2000 Summer Olympics

Multi-sport event in Sydney, Australia Sydney 2000 other uses Sydney 2000 (video game) and 2000 Summer Paralympics and MV Sydney 2000 Sydney Olympics Sydney Olympic FC April 2021 April 2026 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics logo.svg 200 Emblem of the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe logo is a stylised image of a torchbearer; the top part, in blue, represents the smoke from the Olympic torch, which draws the outline of the Sydney Opera House; the middle part, in yellow, represents the head and arms of a torchbearer, the arms symbolised by two boomerangs; the bottom part, in red, depicts the torchbearer's legs, also symbolised by a boomerang. Sydney, Australia The Games of the New Millennium 199 10,647 (6,579 men, 4,068 women)The Olympic Summer Games Factsheet http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Summer_Games.pdf International Olympic Committee 5 August 2012 6 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906110401/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Summer_Games.pdf live 300 in 28 sports (40 disciplines) 15 September 2000 1 October 2000 Governor-General Sir William DeaneFactsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf live International Olympic Committee 9 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf 14 August 2016 22 December 2018 IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch Cathy Freeman Stadium Australia Atlanta 1996 Athens 2004 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake 2002 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It marked the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and in the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, in 1956. Teams from 199 countries participated in the 2000 Games, which were the first to feature at least 300 events in its official sports program. The Games were estimated to have cost A$6.6 billion. These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the arrival of his successor Jacques Rogge. The final medal tally at the 2000 Summer Olympics was led by the United States, followed by Russia and China with host Australia in fourth place overall. Cameroon, Colombia, Latvia, Mozambique, and Slovenia won a gold medal for the first time in their Olympic histories, while Barbados, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam won their first-ever Olympic medals. The 2000 Games received universal acclaim, with the organisation, volunteers, sportsmanship, and Australian public being lauded in the international media. Bill Bryson of The Times called the Sydney Games "one of the most successful events on the world stage", saying that they "couldn't be better".http://www.coolrunning.com.au/general/2000e020.shtml How the media viewed the Sydney Olympics 20 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20171016062506/http://www.coolrunning.com.au/general/2000e020.shtml 16 October 2017 dead CoolRunning Australia 19 April 2015 James Mossop of the Electronic Telegraph called the Games "such a success that any city considering bidding for future Olympics must be wondering how it can reach the standards set by Sydney",https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/4772754/Sydney-has-set-the-highest-standards-for-future-hosts.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/4772754/Sydney-has-set-the-highest-standards-for-future-hosts.html 11 January 2022 subscription live Sydney has set the highest standards for future hosts James Mossop The Daily Telegraph 1 October 2000 26 October 2013 London while Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette suggested that the "IOC should quit while it's ahead. Admit there can never be a better Olympic Games, and be done with it," as "Sydney was both exceptional and the best". These Games would provide the inspiration for London's winning bid for the 2012 Olympic Games in 2005; in preparing for the 2012 Games, Lord Coe declared the 2000 Games the "benchmark for the spirit of the Games, unquestionably", admitting that the London organizing committee "attempted in several ways to emulate what the Sydney Organising Committee did."Sydney 2000 the Olympic Games benchmark, Sebastian Coe says http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/london-games/sydney-2000-the-olympic-games-benchmark-sebastian-coe-says/story-e6frgdg6-1226434578711 The Australian 25 July 2012 13 August 2012 26 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120726051136/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/london-games/sydney-2000-the-olympic-games-benchmark-sebastian-coe-says/story-e6frgdg6-1226434578711 live This is also the first Olympics to take place fully in Australia because the 1956 Melbourne Olympics had equestrian events take place in Stockholm because of Australia's strict quarantine regulations. Australia will host the Summer Olympics in Brisbane in 2032, making it the first Asia-Pacific country to host the Summer Olympics three times.Pender Kieran Olympics: Australia to host again after Brisbane confirmed for 2032 Games https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/21/brisbane-australia-2032-olympic-games-bid-host-ioc-session-vote 25 August 2024 The Guardian 21 July 2021 7 August 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250807004732/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/21/brisbane-australia-2032-olympic-games-bid-host-ioc-session-vote live Host city selection Bids for the 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney won the right to host the Games on 24 September 1993, after being selected over Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul, and Manchester in four rounds of voting, at the 101st IOC Session in Monte Carlo, Monaco. + 2000 Summer Olympics bidding resultshttp://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html Past Olympic Host Cities List GamesBids.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html 24 January 2011 dead City Country Round 1 2 3 4Sydney Australia 30 30 37 45BeijingChina 32 3740 43Manchester Great Britain 11 13 11 —Berlin Germany 9 9 — —Istanbul Turkey 7 —— — Beijing would later be selected to host the 2008 Summer Olympics eight years later on 13 July 2001 and the 2022 Winter Olympics twenty-two years later on 31 July 2015. Brasília, Milan, and Tashkent made bids before deciding to withdraw during the bidding process.22 September 2023 When Sydney were big winners in Monte Carlo https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140939/sydney-olympic-vote-1993-blog 8 September 2024 insidethegames.biz 26 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241126220925/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140939/sydney-olympic-vote-1993-blog live Milan would later be selected to host the 2026 Winter Olympics along with Cortina d'Ampezzo twenty-six years later on 24 June 2019. The Games Costs The Oxford Olympics Study 2016 estimates the outturn cost of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics at US$5 billion in 2015 dollars and cost overrun at 90% in real terms.2804554 The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games Flyvbjerg Bent Stewart Allison Budzier Alexander Saïd Business School Working Papers (Oxford: University of Oxford) 2016 Oxford 9, 13 This includes sports-related costs only; that is, (i) operational costs incurred by the organising committee to stage the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) direct capital costs incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build; e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast centre, and media and press centre, which are required to host the Games. Indirect capital costs are not included, such as for road, rail, airport infrastructure, hotel upgrades, or other business investments incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost for Sydney 2000 compares with a cost of US$4.6 billion for Rio 2016, US$4044 billion for Beijing 2008, and US$51 billion for Sochi 2014, the most expensive Olympics in history. The average cost for the Summer Games since 1960 is US$5.2 billion, average cost overrun is 176%. In 2000, the Auditor-General of New South Wales reported that the Sydney Games cost A$6.6 billion, with a net cost to the public between A$1.7 and A$2.4 billion.http://www.liebreich.com/LDC/HTML/Olympics/London/Sydney.html Sydney 2000 – Auditor Slams Costs liebreich.com 23 April 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20050207142926/http://www.liebreich.com/LDC/HTML/Olympics/London/Sydney.html 7 February 2005http://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/agrep02v2/costofolympicgames.pdf Cost of the Olympic and Paralympic Games https://web.archive.org/web/20050620055157/http://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/agrep02v2/costofolympicgames.pdf 20 June 2005 10–11 Olympic Co-ordination Authority ... OCA's current report on the actual result ... Total net impact in A$$ million: ... 