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- 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
;Track and road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
;Women
;Track and road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Final | Rank | |||||
Jane Jamieson | Result | 14.09 | 1.81 | 13.59 | 25.27 | 6.09 | 45.32 | 2:16.57 | 6104 | 10 |
Jane Jamieson | Points | 966 | 991 | 767 | 862 | 877 | 770 | 871 | 6104 | 10 |
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.- Team Roster
- *Craig Anderson
- *Grant Balfour
- *Tom Becker
- *Shayne Bennett
- *Mathew Buckley
- *Adam Burton
- *Clayton Byrne
- *Mark Ettles
- *Paul Gonzalez
- *Mark Hutton
- *Ronny Johnson
- *Grant McDonald
- *Adrian Meagher
- *Michael Moyle
- *Michael Nakamura
- *David Nilsson
- *Glenn Reeves
- *Brett Roneberg
- *Chris Snelling
- *Brad Thomas
- *Rodney van Buizen
- *David White
- *Gary White
- *Glenn Williams
- Head Coach: Jon Deeble
Basketball
- Andrew Gaze
- Chris Anstey
- Mark Bradtke
- Martin Cattalini
- Ricky Grace
- Shane Heal
- Luc Longley
- Sam Mackinnon
- Brett Maher
- Paul Rogers
- Jason Smith
- Andrew Vlahov
- Head Coach: Barry Barnes
- Sandy Brondello
- Michelle Brogan
- Carla Boyd
- Jo Hill
- Kristi Harrower
- Shelly Sandle
- Annie la Fleur
- Trisha Fallon
- Lauren Jackson
- Rachael Sporn
- Michele Timms
- Jenny Whittle
- Head Coach: Tom Maher
Beach volleyball
;MenBoxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
;Men;Women
Cycling
Cross country
Road Cycling
;Men;Women
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
Juanita Feldhahn | Road race | 3:06:37 | 28 |
Tracey Gaudry | Road race | 3:06:31 | 23 |
Anna Wilson | Road race | 3:06:31 | 4 |
Tracey Gaudry | Time trial | 45:11 | 21 |
Anna Wilson | Time trial | 42:58 | 4 |
Track Cycling
;Pursuit;Sprint
;Time trial
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
Shane Kelly | Men's time trial | 1:02.818 | |
Michelle Ferris | Women's time trial | 34.692 | |
Lyndelle Higginson | Women's time trial | 35.859 | 14 |
;Points race
Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
Stuart O'Grady | Men's points race | 26 | 0 | 10 |
Alayna Burns | Women's points race | 7 | 0 | 9 |
Brett Aitken Scott McGrory | Madison | 26 | 0 |
;Keirin
Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
Gary Neiwand | Keirin | 2 Q | align=center | 2 Q |
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- *Over-aged player
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Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Germany
- * Tied with Sweden
- * Lost to Brazil
- Quarter Finals
- * Did not qualify
- Team Roster
- *Dianne Alagich
- *Sharon Black
- *Bryony Duus
- *Alicia Ferguson
- *Alison Forman
- *Heather Garriock
- *Kelly Golebiowski
- *Peita-Claire Hepperlin
- *Sunni Hughes
- *Kate McShea
- *Julie Murray
- *Cheryl Salisbury
- *Bridgette Starr
- *Anissa Tann
- *Leanne Trimboli
- *Sacha Wainwright
- *Tracey Wheeler
- *Amy Wilson
- Head Coach: Chris Tanzey
Gymnastics
Men's artistic
Women's artistic
;Team;Individual events
Handball
;Men's team roster- Peter Bach
- Christian Bajan
- Vernon Cheung
- Russell Garnett
- David Gonzalez
- Kristian Groenintwoud
- Darryl McCormack
- Rajan Pavlovic
- Taip Ramadani
- Brendon Taylor
- Lee Schofield
- Dragan Sestic
- Sasa Sestic
- Milan Slavujevic
- Karim Shehab
- Head Coach: Zoltán Marczinka
- 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
Field hockey
;Men's team roster- Michael Brennan
- Adam Commens
- Stephen Davies
- Damon Diletti
- Lachlan Dreher
- Jason Duff
- Troy Elder
- James Elmer
- Paul Gaudoin
- Stephen Holt
- Brent Livermore
- Daniel Sproule
- Jay Stacy
- Craig Victory
- Matthew Wells
- Michael York
- Head Coach: Terry Walsh
- Kate Allen
- Alyson Annan
- Renita Farrell
- Juliet Haslam
- Rechelle Hawkes
- Nikki Hudson
- Rachel Imison
- Clover Maitland
- Claire Mitchell-Taverner
