At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. 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. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ...

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Maurice Greene United States (USA)	9.87	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	9.99	Obadele Thompson Barbados (BAR)	10.04
200 metres	Konstantinos Kenteris Greece (GRE)	20.09	Darren Campbell Great Britain (GBR)	20.14	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	20.20
400 metres	Michael Johnson United States (USA)	43.84	Alvin Harrison United States (USA)	44.40	Greg Haughton Jamaica (JAM)	44.70
800 metres	Nils Schumann Germany (GER)	1:45.08	Wilson Kipketer Denmark (DEN)	1:45.14	Djabir Saïd Guerni Algeria (ALG)	1:45.16
1500 metres	Noah Ngeny Kenya (KEN)	3:32.07 (OR)	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco (MAR)	3:32:32	Bernard Lagat Kenya (KEN)	3:32.44
5000 metres	Million Wolde Ethiopia (ETH)	13:35.49	Ali Saidi-Sief Algeria (ALG)	13:36.20	Brahim Lahlafi Morocco (MAR)	13:36.47
10000 metres	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia (ETH)	27:18.20	Paul Tergat Kenya (KEN)	27:18.29	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia (ETH)	27:19.75
110 metre hurdles	Anier Garcia Cuba (CUB)	13.00	Terrence Trammell United States (USA)	13.16	Mark Crear United States (USA)	13.22
400 metre hurdles	Angelo Taylor United States (USA)	47.50	Hadi Al Somayli Saudi Arabia (KSA)	47.53	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa (RSA)	47.81
3000 metre steeplechase	Reuben Kosgei Kenya (KEN)	8:21.43	Wilson Boit Kipketer Kenya (KEN)	8:21.77	Ali Ezzine Morocco (MAR)	8:22.15
4×100 metre relay	United States (USA) Jon Drummond Bernard Williams Brian Lewis Maurice Greene	37.61	Brazil (BRA) Vicente de Lima Edson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei da Silva	37.90	Cuba (CUB) Luis Alberto Perez Ivan Garcia Freddy Mayola José Angel Cesar	38.04
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA) Alvin Harrison Antonio Pettigrew Calvin Harrison Michael Johnson	2:56.35	Nigeria (NGR) Clement Chukwu Jude Monye Sunday Bada Enefiok Udo-Obong	2:58.68	Jamaica (JAM) Michael Blackwood Greg Haughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane	2:58.78
20 km walk	Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL)	1:18.59 (OR)	Noé Hernández Valentin Mexico (MEX)	1:19.03	Vladimir Andreyev Russia (RUS)	1:19.27
50 km walk	Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL)	3:42.22	Aigars Fadejevs Latvia (LAT)	3:43.40	Joel Sánchez Guerrero Mexico (MEX)	3:44.36
Marathon	Gezahgne Abera Ethiopia (ETH)	2:10.11	Erick Wainaina Kenya (KEN)	2:10.31	Tesfaye Tola Ethiopia (ETH)	2:11.10
Long jump	Ivan Pedroso Cuba (CUB)	8.55 m	Jai Taurima Australia (AUS)	8.49 m	Roman Shchurenko Ukraine (UKR)	8.31 m
High jump	Sergey Klyugin Russia (RUS)	2.35 m	Javier Sotomayor Cuba (CUB)	2.32 m	Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria (ALG)	2.32 m
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain (GBR)	17.71 m	Yoel Garcia Cuba (CUB)	17.47 m	Denis Kapustin Russia (RUS)	17.46 m
Pole vault	Nick Hysong United States (USA)	5.90 m	Lawrence Johnson United States (USA)	5.90	Maksim Tarasov Russia (RUS)	5.90
Shot put	Arsi Harju Finland (FIN)	21.29 m	Adam Nelson United States (USA)	21.21 m	John Godina United States (USA)	21.20 m
Discus throw	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)	69.30 m	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)	68.50 m	Frantz Kruger South Africa (RSA)	68.19 m
Javelin throw	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)	90.17 m (OR)	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)	89.85 m	Sergey Makarov Russia (RUS)	88.67 m
Hammer throw	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland (POL)	80.02 m	Nicola Vizzoni Italy (ITA)	79.64 m	Igor Astapkovich Belarus (BLR)	79.17 m
Decathlon	Erki Nool Estonia (EST)	8641 m	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic (CZE)	8606 m	Chris Huffins United States (USA)	8595 m