1,326.1 In the years leading up to the Games, funds were shifted from education and health programs to cover Olympic expenses.Findling John E. Pelle Kimberly D. Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&pg=PA252 2004 Greenwood Publishing Group 9780313322785 252 12 October 2015 16 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151016120917/https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&pg=PA252 live It has been estimated that the economic impact of the 2000 Olympics was that A$2.1 billion has been shaved from public consumption. Economic growth was not stimulated to a net benefit, and, in the years after 2000, foreign tourism to NSW grew by less than tourism to Australia as a whole. A "multiplier" effect on broader economic development was not realised, as a simple "multiplier" analysis fails to capture that resources have to be redirected from elsewhere: the building of a stadium is at the expense of other public works such as extensions to hospitals. Building sporting venues does not add to the aggregate stock of productive capital in the years following the Games: "Equestrian centers, softball compounds, and man-made rapids are not particularly useful beyond their immediate function." http://business.smh.com.au/no-medals-for-economic-benefits-of-the-games/20080411-25ks.html No medals for economic benefits of the Games Saulwick Jacob 12 April 2008 16 April 2008 Business Day https://web.archive.org/web/20120818202141/http://www.smh.com.au/business/no-medals-for-economic-benefits-of-the-games-20080411-25ks.html?page=2 18 August 2012 dead dmy-all The article is based largely on a recent study by James Giesecke and John Madden from the Centre of Policy Studies at Monash University. Many venues that were constructed in Sydney Olympic Park failed financially in the years immediately following the Olympics to meet the expected bookings to meet upkeep expenses. It was only the 2003 Rugby World Cup that reconnected the park back to citizens.Poynter Gavin MacRury Iain Olympic Cities: 2012 and the Remaking of London https://books.google.com/books?id=YOlHevOfgn8C&pg=PA137 6 October 2009 Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 9780754671008 137 12 October 2015 16 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151016120917/https://books.google.com/books?id=YOlHevOfgn8C&pg=PA137 live In recent years,July 2024 infrastructure costs for some facilities have been of growing concern to the NSW Government, especially facilities in Western Sydney. Proposed metro and light rail links from Olympic Park to Parramatta have been estimated to cost in the same order of magnitude as the public expenditure on the Games.Saulwick Jacob Prospect of demolishing Dunc Gray Velodrome threatens NSW Cycling https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/prospect-of-demolishing-dunc-gray-velodrome-threatens-nsw-cycling-20161209-gt7fes.html subscription 17 February 2022 The Sydney Morning Herald 9 December 2016 en live 17 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220217023420/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/prospect-of-demolishing-dunc-gray-velodrome-threatens-nsw-cycling-20161209-gt7fes.htmlSeptember 2011 Stadium Australia had been considered for demolition in 2017 by then NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, citing that the stadium was "built for an Olympics" but not for modern spectators.Macmillan Jade The demolition and redesign of Sydney's Olympic Stadium explained https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-24/nsw-government-reveals-why-olympic-stadium-is-being-knocked-down/9187608 17 February 2022 ABC News 24 November 2017 en-AU 26 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250526072253/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-24/nsw-government-reveals-why-olympic-stadium-is-being-knocked-down/9187608 live The plan was scrapped in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.Pavitt Michael Plans to redevelop Sydney Olympic Stadium scrapped over COVID-19 economic impact https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094815/sydney-stadium-redevelopment-scrapped 17 February 2022 Inside the Games 31 May 2020 23 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250123074447/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094815/sydney-stadium-redevelopment-scrapped live The Dunc Gray Velodrome has also struggled to keep up its $500,000-per-year maintenance costs, although it is still used for track cycling events.Veage John Clarence St Cup carnival https://www.theleader.com.au/story/7134474/clarence-st-cup-carnival/ 17 February 2022 St George & Sutherland Shire Leader 23 February 2021 en-AU 20 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250120191019/https://www.theleader.com.au/story/7134474/clarence-st-cup-carnival/ live Chronological summary of the 2000 Summer Olympics Although the Opening Ceremony was not scheduled until 15 September, the football competitions began with preliminary matches on 13 September. Among the pre-ceremony fixtures, host nation Australia lost 10 to Italy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was the main stadium for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Day 1: 15 September Cultural display highlights 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony thumb|right|The 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony at Stadium Australia, 15 September 2000 The opening ceremony began with a tribute to the pastoral heritage of the Australian stockmen and the importance of the stock horse in Australia's heritage. It was produced and filmed by the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation and the home nation broadcaster Seven Network.Commentary on the official DVD of the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics This was introduced by lone rider Steve Jefferys and his rearing Australian stock horse "Ammo". At the cracking of Jefferys' stockwhip, a further 120 riders entered the stadium, their stock horses performing intricate steps, including forming the five Olympic Rings, sounded by a new version of the song that Bruce Rowland had previously composed for the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River. The Australian National Anthem was sung in the first verse by Human Nature and the second by Julie Anthony. The cultural segments of the event take place with many aspects of the land and its people: the affinity of the mainly coastal-dwelling Australians with the sea that surrounds the Island Continent. The indigenous inhabitation of the land, the coming of the First Fleet, the continued immigration from many nations, and the rural industry on which the economy of the nation was built, including a display representing the harshness of rural life based on the paintings of Sir Sidney Nolan. Two memorable scenes were the representation of the heart of the country by 200 Aboriginal women from Central Australia who danced up "the mighty spirit of god to protect the Games"Bosworth Richard Rome 1960: Making Sporting History History Today https://www.historytoday.com/archive/rome-1960-making-sporting-history 20 May 2025 History Today 60 8 August 2010 22 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250522192156/https://www.historytoday.com/archive/rome-1960-making-sporting-history live and the overwhelmingly noisy representation of the construction industry by hundreds of tap-dancing teenagers.May 2025 Because the wife of then-IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch was seriously ill and unable to accompany her husband to the Olympics, Dawn Fraser, former Australian Olympic Champion swimmer and member of the Parliament of New South Wales, accompanied Samaranch during the Australian cultural segments, explaining to him some of the cultural references that are unfamiliar for the people from outside Australia. Formal presentation A record 199 nations entered the stadium, with a record 80 of them winning at least one medal. The only missing IOC member was Afghanistan, which was banned due to the extremist rule of the Taliban's oppression of women and its prohibition of sports.https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/context-culture/flash-from-the-past-afghans-shattered-2000-olympic-dreams-amended/ Flash from the Past: Afghans' Shattered 2000 Olympic Dreams Clark Kate 27 July 2012 Afghanistan Analysts Network 19 April 2015 28 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201128185955/https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/context-culture/flash-from-the-past-afghans-shattered-2000-olympic-dreams-amended/ live The ceremony featured a unified entrance by the athletes of North and South Korea,The national teams of North Korea and South Korea competed separately in the Olympic events, even though they marched together as a unified Korean team in the opening ceremony. using a specially designed unification