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Australia was the host nation for the
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in
Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
. Australian athletes have competed in every
Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
. 617 competitors, 341 men and 276 women, took part in 270 events in 34 sports.


Medalists


Archery

Australia won its first Olympic gold medal, and moreover the first Olympic medal of any color, in the sport of archery in
Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
.
Simon Fairweather Simon John Fairweather, OAM (born 9 October 1969) is an archer born in Adelaide, South Australia. He is tall and weighs . Fairweather won the individual gold medal at the World Championships in Poland in 1991. Fairweather was declared the ...
defeated all six archers he faced, including a comfortable seven-point victory in the final. Men Women


Athletics

;Key *Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only *Q = Qualified for the next round *q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target *NR = National record *N/A = Round not applicable for the event *Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round ;Men ;Track and road events ;Field events ;Combined events –
Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
;Women ;Track and road events ;Field events ;Combined events –
Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...


Badminton

;Men ;Women ;Mixed


Baseball


Men's tournament

The Australians' second appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in the team moving up one place in the rankings, from seventh to sixth. They defeated
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and
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but lost to the five other teams in competition to finish outside the top four and find themselves eliminated after the preliminaries. *Team roster ** Craig Anderson **
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** Tom Becker **
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Mathew Buckley Mathew Buckley (born 22 January 1973 in Sydney) is an Australian baseball player. He represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dh ...
** Adam Burton ** Clayton Byrne **
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Mark Hutton Mark Steven Hutton (born 6 February 1970) is an Australian former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Hutton made his major league debut as a starting pitcher in 1993 for the New York Yankees, five years after moving to the United ...
** Ronny Johnson ** Grant McDonald **
Adrian Meagher Adrian Meagher (born 2 April 1959 in Lismore, New South Wales), is an Australian baseball player. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( ...
** Michael Moyle ** Michael Nakamura **
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Brett Roneberg Brett Roneberg (born 5 February 1979 in Sandringham, Victoria) is an Australian former professional baseball player. Career Roneberg spent 11 seasons playing Minor League Baseball, most recently in 2007 was with the Pittsburgh Pirates organiz ...
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Chris Snelling Christopher Doyle Snelling (born December 3, 1981) is an American-born Australian former Major League Baseball outfielder. Career Seattle Mariners Snelling was signed as an amateur free agent out of Australia by the Seattle Mariners on March 2, ...
** Brad Thomas ** Rodney van Buizen ** David White ** Gary White **
Glenn Williams Glenn David Williams (born 18 July 1977) is a retired third baseman from Australia, who played in the Minnesota Twins organization. He played in Major League Baseball for the Twins during the season. He was a member of the team that won the ...
*Head Coach:
Jon Deeble Jon Deeble (born 18 May 1962 in Melbourne) is the head coach of the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League and the former manager of the Australian national baseball team. Career Deeble was a pitcher on the national team he now coaches ...


