2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took over as host to the Summer Olympics in 2000 in Sydney with 617 athletes, 276 women and 341 men in 34 sports part.

Since 1896 it was Australia's 24th participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

Basketball player Andrew Gaze wore the flag of Australia during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia , and at the closing ceremony it was carried by swimmer and five-time medalist Ian Thorpe .

See also → List of flag bearers of the Australian teams at the Olympic Games

Medalist

16 won gold, 25 silver and 17 bronze medals, the Australian team finished 4th place in the medal table .

Gold medal.svg gold

Name (s) sport competition
Simon Fairweather Archery singles
Alyson Annan, JuLiet Haslam, Alison Peek, Claire Mitchell-Tabverner, Kate Starre, Kate Allen, Lisa Carruthers, Rechelle Hawkes, Clover Maitland, Rachel Imison, Angie Skirving, Julie Towers, Renita Garard, Jenny Morris, Katrina Powell, Nikki Hudson hockey Ladies
Cathy Freeman athletics Women, 400 meters
Brett Aitken and Scott McGrory Cycling Madison
Phillip Dutton , Andrew Hoy , Stuart Tinney and Matthew Ryan horse riding Versatility, team
Michael Diamond shoot Trap
Ian Thorpe swim 400 meters freestyle
Grant Hackett swim 1,500 meters freestyle
Michael Klim , Ian Thorpe, Ashley Callus , Chris Fydler , Todd Pearson , Adam Pine swim 4 × 100 meter freestyle
Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, William Kirby , Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski swim 4 × 200 meter freestyle
Susie O'Neill swim Women, 200 meters freestyle
Tom King and Mark Turnbull sailing 470s
Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell sailing Women, 470s
Lauren Burns Taekwondo Women, class up to 49 kilograms
Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst beach volleyball Women's competition
Naomi Castle, Joanne Fox, Bridgette Gusterson, Simone Hankin, Yvette Higgins, Kate Hooper, Bronwyn Mayer, Gail Miller, Melissa Mills, Debbie Watson, Liz Weekes, Danielle Woodhouse and Taryn Woods Water polo Women's competition

Silver medal.svg silver

Name (s) sport competition
Teresa Edwards, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Yolanda Griffith, Nikki McCray, Dawn Staley, Ruthie Bolton-Hotifield, Delisha Mitton, Chamique Holdsclaw, Kara Wolters, Natalie Williams and Katie Smith basketball Women's competition
Danny Collins and Andrew Trim canoe Two-person kayak, 500 meters
Jai Taurima athletics Long jump
Tatiana Grigorieva athletics Women, pole vault
Gary Neiwand Cycling Keirin
Michelle Ferris Cycling Women, 500 meters time trial
Andrew Hoy horse riding Eventing, individual
Christian Ryan, Alastair Gordon, Nick Porzig, Robert Jahrling, Michael McKay, Stuart Welch, Daniel Burke, Jaime Fernandez and Brett Hayman rowing Eighth
Robert Richards , Darren Balmforth , Simon Burgess and Anthony Edwards rowing Lightweight four without a helmsman
Kate Slatter and Rachael Taylor rowing Women, two without a helmsman
Russell Mark shoot Double trap
Ian Thorpe swim 200 meters freestyle
Kieren Perkins swim 1,500 meters freestyle
Matthew Welsh swim 100 meters back
Michael Klim swim 100 meter butterfly
Matthew Welsh, Regan Harrison , Geoff Huegill , Michael Klim swim 4 × 100 meter layers
Leisel Jones swim Women, 100 meters chest
Susie O'Neill swim Women, 200 meter butterfly
Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney , Kirsten Thomson and Petria Thomas swim Women, 4 × 200 meter freestyle
Petria Thomas, Dyana Calub , Leisel Jones and Susie O'Neill swim Women, 4 × 100 meter medley
Darren Bundock and John Forbes sailing tornado
Daniel Trenton Taekwondo Class over 80 kilograms
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde tennis Double
Ji Wallace Trampoline exercise Men's competition
Michellie Jones Triathlon Women's competition

