2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Zambia)

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

It was the ninth time the African state had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1964 .

Flag bearer

Track and field athlete Samuel Matete carried the Zambian flag during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Overview of the participants

athletics

Men

• Chungu Chipako

  1500 m: 3: 49.79 min., Not qualified for the next round

• Sam Mfula Mwape

  5000 m: 13: 41.72 min., Not qualified for the next round

• Samuel Matete

  400 meter hurdles: 48.98 s on the first lap; 48.98 seconds in the second round, not qualifying for the next round

Women

• Lilian Bwalya

  400 m: 54.77 s, did not qualify for the next round

Boxing

Men

• Kennedy Kanyanta

  Flyweight: lost to Bolat Shumadilow , not qualified for the next round

• Ellis Chibuye

  Welterweight: lost to Roberto Guerra Rivera , did not qualify for the next round

swim

Men

• Leonard Ngoma

  200 m chest: 2: 32.90 min., Not qualified for the next round

Women

• Ellen Hight

  100 m butterfly: 1: 09.34 min., Not qualified for the next round

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zambia at the Olympic Games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Web links

• Zambia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Complete results of the 2000 Olympic Games at la84foundation.org (PDF file; 2.1 MB)
• Complete results of the 2000 Olympic Games at pandora.nla.gov.au (PDF file; 2.1 MB)