2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)
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The UK took part in the Summer Olympics for the 24th time in 2000. For the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney the named British Olympic Association 310 athletes, including 181 men and 129 women. They participated in 23 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the rower Matthew Pinsent .
Medalist
With eleven won gold, ten silver and seven bronze medals the British team finished 10th in the medals table .
gold
- Ben Ainslie - sailing, lasers
- Stephanie Cook - Modern Pentathlon
- Jonathan Edwards - Athletics, Triple Jump
- Richard Faulds - Shoot, Trap
- Audley Harrison - Boxing, Super Heavyweight
- Denise Lewis - Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
- Iain Percy - sailing, Finn
- Jason Queally - cycling, 1000m time trial
- Shirley Robertson - Sailing, Europe
- James Cracknell , Tim Foster , Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave - Rowing
- Louis Attrill , Simon Dennis , Rowley Douglas , Luka Grubor , Ben Hunt-Davis , Andrew Lindsay , Fred Scarlett , Steve Trapmore , Kieran West - rowing, eighth
silver
- Steve Backley - Athletics, Javelin Throw
- Darren Campbell - Athletics, Men's 200m
- Kate Howey - Judo,
- Chris Hoy and Jason Queally - Cycling, Olympic Sprint
- Ian Peel - Shoot, Trap
- Paul Ratcliffe - Canoe, Men's K1 Slalom
- Jeanette Brakewell , Philippa Funnell , Leslie Law , Ian Stark - horse riding, eventing
- Guin Batten , Miriam Batten , Katherine Grainger , Gillian Lindsay - rowing, women's double fours
- Ian Barker , Simon Hiscocks - Sailing, 49er
- Mark Covell , Ian Walker - Sailing Star
bronze
- Kate Allenby - Modern Pentathlon
- Tim Brabants - Canoe, K1 1000 m
- Kelly Holmes - Athletics, Women's 800m
- Yvonne McGregor - cycling, 3000 m individual pursuit
- Katherine Merry - Athletics, Women's 400m
- Simon Archer and Joanne Goode - Badminton, Mixed
- Jonathon Clay , Rob Hayles , Paul Manning , Chris Newton , Bryan Steel , Bradley Wiggins - cycling, 4000m team pursuit
Participants and Results
badminton
Men's singles
- eliminated in round of 32
- eliminated in the last 16
Men's doubles
- eliminated in the last 16
- eliminated in the quarterfinals
Ladies singles
- eliminated in the last 16
- eliminated in the last 16
Ladies doubles
- eliminated in the last 16
- eliminated in the quarterfinals
Mixed
- eliminated in round of 32
- Joanne Goode , Simon Archer (bronze )
Archery
Men
-
Simon Needham
- Individual: 17th place
Women
-
Alison Williamson
- Singles: 9th place
-
Vladlena Priestman
- Singles: 39th place
Boxing
-
Courtney Fry
- Light Heavyweight: Eliminated in Round 1
-
Audley Harrison
- Super heavyweight: gold
fencing
- Men
-
James Beevers
- Foil: 28th place
-
James Williams
- Saber: 16th place
- Women
-
Eloise Smith
- Foil: 28th place
Weightlifting
- Men
-
Thomas Yule
- Heavyweight: competition not over
hockey
- Men's
- 6th place
- Team line-up
- (1.) Simon Mason
- (2.) David Luckes
- (3.) Jon Wyatt
- (4.) Julian Halls
- (5.) Tom Bertram
- (6.) Craig Parnham
- (7.) Guy Fordham
- (8.) Ben Sharpe
- (9.) Mark Pearn
- (10.) Jimmy Wallis
- (11.) Brett Garrard
- (12.) Bill Waugh
- (13.) Daniel Hall
- (14.) Michael Johnson
- (15.) Calum Giles
- (16.) David Hacker
- Trainer : Barry Dancer
- Ladies
- 8th place
- Team line-up
- (1.) Carolyn Reid
- (2.) Hilary Rose
- (3.) Kristy Bowden
- (4.) Jane Smith
- (6.) Melanie Clewlow
- (7.) Tina Cullen
- (8.) Kathryn Johnson
- (9.) Lucilla Wright
- (10.) Jane Sixsmith
- (11.) Rhona Simpson
- (12.) Denise Marston-Smith