Bronze medal.svg bronze

Name (s) sport competition
Michael Brennan, Adam Commens, Jason Duff, Troy Elder, James Elmer, Damon Diletti, Lachlan Dreher, Paul Gaudoin, Jay Stacy, Daniel Dbroule, Stephen Davies, Michael York, Craig Cictory, Stephen Holt, Matthew Wells, Brent Livermore hockey Men's
Maria Pekli Judo Women, lightweight
Katrin Borchert canoe Single kayak, 500 meters
Shane Kelly Cycling 1,000 meters time trial
Bradley McGee Cycling 4,000 meters individual pursuit
Sean Eadie , Darryn Hill and Gary Neiwand Cycling Olympic sprint
Matthew Long and James Tomkins rowing Two without a helmsman
James Stewart , Ben Dodwell , Boden Hanson and Geoffrey Stewart rowing Foursome without a helmsman
Annemarie Ford shoot Women, air pistol
Matthew Welsh swim 200 meters back
Geoff Huegill swim 100 meter butterfly
Justin Norris swim 200 meter butterfly
Petria Thomas swim Women, 200 meter butterfly
Michael Blackburn sailing laser
Sandra Allen, Joanne Brown, Kerry Dienelt, Peta Edebone, Sue Fairhurst, Silina Follas, Fiona Hanes, Kelly Hardie, Tanya Harding, Sally McCreedy, Simone Morrow, Melanie Roche, Natalie Titcume, Natalie Ward, Brooke Wilkins Softball Women's competition
Robert Newbery and Dean Pullar Diving Synchronized jumping 3 meters
Rebecca Gilmore and Loudy Tourky Diving Women, synchronized jumping 10 meters

Participants by sport

badminton badminton

  • Rio Suryana
    Individual: 17th place
    Mixed doubles: 17th place
  • David Bamford
    Doubles: 17th place
    Mixed doubles: 17th place
  • Peter Blackburn
    Doubles: 17th place
    Mixed doubles: 17th place
  • Amanda Hardy
    Mixed doubles: 17th place
    Women, doubles: 17th place
  • Kellie Lucas
    Mixed doubles: 17th place
    Women, singles: 33rd place
    Women, doubles: 17th place
  • Rhonda Cator
    Mixed doubles: 17th place
    Women, singles: 17th place
    Women, doubles: 17th place
  • Rayoni Head
    Women, singles: 17th place
    Women, doubles: 17th place

baseball baseball

basketball basketball

Archery Archery

Boxing Boxing

fencing fencing

Soccer Soccer

Weightlifting Weightlifting

Handball Handball

hockey hockey

Judo Judo

canoe canoe

athletics athletics

Audience reaction to winning the 400m in Australia, clip from Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon

Cycling Cycling

horse riding horse riding

  • Kristy Oatley-Nist
    Dressage, individual: 9th place
    Dressage, team: 6th place
  • Rachael Downs
    Dressage, individual: 33rd place
    Dressage, team: 6th place
  • Mary Hanna
    Dressage, individual: 34th place
    Dressage, team: 6th place
  • Ricky MacMillan
    Dressage, individual: 35th place
    Dressage, team: 6th place
  • Geoff Bloomfield
    Show jumping, singles: 20th place
    Show jumping, team: 10th place
  • Jamie Coman
    Show jumping, individual: participation in the finals
    Show jumping, team: 10th place
  • Ron Easey
    Show jumping, individual: 52nd place in qualification
    Show jumping, team: 10th place
  • Gavin Chester
    Show jumping, singles: 60th place in the qualification
    Show jumping, team: 10th place
  • Andrew Hoy
    Versatility, Singles: Silver silver
    Versatility, team: gold gold
  • Brook Staples
    Versatility, singles: 16th place
  • Amanda Ross
    Versatility, singles: 20th place
  • Stuart Tinney
    Versatility, team: gold gold
  • Matthew Ryan
    Versatility, team: gold gold
  • Phillip Dutton
    Versatility, team: gold gold

Rhythmic sports gymnastics Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Wrestling Wrestling

