Australian Athletics Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games media guide, facts and figures

Australia’s world class athletics team is set for success at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, in what promises to be an unforgettable six days of action in Scotland’s largest city.

The athletics section of the 2026 Australian Commonwealth Games Team has the most athletes of any sport wearing the green and gold. And Australia’s 86 team members (63 able-bodied and 23 para-athletes) make it the largest of all nations (and sports).

England selected 83 track and field athletes (63 and 20).  

As well as fielding the largest team possible (maximum quotas allocated) the class of this team is unquestionable.

It includes defending Commonwealth Games Champions, World Champions, Olympic Champions, Paralympic Champions and medallists from all these major championships.   

Australians will contest 50 of the 59 Athletics events across the 12 sessions of competition at Scotstoun Stadium, from Monday July 27 to Saturday August 1.

The Opening Ceremony is on Thursday July 23 and the Games close on Sunday August 2.  

The first contingent of athletics team members arrive in Glasgow on Friday July 24, from the Australian Athletics staging camp in Barcelona.

The second wave arrive from Barcelona on Sunday July 26, along with the athletes who have been preparing elsewhere in Europe. 

Accredited media in Glasgow will be invited to Australian Team Headquarters, as the first athletics team members arrive at AUS HQ at the Glasgow Argyle Hotel on the afternoon of July 24. 

The Australian Athletics team members are set to write a new chapter of history and break records in Glasgow.

Australian Athletics has produced a comprehensive media guide that includes full team lists, stats, times, history, and schedules. The Australian Athletics Glasgow Commonwealth Games media guide, written by David Tarbotton, can be found HERE

Australian Athletics Commonwealth Games Team By the Numbers, Facts and Figures: 

• Team members 86.  63 able bodied and 23 para-athletes.
• Eliza Ault-Connell (400m and 1500m T54), Michelle Jenneke (100m hurdles) and Ella Pardy (100m T38 will each compete at their fourth Commonwealth Games, while Brooke Buschkuehl (long jump), Linden Hall (5000m), Nina Kennedy (pole vault), Jemima Montag (10,000km walk) , Nicola Olyslagers (high jump), Rhiannon Clarke (100m T38) and Eleanor Patterson (high jump) will compete in their third Commonwealth Games.
• On the men’s side, Rohan Browning (100m, 4x100m relay), Kurtis Marschall (pole vault), Chris Mitrevski (long jump) and Matt Denny (discus) will contest their third Commonwealth Games.
• 55 Team Members will make their Commonwealth Games debut, including inform middle distance runner Cameron Myers (Mile), and star sprinters Lachlan Kennedy (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay), Eddie Nkeita (100m) and Torrie Lewis (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay).
• The youngest athlete is Lexie Brown (100m T47) at 15 yrs, 1 month and 27 days when the Games open. Ayla Kowalczyk (long jump T38) is also 15. The eldest athletics competitor at 44 is Eliza Ault-Connell (400m and 1500m T54) with Ainsley Hooker at 39 the most senior athlete making debut.
• Five Indigenous athletes in the team is a record: Lexie Brown (100m T47), Layla Sharp (long jump T38), Calab Law (200m, 4×100), Briseis Brittain (200m, T38), Thomas McGough (100m, T38). This surpasses the four on the Melbourne 2006 team.
• Family connections previous Games: Aiden Murphy’s (200m) mother, Tania Van-Heer won three medals at 1998 CG (gold 4×100 & 4x400m; bronze 100m) Gus Nketia, father of Eddie Nketia (100m), running for Ghana made the 100m semis in 1990 and running for NZL was 7th in the 100m in 1994.
• Athletes who competed at Glasgow 2014 and will compete at Glasgow 2026:
  • Michelle Jenneke – 5th 100m hurdles
  • Ella Pardy – 9th F37/38 Long Jump
  • Eleanor Patterson – Gold, High Jump

• Five Australian athletes will attempt to defend their Commonwealth Games titles: Matt Denny (discus), Ollie Hoare (1500m), Kurtis Marschall (pole vault), Nina Kennedy (pole vault) and Jemima Montag (10,000m Walk).

• Glasgow 2026 three consecutive gold chances – same event:
  • Dual Olympic medallist Jemima Montag is chasing a golden threepeat in the women’s walk (2018 20km road, 2022 & 2026 10,000m track) to emulate Jane Saville.
• Kurtis Marschall can become the first AUS male and first AUS field athlete, to win the same event at three consecutive Commonwealth Games.

Additional medal milestones to watch for at Glasgow 2026:

• Eliza Ault-Connell is going for her fourth medal from four non-consecutive Commonwealth Games (bronze 800m 2002, bronze 800m 2006, silver marathon 2018).

• Matt Denny is chasing his third consecutive medal across two events (2018 hammer silver, 2022 discus gold). NB: Fourth in discus in 2018.

• Brooke Buschkuehl, Nina Kennedy and Eleanor Patterson are aiming for their third consecutive medals. Brooke (long jump) – silver in 2018 & 2022; Nina (pole vault) – bronze 2018 & gold 2022; Eleanor (high jump) – gold in 2018 & silver 2022.

Australian Athletics General Manager of High Performance, Andrew Faichney said: 

“The Commonwealth Games is an important competition for Australian Athletics.

“We have had so many of our athletes who have been able to break through at the Commonwealth Games.

“For us it’s that opportunity for our athletes to go into a major championship as one of the favourites and must deal with that pressure that comes with that.

“It’s a great learning curve for our athletes.

“It’s also something that the Australian sporting public gets behind.

“It’s a fantastic multi-sport event that includes the Para events, and its great Commonwealth Games Australia and the Commonwealth Games are so supportive as well.”

Australian Athletics CEO, Simon Hollingsworth said:

“The team is packed full of both proven world, Olympic and Paralympic champions and medallists and our next crop of junior talent.

“There is amazing depth in the team.

“There is a real history with Australian athletics and the Commonwealth Games, and the team wants to continue that history.

“We can’t wait to see what happens in Glasgow.”

By Andrew Reid, David Tarbotton and Luke Dennehy, for Australian Athletics

Posted 22/7/2026