2000 Summer Olympics (also known as the 2000 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also referred to as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium) were an international multi-sports event that took place between 15 September and 1 October in Sydney, Australia. It was the second time that the Summer Olympics were held in Australia as well as in the Southern Hemisphere, the first having been held in Melbourne in 1956.

Sydney was chosen as the city to host Sydney to host the 2000 Games in 1993. Participants from 199 nations participated at this year’s 2000 Games, which were the first time that Sydney had at least 300 events on the official sporting program. The Games cost was estimated at A$6.6 billion. The 2000 Games were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the appointment to succeed him Jacques Rogge. 2000 Games 2000 Games were the last of two successive Summer Olympics to be held in a predominantly English-speaking nation after in 1996’s Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

The 2000 Games received universal acclaim as did the organisation and volunteers, the sportsmanship along with the Australian public being praised by world’s media. Bill Bryson of The Times described”the Sydney Games “one of the most successful events on the world stage” and said the event “couldn’t be better”. James Mossop of the Electronic Telegraph said that Sydney’s Games “such a success that any city considering bidding for future Olympics must be wondering how it can reach the standards set by Sydney” as well as Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette advised it was time for the “IOC should not be able to continue while they are ahead. Recognize that there isn’t going to be the superior Olympic Games, and be done with it” because “Sydney was both extraordinary and one of the top”. The games were the foundation for London’s winning bid to host 2012’s 2012 Olympic Games in 2005 and in the process of getting ready to host 2012, the 2012 Games, Lord Coe declared the 2000 Games the “benchmark for the spirit of the Games, unquestionably” while acknowledging that the London organizing committee “attempted in a number of ways to emulate what the Sydney Organising Committee did.” The final score of medals during the 2000 Summer Olympics was led by the United States, followed by Russia and China and the hosting Australia in fourth place overall.

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Cameroon, Colombia, Latvia, Mozambique and Slovenia won gold at their first Olympic history, while Barbados, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam were awarded their first Olympic medals.

Australia is scheduled to host Australia’s Summer Olympics again in 2032 in Brisbane, Queensland making it the first Oceanian nation hosting the Olympics three times.

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2000 Summer Olympics Sports Programme

  • Aquatics
    • Diving (8)
    • Swimming (32)
    • Synchronized swimming (2)
    • Water polo (2)
  • Archery (4)
  • Athletics (46)
  • Badminton (5)
  • Baseball (1)
  • Basketball (2)
  • Boxing (12)
  • Canoeing
    • Sprint (12)
    • Slalom (4)
  • Cycling
    • Road (4)
    • Track (12)
    • Mountain biking (2)
  • Equestrian
    • Dressage (2)
    • Eventing (2)
    • Show jumping (2)
  • Fencing (10)
  • Field hockey (2)
  • Football (2)
  • Gymnastics
    • Artistic (14)
    • Rhythmic (2)
    • Trampoline (2)
  • Handball (2)
  • Judo (14)
  • Modern pentathlon (2)
  • Rowing (14)
  • Sailing (11)
  • Shooting (17)
  • Softball (1)
  • Table tennis (4)
  • Taekwondo (8)
  • Tennis (4)
  • Triathlon (2)
  • Volleyball
    • Volleyball (2)
    • Beach volleyball (2)
  • Weightlifting (15)
  • Wrestling
    • Freestyle (8)
    • Greco-Roman (8).

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