rowing rowing

shoot shoot

swim swim

  • Chris Fydler
    50 meter freestyle: 10th place
    100 meters freestyle: 8th place
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Brett Hawke
    50 meter freestyle: 14th place
  • Michael Klim
    100 meter freestyle: 4th place
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
    100 meter butterfly: silver silver
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Ian Thorpe
    200 meters freestyle: silver silver
    400 meters freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Grant Hackett
    200 meters freestyle: 8th place
    400 meters freestyle: 7th place
    1,500 meters freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Kieren Perkins
    1,500 meters freestyle: silver silver
  • Ashley Callus
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Todd Pearson
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Adam Pine
    4 × 100 meter freestyle: gold gold
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Bill Kirby
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Daniel Kowalski
    4 × 200 meter freestyle: gold gold
  • Matt Welsh
    100 meter back: silver silver
    200 meters back: bronze bronze
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Josh Watson
    100 meters back: 4th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Cameron Delaney
    200 meters back: 11th place
  • Philip Rogers
    100 meters chest: 17th place
  • Regan Harrison
    200 meters chest: 4th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Ryan Mitchell
    200 meters chest: 8th place
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Geoff Huegill
    100 meter butterfly: bronze bronze
    4 × 100 meter layers: silver silver
  • Justin Norris
    200 meter butterfly: bronze bronze
    400 meter medley: 9th place
  • Heath Ramsay
    200 meter butterfly: 11th place
  • Matthew Dunn
    200 meter medley: 9th place
    400 meter medley: 12th place
  • Robert Van der Zant
    200 meter medley: 14th place
  • Susie O'Neill
    Women, 50 meters freestyle: 12th place
    Women, 100 meters freestyle: 31st place
    Women, 200 meters freestyle: gold gold
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: silver silver
    Women, 100 meters butterfly: 7th place
    Women, 200 meters butterfly: silver silver
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver silver
  • Sarah Ryan
    Women, 50 meters freestyle: 23rd place
    Women, 100 meters freestyle: 12th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver silver
  • Giaan Rooney
    Women, 200 meters freestyle: 14th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: silver silver
    Women, 100 meters back: 19th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver silver
  • Kasey Giteau
    Women, 400 meters freestyle: 18th place
  • Sarah-Jane D'Arcy
    Women, 400 meters freestyle: 24th place
  • Rachel Harris
    Women, 800 meters freestyle: 12th place
    Women, 400 meter medley: 12th place
  • Hayley Lewis
    Women, 800 meters freestyle: 13th place
  • Elka Graham
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: silver silver
  • Mel Dodd
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 6th place
  • Kirsten Thomson
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: silver silver
  • Petria Thomas
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: silver silver
    Women, 100 meters butterfly: 4th place
    Women, 200 meters butterfly: bronze bronze
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver silver
  • Jacinta van Lint
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: silver silver
  • Dyana Calub
    Women, 100 meters back: 7th place
    Women, 200 meters back: 24th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver silver
  • Clementine Stoney
    Women, 200 meters back: 13th place
  • Leisel Jones
    Women, 100 meters chest: silver silver
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver silver
  • Tarnee White
    Women, 100 meters chest: 7th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver silver
  • Caroline Hildreth
    Women, 200 meters chest: 10th place
  • Rebecca Brown
    Women, 200 meters chest: 14th place
  • Elli Overton
    Women, 200 meter medley: 11th place
  • Anna Windsor
    Women, 200 meter medley: 25th place
  • Jennifer Reilly
    Women, 400 meter medley: 8th place

sailing sailing

Softball Softball

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming

Taekwondo Taekwondo

tennis tennis

Table tennis Table tennis

Trampoline exercise Trampoline exercise

Triathlon Triathlon

do gymnastics do gymnastics

  • Philippe Rizzo
    Individual all-around: 28th place in qualification
    Bars: 51st place in qualification
    Floor: 33rd place in qualification
    Horse jump: 67th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 76th place in qualification
    Rings: 68th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 58th place in qualification
  • Damian Istria
    Individual all-around: 47th place in qualification
    Bars: 66th place in qualification
    Floor: 51st place in qualification
    Horse jump: 51st place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 67th place in qualification
    Rings: 39th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 77th place in qualification
  • Lisa Skinner
    Women, individual all-around: 8th place
    Women, team all-round: 7th place in qualification
    Women, floor: 7th place
    Women, horse jump: 47th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 58th place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 11th place in qualification
  • Allana Slater
    Women, individual all-around: 16th place
    Women, team all-round: 7th place in qualification
    Women, floor: 10th place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 82nd place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 36th place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 15th place in qualification
  • Brooke Walker
    Women, individual all-around: 44th place in qualification
    Women, team all-round: 7th place in qualification
    Women, floor: 28th place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 81st place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 56th place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 33rd place in qualification
  • Trudy McIntosh
    Women, individual all-around: 66th place in qualification
    Women, team all-round: 7th place in qualification
    Women, floor: 11th place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 12th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 19th place in qualification
  • Alexandra Croak
    Women, individual all-around: 70th place in qualification
    Women, team all-round: 7th place in qualification
    Women, floor: 44th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 21st place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 55th place in qualification
  • Melinda Cleland
    Women, individual all-around: 82nd place in qualification
    Women, team all-round: 7th place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 21st place in the qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 22nd place in qualification

beach volleyball Volleyball (beach)

Volleyball (hall) Volleyball (hall)

Water polo Water polo

Diving Diving

  • Dean Pullar
    Jump 3 meters: 5th place
    Synchronized jumping 3 meters: bronze bronze
  • Robert Newbery
    Jump 3 meters: 15th place
    Diving: 10th place
    Synchronized jumping 3 meters: bronze bronze
    Synchronized jumping 10 meters: 5th place
  • Mathew helmet
    Diving: 8th place
    Synchronized jumping 10 meters: 5th place
  • Chantelle Michell-Newbery
    Women, jumping 3 meters: 7th place
    Women, synchronized jumping 3 meters: 4th place
  • Rebecca Gilmore
    Women, jumping 3 meters: 17th place
    Women, diving: 11th place
    Women, synchronized jumping 10 meters: bronze bronze
  • Loudy Wiggins
    Women, diving: 24th place
    Women, synchronized jumping 3 meters: 4th place
    Women, synchronized jumping 10 meters: bronze bronze

