Australia has been in every summer Olympics and some of the winter Olympics.
Australia is one of a handful of nations who have competed at every games of the modern olympiad.
Australia has had representatives at every modern summer Olympic Games, although they competed as 'Australasia' in 1908 and 1912 combined with New Zealand. Australians have won medals at every modern summer Olympics except for 1908 in St Louis.
Australia is one of only 4 countries that have competed in every games of the modern Olympiad, so since 1896.
Australia is one of only 4 countries to have competed in every games of the modern Olympiad. The current London games are the games of the 30th Olympiad.
Australia, Switzerland, France, Great Britain and Greece have been represented at all Summer Olympics. France, Great Britain and Switzerland are the only countries to participate at every Winter Olympics. So three countries have been to every Olympics in the modern era - France, Great Britain and Switzerland. Australia, Switzerland, France, Great Britain and Greece have been represented at all Summer Olympics. France, Great Britain and Switzerland are the only countries to participate at every Winter Olympics. So three countries have been to every Olympics in the modern era - France, Great Britain and Switzerland.
Greece, Australia, France, Switzerland and Great Britain have competed at every summer games of the modern era.
Except for the three that were cancelled due to World Wars, Australians have competed in every Olympic Games of the modern era since 1896.
They are both held every four years. They both competed in individual events to test their abilities.
A total of 433 competitors competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team was Australia's second largest away team after the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which included a team of 482 competitors. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. In addition to competitors, 418 officials and 38 medical personnel were part of the Australian team. Australia competed in 26 of the 28 Olympic program sports; they failed to qualify in Baseball and Team handball. Australia also sent a men's but not a women's football squad, and had two beach volleyball but no indoor volleyball teams competing.
There has been an Australian competitor at every one of the modern Olympics.
The People's Republic of China first competed at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki when they sent one athlete, a swimmer named Wu Chuanyu, to the Games. They did not compete in another Olympics until the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. They have competed in every Winter Olympics since then and competed in every Summer Olympics since 1984.