Athletics
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for Athletics
No. of events46
Competitors2,134 from 193 nations

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.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)74516
2 Ethiopia (ETH)4138
3 Poland (POL)4004
4 Russia (RUS)34613
5 Kenya (KEN)2327
6 Cuba (CUB)2226
 Great Britain (GBR)2226
8 Germany (GER)2125
9 Belarus (BLR)2035
10 Bahamas (BAH)2013
11 Greece (GRE)1304
12 Romania (ROU)1225
13 Australia (AUS)1203
14 Algeria (ALG)1124
15 Czech Republic (CZE)1102
 Nigeria (NGR)1102
 Norway (NOR)1102
18 Bulgaria (BUL)1001
 China (CHN)1001
 Estonia (EST)1001
 Finland (FIN)1001
 Japan (JPN)1001
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
 Lithuania (LTU)1001
 Mozambique (MOZ)1001
26 Jamaica (JAM)0639
27 Italy (ITA)0202
28 Morocco (MAR)0134
29 South Africa (RSA)0123
30 Mexico (MEX)0112
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0112
32 Austria (AUT)0101
 Brazil (BRA)0101
 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Ireland (IRL)0101
 Latvia (LAT)0101
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)0101
 Sri Lanka (SRI)0101
39 Ukraine (UKR)0022
40 Barbados (BAR)0011
 Iceland (ISL)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (44 entries)454747139

Participating nations

A total of 193 nations participated in the different athletics events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Two athletes from East Timor participated as individual Olympic athletes. A total of 2135 athletes competed at the competition.

Medal summary

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Maurice Greene
 United States		9.87 Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago		9.99 Obadele Thompson
 Barbados		10.04
200 metres
 Konstantinos Kenteris
 Greece		20.09 Darren Campbell
 Great Britain		20.14 Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago		20.20
400 metres
 Michael Johnson
 United States		43.84 Alvin Harrison
 United States		44.40 Greg Haughton
 Jamaica		44.70
800 metres
 Nils Schumann
 Germany		1:45.08 Wilson Kipketer
 Denmark		1:45.14 Djabir Saïd-Guerni
 Algeria		1:45.16
1500 metres
 Noah Ngeny
 Kenya		3:32.07
(OR)		 Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco		3:32:32 Bernard Lagat
 Kenya		3:32.44
5000 metres
 Million Wolde
 Ethiopia		13:35.49 Ali Saïdi-Sief
 Algeria		13:36.20 Brahim Lahlafi
 Morocco		13:36.47
10,000 metres
 Haile Gebrselassie
 Ethiopia		27:18.20 Paul Tergat
 Kenya		27:18.29 Assefa Mezgebu
 Ethiopia		27:19.75
110 metres hurdles
 Anier García
 Cuba		13.00 Terrence Trammell
 United States		13.16 Mark Crear
 United States		13.22
400 metres hurdles
 Angelo Taylor
 United States		47.50 Hadi Al-Somaily
 Saudi Arabia		47.53 Llewellyn Herbert
 South Africa		47.81
3000 metres
steeplechase
 Reuben Kosgei
 Kenya		8:21.43 Wilson Boit Kipketer
 Kenya		8:21.77 Ali Ezzine
 Morocco		8:22.15
4 × 100 metres relay
  United States (USA)
Jon Drummond
Bernard Williams
Brian Lewis
Maurice Greene
Tim Montgomery*
Kenneth Brokenburr*		37.61  Brazil (BRA)
Vicente Lenilson
Édson Ribeiro
André da Silva
Claudinei Quirino
Cláudio Souza*		37.90  Cuba (CUB)
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
Ivan García
Freddy Mayola
José Ángel César		38.04
4 × 400 metres relay
  Nigeria (NGR)
Clement Chukwu
Jude Monye
Sunday Bada
Enefiok Udo-Obong
Nduka Awazie*
Fidelis Gadzama*[1]		2:58.68  Jamaica (JAM)
Michael Blackwood
Greg Haughton
Christopher Williams
Danny McFarlane
Sanjay Ayre*
Michael McDonald*		2:58.78  Bahamas (BAH)
Avard Moncur
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
Timothy Munnings*		2:59.23
Marathon
 Gezahegne Abera
 Ethiopia		2:10:11 Erick Wainaina
 Kenya		2:10:31 Tesfaye Tola
 Ethiopia		2:11:10
20 kilometres walk
 Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland		1:18:59
(OR) 		Noé Hernández
 Mexico		1:19:03 Vladimir Andreyev
 Russia		1:19:27
50 kilometres walk
 Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland		3:42:22 Aigars Fadejevs
 Latvia		3:43:40 Joel Sánchez Guerrero
 Mexico		3:44:36
High jump
 Sergey Klyugin
 Russia		2.35 m Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba		2.32 m Abderrahmane Hammad
 Algeria		2.32 m
Pole vault
 Nick Hysong
 United States		5.90 m Lawrence Johnson
 United States		5.90 m Maksim Tarasov
 Russia		5.90 m
Long jump
 Iván Pedroso
 Cuba		8.55 m Jai Taurima
 Australia		8.49 m Roman Shchurenko
 Ukraine		8.31 m
Triple jump
 Jonathan Edwards
 Great Britain		17.71 m Yoel García
 Cuba		17.47 m Denis Kapustin
 Russia		17.46 m
Shot put
 Arsi Harju
 Finland		21.29 m Adam Nelson
 United States		21.21 m John Godina
 United States		21.20 m
Discus throw
 Virgilijus Alekna
 Lithuania		69.30 m Lars Riedel
 Germany		68.50 m Frantz Kruger
 South Africa		68.19 m
Hammer throw
 Szymon Ziółkowski
 Poland		80.02 m Nicola Vizzoni
 Italy		79.64 m Igor Astapkovich
 Belarus		79.17 m
Javelin throw
 Jan Železný
 Czech Republic		90.17 m
(OR)		 Steve Backley
 Great Britain		89.85 m Sergey Makarov
 Russia		88.67 m
Decathlon
 Erki Nool
 Estonia		8642 Roman Šebrle
 Czech Republic		8606 Chris Huffins
 United States		8595