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Participant in the 2000 Olympic Games
Africa

Algeria  • Angola  • Egypt  • Equatorial Guinea  • Ethiopia  • Benin  • Botswana  • Burkina Faso  • Burundi  • Djibouti  • Ivory Coast  • Eritrea  • Gabon  • Gambia  • Ghana  • Guinea  • Guinea-Bissau  • Cameroon  • Cape Verde  • Kenya  • Comoros  • Democratic Republic of the Congo  • Republic of the Congo  • Lesotho  • Liberia  • Libya  • Madagascar  • Malawi  • Mali  • Morocco  • Mauritania  • Mauritius  • Mozambique  • Namibia  • Niger  • Nigeria  • Rwanda  • Zambia  • São Tomé and Príncipe  • Senegal  • Seychelles  • Sierra Leone  • Zimbabwe  • Somalia  • South Africa  • Sudan  • Swaziland  • Tanzania  • Togo  • Chad  • Tunisia  • Uganda  • Central African Republic

America

American Virgin Islands  • Antigua and Barbuda  • Argentina  • Aruba  • Bahamas  • Barbados  • Belize  • Bermuda  • Bolivia  • Brazil  • British Virgin Islands  • Cayman Islands  • Chile  • Costa Rica  • Dominica  • Dominican Republic  • Ecuador  • El Salvador  • Grenada  • Guatemala  • Guyana  • Haiti  • Honduras  • Jamaica  • Canada  • Colombia  • Cuba  • Mexico  • Nicaragua  • Netherlands Antilles  • Panama  • Paraguay  • Peru  • Puerto Rico  • St. Kitts and Nevis  • Saint Lucia  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines  • Suriname  • Trinidad and Tobago  • Uruguay  • Venezuela  • United States

Asia

Bahrain  • Bangladesh  • Bhutan  • Brunei  • China  • Chinese Taipei  • Hong Kong  • India  • Indonesia  • Iraq  • Iran  • Japan  • Yemen  • Jordan  • Cambodia  • Kazakhstan  • Qatar  • Kyrgyzstan  • Kuwait  • Laos  • Lebanon  • Malaysia  • Maldives  • Mongolia  • Myanmar  • Nepal  • North Korea  • Oman  • Pakistan  • Palestine  • Philippines  • Saudi Arabia  • Singapore  • Sri Lanka  • South Korea  • Syria  • Tajikistan  • Thailand  • Turkmenistan  • Uzbekistan  • United Arab Emirates  • Vietnam

Europe

Albania  • Andorra  • Armenia  • Azerbaijan  • Belgium  • Bosnia and Herzegovina  • Bulgaria  • Denmark  • Germany  • Estonia  • Finland  • France  • Georgia  • Greece  • Great Britain  • Ireland  • Iceland  • Israel  • Italy  • Yugoslavia  • Croatia  • Latvia  • Liechtenstein  • Lithuania  • Luxembourg  • Malta  • Macedonia  • Moldova  • Monaco  • Netherlands  • Norway  • Austria  • Poland  • Portugal  • Romania  • Russia  • San Marino  • Sweden  • Switzerland  • Slovakia  • Slovenia  • Spain  • Czech Republic  • Turkey  • Ukraine  • Hungary  • Belarus  • Cyprus

Oceania

American Samoa  • Australia  • Cook Islands  • Fiji  • Guam  • Micronesia  • Nauru  • New Zealand  • Palau  • Papua New Guinea  • Solomon Islands  • Samoa  • Tonga  • Vanuatu

Olympic history of Australia
Summer:

1896  • 1900  • 1904  • 1908 1  • 1912 1  • 1920  • 1924  • 1928  • 1932  • 1936  • 1948  • 1952  • 1956  • 1960  • 1964  • 1968  • 1972  • 1976  • 1980  • 1984  • 1988  • 1992  • 1996  • 2000  • 2004  • 2008  • 2012  • 2016  • 2020

Winter:

1936  • 1948  • 1952  • 1956  • 1960  • 1964  • 1968  • 1972  • 1976  • 1980  • 1984  • 1988  • 1992  • 1994  • 1998  • 2002  • 2006  • 2010  • 2014  • 2018

Youth
games:
Summer:

2010  • 2014  • 2018

Winter:

2012  • 2016  • 2020

Others:

Standard Bearer  • Medal Winner

1 = Participation together with New Zealand as Australasia.