Eamon Sullivan is a swimmer who has competed for Australia. He competed at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
Sullivan started his Olympic career as the youngest male swimmer of the Australian team, aged 17, in Athens 2004. There, he and his teammates Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, and Ian Thorpe placed sixth in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay, losing their title from Sydney 2000 to the South Africans.
Four years later in Beijing, Sullivan blasted a new world record (47.24) for the 100 metres freestyle to hand the Australians an early lead, but his teammates Andrew Lauterstein, Ashley Callus, and Matt Targett could not maintain their pace in the next legs to end the same relay race with a bronze (3:09.91). On the individual side, he emerged as the fastest swimmer from the heats and semifinals of the 100 metres freestyle. He exchanged world record feats with Alain Bernard in the semifinals to set up a battle race for the final, but he trailed the latter by 0.11 of a second to finish the race with a silver. Sullivan's world record of 47.05 lasted for almost 13 years until Caeleb Dressel lowered it as an Olympic record at Tokyo 2020.
At his third Games in 2012, Sullivan and his teammates James Magnussen, Matt Targett, and James Roberts missed the podium by 0.22 of a second with a fourth place time (3:11.63) in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay. He struggled to mount a sprint challenge in the 50 metres freestyle as he dropped to last of the top eight in 21.98. Sullivan closed out his Olympic career with a medal haul of four without attaining a single gold (three silver and a bronze).
Olympic Results[]
| Year | Event | Rank |
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| 2004 | Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | 6th |
| 2008 | Men's 50m freestyle | 6th |
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| Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | 
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| Men's 4x100m medley relay |
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| 2012 | Men's 50m freestyle | 8th |
| Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | 4th |
2004[]
| Discipline | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:17.64 (49.13 split) |
| Final | 3:15.77 (49.19 split) |
2008[]
| Discipline | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 metres freestyle | Heats | 21.79 | |
| Semifinal | 21.75 | ||
| Final | 21.65 | ||
| 100 metres freestyle | Heats | 47.80 | |
| Semifinal | 47.05 | WR | |
| Final | 47.32 | ||
| 4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:12.41 (Reserve) |
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| Final | 3:09.91 (47.24 split, WR) |
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| 4x100 metres medley relay | Heats | 3:32.76 (Reserve) |
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| Final | 3:30.04 (46.65 split) |
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2012[]
| Discipline | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 50 metres freestyle | Heats | 22.27 |
| Semifinal | 21.88 | |
| Final | 21.98 | |
| 4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:12.29 (Reserve) |
| Final | 3:11.63 (47.68 split) |