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Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 15 September – 1. Welcome to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Official Results CD, which contains the complete results for each sporting discipline, in English and French. Every athlete who participated in the Sydney Games is included on this disk.
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Vol. I : Preparing for the Games. Vol. II : Celebrating the Games. CD-ROM : Results.
May 21, 2024 · The Sydney Games were the 24th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman taking a victory lap at the Olympic Games in Sydney, 2000. Sydney was narrowly chosen over Beijing as host city of the 2000 Olympics.
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Triathlon and taekwondo were two new additions to the Olympic programme. Susanthika Jayasinghe became the first Sri Lankan woman to win a medal, claiming bronze in the 200m, whilst Birgit Fischer earned two gold medals in kayaking to become the first woman in any sport to win medals 20 years apart. Women also took part in weightlifting and the mode...
There were some wonderful comebacks in Sydney, but none more so than the U.S. softball team. After losing three games in a row, they regrouped and won gold in stirring fashion by beating each of the teams they had previously lost to.
Ryoko Tamura had lost in the judo 48kg final in both Barcelona and Atlanta, but came back to win the gold medal in Sydney. Steven Redgrave gained sporting immortality by becoming the first rower to win gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games. In the 400m freestyle, 17-year-old Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe won gold by breaking his own world r...
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October 2000. A total of 10,651 athletes from 199 nations represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (with four individual athletes from East Timor ) competed in ...
Oct 1, 2000 · The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from September 15, 2000 until October 1, 2000. A map showing the countries that competed in the 2000 Olympics. The 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony at Stadium Australia, on 15 September 2000.
