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The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games celebrated in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Image File history File links Sydney_2000_Logo. ...
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The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. ...
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The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. ...
Rechelle Hawkes was captain of the Australian Women’s Hockey team (known as the Hockeyroos) for eight years and is one of only two Australian females to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Games (Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996 and Seoul 1988). ...
The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. ...
The flame at the 2002 Winter Olympics The Olympic Flame, Olympic Fire, Olympic Torch, Olympic Light, Olympic Eye, and Olympic Sun are all names for an important marketing promotion and symbol of the Olympic Games. ...
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman also known as just Cathy Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian sprinter who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. ...
Athens Olympic Stadium The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. ...
Telstra Stadium, formerly Stadium Australia, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Homebush, Sydney, Australia which opened in March 1999. ...
Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
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Bidding process - See also: 2000 Summer Olympics bids
Sydney won the right to host the games on 23 September 1993 after being selected over Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul and Manchester, by the final vote, in an election in Monte Carlo. The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
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Costs In 2002 the Auditor-General of New South Wales reported that the Sydney Games cost $AUD6.6 billion, with a net cost to the public between $AUS 1.7 and 2.4 billion.[1][2] ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia 6 countries and territories Kiribati Nauru Tuvalu Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island Inflation 4. ...
It has been estimated that the economic impact of the 2000 Olympics was that $AUS 2.1 billion has been shaved from public consumption. Economic growth was not stimulated to a net benefit and in the years since 2000, foreign tourism to NSW grew by less than tourism to Australia as a whole. A "multiplier" effect on broader economic development is not realised as a simple "multiplier" analysis fails to capture is 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 centres, softball compounds and man-made rapids are not particularly useful beyond their immediate function."[3]
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Day 1 - 15 September, the Opening Ceremony -
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Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman also known as just Cathy Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian sprinter who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. ...
400 m is a common track running event. ...
Cultural display highlights The opening ceremony began with a tribute to the Australian pastoral heritage of the muster (or "roundup", in which the stockmen gather together the livestock from the vast areas of an Australian outback sheep or cattle station), symbolising the drawing together of people from across the world. This was introduced by a lone rider, Steve Jefferys, and his rearing Australian Stock Horse Ammo. At the cracking of Jefferys' stockwhip, a further 120 riders entered the Stadium, their stock horses performing intricate steps, including forming the five Olympic Rings, to a special Olympics version of the theme which Bruce Rowland had previously composed for the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River. Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ...
For the restaurant chain, see Outback Steakhouse; for the station wagon, see Subaru Outback. ...
Steve Jefferys was the lone rider in the Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony. ...
The Australian Stock Horse (or Stockhorse), has been especially bred for Australian climatic conditions. ...
A whip is a cord or strap, usually with a stiff handle, used for delivering blows to human beings or animals as a means of control or punishment or torture. ...
Among the recognizable Olympic symbols: The Olympic flag: A white flag with the Olympic Rings on it in five colours. ...
Bruce Rowland is a well-known Australian composer. ...
For other uses, see The Man from Snowy River. ...
The Australian National Anthem was sung, the first verse by Human Nature and the second by Julie Anthony. The National Anthem booth at the 2005 Floriade, Canberra - on the J. Verbeeck fairground organ. ...
Human Nature is an Australian pop vocal group. ...
Julie Anthony is an Australian entertainer who is perhaps best known as the singer of the Australian National Anthem Advance Australia Fair. She sang the Australian National Anthem at the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. ...
The ceremony continued, showing 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 occupation 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 Aboriginal women from Central Australia who danced up "the mighty spirit of God to protect the Games" and the overwhelmingly noisy representation of the construction industry by hundreds of tap-dancing teenagers. Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group...
The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain on May 13, 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. ...
Sidney Nolan, The Trial, 1947: enamel on composition board; 90. ...
Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group...
Central Australia is a term used to describe the area of land surrounding and including Alice Springs in Australia. ...
Construction on the North Bytown Bridge in Ottawa, Canada. ...
Because the wife of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the IOC President, was seriously ill and not able to accompany her husband to the Olympics, former Australian Olympic Champion swimmer, Dawn Fraser, accompanied Samaranch during the Australian cultural display, explaining to him some of the more obscure cultural references. Juan Antonio Samaranch Don Juan Antonio Samaranch i Torelló, Marquis of Samaranch (es: Don Juan Antonio Samaranch i Torelló, marqués de Samaranch) (born July 17, 1920 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sports official and was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. ...
