The United States competed at 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 ...
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 ...
, Australia. 586 competitors, 333 men and 253 women, took part in 265 events in 31 sports.
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Archery
All three of the American men won their first matches. Two were defeated in the second round, but
Vic Wunderle
Victor Steven "Vic" Wunderle (born March 4, 1976 in Lincoln, Illinois) is an archer from the United States.
Personal
Wunderle was raised in Mason City, Illinois and is the son of the famous archery coach Terry Wunderle. His passion for archery ...
made it all the way to the finals before being defeated by home-crowd favorite
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 ...
. The squad was surprised by
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
in the team round semifinal, and was forced to shoot a tie-breaker against
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
in the bronze medal match to claim their medal.
Karen Scavotto faced
Denise Parker in the first round, guaranteeing an elimination for one of the American women.
;Men
;Women
Athletics
;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 –
Heptatlon
Badminton
Baseball
Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.
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Basketball
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Men
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Rudy Tomjanovich
Rudolph Tomjanovich Jr. (born November 24, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is a consultant for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His professional playing career, whic ...
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Larry Brown
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Gene Keady
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Tubby Smith
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Women
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Nell Fortner
Nell Fortner (born March 3, 1959) is the current women's college basketball coach at Georgia Tech. She is most well known for leading the 2000 Olympics team to a gold medal. She has received numerous awards including the 1997 National Coach of th ...
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Geno Auriemma
Luigi "Geno" Auriemma (born March 23, 1954) is an Italian-born American college basketball coach and, since 1985, the head coach of the University of Connecticut Connecticut Huskies women's basketball, Huskies women's basketball team. , he has le ...
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Peggy Gillom
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Boxing
Legend: RSC – Referee stopped contest
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
;Men
;Women
Legend: QF – Qualify to final based on position in heat; QS – Qualify to semifinal based on time in round
All ranks based on time in round
Cycling
Road
;Men
;Women
Track
;Time trial
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Points race
;Keirin
Mountain biking
Diving
Laura Wilkinson
Laura Ann Wilkinson (born November 17, 1977, in Houston, Texas) is an American diver, 3 time Olympian, and Olympic gold medalist. She is the first woman to win the three major diving world titles. Wilkinson retired in 2008. After nine years of ...
staged a comeback during the finals of the Women's 10 metre platform and won the only diving medal for the United States during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The Chinese divers were in first and second heading into the finals.
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;Women
Equestrian
;Dressage
(Total scores are the average of all three rounds for the individual competition, and the three best total scores of individual round 1 for the team competition.)
;Eventing
;Jumping
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Football
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Men
;Roster
:''Over aged players are marked with * (max 3).''
Head coach:
Clive Charles
Clive Michael Charles (3 October 1951 – 26 August 2003) was an English football player, coach and television announcer. He was one of five National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) coaches to win more than 400 games.
Born in Dagenham, E ...
*Stand-by players
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Women
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Preliminaries
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Gymnastics
Artistic
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Trampoline
Judo
;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); S=Semifinals A/B; R=Repechage
Sailing
;Men
;Women
;Open
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Shooting
;Men
;Women
Softball
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Swimming
;Men
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.
;Women
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.
Synchronised swimming
Table Tennis
;Men
;Women
Taekwondo
Tennis
;Men
;Women
Triathlon
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, the United States was represented by three men and three women. Two of the women placed in the top eight, with
Joanna Zeiger missing a medal by about 17 seconds.
Volleyball
Beach
* - Heidger & Wong advanced from the elimination pool by having the highest point differential among losers
Indoor
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Men
;Roster
Coach:
Doug Beal
Doug Beal (born March 4, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American volleyball player and coach, a former USA Volleyball CEO, and a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Education
* Master's degree in Education from Bowling G ...
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Women
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Coach:
Mick Haley
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Water polo
;Summary
Men
;Squad
Head Coach:
John Vargas
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;5th to 8th place classification
;5th place match
Women
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Head Coach:
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Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman
See also
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United States at the 1999 Pan American Games
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References
*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. .
*International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results Retrieved November 12, 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games Retrieved November 20, 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games Retrieved November 20, 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results Retrieved November 20, 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site
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