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{{Short description|Multi-sport event in Sydney, Australia}}
{{hatnote|Several terms redirect here. For the paralympic games, see [[2000 Summer Paralympics]]. For the video game, see [[Sydney 2000 (video game)]].}}
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{{Infobox Olympic games|2000|Summer|Olympics|
| image       = 2000 Summer Olympics logo.svg
| image_size  = 200
| caption     = Emblem of the 2000 Summer Olympics{{Efn-ua|The logo is a stylised image of a torchbearer; the top part, in blue, represents the smoke from the Olympic torch, which draws the outline of the [[Sydney Opera House]]; the middle part, in yellow, represents the head and arms of a torchbearer, the arms symbolised by two boomerangs; the bottom part, in red, depicts the torchbearer's legs, also symbolised by a boomerang.}}
| host_city   = [[Sydney]], Australia
| motto       = ''The Games of the New Millennium'' 
| nations     = 199
| athletes    = 10,647 (6,579 men, 4,068 women)<ref name=athletes_number>{{cite web|title=The Olympic Summer Games Factsheet|url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Summer_Games.pdf|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 August 2012|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906110401/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Summer_Games.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| events      = 300 in 28 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (40 disciplines)
| opening     = 15 September 2000
| closing     = 1 October 2000
| opened_by   = [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]] [[William Deane|Sir William Deane]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron">{{cite press release |title=Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf|url-status=live |publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2016|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
| closed_by = [[President of the International Olympic Committee|IOC President]] [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]
| cauldron    = [[Cathy Freeman]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron"/>
| stadium     = [[Stadium Australia]]
| summer_prev = [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]]
| summer_next = [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]]
| winter_prev = [[1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano 1998]]
| winter_next = [[2002 Winter Olympics|Salt Lake 2002]]
}}
{{2000 Summer Olympics}}

The '''2000 Summer Olympics''', officially the '''Games of the XXVII Olympiad''', officially branded as '''Sydney 2000''', and also known as the '''Games of the New Millennium''', were an international [[multi-sport event]] held from 15&nbsp;September to 1&nbsp;October 2000 in [[Sydney]], New South Wales, Australia. It marked the second time the [[Summer Olympics]] were held in Australia, and in the [[Southern Hemisphere]], the first being in [[Melbourne]], in [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]].

Teams from 199 countries participated in the 2000 Games, which were the first to feature at least 300 events in its official sports program. The Games were estimated to have cost [[Australian dollar|A$]]6.6&nbsp;billion. These were the final Olympic Games under the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] presidency of [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]] before the arrival of his successor [[Jacques Rogge]].

The final medal tally at the 2000 Summer Olympics was led by the [[United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics|United States]], followed by [[Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Russia]] and [[China at the 2000 Summer Olympics|China]] with host [[Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Australia]] in fourth place overall. Cameroon, Colombia, Latvia, Mozambique, and Slovenia won a gold medal for the first time in their Olympic histories, while Barbados, Kuwait, [[Kyrgyzstan]], Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam won their first-ever Olympic medals.

The 2000 Games received universal acclaim, with the organisation, volunteers, sportsmanship, and Australian public being lauded in the international media. [[Bill Bryson]] of ''[[The Times]]'' called the Sydney Games "one of the most successful events on the world stage", saying that they "couldn't be better".<ref name="media">{{cite web|url=http://www.coolrunning.com.au/general/2000e020.shtml |title=How the media viewed the Sydney Olympics |date=20 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016062506/http://www.coolrunning.com.au/general/2000e020.shtml |archive-date=16 October 2017 |url-status=dead |website=CoolRunning Australia |access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref> James Mossop of the ''[[Electronic Telegraph]]'' called the Games "such a success that any city considering bidding for future Olympics must be wondering how it can reach the standards set by Sydney",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/4772754/Sydney-has-set-the-highest-standards-for-future-hosts.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/4772754/Sydney-has-set-the-highest-standards-for-future-hosts.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sydney has set the highest standards for future hosts|first=James|last=Mossop|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=1 October 2000|access-date=26 October 2013|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> while Jack Todd of the ''Montreal Gazette'' suggested that the "IOC should quit while it's ahead. Admit there can never be a better Olympic Games, and be done with it," as "Sydney was both exceptional and the best".<ref name="media" /> These games would provide the inspiration for [[London]]'s [[London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics|winning bid for the 2012 Olympic Games]] in 2005; in preparing for the 2012 Games, [[Sebastian Coe|Lord Coe]] declared the 2000 Games the "benchmark for the spirit of the Games, unquestionably", admitting that the London organizing committee "attempted in several ways to emulate what the Sydney Organising Committee did."<ref>{{cite news|title=Sydney 2000 the Olympic Games benchmark, Sebastian Coe says|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/london-games/sydney-2000-the-olympic-games-benchmark-sebastian-coe-says/story-e6frgdg6-1226434578711|work=The Australian|date=25 July 2012|access-date=13 August 2012|archive-date=26 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726051136/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/london-games/sydney-2000-the-olympic-games-benchmark-sebastian-coe-says/story-e6frgdg6-1226434578711|url-status=live}}</ref> This is also the first Olympics to take place fully in Australia because the 1956 Melbourne Olympics had equestrian events take place in [[Stockholm]] because of Australia's strict quarantine regulations.

Australia will host the Summer Olympics in [[Brisbane]] in [[2032 Summer Olympics|2032]], making it the first Asia-Pacific country to host the Summer Olympics three times.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pender |first1=Kieran |title=Olympics: Australia to host again after Brisbane confirmed for 2032 Games |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/21/brisbane-australia-2032-olympic-games-bid-host-ioc-session-vote |access-date=25 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=21 July 2021}}</ref><!-- Original paragraph text:

Australia will host the Summer Olympics in Brisbane in 2032, making it the first Asia-Pacific country to host the Summer Olympics three times. and also the second time Australia will host the Summer Olympics after the United States hosting it with how Brisbane will come after Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics. -->

==Host city selection==
{{main|Bids for the 2000 Summer Olympics}}

Sydney won the right to host the Games on 24 September 1993, after being selected over [[Beijing]], [[Berlin]], [[Istanbul]], and [[Manchester]] in four rounds of voting, at the 101st [[IOC Session]] in [[Monte Carlo]], [[Monaco]]. [[Brasília]], [[Milan]], and [[Tashkent]] made bids before deciding to withdraw during the bidding process.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-22 |title=When Sydney were big winners in Monte Carlo |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140939/sydney-olympic-vote-1993-blog |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref> The Australian city of [[Melbourne]] which also hosted the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] had lost out to [[Atlanta]] for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] three years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html|title=IOC VOTE HISTORY|website=www.aldaver.com|access-date=6 October 2011|archive-date=25 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Beijing would later be selected to host the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] eight years later on 13 July 2001 and the [[2022 Winter Olympics]] twenty-two years later on 31 July 2015. Milan would also go on to win the [[2026 Winter Olympics]] along with [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] twenty-six years later on 24 June 2019. Beijing's loss to Sydney was seen as a "significant blow" to an "urgent political priority" of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] leadership having mounted the most intense and expensive candidacy campaign at the date so far (this includes the Summer and Winter Games). Although it is unknown as two members of the International Olympic Committee voted for Sydney over Beijing in 1993, it appears that an important role was played by [[Human Rights Watch]]'s campaign to "stop Beijing" because of China's human rights record and international isolation following the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/24/sports/olympics-there-s-no-joy-in-beijing-as-sydney-gets-olympics.html|title=OLYMPICS; There's No Joy in Beijing as Sydney Gets Olympics|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 September 1993|last1=Tyler|first1=Patrick E.|access-date=22 August 2021|archive-date=5 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005233713/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/24/sports/olympics-there-s-no-joy-in-beijing-as-sydney-gets-olympics.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Many in China were angry at what they saw as U.S.-led interference in the vote, and the outcome contributed to rising [[anti-Western sentiment in China]] and a new phase in the tensions in [[Sino-American Relations|Sino-American relations]].<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1177/0022009416667791|title = Harnessing Human Rights to the Olympic Games: Human Rights Watch and the 1993 'Stop Beijing' Campaign| journal=Journal of Contemporary History| volume=53| issue=2| pages=415–438|year = 2018|last1 = Keys|first1 = Barbara| url=http://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/11343/217038/5/Keys%20Human%20Rights%20JCH%20author%20version.pdf|hdl = 11343/217038|s2cid = 159945661|hdl-access=free| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924105812/https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/217038/Keys%20Human%20Rights%20JCH%20author%20version.pdf?sequence=5| archive-date=24 September 2019| url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2000 Summer Olympics bidding results<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |title=Past Olympic Host Cities List |website=GamesBids.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=24 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | City
! rowspan=2 | Country
! colspan=4 style="background:silver;"| Round
|-
! style="background:silver;"| 1
! style="background:silver;"| 2
! style="background:silver;"| 3
! style="background:silver;"| 4
|-
|[[Sydney]] || {{flag|Australia}} || style="text-align:center;"|30 || style="text-align:center;"|30 || style="text-align:center;"|37 || style="text-align:center;"|'''45'''
|-
|[[Beijing]]||{{flag|China|}} || style="text-align:center;"|'''32''' || style="text-align:center;"|'''37'''|| style="text-align:center;"|'''40''' || style="text-align:center;"|43
|-
|[[Manchester]] || {{flag|Great Britain}} || style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:center;"|13 || style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|[[Berlin]] || {{flag|Germany}} || style="text-align:center;"|9 || style="text-align:center;"|9 || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|[[Istanbul]] || {{flag|Turkey}} || style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:center;"|—|| style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—
|}

==The Games==
===Costs===
The ''Oxford Olympics Study 2016'' estimates the outturn cost of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics at US$5 billion in 2015 dollars and cost overrun at 90% in real terms.<ref>{{Cite book|ssrn=2804554|title=The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games|last1=Flyvbjerg|first1=Bent|last2=Stewart|first2=Allison|last3=Budzier|first3=Alexander|publisher=Saïd Business School Working Papers (Oxford: University of Oxford)|year=2016|location=Oxford|pages=9, 13}}</ref> This includes sports-related costs only; that is, (i) ''operational costs'' incurred by the organising committee to stage the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) ''direct capital costs'' incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build; e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast centre, and media and press centre, which are required to host the Games. Indirect capital costs are ''not'' included, such as for road, [[Olympic Park railway line, Sydney|rail]], airport infrastructure, hotel upgrades, or other business investments incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost for Sydney 2000 compares with a cost of US$4.6 billion for Rio 2016, US$40–44 billion for Beijing 2008, and US$51 billion for Sochi 2014, the most expensive Olympics in history. The average cost for the Summer Games since 1960 is US$5.2 billion, average cost overrun is 176%.

