Eddie Ockenden shares with rower Kerry Hore the distinction of being the only Tasmanian-born athletes to have attended four Olympic Games.

And the 34-year-old, who led the Kookaburras to a silver medal, said Tokyo was a good place to be a Tasmanian, particularly when Ariarne Titmus began the Australian gold rush.

"I'm one of the more parochial ones," said Ockenden, who was among 10 Tasmanians on the Australian team.

"Ariarne was obviously incredible. I reckon before the Games people did not really know where she was from, but now they do.

"We had a meeting just before her 400m but I got to see the last 200. It was pretty exciting and I was very happy for Tasmania to have that gold medal.

"Tassie used to be a little secret, but now everyone knows us a bit. We may have less athletes than other states, but we get so much support and that makes a big difference."

Ockenden was delighted to have fellow Hobartian Josh Beltz in the Kookaburras team and had his Tassie radar up throughout the Games.

"I definitely kept track of the other Tasmanians. We were watching a lot of Olympics which was a nice distraction from the hockey.

"I saw Jake (Birtwhistle) in the village a few times, I've got to know him a bit in the last few years. I also had a coffee and a chat with Sarah (Hawe) before her last race and we talked about her training at New Town Bay which is just around the corner from where I grew up.

"It was incredible to have Josh here with me. Every Olympics I've been to there's always been other Tasmanians on the Kookaburras team and David Guest was doing stuff for the AOC in Tokyo so it was cool to see him there.

"Josh saw Dan Watkins in the gym and it was great to see him qualify for the final. But everyone was in and out very quickly, we all had restricted movement and it's sometimes hard to recognise people when you're passing by with masks on."

Ockenden said he was proud of Olympians' role in inspiring future athletes and delighted with Brisbane securing 2032 hosting rights.

"It's great that Australia gets an Olympics because we do care about them and we'll do a really good job."

He said he had not thought about his international future but has no plans to stop playing with the Hockey One League, Commonwealth Games, World Cup and even Paris 2024 all still on the table.