flag: a white background flag with a blue map of the Korean Peninsula. Four athletes from East Timor also marched in the parade of nations as individual Olympic athletes and marched directly before the host country. Although the country-to-be had no National Olympic Committee then, they were allowed to compete under the Olympic Flag with country code IOA. The Governor-General, Sir William Deane, opened the games. The Olympic Flag was carried around the arena by eight former Australian Olympic champions: Bill Roycroft, Murray Rose, Liane Tooth, Gillian Rolton, Marjorie Jackson, Lorraine Crapp, Michael Wenden and Nick Green. During the raising of the Olympics Flag, the Olympic Hymn was sung by the Millennium Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia in Greek. Following this, Tina Arena sang a purpose-written pop song, The Flame.11 Olympic Theme Songs, Dissected https://web.archive.org/web/20250328095001/https://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/30/11-olympic-theme-songs-dissected/slide/tina-arena-flame-sydney-2000/ 28 March 2025 . Time (26 July 2012). Retrieved 3 May 2014. The opening ceremony concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame, which was brought into the stadium by former Australian Olympic champion Herb Elliott. Then, celebrating one hundred years of women's participation in the Olympic Games, former Australian women Olympic medalists Betty Cuthbert and Raelene Boyle, Dawn Fraser, Shirley Strickland (later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty), Shane Gould and Debbie Flintoff-King brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron within a circle of fire. The choice of Freeman, an Aboriginal woman, to light the flame was notable given the history of human rights abuses against Aboriginal people in Australia.Oliver Murray https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/cathy-freemans-iconic-olympic-moment-shows-the-racism-indigenous-australians-face/news-story/c1373eca4dc46445c4bb74d2fbe3c785 Cathy Freeman Sydney Olympics: Sad moment behind iconic moment news.com.au 18 September 2020 13 February 2022 5 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220205140420/https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/cathy-freemans-iconic-olympic-moment-shows-the-racism-indigenous-australians-face/news-story/c1373eca4dc46445c4bb74d2fbe3c785 live Following her lighting, Freeman was the subject of racial abuse from some Australians.Bruce, T., & Wensing, E. (2009). 'She's not one of us': Cathy Freeman and the place of Aboriginal people in Australian national culture. Australian Aboriginal Studies, (2), 90-100. The planned spectacular climax to the ceremony was delayed by the technical glitch of a computer switch which malfunctioned, causing the sequence to shut down by giving a false reading. This meant that the Olympic flame was suspended in mid-air for about four minutes rather than immediately rising up a water-covered ramp to the top of the stadium. When the cause of the problem was discovered, the program was overridden and the cauldron continued its course, and the ceremony concluded with a fireworks display.Information given by Ric Birch, Director of Ceremonies, during an interview at the end of the official DVD of the 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony Day 2: 16 September thumb|upright=1.15|Gold medallist Nancy Johnson (centre) of the U.S., raises her hands with silver medallist Kang Cho-hyun (left), of South Korea, and bronze winner Gao Jing (right), of China, during the first medal ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games. The first medals of the Games were awarded in the women's 10-metre air rifle competition, which was won by Nancy Johnson of the United States. The triathlon made its Olympic debut with the women's race. Set in the surroundings of the Sydney Opera House, Brigitte McMahon representing Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to the first gold medal in the sport, beating the favoured home athletes such as Michelie Jones who won silver. McMahon only passed Jones in sight of the finish line. The first star of the Games was 17-year-old Australian Ian Thorpe, who first set a new world record in the 400-metre freestyle final before competing in an exciting 4 × 100 m freestyle final. Swimming the last leg, Thorpe passed the leading American team and arrived in a new world record time, two-tenths of a second ahead of the Americans. In the same event for women, the Americans also broke the world record, finishing ahead of the Netherlands and Sweden. Samaranch had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already died. Samaranch returned to Sydney four days later. The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife. Day 3: 17 September Canadian Simon Whitfield sprinted away in the last 100 metres of the men's triathlon, becoming the inaugural winner in the event. On the cycling track, Robert Bartko beat fellow German Jens Lehmann in the individual pursuit, setting a new Olympic Record. Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel set a world record in the semi-finals the same event for women. In the swimming pool, American Tom Dolan beat the world record in the 400-metre medley, successfully defending the title he won in Atlanta four years prior. Dutchwoman Inge de Bruijn also clocked a new world record, beating her own time in the 100 m butterfly final to win by more than a second. Day 4: 18 September The main event for the Australians on the fourth day of the Games was the 200 m freestyle. Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband had broken the world record in the semi-finals, taking it from the new Australian hero Ian Thorpe, who came close to the world record in his semi-final heat. As the final race finished, Van den Hoogenband's time was exactly the same as in the semi-finals, finishing ahead of Thorpe by half a second. China won the gold medal in the men's team all-around gymnastics competition after being the runner-up in the previous two Olympics. The other medals were taken by Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Zijlaard-van Moorsel lived up to the expectations set by her world record in cycling in the semis by winning the gold medal. Day 7: 21 September During the Women's Gymnastics All-Around, female athletes suffered damning scores and injuries due to improperly installed gymnastics equipment. Gymnasts performing on the vault gave uncharacteristically poor performances and fell. Officials blamed the series of falls and low scores on performance anxiety. It was not until Australian gymnast Allana Slater and her coach, Peggy Liddick, voiced concerns about the equipment that officials discovered the apparatus was five centimetres, or almost two inches, lower than it should have been. While athletes were given the opportunity to perform again, for some of them, the damage to their mental or physical health caused by the vault was irreparable. Chinese gymnast Kui Yuanyuan and American gymnast Kristen Maloney both injured their legs while attempting to stick their landings, with Kui needing to be carried to an examination area and Maloney damaging a titanium rod that had recently been implanted in her shin. Romanian gymnast Andreea Răducan ultimately took gold while her teammates, Simona Amânar and Maria Olaru took silver and bronze, respectively. Day 9: 23 September By rowing in the winning coxless four, Steve Redgrave of Great Britain became a member of a select group who had won gold medals at five consecutive Olympics. The swimming 4 x 100-metre medley relay of B.J. Bedford, Megan Quann (Jendrick), Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres became the first women's relay team to finish in under four minutes, swimming 3:58 and setting a world record, claiming the gold medal for the United States. Day 10: 24 September Rulon Gardner, never an NCAA champion or a world medalist, beat Alexander Karelin of Russia to win gold in the super heavyweight class, Greco-Roman wrestling. Karelin had won gold in Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta. Before this fight, he had never lost in international competition, had been unbeaten in all competitions in thirteen years, and had not surrendered a point in a decade. Day 11: 25 September thumb|upright=1.35|Cathy Freeman after the 400-metre final Australian Cathy Freeman won the 400-metre final in front of a jubilant Sydney crowd at the Olympic Stadium, ahead of Lorraine Graham of Jamaica and Katharine Merry of Great Britain. Freeman's win made her the first competitor in Olympic Games history to light the Olympic Flame and then go on to win a gold medal. The attendance at the stadium was 112,524 – the largest attendance for any sport in Olympic Games history. In a men's basketball pool match between the United States and France, the USA's Vince Carter made one of the most famous dunks in basketball history. After getting the ball