2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mozambique)

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Mozambique took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with five athletes, three women and two men, in two sports.

Since 1980 it was the sixth participation of the African state in the Summer Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

Track and field athlete Jorge Duvane carried the Mozambique flag during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Medalist

His teammate Maria de Lurdes Mutola won the first gold medal in Mozambique's Olympic history in the women's 800-meter run .

With this one gold medal won, the Mozambique team finished 50th in the medal table .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Maria de Lurdes Mutola	athletics	800 meter run

Overview of the participants

athletics

Men

• Jorge Duvane

  800 m: 1: 52.97 min., Not qualified for the next round

Women

• Tina Paulino

  800 m: Did not finish , therefore not qualified for the next round

• Maria de Lurdes Mutola

  800 m: 1: 59.88 min. In the first lap; 1: 58.86 min. In the semi-finals; 1: 56.15 min. In the final,

swim

Men

• Ilidio Matusse

  50 meter freestyle: 26.28 s, did not qualify for the next round

Women

• Tanya Anacleto

  50 meter freestyle: 28.78 s, did not qualify for the next round

Web links

• Mozambique at the Olympic Summer Games 2000 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Complete results (PDF file; 2.0 MB) of the 2000 Olympic Games