Athletics 2000

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 22 September to 1 October 2000 at the Stadium Australia.

For the first time in history, women competed in the pole vault and hammer throw. For the racewalking events, the women's distance increased to 20 kilometres, almost equivalent to those on the men's side.

Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	4	5	16
2	Ethiopia	4	1	3	8
3	Poland	4	0	0	4
4	Russia	3	4	6	13
5	Kenya	2	3	2	7
6	Cuba	2	2	2	6
	Great Britain	2	2	2	6
8	Germany	2	1	2	5
9	Belarus	2	0	3	5
10	Bahamas	2	0	1	3
11	Greece	1	3	0	4
12	Romania	1	2	2	5
13	Australia	1	2	0	3
14	Algeria	1	1	2	4
15	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
	Nigeria	1	1	0	2
	Norway	1	1	0	2
18	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	China	1	0	0	1
	Estonia	1	0	0	1
	Finland	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
26	Jamaica	0	6	3	9
27	Italy	0	2	0	2
28	Morocco	0	1	3	4
29	South Africa	0	1	2	3
30	Mexico	0	1	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	1	2
32	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
	Sri Lanka	0	1	0	1
39	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
40	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Men

Event
100 m	Maurice Greene	Ato Boldon	Obadele Thompson
200 m	Konstantinos Kenteris	Darren Campbell	Ato Boldon
400 m	Michael Johnson	Alvin Harrison	Gregory Haughton
800 m	Nils Schumann	Wilson Kipketer	Aissa Djabir Said-Guerni
1500 m	Noah Ngeny	Hicham El Guerrouj	Bernard Lagat
5000 m	Million Wolde	Ali Saidi-Sief	Brahim Lahlafi
10000 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Paul Tergat	Assefa Mezgebu
Marathon	Gezahegne Abera	Eric Wainaina	Tesfaye Tola
110 m hurdles	Anier Garcia	Terrence Trammell	Mark Crear
400 m hurdles	Angelo Taylor	Hadi Somayli	Llewellyn Herbert
3000 m steeplechase	Reuben Kosgei	Wilson Boit Kipketer	Ali Ezzine
4x100 m	United States Kenneth Brokenburr Jonathan Drummond Maurice Greene Brian Lewis Timothy Montgomery Bernard Williams III	Brazil Vicente Lima Edson Ribeiro Andre Silva Claudinei da Silva Claudio Sousa	Cuba Jose Angel Cesar Ivan Garcia Freddy Mayola Luis Alberto Perez
4x400 m	Nigeria Nduka Awazie Sunday Bada Clement Chukwu Fidelis Gadzama Jude Monye Enefiok Udo-Obong	Jamaica Sanjay Ayre Michael Blackwood Gregory Haughton Michael McDonald Danny McFarlane Christopher Williams	Bahamas Christopher Brown Troy McIntosh Avard Moncur Timothy Munnings Carl Oliver
20 km walk	Robert Korzeniowski	Noe Hernandez	Vladimir Andreyev
50 km walk	Robert Korzeniowski	Aigars Fadejevs	Joel Sanchez
High jump	Sergey Kliugin	Javier Sotomayor	Abderrahmane Hammad
Pole vault	Nick Hysong	Lawrence Johnson	Maksim Tarasov
Long jump	Ivan Pedroso	Jai Taurima	Roman Shchurenko
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards	Yoel Garcia	Denis Kapustin
Shot put	Arsi Harju	Adam Nelson	John Godina
Discus throw	Virgilijus Alekna	Lars Riedel	Frantz Kruger
Hammer throw	Szymon Ziolkowski	Nicola Vizzoni	Igor Astapkovich
Javelin throw	Jan Zelezny	Steve Backley	Sergey Makarov
Decathlon	Erki Nool	Roman Sebrle	Chris Huffins
1500 m wheelchair	Saul Mendoza	Claude Issorat	Heinz Frei

Women

Event
100 m	—	Ekaterini Thanou Tayna Lawrence	Merlene Ottey
200 m	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Susanthika Jayasinghe	Beverly McDonald
400 m	Cathy Freeman	Lorraine Graham	Katharine Merry
800 m	Maria Mutola	Stephanie Graf	Kelly Holmes
1500 m	Nouria Merah-Benida	Violeta Szekely	Gabriela Szabo
5000 m	Gabriela Szabo	Sonia O'Sullivan	Gete Wami
10000 m	Derartu Tulu	Gete Wami	Fernanda Ribeiro
Marathon	Naoko Takahashi	Lidia Simon	Joyce Chepchumba
100 m hurdles	Olga Shishigina	Glory Alozie	Melissa Morrison
400 m hurdles	Irina Privalova	Deon Hemmings	Nouzha Bidouane
4x100 m	Bahamas Eldece Clarke-Lewis Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Sevatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup	Jamaica Veronica Campbell Merlene Frazer Tayna Lawrence Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	United States Torri Edwards Chryste Gaines Nanceen Perry Passion Richardson
4x400 m	United States Andrea Anderson LaTasha Colander-Richardson Monique Hennagan Jearl Miles-Clark	Jamaica Michelle Burgher Lorraine Graham Deon Hemmings Charmaine Howell Sandie Richards Catherine Scott-Pomales	Russia Svetlana Gontcharenko Olga Kotlyarova Natalya Nazarova Irina Privalova Yulia Sotnikova Olesya Zykina
20 km walk	Wang Liping	Kjersti Plaetzer	Maria Vasco
High jump	Yelena Yelesina	Hestrie Cloete	Kajsa Bergvist
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila	Tatiana Grigorieva	Vala Flosadottir
Long jump	Heike Drechsler	Fiona May	Tatyana Kotova
Triple jump	Tereza Marinova	Tatyana Lebedeva	Olena Hovorova
Shot put	Yanina Korolchik	Larisa Peleshenko	Astrid Kumbernuss
Discus throw	Ellina Zvereva	Anastasia Kelesidou	Irina Yatchenko
Hammer throw	Kamila Skolimowska	Olga Kuzenkova	Kirsten Muenchow
Javelin throw	Trine Hattestad	Mirella Maniani-Tzelili	Osleidys Menendez
Heptathlon	Denise Lewis	Yelena Prokhorova	Natalya Sazanovich
800 m wheelchair	Louise Sauvage	Wakako Tsuchida	Ariadne Hernandez

Trivia

• There were 2134 total athletes from 193 countries.
• Direma Banasso was the youngest participant with 14 years and 298 days.
• Chris Maddocks was the oldest participant with 43 years and 185 days.
• 78 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony, the highest number out of all sports.
• Poland won 4 gold medals, more than in any other sport.
• Morocco won 4 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Jamaica won its only 9 medals of Sydney 2000.
• Ethiopia won its only 8 medals of Sydney 2000.
• Kenya won its only 7 medals of Sydney 2000.
• Bahamas won its only 3 medals of Sydney 2000.
• Trinidad and Tobago won its only 2 medals of Sydney 2000.
• Barbados, Iceland, Mozambique, and Sri Lanka won their only medal of Sydney 2000.
• Belarus won its first-ever 2 gold medals in the sport.
• Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Mozambique won their first-ever gold medal in the sport.
• Latvia won its first medal in the sport since Berlin 1936.
• Sri Lanka won its first medal in the sport since London 1948.
• Ireland won its first medal in the sport since Los Angeles 1984.
• Japan won its first gold medal in the sport since Berlin 1936.
• Australia won its first gold medal in the sport since Seoul 1988.
• Barbados and Saudi Arabia won their first-ever Olympic medal.

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