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Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Marion Jones United States (USA)*	10.75	Ekaterini Thanou Greece (GRE)	11.12	Tanya Lawrence Jamaica (JAM)	11.18
200 metres	Marion Jones United States (USA)*	21.84	Pauline Davis-Thompson Bahamas (BAH)	22.27	Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka (SRI)	22.28
400 metres	Cathy Freeman Australia (AUS)	49.11	Lorraine Graham Jamaica (JAM)	49.58	Catherine Merry Great Britain (GBR)	49.72
800 metres	Maria De Lurdes Mutola Mozambique (MOZ)	1:56.15	Stephanie Graf Austria (AUT)	1:56.64	Kelly Holmes Great Britain (GBR)	1:56.80
1500 metres	Nouria Mérah-Benida Algeria (ALG)	4:05.10	Violeta Beclea Romania (ROM)	4:05.15	Gabriela Szabo Romania (ROM)	4:05.27
5000 metres	Gabriela Szabo Romania (ROM)	14:40.79 (OR)	Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland (IRL)	14:41.02	Gete Wami Ethiopia (ETH)	14:42.23
10000 metres	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia (ETH)	30:17.49 (OR)	Gete Wami Ethiopia (ETH)	30:22.48	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal (POR)	30:22.88
100 metre hurdles	Olga Shishigina Kazakhstan (KAZ)	12.65	Glory Alozie Nigeria (NGR)	12.68	Melissa Morrison United States (USA)	12.76
400 metre hurdles	Irina Privalova Russia (RUS)	53.02	Deon Hemmings Jamaica (JAM)	53.45	Nezha Bidouane Morocco (MAR)	53.57
4×100 metre relay	Bahamas (BAH) Sevatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson	41.95	Jamaica (JAM) Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey-Page	42.13	United States (USA)** Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry Marion Jones	42.20
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA)** Jearl Miles Monique Hennagan Marion Jones La Tasha Colander-Richardson	3:22.62	Jamaica (JAM) Sandie Richards Catherine Scott-Pomales Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham	3:23.25	Russia (RUS) Yuliya Sotnikova Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Irina Privalova	3:23.46
20 km walk	Liping Wang China (CHN)	1:29.05 (OR)	Kjersti Tysse Plätzer Norway (NOR)	1:29.33	Maria Vasco Spain (ESP)	1:30.23
Marathon	Naoko Takahashi Japan (JPN)	2:23.14 (OR)	Lidia Simon Romania (ROM)	2:23.22	Joyce Chepchumba Kenya (KEN)	2:24.45
Long jump	Heike Drechsler Germany (GER)	6.99 m	Fiona May Italy (ITA)	6.92 m	Marion Jones United States (USA)*	6.92 m
High jump	Yelena Yelesina Russia (RUS)	2.01 m	Hestrie Cloete South Africa (RSA)	2.01 m	Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden (SWE)  Oana Pantelimon Romania (ROM)	1.99 m[1]
Triple jump	Tereza Marinova Bulgaria (BUL)	15.20 m	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia (RUS)	15.00 m	Olena Hovorova Ukraine (UKR)	14.96 m
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila United States (USA)	4.60 m (OR)	Tatiana Grigorieva Australia (AUS)	4.55 m	Vala Flosadóttir Iceland (ISL)	4.50 m
Shot put	Yanina Karolchik Belarus (BLR)	20.56 m	Larisa Peleshenko Russia (RUS)	19.92 m	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany (GER)	19.62 m
Discus throw	Ellina Zvereva Belarus (BLR)	68.40 m	Anastasía Kelesídou Greece (GRE)	65.71 m	Irina Yatchenko Belarus (BLR)	65.20 m
Javelin throw	Trine Hattestad Norway (NOR)	68.91 m (OR)	Miréla Manjani-Tzelili Greece (GRE)	67.51 m	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba (CUB)	66.18 m
Hammer throw	Kamila Skolimowska Poland (POL)	71.16 m	Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS)	69.77 m	Kirsten Münchow Germany (GER)	69.28 m
*Heptathlon	Denise Lewis Great Britain (GBR)	6584	Yelena Prokhorova Russia (RUS)	6531	Natalya Sazanovich Belarus (BLR)	6527

• * On October 5, 2007 Marion Jones admitted to having been taking performance enhancing drugs prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics. A forthcoming meeting of the International Olympic Committee may strip her of her individual medals.
• ** it is currently unclear what will happen to the relay event standings in light of Marion Jones' doping admission in October 2007. Specifically it is not known whether Jones only will be stripped of the medals, or whether the entire American team will be disqualified and stripped of their medals.

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Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	10	4	6	20
2	Ethiopia (ETH)	4	1	3	8
3	Poland (POL)	4	0	0	4
4	Russia (RUS)	3	4	5	12
5	Kenya (KEN)	2	3	2	7
6	Cuba (CUB)	2	2	2	6
	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	2	6
8	Germany (GER)	2	1	2	5
9	Belarus (BLR)	2	0	2	4
10	Greece (GRE)	1	3	0	4
11	Romania (ROM)	1	2	2	5
12	Australia (AUS)	1	2	0	3
13	Algeria (ALG)	1	1	2	4
14	Bahamas (BAH)	1	1	0	2
	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	0	2
	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
17	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
25	Jamaica (JAM)	0	4	3	7
26	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	2	0	2
28	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	3	4
29	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	2	3
30	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	1	1	2
32	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	1	0	1
38	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
39	Barbados (BAR)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1

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Notes

1. ^ Note: The IOC report (page 447 of 548) wrongly states that Pantelimon finished fourth, despite having an identical jumping record.

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