off a steal, the 6'6"/1.98 m Carter drove to the basket, with 7'2"/2.18 m centre Frédéric Weis in his way. Carter jumped, spread his legs in midair, scraped Weis' head on the way up, and dunked. The French media dubbed the feat le dunk de la mort ("the dunk of death"). Day 14: 28 September Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau The Canadian flag at the athletes' village was lowered to half-mast, as Canadian athletes paid tribute to the former prime minister Pierre Trudeau after hearing of his death in Montreal (because of the time zone difference, it was 29 September in Sydney when Trudeau died). The Canadian flag was flown at half-mast for the remainder of the Olympics, on orders from both IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy. The state funeral took place on 3 October, two days after the closing ceremony, allowing enough time for those concerned to head back to Canada after the Games and attend his funeral.April 2026 Day 16: 30 September Cameroon won a historic gold medal over Spain in the Men's Olympic Football Final at the Olympic Stadium. The game went to a penalty shootout, which was won by Cameroon 53. Patrick Mboma http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/m/n214045822.shtml 9 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20130517151346/http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/m/n214045822.shtml 17 May 2013 Day 17: 1 October 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony thumb|right|Olympic colours on the Sydney Harbour Bridge The last event of the Games was the Men's Marathon, contested on a course that started in North Sydney. The event was won by Ethiopian Gezahegne Abera, with Kenyan Erick Wainaina second, and Tesfaye Tola, also of Ethiopia, third. It was the first time since the 1968 Olympics that an Ethiopian won the gold medal in this event. The closing ceremony commenced with Christine Anu performing her version of the Warumpi Band's song "My Island Home", with several Aboriginal dancers atop the Geodome Stage in the middle of the stadium, around which several hundred umbrella and lamp box kids created an image of Aboriginal Dreamtime. The Geodome Stage was used throughout the ceremony, which was a flat stage mechanically raised into the shape of a geode. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared at the Closing Ceremony,https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/02/sports/sydney-2000-closing-ceremony-a-fond-farewell-from-australia.html Sydney 2000: Closing Ceremony; A fond farewell from Australia 2 October 2000 Jere Longman The New York Times 12 May 2010 9 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100709000239/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/02/sports/sydney-2000-closing-ceremony-a-fond-farewell-from-australia.html live I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever. Subsequent Summer Olympics held in Athens, Beijing and London have been described by Samaranch's successor Jacques Rogge as "unforgettable, dream Games", "truly exceptional" and "happy and glorious games", respectively – the practice of declaring games the "best ever" having been retired after the 2000 Games. Sports The 2000 Summer Olympic program featured 300 events in the following 28 sports: 2000 Summer Olympics Sports Program12em Aquatics Diving 8 d Swimming 32 d Synchronized swimming 2 d Water polo 2 d Archery 4 d Athletics 46 d Badminton 5 d Baseball 1 d Basketball 2 d Boxing 12 d Canoeing d Sprint (12) Slalom (4) Cycling d Road (4) Track (12) Mountain biking (2) Equestrian d Dressage (2) Eventing (2) Show jumping (2) Fencing 10 d Field hockey 2 d Football 2 d Gymnastics d Artistic (14) Rhythmic (2) Trampoline (2) Handball 2 d Judo 14 d Modern pentathlon 2 d Rowing 14 d Sailing 11 d Shooting 17 d Softball 1 d Table tennis 4 d Taekwondo 8 d Tennis 4 d Triathlon 2 d Volleyball d Volleyball (2) Beach volleyball (2) Weightlifting 15 d Wrestling d Freestyle (8) Greco-Roman (8) Although demonstration sports were abolished following the 1992 Summer Olympics, the Sydney Olympics featured wheelchair racing as exhibition events on the athletics schedule.Reflections on the Olympic Wheelchair Racing Exhibition Races http://www.ncpad.org/yourwrites/fact_sheet.php?sheet=267 https://web.archive.org/web/20100613075038/http://ncpad.org/yourwrites/fact_sheet.php?sheet=267 13 June 2010 live 15 June 2009 Special quarantine conditions were introduced to allow entry of horses into Australia to participate in equestrian events,Strict quarantine conditions for overseas horses competing in the Sydney 2000 Games http://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/media-centre/dept-releases/1999/strict_quarantine_conditions_for_overseas_horses_competing_in_the_sydney_2000_games Department of Agriculture 23 December 2014 26 November 1999 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150507085950/http://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/media-centre/dept-releases/1999/strict_quarantine_conditions_for_overseas_horses_competing_in_the_sydney_2000_games 7 May 2015 avoiding the need for such events to take place elsewhere as had happened at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Calendar All dates are in AEDST (UTC+11); the other two cities, Adelaide uses ACST (UTC+9:30) and Brisbane uses AEST (UTC+10) OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Gold medal eventsCCClosing ceremony September/October 2000SeptemberOctEvents13thWed14thThu15thFri16thSat17thSun18thMon19thTue20thWed21stThu22ndFri23rdSat24thSun25thMon26thTue27thWed28thThu29thFri30thSat1stSun20px Ceremonies OC CC Aquatics 20px Diving | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |44 20px Swimming | | | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | | | | | | | |20px Synchronised swimming | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | 20px Water polo | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 20px Archery | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | | | | | |4 20px Athletics | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |5 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |9 | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |7 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |5 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |8 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |14620px Badminton | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | | | | | | | | |5Baseball/Softball20px Baseball | | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | |220px Softball | | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | | 20px Basketball | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |12 20px Boxing | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |612 Canoeing 20px Slalom | | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | | | | | | | | | | |16 20px Sprint | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |6Cycling20px Road cycling | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |18 20px Track cycling | | | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 | | | | | | | | | | 20px Mountain biking | | | | | | | | | | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | | | | 20px Equestrian | | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |16 20px Fencing | | | |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | | | |1020px Field hockey | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |2 20px Football | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 |2Gymnastics20px Artistic | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |5 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |5 | | | | | |1820px Rhythmic | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |120px Trampolining | | | | | | | | | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | | | | | 20px Handball | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |12 20px Judo | | | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | | | | | | | | |14 20px Modern pentathlon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |12 20px Rowing | | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |7 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |7 | | | | | | |14 20px Sailing | | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 |11 20px Shooting | | | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |3 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | | | | | | | | |17 20px Table tennis | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | | |4 20px Taekwondo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 |8 20px Tennis | | | | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | | |4 20px Triathlon | | | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |2 Volleyball 20px Beach volleyball | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | | 420px Indoor volleyball | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 20px Weightlifting | | | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |2 