Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 15 to 30 September 2000 at various locations in Australia.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cameroon |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Spain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 United States |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Chile |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Cameroon Patrice Abanda Nicolas Alnoudji Clement Beaud Daniel Bekono Serge Branco Joel Epalle Lauren Etame Mayer Samuel Eto'o Fils Idriss Carlos Kameni Modeste Mbami Patrick Mboma Albert Meyong Ze Serge Mimpo Daniel Ngom Kome Aaron Nguimbat Geremi Njitap Fonso Patrick Suffo Pierre Wome |
Spain David Albelda Ivan Amaya Miguel Angel Angulo Daniel Aranzubia Juan Capdevila Jordi Ferron Gabriel Garcia Xavier Hernandez Jesus Maria Lacruz Alberto Luque Carlos Marchena Felipe Ortiz Carlos Puyol Jose Maria Romero Ismael Ruiz Raul Tamudo Antonio Velamazan Unai Vergara |
Chile Cristian Alvarez Francisco Arrue Pablo Contreras Sebastian Gonzalez Javier di Gregorio David Henriquez Manuel Ibarra Claudio Maldonado Reinaldo Navia Rodrigo Nunez Rafael Olarra Patricio Ormazabal David Pizarro Pedro Reyes Mauricio Rojas Hector Tapia Nelson Tapia Rodrigo Tello Ivan Zamorano |
| Women | Norway Kristin Bekkevold Christine Boe Jensen Gro Espeseth Ragnhild Gulbrandsen Solveig Gulbrandsen Margunn Haugenes Ingeborg Hovland Silje Joergensen Monica Knudsen Goerli Kringen Bente Kvitland Unni Lehn Dagny Mellgren Bente Nordby Marianne Petersen Anita Rapp Hege Riise Brit Sandaune Anne Toennessen |
United States Brandi Chastain Lorrie Fair Joy Fawsett Julie Foudy Michelle French Mia Hamm Kristine Lilly Shannon MacMillan Tiffeny Milbrett Siri Mullinix Carla Overbeck Cindy Parlow Christie Pearce Briana Scurry Nikki Serlenga Danielle Slaton Kate Sobrero Sara Whalen |
Germany Nadine Angerer Nicole Brandebusemeyer Doris Fitschen Jeannette Goette Stefanie Gottschlich Inka Grings Ariane Hingst Melanie Hoffmann Steffi Jones Renate Lingor Maren Minnert Sandra Minnert Claudia Mueller Birgit Prinz Silke Rottenberg Kerstin Stegemann Bettina Wiegmann Tina Wunderlich |
Statistics[]
- There were 391 total athletes from 20 countries.
- Idriss Carlos Kameni was the youngest participant with 16 years and 208 days.
- Nelson Tapia was the oldest participant with 34 years and 8 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- 6 nations won a medal, the highest number possible.
- Cameroon won its first-ever Olympic medal and its only medal of Sydney 2000.
- Chile won its first-ever medal in the sport and its only medal of Sydney 2000.
- Spain won its first medal in the sport since Barcelona 1992.
- Norway won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
