Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athletics
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Athletics; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
	Host stadium (shown in 2023)
Dates	22 September-1 October 2000
No. of events	46
Competitors	2,134 from 193 nations
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2,134 participating athletes from 193 countries.

Dates22 September-1 October 2000

No. of events46

Competitors2,134 from 193 nations

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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
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
30	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
Totals (44 entries)		45	47	47	139

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Maurice Greene United States	9.87	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago	9.99	Obadele Thompson Barbados	10.04
200 metres details	Konstantinos Kenteris Greece	20.09	Darren Campbell Great Britain	20.14	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago	20.20
400 metres details	Michael Johnson United States	43.84	Alvin Harrison United States	44.40	Greg Haughton Jamaica	44.70
800 metres details	Nils Schumann Germany	1:45.08	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	1:45.14	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria	1:45.16
1500 metres details	Noah Ngeny Kenya	3:32.07 (OR)	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:32.32	Bernard Lagat Kenya	3:32.44
5000 metres details	Million Wolde Ethiopia	13:35.49	Ali Saïdi-Sief Algeria	13:36.20	Brahim Lahlafi Morocco	13:36.47
10,000 metres details	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	27:18.20	Paul Tergat Kenya	27:18.29	Assefa Mezgebu Ethiopia	27:19.75
110 metres hurdles details	Anier García Cuba	13.00	Terrence Trammell United States	13.16	Mark Crear United States	13.22
400 metres hurdles details	Angelo Taylor United States	47.50	Hadi Al-Somaily Saudi Arabia	47.53	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa	47.81
3000 metres steeplechase details	Reuben Kosgei Kenya	8:21.43	Wilson Boit Kipketer Kenya	8:21.77	Ali Ezzine Morocco	8:22.15
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Jon Drummond Bernard Williams Brian Lewis Maurice Greene Tim Montgomery* Kenneth Brokenburr*	37.61	Brazil Vicente Lenilson Édson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei Quirino Cláudio Souza*	37.90	Cuba Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Ivan García Freddy Mayola José Ángel César	38.04
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Clement Chukwu Jude Monye Sunday Bada Enefiok Udo-Obong Nduka Awazie* Fidelis Gadzama*^[1]	2:58.68	Jamaica Michael Blackwood Greg Haughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane Sanjay Ayre* Michael McDonald*	2:58.78	Bahamas Avard Moncur Troy McIntosh Carl Oliver Chris Brown Timothy Munnings*	2:59.23
Marathon details	Gezahegne Abera Ethiopia	2:10:11	Erick Wainaina Kenya	2:10:31	Tesfaye Tola Ethiopia	2:11:10
20 kilometres walk details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	1:18:59 (OR)	Noé Hernández Mexico	1:19:03	Vladimir Andreyev Russia	1:19:27
50 kilometres walk details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	3:42:22	Aigars Fadejevs Latvia	3:43:40	Joel Sánchez Guerrero Mexico	3:44:36
High jump details	Sergey Klyugin Russia	2.35 m	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.32 m	Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria	2.32 m
Pole vault details	Nick Hysong United States	5.90 m	Lawrence Johnson United States	5.90 m	Maksim Tarasov Russia	5.90 m
Long jump details	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.55 m	Jai Taurima Australia	8.49 m	Roman Shchurenko Ukraine	8.31 m
Triple jump details	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain	17.71 m	Yoel García Cuba	17.47 m	Denis Kapustin Russia	17.46 m
Shot put details	Arsi Harju Finland	21.29 m	Adam Nelson United States	21.21 m	John Godina United States	21.20 m
Discus throw details	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	69.30 m	Lars Riedel Germany	68.50 m	Frantz Kruger South Africa	68.19 m
Hammer throw details	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland	80.02 m	Nicola Vizzoni Italy	79.64 m	Igor Astapkovich Belarus	79.17 m
Javelin throw details	Jan Železný Czech Republic	90.17 m (OR)	Steve Backley Great Britain	89.85 m	Sergey Makarov Russia	88.67 m
Decathlon details	Erki Nool Estonia	8642	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic	8606	Chris Huffins United States	8595