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |1 | | | | |15 20px Wrestling | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |4 | style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |416Daily medal events 13 14 15 15 18 18 18 26 25 18 11 17 17 11 40 24 300Cumulative total 13 27 42 57 75 93 111 137 162 180 191 208 225 236 276 300September/October 200013thWed14thThu15thFri16thSat17thSun18thMon19thTue20thWed21stThu22ndFri23rdSat24thSun25thMon26thTue27thWed28thThu29thFri30thSat1stSunTotal eventsSeptemberOct Participating National Olympic Committees thumb|Participating countries thumb|Number of athletes 199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Sydney Games, two more than in the 1996 Summer Olympics; in addition, there were four Timorese Individual Olympic Athletes. Eritrea, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau made their Olympic debut this year. Democratic Republic of the Congo was once again designated under that name, after it participated as Zaire from 1984 to 1996. Afghanistan was the only 1996 participant (and the only existing NOC) that did not participate in the 2000 Olympics, having been banned due to the Taliban's totalitarian rule in Afghanistan, their oppression of women, and its prohibition of sports. Participating National Olympic Committees18em ALB 2000 Summer 4 ALG 2000 Summer 47 ASA 2000 Summer 4 AND 2000 Summer 5 ANG 2000 Summer 30 ANT 2000 Summer 3 ARG 2000 Summer 143 ARM 2000 Summer 25 ARU 2000 Summer 5 AUS 2000 Summer 617 (host) AUT 2000 Summer 92 AZE 2000 Summer 31 BAH 2000 Summer 25 BRN 2000 Summer 4 BAN 2000 Summer 5 BAR 2000 Summer 18 BLR 2000 Summer 139 BEL 2000 Summer 68 BIZ 2000 Summer 2 BEN 2000 Summer 4 BER 2000 Summer 6 BHU 2000 Summer 2 BOL 2000 Summer 5 BIH 2000 Summer 9 BOT 2000 Summer 7 BRA 2000 Summer 198 IVB 2000 Summer 1 BRU 2000 Summer 2 BUL 2000 Summer 91 BUR 2000 Summer 4 BDI 2000 Summer 6 CAM 2000 Summer 4 CMR 2000 Summer 34 CAN 2000 Summer 294 CPV 2000 Summer 2 CAY 2000 Summer 3 CAF 2000 Summer 3 CHA 2000 Summer 2 CHI 2000 Summer 50 CHN 2000 Summer 271 COL 2000 Summer 44 COM 2000 Summer 2 CGO 2000 Summer 5 COK 2000 Summer 2 CRC 2000 Summer 7 CRO 2000 Summer 88 CUB 2000 Summer 229 CYP 2000 Summer 22 CZE 2000 Summer 119 COD 2000 Summer 2 DEN 2000 Summer 97 DJI 2000 Summer 2 DMA 2000 Summer 4 DOM 2000 Summer 13 ECU 2000 Summer 10 EGY 2000 Summer 89 ESA 2000 Summer 8 GEQ 2000 Summer 4 ERI 2000 Summer 3 EST 2000 Summer 33 ETH 2000 Summer 26 FSM 2000 Summer 5 FIJ 2000 Summer 7 FIN 2000 Summer 70 FRA 2000 Summer 336 GAB 2000 Summer 5 GAM 2000 Summer 2 GEO 2000 Summer 36 GER 2000 Summer 422 GHA 2000 Summer 22 GBR 2000 Summer 310 GRE 2000 Summer 140 GRN 2000 Summer 3 GUM 2000 Summer 7 GUA 2000 Summer 15 GUI 2000 Summer 6 GBS 2000 Summer 3 GUY 2000 Summer 4 HAI 2000 Summer 5 HON 2000 Summer 20 HKG 2000 Summer 31 HUN 2000 Summer 178 ISL 2000 Summer 18 IND 2000 Summer 65 IOA 2000 Summer 4 INA 2000 Summer 47 IRI 2000 Summer 33 IRQ 2000 Summer 4 IRL 2000 Summer 64 ISR 2000 Summer 39 ITA 2000 Summer 361 CIV 2000 Summer 14 JAM 2000 Summer 48 JPN 2000 Summer 266 JOR 2000 Summer 8 KAZ 2000 Summer 130 KEN 2000 Summer 56 KUW 2000 Summer 29 KGZ 2000 Summer 48 LAO 2000 Summer 3 LAT 2000 Summer 45 LIB 2000 Summer 6 LES 2000 Summer 6 LBR 2000 Summer 8 LBA 2000 Summer 3 LIE 2000 Summer 2 LTU 2000 Summer 61 LUX 2000 Summer 7 MKD 2000 Summer 10 MAD 2000 Summer 11 MAW 2000 Summer 2 MAS 2000 Summer 40 MDV 2000 Summer 4 MLI 2000 Summer 5 MLT 2000 Summer 7 MTN 2000 Summer 2 MRI 2000 Summer 20 MEX 2000 Summer 78 MDA 2000 Summer 34 MON 2000 Summer 4 MGL 2000 Summer 20 MAR 2000 Summer 55 MOZ 2000 Summer 5 MYA 2000 Summer 7 NAM 2000 Summer 11 NRU 2000 Summer 2 NEP 2000 Summer 5 NED 2000 Summer 231 AHO 2000 Summer 7 NZL 2000 Summer 147 NCA 2000 Summer 6 NIG 2000 Summer 4 NGR 2000 Summer 83 PRK 2000 Summer 31 NOR 2000 Summer 93 OMA 2000 Summer 6 PAK 2000 Summer 27 PLW 2000 Summer 5 PLE 2000 Summer 2 PAN 2000 Summer 6 PNG 2000 Summer 5 PAR 2000 Summer 5 PER 2000 Summer 21 PHI 2000 Summer 20 POL 2000 Summer 187 POR 2000 Summer 61 PUR 2000 Summer 29 QAT 2000 Summer 17 ROU 2000 Summer 145 RUS 2000 Summer 435 RWA 2000 Summer 5 SKN 2000 Summer 2 LCA 2000 Summer 5 VIN 2000 Summer 4 SAM 2000 Summer 5 SMR 2000 Summer 4 STP 2000 Summer 2 KSA 2000 Summer 18 SEN 2000 Summer 26 SEY 2000 Summer 9 SLE 2000 Summer 3 SIN 2000 Summer 14 SVK 2000 Summer 108 SLO 2000 Summer 74 SOL 2000 Summer 2 SOM 2000 Summer 2 RSA 2000 Summer 127 KOR 2000 Summer 281 ESP 2000 Summer 321 SRI 2000 Summer 18 SUD 2000 Summer 3 SUR 2000 Summer 4 SWZ 2000 Summer 6 SWE 2000 Summer 150 SUI 2000 Summer 102 SYR 2000 Summer 8 TPE 2000 Summer 55 TJK 2000 Summer 4 TAN 2000 Summer 4 THA 2000 Summer 52 TOG 2000 Summer 3 TGA 2000 Summer 3 TRI 2000 Summer 19 TUN 2000 Summer 47 TUR 2000 Summer 57 TKM 2000 Summer 8 UGA 2000 Summer 13 UKR 2000 Summer 230 UAE 2000 Summer 4 USA 2000 Summer 586 URU 2000 Summer 15 UZB 2000 Summer 70 VAN 2000 Summer 3 VEN 2000 Summer 50 VIE 2000 Summer 7 ISV 2000 Summer 9 YEM 2000 Summer 2 YUG 2000 Summer 109 ZAM 2000 Summer 8 ZIM 2000 Summer 16 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee 10,647 athletes from 199 NOCs participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics. IOC Letter Code Country Athletes ALB ALB 2000 Summer 4 ALG ALG 2000 Summer 47 ASA ASA 2000 Summer 4 AND AND 2000 Summer 5 ANG ANG 2000 Summer 30 ANT ANT 2000 Summer 3 ARG ARG 2000 Summer 143 ARM ARM 2000 Summer 25 ARU ARU 2000 Summer 5 AUS AUS 2000 Summer 617 AUT AUT 2000 Summer 92 AZE AZE 2000 Summer 31 BAH BAH 2000 Summer 25 BRN BRN 2000 Summer 4 BAN BAN 2000 Summer 5 BAR BAR 2000 Summer 18 BLR BLR 2000 Summer 139 BEL BEL 2000 Summer 68 BIZ BIZ 2000 Summer 2 BEN BEN 2000 Summer 4 BER BER 2000 Summer 6 BHU BHU 2000 Summer 2 BOL BOL 2000 Summer 5 BIH BIH 2000 Summer 9 BOT BOT 2000 Summer 7 BRA BRA 2000 Summer 198 IVB IVB 2000 Summer 1 BRU BRU 2000 Summer 2 BUL BUL 2000 Summer 91 BUR BUR 2000 Summer 4 BDI BDI 2000 Summer 6 CAM CAM 2000 Summer 4 CMR CMR 2000 Summer 34 CAN CAN 2000 Summer 294 CPV CPV 2000 Summer 2 CAY CAY 2000 Summer 3 CAF CAF 2000 Summer 3 CHA CHA 2000 Summer 2 CHI CHI 2000 Summer 50 CHN CHN 2000 Summer 271 COL COL 2000 Summer 44 COM COM 2000 Summer 2 CGO CGO 2000 Summer 5 COK COK 2000 Summer 2 CRC CRC 2000 Summer 7 CRO CRO 2000 Summer 88 CUB CUB 2000 Summer 229 CYP CYP 2000 Summer 22 CZE CZE 2000 Summer 119 COD COD 2000 Summer 2 DEN DEN 2000 Summer 97 DJI DJI 2000 Summer 2 DMA DMA 2000 Summer 4 DOM DOM 2000 Summer 13 ECU ECU 2000 Summer 10 EGY EGY 2000 Summer 89 ESA ESA 2000 Summer 8 GEQ GEQ 2000 Summer 4 ERI ERI 2000 Summer 3 EST EST 2000 Summer 33 ETH ETH 2000 Summer 26 FSM FSM 2000 Summer 5 FIJ FIJ 2000 Summer 7 FIN FIN 2000 Summer 70 FRA FRA 2000 Summer 336 GAB GAB 2000 Summer 5 GAM GAM 2000 Summer 2 GEO GEO 2000 Summer 36 GER GER 2000 Summer 422 GHA GHA 2000 Summer 22 GBR GBR 2000 Summer 310 GRE GRE 2000 Summer 140 GRN GRN 2000 Summer 3 GUM GUM 2000 Summer 7 GUA GUA 2000 Summer 15 GUI GUI 2000 Summer 6 GBS GBS 2000 Summer 3 GUY GUY 2000 Summer 4 HAI HAI 2000 Summer 5 HON HON 2000 Summer 20 HKG HKG 2000 Summer 31 HUN HUN 2000 Summer 178 ISL ISL 2000 Summer 18 IND IND 2000 Summer 65 IOA IOA 2000 Summer 4 INA INA 2000 Summer 47 IRI IRI 2000 Summer 33 IRQ IRQ 2000 Summer 4 IRL IRL 2000 Summer 64 ISR ISR 2000 Summer 39 ITA ITA 2000 Summer 361 CIV CIV 2000 Summer 14 JAM JAM 2000 Summer 48 JPN JPN 2000 Summer 266 JOR JOR 2000 Summer 8 KAZ KAZ 2000 Summer 130 KEN KEN 2000 Summer 56 KUW KUW 2000 Summer 29 KGZ KGZ 2000 Summer 48 LAO LAO 2000 Summer 3 LAT LAT 2000 Summer 45 LIB LIB 2000 Summer 6 LES LES 2000 Summer 6 LBR LBR 2000 Summer 8 LBA LBA 2000 Summer 3 LIE LIE 2000 Summer 2 LTU LTU 2000 Summer 61 LUX LUX 2000 Summer 7 MKD MKD 2000 Summer 10 MAD MAD 2000 Summer 11 MAW MAW 2000 Summer 2 MAS MAS 2000 Summer 40 MDV MDV 2000 Summer 4 MLI MLI 2000 Summer 5 MLT MLT 2000 Summer 7 MTN MTN 2000 Summer 2 MRI MRI 2000 Summer 20 MEX MEX 2000 Summer 78 MDA MDA 2000 Summer 34 MON MON 2000 Summer 4 MGL MGL 2000 Summer 20 MAR MAR 2000 Summer 55 MOZ MOZ 2000 Summer 5 MYA MYA 2000 Summer 7 NAM NAM 2000 Summer 11 NRU NRU 2000 Summer 2 NEP NEP 2000 Summer 5 NED NED 2000 Summer 231 AHO AHO 2000 Summer 7 NZL NZL 2000 Summer 147 NCA NCA 2000 Summer 6 NIG NIG 2000 Summer 4 NGR NGR 2000 Summer 83 PRK PRK 2000 Summer 31 NOR NOR 2000 Summer 93 OMA OMA 2000 Summer 6 PAK PAK 2000 Summer 27 PLW PLW 2000 Summer 5 PLE PLE 2000 Summer 2 PAN PAN 2000 Summer 6 PNG PNG 2000 Summer 5 PAR PAR 2000 Summer 5 PER PER 2000 Summer 21 PHI PHI 2000 Summer 20 POL POL 2000 Summer 187 POR POR 2000 Summer 61 PUR PUR 2000 Summer 29 QAT QAT 2000 Summer 17 ROU ROU 2000 Summer 145 RUS RUS 2000 Summer 435 RWA RWA 2000 Summer 5 SKN SKN 2000 Summer 2 LCA LCA 2000 Summer 5 VIN VIN 2000 Summer 4 SAM SAM 2000 Summer 5 SMR SMR 2000 Summer 4 STP STP 2000 Summer 2 KSA KSA 2000 Summer 18 SEN SEN 2000 Summer 26 SEY SEY 2000 Summer 9 SLE SLE 2000 Summer 3 SIN SIN 2000 Summer 14 SVK SVK 2000 Summer 108 SLO SLO 2000 Summer 74 SOL SOL 2000 