Basketball

;Men's team roster *
Andrew Gaze Andrew Barry Casson Gaze (born 24 July 1965) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers from 1984 to 2005, winning the league's MVP a ...
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Chris Anstey Christopher John Anstey (born 1 January 1975) is an Australian former professional basketball player. His career included stints in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers ...
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Mark Bradtke Mark Robert Bradtke (born 27 September 1969) is an Australian retired professional basketball player who played mainly in Australia's National Basketball League, but also had a single stint in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the ...
* Martin Cattalini *
Ricky Grace Ricky Ray Grace (born August 20, 1966) is an American-Australian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career in the Australian National Basketball League with the Perth Wildcats. Playing career Ricky "Amazing ...
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Shane Heal Shane Douglas Heal (born 6 September 1970) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. Playing career International Heal's international career highlights include representing the Australian Boomers at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 20 ...
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Luc Longley Lucien James Longley (born 19 January 1969) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player. He was the first Australian to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he played for four teams over 10 seasons. Long ...
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Sam Mackinnon Samuel Mackinnon (born 25 August 1976) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the general manager of basketball for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). His athleticism above the rim saw ...
* Brett Maher * Paul Rogers * Jason Smith *
Andrew Vlahov Andrew Mitchell Vlahov (born 1 April 1969) is an Australian retired professional basketball player. He played his entire eleven-year professional career for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL), with whom he won three cha ...
*Head Coach: Barry Barnes ;Women's team roster *
Sandy Brondello Sandra Anne "Sandy" Brondello (born 20 August 1968) is an Australian women's basketball coach, and the current head coach of the New York Liberty of the WNBA. Brondello played in Australia, Germany and the WNBA before retiring to become a coa ...
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Michelle Brogan Michelle Brogan (born 8 February 1973) is a former basketball player from Australia, who won the bronze medal with the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years later she was on the s ...
* Carla Boyd *
Jo Hill Joanne Kay Hill (born 19 June 1973) is a former Australian women's basketball player. Biography Hill played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in ...
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Kristi Harrower Kristi Harrower (born 4 March 1975) is an Australian professional basketball player, who three times (2000, 2004 and 2008) won the silver medal with the Australian Women's Team at the Summer Olympics, and also the bronze in 2012. She played in ...
* Shelly Sandie *
Annie la Fleur Annie Lilian La Fleur (née Burgess, born 3 November 1969) is an Australian-Papua New Guinean former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the WNBA from 1999 to 2003. She also played for the Sydney Flames in the WNBL, ...
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Trisha Fallon Trisha Nicole Dykstra (; born 23 July 1972) is an Australian retired basketball player in the Australian Women's National Basketball League and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) of the United States. She also played with the ...
* Lauren Jackson *
Rachael Sporn Rachael Pamela Sporn (born 26 May 1968, in Murrayville) is an Australian former basketball player and three time Olympian. Sporn was Development Executive for the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation but has since left the organisation. C ...
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Michele Timms Michele Margaret Timms (born 28 June 1965) is an Australian basketball coach and retired professional basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association(WNBA). Many people consider the Melbourne ...
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Jenny Whittle Jennifer Hazel (Jenny) Whittle (born 5 September 1973) is a retired Australian women's basketball player. Whittle was a regular member of the national team for over a decade, from 1994 until 2006. Playing Centre, Whittle was a key contributor to ...
*Head Coach:
Tom Maher Tom Maher (born 4 September 1952 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian basketball coach, who is the most successful coach in Women's National Basketball League history, having won nine WNBL titles. He coached Nunawading Spectres to six ti ...
;Teams' results


Beach volleyball

;Men


Boxing


Canoeing


Slalom


Sprint

;Men ;Women


Cycling


Cross country


Road cycling

;Men ;Women


Track cycling

;Pursuit ;Sprint ;Time trial ;Points race ;Keirin


Diving

Australia entered divers in all of the events, and won two bronze medals. ;Men ;Women


Equestrian


Fencing

Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented Australia in 2000. ;Men ;Women


Football


Men's tournament

Coach:
Raul Blanco Raúl Blanco (born 4 December 1941) is an Argentine-born Australian Association football coach and former player. Blanco was born in Buenos Aires. He is well known for coaching the Socceroos from March 1998 to June 1999. He was also coaching t ...
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Women's tournament

