movement. Only 1 of 3-4 nations to compete at every Summer Games. And Brisbane 2032.🇦🇺

[ianraper]

Agree that Mathew Mitcham and Cathy Freeman are worthy of note but also need to include the Mens 4x100 m relay swim in Sydney and Kieren Perkins 1996 1500m swim. Jon Siebens 200m butterfly and Debbie Flintoff-King's 400m hurdles - both from the 1984 Olympics - are also noteworthy.

[hermixtonen]

You forgot Peter Norman getting silver in the 200 meters in 1968. Okay, he did not beat Tommie Smith, but he set an Australian record for the 200 meters that STILL STANDS 53 years later, PLUS he gave Tommie Smith and John Carlos the idea to make use of the one pair of gloves they had, for their iconic fist in the air protest on the awards stand (they only had one pair of gloves, so Peter Norman suggested they each wear one glove ).

[roxy]

For me it should be:
1. Kieran Perkins winning the 1500m freestyle in Barcelona and Atlanta and becoming the first Australian to win back to back golds at this distance
2. Dawn Fraser winning 3 100m freestyle titles in a row at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics. The only Aussie to have won 3 individual golds in a row.
3. Steve Hooker becoming the first Australian to ever win a gold in the Pole Vault in a World record of 5.96m (at the time).
4. Emma McKeon becoming Australia’s greatest female swimmer with 11 Olympic medals 5 of them gold
5. Australia beating the USA in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay in Sydney 2000.

[syc]

Jakara Anthony’s gold in Beijing 2022 is another Aussie achievement

[secrets.]

Matthew Mittcham should be no 1. Because his win was so unexpected

[tonybennett]

Thought Anna Mears gold in London would have been on here.

[lexsoft]

Dawn Fraser should be included as one of the greats, as she won 100m freestyle three times in a row : 1956, 1960, 1964.

[jamwill]

But WHY was Kieran Perkins not here? I just think that was the most memorable gold medal of my life, after Cathy Freeman. I also wish they'd shown more of her, instead of that weirdly edited finish and the comment about the suit. That

[stevemurrell]

There's plenty not there that could be....Shane Gould, The Oarsome Foursome, Steve Hooker and of course, lots more swimming. I've forgotten heaps more too.