In 2000, the [[Auditor-General of New South Wales]] reported that the Sydney Games cost [[Australian dollar|A$]]6.6&nbsp;billion, with a net cost to the public between A$1.7 and A$2.4&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liebreich.com/LDC/HTML/Olympics/London/Sydney.html |title=Sydney 2000&nbsp;– Auditor Slams Costs |website=liebreich.com |date=23 April 2003 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050207142926/http://www.liebreich.com/LDC/HTML/Olympics/London/Sydney.html |archive-date = 7 February 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/agrep02v2/costofolympicgames.pdf |title=Cost of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050620055157/http://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/agrep02v2/costofolympicgames.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2005 |pages=10–11 |quote=Olympic Co-ordination Authority ... OCA's current report on the actual result ... Total net impact in A$$ million: ... 1,326.1}}</ref> In the years leading up to the games, funds were shifted from education and health programs to cover Olympic expenses.<ref name="FindlingPelle2004">{{cite book|last1=Findling|first1=John E.|last2=Pelle|first2=Kimberly D.|title=Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&pg=PA252|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313322785|page=252|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016120917/https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&pg=PA252|url-status=live}}</ref>

It has been estimated that the economic impact of the 2000 Olympics was that A$2.1&nbsp;billion has been shaved from public consumption. Economic growth was not stimulated to a net benefit, and, in the years after 2000, foreign tourism to NSW grew by less than tourism to Australia as a whole. A "multiplier" effect on broader economic development was not realised, as a simple "multiplier" analysis fails to capture that resources have to be redirected from elsewhere: the building of a stadium is at the expense of other public works such as extensions to hospitals. Building sporting venues does not add to the aggregate stock of productive capital in the years following the Games: "Equestrian centers, softball compounds, and man-made rapids are not particularly useful beyond their immediate function."<ref>{{cite news| url = http://business.smh.com.au/no-medals-for-economic-benefits-of-the-games/20080411-25ks.html| title = No medals for economic benefits of the Games| last = Saulwick| first = Jacob| date = 12 April 2008| access-date = 16 April 2008| work = Business Day| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120818202141/http://www.smh.com.au/business/no-medals-for-economic-benefits-of-the-games-20080411-25ks.html?page=2| archive-date = 18 August 2012| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}  The article is based largely on a recent study by James Giesecke and John Madden from the Centre of Policy Studies at Monash University.</ref>

Many venues that were constructed in [[Sydney Olympic Park]] failed financially in the years immediately following the Olympics to meet the expected bookings to meet upkeep expenses. It was only the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] that reconnected the park back to citizens.<ref name="PoynterMacRury2009">{{cite book|last1=Poynter|first1=Gavin|last2=MacRury|first2=Iain|title=Olympic Cities: 2012 and the Remaking of London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOlHevOfgn8C&pg=PA137|date=6 October 2009|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=9780754671008|page=137|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016120917/https://books.google.com/books?id=YOlHevOfgn8C&pg=PA137|url-status=live}}</ref> In recent years,{{when|date=July 2024}} infrastructure costs for some facilities have been of growing concern to the NSW Government, especially facilities in Western Sydney.<ref name="PoynterMacRury2009" /> Proposed [[Sydney Metro West|metro]] and [[Parramatta Light Rail|light rail]] links from Olympic Park to Parramatta have been estimated to cost in the same order of magnitude as the public expenditure on the games.<ref name="SMHSaulwick">{{cite news |last1=Saulwick |first1=Jacob |title=Prospect of demolishing Dunc Gray Velodrome threatens NSW Cycling |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/prospect-of-demolishing-dunc-gray-velodrome-threatens-nsw-cycling-20161209-gt7fes.html |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine |date=9 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} [[Stadium Australia]] had been considered for [[Stadium Australia#Proposed renovations|demolition]] in 2017 by then NSW Premier [[Gladys Berejiklian]], citing that the stadium was "built for an Olympics" but not for modern spectators.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Macmillan |first1=Jade |title=The demolition and redesign of Sydney's Olympic Stadium explained |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-24/nsw-government-reveals-why-olympic-stadium-is-being-knocked-down/9187608 |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=ABC News |date=24 November 2017 |language=en-AU}}</ref> The plan was scrapped in 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pavitt |first1=Michael |title=Plans to redevelop Sydney Olympic Stadium scrapped over COVID-19 economic impact |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094815/sydney-stadium-redevelopment-scrapped |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=Inside the Games |date=31 May 2020}}</ref> The [[Dunc Gray Velodrome]] has also struggled to keep up its $500,000-per-year maintenance costs,<ref name="SMHSaulwick" /> although it is still used for track cycling events.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Veage |first1=John |title=Clarence St Cup carnival |url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/7134474/clarence-st-cup-carnival/ |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |date=23 February 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

===Chronological Summary of the 2000 Summer Olympics===
Although the Opening Ceremony was not scheduled until 15&nbsp;September, the [[Association football|football]] competitions began with preliminary matches on 13&nbsp;September. Among the pre-ceremony fixtures, host nation Australia lost 1–0 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], which was the main stadium for the [[1956 Melbourne Olympics]].

====Day 1: 15 September====
=====Cultural display highlights=====
{{See also|2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony}}
[[File:2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony 1.JPEG|thumb|right|The [[2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony]] at [[Stadium Australia]], on 15 September 2000.]]
The opening ceremony began with a tribute to the pastoral heritage of the [[Stockman (Australia)|Australian stockmen]] and the importance of the [[Australian Stock Horse|stock horse]] in Australia's heritage. It was produced and filmed by the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation and the home nation broadcaster [[Seven Network]].<ref>Commentary on the official DVD of the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics</ref> This was introduced by lone rider [[Steve Jefferys]] and his rearing [[Australian Stock Horse]] ''Ammo''. At the cracking of Jefferys' [[stock whip|stockwhip]], a further 120 riders entered the stadium, their stock horses performing intricate steps, including forming the five [[Olympic Rings]], sounded by a new version of the song that [[Bruce Rowland (composer)|Bruce Rowland]] had previously composed for the 1982 film ''[[The Man from Snowy River (1982 film)|The Man from Snowy River]]''.

The [[Advance Australia Fair|Australian National Anthem]] was sung in the first verse by [[Human Nature (band)|Human Nature]] and the second by [[Julie Anthony (singer)|Julie Anthony]].

The cultural segments of the event take place with many aspects of the land and its people: the affinity of the mainly coastal-dwelling Australians with the sea that surrounds the Island Continent. The [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] inhabitation of the land, the coming of the [[First Fleet]], the continued immigration from many nations, and the rural industry on which the economy of the nation was built, including a display representing the harshness of rural life based on the paintings of Sir [[Sidney Nolan]]. Two memorable scenes were the representation of the heart of the country by 200 [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] women from [[Central Australia]] who danced up "the mighty spirit of god to protect the Games"<ref name="HistoryToday">{{cite news |last1=Bosworth |first1=Richard |title=Rome 1960: Making Sporting History {{!}} History Today |url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/rome-1960-making-sporting-history |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=History Today |volume=60 |issue=8 |date=August 2010}}</ref> and the overwhelmingly noisy representation of the [[construction industry]] by hundreds of tap-dancing teenagers.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Because the wife of then-IOC President [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]] was seriously ill and unable to accompany her husband to the Olympics, [[Dawn Fraser]], former Australian Olympic Champion swimmer and member of the [[Parliament of New South Wales]], accompanied Samaranch during the Australian cultural segments, explaining to him some of the cultural references that are unfamiliar for the people from outside Australia.

=====Formal presentation=====
A record 199 nations entered the stadium, with a record 80 of them winning at least one medal. The only missing [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] member was [[Afghanistan]], who was banned due to the extremist rule of the [[Taliban]]'s oppression of women and its prohibition of sports.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/context-culture/flash-from-the-past-afghans-shattered-2000-olympic-dreams-amended/ |title=Flash from the Past: Afghans' Shattered 2000 Olympic Dreams |last=Clark |first=Kate |date=27 July 2012 |work=Afghanistan Analysts Network |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128185955/https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/context-culture/flash-from-the-past-afghans-shattered-2000-olympic-dreams-amended/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The ceremony featured a unified entrance by the athletes of [[North Korea|North]] and [[South Korea]],{{efn-ua|The national teams of [[North Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics|North Korea]] and [[South Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics|South Korea]] competed separately in the Olympic events, even though they marched together as a [[Korea Team|unified Korean team]] in the opening ceremony.}} using a specially designed [[Unification Flag|unification flag]]: a white background flag with a blue map of the [[Korean Peninsula]]. Four athletes from [[East Timor]] also marched in the parade of nations as [[individual Olympic athletes]] and marched directly before the host country. Although the country-to-be had no National Olympic Committee then, they were allowed to compete under the [[Olympic Flag]] with country code [[individual Olympic athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics|IOA]]. The [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]], [[William Deane|Sir William Deane]], opened the games.

