As of the 2008 Games, that would be the 2004 Summer Games when Australia won 17 gold medals. They won 16 gold in 2000 and 13 gold in 1956.
Australia came 6th on the overall Beijing 2008 medals tally.
I's say Sydney 2000. OI think we finished 4th or 5th then.
Australia's final tally: 14 gold 15 silver 17 bronze 46 total
Australia 1 India 2 England 3
At 07.46 BST Australia gold medal tally stands at 11, 5 behind us poms, makes a change doesn't it. Through events on August 18, 2008, Australia has won a total of 128 Summer Olympic Gold medals.
India finished second on the medal tally behind Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Australia finished first on the medal tally at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
India finished second in the medal tally at the 19th Commonwealth Games.
Australia topped the medal tally at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with 177 medals.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is 17 gold medals at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.
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Australia topped the Gold Medal tally with an astonishing 74.