2000 Summer Olympic Games

The Sydney 2000 Games were the largest yet, with 10,651 athletes competing in 300 events. Despite their size, they were well organised, renewing faith in the Olympic Movement. Birgit Fischer earned two gold medals in Kayak to become the first woman in any sport to win medals 20 years apart. Judoka Ryoko Tamura lost in the final in both Barcelona and Atlanta, but came back to win the gold medal in Sydney. Steven Redgrave became the first rower to win gold medals at five consecutive Olympics. The US softball team won in stirring fashion, losing three games in a row and then coming back to defeat each of the teams they had lost to.

2000 Summer Olympic Games Medal Table

Country
United States
Russia
Australia
China
Germany
France
Italy
Cuba
United Kingdom
South Korea
Romania
Netherlands
Ukraine
Japan
Belarus
Hungary
Canada
Poland
Bulgaria
Greece
Brazil
Sweden
Spain
Norway
Switzerland
Czech Rep.
Ethiopia
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Denmark
Georgia
Mexico
Algeria
Belgium
Indonesia
Lithuania
Morocco
South Africa
Slovak Rep.
Taiwan
Turkey
Argentina
Finland
Iran
New Zealand
North Korea
Uzbekistan
Austria
Azerbaijan
Estonia
Latvia
Nigeria
Thailand
Armenia
Bahamas
Costa Rica
Croatia
India
Saudi Arabia
Moldova
Portugal
Slovenia
Trinidad & Tobago
Yugoslav Federation
Barbados
Chile
Cameroon
Colombia
Ireland
Iceland
Israel
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait
Macedonia
Mozambique
Qatar
Sri Lanka
Uruguay
Vietnam
Yugoslavia (until 1988)

Gold
39
32
16
28
13
14
12
10
11
8
11
12
3
6
3
7
3
6
5
4
0
4
3
4
2
2
4
0
3
2
2
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

Silver
24
28
25
16
17
13
9
12
10
10
6
9
10
7
3
7
3
5
6
6
6
5
3
3
5
3
1
4
4
3
3
0
2
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1

Bronze
32
27
17
14
26
11
13
7
7
10
9
4
10
5
11
3
8
3
2
3
6
3
5
3
2
3
3
3
0
2
1
6
3
3
3
1
3
4
3
1
4
2
2
1
1
3
3
2
0
1
2
1
0
2
2
0
2
1
2
1
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0

Total
95
87
58
58
56
38
34
29
28
28
26
25
23
18
17
17
14
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
9
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1