29 29 2016 Rio Olympics The 2016 Olympic Games were held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil from 5–21 August 2016. Australia was represented by 422 athletes across 26 sports and finished 10th on the medal tally with eight gold, 11 silver and 10 bronze medals for a total of 29 medals. Australia’s medals were spread across 12 different sports with gold medals won in six sports. As part of Australia’s Winning Edge, in the four years prior to the 2016 Olympic Games, the Australian Government invested $340 million through the Australian Institute of Sport, $27 million of which was provided directly to athletes through the dAIS funding program. Table 1: 2016 Olympic Games medallists Medal Sport Name/Team Event Gold Modern Pentathlon Chloe Esposito Modern Pentathlon Gold Rowing Kim Brennan Single Sculls Gold Rugby 7s Women’s 7s Team Women’s Event Gold Sailing Tom Burton Laser Gold Shooting Catherine Skinner Women’s Trap Gold Swimming Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell, Madison Wilson, Brittany Elmslie, Emma McKeon 4 x 100m Freestyle Gold Swimming Kyle Chalmers 100m Freestyle Gold Swimming Mack Horton 400m Freestyle Silver Athletics Jared Tallent 50km Race Walk Silver Cycling Jack Bobridge, Alexander Edmondson, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Sam Welsford Team Pursuit Silver Rowing Alexander Belonogoff, Karsten Forsterling, Cameron Girdlestone, James McRae Quad Skulls Silver Rowing Joshua Booth, Joshua Dunkley-Smith, Alexander Hill, William Lockwood Fours Silver Sailing Iain Jensen, Nathan Outteridge 49er