- (13th) Helen Henderson
- (14.) Fiona Greenham
- (15.) Pauline Stott
- (16.) Kate Walsh
- (17.) Mandy Nicholson
- Trainer : Jon Royce
Judo
- Men
-
John Buchanan
- Super light weight: eliminated in the 1st round
-
David Somerville
- Half-light weight: eliminated in the first round of hope
-
Graeme Randall
- Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
- Women
-
Vicki Dunn
- Super light weight: eliminated in the 2nd round of hope
-
Cheryle Peel
- Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
-
Karen Roberts
- Light middleweight: eliminated in the 2nd round of hope
-
Kate Howey
- Middleweight: silver
-
Chloe Cowen
- Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
-
Karina Bryant
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
canoe
- Canoe racing men
Men K1 500 m
- Semi-finals - 1: 41.486 min
Men K1 1000 m
- Bronze - 3: 35.057 min
Men K2 500 m
- Semi-finals - 1: 33.173 min
Men K2 1000 m
- Semi-finals - 3: 19.826 min
Men's Canadier C2 500 m
- Semi-finals - 1: 49.931 min
Men C2 1000 m
- Semi-finals - 3: 45.624 min
- Canoe racing women
Ladies K1 500 m
- Semi-finals - 1: 59.664 min
- Canoe slalom men
Men's canoe slalom K1
- Silver - 223.71 points
Men Canadier C1
- 8th place - 243.61 points
Men's Canadier C2
- 4th place - 249.93 points
- Canoe slalom women
Ladies K1
- 12th place - 273.71 points
athletics
- Men
100 m
- Final - 10.13 s (6th place)
- Final - 10.08 s (4th place)
- Round 2 - 10.27 s (eliminated)
200 m
- Final - 20.23 s (5th place)
- Silver - 20.14s
- Round 2 - 20.82 s (eliminated)
400 m
- Semi-finals - 45.55s (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 46.45 s (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 46.52 s (eliminated)
800 m
- Semi-finals - 1: 46.39 min (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 1: 48.78 min (eliminated)
1500 m
- Final - 3: 39.41 min (9th place)
- Semi-finals - 3: 42.72 min (eliminated)
- Round 1 - DNF (eliminated)
5000 m
- Round 1 - 14: 11.65 min (eliminated)
10,000 m
- Final - 27: 44.09 min (8th place)
- Round 1 - 28: 11.20 min (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 28: 43.74 min (eliminated)
marathon
- Final - 2:11:17 h (4th place)
- Final - 2:16:59 h (19th place)
- Final - 2:24:42 h (56th place)
110 m hurdles
- Final - 13.28 s (5th place)
- Round 2 - 14.08 s (eliminated)
- Round 1 - DSQ (eliminated)
400 m hurdles
- Semi-finals - 49.53s (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 50.73 s (eliminated)
- Semi-finals - 49.25 (eliminated)
3000 m obstacle course
- Rounds 1 - 8: 31.01 min (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 8: 46.66 min (eliminated)
4 × 100 m relay
- Round 1 - DSQ (eliminated)
4 × 400 m relay
- Final - 3: 01.22 min (5th place)
50 km of walking
- Final - 4: 5: 12 h (39th place)
high jump
- Qualification - 2.15 m (eliminated)
Pole vault
- Qualification - 5.55 m (eliminated)
Triple jump
- Gold - 17.71 m
- Final - 17.08 m (6th place)
- Final - 17.29 m (5th place)
Shot put
- Qualification - 18.49 m (eliminated)
Discus throw
- Qualification - 60.01 m (eliminated)
- Qualification - 56.22 m (eliminated)
Javelin throw
- Silver - 89.85 m
- Final - 81.00 m (11th place)
- Qualification - 82.12 m (eliminated)
Decathlon
- 100 m - 10.81 s
- Long jump - 7.77 m
- Shot put - 14.62 m
- High jump - 2.09 m
- 400 m - 46.41 s
- 100 m hurdles - 14.53 s
- Discus - 43.37 m
- Pole vault - 4.80 m
- Javelin throw - 60.38 m
- 1500 m - 4: 23.45 min
- Points - 8567.00 (4th place)
- Women
100 m
- Round 1 - 11.51 s (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 11.55 s (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 11.62 s (eliminated)
200 m
- Round 2 - 23.20 s (eliminated)
- Round 2 - 23.57 s (eliminated)
400 m
- Final - 49.79 s (4th place)
- Round 2 - 52.50 s (eliminated)
- Bronze - 49.72 s
800 m
- Bronze - 1: 56.80 min
- Round 1 - 2: 02.41 min (eliminated)
1500 m
- Semi-finals - 4: 9.60 min (eliminated)
- Final - 4: 08.02 min (7th place)
- Final - 4: 22.29 min (11th place)
5000 m
- Final - 14: 58.27 min (12th place)
- Round 1 - 16: 15.82 min (eliminated)
10,000 m
- Final - 30: 26.97 min (4th place)
marathon
- Final - 2:34:33 h (26th place)
100 m hurdles
- Round 2 - 13.22 s (eliminated)
400 m hurdles
- Final - 55.00 s (8th place)
- Round 1 - 57.82 s (eliminated)
- Round 1 - 57.44 s (eliminated)
4 × 100 m relay
- Semi-finals - 43.19s (eliminated)
4 × 400 m relay
- Final - 3: 25.67 min (6th place)
20 km walking
- Final - 1:37:47 h (33rd place)
Pole vault
- Qualification - 4.15 m (eliminated)
Long jump
- Qualification - 6.59 m (eliminated)
Triple jump
- Final - 13.44 m (11th place)
Shot put
- Qualification - 17.81 m (eliminated)
Hammer throw
- Final - 64.27 m (9th place)
Heptathlon
- 100 m hurdles - 13.23 s
- High jump - 1.75 m
- Shot put - 15.55 m
- 200 m - 24.34 s
- Long jump - 6.48 m
- Javelin throw - 50.19 m
- 800 m - 2: 16.83 min
- Gold - 6584 points
Modern pentathlon
- Women
-
Stephanie Cook
- Gold (5381 points)
-
Kate Allenby
- Bronze (5273 points)
Cycling
- Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men
- Final - 2:18: 17.01 h (23rd place)
- Final - 2: 20: 00.27 h (25th place)
Women
- Final - 1: 56: 50.62 h (12th place)
- Final - 1: 59: 23.27 h (15th place)
- Street-men
Individual time trial (48.69 km)
- Final - 59:32 min (11th place)
- Final - 1:00:17 h (16th place)
Road race (239 km)
- Final - 5:30:46 h (35th place)
- Final - 5:30:46 h (38th place)
- Final - DNF
- Final - DNF
- Final - DNF
- Street - women
Individual time trial (44.56 km)
- Final - 44:29 min (14th place)
- Final - 44: 37.09 min (17th place)
Road race (120 km)
- Final - 3:06:31 h (10th place)
- Final - 3:06:31 h (24th place)
- Final - 3:06:37 h (27th place)
- Railway men
sprint
-
Craig MacLean
- Final 5–8 - 8th place
Individual tracking
-
Rob Hayles
- Final - lost to Brad McGee (Australia)
1000 m time trial
-
Jason Queally
- Gold - 1: 01.609 min
Points race
-
Jonny Clay
- Rounds back - 2 (13th place)
Keirin
Olympic sprint
-
Chris Hoy , Craig MacLean , Jason Queally
- Silver - 44,680s
4000 m team pursuit
-
Bryan Steel , Paul Manning , Bradley Wiggins , Chris Newton
- Semi-finals - 4: 02.387 min
Madison
-
Bradley Wiggins , Rob Hayles
- Final - 13 (4th place)
- Railway women
Individual tracking
-
Yvonne McGregor
- bronze
Points race
-
Emma Davies
- Points - 0 (14th place)
horse riding
-
Emile Faurie
- Dressage: 20th place
- Dressage team: 8th place
-
Carl Hester
- Dressage: 31st place
- Dressage team: 8th place
-
Richard Davison
- Dressage: 35th place
- Dressage team: 8th place
-
Kristy Mepham
- Dressage: 41st place
- Dressage team: 8th place
-
Geoff Billington
- Show jumping: 24th place
- Show jumping team: 8th place
-
Michael Whitaker
- Show jumping: eliminated in the final
- Show jumping team: 8th place
-
John Whitaker
- Show jumping: eliminated in the final
- Show jumping team: 8th place
-
Carl Edwards
- Show jumping: 53rd place
- Show jumping team: 8th place
-
Mary Thomson-King
- Versatility: 7th place
-
Ian Stark
- Versatility: 10th place
- Versatility team: silver
-
Karen Straker-Dixon
- Versatility: 11th place
-
Leslie Law
- Versatility team: silver
-
Philippa Funnell
- Versatility team: silver
-
Jeanette Brakewell
