2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Zimbabwe)

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Zimbabwe took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with 16 athletes, five women and eleven men, in five sports.

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

Flag bearer

Track and field athlete Phillip Mukomana carried the Zimbabwean flag during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Participants by sport

athletics

Men

• Tendai Chimusasa

  Marathon: Final, 2:14:19 h (ninth place)

• Tawanda Chiwira

  400 meters: eliminated lap one - run three, 46.50 s (fifth place)

  4 × 400 meters: eliminated round one - run four, 3: 05.60 min (third place)

• Iain Harnden

  400 meter hurdles: eliminated in lap one - run one, 54.01 s (seventh place)

• Ken Harnden

  400 meter hurdles: eliminated in lap one - run five, 51.83 s (fourth place)

  4 × 400 meters: eliminated in lap one - run four, 3: 05.60 s (third place)

• Phillip Mukomana

  400 meters: eliminated in lap one - run six, 47.11 s (seventh place)

  4 × 400 meters: eliminated in lap one - run four, 3: 05.60 min (third place)

• Crispen Mutakanyi

  800 meters: eliminated in lap one - run four, 1: 47.66 min (fourth place)

  4 × 400 meters: eliminated in lap one - run four, 3: 05.60 min (third place)

Women

• Samukeliso Moyo

  5000 meters: eliminated in lap one - run two, 15: 47.76 min (twelfth place)

• Julia Sakara

  1500 meters: eliminated in lap one - run one, 4: 21.94 min (rank 12)

swim

Women

• Kirsty Coventry

  50 meter freestyle: eliminated in round one - run six, 26.58 s (seventh place)

  100 meter freestyle: eliminated in round one - run three, 57.47 s (second place)

  100 meters back: eliminated in the semifinals - run one, 1: 02.54 min (sixth place)

  200 meter medley: eliminated in round one - run three, 2: 17.73 min (fifth place)

• Mandy Leach

  200 meter freestyle: eliminated in the semifinals - run one, 2: 00.60 min (eighth place)

Men

• Glen Walshaw

  100 meter freestyle: eliminated in round one - run four, 52.53 s (seventh place)

  200 meter freestyle: eliminated in round one - run four, 1: 54.70 min (eighth place)

tennis

Women

• Cara Black

  Singles: eliminated in round one against Silvia Farina Elia from Italy

Men

• Wayne Black

  Singles: eliminated in round one against Jiří Vaněk from the Czech Republic

  Doubles: with Kevin Ullyett, eliminated in round one against Tommy Haas and David Prinosil from Germany

• Kevin Ullyett

  Singles: Eliminated in round two against Ivan Ljubičić from Croatia

  Doubles: with Wayne Black, eliminated in round one against Tommy Haas and David Prinosil from Germany

Triathlon

Men

• Mark Marabini

  Finale: no time, because the run does not end

Diving

Men

• Evan Stewart

  three meter spring board: final, 313.53 points (rank 38)

Web links

• Zimbabwean Olympic Team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )