Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics


Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 310 competitors, 181 men and 129 women, took part in 179 events in 23 sports. These were the first Summer Olympics in which the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB in a highly successful attempt to unify all the competing athletes across all the sports and events and boost team morale. Going into the games following their exceptionally poor performance in Atlanta widespread expectations of the team were low.
The Sydney Games was at the time the best performance by Great Britain in the Summer Olympic Games since 1920, with British competitors winning a total of 28 medals, 11 of which were gold. This represented a vast improvement in performance over the previous Summer Olympics in 1996, in which Great Britain won only one gold medal and 15 in total, and was the first of five consecutive Summer Olympics in which Great Britain would not only dramatically increase its overall performance and expectations but also see them dramatically increase its overall Summer Olympics medal tally. This was also the first Summer Olympic Games where British competitors benefited from £58.9m of National Lottery funding when it was introduced in 1997.

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
CyclingMen's track time trial
ShootingMen's double trap

Tim Foster
Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave		RowingMen's coxless four
AthleticsWomen's heptathlon

Simon Dennis
Rowley Douglas
Ben Hunt-Davis
Luka Grubor
Andrew Lindsay
Fred Scarlett
Steve Trapmore
Kieran West		RowingMen's eight
AthleticsMen's triple jump
SailingEurope
SailingLaser
SailingFinn
BoxingSuper Heavyweight
Modern pentathlonWomen's competition

Craig MacLean
Jason Queally		CyclingMen's team sprint
ShootingMen's trap
JudoWomen's 70 kg

Pippa Funnell
Leslie Law
Ian Stark		EquestrianTeam eventing
CanoeingMen's slalom K-1
AthleticsMen's javelin throw

Miriam Batten
Katherine Grainger
Gillian Lindsay		RowingWomen's quadruple sculls
Sailing49er
AthleticsMen's 200 m

Ian Walker		SailingStar

Chris Newton
Bryan Steel
Bradley Wiggins		CyclingMen's team pursuit
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit

Joanne Goode		BadmintonMixed doubles
AthleticsWomen's 400 m
AthleticsWomen's 800 m
CanoeingMen's K-1 1000 m
Modern pentathlonWomen's competition

NameMedalSportEvent
Jason Queally
Cycling1km time trial
Men's team sprint

Archery

The three British archers had a combined record of 3-3.

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
Dean MaceyResult10.817.7714.622.0946.4114.5343.374.8060.384:23.4585674
Dean MaceyPoints903100276688798890773384974478885674

;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
Denise LewisResult13.231.7515.5524.346.4850.192:16.836584
Denise LewisPoints109091689894810018648676584

Badminton

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

;Men
;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Ceris GilfillanRoad race3:06:3727
Ceris GilfillanTime trial44:2914
Yvonne McGregorRoad race3:06:3124
Yvonne McGregorTime trial44:37.0917
Sara SymingtonRoad race3:06:3110

Track

;Sprint
;Pursuit
Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
;Keirin
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Jason QueallyMen's time trial1:01.609

;Omnium
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Jon ClayMen's points race10013
Emma DaviesWomen's points race0014
Rob Hayles
Bradley Wiggins		Men's madison1304

Mountain biking

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

Fencing

Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Great Britain in 2000.

Gymnastics

, Annika Reeder, Emma Williams, Sharna Murray, Kelly Hackman & Paula Thomas represented Great Britain. The Team placed 10th which was the highest placing attained by GBR Women's Artistic Gymnastics at an Olympic Games.

Artistic

;Men
;Women
;Team
;Individual finals

Trampoline

Field hockey

Men's tournament

;Squad
Head coach: Barry Dancer
  1. Simon Mason
  2. David Luckes
  3. Jon Wyatt
  4. Julian Halls
  5. Tom Bertram
  6. Craig Parnham
  7. Guy Fordham
  8. Ben Sharpe
  9. Mark Pearn
  10. Jimmy Wallis
  11. Brett Garrard
  12. Bill Waugh
  13. Daniel Hall
  14. Michael Johnson
  15. Calum Giles
  16. David Hacker
;Group stage
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;5th–8th classification
;Crossover
;5th–6th place final

Women's tournament

;Squad
Head coach: Chris Spice
  1. Carolyn Reid
  2. Hilary Rose
  3. Kirsty Bowden
  4. Jane Smith
  6. Melanie Clewlow
  7. Christina Cullen
  8. Kath Johnson
  9. Lucilla Wright
  10. Jane Sixsmith
  11. Rhona Simpson
  12. Denise Marston-Smith
  13. Helen Richardson
  14. Fiona Greenham
  15. Pauline Stott
  16. Kate Walsh
  17. Mandy Nicholson
;Group stage
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----
----
;7th–10th classification
;Crossover
;7th–8th place final

Judo

;Men
;Women

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Great Britain competed in ten of the eleven Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics. They won three gold medals and two Silver medals.
;Men
;Women
;Open
;Fleet racing
;Match racing

Shooting

Swimming

;Men
Qualifiers for the latter rounds of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
* Competed in the heats only
;Women
Qualifiers for the latter rounds of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

;Men
;Women

Triathlon

The three British triathletes that finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon placed highly, with none lower than fifteenth place and two in the top ten. However, three more British athletes did not finish the competition.

Weightlifting