- Versatility team: silver
rowing
- Men
-
Matthew Wells
- One: 9th place
-
Ed Coode
- Two without a helmsman: 4th place
-
Gregory Searle
- Two without a helmsman: 4th place
-
Tom Kay
- Lightweight double scull: 14th place
-
Tom Middleton
- Lightweight double scull: 14th place
-
James Cracknell
- Four without a helmsman: gold
-
Steven Redgrave
- Four without a helmsman: gold
-
Tim Foster
- Four without a helmsman: gold
-
Matthew Pinsent
- Four without a helmsman: gold
-
Andrew Lindsay
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
-
Ben Hunt-Davis
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
-
Simon Dennis
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
-
Louis Attrill
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
-
Luka Grubor
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
-
Kieran West
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
-
Fred Scarlett
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
-
Steve Trapmore
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
-
Rowley Douglas
- Eighth helmsman: Gold
- Women
-
Alison Mowbray
- One: 10th place
-
Frances Houghton
- Doubles-twos: 9th place
-
Sarah Winckless
- Doubles-twos: 9th place
-
Dot Blackie
- Two without a helmsman: 9th place
-
Catherine Bishop
- Two without a helmsman: 9th place
-
Guin Batten
- Double fours: silver
-
Gillian Lindsay
- Double fours: silver
-
Katherine Grainger
- Double fours: silver
-
Miriam Batten
- Double fours: silver
-
Ali Sanders
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
-
Rowan Carroll
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
-
Elise Laverick
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
-
Francesca Zino
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
-
Alison Trickey
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
-
Alex Beever
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
-
Kate MacKenzie
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
-
Lisa Eyre
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
-
Charlotte Miller
- Eighth helmsman: 7th place
shoot
-
Michael Babb
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 25th place
-
Ian Peel
- Trap: silver
-
Peter Boden
- Trap: 26th place
-
Richard Faulds
- Double trap: gold
-
John Davison
- Skeet: 19th place
-
Drew Harvey
- Skeet: 39th place
swim
Men's 50 m freestyle
- Final - 22.41 s (7th place)
200 m freestyle
- Final - 1: 47.95 min (5th place)
- Final - 1: 48.74 min (6th place)
400 m freestyle
- Preroll - 3: 51.06 min
- Preroll - 3: 52.01 min
1500 m freestyle
- Preroll - 15: 21.09 min
- Forward - 15: 39.86 min
100 m butterfly
- Semi-finals - 53.55 p
200 m butterfly
- Final - 1: 57.00 min (6th place)
- Semi-finals - 1: 57.84 min
100 m chest
- Semi-finals - 1: 01.98 min
- Forward - 1: 02.91 min
200 m chest
- Preroll - 2: 17.16 min
100 m back
- Semi-finals - 56.34 p
200 m back
- Forward - 2: 01.11 min
- Preroll - 2: 01.20 min
400 m layers
- Preroll - 4: 24.38 min
4 × 100 m freestyle
- Preroll - 3: 20.45 min
4 × 200 m freestyle
- Final - 7: 12.98 min (5th place)
4 × 100 m layers
- Final - 3: 40.19 min (8th place)
Women 50m freestyle
- Final - 25.45 s (7th place)
100 m freestyle
- Semi-finals - 55.69 p
- Semi-finals - 55.71 p
200 m freestyle
- Preroll - 2: 01.42 min
- Forward - DNS
800 m freestyle
- Forward - 8: 43.07 min
100 m butterfly
- Advance - 1: 01.53 min
200 m butterfly
- Semi-finals - 2: 10.33 min
- Semi-finals - 2: 10.49 min
100 m chest
- Advance - 1: 10.56 min
200 m chest
- Preroll - 2: 33.10 min
100 m back
- Semi-finals - 1: 02.35 min
- Forward - 1: 03.22 min
200 m back