Summer 2 SOM SOM 2000 Summer 2 RSA RSA 2000 Summer 127 KOR KOR 2000 Summer 281 ESP ESP 2000 Summer 321 SRI SRI 2000 Summer 18 SUD SUD 2000 Summer 3 SUR SUR 2000 Summer 4 SWZ SWZ 2000 Summer 6 SWE SWE 2000 Summer 150 SUI SUI 2000 Summer 102 SYR SYR 2000 Summer 8 TPE TPE 2000 Summer 55 TJK TJK 2000 Summer 4 TAN TAN 2000 Summer 4 THA THA 2000 Summer 52 TOG TOG 2000 Summer 3 TGA TGA 2000 Summer 3 TRI TRI 2000 Summer 19 TUN TUN 2000 Summer 47 TUR TUR 2000 Summer 57 TKM TKM 2000 Summer 8 UGA UGA 2000 Summer 13 UKR UKR 2000 Summer 230 UAE UAE 2000 Summer 4 USA USA 2000 Summer 586 URU URU 2000 Summer 15 UZB UZB 2000 Summer 70 VAN VAN 2000 Summer 3 VEN VEN 2000 Summer 50 VIE VIE 2000 Summer 7 ISV ISV 2000 Summer 9 YEM YEM 2000 Summer 2 YUG YUG 2000 Summer 109 ZAM ZAM 2000 Summer 8 ZIM ZIM 2000 Summer 16 Medal table 2000 Summer Olympics medal table These are the top ten nations that won medals in the 2000 Games. The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee.http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Summer/Sydney-2000/ Sydney 2000 17 January 2013 International Olympic Committee 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225174238/https://www.olympic.org/sydney-2000 live Some other sources2000 Summer Games http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=25 Database Olympics 17 January 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130115080441/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=25 15 January 2013 may be inconsistent due to not taking into account all later doping cases. Key #ffffff darkgray Changes in medal standings (see here) Organisation thumb|upright=1.35|SOCOG organisational structure circa 1998 – five groups and 33 divisions reporting to the CEO are organised primarily along functional lines with only a limited number of divisions (e.g. Interstate Football and Villages) anticipating a venue focussed design. thumb|upright=1.35|SOCOG organisational structure circa 1999 – functional divisions and precinct/venue streams are organised in a matrix structure linked to the Main Operations Centre (MOC). Some functions such as Project Management (in the Games Coordination group) continue to exist largely outside this matrix structure. Organisations responsible for the Olympics A number of quasi-government bodies were responsible for the construction, organisation and execution of the Sydney Games. These included: the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) and the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee (SPOC), primarily responsibles for the staging of the Games Olympic Coordination Authority (OCA), primarily responsible for construction and oversight Olympic Roads & Transport Authority (ORTA) Olympic Security Command Centre (OSCC) Olympic Intelligence Centre (OIC) JTF Gold, the Australian Defence Force Joint Taskforce Gold Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation (nominally part of SOCOG) IBM, provider of technology and the Technical Command Centre Telstra, provider of telecommunications Great Big Events, event management and marketing These organisations worked closely together and with other bodies such as: the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) the other 197 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) the other 125 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) the 33 International Sports Federations (IFs) all three levels of Australian government (federal, state and local) dozens of official sponsor and hundreds of official supplier companies These bodies are often collectively referred to as the "Olympic Family". Organisation of the Paralympics The organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee (SPOC). However, much of the planning and operation of the Paralympic Games was outsourced to SOCOG such that most operational programmes planned both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Other Olympic events The organisation of the Games included not only the actual sporting events, but also the management (and sometimes construction) of the sporting venues and surrounding precincts, the Olympic torch relay, which began in Greece and travelled to Australia via numerous Oceania island nations, and the Sydney Olympic Arts Festival. Phases of the Olympic project The staging of the Olympics were treated as a project on a vast scale, broken into several broad phases: 1993 to 1996 – positioning 1997 – going operational 1998 – procurement/venuisation 1999 – testing/refinement 2000 – implementation 2001 – post-implementation and wind-down SOCOG organisational design The internal organisation of SOCOG evolved over the phases of the project and changed, sometimes radically, several times. In late 1998, the design was principally functional. The top two tiers below the CEO Sandy Hollway consisted of five groups (managed by Group General Managers and the Deputy CEO) and twenty divisions (managed by divisional General Managers), which in turn were further broken up into programmes and sub-programmes or projects. In 1999, functional areas (FAs) broke up into geographic precinct and venue teams (managed by Precinct Managers and Venue Managers) with functional area staff reporting to both the FA manager and the venue manager. SOCOG moved to a matrix structure. The Interstate Football division extant in 1998 was the first of these geographically based venue teams. Volunteer program The origins of the volunteer program for Sydney 2000 dates back to the bid, as early as 1992. On 17 December 1992, a group of Sydney citizens interested in the prospect of hosting the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games gathered for a meeting at Sports House at Wentworth Park in Sydney. In the period leading up to 1999, after Sydney had won the bid, the small group of volunteers grew from approximately 42 to around 500. These volunteers became known as Pioneer Volunteers. The Pioneer Volunteer program was managed internally by SOCOG's Volunteer Services Department in consultation with prominent peak groups like The Centre for Volunteering (Volunteering and TAFE. Some of the Pioneer Volunteers still meet every four months, an unseen legacy of the Games which brought together a community spirit not seen before. During the Olympic games, tens of thousands of volunteers (the official figure placed at 46,967)Sydney 2000 International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20090529060201/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2000 29 May 2009 live 8 July 2009 helped everywhere at the Olympic venues and elsewhere in the city. They were honoured with a parade like the athletes had a few days before.Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume One: Preparing for the Games 2001 Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games 978-0-9579616-0-9 178 http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf#page=180 19 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160825203836/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf#page=180 25 August 2016 dead Venues 2000 Summer Olympics venues Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Olympic Park thumb|right|Stadium Australia thumb|right|Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre thumb|right|State Hockey Centre Stadium Australia: Ceremonies (opening/closing), Athletics, Football (final) Sydney International Aquatic Centre: Diving, Modern Pentathlon (swimming) Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (medal events) State Sports Centre: Table Tennis, Taekwondo NSW Tennis Centre: Tennis State Hockey Centre: Field Hockey The Dome and Exhibition Complex: Badminton, Basketball, Gymnastics (rhythmic), Handball (final), Modern Pentathlon (fencing, shooting), Volleyball (indoor) Sydney SuperDome: Gymnastics (artistic, trampoline), Basketball (final) Sydney Baseball Stadium: Baseball, Modern Pentathlon (riding, running) Sydney International Archery Park: Archery Sydney thumb|right|Dunc Gray Velodrome Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre: Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Weightlifting, Wrestling Sydney Entertainment Centre: Volleyball (indoor final) Dunc Gray Velodrome: Cycling (track) Sydney International Shooting Centre: Shooting Sydney International Equestrian Centre: Equestrian Sydney International Regatta Centre: Rowing, Canoeing (sprint) Blacktown Olympic Centre: Baseball, Softball Western Sydney Parklands: Cycling (mountain biking) Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre: Water Polo Penrith Whitewater Stadium: Canoeing (slalom) Bondi Beach: Volleyball (beach) Sydney Football Stadium: Football Olympic Sailing Shore Base: Sailing Centennial Parklands: Cycling (road) Marathon course: Athletics (marathon) North Sydney: Athletics (marathon start) Sydney Opera House: Triathlon. Outside Sydney Canberra Stadium, Canberra: Football Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide: Football Melbourne Cricket