Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 17 to 30 September 2000 at the Olympic Sailing Shore Base in the Sydney Harbour.
This edition marked the debut of the open skiff class (49er) but the last Olympics to feature the open three-person keelboat (Soling) in the program. Moreover, it also signified a change of the sport name, previously known as yachting.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Australia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Austria |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  United States |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Italy |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Finland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Germany |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Argentina |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Brazil |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Sweden |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral | Christoph Sieber
|
Carlos Espinola
|
Aaron McIntosh
|
| Finn | Iain Percy
|
Luca Devoti
|
Fredrik Loof
|
| 470 | Tom King Mark Turnbull
|
Paul Foerster Bob Merrick
|
Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente
|
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral | Alessandra Sensini
|
Amelie Lux
|
Barbara Kendall
|
| Europe | Shirley Robertson
|
Margriet Matthysse
|
Serena Amato
|
| 470 | Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell
|
Pease Glaser JJ Isler
|
Olena Pakholchyk Ruslana Taran
|
Mixed[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Laser | Ben Ainslie
|
Robert Scheidt
|
Michael Blackburn
|
| Star | Magnus Liljedahl Mark Reynolds
|
Mark Covell Ian Walker
|
Marcelo Ferreira Torben Grael
|
| 49er | Jyrki Jarvi Thomas Johanson
|
Ian Barker Simon Hiscocks
|
Charlie McKee Jonathan McKee
|
| Tornado | Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher
|
Darren Bundock John Forbes
|
Roland Gaebler Rene Schwall
|
| Soling | Denmark Jesper Bank Henrik Blakskjaer Thomas Jacobsen |
Germany Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski Jochen Schuemann |
Norway Paul Davis Herman Johannessen Espen Stokkeland |
Statistics[]
- There were 402 total athletes from 78 countries.
- Seng Leong Koh was the youngest participant with 17 years and 1 day.
- Eduardo Farre was the oldest participant with 57 years and 350 days.
- 9 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Argentina won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
- New Zealand won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Finland won its first medal in the sport since Moscow 1980.
- Italy won its first gold medal in the sport since Helsinki 1952.
- Australia won its first gold medal in the sport since Munich 1972.
- Great Britain won its first 3 gold medals in the sport since Seoul 1988.
- Austria won its first-ever 2 gold medals in the sport and the first medal since Moscow 1980.
- Spain did not win a single medal in the sport for the first time since Munich 1972.