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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.
Sep 14, 2000 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
Sep 8, 2024 · The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games were an athletic festival held in Sydney that took place September 15–October 1, 2000.
The games featured 300 events in 28 sports across 39 disciplines, [2][4] including the Olympic debuts of synchronized diving, taekowndo, triathlon and trampolining. [1] Athletes from 80 countries won at least one medal, a new record, [5] with 52 nations winning at least one gold medal. [6]
Official medal table of the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 2000's finest athletes.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October 2000. 10,651 athletes from 199 National Olympic Committees (NOC) countries participated.
Overview. In September 1993, when the IOC voted on the host city for the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney won. And in early October 2000, at the close of the Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Sydney had won again. The Australian city demonstrated to the world how to conduct an Olympic Games.
Facts and figures surrounding the 'Greatest Games Ever'. 199 nations took part in Sydney 2000 - a new Olympic Games record. 6.7million tickets were sold for Sydney 2000 - a new Games record. 112,687 people attended the Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony, at the Sydney Olympic Park.
Oct 1, 2000 · Sydney 2000 marked a century of women’s participation in the Olympics. To recognise this, some of Australia ’s finest female athletes carried the torch inside the stadium. Betty Cuthbert, the Golden Girl of the Melbourne Olympics, was pushed in a wheelchair by Raelene Boyle (Cuthbert’s movement was impaired by multiple sclerosis).