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Not awarded[2] Ekaterini Thanou
 Greece		11.12 Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica		11.19
Tayna Lawrence
 Jamaica		11.18
200 metres
 Pauline Davis-Thompson[3]
 Bahamas		22.27 Susanthika Jayasinghe
 Sri Lanka		22.28
(NR)		 Beverly McDonald
 Jamaica		22.35
400 metres
 Cathy Freeman
 Australia		49.11 Lorraine Graham
 Jamaica		49.58 Katharine Merry
 Great Britain		49.72
800 metres
 Maria de Lurdes Mutola
 Mozambique		1:56.15 Stephanie Graf
 Austria		1:56.64 Kelly Holmes
 Great Britain		1:56.80
1500 metres
 Nouria Mérah-Benida
 Algeria		4:05.10 Violeta Beclea
 Romania		4:05.15 Gabriela Szabo
 Romania		4:05.27
5000 metres
 Gabriela Szabo
 Romania		14:40.79
(OR)		 Sonia O'Sullivan
 Ireland		14:41.02
(NR)		 Gete Wami
 Ethiopia		14:42.23
10,000 metres
 Derartu Tulu
 Ethiopia		30:17.49
(OR)		 Gete Wami
 Ethiopia		30:22.48 Fernanda Ribeiro
 Portugal		30:22.88
(NR)
100 metres hurdles
 Olga Shishigina
 Kazakhstan		12.65 Glory Alozie
 Nigeria		12.68 Melissa Morrison
 United States		12.76
400 metres hurdles
 Irina Privalova
 Russia		53.02 Deon Hemmings
 Jamaica		53.45 Nezha Bidouane
 Morocco		53.57
4 × 100 metres relay
  Bahamas (BAH)
Savatheda Fynes
Chandra Sturrup
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson
Eldece Lewis*		41.95  Jamaica (JAM)
Tayna Lawrence
Veronica Campbell
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Ottey
Merlene Frazer*		42.13  United States (USA)
Chryste Gaines
Torri Edwards
Nanceen Perry
Passion Richardson*[4]		42.20
4 × 400 metres relay
  United States (USA)
Jearl Miles Clark
Monique Hennagan
LaTasha Colander
Andrea Anderson*[4]		3:22.62  Jamaica (JAM)
Sandie Richards
Catherine Scott
Deon Hemmings
Lorraine Graham
Charmaine Howell*
Michelle Burgher*		3:23.25  Russia (RUS)
Yuliya Sotnikova
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Irina Privalova
Natalya Nazarova*
Olesya Zykina*		3:23.46
Marathon
 Naoko Takahashi
 Japan		2:23:14
(OR) 		Lidia Șimon
 Romania		2:23:22 Joyce Chepchumba
 Kenya		2:24:45
20 kilometres walk
 Wang Liping
 China		1:29:05
(OR) 		Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway		1:29:33 María Vasco
 Spain		1:30:23
High jump
 Yelena Yelesina
 Russia		2.01 m Hestrie Cloete
 South Africa		2.01 m Kajsa Bergqvist
 Sweden		1.99 m
Oana Pantelimon[5]
 Romania
Pole vault
 Stacy Dragila
 United States		4.60 m
(OR)		 Tatiana Grigorieva
 Australia		4.55 m Vala Flosadóttir
 Iceland		4.50 m
Long jump
 Heike Drechsler
 Germany		6.99 m Fiona May
 Italy		6.92 m Tatyana Kotova
 Russia		6.83 m
Triple jump
 Tereza Marinova
 Bulgaria		15.20 m Tatyana Lebedeva
 Russia		15.00 m Olena Hovorova
 Ukraine		14.96 m
Shot put
 Yanina Karolchik
 Belarus		20.56 m Larisa Peleshenko
 Russia		19.92 m Astrid Kumbernuss
 Germany		19.62 m
Discus throw
 Ellina Zvereva
 Belarus		68.40 m Anastasía Kelesídou
 Greece		65.71 m Iryna Yatchenko
 Belarus		65.20 m
Hammer throw
 Kamila Skolimowska
 Poland		71.16 m Olga Kuzenkova
 Russia		69.77 m Kirsten Münchow
 Germany		69.28 m
Javelin throw
 Trine Hattestad
 Norway		68.91 m
(OR)		 Mirela Maniani-Tzelili
 Greece		67.51 m Osleidys Menéndez
 Cuba		66.18 m
Heptathlon
 Denise Lewis
 Great Britain		6584 Yelena Prokhorova
 Russia		6531 Natallia Sazanovich
 Belarus		6527

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The International Olympic Committee formally stripped the US team of their gold medals following the admission of Antonio Pettigrew that he had been using performance-enhancing drugs while competing in Sydney (he voluntarily returned his medal earlier).
  2. ↑ Marion Jones of the United States admitted in 2007 to having taken performance enhancing steroids prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics. She relinquished her medals to the United States Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee formally stripped her of her medals. Her medals were re-awarded as follows...
    100 metres
    1. not awarded
    2. Greece Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 and Jamaica Tayna Lawrence 11.18
    3. Jamaica Merlene Ottey 11.19
    The IOC did not initially decide to regrade the results, as silver medalist Ekaterini Thanou had herself been subsequently involved in a doping scandal in the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics. After two years of deliberation, in late 2009 the IOC decided to upgrade Lawrence and Ottey to silver and bronze respectively, and leave Thanou as a silver medallist, with the gold medal withheld.
    200 metres
    1. The Bahamas Pauline Davis-Thompson 22.27
    2. Sri Lanka Susanthika Jayasinghe 22.28
    3. Jamaica Beverly McDonald 22.35
    All three athletes were upgraded from their original medal position.
    Long jump
    1. Germany Heike Drechsler
    2. Italy Fiona May
    3. Russia Tatyana Kotova 6.83
    Kotova, the original fourth-place finisher, was upgraded to the bronze medal. She was later found guilty of doping, but her results were left unaffected.
  3. ↑ Marion Jones of the United States admitted in 2007 to having taken performance enhancing steroids prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics. She relinquished her medals to the United States Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee formally stripped her of her medals. Her medals were re-awarded as follows...
    100 metres
    1. not awarded
    2. Greece Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 and Jamaica Tayna Lawrence 11.18
    3. Jamaica Merlene Ottey 11.19
    Though the IAAF lists Thanou as the first-place finisher in the women's 100m race, she was not awarded a gold medal by the IOC (because she was sanctioned for doping violations later), the IOC choosing instead to upgrade Lawrence and Ottey, but leave the gold medal slot vacant.
    200 metres
    1. The Bahamas Pauline Davis-Thompson 22.27
    2. Sri Lanka Susanthika Jayasinghe 22.28
    3. Jamaica Beverly McDonald 22.35
    All three athletes were upgraded from their original medal position.
    Long jump
    1. Germany Heike Drechsler
    2. Italy Fiona May
    3. Russia Tatyana Kotova 6.83
    Kotova, the original fourth-place finisher, was upgraded to the bronze medal. She was later found guilty of doping, but her results were left unaffected.
  4. 1 2 The IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the Games. The IOC disqualified both U.S. relay teams and asked for Jones' teammates' medals to be returned. France (Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron, Sandra Citte*) finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay in a time of 42.42, and Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Opara Charity, Rosemary Okafor, Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku, Doris Jacob*) finished fourth in the 4 × 400 m relay in a time of 3:23.80. All members of the U.S. relay teams except Nanceen Perry (and Marion Jones) then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who ruled in favor of them due to the fact that, according to the rules at the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of one athlete. Their medals were then restored to them.
  5. ↑ The IOC report (page 447 of 548) incorrectly states that Pantelimon finished fourth, despite having an identical jumping record.
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