Australian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside France, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland.

[2] Australia's final team consisted of 461 athletes (205 men and 256 women) competing in 33 sports,[3] with Anna Meares selected as the chef de mission.

[1] On July 24, 2024, field hockey player Eddie Ockenden and slalom canoeist Jessica Fox were named as the flag-bearers to lead the country's opening ceremony.

[4] On August 10, sailor Matthew Wearn and swimmer Kaylee McKeown, both gold medalists in Paris, were named flag-bearers for the closing ceremony.

[3] Two Australian archers qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's and women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of their mixed team gold medal results at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

[6] Australia fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and mixed team event as the highest-ranked Oceanian nation eligible for qualification at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Quarterfinal Semifinal Bronze medal game Summary The Australia women's 3x3 team by winning the FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2 in Utsonomiya, Japan.

Jeffrey Dan Arpie (J Attack) and Rachael Gunn (Raygun) secured the spots by virtue of their gold-medal victory each in the B-boys and B-girls final battle at the 2023 WDSF Oceanian Breaking Championships in Sydney, Australia.

[25][26] Kayak cross Australian canoeists qualified one boat in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

Australia qualified three male and three female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

The first quota is obtained at the men's event by virtue of the top three highest nation's at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, while the second quota is obtained at the women's event by virtue of the highest continental representation, not yet qualified, at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

[30][31] RaceAustralian riders secured three quota places (one men's and three women's) in the race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of the final Olympic BMX ranking.

Men Women Australia fielded a full-squad of three equestrian riders into the team dressage, eventing and jumping competitions, respectively, by securing an outright berth each as the top-ranked nation from Southeast Asia and Oceania, vying for qualification, at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark; one of two highest-ranked eligible nations at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic eventing qualifier for Group F and G (Africa, Middle East, Asia and Oceania) in Millstreet, Ireland; and one of two highest-ranked eligible nations at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic jumping qualifier for Group G in Valkenswaard, The Netherlands.

Australia fielded a full squad of table tennis players into the Games, by virtue of their successful victory at the 2023 Oceania Championships in Townsville.

Bailey Lewis, Leon Sejranovic, and Stacey Hymer qualified for Paris 2024 by winning the final match in their respective weight classes at the 2024 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

[68] Originally, Australia were allocated 4 spots, but later, Oceania Taekwondo Union disabled one Olympic quota spot due to the event not having the minimum number of athletes participating in the weight class (Women -49 kg), that being a minimum of 4; therefore the quota places is re-allocated to the WT Olympic Rankings list.

The main qualifying criterion will be players' positions on the ATP and WTA ranking lists published on 10 June 2024 after the 2024 French Open.

Individual Relay Australian men's and women's pairs qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.

Georgii Okorokov and Jayden Lawrence qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.

[80] B-girl Rachael "Raygun" Gunn experienced online backlash following her breakdancing round-robin battle, in which she did not score any points.