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Not awarded^[2]		Ekaterini Thanou Greece	11.12	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	11.19
100 metres details	Not awarded^[2]		Tayna Lawrence Jamaica	11.18	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	11.19
200 metres details	Pauline Davis-Thompson^[2] Bahamas	22.27	Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka	22.28 (NR)	Beverly McDonald Jamaica	22.35
400 metres details	Cathy Freeman Australia	49.11	Lorraine Graham Jamaica	49.58	Katharine Merry Great Britain	49.72
800 metres details	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique	1:56.15	Stephanie Graf Austria	1:56.64	Kelly Holmes Great Britain	1:56.80
1500 metres details	Nouria Mérah-Benida Algeria	4:05.10	Violeta Beclea Romania	4:05.15	Gabriela Szabo Romania	4:05.27
5000 metres details	Gabriela Szabo Romania	14:40.79 (OR)	Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland	14:41.02 (NR)	Gete Wami Ethiopia	14:42.23
10,000 metres details	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	30:17.49 (OR)	Gete Wami Ethiopia	30:22.48	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal	30:22.88 (NR)
100 metres hurdles details	Olga Shishigina Kazakhstan	12.65	Glory Alozie Nigeria	12.68	Melissa Morrison United States	12.76
400 metres hurdles details	Irina Privalova Russia	53.02	Deon Hemmings Jamaica	53.45	Nezha Bidouane Morocco	53.57
4 × 100 metres relay details	Bahamas Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Lewis*	41.95	Jamaica Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey Merlene Frazer*	42.13	United States Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry Passion Richardson*^[3]	42.20
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Jearl Miles Clark Monique Hennagan LaTasha Colander Andrea Anderson*^[3]	3:22.62	Jamaica Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham Charmaine Howell* Michelle Burgher*	3:23.25	Russia Yuliya Sotnikova Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Irina Privalova Natalya Nazarova* Olesya Zykina*	3:23.46
Marathon details	Naoko Takahashi Japan	2:23:14 (OR)	Lidia Șimon Romania	2:23:22	Joyce Chepchumba Kenya	2:24:45
20 kilometres walk details	Wang Liping China	1:29:05 (OR)	Kjersti Plätzer Norway	1:29:33	María Vasco Spain	1:30:23
High jump details	Yelena Yelesina Russia	2.01 m	Hestrie Cloete South Africa	2.01 m	Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden	1.99 m
High jump details	Yelena Yelesina Russia	2.01 m	Hestrie Cloete South Africa	2.01 m	Oana Pantelimon^[4] Romania	1.99 m
Pole vault details	Stacy Dragila United States	4.60 m (OR)	Tatiana Grigorieva Australia	4.55 m	Vala Flosadóttir Iceland	4.50 m
Long jump details	Heike Drechsler Germany	6.99 m	Fiona May Italy	6.92 m	Tatyana Kotova Russia	6.83 m
Triple jump details	Tereza Marinova Bulgaria	15.20 m	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	15.00 m	Olena Hovorova Ukraine	14.96 m
Shot put details	Yanina Karolchik Belarus	20.56 m	Larisa Peleshenko Russia	19.92 m	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany	19.62 m
Discus throw details	Ellina Zvereva Belarus	68.40 m	Anastasía Kelesídou Greece	65.71 m	Iryna Yatchenko Belarus	65.20 m
Hammer throw details	Kamila Skolimowska Poland	71.16 m	Olga Kuzenkova Russia	69.77 m	Kirsten Münchow Germany	69.28 m
Javelin throw details	Trine Hattestad Norway	68.91 m (OR)	Mirela Maniani-Tzelili Greece	67.51 m	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	66.18 m
Heptathlon details	Denise Lewis Great Britain	6584	Yelena Prokhorova Russia	6531	Natallia Sazanovich Belarus	6527

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