Q. How important is it that Australia wins gold medals at the 2016 Olympics being held in Rio?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 65+ | Aug 2012 | |
| Very important | 15% | 18% | 18% | 4% | 13% | 18% | 12% | 17% | 16% | 10% | 12% |
| Quite important | 36% | 35% | 45% | 25% | 26% | 38% | 35% | 36% | 37% | 35% | 32% |
| Not so important | 30% | 29% | 30% | 42% | 33% | 27% | 33% | 29% | 29% | 32% | 36% |
| Not at all important | 13% | 13% | 6% | 25% | 20% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Don’t know | 6% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 9% | 3% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 3% |
51% say it is very or quite important that Australia wins gold medals at the Rio Olympics and 43% say it is not so important or not at all important.
This is considerably higher than for the London Olympics (44% important).
Those most likely to think it is important were men (56%) and full-time workers (57%).