The [[Olympic Flag]] was carried around the arena by eight former Australian Olympic champions: [[Bill Roycroft]], [[Murray Rose]], [[Liane Tooth]], [[Gillian Rolton]], [[Marjorie Jackson]], [[Lorraine Crapp]], [[Michael Wenden]] and [[Nick Green (rower)|Nick Green]]. During the raising of the Olympics Flag, the [[Olympic Hymn]] was sung by the Millennium Choir of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] in Greek. Following this, [[Tina Arena]] sang a purpose-written pop song, ''The Flame''.<ref>[https://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/30/11-olympic-theme-songs-dissected/slide/tina-arena-flame-sydney-2000/ 11 Olympic Theme Songs, Dissected] . ''Time'' (26 July 2012). Retrieved 3 May 2014.</ref>

The opening ceremony concluded with the lighting of the [[Olympic Flame]], which was brought into the stadium by former Australian Olympic champion [[Herb Elliott]]. Then, celebrating 100 years of women's participation in the Olympic Games, former Australian women Olympic medalists [[Betty Cuthbert]] and [[Raelene Boyle]], [[Dawn Fraser]], [[Shirley Strickland]] (later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty), [[Shane Gould]] and [[Debbie Flintoff-King]] brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to [[Cathy Freeman]], who lit the flame in the [[Olympic cauldron|cauldron]] within a circle of fire. The  choice of Freeman, an Aboriginal woman, to light the flame was notable given the [[Racism in Australia#Indigenous Australians|history of human rights abuses against Aboriginal people in Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |first=@Oli |last=Murray |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/cathy-freemans-iconic-olympic-moment-shows-the-racism-indigenous-australians-face/news-story/c1373eca4dc46445c4bb74d2fbe3c785 |title=Cathy Freeman Sydney Olympics: Sad moment behind iconic moment |publisher=News.com.au |date= |access-date=13 February 2022 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205140420/https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/cathy-freemans-iconic-olympic-moment-shows-the-racism-indigenous-australians-face/news-story/c1373eca4dc46445c4bb74d2fbe3c785 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following her lighting, Freeman was the subject of racial abuse from some Australians.<ref>Bruce, T., & Wensing, E. (2009). 'She's not one of us': Cathy Freeman and the place of Aboriginal people in Australian national culture. Australian Aboriginal Studies, (2), 90-100.</ref> The planned spectacular climax to the ceremony was delayed by the technical glitch of a computer switch which malfunctioned, causing the sequence to shut down by giving a false reading. This meant that the Olympic flame was suspended in mid-air for about four minutes rather than immediately rising up a water-covered ramp to the top of the stadium. When the cause of the problem was discovered, the program was overridden and the cauldron continued its course, and the ceremony concluded with a fireworks display.<ref>Information given by [[Ric Birch]], Director of Ceremonies, during an interview at the end of the official DVD of the 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony</ref>

====Day 2: 16 September====
[[File:2000 Olympics first medals.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|Gold medallist [[Nancy Johnson (sport shooter)|Nancy Johnson]] (centre) of the U.S., raises her hands with silver medallist [[Kang Cho-hyun]] (left), of South Korea, and bronze winner [[Gao Jing]] (right), of China, during the first medal ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games.]]

The first medals of the Games were awarded in the women's 10 metre [[air rifle]] competition, which was won by [[Nancy Johnson (sport shooter)|Nancy Johnson]] of the United States.

The [[Triathlon]] made its Olympic debut with the women's race. Set in the surroundings of the [[Sydney Opera House]], [[Brigitte McMahon]] representing Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to the first gold medal in the sport, beating the favoured home athletes such as Michelie Jones who won silver. McMahon only passed Jones in sight of the finish line.

The first star of the Games was 17-year-old Australian [[Ian Thorpe]], who first set a new world record in the 400-metre freestyle final before competing in an exciting 4 × 100 m freestyle final. Swimming the last leg, Thorpe passed the leading American team and arrived in a new world record time, two-tenths of a second ahead of the Americans. In the same event for women, the Americans also broke the world record, finishing ahead of the Netherlands and Sweden.

Samaranch had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already died. Samaranch returned to Sydney four days later. The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife.

====Day 3: 17 September====
Canadian [[Simon Whitfield]] sprinted away in the last 100 metres of the men's triathlon, becoming the inaugural winner in the event.

On the cycling track, [[Robert Bartko]] beat fellow German [[Jens Lehmann (cyclist)|Jens Lehmann]] in the individual pursuit, setting a new Olympic Record. [[Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel]] set a world record in the semi-finals the same event for women.

In the swimming pool, American [[Tom Dolan (swimmer)|Tom Dolan]] beat the world record in the 400-metre [[Medley swimming|medley]], successfully defending the title he won in [[Atlanta]] four years prior. Dutchwoman [[Inge de Bruijn]] also clocked a new world record, beating her own time in the 100 m butterfly final to win by more than a second.


====Day 4: 18 September====
The main event for the Australians on the fourth day of the Games was the 200 m freestyle. Dutchman [[Pieter van den Hoogenband]] had broken the world record in the semi-finals, taking it from the new Australian hero [[Ian Thorpe]], who came close to the world record in his semi-final heat. As the final race finished, Van den Hoogenband's time was exactly the same as in the semi-finals, finishing ahead of Thorpe by half a second.

China won the [[gold medal]] in the men's team all-around gymnastics competition after being the runner-up in the previous two Olympics. The other medals were taken by [[Ukraine]] and Russia, respectively.

Zijlaard-van Moorsel lived up to the expectations set by her world record in cycling in the semis by winning the gold medal.

====Day 7: 21 September====
During the Women's Gymnastics All-Around, female athletes suffered damning scores and injuries due to improperly installed gymnastics equipment. Gymnasts performing on the [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]] gave uncharacteristically poor performances and fell. Officials blamed the series of falls and low scores on [[performance anxiety]]. It was not until Australian gymnast [[Allana Slater]] and her coach, [[Peggy Liddick]], voiced concerns about the equipment that officials discovered the apparatus was five centimetres, or almost two inches, lower than it should have been. While athletes were given the opportunity to perform again, for some of them, the damage to their mental or physical health caused by the vault was irreparable. Chinese gymnast [[Kui Yuanyuan]] and American gymnast [[Kristen Maloney]] both injured their legs while attempting to stick their landings, with Kui needing to be carried to an examination area and Maloney damaging a titanium rod that had recently been implanted in her shin. Romanian gymnast [[Andreea Răducan]] ultimately took gold while her teammates, [[Simona Amânar]] and [[Maria Olaru]] took silver and bronze, respectively.

====Day 9: 23 September====
By rowing in the winning coxless four, [[Steve Redgrave]] of Great Britain became a member of a select group who had won gold medals at five consecutive Olympics.

The swimming 4 x 100-metre medley relay of B.J. Bedford, [[Megan Quann]] (Jendrick), [[Jenny Thompson]] and [[Dara Torres]] became the first women's relay under 4-minutes, swimming 3:58 and setting a world record, claiming the gold medal for the United States.

====Day 10: 24 September====
[[Rulon Gardner]], never an [[NCAA]] champion or a world medalist, beat [[Alexander Karelin]] of Russia to win gold in the super heavyweight class, [[Greco-Roman wrestling]]. Karelin had won gold in [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul]], [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona]] and [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta]]. Before this fight, he had never lost in international competition, had been unbeaten in all competitions in 13 years, and had not surrendered a point in a decade.

====Day 11: 25 September====
[[File:Cathy400 mediafrenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Cathy Freeman]] after the 400-metre final]]
Australian [[Cathy Freeman]] won the 400-metre final in front of a jubilant Sydney crowd at the [[Stadium Australia|Olympic Stadium]], ahead of [[Lorraine Fenton|Lorraine Graham]] of Jamaica and [[Katharine Merry]] of Great Britain. Freeman's win made her the first competitor in Olympic Games history to light the [[Olympic Flame]] and then go on to win a [[Gold Medal]]. The attendance at the stadium was 112,524 – the largest attendance for any sport in Olympic Games history.

In a men's basketball pool match between the [[United States men's national basketball team|United States]] and [[France national basketball team|France]], the USA's [[Vince Carter]] made one of the most famous [[slam dunk|dunks]] in basketball history. After getting the ball off a steal, the 6'6"/1.98 m Carter drove to the basket, with 7'2"/2.18 m centre [[Frédéric Weis]] in his way. Carter jumped, spread his legs in midair, scraped Weis' head on the way up, and dunked. The French media dubbed the feat ''le dunk de la mort'' ("the dunk of death").

====Day 14: 28 September====
{{seealso|Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau}}
The [[Canadian flag]] at the athletes' village was lowered to [[half-mast]] as Canadian athletes paid tribute to the former prime minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] after hearing of his [[Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau|death]] in Montreal (because of the [[time zone]] difference, it was 29&nbsp;September in Sydney when Trudeau died). The Canadian flag was flown at half-mast for the remainder of the Olympics, on orders from both IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister [[Lloyd Axworthy]], and as the [[Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau|state funeral]] did not take place until 3 October, two days after the closing ceremony, so they have enough time to head back to Canada after the Games and attending his funeral.&nbsp;

====Day 16: 30 September====
[[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] won a historic gold medal over [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] in the Men's Olympic [[association football|Football]] Final at the Olympic Stadium. The game went to a penalty shootout, which was won by Cameroon 5–3.<ref>{{cite web | title = Patrick Mboma|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/m/n214045822.shtml  | access-date =9 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517151346/http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/m/n214045822.shtml |archive-date=17 May 2013}}</ref>

====Day 17: 1 October====
{{See also|2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony}}
[[File:Fireworks, Sydney Harbour Bridge, 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.jpg|thumb|right|Olympic colours on the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]].]]
The last event of the games was the Men's Marathon, contested on a course that started in North Sydney. The event was won by [[Ethiopia]]n [[Gezahegne Abera]], with Kenyan [[Erick Wainaina]] second, and [[Tesfaye Tola]], also of Ethiopia, third. It was the first time since the 1968 Olympics that an Ethiopian won the gold medal in this event.

The closing ceremony commenced with [[Christine Anu]] performing her version of the [[Warumpi Band]]'s song "[[My Island Home]]", with several [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] dancers atop the Geodome Stage in the middle of the stadium, around which several hundred umbrella and lamp box kids created an image of Aboriginal Dreamtime. The Geodome Stage was used throughout the ceremony, which was a flat stage mechanically raised into the shape of a [[Geode]].

IOC President [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]] declared at the Closing Ceremony,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/02/sports/sydney-2000-closing-ceremony-a-fond-farewell-from-australia.html|title=Sydney 2000: Closing Ceremony; A fond farewell from Australia|date=2 October 2000|first=Jere|last=Longman|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=12 May 2010|archive-date=9 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709000239/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/02/sports/sydney-2000-closing-ceremony-a-fond-farewell-from-australia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{blockquote|I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever.}}
Subsequent Summer Olympics held in [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics|London]] have been described by Samaranch's successor [[Jacques Rogge]] as "unforgettable, dream Games", "truly exceptional" and "happy and glorious games", respectively&nbsp;– the practice of declaring games the "best ever" having been retired after the 2000 Games.

===Sports===
The 2000 Summer Olympic program featured 300 events in the following 28 sports:

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!2000 Summer Olympics Sports Program
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{{col-begin}}
{{Col-1-of-4}}
*Aquatics
**{{GamesSport|Diving|Events=8|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=32|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Synchronized swimming|Events=2|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Water polo|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Archery|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=46|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Badminton|Events=5|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Baseball|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Basketball|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=12|Format=d}}
{{Col-2-of-4}}
*{{GamesSport|Canoeing|Format=d}}
**Sprint <small>(12)</small>
**Slalom <small>(4)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}
**Road <small>(4)</small>
**Track <small>(12)</small>
**Mountain biking <small>(2)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Equestrian|Format=d}}
**Dressage <small>(2)</small>
**Eventing <small>(2)</small>
**Show jumping <small>(2)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=10|Format=d}}
{{Col-3-of-4}}
*{{GamesSport|Field hockey|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Football|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Format=d}}
**Artistic <small>(14)</small>
**Rhythmic <small>(2)</small>
**Trampoline <small>(2)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Handball|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Judo|Events=14|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Modern pentathlon|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=14|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Sailing|Events=11|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=17|Format=d}}
{{Col-4-of-4}}
*{{GamesSport|Softball|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Table tennis|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Taekwondo|Events=8|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Tennis|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Triathlon|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Volleyball|Format=d}}
**Volleyball <small>(2)</small>
**Beach volleyball <small>(2)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=15|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
**Freestyle <small>(8)</small>
**Greco-Roman <small>(8)</small>
{{col-end}}
|}

Although demonstration sports were abolished following the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], the Sydney Olympics featured [[Wheelchair Racing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|wheelchair racing]] as exhibition events on the athletics schedule.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reflections on the Olympic Wheelchair Racing Exhibition Races |url=http://www.ncpad.org/yourwrites/fact_sheet.php?sheet=267 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613075038/http://ncpad.org/yourwrites/fact_sheet.php?sheet=267 |archive-date=13 June 2010 |url-status=live |access-date=15 June 2009 }}</ref>

Special [[quarantine]] conditions were introduced to allow entry of horses into Australia to participate in equestrian events,<ref>{{cite web|title=Strict quarantine conditions for overseas horses competing in the Sydney 2000 Games|url=http://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/media-centre/dept-releases/1999/strict_quarantine_conditions_for_overseas_horses_competing_in_the_sydney_2000_games|publisher=Department of Agriculture|access-date=23 December 2014|date=26 November 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507085950/http://www.agriculture.gov.au/about/media-centre/dept-releases/1999/strict_quarantine_conditions_for_overseas_horses_competing_in_the_sydney_2000_games |archive-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> avoiding the need for such events to take place elsewhere as had happened at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in Melbourne.

===Calendar===
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|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#00cc33;text-align:center;"|'''OC'''||Opening ceremony
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#3399ff;text-align:center;"|●||Event competitions
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|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#FF8888;text-align:center;"|'''CC'''||Closing ceremony
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{| class=wikitable style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em; width:75%; text-align:center;"
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!colspan=18|September
!colspan=1|Oct
!style=width:6%; rowspan=2|Events
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|align=left rowspan=3|[[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]]
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{nowrap|[[File:Gymnastics_(rhythmic)_pictogram.svg|20px]] Rhythmic}}
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 | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File:Shooting_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{nowrap|[[File:Volleyball_(indoor)_pictogram.svg|20px]] Indoor volleyball}}
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!colspan=2|Daily medal events !! !! !! !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 15 !! 18 !! 18 !! 18 !! 26 !! 25 !! 18 !! 11 !! 17 !! 17 !! 11 !! 40 !! 24 !! rowspan=2|300
|-
!colspan=2|Cumulative total!! !! !! !! 13 !! 27 !! 42 !! 57 !! 75 !! 93 !! 111 !! 137 !! 162 !! 180 !! 191 !! 208 !! 225 !! 236 !! 276 !! 300
|-
!colspan=2 rowspan=2|September/October 2000
!style=width:4%;|13th<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|14th<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|15th<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|16th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|17th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|18th<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|19th<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|20th<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|21st<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|22nd<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|23rd<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|24th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|25th<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|26th<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|27th<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|28th<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|29th<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|30th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|1st<br/>Sun
!rowspan=2|Total events
|-
!colspan=18|September
!colspan=1|Oct
|}
</div><section end="Calendar"/>

===Participating National Olympic Committees===
[[File:2000 Summer Olympic games countries.svg|thumb|Participating countries]]
[[File:2000 Summer Olympics team numbers.svg|thumb|Number of athletes]]
199 [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOCs) participated in the Sydney Games, two more than in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]; in addition, there were four [[Timor-Leste|Timorese]] [[Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Individual Olympic Athletes]]. [[Eritrea]], the [[Federated States of Micronesia]] and [[Palau]] made their Olympic debut this year.

[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] was once again designated under that name, after it participated as [[Zaire]] from [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] to [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]].

Afghanistan was the only 1996 participant (and the only existing NOC) that did not participate in the 2000 Olympics, having been banned due to the [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)|Taliban's totalitarian rule in Afghanistan]], their oppression of women, and its prohibition of sports.

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*{{flagIOC|ALB|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer|47}}
*{{flagIOC|ASA|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|AND|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|ANG|2000 Summer|30}}
*{{flagIOC|ANT|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|ARG|2000 Summer|143}}
*{{flagIOC|ARM|2000 Summer|25}}
*{{flagIOC|ARU|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer|617}} '''(host)'''
*{{flagIOC|AUT|2000 Summer|92}}
*{{flagIOC|AZE|2000 Summer|31}}
*{{flagIOC|BAH|2000 Summer|25}}
*{{flagIOC|BRN|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|BAN|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|BAR|2000 Summer|18}}
*{{flagIOC|BLR|2000 Summer|139}}
*{{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer|68}}
*{{flagIOC|BIZ|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|BEN|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|BER|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|BHU|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|BOL|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|BIH|2000 Summer|9}}
*{{flagIOC|BOT|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|BRA|2000 Summer|198}}
*{{flagIOC|IVB|2000 Summer|1}}
*{{flagIOC|BRU|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|BUL|2000 Summer|91}}
*{{flagIOC|BUR|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|BDI|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|CAM|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|CMR|2000 Summer|34}}
*{{flagIOC|CAN|2000 Summer|294}}
*{{flagIOC|CPV|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|CAY|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|CAF|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|CHA|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|CHI|2000 Summer|50}}
*{{flagIOC|CHN|2000 Summer|271}}
*{{flagIOC|COL|2000 Summer|44}}
*{{flagIOC|COM|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|CGO|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|COK|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|CRC|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|CRO|2000 Summer|88}}
*{{flagIOC|CUB|2000 Summer|229}}
*{{flagIOC|CYP|2000 Summer|22}}
*{{flagIOC|CZE|2000 Summer|119}}
*{{flagIOC|COD|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|DEN|2000 Summer|97}}
*{{flagIOC|DJI|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|DMA|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|DOM|2000 Summer|13}}
*{{flagIOC|ECU|2000 Summer|10}}
*{{flagIOC|EGY|2000 Summer|89}}
*{{flagIOC|ESA|2000 Summer|8}}
*{{flagIOC|GEQ|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|ERI|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|EST|2000 Summer|33}}
*{{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer|26}}
*{{flagIOC|FSM|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|FIJ|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|FIN|2000 Summer|70}}
*{{flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer|336}}
*{{flagIOC|GAB|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|GAM|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|GEO|2000 Summer|36}}
*{{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer|422}}
*{{flagIOC|GHA|2000 Summer|22}}
*{{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer|310}}
*{{flagIOC|GRE|2000 Summer|140}}
*{{flagIOC|GRN|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|GUM|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|GUA|2000 Summer|15}}
*{{flagIOC|GUI|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|GBS|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|GUY|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|HAI|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|HON|2000 Summer|20}}
*{{flagIOC|HKG|2000 Summer|31}}
*{{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer|178}}
*{{flagIOC|ISL|2000 Summer|18}}
*{{flagIOC|IND|2000 Summer|65}}
*{{flagIOC|IOA|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|INA|2000 Summer|47}}
*{{flagIOC|IRI|2000 Summer|33}}
*{{flagIOC|IRQ|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|IRL|2000 Summer|64}}
*{{flagIOC|ISR|2000 Summer|39}}
*{{flagIOC|ITA|2000 Summer|361}}
*{{flagIOC|CIV|2000 Summer|14}}
*{{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer|48}}
*{{flagIOC|JPN|2000 Summer|266}}
*{{flagIOC|JOR|2000 Summer|8}}
*{{flagIOC|KAZ|2000 Summer|130}}
*{{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer|56}}
*{{flagIOC|KUW|2000 Summer|29}}
*{{flagIOC|KGZ|2000 Summer|48}}
*{{flagIOC|LAO|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|LAT|2000 Summer|45}}
*{{flagIOC|LIB|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|LES|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|LBR|2000 Summer|8}}
*{{flagIOC|LBA|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|LIE|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|LTU|2000 Summer|61}}
*{{flagIOC|LUX|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|MKD|2000 Summer|10}}
*{{flagIOC|MAD|2000 Summer|11}}
*{{flagIOC|MAW|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|MAS|2000 Summer|40}}
*{{flagIOC|MDV|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|MLI|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|MLT|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|MTN|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|MRI|2000 Summer|20}}
*{{flagIOC|MEX|2000 Summer|78}}
*{{flagIOC|MDA|2000 Summer|34}}
*{{flagIOC|MON|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|MGL|2000 Summer|20}}
*{{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer|55}}
*{{flagIOC|MOZ|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|MYA|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|NAM|2000 Summer|11}}
*{{flagIOC|NRU|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|NEP|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|NED|2000 Summer|231}}
*{{flagIOC|AHO|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|NZL|2000 Summer|147}}
*{{flagIOC|NCA|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|NIG|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|NGR|2000 Summer|83}}
*{{flagIOC|PRK|2000 Summer|31}}
*{{flagIOC|NOR|2000 Summer|93}}
*{{flagIOC|OMA|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|PAK|2000 Summer|27}}
*{{flagIOC|PLW|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|PLE|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|PAN|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|PNG|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|PAR|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|PER|2000 Summer|21}}
*{{flagIOC|PHI|2000 Summer|20}}
*{{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer|187}}
*{{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer|61}}
*{{flagIOC|PUR|2000 Summer|29}}
*{{flagIOC|QAT|2000 Summer|17}}
*{{flagIOC|ROU|2000 Summer|145}}
*{{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer|435}}
*{{flagIOC|RWA|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|SKN|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|LCA|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|VIN|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|SAM|2000 Summer|5}}
*{{flagIOC|SMR|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|STP|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|KSA|2000 Summer|18}}
*{{flagIOC|SEN|2000 Summer|26}}
*{{flagIOC|SEY|2000 Summer|9}}
*{{flagIOC|SLE|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|SIN|2000 Summer|14}}
*{{flagIOC|SVK|2000 Summer|108}}
*{{flagIOC|SLO|2000 Summer|74}}
*{{flagIOC|SOL|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|SOM|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer|127}}
*{{flagIOC|KOR|2000 Summer|281}}
*{{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer|321}}
*{{flagIOC|SRI|2000 Summer|18}}
*{{flagIOC|SUD|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|SUR|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|SWZ|2000 Summer|6}}
*{{flagIOC|SWE|2000 Summer|150}}
*{{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer|102}}
*{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Syria at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Syria]] (8)
*{{flagIOC|TPE|2000 Summer|55}}
*{{flagIOC|TJK|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|TAN|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|THA|2000 Summer|52}}
*{{flagIOC|TOG|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|TGA|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|TRI|2000 Summer|19}}
*{{flagIOC|TUN|2000 Summer|47}}
*{{flagIOC|TUR|2000 Summer|57}}
*{{flagIOC|TKM|2000 Summer|8}}
*{{flagIOC|UGA|2000 Summer|13}}
*{{flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer|230}}
*{{flagIOC|UAE|2000 Summer|4}}
*{{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer|586}}
*{{flagIOC|URU|2000 Summer|15}}
*{{flagIOC|UZB|2000 Summer|70}}
*{{flagIOC|VAN|2000 Summer|3}}
*{{flagIOC|VEN|2000 Summer|50}}
*{{flagIOC|VIE|2000 Summer|7}}
*{{flagIOC|ISV|2000 Summer|9}}
*{{flagIOC|YEM|2000 Summer|2}}
*{{flagIOC|YUG|2000 Summer|109}}
*{{flagIOC|ZAM|2000 Summer|8}}
*{{flagIOC|ZIM|2000 Summer|16}}
{{div col end}}
|}

===Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee===
10,647 [[athlete]]s from 199 [[National Olympic Committee|NOCs]] participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
{{sticky table start}}
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-table-head" style="border:0;"
|- 
! [[List of IOC country codes|IOC Letter Code]]
! Country
! Athletes
|-
| ALB || {{flagIOC|ALB|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| ALG || {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} || 47
|-
| ASA || {{flagIOC|ASA|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| AND || {{flagIOC|AND|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| ANG || {{flagIOC|ANG|2000 Summer}} || 30
|-
| ANT || {{flagIOC|ANT|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| ARG || {{flagIOC|ARG|2000 Summer}} || 143
|-
| ARM || {{flagIOC|ARM|2000 Summer}} || 25
|-
| ARU || {{flagIOC|ARU|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| AUS || {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} || 617
|-
| AUT || {{flagIOC|AUT|2000 Summer}} || 92
|-
| AZE || {{flagIOC|AZE|2000 Summer}} || 31
|-
| BAH || {{flagIOC|BAH|2000 Summer}} || 25
|-
| BRN || {{flagIOC|BRN|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| BAN || {{flagIOC|BAN|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| BAR || {{flagIOC|BAR|2000 Summer}} || 18
|-
| BLR || {{flagIOC|BLR|2000 Summer}} || 139
|-
| BEL || {{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer}} || 68
|-
| BIZ || {{flagIOC|BIZ|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| BEN || {{flagIOC|BEN|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| BER || {{flagIOC|BER|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| BHU || {{flagIOC|BHU|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| BOL || {{flagIOC|BOL|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| BIH || {{flagIOC|BIH|2000 Summer}} || 9
|-
| BOT || {{flagIOC|BOT|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| BRA || {{flagIOC|BRA|2000 Summer}} || 198
|-
| IVB || {{flagIOC|IVB|2000 Summer}} || 1
|-
| BRU || {{flagIOC|BRU|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| BUL || {{flagIOC|BUL|2000 Summer}} || 91
|-
| BUR || {{flagIOC|BUR|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| BDI || {{flagIOC|BDI|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| CAM || {{flagIOC|CAM|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| CMR || {{flagIOC|CMR|2000 Summer}} || 34
|-
| CAN || {{flagIOC|CAN|2000 Summer}} || 294
|-
| CPV || {{flagIOC|CPV|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| CAY || {{flagIOC|CAY|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| CAF || {{flagIOC|CAF|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| CHA || {{flagIOC|CHA|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| CHI || {{flagIOC|CHI|2000 Summer}} || 50
|-
| CHN || {{flagIOC|CHN|2000 Summer}} || 271
|-
| COL || {{flagIOC|COL|2000 Summer}} || 44
|-
| COM || {{flagIOC|COM|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| CGO || {{flagIOC|CGO|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| COK || {{flagIOC|COK|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| CRC || {{flagIOC|CRC|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| CRO || {{flagIOC|CRO|2000 Summer}} || 88
|-
| CUB || {{flagIOC|CUB|2000 Summer}} || 229
|-
| CYP || {{flagIOC|CYP|2000 Summer}} || 22
|-
| CZE || {{flagIOC|CZE|2000 Summer}} || 119
|-
| COD || {{flagIOC|COD|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| DEN || {{flagIOC|DEN|2000 Summer}} || 97
|-
| DJI || {{flagIOC|DJI|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| DMA || {{flagIOC|DMA|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| DOM || {{flagIOC|DOM|2000 Summer}} || 13
|-
| ECU || {{flagIOC|ECU|2000 Summer}} || 10
|-
| EGY || {{flagIOC|EGY|2000 Summer}} || 89
|-
| ESA || {{flagIOC|ESA|2000 Summer}} || 8
|-
| GEQ || {{flagIOC|GEQ|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| ERI || {{flagIOC|ERI|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| EST || {{flagIOC|EST|2000 Summer}} || 33
|-
| ETH || {{flagIOC|ETH|2000 Summer}} || 26
|-
| FSM || {{flagIOC|FSM|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| FIJ || {{flagIOC|FIJ|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| FIN || {{flagIOC|FIN|2000 Summer}} || 70
|-
| FRA || {{flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer}} || 336
|-
| GAB || {{flagIOC|GAB|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| GAM || {{flagIOC|GAM|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| GEO || {{flagIOC|GEO|2000 Summer}} || 36
|-
| GER || {{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer}} || 422
|-
| GHA || {{flagIOC|GHA|2000 Summer}} || 22
|-
| GBR || {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} || 310
|-
| GRE || {{flagIOC|GRE|2000 Summer}} || 140
|-
| GRN || {{flagIOC|GRN|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| GUM || {{flagIOC|GUM|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| GUA || {{flagIOC|GUA|2000 Summer}} || 15
|-
| GUI || {{flagIOC|GUI|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| GBS || {{flagIOC|GBS|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| GUY || {{flagIOC|GUY|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| HAI || {{flagIOC|HAI|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| HON || {{flagIOC|HON|2000 Summer}} || 20
|-
| HKG || {{flagIOC|HKG|2000 Summer}} || 31
|-
| HUN || {{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer}} || 178
|-
| ISL || {{flagIOC|ISL|2000 Summer}} || 18
|-
| IND || {{flagIOC|IND|2000 Summer}} || 65
|-
| IOA || {{flagIOC|IOA|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| INA || {{flagIOC|INA|2000 Summer}} || 47
|-
| IRI || {{flagIOC|IRI|2000 Summer}} || 33
|-
| IRQ || {{flagIOC|IRQ|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| IRL || {{flagIOC|IRL|2000 Summer}} || 64
|-
| ISR || {{flagIOC|ISR|2000 Summer}} || 39
|-
| ITA || {{flagIOC|ITA|2000 Summer}} || 361
|-
| CIV || {{flagIOC|CIV|2000 Summer}} || 14
|-
| JAM || {{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}} || 48
|-
| JPN || {{flagIOC|JPN|2000 Summer}} || 266
|-
| JOR || {{flagIOC|JOR|2000 Summer}} || 8
|-
| KAZ || {{flagIOC|KAZ|2000 Summer}} || 130
|-
| KEN || {{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer}} || 56
|-
| KUW || {{flagIOC|KUW|2000 Summer}} || 29
|-
| KGZ || {{flagIOC|KGZ|2000 Summer}} || 48
|-
| LAO || {{flagIOC|LAO|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| LAT || {{flagIOC|LAT|2000 Summer}} || 45
|-
| LIB || {{flagIOC|LIB|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| LES || {{flagIOC|LES|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| LBR || {{flagIOC|LBR|2000 Summer}} || 8
|-
| LBA || {{flagIOC|LBA|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| LIE || {{flagIOC|LIE|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| LTU || {{flagIOC|LTU|2000 Summer}} || 61
|-
| LUX || {{flagIOC|LUX|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| MKD || {{flagIOC|MKD|2000 Summer}} || 10
|-
| MAD || {{flagIOC|MAD|2000 Summer}} || 11
|-
| MAW || {{flagIOC|MAW|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| MAS || {{flagIOC|MAS|2000 Summer}} || 40
|-
| MDV || {{flagIOC|MDV|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| MLI || {{flagIOC|MLI|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| MLT || {{flagIOC|MLT|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| MTN || {{flagIOC|MTN|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| MRI || {{flagIOC|MRI|2000 Summer}} || 20
|-
| MEX || {{flagIOC|MEX|2000 Summer}} || 78
|-
| MDA || {{flagIOC|MDA|2000 Summer}} || 34
|-
| MON || {{flagIOC|MON|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| MGL || {{flagIOC|MGL|2000 Summer}} || 20
|-
| MAR || {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} || 55
|-
| MOZ || {{flagIOC|MOZ|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| MYA || {{flagIOC|MYA|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| NAM || {{flagIOC|NAM|2000 Summer}} || 11
|-
| NRU || {{flagIOC|NRU|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| NEP || {{flagIOC|NEP|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| NED || {{flagIOC|NED|2000 Summer}} || 231
|-
| AHO || {{flagIOC|AHO|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| NZL || {{flagIOC|NZL|2000 Summer}} || 147
|-
| NCA || {{flagIOC|NCA|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| NIG || {{flagIOC|NIG|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| NGR || {{flagIOC|NGR|2000 Summer}} || 83
|-
| PRK || {{flagIOC|PRK|2000 Summer}} || 31
|-
| NOR || {{flagIOC|NOR|2000 Summer}} || 93
|-
| OMA || {{flagIOC|OMA|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| PAK || {{flagIOC|PAK|2000 Summer}} || 27
|-
| PLW || {{flagIOC|PLW|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| PLE || {{flagIOC|PLE|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| PAN || {{flagIOC|PAN|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| PNG || {{flagIOC|PNG|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| PAR || {{flagIOC|PAR|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| PER || {{flagIOC|PER|2000 Summer}} || 21
|-
| PHI || {{flagIOC|PHI|2000 Summer}} || 20
|-
| POL || {{flagIOC|POL|2000 Summer}} || 187
|-
| POR || {{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer}} || 61
|-
| PUR || {{flagIOC|PUR|2000 Summer}} || 29
|-
| QAT || {{flagIOC|QAT|2000 Summer}} || 17
|-
| ROU || {{flagIOC|ROU|2000 Summer}} || 145
|-
| RUS || {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} || 435
|-
| RWA || {{flagIOC|RWA|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| SKN || {{flagIOC|SKN|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| LCA || {{flagIOC|LCA|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| VIN || {{flagIOC|VIN|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| SAM || {{flagIOC|SAM|2000 Summer}} || 5
|-
| SMR || {{flagIOC|SMR|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| STP || {{flagIOC|STP|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| KSA || {{flagIOC|KSA|2000 Summer}} || 18
|-
| SEN || {{flagIOC|SEN|2000 Summer}} || 26
|-
| SEY || {{flagIOC|SEY|2000 Summer}} || 9
|-
| SLE || {{flagIOC|SLE|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| SIN || {{flagIOC|SIN|2000 Summer}} || 14
|-
| SVK || {{flagIOC|SVK|2000 Summer}} || 108
|-
| SLO || {{flagIOC|SLO|2000 Summer}} || 74
|-
| SOL || {{flagIOC|SOL|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| SOM || {{flagIOC|SOM|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| RSA || {{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer}} || 127
|-
| KOR || {{flagIOC|KOR|2000 Summer}} || 281
|-
| ESP || {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} || 321
|-
| SRI || {{flagIOC|SRI|2000 Summer}} || 18
|-
| SUD || {{flagIOC|SUD|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| SUR || {{flagIOC|SUR|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| SWZ || {{flagIOC|SWZ|2000 Summer}} || 6
|-
| SWE || {{flagIOC|SWE|2000 Summer}} || 150
|-
| SUI || {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} || 102
|-
| SYR || {{flagIOC|SYR|2000 Summer}} || 8
|-
| TPE || {{flagIOC|TPE|2000 Summer}} || 55
|-
| TJK || {{flagIOC|TJK|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| TAN || {{flagIOC|TAN|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| THA || {{flagIOC|THA|2000 Summer}} || 52
|-
| TOG || {{flagIOC|TOG|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| TGA || {{flagIOC|TGA|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| TRI || {{flagIOC|TRI|2000 Summer}} || 19
|-
| TUN || {{flagIOC|TUN|2000 Summer}} || 47
|-
| TUR || {{flagIOC|TUR|2000 Summer}} || 57
|-
| TKM || {{flagIOC|TKM|2000 Summer}} || 8
|-
| UGA || {{flagIOC|UGA|2000 Summer}} || 13
|-
| UKR || {{flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer}} || 230
|-
| UAE || {{flagIOC|UAE|2000 Summer}} || 4
|-
| USA || {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} || 586
|-
| URU || {{flagIOC|URU|2000 Summer}} || 15
|-
| UZB || {{flagIOC|UZB|2000 Summer}} || 70
|-
| VAN || {{flagIOC|VAN|2000 Summer}} || 3
|-
| VEN || {{flagIOC|VEN|2000 Summer}} || 50
|-
| VIE || {{flagIOC|VIE|2000 Summer}} || 7
|-
| ISV || {{flagIOC|ISV|2000 Summer}} || 9
|-
| YEM || {{flagIOC|YEM|2000 Summer}} || 2
|-
| YUG || {{flagIOC|YUG|2000 Summer}} || 109
|-
| ZAM || {{flagIOC|ZAM|2000 Summer}} || 8
|-
| ZIM || {{flagIOC|ZIM|2000 Summer}} || 16
|}
{{sticky table end}}

==Medal table==
{{main|2000 Summer Olympics medal table}}
These are the top ten nations that won medals in the 2000 Games.

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the [[International Olympic Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Summer/Sydney-2000/|title=Sydney 2000|access-date=17 January 2013|publisher=International Olympic Committee|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225174238/https://www.olympic.org/sydney-2000|url-status=live}}</ref> Some other sources<ref>{{cite web|title=2000 Summer Games |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=25 |publisher=Database Olympics |access-date=17 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115080441/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=25 |archive-date=15 January 2013 }}</ref> may be inconsistent due to not taking into account all later doping cases.

;Key
{{Color box|#ffffff|{{double dagger}}|border=darkgray}} Changes in medal standings ([[2000 Summer Olympics medal table#Changes in medal standings|see here]])
{{:2000 Summer Olympics medal table}}

==Organisation==
[[File:SOCOG org structure 1998.gif|thumb|upright=1.35|SOCOG organisational structure circa 1998&nbsp;– five groups and 33 divisions reporting to the CEO are organised primarily along functional lines with only a limited number of divisions (e.g. Interstate Football and Villages) anticipating a venue focussed design.]]
[[File:SOCOG org structure 1999.gif|thumb|upright=1.35|SOCOG organisational structure circa 1999&nbsp;– functional divisions and precinct/venue streams are organised in a matrix structure linked to the Main Operations Centre (MOC). Some functions such as Project Management (in the Games Coordination group) continue to exist largely outside this matrix structure.]]

===Organisations responsible for the Olympics===
A number of quasi-government bodies were responsible for the construction, organisation and execution of the Sydney Games. These included:
*the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) and the [[Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee]] (SPOC), primarily responsibles for the staging of the Games
*Olympic Coordination Authority (OCA), primarily responsible for construction and oversight
*Olympic Roads & Transport Authority (ORTA)
*[[Olympic Security Command Centre]] (OSCC)
*Olympic Intelligence Centre (OIC)
*[[Joint Task Force Gold|JTF Gold]] the [[Australian Defence Force]] Joint Taskforce Gold
*Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation (nominally part of SOCOG)
*[[IBM]], provider of technology and the Technical Command Centre
*[[Telstra]], provider of telecommunications
*[[Great Big Events]], event management and marketing

These organisations worked closely together and with other bodies such as:
*the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)
*the [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC)
*the [[Australian Olympic Committee]] (AOC)
*the [[Australian Paralympic Committee]] (APC)
*the other 197 [[National Olympic Committees]] (NOCs)
*the other 125 [[National Paralympic Committees]] (NPCs)
*the 33 [[List of International Sport Federations|International Sports Federations]] (IFs)
*all three levels of Australian government (federal, state and local)
*dozens of official sponsor and hundreds of official supplier companies

These bodies are often collectively referred to as the "Olympic Family".

===Organisation of the Paralympics===
The organisation of the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]] was the responsibility of the [[Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee]] (SPOC). However, much of the planning and operation of the Paralympic Games was outsourced to SOCOG such that most operational programmes planned both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

===Other Olympic events===
The organisation of the Games included not only the actual sporting events, but also the management (and sometimes construction) of the sporting venues and surrounding precincts, the [[2000 Summer Olympics torch relay|Olympic torch relay]], which began in Greece and travelled to Australia via numerous Oceania island nations, and the [[#Sydney Olympic Arts Festival|Sydney Olympic Arts Festival]].

===Phases of the Olympic project===
The staging of the Olympics were treated as a project on a vast scale, broken into several broad phases:
*1993 to 1996&nbsp;– positioning
*1997&nbsp;– going operational
*1998&nbsp;– procurement/venuisation
*1999&nbsp;– testing/refinement
*2000&nbsp;– implementation
*2001&nbsp;– post-implementation and wind-down

===SOCOG organisational design===
The internal organisation of SOCOG evolved over the phases of the project and changed, sometimes radically, several times.

In late 1998, the design was principally functional. The top two tiers below the CEO [[Sandy Hollway]] consisted of five groups (managed by Group General Managers and the Deputy CEO) and twenty divisions (managed by divisional General Managers), which in turn were further broken up into programmes and sub-programmes or projects.

In 1999, functional areas (FAs) broke up into geographic precinct and venue teams (managed by Precinct Managers and Venue Managers) with functional area staff reporting to both the FA manager and the venue manager. SOCOG moved to a matrix structure. The Interstate Football division extant in 1998 was the first of these geographically based venue teams.

===Volunteer program===
The origins of the volunteer program for Sydney 2000 dates back to the bid, as early as 1992.

On 17 December 1992, a group of Sydney citizens interested in the prospect of hosting the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games gathered for a meeting at Sports House at [[Wentworth Park]] in Sydney.

In the period leading up to 1999, after Sydney had won the bid, the small group of volunteers grew from approximately 42 to around 500. These volunteers became known as Pioneer Volunteers. The Pioneer Volunteer program was managed internally by SOCOG's Volunteer Services Department in consultation with prominent peak groups like The Centre for Volunteering (Volunteering and [[TAFE]]. Some of the Pioneer Volunteers still meet every four months, an unseen legacy of the games which brought together a community spirit not seen before.

During the Olympic games, tens of thousands of volunteers (the official figure placed at 46,967)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000 International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529060201/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2000 |archive-date=29 May 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2009 }}</ref> helped everywhere at the Olympic venues and elsewhere in the city. They were honoured with a parade like the athletes had a few days before.<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume One: Preparing for the Games|date=2001|publisher=Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games|isbn=978-0-9579616-0-9|page=178|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf#page=180|access-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825203836/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf#page=180|archive-date=25 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Venues===
{{main|2000 Summer Olympics venues}}

====Sydney Olympic Park====
{{Main|Sydney Olympic Park}}
[[File:Homebush stadium.jpg|thumb|right|[[Stadium Australia]]]]
[[File:Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre]]]]
[[File:Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre|State Hockey Centre]]]]
*[[Stadium Australia]]: Ceremonies (opening/closing), Athletics, Football (final)
*[[Sydney International Aquatic Centre]]: Diving, Modern Pentathlon (swimming) Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (medal events)
*[[State Sports Centre]]: Table Tennis, Taekwondo
*[[NSW Tennis Centre]]: Tennis
*[[Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre|State Hockey Centre]]: Field Hockey
*[[The Dome (Sydney)|The Dome and Exhibition Complex]]: Badminton, Basketball, Gymnastics (rhythmic), Handball (final), Modern Pentathlon (fencing, shooting), Volleyball (indoor)
*[[Sydney SuperDome]]: Gymnastics (artistic, trampoline), Basketball (final)
*[[Sydney Showground Stadium|Sydney Baseball Stadium]]: Baseball, Modern Pentathlon (riding, running)
*[[Sydney International Archery Park]]: Archery

====Sydney====
[[File:1Dunc Gray Velodrome.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dunc Gray Velodrome]]]]
*[[Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre]]: Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Weightlifting, Wrestling
*[[Sydney Entertainment Centre]]: Volleyball (indoor final)
*[[Dunc Gray Velodrome]]: Cycling (track)
*[[Sydney International Shooting Centre]]: Shooting
*[[Sydney International Equestrian Centre]]: Equestrian
*[[Sydney International Regatta Centre]]: Rowing, Canoeing (sprint)
*[[Blacktown Olympic Centre]]: Baseball, Softball
*[[Western Sydney Parklands]]: Cycling (mountain biking)
*[[Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre]]: Water Polo
*[[Penrith Whitewater Stadium]]: Canoeing (slalom)
*[[Bondi Beach]]: Volleyball (beach)
*[[Sydney Football Stadium (1988)|Sydney Football Stadium]]: Football
*[[Rushcutters Bay|Olympic Sailing Shore Base]]: Sailing
*[[Centennial Parklands]]: Cycling (road)
*Marathon course: Athletics (marathon)
*[[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]]: Athletics (marathon start)
*[[Sydney Opera House]]: Triathlon.

====Outside Sydney====
*[[Canberra Stadium]], [[Canberra]]: Football
*[[Hindmarsh Stadium]], [[Adelaide]]: Football
*[[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]: Football
*[[The Gabba]] (Brisbane Cricket Ground), [[Brisbane]]: Football

==Sydney Olympic Arts Festival ==
{{further|Olympic Arts Festival}}
The original festivals in Olympia celebrated both cultural events and physical feats. The tradition continued with the first modern Olympics in 1896, and since then various cultural events have accompanied the sporting competition. Starting with the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], a cycle of four arts festivals have been staged by each host country.<ref name=ciddor2001>{{cite web | title=Running a Tech Marathon: The Olympic Arts Festival| first=Andy |last= Ciddor  | website=Live Design Online | date=1 January 2001 | url=https://www.livedesignonline.com/running-a-tech-marathon-olympic-arts-festival | access-date=9 March 2025}}</ref> The Sydney Olympic Arts Festival was an arts festival that ran before and during the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Skin |website=[[AusStage]] |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/25814 |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref> The festival event coordinator was David Gallen.<ref name=ciddor2001/>

The first of the four festivals was the first edition of the [[Festival of the Dreaming]], which was founded by artistic director [[Rhoda Roberts]] (who later co-directed segments of the Opening Ceremony), was held in 1997, as the first of four leading up to the Sydney Olympics. Some events were held at the [[Sydney Opera House]], and the festival included an [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] cast performing Shakespeare's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', as well as [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' performed in the [[Bundjalung language]].<ref name=wired>{{cite magazine |title=Aboriginal Culture Awakens Australia |url=https://www.wired.com/1997/10/aboriginal-culture-awakens-australia/|date=2 October 1997 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=ciddor2001/>

The second festival was "A Sea Change", in which artists and companies from Australia and [[Oceania]] explored "the influence of the sea on Australian life as a means to explore the changing political and cultural climates in Australia".<ref name=ciddor2001/> 

The third festival, "Reaching the World" took the form of an international tour, from November 1998 until January 2000, travelling to all five regions represented by the [[Olympic rings]] (Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania) and showcasing Australian culture by means of exhibitions, performances, and various media.<ref name=ciddor2001/> 

The fourth and final festival, while featuring many international artists and companies, served as a showcase for the diversity and depth of the arts in Australia. Opening four weeks before the Olympic Games, the Sydney 2000 Olympics Arts Festival ran until the last day of athletic competition, from 18 August to 1 October 2000. Starting with an all-day [[Welcome to Country|Aboriginal welcoming ceremony]], ''Tubowgule'' ("the Meeting of the Waters"), choreographed by [[Stephen Page]], began at [[La Perouse, New South Wales|La Perouse]] beach near [[Botany Bay]], and concluded at [[Bennelong Point]], in the forecourt of Sydney Opera House.<ref name=ciddor2001/> There, contemporary Indigenous dance company [[Bangarra Dance Theatre]] performed ''Energy of Australia''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Energy of Australia | website=[[AusStage]] | date=18 August 2000 | url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/122982 | access-date=9 March 2025}}</ref> The gala opening event for the festival was the musically pyrotechnical "Symphony of a Thousand" by [[Mahler]] at the [[Sydney SuperDome]].<ref name=ciddor2001/> The festival included many performing arts events, mostly presented at the Sydney Opera House. Concerts were performed by many orchestras, including [[Sydney Symphony Orchestra]], Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the [[New Zealand Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Australian Chamber Orchestra]], the [[Asian Youth Orchestra]], and the [[Australian Youth Orchestra]], and operas were presented.<ref name=ciddor2001/> There were also dance, singing, and drama performances, staged mainly at the Opera House but also at [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney|Her Majesty's Theatre]] and the [[Capitol Theatre, Sydney|Capitol Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic Arts Festivals  |website=[[AusStage]] |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/organisation/11157 |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>

==Marketing==

=== Emblem ===
The overall branding of the Games was designed by Melbourne-based FHA Image Design; the emblem—nicknamed the "Millennium Man"—consists of a stylised, multi-coloured depiction of a torch-bearer in motion, with arms and legs resembling [[boomerang]]s, and a smoke trail resembling the roof of the [[Sydney Opera House]] (a motif that had also been used in the logo for Sydney's bid). The firm's then-creative director Richard Henderson explained that they aimed for the emblem be simple enough for a child to draw, avoid "quaint", overused imagery such as [[kangaroo]]s and [[koala]]s, and "engender [the] pride in Australian creative quality and optimism for the new millennium that the Games would herald".<ref name="Millennium Man">{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Leanne |date=9 June 2011 |title=The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Bid: Marketing Indigenous Australia for the Millennium Games |url=https://www.academia.edu/4678375 |url-status=live |journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport |volume=28 |issue=10 |page=1455 |doi=10.1080/09523367.2011.578341 |s2cid=144221442 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815075442/https://www.academia.edu/4678375 |archive-date=15 August 2021 |access-date=17 August 2014 |ref=Millennium Man}}</ref><ref name="Desktop Mag">{{cite magazine |date=27 September 2012 |title=Top Ten Australian Logos – 8th |url=http://desktopmag.com.au/features/top-ten-australian-logos-8/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208225805/http://desktopmag.com.au/features/top-ten-australian-logos-8/ |archive-date=8 December 2014 |access-date=26 November 2014 |magazine=Desktop |publisher=Desktop Magazine |ref=Desktop Mag}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Sydney 2000 Olympic Games image guidelines |date=1998 |url=https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/59883/sydney-2000-olympic-games-image-guidelines-sydney-organizing-committee-for-the-olympic-games?_lg=en-GB |access-date=2025-03-29 |publisher=Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games}}</ref>

===Mascots===
{{main|Olly, Syd and Millie}}
The official [[mascot]]s chosen for the 2000 Summer Olympics were Syd the [[platypus]], Millie the [[echidna]], and Olly the [[kookaburra]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/10/74/article211987410.shtml|title=Syd, Olly and Millie – mascots of the 2000 Olympic Summer Games|publisher=Beijing2008|date=5 August 2004|access-date=25 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517163244/http://en.beijing2008.cn/10/74/article211987410.shtml |archive-date=17 May 2013}}</ref> designed by Matthew Hattan and [[Jozef Szekeres]] and named by Philip Sheldon of agency Weekes Morris Osborn in response to the original SOCOG recommendation of Murray, Margery, and Dawn after famous Australian athletes.

An unofficial alternate mascot—[[Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat]]—was created by Australian comedians [[Roy and HG]] for their miniseries during the Games, ''[[The Dream with Roy and HG|The Dream]]''; the character was conceived as a satire of the increasing commercialisation of the Olympics, with the duo often being critical of the official mascots (whom they jokingly nicknamed "Olly, Millie and Dickhead"). Only two plush toys of Fatso were made, one of which was placed in the Olympic Village; the plush was controversially smuggled into a medal ceremony by the Australian men's 4×200-metre relay team. The character achieved a cult following, with some Australians preferring Fatso to the actual mascots. One of the Fatso plushes was auctioned for charity following the Games (being sold to [[Kerry Stokes]], an executive of the [[Seven Network]], for [[Australian dollar|A$]]80,450), while a figure of Fatso was included in an display outside Stadium Australia that commemorated the Games' volunteers.<ref name="cougar">{{cite news |author=Jim Parsons |date=26 September 2000 |title='Fat-arsed' wombat mascot causes uproar in Australia |url=http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol66/26/sports/sports3.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508001640/http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol66/26/sports/sports3.html |archive-date=8 May 2005 |access-date=2006-04-11 |work=The Daily Cougar}}</ref><ref name="strategic">{{cite web|url=http://www.strategicresources.com.au/fatso.html|title=The Rise of Fatso&nbsp;– The Fat Arsed Sydney Olympics Wombat|publisher=Strategic Resources International|access-date=10 October 2008|date=February 2001|archive-date=28 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828171141/http://www.strategicresources.com.au/fatso.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="worker">{{cite journal|first=Jim|last=Marr|url=http://workers.labor.net.au/81/d_review_roy.html|title=Satire: Roy Slaven on the Rampage|journal=Workers Online|issue=81|date=8 December 2000|access-date=30 June 2006|archive-date=4 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904145521/http://workers.labor.net.au/81/d_review_roy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Singer |first=Jill |date=30 March 2006 |title=Is John So still our bro? |url=http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18646788%255E5000107,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629045113/http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0%2C5478%2C18646788%255E5000107%2C00.html |archive-date=29 June 2006 |access-date=2006-04-11 |publisher=Herald Sun Sunday}}</ref><ref name="smh1">{{cite news |last=Browne |first=Rachel |date=18 July 2004 |title=Roy, HG leave Fatso home |url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/17/1089694613537.html |accessdate=2006-06-30 |work=Sun Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Amply-rumped wombat was real darling of the Games |date=1 October 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/10/01/montville_mascot/ |access-date=10 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006084838/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/10/01/montville_mascot/| archive-date= 6 October 2008 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Sponsors===
{| class="wikitable collapsible " style="float:center; margin:10px;"
|-
! Sponsors of the 2000 Summer Olympics
|-
| Worldwide Olympic Partners
{{col-start}}
{{col-5}}
* [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]]
* [[IBM]]
* [[John Hancock Financial]]
{{col-5}}
* [[Kodak]]
* [[McDonald's]]
* [[Panasonic]]
* [[Samsung Electronics]]
{{col-5}}
* [[Sports Illustrated]]
* [[United Parcel Service]]
* [[Visa Inc.]]
* [[Xerox]]
{{col-end}}
|-
| Australian Partners
{{col-start}}
{{col-5}}
* [[AMP Limited]]
* [[Ansett Australia]]
* [[BHP]]
* [[EnergyAustralia]]
* [[Franklins]]

{{col-5}}
* [[Holden]]
* [[News Corp Australia]]
* [[Pacific Dunlop]]
* [[Seven Network]]
* [[Swatch]]
{{col-5}}
* [[Telstra]]
* [[University of Fairfax]]
* [[Westfield Group]]
* [[Westpac]]
{{col-end}}
|-
| Supporters
{{col-start}}
{{col-5}}
* [[2UE]]
* [[Adecco]]
* [[Bonds (clothing)|Bonds]]
* Bonlac
* [[Boral]]
* [[Carlton & United Breweries]]
{{col-5}}
* [[ClubsNSW]]
* [[Goodman Fielder]]
* [[Nike, Inc.]]
* Olex Cables
* [[Perth Mint]]
* [[Robert Timms|Robert Timms Coffee]]
{{col-5}}
* [[Royal Australian Mint]]
* [[Shell plc]]
* Sleepmaker
* [[TAFE NSW]]
* Traveland
* [[Tyco International]]
{{col-end}}
|-
| Providers
{{col-start}}
{{col-5}}
* [[Avis Car Rental]]
* Berkley Challenge Housekeeping Services
* Buspak
* [[Cadbury]]
* [[Citysearch]]
* Cleanevent
* [[Clipsal]]
* [[Crown Equipment Corporation]]
* [[DB Schenker]]
* Diamond Press
* [[Kamkorp|Frazer Nash]]
* Garret Metal Detectors
* [[General Electric]]
{{col-5}}
* Generale Location
* [[George Weston Foods]]
* [[Greg Norman|Great White Shark Enterprises]]
* Hamiltons Laboratories
* [[Harley-Davidson]]
* Lifeminders.com
* [[Lindeman's]]
* [[Linfox]]
* [[LookSmart]]
* [[Mistral Appliances|Mistral]]
* New South Wales Department of Information Technology & Management
* Pacific Waste Management
{{col-5}}
* Ramler Furniture
* Rogen
* [[Salomon Brothers]]
* Saunders Design
* Showpower
* [[Sonic Healthcare]]
* [[Speedo]]
* [[Val Morgan]]
* [[Visy]]
* Waste Services NSW
* Woolcott Research
* [[Woolmark]]
{{col-end}}
|}

==Medals and bouquets==
[[File:Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Medals-1 (5675497010).jpg|thumb|Gold, silver, and bronze medals from the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[File:Sydneyplaquemanly.jpg|thumb|Plaque at Manly NSW dedicated to 2000 Olmypics]]
A total of 750 gold, 750 silver and 780 bronze medals were minted for the Games. The gold and silver medals contained 99.99 percent of pure silver. The bronze medals were 99 percent bronze with one percent silver, they were made by melting down [[Australian one-cent coin|Australian one-cent]] and [[Australian two-cent coin|two-cent coins]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3610904a2a248a913e4212fb48256b0500179d95/$file/gc2001.pdf |title=Gold Corporation, 2001 Annual Report |date=8 November 2001 |last=Griffiths |first=Nick |page=17 |website=[[Parliament of Western Australia|parliament.wa.gov.au]] |access-date=2 May 2007 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026074003/https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3610904a2a248a913e4212fb48256b0500179d95/$file/gc2001.pdf |url-status=live }} in section: "Other Olympic and Paralympic Products"</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/19/3549166.htm |title=Treasure Trove: medals from the Sydney Olympics |date=19 July 2012 |last=Vyver |first=James |work=[[ABC Online]] |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727105718/https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/19/3549166.htm |archive-date=27 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ramint.gov.au/story/secret-medal |title=The Secret of the Medal |date=8 February 2016 |work=[[Royal Australian Mint]] |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405234336/https://www.ramint.gov.au/story/secret-medal |archive-date=5 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> which had been removed from circulation from 1992 onward.

The bouquets handed to medal recipients incorporated foliage from the [[Grevillea baileyana]], also known as the white oak.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Olde | first = Peter | title = The Olympic Bouquets | journal = Grevillea Study Group Newsletter | issue = 57 | page = 8 | year = 2000 | url = http://anpsa.org.au/grevSG/grev57.pdf | issn = 0725-8755 | access-date = 14 November 2011 | archive-date = 18 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120118102257/http://anpsa.org.au/grevSG/grev57.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Awards and commendations==
The International Olympic Committee awarded Sydney and its inhabitants with the "Pierre de Coubertin Trophy" in recognition of the collaboration and happiness shown by the people of Sydney during the event to all the athletes and visitors around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic History |url=http://olympics.india-server.com/olympics-history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721020548/http://olympics.india-server.com/olympics-history.html |archive-date=21 July 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2009 }}</ref>

After the games' end, the [[New South Wales Police Force]] was granted use of the Olympic Rings in a new commendation and citation as the IOC consideration after having staged the "safest" games ever.

===Mo Awards===
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the [[Mo Awards]]), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moawards.com.au/awardwinners|title=MO Award Winners|website=Mo Awards|access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>
{{awards table}} (wins only)
|-
| 2000 Summer
| Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
| Special Event of the Year 
| {{won}}
|-
{{end}}

==In popular culture==

* In [[Tom Clancy]]'s thriller ''[[Rainbow Six (novel)|Rainbow Six]]'' and its [[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game)|video game adaptation]], the 2000 Olympic Games are the setting of a plot by [[Eco-terrorism|eco-terrorists]] who plan to spread a deadly [[biological agent]] through Stadium Australia's cooling system.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-top-five-novels|title=Tom Clancy: The top five novels|author=John Dugdale|date=3 October 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327144927/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/03/tom-clancy-top-five-novels|url-status=live}}</ref>

* In [[Morris Gleitzman]]'s children's book ''[[Toad Rage]]'', a cane toad travels to Sydney in a bid to become the Olympic mascot.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/08/08/second-grade-rules-amber-brownby-paula-danziger/|title=Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown By Paula Danziger|date=8 August 2004|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212139/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-08-08/entertainment/0408070092_1_books-palm-tree-read|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[The Games (Australian TV series)|''The Games'']] was an [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC]] [[mockumentary]] television series that ran in 1998 and 2000. The series satirised corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Buckmaster |first=Luke |date=2023-03-28 |title=The Games: Clarke and Dawe's Sydney Olympics mockumentary deserves a gold medal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/29/the-games-clarke-and-dawes-sydney-olympics-mockumentary-deserves-a-gold-medal |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

* In the universe of the ''[[Cyberpunk (role-playing game)|Cyberpunk]]'' tabletop role-playing game, the 2000 Olympics were never held due to bankruptcy and a boycott by nations supporting Aboriginal land claims.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pondsmith |first=Mike |date=1994 |title=Pacific Rim Sourcebook |publisher=R. Talsorian Games |url=https://archive.org/details/cyberpunk-2020-pacific-rim-sourcebook/mode/2up }}</ref>

==See also==
{{IOC seealso|games=2000 Summer Olympics }}
*[[The Games of the XXVII Olympiad 2000: Music from the Opening Ceremony]]
*[[Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi]]
*[[John Coates (sports administrator)|John Coates]]
*[[Use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Olympic Games#2000 Sydney|Use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Olympic Games – Sydney 2000]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/sydney2000games/ Sydney 2000 Games Collection at the Powerhouse Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509073530/http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/sydney2000games/ |date=9 May 2008 }}&nbsp;– information and audio files
*{{cite web |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/acres/gallery/olympics2000.htm |title=Satellite view of 2000 Sydney Olympics sites |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040418233751/http://www.ga.gov.au/acres/gallery/olympics2000.htm |archive-date=18 April 2004}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061230013717/http://www.spiritofsydney.com/ Spirit of Sydney Volunteers Website]&nbsp;– Website maintained by and for Sydney 2000 Volunteer Alumni
*[http://www.sydney2000reunion.com/ Official 10th Anniversary Volunteers Website]&nbsp;– Official 10th Anniversary Volunteers Website

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