Dawn Lorraine Fraser AO, MBE, (born September 4, 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. ...
Formal presentation A record 199 nations entered the stadium, the only missing IOC member being Afghanistan (suspended due to the Taliban regime's prohibition against practicing any kind of sports). Most remarkable was the entering of North and South Korea as one team, using a specially designed unification flag: a white background flag with a blue map of the Korea peninsula; the two teams would compete separately, however. Four athletes from East Timor also marched in the parade of nations. Although the country-to-be had no National Olympic Committee then, they were allowed to compete under the Olympic Flag. The Governor-General, Sir William Deane, opened the games. Stamp The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894. ...
The Taliban (Pashto: - , also anglicised as Taleban) are a Sunni Islamist and Pashtun nationalist movement[2] that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the Northern Alliance and NATO countries. ...
A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ...
North Korea, officially the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ...
The Unification Flag is used to represent all of Korea when North and South Korea participate together in sporting events. ...
This article is about the Korean civilization. ...
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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. During the raising of the Olympics Flag, the Olympic Hymn was sung by the Millennium Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ...
Bill Roycroft (born March 17, 1915 in Flowerdale, Victoria) is a former Olympic Games equestrian champion who competed for Australia in five Olympic Games: 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics, and 1976 Summer Olympics. ...
Iain Murray Rose (born: January 6, 1939) in Nairn but he moved to Australia with his family as a toddler. ...
Liane Tooth (born March 13, 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired field hockey forward, who twice won the golden medal with the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, at the Summer Olympics: in Seoul (1988) and in Atlanta, Georgia (1996). ...
Gillian Rolton is a former Australian Olympics equestrian champion. ...
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE (born September 13, 1931) is the Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete. ...
Lorraine Crapp (born October 17, 1938 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Olympics swimming champion from Australia. ...
Michael Wenden is a former Australian Olympics swimming champion. ...
Nick Green is a former Australian Olympics rowing champion. ...
The Olympic Hymn, also known informally as the Olympic Anthem, is a musical piece composed by Spyros Samaras with words taken by a poem of the Greek poet and writer Kostis Palamas. ...
The Church of Greece (Greek: EkklÄ“sÃa tês Helládos, IPA: /eklisia tis elaðos/) is one of the fifteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches which make up the Eastern Orthodox Communion. ...
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The opening ceremony concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame. Former Australian Olympic champion Herb Elliott brought the Olympic Flame into the stadium. Then, celebrating 100 years of women's participation in the Olympic Games, former Australian women Olympic champions: 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 cauldron within a circle of fire. 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 it was discovered what the problem was, the program was overridden and the cauldron continued its course, and the ceremony concluded with a spectacular fireworks display.[4] The flame at the 2002 Winter Olympics The Olympic Flame, Olympic Fire, Olympic Torch, Olympic Light, Olympic Eye, and Olympic Sun are all names for an important marketing promotion and symbol of the Olympic Games. ...
Herb Elliott at the 1954 Public Schools Association Athletics Herbert (Herb) James Elliott AC MBE (born February 25, 1938) is a former Australian athlete, one of the worlds greatest middle distance runners. ...
Statue of Betty Cuthbert outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground Elizabeth (Betty) Cuthbert (born April 20, 1938 in Merrylands[1], New South Wales) is an Australian athlete, and a four-fold Olympic champion. ...
Raelene Boyle MBE (1951 - ), Australian athlete, represented Australia at four Olympic Games as a sprinter, winning three silver medals. ...
Dawn Lorraine Fraser AO, MBE, (born September 4, 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. ...
Shirley Barbara Strickland (July 18, 1925 – February 11, 2004), later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, was an Australian athlete. ...
Shane Gould (born November 23, 1956) is an Australian former swimmer who won three gold medals, a silver and bronze in 1972 Summer Olympics. ...
Debra Flintoff-King (born on April 20, 1960) was an Australian hurdler, who won the second womens 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman also known as just Cathy Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian sprinter who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. ...
Some significant participants The young girl singer, who featured in the early part of the opening ceremony, was Nikki Webster. Other musical performers were Olivia Newton-John and John Farnham (who sang the duet "Dare to Dream" while walking among the athletes), Vanessa Amorosi (who sang "Heroes Live Forever" while a huge cloth was lowered down to cover the athletes - with sporting images and the image of a white dove of peace then being displayed on the cloth) and Tina Arena (who sang "The Flame"). There was also a massed Millennium Marching Band of 2000 musicians - with 1000 Australian musicians, the remaining 1000 musicians being from other countries around the world. (the massed band was so large that six conductors were required for the segment). Nikki Webster (born April 30, 1987) is an Australian pop performer. ...
Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born 26 September 1948) is a Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated English-born Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. ...
John Peter Farnham (born July 1, 1949) is an English-born Australian pop singer. ...
Vanessa Joy Amorosi (born 8 August 1981) is an Australian singer and recording artist. ...
Filippina Lydia Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. ...
Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ...
The English-language announcer for the Opening Ceremony was Australian actor John Stanton, while the Channel 7 narrator for the Indigenous section of the display was actor Ernie Dingo. John Stanton (born October 28, 1944, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), is a well-known Australian actor. ...
Ernie Dingo (born 31 July 1956) is a Yamatji from the Maheleny region of Western Australia. ...
Events
Day 2 - 16 September
 Gold medalist Nancy Johnson (centre) of the U.S., raises her hands with silver medalist Cho-Hyun Kang (left), of Korea, and bronze winner Jing Gao (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 of the United States. Gold medalist Nancy Johnson (center) of the U.S., raises her hands with silver medalist Cho-Hyun Kang (left), of Korea, and bronze winner Jing Gao (right), of China, during the medal ceremony for the womens 10 meter air rifle competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia...
Gold medalist Nancy Johnson (center) of the U.S., raises her hands with silver medalist Cho-Hyun Kang (left), of Korea, and bronze winner Jing Gao (right), of China, during the medal ceremony for the womens 10 meter air rifle competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia...
Air guns are weapons that propel a bullet using compressed air or another gas, possibly liquefied. ...
The Triathlon made its Olympic debut with the women's race. Set in the surroundings of the iconic Sydney Opera House, Brigitte McMahon representing Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to the first gold medal in the sport, beating the favoured home athletes. This article is about a type of athletic competition. ...
The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
Brigitte McMahon (born March 25, 1967) is an athlete from Switzerland. ...
The first star of the Games was Ian Thorpe. The 17-year-old Australian first set a new world record in the 400 m freestyle final before competing in an exciting 4 x 100 m freestyle final. Swimming the last leg, Thorpe passed the leading Americans 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. Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales), also known as the Thorpedo or Thorpey, is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. ...
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. Simon St. ...
On the cycling track, Robert Bartko beat fellow German 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. Cycling is the use of bicycles, unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. ...
Robert Bartko (born December 23, 1975 in Potsdam) is a road bicycle and track cyclist from Germany, who was born in the former East Germany. ...
Jens Lehmann (born 19 December 1967) is a German professional cyclist and double Olympic champion. ...
Leontien van Moorsel (born March 22, 1970, Boekel) is a Dutch cyclist. ...
In the swimming pool, American Tom Dolan beat the world record in the 400 m 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. Tom Dolan (born September 16, 1974) is a swimmer from the United States who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ...
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. ...
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Inge de Bruijn (born August 24, 1973 in Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland) is a former Dutch swimmer, and a four-time Olympic champion. ...
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. Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...
Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband (born March 14, 1978 in Geldrop, near Eindhoven) is a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion. ...
Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales), also known as the Thorpedo or Thorpey, is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. ...
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. Gold Medal is an album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004. ...
Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, gracefulness, and kinesthetic awareness, and includes such skills as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ...
Zijlaard-van Moorsel lived up to the expectations set by her world record in cycling in the semis by winning the gold medal. Cycling is the use of bicycles, unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. ...
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. Image:Stevebook. ...
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 a 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 Seoul, Barcelona and 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. Rulon Gardner (born August 16, 1971 in Afton, Wyoming) is an amateur wrestler in the Greco-Roman discipline from the United States. ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...
Alexandr Alexandrovich Karelin, or simply Alexander Karelin, (Russian: ÐлекÑандр ÐлекÑандрович Карелин; born September 19, 1967 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR) was a dominant Greco-Roman wrestler for the Soviet Union and later, after its dissolution, for Russia. ...
This article is about Greco-Roman wrestling. ...
Johnson winning the 100 m final The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ...
The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...
The 1996 Summer h Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...