Ground: Football The Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Ground), Brisbane: Football Sydney Olympic Arts Festival Olympic Arts Festival The original festivals in Olympia celebrated both cultural events and physical feats. The tradition continued with the first modern Olympics in 1896, and since then various cultural events have accompanied the sporting competition. Starting with the 1996 Summer Olympics, a cycle of four arts festivals have been staged by each host country.Running a Tech Marathon: The Olympic Arts Festival Andy Ciddor Live Design Online 1 January 2001 https://www.livedesignonline.com/running-a-tech-marathon-olympic-arts-festival 9 March 2025 28 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250528060528/https://www.livedesignonline.com/running-a-tech-marathon-olympic-arts-festival live The Sydney Olympic Arts Festival was an arts festival that ran before and during the Olympics.Skin AusStage https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/25814 1 October 2024 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20241126232804/https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/25814 26 November 2024 The festival event coordinator was David Gallen. The first of the four festivals was the first edition of the Festival of the Dreaming, which was founded by artistic director Rhoda Roberts (who later co-directed segments of the Opening Ceremony), was held in 1997, as the first of four leading up to the Sydney Olympics. Some events were held at the Sydney Opera House, and the festival included an Aboriginal cast performing Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot performed in the Bundjalung language.Aboriginal Culture Awakens Australia https://www.wired.com/1997/10/aboriginal-culture-awakens-australia/ 2 October 1997 Wired 11 March 2021 12 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250212050557/https://www.wired.com/1997/10/aboriginal-culture-awakens-australia/ live The second festival was "A Sea Change", in which artists and companies from Australia and Oceania explored "the influence of the sea on Australian life as a means to explore the changing political and cultural climates in Australia". The third festival, "Reaching the World" took the form of an international tour, from November 1998 until January 2000, travelling to all five regions represented by the Olympic rings (Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania) and showcasing Australian culture by means of exhibitions, performances, and various media. The fourth and final festival, while featuring many international artists and companies, served as a showcase for the diversity and depth of the arts in Australia. Opening four weeks before the Olympic Games, the Sydney 2000 Olympics Arts Festival ran until the last day of athletic competition, from 18 August to 1 October 2000. Starting with an all-day Aboriginal welcoming ceremony, Tubowgule ("the Meeting of the Waters"), choreographed by Stephen Page, began at La Perouse beach near Botany Bay, and concluded at Bennelong Point, in the forecourt of Sydney Opera House. There, contemporary Indigenous dance company Bangarra Dance Theatre performed Energy of Australia.Energy of Australia AusStage 18 August 2000 https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/122982 9 March 2025 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20241203112506/https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/122982 3 December 2024 The gala opening event for the festival was the musically pyrotechnical "Symphony of a Thousand" by Mahler at the Sydney SuperDome. The festival included many performing arts events, mostly presented at the Sydney Opera House. Concerts were performed by many orchestras, including Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Asian Youth Orchestra, and the Australian Youth Orchestra, and operas were presented. There were also dance, singing, and drama performances, staged mainly at the Opera House but also at Her Majesty's Theatre and the Capitol Theatre.Olympic Arts Festivals AusStage https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/organisation/11157 1 October 2024 dead 1 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241001055411/https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/organisation/11157 Marketing Emblem The overall branding of the Games was designed by Melbourne-based FHA Image Design; the emblem—nicknamed the "Millennium Man"—consists of a stylised, multi-coloured depiction of a torch-bearer in motion, with arms and legs resembling boomerangs, and a smoke trail resembling the roof of the Sydney Opera House (a motif that had also been used in the logo for Sydney's bid). The firm's then-creative director Richard Henderson explained that they aimed for the emblem be simple enough for a child to draw, avoid "quaint", overused imagery such as kangaroos and koalas, and "engender [the] pride in Australian creative quality and optimism for the new millennium that the Games would herald".White Leanne 9 June 2011 The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Bid: Marketing Indigenous Australia for the Millennium Games https://www.academia.edu/4678375 live The International Journal of the History of Sport 28 10 1455 10.1080/09523367.2011.578341 144221442 https://web.archive.org/web/20210815075442/https://www.academia.edu/4678375 15 August 2021 17 August 2014 Millennium Man27 September 2012 Top Ten Australian Logos – 8th http://desktopmag.com.au/features/top-ten-australian-logos-8/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141208225805/http://desktopmag.com.au/features/top-ten-australian-logos-8/ 8 December 2014 26 November 2014 Desktop Desktop Magazine Desktop MagSydney 2000 Olympic Games image guidelines 1998 https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/59883/sydney-2000-olympic-games-image-guidelines-sydney-organizing-committee-for-the-olympic-games?_lg=en-GB 29 March 2025 Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games 29 March 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250329053059/https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/59883/sydney-2000-olympic-games-image-guidelines-sydney-organizing-committee-for-the-olympic-games%3F_lg%3Den-GB live Mascots Olly, Syd and Millie The official Olympic mascots chosen for the 2000 Summer Games were Syd the platypus, Millie the echidna, and Olly the kookaburra,http://en.beijing2008.cn/10/74/article211987410.shtml Syd, Olly and Millie – mascots of the 2000 Olympic Summer Games Beijing2008 5 August 2004 25 October 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20130517163244/http://en.beijing2008.cn/10/74/article211987410.shtml 17 May 2013 designed by Matthew Hattan and Jozef Szekeres and named by Philip Sheldon of agency Weekes Morris Osborn in response to the original SOCOG recommendation of Murray, Margery, and Dawn after famous Australian athletes. An unofficial alternate mascot—Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat—was created by Australian comedians Roy and HG for their miniseries during the Games, The Dream; the character was conceived as a satire of the increasing commercialisation of the Olympics, with the duo often being critical of the official mascots (whom they jokingly nicknamed "Olly, Millie and Dickhead"). Only two plush toys of Fatso were made, one of which was placed in the Olympic Village; the plush was controversially smuggled into a medal ceremony by the Australian men's 4 × 200-metre relay team. The character achieved a cult following, with some Australians preferring Fatso to the actual mascots. One of the Fatso plushes was auctioned for charity following the Games (being sold to Kerry Stokes, an executive of the Seven Network, for A$80,450), while a figure of Fatso was included in an display outside Stadium Australia that commemorated the Games' volunteers.Jim Parsons 26 September 2000 'Fat-arsed' wombat mascot causes uproar in Australia http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol66/26/sports/sports3.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050508001640/http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol66/26/sports/sports3.html 8 May 2005 11 April 2006 The Daily Cougarhttp://www.strategicresources.com.au/fatso.html The Rise of Fatso – The Fat Arsed Sydney Olympics Wombat Strategic Resources International 10 October 2008 February 2001 28 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828171141/http://www.strategicresources.com.au/fatso.html liveJim Marr http://workers.labor.net.au/81/d_review_roy.html Satire: Roy Slaven on the Rampage Workers Online 81 8 December 2000 30 June 2006 4 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060904145521/http://workers.labor.net.au/81/d_review_roy.html liveSinger Jill 30 March 2006 Is John So still our bro? http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18646788%255E5000107,00.