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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 ...
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 Mounta ...
. Australian athletes have competed in every
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. 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
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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 consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
;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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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 **
Grant Balfour Grant Robert Balfour (born 30 December 1977) is an Australian former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, and Oakland Athletics. ...
** Tom Becker **
Shayne Bennett Shayne Anthony Bennett (born 10 April 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), and was a right-handed baseball pitcher, who last played in Major Leagu ...
** Mathew Buckley ** Adam Burton ** Clayton Byrne ** Mark Ettles ** Paul Gonzalez **
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** Ronny Johnson **
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** Adrian Meagher ** Michael Moyle ** Michael Nakamura **
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** Brett Roneberg **
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 ...
** Brad Thomas ** Rodney van Buizen ** David White ** Gary White ** Glenn Williams *Head Coach: Jon Deeble


Basketball

;Men's team roster * Andrew Gaze (captain) *
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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 *
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* Luc Longley * Sam Mackinnon * Brett Maher * Paul Rogers * Jason Smith * Andrew Vlahov *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 ...
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Carla Boyd Carla Maree Boyd (; born 31 October 1975, in Wynyard, Tasmania) is an Australian former professional basketball player in the WNBA as a forward for the Detroit Shock. She won a bronze (1996) and a silver (2000) medal with the Austra ...
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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 ...
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Lauren Jackson Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian professional basketball player. The daughter of two national basketball team players, Jackson was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 1997, when she ...
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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. ...
* Michele Timms * Jenny Whittle *Head Coach:
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;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 ...
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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 Dianne Marie Alagich (born 12 May 1979) is an Australian former soccer player, who last played for Adelaide United in the W-League and the Matildas. A defender, she was capped 86 times, scoring on three occasions. She is 169 cm tall and h ...
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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 ...
** Bryony Duus **
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 age o ...
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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 ** Kelly Golebiowski ** Peita-Claire Hepperlin ** Sunni Hughes ** Kate McShea **
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 cl ...
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Cheryl Salisbury Cheryl Ann Salisbury (born 8 March 1974) is a former association football player who represented Australia internationally as a defender from 1994 until 2009, winning 151 caps. Biography She most recently played as a defender for the New Y ...
** Bridgette Starr **
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 Dar ...
** Leanne Trimboli ** Sacha Wainwright **
Tracey Wheeler Tracey Wheeler (born 26 September 1967) is an Australian former football goalkeeper who played for the Australia women's national soccer team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. See also * Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics Australia was the h ...
** 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 * Vernon Cheung * Russell Garnett * David Gonzalez * Kristian Groenintwoud * Darryl McCormack * Rajan Pavlovic * Taip Ramadani * Brendon Taylor * Lee Schofield *
Dragan Sestic Dragan Sestic (born 9 September 1974) is an Australian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of Sasa Sestic Sasa Sestic (born 24 October 1978) is a Bosnian-AustralianSasa Sestic Sasa Sestic (born 24 October 1978) is a Bosnian-AustralianMilan Slavujevic * Karim Shehab *Head Coach: Zoltán Marczinka ;Women's team roster * Janni Bach * Petra Besta * Rina Bjarnason * Raelene Boulton * Kim Briggs * Mari Edland * Sarah Hammond * Fiona Hannan * Vera Ignjatovic * Jana Jamnicky * Lydia Kahmke * Marina Kopcalic * Jovana Milosevic * Shelley Ormes * Katrina Shinfield *Head Coach: Christoph Mecker ;Teams' results


Field hockey

;Men's team roster * Michael Brennan * Adam Commens * Stephen Davies * Damon Diletti (gk) * Lachlan Dreher (gk) * Jason Duff * Troy Elder * James Elmer *
Paul Gaudoin Paul Charles Gaudoin (born 12 August 1975 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian former field hockey defender and midfielder, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four y ...
* Stephen Holt *
Brent Livermore Brent James Livermore Order of Australia, 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 ...
* Daniel Sproule *
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 le ...
* Craig Victory * Matthew Wells *
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*Head Coach: Terry Walsh ;Women's team roster * Kate Allen * Alyson Annan *
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 t ...
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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 ...
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Rachel Imison Rachel Anne Imison (born 16 December 1978) is an Australian field hockey player. She was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXV ...
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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 19 ...
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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 Aust ...
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Lisa Powell Lisa Josephine Carruthers (née Powell) (born 8 July 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former field hockey forward, who was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', that won the gold medal at the 1 ...
* Angie Skirving * Kate Starre * Julie Towers *Head Coach:
Ric Charlesworth Richard Ian Charlesworth AO (born 6 February 1952) is an Australian sports coach and former politician. He played first-class cricket for Western Australia and international field hockey for the Kookaburras (the Australian national team), winn ...
;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 ...
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 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 ...
, Josh Grace and David Edwards ** Round Robin Group 2 1-4 (5th place — did not advance) Women's Mistral * Jessica Crisp ** 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 Belinda Josephine Stowell (born 28 May 1971 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Jenny Armstrong at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially ...
** 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 ** Fiona Hanes ** Kelly Hardie **
Tanya Harding Tanya Victoria Harding (born 23 January 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian softball player, who has competed for Australia at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Three times she claimed a bronze medal (1996, ...
** Sally McCreedy **
Simmone Morrow Simmone Morrow (born 31 October 1976 in Cowell, South Australia) is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( e ...
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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 w ...
** Natalie Titcume ** 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 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and at the ...
* Nathan Jakavicius * Steve Keir * Ben Loft * Spiros Marazios * Scott Newcomb * Dan Ronan * Hidde Van Beest *
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 ;Women's team roster * Tamsin Barnett * Louise Bawden * Sandi Bowen * Liz Brett * Majella Brown * Angela Clarke * Bea Daly * Renae Maycock * 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 * Rod Owen-Jones * Rafael Sterk * Nathan Thomas * Grant Waterman *
Thomas Whalan Thomas Whalan (born 13 October 1980) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics (Vice-Captain), in the 2008 Summer Olympics (Captain) and in the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 ...
* Gavin Woods *Head Coach: Don Cameron ;Women's team roster * Naomi Castle * Joanne Fox *
Bridgette Gusterson Bridgette Marie Gusterson (born in Perth, Western Australia), also known as Bridgette Ireland, is an Australian water polo player, at the 1995 FINA World Cup, and from the gold medal team of the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was a captain of th ...
* Simone Hankin *
Yvette Higgins Yvette Donna Higgins (born 5 January 1978 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Higgins scored the winning goal during the gold medal game with 1.3 seconds left on the clock. She ...
* Kate Hooper *
Bronwyn Mayer Bronwyn Lee Mayer-Smith (born 3 July 1974 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Mayer married Damian Smith in January 2001. Mayer competed on the team in the 2004 Summer Olympics ...
* Gail Miller * Melissa Mills * Debbie Watson * Liz Weekes * Danielle Woodhouse *
Taryn Woods Taryn Nadine Woods (born 12 August 1975 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Woods attended Fort Street High School. She is the daughter of two-time water polo Olympian David Wo ...
*Head Coach:
István Görgényi István Görgényi (born 2 November 1946) is a Hungarian former water polo player who won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics and coached the Australian women's national water polo team to the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympi ...
;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 Australia was represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games by a team selected by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) and abbreviated AUS. Australia officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 under the Statu ...


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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