*Preliminary Round ** Lost to Germany (0-3) ** Tied with Sweden (1-1) ** Lost to Brazil (1-2) *Quarter Finals ** Did not qualify (→ 7th place) *Team roster ** Dianne Alagich **
Sharon Black Sharon Lee Black (born 4 April 1971) is an Australian former soccer player who played national league football in Australia and Denmark as well as representing Australia at the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament and the 1999 FIFA Women's World ...
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Bryony Duus Bryony Duus (born 7 October 1977) is an Australian soccer coach and former midfielder for the Australia women's national soccer team. Life Duus grew up in Ipswich, Queensland where she played football for Coalstars and Ipswich Girls Grammar ...
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Alicia Ferguson Alicia Ann "Eesh" Ferguson (born 31 October 1981) is an Australian soccer player who represented the Australia women's national soccer team at the 1999 and 2007 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup. Ferguson debuted for Australia at the a ...
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Alison Forman Alison Leigh Forman (born 17 March 1969 in Maitland, New South Wales) is a retired Australian international soccer player. Among her accomplishments, Forman played for the Australia women's national soccer team at the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women ...
(captain) **
Heather Garriock Heather Ann Garriock (born 21 December 1982) is an Australian former soccer player and coach. Garriock played as a midfielder in a career based mostly in Australia. Her last stint as a player was for Western Sydney Wanderers of the Australian ...
** Kelly Golebiowski ** Peita-Claire Hepperlin **
Sunni Hughes Linda "Sunni" Hughes (born 9 June 1968) is an Australian former women's association football player. She participated in 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad an ...
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Kate McShea Kate Elizabeth McShea (born 13 April 1983) is an Australian soccer player, who played for Queensland Roar in the Australian W-League. Honours With Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club ba ...
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Julie Murray Julie Elizabeth Murray (born 28 April 1970) is an Australian soccer player who appeared in 68 international matches for the Australia women's national association football team during a 13-year international career. She played professional c ...
** Cheryl Salisbury **
Bridgette Starr Bridgette Louise Starr is an Australian indigenous football player. A defender, Bridgette was first named in the Australian Women's soccer squad at 16 years of age. She first played for Australia at 18 years of age, in September 1994 in a one-o ...
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Anissa Tann Anissa Tann (born 10 October 1967) is an Australian soccer coach and former player. As a powerful defender, she represented Australia in the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cups as well as at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Tann married Steve D ...
** Leanne Trimboli **
Sacha Wainwright Sacha Wainwright (born 6 February 1972) is an Australian retired soccer defender who played for the Australia women's national soccer team The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Austra ...
** Tracey Wheeler ** Amy Wilson *Head Coach: Chris Tanzey


Gymnastics


Men's artistic


Women's artistic

;Team ;Individual events


Handball

;Men's team roster *
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Christian Bajan Cristian Bajan (born 14 November 1967) is an Australian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ...
* Vernon Cheung * Russell Garnett * David Gonzalez *
Kristian Groenintwoud Kristian Groenintwoud (born 9 May 1973) is an Australian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ...
* Darryl McCormack * Rajan Pavlovic * Taip Ramadani * Brendon Taylor * Lee Schofield * Dragan Sestic *
Sasa Sestic Sasa Sestic (born 24 October 1978) is a Bosnian-AustralianMilan Slavujevic * Karim Shehab *Head Coach:
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;Women's team roster *
Janni Bach Janni Bach (born 28 April 1966) is a Danish-born, former Australian female handball player. Early life She played handball from the age of five, made her Denmark junior women's national handball team debut at age 17, and was chosen for the ...
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Petra Besta Petra Besta (born 5 April 1967) is a Czech born Australian female handball player. She was a member of the Australia women's national handball team. She was part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officia ...
* Rina Bjarnason * Raelene Boulton * Kim Briggs *
Mari Edland Mari Edland (born 13 October 1969) is an Australian handball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( ...
* Sarah Hammond * Fiona Hannan * Vera Ignjatovic * Jana Jamnicky * Lydia Kahmke * Marina Kopcalic *
Jovana Milosevic Jovana Milosevic (born 12 October 1982, Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia) is an Australian female handball player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was a member of the Australia women's national handball team, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympic ...
* Shelley Ormes * Katrina Shinfield *Head Coach: Christoph Mecker ;Teams' results


Field hockey

;Men's team roster * Michael Brennan *
Adam Commens Adam David Commens (born 6 May 1976) is the brother of Scott Commens, is an Australian field hockey coach and former player. He was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Commens was nicknamed ''Billy'' by his teammates, and earned ...
* Stephen Davies *
Damon Diletti Damon Laurance Diletti (born 1 May 1971 in Perth, Western Australia) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At each appearance the elec ...
(gk) * Lachlan Dreher (gk) *
Jason Duff Jason Paul Duff (born 27 October 1972 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Early life Duff atte ...
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Troy Elder Troy Elder OAM (born 15 October 1977 in Bunbury, Western Australia) is a field hockey striker and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in ...
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James Elmer James "Jimmy" Andrew Elmer (born 8 May 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney He was nickname A nic ...
* Paul Gaudoin * Stephen Holt *
Brent Livermore Brent James Livermore OAM (born 5 July 1976 in Grafton, New South Wales) is a field hockey midfielder from Australia. He was first selected in the Australian team in 1997, and was awarded the Kookaburras player of the yea ...
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Daniel Sproule Daniel Sproule (born 25 January 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey defender from Australia who cannot find the wiki for the life of him, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in ...
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Jay Stacy Jay Jason Stacy (born 9 August 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who participated in four Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left ...
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Craig Victory Craig Victory (born 3 February 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a field hockey striker from Australia who played 102 international games for the Australia men's national field hockey team, the Kookaburras. He is a Commonwealth Games, World ...
* Matthew Wells *
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*Head Coach: Terry Walsh ;Women's team roster * Kate Allen *
Alyson Annan Alyson Regina Annan (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian field hockey coach and retired field hockey player, who earned a total number of 228 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 166 goals. Until January 2022, ...
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Renita Farrell Renita Maree Farrell-Garard (born 30 May 1972 in Townsville, Queensland) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', that won the gold medals at th ...
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Juliet Haslam Juliet Haslam OAM (born 31 May 1969 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, for her native country. She was a member of ...
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Rechelle Hawkes Rechelle Margaret Hawkes, (born 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia) is the former captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the '' Hockeyroos'',she was captain for eight years and became the seco ...
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Nikki Hudson Nicole Elaine Hudson (née Mott; born 6 July 1976) is an Australian former women's field hockey player. She was the captain of the Hockeyroos, Australia's national women's team, until her retirement from international hockey in 2009. She made ...
* Rachel Imison (gk) *
Clover Maitland Clover Maitland (born 14 March 1972 in Maryborough, Queensland) represents Australia in women's field hockey. The goalie was part of the double winning Olympic team in 1996 and 2000 along with the gold medal winning team in the ...
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Claire Mitchell-Taverner Claire Mitchell-Taverner (born 17 June 1970) is an Australian field hockey player. She was born in Melbourne. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales ...
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Jenn Morris Jennifer Lyn Morris (born 20 September 1972) is a non-executive director of Sandfire Resources. Born on 20 September 1972 in Maryborough, Queensland, Morris is a former field hockey defender, who was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Te ...
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Alison Peek Alison Louise Peek (born 12 October 1969), nicknamed "Peeky", is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country. She was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team, best ...
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Katrina Powell Katrina Maree "Triny" Powell (born 8 April 1972 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) is an Australian field hockey player. She represented Australia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Powell was a member of the Au ...
* Lisa Powell *
Angie Skirving Angela Robyn Lambert (; born 1 February 1981, in Toowoomba) was an Australian Women's Field Hockey player. She captained the under 21 Australian women's field hockey squad before entering the Hockeyroos in 1998 and in 2000 won gold at the Syd ...
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Kate Starre Kate Starre (born 18 September 1971 in Armadale, Western Australia) is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who competed for her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain). She was a mem ...
* Julie Towers *Head Coach:
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;Results


Judo

;Men ;Women


Modern pentathlon

Coaches: Anthony Klarica, John Olsen, John Gilman, Scott Arnold, Russel Johnston


Rhythmic gymnastics


Rowing

;Men ;Women


Sailing

Australia competed in all of the sailing events at the 2000 Olympics. They won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze. ;Men Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470) * Tom King and Mark Turnbull ** Race 1 — 5 ** Race 2 — 1 ** Race 3 — 2 ** Race 4 — (14) ** Race 5 — 7 ** Race 6 — 10 ** Race 7 — 8 ** Race 8 — 1 ** Race 9 — 2 ** Race 10 — (11) ** Race 11 — 2 ** Final — 38 (gold medal) Men's Laser * Michael Blackburn ** Race 1 — 8 ** Race 2 — 9 ** Race 3 — 2 ** Race 4 — (18) ** Race 5 — 6 ** Race 6 — 5 ** Race 7 — (22) ** Race 8 — 2 ** Race 9 — 12 ** Race 10 — 3 ** Race 11 — 14 ** Final — 60 (bronze medal) Men's Tornado *
Darren Bundock Darren Bundock (born 21 March 1971) is an Australian sailor from Gosford, New South Wales. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Bundock and current crewmate Glenn Ashby are the 2007 world champions i ...
and John Forbes ** Race 1 — 1 ** Race 2 — 3 ** Race 3 — 4 ** Race 4 — 4 ** Race 5 — 4 ** Race 6 — (7) ** Race 7 — 2 ** Race 8 — 4 ** Race 9 — (5) ** Race 10 — 2 ** Race 11 — 1 ** Final — 25 (silver medal) Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star) *
Colin Beashel Colin Kenneth Beashel (born 21 November 1959) is an Australian sailor who crewed on the winning America's Cup team Australia II in 1983 and competed at six Olympics between 1984 and 2004, winning bronze in 1996. He became, jointly with Brazili ...
and David Giles ** Race 1 — 8 ** Race 2 — 8 ** Race 3 — 6 ** Race 4 — 1 ** Race 5 — 3 ** Race 6 — 2 ** Race 7 — 8 ** Race 8 — 9 ** Race 9 — (17) DSQ ** Race 10 — (12) ** Race 11 — 6 ** Final — 51 (7th place) Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling) *
Neville Wittey Neville Wittey (born 4 September 1957 Melbourne) is a sailor from Australia, who represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as helmsman in the Soling The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing ...
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Josh Grace Joshua (Josh) Grace (born 22 November 1972) is a sailor from Sydney, Australia. who represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Neville Wittey Neville Wittey (born ...
and David Edwards ** Round Robin Group 2 1-4 (5th place — did not advance) Women's Mistral *
Jessica Crisp Jessica Crisp (born 19 September 1969) is an Australian windsurfer currently living in Sydney, Australia. She represented Australia at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when windsurfing was a demonstration sport. In 1993 and 1994 she won the Profess ...
** Race 1 — 13 ** Race 2 — (15) ** Race 3 — 4 ** Race 4 — 4 ** Race 5 — 9 ** Race 6 — 8 ** Race 7 — 4 ** Race 8 — (16) ** Race 9 — 3 ** Race 10 — 4 ** Race 11 — 10 ** Final — 59 (5th place) Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe) * Melanie Dennison ** Race 1 — 18 ** Race 2 — 17 ** Race 3 — 7 ** Race 4 — (28) OCS ** Race 5 — (19) ** Race 6 — 10 ** Race 7 — 19 ** Race 8 — 8 ** Race 9 — 3 ** Race 10 — 4 ** Race 11 — 16 ** Final — 102 (15th place) Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470) * Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell ** Race 1 — 1 ** Race 2 — (11) ** Race 3 — (18) ** Race 4 — 5 ** Race 5 — 8 ** Race 6 — 7 ** Race 7 — 1 ** Race 8 — 6 ** Race 9 — 3 ** Race 10 — 1 ** Race 11 — 1 ** Final — 33 (gold medal) Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er) * Chris Nicholson and Daniel Phillips ** Race 1 — 11 ** Race 2 — 11 ** Race 3 — 1 ** Race 4 — (14) ** Race 5 — 1 ** Race 6 — 1 ** Race 7 — 12 ** Race 8 — 3 ** Race 9 — 1 ** Race 10 — 6 ** Race 11 — (17) ** Race 12 — 10 ** Race 13 — 8 ** Race 14 — 5 ** Race 15 — 9 ** Race 16 — 7 ** Final — 86 (6th place)


Shooting


Men


Women


Softball


Women's tournament

*Preliminary Round **Defeated New Zealand (3-2) **Defeated Italy (7-0) **Defeated Canada (1-0) *Medal Round **Lost to Japan (0-1) **Defeated United States (2-1) **Defeated PR China (1-0) **Defeated Cuba (8-1) → Bronze Medal *Team Roster ** Sandra Allen ** Joanne Brown ** Kerry Dienelt ** Peta Edebone ** Sue Fairhurst **
Selina Follas Selina Follas (born 1976 in Adelaide) is a former softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. References

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** Fiona Hanes ** Kelly Hardie ** Tanya Harding ** Sally McCreedy ** Simmone Morrow **
Melanie Roche Melanie Jane Roche (born 9 November 1970 in Bankstown, New South Wales) is a softball player from Australia. She has won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics along ...
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Natalie Titcume Natalie Titcume (born 6 December 1975 in Sydney) is a softball player from Australia 350 games, who won a bronze medal 2000 Sydney Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί ...
** Natalie Ward ** Brooke Wilkins *Head Coach: Bob Crudgington


Swimming

Australia was very successful in the swimming venue at the 2000 Olympics. They won 5 Gold, 9 Silver, and 4 Bronze medals. The biggest rivalry, both in the press and in the pool, was between the United States and Australia relay teams. In the 4 × 100 m relay, the Americans had won the event every time it had been contested. Australia was able to edge out the Americans by .19 seconds to win the gold medal. The Australians also set three world records. The 2000 Olympics also saw the emergence of
Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe, (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian along wit ...
as an Olympic champion in the Men's 400 m Freestyle. ;Men ;Women


Synchronized swimming


Table tennis

;Men ;Women


Taekwondo


Tennis

;Men ;Women


Trampolining


Triathlon


Volleyball

;Men's team roster * David Beard * Ben Hardy *
Dan Howard Daniel Howard (born 13 December 1976) is a former Australian male volleyball player. He was part of the Australia men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tourn ...
* Nathan Jakavicius * Steve Keir * Ben Loft * Spiros Marazios *
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* Dan Ronan *
Hidde Van Beest Hidde Van Beest (born 20 July 1979 in Arnhem, Gelderland) is an Australian volleyball player, who was born in the Netherlands. A Queensland resident, he played college volleyball in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. ...
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Russell Wentworth Russell Wentworth, (born ) is an Australian former volleyball player. He was part of the Australia men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the G ...
* Mark Williams *Head Coach:
Stelio de Rocco Stelio DeRocco (born 13 April 1960) is a former Canadian volleyball player and coach. He was the coach of the Australia men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where the team finished 8th. In 2004, he si ...
;Women's team roster * Tamsin Barnett * Louise Bawden * Sandi Bowen * Liz Brett * Majella Brown * Angela Clarke * Bea Daly *
Renae Maycock Renae Maycock (born 21 January 1980) was an Australian female volleyball player. She was part of the Australia women's national volleyball team. She competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing 9th. ...
* Christie Mokotupu * Priscilla Ruddle * Selina Scoble * Rachel White *Head Coach: Brad Saindon ;Results


Water polo

;Men's team roster * Sean Boyd * Eddie Denis * Andriy Kovalenko * Daniel Marsden * Craig Miller * Tim Neesham *
Mark Oberman Mark Oberman (born 24 September 1967) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydne ...
*Rod Owen-Jones *Rafael Sterk *Nathan Thomas (water polo), Nathan Thomas *Grant Waterman *Thomas Whalan *Gavin Woods (water polo), Gavin Woods *Head Coach: Donald Cameron (water polo), Don Cameron ;Women's team roster *Naomi Castle *Joanne Fox *Bridgette Gusterson *Simone Hankin *Yvette Higgins *Kate Hooper *Bronwyn Mayer *Gail Miller (water polo), Gail Miller *Melissa Byram, Melissa Mills *Debbie Watson (water polo), Debbie Watson *Liz Weekes *Danielle Woodhouse *Taryn Woods *Head Coach: István Görgényi ;Results


Weightlifting

Men
Women


Wrestling

;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman


See also

* Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics * Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games * Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games


Notes

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site


References

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