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060629045113/http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0%2C5478%2C18646788%255E5000107%2C00.html 29 June 2006 11 April 2006 Herald Sun SundayBrowne Rachel 18 July 2004 Roy, HG leave Fatso home https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/17/1089694613537.html 30 June 2006 The Sydney Morning Herald subscription live 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191440/https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/17/1089694613537.htmlSports Illustrated Amply-rumped wombat was real darling of the Games 1 October 2000 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/10/01/montville_mascot/ 10 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081006084838/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/10/01/montville_mascot/ 6 October 2008 dead Sponsors Sponsors of the 2000 Summer Olympics Worldwide Olympic Partners 15em Coca-Cola IBM John Hancock Financial Kodak McDonald's Panasonic Samsung Electronics Sports Illustrated United Parcel Service Visa Inc. Xerox Australian Partners 15em AMP Limited Ansett Australia BHP EnergyAustralia Holden News Corp Australia Pacific Dunlop Seven Network Swatch Telstra University of Fairfax Westfield Group Westpac Supporters 15em 2UE Adecco Bonds Bonlac Boral Carlton & United Breweries ClubsNSW Goodman Fielder Nike, Inc. Olex Cables Perth Mint Robert Timms Coffee Royal Australian Mint Shell plc Sleepmaker TAFE NSW Traveland Tyco International Providers 15em Avis Car Rental Berkley Challenge Housekeeping Services Buspak Cadbury Citysearch Cleanevent Clipsal Crown Equipment Corporation DB Schenker Diamond Press Frazer Nash Garret Metal Detectors General Electric Generale Location George Weston Foods Great White Shark Enterprises Hamiltons Laboratories Harley-Davidson Lifeminders.com Lindeman's Linfox LookSmart Mistral New South Wales Department of Information Technology & Management Pacific Waste Management Ramler Furniture Rogen Salomon Brothers Saunders Design Showpower Sonic Healthcare Speedo Val Morgan Visy Waste Services NSW Woolcott Research Woolmark Medals and bouquets thumb|Gold, silver, and bronze medals from the 2000 Summer Olympics thumb|Plaque at Manly NSW dedicated to 2000 Olympics A total of 750 gold, 750 silver and 780 bronze medals were minted for the Games. The gold and silver medals contained 99.99 percent of pure silver. The bronze medals were 99 percent bronze with one percent silver, they were made by melting down Australian one-cent and two-cent coins,https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3610904a2a248a913e4212fb48256b0500179d95/$file/gc2001.pdf Gold Corporation, 2001 Annual Report 8 November 2001 Griffiths Nick 17 parliament.wa.gov.au 2 May 2007 26 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201026074003/https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3610904a2a248a913e4212fb48256b0500179d95/$file/gc2001.pdf live in section: "Other Olympic and Paralympic Products"https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/19/3549166.htm Treasure Trove: medals from the Sydney Olympics 19 July 2012 Vyver James ABC Online 16 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160727105718/https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/19/3549166.htm 27 July 2016 livehttps://www.ramint.gov.au/story/secret-medal The Secret of the Medal 8 February 2016 Royal Australian Mint 16 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20180405234336/https://www.ramint.gov.au/story/secret-medal 5 April 2018 live which had been removed from circulation from 1992 onward. The bouquets handed to medal recipients incorporated foliage from the Grevillea baileyana, also known as the white oak. Olde Peter The Olympic Bouquets Grevillea Study Group Newsletter 57 8 2000 http://anpsa.org.au/grevSG/grev57.pdf 0725-8755 14 November 2011 18 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120118102257/http://anpsa.org.au/grevSG/grev57.pdf live Awards and commendations The International Olympic Committee awarded Sydney and its inhabitants with the "Pierre de Coubertin Trophy" in recognition of the collaboration and happiness shown by the people of Sydney during the event to all the athletes and visitors around the world.Olympic History http://olympics.india-server.com/olympics-history.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090721020548/http://olympics.india-server.com/olympics-history.html 21 July 2009 live 8 July 2009 After the Games had ended, the New South Wales Police Force was granted use of the Olympic Rings in a new commendation and citation as the IOC consideration after having staged the "safest" Games ever. Mo Awards The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016.https://www.moawards.com.au/awardwinners MO Award Winners Mo Awards 16 March 2022 19 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240419063849/https://www.moawards.com.au/awardwinners dead (wins only) |- | 2000 Summer | Olympic Games Opening Ceremony | Special Event of the Year | |- In popular culture In Tom Clancy's thriller Rainbow Six and its video game adaptation, the 2000 Olympic Games are the setting of a plot by eco-terrorists who plan to spread a deadly biological agent through Stadium Australia's cooling system.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-top-five-novels Tom Clancy: The top five novels John Dugdale 3 October 2013 The Guardian 27 March 2018 27 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180327144927/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-top-five-novels live In Morris Gleitzman's children's book Toad Rage, a cane toad travels to Sydney in a bid to become the Olympic mascot.https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/08/08/second-grade-rules-amber-brownby-paula-danziger/ Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown By Paula Danziger 8 August 2004 Chicago Tribune 27 March 2018 27 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212139/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-08-08/entertainment/0408070092_1_books-palm-tree-read live The Games was an ABC mockumentary television series that ran in 1998 and 2000. The series satirised corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them.Buckmaster Luke 28 March 2023 The Games: Clarke and Dawe's Sydney Olympics mockumentary deserves a gold medal https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/29/the-games-clarke-and-dawes-sydney-olympics-mockumentary-deserves-a-gold-medal 9 February 2024 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 29 July 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250729051355/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/29/the-games-clarke-and-dawes-sydney-olympics-mockumentary-deserves-a-gold-medal live In the universe of the Cyberpunk tabletop role-playing game, the 2000 Olympics were never held due to bankruptcy and a boycott by nations supporting Aboriginal land claims.Pondsmith Mike 1994 Pacific Rim Sourcebook R. Talsorian Games https://archive.org/details/cyberpunk-2020-pacific-rim-sourcebook/mode/2up See also 2000 Summer Olympics The Games of the XXVII Olympiad 2000: Music from the Opening Ceremony Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi John Coates Use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Olympic Games – Sydney 2000 Notes References External links 7xHMsL6sSLQ The Sydney 2000 Olympics - The official Film 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics Official site Official Report Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3medic http://www.olympics.com/eng/ 2000 Summer Olympics Official Site 13 September 2016 deviated https://web.archive.org/web/20001109071400/http://www.olympics.com/eng/ 9 November 2000 2000 Summer Olympics – collection of archived websites Sydney Olympic Games Information Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Olympic Games, 2000 – Australian Government Sydney 2000 Games Collection at the Powerhouse Museum https://web.archive.org/web/20080509073530/http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/sydney2000games/ 9 May 2008  – information and audio files http://www.ga.gov.au/acres/gallery/olympics2000.htm Satellite view of 2000 Sydney Olympics sites https://web.archive.org/web/20040418233751/http://www.ga.gov.au/acres/gallery/olympics2000.htm 18 April 2004 Spirit of Sydney Volunteers Website – Website maintained by and for Sydney 2000 Volunteer Alumni Official 10th Anniversary Volunteers Website https://web.archive.org/web/20210923202325/http://www.sydney2000reunion.com/ 23 September 2021  – Official 10th Anniversary Volunteers Website soly Atlanta XXVII OlympiadSydney 2000 Athens Olympics Australia Sports 2000s 2000 Category:2000 in multi-sport events Category:Turn of the 3rd millennium Category:International sports competitions hosted at Sydney Olympic Park Category:September 2000 sports events in Australia Category:October 2000 sports events in Australia Category:2000 in sport in Sydney