- Jenny Morris
- Alison Peek
- Katrina Powell
- Lisa Powell
- Angie Skirving
- Kate Starre
- Julie Towers
- Head Coach: Ric Charlesworth
Judo
;Men;Women
Modern pentathlon
Coaches: Anthony Klarica, John Olsen, John Gilman, Scott Arnold, Russel JohnstonRhythmic 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
- Tom King and Mark Turnbull
- * Race 1 — 5
- * Race 2 — 1
- * Race 3 — 2
- * Race 4 —
- * Race 5 — 7
- * Race 6 — 10
- * Race 7 — 8
- * Race 8 — 1
- * Race 9 — 2
- * Race 10 —
- * Race 11 — 2
- * Final — 38
- Michael Blackburn
- * Race 1 — 8
- * Race 2 — 9
- * Race 3 — 2
- * Race 4 —
- * Race 5 — 6
- * Race 6 — 5
- * Race 7 —
- * Race 8 — 2
- * Race 9 — 12
- * Race 10 — 3
- * Race 11 — 14
- * Final — 60
- Darren Bundock and John Forbes
- * Race 1 — 1
- * Race 2 — 3
- * Race 3 — 4
- * Race 4 — 4
- * Race 5 — 4
- * Race 6 —
- * Race 7 — 2
- * Race 8 — 4
- * Race 9 —
- * Race 10 — 2
- * Race 11 — 1
- * Final — 25
- 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 — DSQ
- * Race 10 —
- * Race 11 — 6
- * Final — 51
- Neville Wittey, Josh Grace and David Edwards
- * Round Robin Group 2 1-4
- Jessica Crisp
- * Race 1 — 13
- * Race 2 —
- * Race 3 — 4
- * Race 4 — 4
- * Race 5 — 9
- * Race 6 — 8
- * Race 7 — 4
- * Race 8 —
- * Race 9 — 3
- * Race 10 — 4
- * Race 11 — 10
- * Final — 59
- Melanie Dennison
- * Race 1 — 18
- * Race 2 — 17
- * Race 3 — 7
- * Race 4 — OCS
- * Race 5 —
- * Race 6 — 10
- * Race 7 — 19
- * Race 8 — 8
- * Race 9 — 3
- * Race 10 — 4
- * Race 11 — 16
- * Final — 102
- Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell
- * Race 1 — 1
- * Race 2 —
- * Race 3 —
- * 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
- Chris Nicholson and Daniel Phillips
- * Race 1 — 11
- * Race 2 — 11
- * Race 3 — 1
- * Race 4 —
- * Race 5 — 1
- * Race 6 — 1
- * Race 7 — 12
- * Race 8 — 3
- * Race 9 — 1
- * Race 10 — 6
- * Race 11 —
- * Race 12 — 10
- * Race 13 — 8
- * Race 14 — 5
- * Race 15 — 9
- * Race 16 — 7
- * Final — 86
Shooting
Men
Women
Softball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- *Defeated New Zealand
- *Defeated Italy
- *Defeated Canada
- Medal Round
- *Lost to Japan
- *Defeated United States
- *Defeated PR China
- *Defeated Cuba → Bronze Medal
- Team Roster
- *Sandra Allen
- *Joanne Brown
- *Kerry Dienelt
- *Peta Edebone
- *Sue Fairhurst
- *Selina Follas
- *Fiona Hanes
- *Kelly Hardie
- *Tanya Harding
- *Sally McCreedy
- *Simmone Morrow
- *Melanie Roche
- *Natalie Titcume
- *Natalie Ward
- *Brooke Wilkins
- Head Coach: Bob Crudgington
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
;Men;Women
Taekwondo
Tennis
;Men;Women
Trampolining
Triathlon
Athlete | Event | Swim | Bike | Run | Total Time | Rank |
Peter Robertson | Men's | 18:47.49 | 58:40.90 | 34:10.65 | 1:51:39.04 | 34 |
Miles Stewart | Men's | 18:20.49 | 58:59.60 | 31:54.43 | 1:49:14.52 | 6 |
Craig Walton | Men's | 17:43.89 | 59:36.80 | 33:36.97 | 1:50:57.66 | 27 |
Nicole Hackett | Women's | 19:41.08 | 1:05:37.10 | 37:52.63 | 2:03:10.81 | 9 |
Loretta Harrop | Women's | 19:37.98 | 1:05:40.70 | 36:24.14 | 2:01:42.82 | 5 |
Michellie Jones | Women's | 19:43.88 | 1:05:32.90 | 35:25.77 | 2:00:42.55 |
Volleyball
;Men's team roster- David Beard
- Ben Hardy
- Dan Howard
- Nathan Jakavicius
- Steve Keir
- Ben Loft
- Spiros Marazios
- Scott Newcomb
- Dan Ronan
- Hidde Van Beest
- Russell Wentworth
- Mark Williams
- Head Coach: Stelio de Rocco
- 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
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
- Gavin Woods
- Head Coach: Don Cameron
- Naomi Castle
- Joanne Fox
- Bridgette Gusterson
- Simone Hankin
- Yvette Higgins
- Kate Hooper
- Bronwyn Mayer
- Gail Miller
- Melissa Mills
- Debbie Watson
- Liz Weekes
- Danielle Woodhouse
- Taryn Woods
- Head Coach: István Gorgenyi
Weightlifting
MenWomen
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman