Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics


Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 628 competitors, 341 men and 276 women, took part in 270 events in 34 sports.

Medalists

Archery

Australia won its first Olympic gold medal in the sport of archery in Sydney. Simon Fairweather defeated all six archers he faced, including a comfortable seven-point victory in the final.
Men
Women

Athletics

;Key
;Men
;Track and road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
;Women
;Track and road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
Jane JamiesonResult14.091.8113.5925.276.0945.322:16.57610410
Jane JamiesonPoints966991767862877770871610410

Badminton

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Baseball

Men's Team Competition

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 Korea and South Africa but lost to the five other teams in competition to finish outside the top four and find themselves eliminated after the preliminaries.
;Men's team roster
;Women's team roster
;Teams' results

Beach volleyball

;Men

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

;Men
;Women

Cycling

Cross country

Road Cycling

;Men
;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Juanita FeldhahnRoad race3:06:3728
Tracey GaudryRoad race3:06:3123
Anna WilsonRoad race3:06:314
Tracey GaudryTime trial45:1121
Anna WilsonTime trial42:584

Track Cycling

;Pursuit
;Sprint
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Shane KellyMen's time trial1:02.818
Michelle FerrisWomen's time trial34.692
Lyndelle HigginsonWomen's time trial35.85914

;Points race
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Stuart O'GradyMen's points race26010
Alayna BurnsWomen's points race709
Brett Aitken
Scott McGrory
Madison260

;Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinal
AthleteEventRankRankRankRank
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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
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Women's Team Competition

Men's artistic

Women's artistic

;Team
;Individual events

Handball

;Men's team roster
;Women's team roster
;Teams' results

Field hockey

;Men's team roster
;Women's team roster
;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
Men's Laser
Men's Tornado
Men's Two Handed Keelboat
Men's Three Handed Keelboat
Women's Mistral
Women's Single Handed Dinghy
Women's Double Handed Dinghy
Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy

Men

Women

Softball

Women's Team Competition

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 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

AthleteEventSwim Bike Run Total TimeRank
Peter RobertsonMen's18:47.4958:40.9034:10.651:51:39.0434
Miles StewartMen's18:20.4958:59.6031:54.431:49:14.526
Craig WaltonMen's17:43.8959:36.8033:36.971:50:57.6627
Nicole HackettWomen's19:41.081:05:37.1037:52.632:03:10.819
Loretta HarropWomen's19:37.981:05:40.7036:24.142:01:42.825
Michellie JonesWomen's19:43.881:05:32.9035:25.772:00:42.55

Volleyball

;Men's team roster
;Women's team roster
;Results

Water polo

;Men's team roster
;Women's team roster
;Results

Weightlifting

Men
Women

Wrestling

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