Day 11 - 25 September Australian Cathy Freeman won the 400 metre final in front of a jubilant Sydney crowd at the Olympic Stadium, ahead of 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. Image File history File links Sydney Olympic stadium, during the 2000 summer olympics in homebush bay (track & field events). ...
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Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman also known as just Cathy Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian sprinter who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. ...
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Katharine Merry (born September 21, 1974 at Dunchurch, Rugby), is a former English female sprinter. ...
The flame at the 2002 Winter Olympics The Olympic Flame, Olympic Fire, Olympic Torch, Olympic Light, Olympic Eye, and Olympic Sun are all names for an important marketing promotion and symbol of the Olympic Games. ...
Gold Medal is an album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004. ...
Day 13 - 28 September The Canadian flag at athletes' village is lowered to half-staff as Canadian athletes pay tribute to former prime minister Pierre Trudeau after hearing of his passing in Montreal (Because of the time difference, it was September 29 in Sydney when Trudeau died). Flag Ratio: 1:2 (1965-Present) The National Flag of Canada (), popularly known as the Maple Leaf Flag (French: lUnifoli the one-leaved), is a base red flag with a white square in its centre, featuring a red stylized 11-pointed maple leaf. ...
Main articles: History of Canada, Timeline of Canadian history Canada has been inhabited by aboriginal peoples (known in Canada as First Nations) for at least 40,000 years. ...
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Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3] - City 365. ...
Day 15 - 30 September Cameroon won a historic gold medal over Spain in the Men's Olympic Football Final at the Olympic Stadium. The game went to a penalty shootout. Soccer redirects here. ...
Day 16 - 1 October The Closing Ceremony commenced with Christine Anu singing a stirring rendition of her hit song, Island Home. She performed with several aboriginal dancers atop the Geodome Stage in the middle of the stadium, around which several hundred umbrella and lampbox kids created an image of aboriginal dreamtime.
The Geodome Stage was used throughout the ceremony, which is a flat stage which is mechanically raised into the shape of a Geode.
 Olympic colours on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared at the Closing Ceremony, Image File history File links Olympic_fireworks. ...
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"I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever." Yvonne Kenny was the soprano who sang the Olympic Hymn at the Closing Ceremony. The ceremony featured performing artists such as Jimmy Barnes, Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue, Slim Dusty, Christine Anu, Nikki Webster, John Paul Young, Melbourne-based singer Vanessa Amorosi, Tommy Emmanuel CGP, and pop duo Savage Garden. Yvonne Kenny is an Australian opera singer. ...
The Olympic Hymn, also known informally as the Olympic Anthem, is a musical piece composed by Spyros Samaras with words taken by a poem of the Greek poet and writer Kostis Palamas. ...
Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock singer. ...
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Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (pronounced ,[1]mɪnoʊg;[2] born 28 May 1968) is an Australian Grammy and BRIT award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. ...
David Gordon Slim Dusty Kirkpatrick, AO, OBE (June 13, 1927—September 19, 2003) was an iconic Australian country music singer-songwriter. ...
Christine Anu (born 1970) is an Australian pop singer from Cairns, Queensland. ...
Nikki Webster (born April 30, 1987) is an Australian pop performer. ...
John Paul Young John Paul Young (June 21, 1950–) is an Australian singer. ...
Vanessa Joy Amorosi (born 8 August 1981) is an Australian singer and recording artist. ...
Tommy Emmanuel, CGP (born May 31, 1955) is an Australian guitarist, best known for his fingerpicking style. ...
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The Games were then handed over to the city of their birthplace, Athens, where they would again take place in 2004. The ceremony concluded with a huge fireworks display on Sydney Harbour. For other uses, see Athens (disambiguation). ...
The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ...
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Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia, also known as Sydney Harbour and is the largest natural harbour in the world. ...
Sports See the medal winners, ordered by sport: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney consisted of four events. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. ...
Baseball had its third appearance as an official medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ...
Final results for the Basketball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics. ...
Final results for the Badminton competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Mens Singles Mens Doubles Womens Singles Womens Doubles Mixed Doubles Categories: Badminton at the Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics events ...
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2 different Canoe/Kayak disciplines were contested: Flatwater and Slalom. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 8 Diving events were held: MENS EVENTS 10m Platform 3m Springboard Synchronized Diving, 10m Platform Synchronized Diving, 3m Springboard WOMENS EVENTS 10m Platform 3m Springboard Synchronized Diving, 10m Platform Synchronized Diving, 3m Springboard Categories: Diving at the Olympics | 2000 Summer Olympics events ...
Final results for the Equestrian events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: // Medals Individual Three-Day Event Team Three-Day Event Individual Dressage Team Dressage Individual Jumping Team Jumping Category: ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. ...
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic Games football tournament. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different gymnastics disciplines were contested: Artistic gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics, and Trampolining. ...
Final results for the Team Handball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Men´s Tournament Womens Tournament Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events ...
Final results for the Field Hockey competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: // Mens Tournament Group A Group B Mens Classification Matches 9th-12th place Mens Classification Matches 5th-8th place Mens Semifinals Mens Classification Match 11th-12th place Mens Classification Match 9th-10th place...
Final results for the Judo events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: // MENS EVENTS Extra-Lightweight (-60 kg) Half-Lightweight (60-66 kg) Lightweight (66-73 kg) Half-Middleweight (73-81 kg) Middleweight (81-90 kg) Half-Heavyweight (90-100 kg) Heavyweight (+100 kg) WOMENS EVENTS Extra-Lightweight (-48...
Final results for the Modern Pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics The team event was abolished from this convention and the womens individual match was newly introduced. ...
Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgraves winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British mens coxless four. ...
Final results for the Sailing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: // MENS EVENTS Sailboard (Mistral) Single-Handed Dinghy (Finn) Double-Handed Dinghy (470) WOMENS EVENTS Sailboard (Mistral) Single-Handed Dinghy (Europe) Double-Handed Dinghy (470) OPEN EVENTS Single-Handed Dinghy (Laser) High Performance Dinghy (49er) Two-Person Keelboat...
Final results for the Shooting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: // MENS EVENTS 10 m Air Pistol 10 m Air Rifle 10 m Running Target 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol 50 m Pistol 50 m Rifle (3 Positions) 50 m Rifle (Prone) Trap Petr Malek (left), of the Czech...
Final results for the Softball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested. ...
Final results for the Synchronized Swimming competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Duet Team Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events ...
Final results for the Table Tennis competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Mens Singles Mens Doubles Womens Singles Womens Doubles Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events ...
Final results for the Taekwondo events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: MENS EVENTS -58 kg 58-68 kg 68-80 kg +80 kg WOMENS EVENTS -49 kg 49-57 kg 57-67 kg +67 kg Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events ...
Final results for the Tennis competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Andre Agassi (U.S.) was defending his title in the mens singles as was Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) in the womens singles event. ...
The Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia was the debut of the triathlon at the Olympic Games. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, four volleyball events were contested. ...
Final results for the Water Polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Mens Tournament Womens Tournament Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events ...
Final results for the Weightlifting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2 different Wrestling disciplines were contested: Freestyle Wrestling and Greco-Roman Wrestling. ...
Wheelchair racing at the 1988 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration sport at the [[Olympic Stadium] on September 30, 1988. ...
Medal count -
These are the top medal-collecting nations for the 2000 Games. (Host country is highlighted) This is the full table of the medal count of the 2000 Summer Olympics. ...
Marion Jones, winner of three golds and two bronzes for the United States, relinquished her medals in October 2007 after confessing that she had taken tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) from September 2000 through July 2001. The IOC has formally stripped Jones of her 5 medals. She has also been banned from competing for two years by the IAAF. [5] [6] [7] [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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Marion Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is a former American track and field athlete of Belizean descent. ...
Tetrahydrogestrinone (often referred to as THG or the clear) is an anabolic steroid. ...
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ...
Participating nations 199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Sydney Games, two more than in 1996. In addition, there were four Timorese Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Eritrea, Micronesia and Palau made their Olympic debut this year. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 46 KB) Countries which participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, as listed at the olympic games museum, derived from blank world map. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 46 KB) Countries which participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, as listed at the olympic games museum, derived from blank world map. ...
National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide olympic movement. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor, is an island nation in Southeast Asia, consisting of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, a political exclave of East Timor situated on the western side of...
IOC Flag Four athletes from East Timor competed as Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia under the IOC country code IOA. // Medals Results by event Athletics Mens marathon Calisto da Costa Final - 2:33:11 (71st place) Womens Marathon Aguida Amaral Final - 3...
Afghanistan was the only 1996 participant that did not participate in 2000.
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