- Semi-finals - 2: 13.57 min
- Semi-finals - 2: 14.97 min
200 m layers
- Semi-finals - 2: 15.98 min
- Preroll - 2: 19.41 min
4 × 100 m freestyle
- Final - 3: 40.54 min (5th place)
4 × 200 m freestyle
- Final - 8: 03.69 min (6th place)
4 × 100 m layers
- Final - 4: 07.61 min (7th place)
sailing
- Men's
mistral
- Final - 125 (16th place)
Finn dinghy
- Gold - 35
470
- Final - 58 (4th place)
laser
- Gold - 42
tornado
- Final - 53 (6th place)
star
- Silver - 35
Soling
- Round Robin Round 1 - (1–4) - 1 point & mdash
- Ladies
mistral
- Final - 146 (18th place)
Europe
- Gold - 37
- Mixed
49er
- Silver - 60
Taekwondo
- Men
-
Colin Daley
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Women
-
Sarah Stevenson
- Welterweight: 4th place
tennis
- Men
-
Barry Cowan
- Singles: eliminated in the 1st round
- Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round
-
Greg Rusedski
- Singles: eliminated in the 1st round
-
Tim Henman
- Singles: eliminated in the 1st round
-
Kyle Spencer
- Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round
- Women
-
Julie Pullin
- Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round
-
Lorna Woodroffe
- Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round
Table tennis
- Men
-
Matthew Syed
- Individual: eliminated in the group stage
Triathlon
Women
- Stephanie Forrester - 2:03:56.11 h (15th place)
- Sian Brice - DNF
- Michelle Dillon - DNF
Men
- Simon Lessing - 1:49:24:32 h (9th place)
- Timothy Don - 1:49:28.85 h (10th place)
- Andrew Johns - DNF
Trampoline exercise
- Men
-
Lee Brearley
- Individual: 6th place
- Women
-
Jaime Moore
- Singles: eliminated in the 1st round
do gymnastics
- Men
-
Craig Heap
- Individual all-around: 32nd place
- Floor: 45th place
- Horse jump: 77th place
- Bars: 59th place
- Horizontal bar: 61st place
- Rings: 39th place
- Pommel horse: 70th place
- Women
-
Lisa Mason
- Individual all-around: 23rd place
- Floor: 30th place
- Horse jump: 42nd place
- Uneven bars: 53rd place
- Balance beam: 12th place
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
-
Emma Williams
- Individual all-around: 31st place
- Floor: 39th place
- Horse jump: 46th place
- Uneven bars: 56th place
- Balance beam: 51st place
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
-
Annika Reeder
- Individual all-around: 34th place
- Floor: 34th place
- Horse jump: 28th place
- Uneven bars: 46th place
- Balance beam: 48th place
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
-
Sharna Murray
- Individual all-around: 72nd place
- Horse jump: 61st place
- Uneven bars: 48th place
- Balance beam: 42nd place
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
-
Kelly Hackman
- Individual all-around: 74th place
- Floor: 62nd place
- Uneven bars: 56th place
- Balance beam: 53rd place
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
-
Paula Thomas
- Individual all-around: 87th place
- Floor: 25th place
- Horse jump: 27th place
- Team all-around competition: 10th place
Diving
Jump 3 m for men
- Final - 583.8 points (12th place)
- Preliminary round - 285.9 points (46th place)
Men's diving
- Semi-finals - 585.81 points (13th place)
- Preliminary round - 317.31 points (33rd place)
Synchronous jumping meters
- Final - 296.64 points (7th place)
Synchronized jumping 10 meters
- Final - 335.34 points (4th place)
Jump 3 m
- Preliminary round - 224.58 points (31st place)
- Semi-finals - 477.12 points (16th place)
Diving
- Preliminary round - 256.17 points (25th place)
- Preliminary round - 238.65 points (28th place)
Web links
- British Olympic Team 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )