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, Australia. 435 competitors, 241 men and 194 women, took part in 238 events in 30 sports. As of 2021, this is Russia's best ever result in terms of gold medals and the second best in terms of overall medals (after

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Medalists

Results by event

Archery

The Russian men came close to winning their first medal since beginning to compete individually when they won their semifinal in the team round and tied the United States in the bronze medal match. However, in the three-arrow tie-breaker, the Americans scored a 29 to the Russians' 26 to prevent them from winning a medal. Men Women

Athletics

;;Men ;;Women

Badminton

;Women

Basketball

;Men's team: , valign="top" , ; Head coach * ---- ;Legend: *(C) Team captain *nat field describes country
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before the tournament *Age field is age on 17 September 2000 ;;Preliminary round ;;Quarterfinal ;;Classification 7-8 ;Women's team: , valign="top" , ; Head coach * ---- ;Legend: *(C) Team captain *nat field describes country
of last club
before the tournament *Age field is age on 16 September 2000 ;;Preliminary round ;;Quarterfinal ;;Classification 5-6

Boxing

Canoeing

Flatwater

;Men ;Women

Cycling

Mountain biking

;Men ;Women

Road

;Men ;Women

Track

Sprints Pursuits Time trials Points Races

Diving

Russia competed in all of the diving events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won two gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals. ;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Fencing

;Men ;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Women

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Handball

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---- ;Legend: *nat field describes country
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-P: Pivot
-CB: Centre Back
-LW: Left Wing
-RW: Right Wing
-LB: Left Back
-RB: Right Back
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Judo

;Men ;Women

Modern pentathlon

;Men

Rowing

;Men ;Women

Sailing

Russia competed in seven Sailing events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but they never scored higher than 6-th. ;Men ;Women ;Open

Shooting

;Men ;Women

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

;Women

Taekwondo

;Men ;Women

Tennis

;Men ;Women

Triathlon

;Women

Volleyball

Beach

;Men

Indoor

;Men's team Head Coach: Gennadiy Shipulin ;;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;;Quarterfinals ---- ;;Semifinals ---- ;;Final ;Women's team Head Coach:

Nikolay Karpol Nikolay Vasilyevich Karpol (russian: Николай Васильевич Карполь; 1 May 1938) is a Soviet and Russian women's volleyball coach. Known as ''The Howling Bear'', Karpol was a regular at the Olympic Games, with his teams usuall ...

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Water polo

;Men's team

Roman Balashov Roman Vladimirovich Balashov (russian: Роман Владимирович Балашов; born February 9, 1977 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squa ...

, Dmitri Douguine,

Alexander Yerishev Aleksandr Anatolyevich Yeryshov (russian: Александр Анатольевич Ерышов; born January 17, 1973) is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad at ...

Serguei Garbouzov Sergey Garbuzov (born January 13, 1974 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. See also * Russia men's Olympic wa ...

Dmitry Gorshkov Dmitry Gorshkov (born 29 April 1967 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squads at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Summer ...

, Yuri Yatsev,

Nikolay Kozlov Nikolay Nikolaevich Kozlov (russian: Николай Николаевич Козлов; born 21 July 1972) is a retired Russian water polo player. He competed at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals. Se ...

Nikolai Maximov Nikolay Mikhaylovich Maksimov (russian: Николай Михайлович Максимов; born 15 November 1972) is a Russian water polo goalkeeper, who played at the 1996 Summer Olympics, on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympic ...

Andrei Reketchinski Andrei Rekechinski (born 7 January 1981) is a retired Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Since 2016-2022, he worked as a general dire ...

Dmitri Stratan Dmitri Ivanovich Stratan (russian: Дмитрий Иванович Стратан; born 24 January 1975) is a Soviet and Russian water polo forward. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics for the Ukrainian team that finished in 12th place. At th ...

Revaz Tchomakhidze Revaz Chomakhidze (born December 15, 1973) is a Georgian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career The well-built player started his water pol ...

Marat Zakirov Marat Sagitovich Zakirov (russian: Марат Сагитович Закиров, born November 8, 1973 in Nizhnekamsk, Tatar ASSR) is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze med ...

Irek Zinnourov Irek Khaydarovich Zinnurov (russian: Ирек Хайдарович Зиннуров; born 11 January 1969) is a Russian water polo player of Tatar origin who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad a ...

;;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;;Quarterfinals ---- ;;Semifinals ---- ;;Final ;Women's team

Marina Akobiya Marina Dazmirovna Akobiya (russian: Марина Дазмировна Акобия, born January 12, 1975, in Volgograd) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. See also * Russia women's Olympic wat ...

Ekaterina Anikeeva Ekaterina Yevgenyevna Anikeeva (russian: Екатерина Евгеньевна Аникеева, born January 22, 1969 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Sofia Konukh Sofia Evgenevna Konukh (russian: Софья Евгеньевна Конух, born 9 March 1980 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic women's tournament in history. ...

Maria Koroleva Maria Viktorovna Koroleva (russian: Мария Викторовна Королева, born October 16, 1974, in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian water polo player, who was part of the Bronze Medal winning team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydn ...

Natalia Kutuzova Natalia Anatolyevna Kutuzova (russian: Наталья Анатольевна Кутузова, born March 18, 1975, in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was a part of the team at th ...

Svetlana Kuzina Svetlana Vladimirovna Kuzina (russian: Светлана Владимировна Кузина, born June 8, 1975) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in wate ...

Yuliya Petrova Yuliya Sergeevna Petrova (russian: Julia S. Petrov, born May 24, 1979 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was named ''Most Valuable Player'' at the 2000 Women's Water Polo ...

Tatiana Petrova Tatiana Vladimirovna Petrova (russian: Татьяна Владимировна Петрова, born 22 May 1973 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. ...

Galina Rytova Galina Mikhailovna Rytova (russian: Галина Михайловна Рытова, born 10 September 1975 in Moscow) is a Russian/Kazakhstani water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics for Russia and in the 2004 Summer Olympics ...

Elena Smurova Elena Yurievna Smurova (russian: Елена Юрьевна Смурова, born January 18, 1974, in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was the topscorer of the ...

, Elena Tokun, Irina Tolkunova, Ekaterina Vasilieva ;;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;;Semifinals ---- ;;Bronze Medal Match

Weightlifting

;;Men ;;Women

Wrestling

;Men's Freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman

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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