That was the 1896 Games in Athens.
That was the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
The sports that Australia did not compete in at the 2008 Summer Olympics were handball and baseball.
61 athletes from Australia will compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, Russia.
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At the first Olympics in 1896.
Hi, Paul Narracott became the first Australian to compete at both the Summer and Winter Olympics: he had competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in athletics, and participated in bobsleigh in 1992. Hope it helps!
That was the 1920 Games in Antwerp when Australia and New Zealand first competed as separate nations.
No she was not one of the Athletes sent to the Olympics for Australia Swimming Events
1896, for the modern olympics.
The first Philippine basketball team to compete in the Olympics was at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin .... they finished 5th.
The countries that compete in modern day Olympics are U.S.A, U.K, Australia, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad, Barbados, St. Kitts & The Grenadines, etc
Les athletes that compete in the olympics means less medals earned for the country or continent.