Field Hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 16 to 30 September 2000 at the Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre.
The women's field was expanded to ten teams, separating them into two groups who played a round-robin to advance the top three teams in each group to a medal round of six teams.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Argentina |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Medalists[]
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| Men | Netherlands Jacques Brinkman Jaap Derk Buma Jeroen Delmee Marten Eikelboom Piet-Hein Geeris Ronald Jansen Erik Jazet Bram Lomans Teun de Nooijer Wouter van Pelt Stephan Veen Guus Vogels Diederik van Weel Sander van der Weide Remco van Wijk Peter Wind |
South Korea Han Hyung-bae Hwang Jong-hyun Jeon Hong-kwon Jeon Jong-ha Ji Seong-hwan Kang Keon-wook Kim Chel-hwan Kim Jung-chul Kim Kyung-seok Kim Yong-bae Kim Yoon Lim Jong-chun Lim Jung-woo Seo Jong-ho Song Seung-tae Yeo Woon-kon |
Australia Michael Brennan Adam Commens Stephen Davies Damon Dileti Lachlan Dreher Jason Duff Troy Elder James Elmer Paul Gaudoin Stephen Holt Brent Livermore Daniel Sproule Jay Stacy Craig Victory Matthew Wells Michael York |
| Women | Australia Kate Allen Alyson Annan Lisa Carruthers Renita Garard Juliet Haslam Rechelle Hawkes Nikki Hudson Rachel Imison Clover Maitland Claire Mitchell-Taverner Jenny Morris Alison Peek Katrina Powell Angie Skirving Kate Starre Julie Towers |
Argentina Magadalena Aicega Mariela Antoniska Ines Arrondo Luciana Aymar Paz Ferrari Anabel Gambero Agustina Garcia Maria de la Paz Hernandez Laura Maiztegui Mercedes Margalot Karina Masotta Vanina Oneto Jorgelina Rimoldi Cecilia Rognoni Ayelen Stepnik Paola Vukojicic |
Netherlands Dilliane van der Boogaard Minke Booij Ageeth Boomgaardt Julie Deiters Mijntje Donners Fleur van de Kieft Fatima Moreira de Melo Clarinda Sinnige Hanneke Smabers Minke Smabers Margje Teeuwen Carole Thate Daphne Touw Macha van der Vaart Myrna Veenstra Susan van der Wielen |
Statistics[]
- There were 350 total athletes from 15 countries.
- Matthias Witthaus was the youngest participant with 17 years and 237 days.
- Kim Malgosa was the oldest participant with 36 years and 334 days.
- Nawawi Mirnawan of Malaysia and Ahmad Alam of Pakistan were the only field hockey players chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Argentina won its first-ever medal in the sport.