Australia won its first Olympic gold medal in the sport of archery in Sydney. Simon Fairweather defeated all six archers he faced, including a comfortable seven-point victory in the final.
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Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
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Track and road events
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
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Track and road events
Field events
Combined events – Heptathlon
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The Australians' second appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in the team moving up one place in the rankings, from seventh to sixth. They defeated Korea and South Africa but lost to the five other teams in competition to finish outside the top four and find themselves eliminated after the preliminaries.
Preliminary Round Robin
Lost to Netherlands (4-6)
Defeated Korea (5-3)
Lost to Japan (3-7)
Defeated South Africa (10-4)
Lost to Cuba (0-1)
Lost to Italy (7-8)
Lost to United States (1-12) → did not advance
Team Roster
Craig Anderson
Grant Balfour
Tom Becker
Shayne Bennett
Mathew Buckley
Adam Burton
Clayton Byrne
Mark Ettles
Paul Gonzalez
Mark Hutton
Ronny Johnson
Grant McDonald
Adrian Meagher
Michael Moyle
Michael Nakamura
David Nilsson
Glenn Reeves
Brett Roneberg
Chris Snelling
Brad Thomas
Rodney van Buizen
David White
Gary White
Glenn Williams
Head Coach: Jon Deeble
Preliminary Round
Lost to Canada (90-101)
Lost to Yugoslavia (66-80)
Defeated Russia (75-71)
Defeated Angola (86-75)
Defeated Spain (91-80)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Italy (65-62)
Semi-finals
Lost to France (52-76)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to Lithuania (71-89)
Team Roster
Andrew Gaze (captain)
Chris Anstey
Mark Bradtke
Martin Cattalini
Ricky Grace
Shane Heal
Luc Longley
Sam Mackinnon
Brett Maher
Paul Rogers
Jason Smith
Andrew Vlahov
Head Coach: Barry Barnes
Preliminary Round
Defeated Canada (76-48)
Defeated Brazil (81-70)
Defeated Slovakia (70-47)
Defeated Senegal (96-39)
Defeated France (69-62)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Poland (76-48)
Semi-finals
Defeated Brazil (64-52)
Final
Lost to United States (54-76) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
Sandy Brondello
Michelle Brogan
Carla Boyd
Jo Hill
Kristi Harrower
Shelly Sandle
Annie la Fleur
Trisha Fallon
Lauren Jackson
Rachael Sporn
Michele Timms
Jenny Whittle
Head Coach: Tom Maher
Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst Gold Medal
Tania Gooley and Pauline Manser — 5th place (tied)
Annette Huygens-Tholen and Sarah Straton — 19th place (tied)
Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner — 9th place (tied)
Matthew Grinlaubs and Josh Slack — 17th place (tied)
Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)
Erle Wiltshire
Round 1 — Lost to Jérôme Thomas of France (→ did not advance)
Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)
Justin Kane
Round 1 — Bye
Round 2 — Defeated Sontaya Wongprates of Thailand
Quarterfinal — Lost to Sergey Danilchenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance)
Men's Featherweight (— 57 kg)
James Swan
Round 1 — Lost to Vlademir dos Santos of Brazil (→ did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (— 60 kg)
Michael Katsidis
Round 1 — Defeated Agnaldo Magalhaes of Brazil
Round 2 — Lost to Nurzhan Karimzhanov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)
Men's Light Welterweight (— 63.5 kg)
Henry Collins
Round 1 — Lost to Ricardo Williams of United States (→ did not advance)
Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)
Daniel Geale
Round 1 — Lost to Leonard Bundu of Italy (→ did not advance)
Men's Light Middleweight (— 71 kg)
Richard Rowles
Round 1 — Defeated Juan José Ubaldo of Dominica
Round 2 — Lost to Adnan Catic of Germany (→ did not advance)
Men's Middleweight (— 75 kg)
Paul Miller
Round 1 — Defeated Jerson Ravelo of Dominica
Round 2 — Lost to Vugar Alekperov of Azerbaijan (→ did not advance)
Men's Light Heavyweight (— 81 kg)
Danny Green
Round 1 — Defeated Laudelino Barros of Brazil
Round 2 — Lost to Alexander Lebziak of Russia (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 500m
Nathan Baggaley
Qualifying Heat — 01:41.854
Semifinal — 01:40.884 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 1.000m
Clint Robinson
Qualifying Heat — 03:40.197
Semifinal — 03:40.745 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Doubles 500m
Andrew Trim and Daniel Collins
Qualifying Heat — 01:30.393
Semifinal — 01:31.475
Final — 01:47.895 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's Kayak Doubles 1.000m
Brian Morton and Luke Young
Qualifying Heat — 03:20.934
Semifinal — 03:25.046 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Fours 1.000m
Ross Chaffer, Cameron McFadzean, Peter Scott, and Shane Suska
Qualifying Heat — 03:05.893
Semifinal — 03:05.527 (→ did not advance)
Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
Katrin Borchert
Qualifying Heat — 01:52.187
Semifinal — 01:53.070
Final — 02:15.138 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood
Qualifying Heat — 01:45.250
Semifinal — 01:44.682
Final — 02:01.472 (→ 6th place)
Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
Yanda Nossiter, Shelley Oates-Wilding, and Kerri Randle, Amanda Simper
Qualifying Heat — 01:37.081
Semifinal — 01:38.580 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles
John Wilkie
Qualifying — 320.84 (→ did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles
Robin Bell l
Qualifying — 268.74
Final — 244.48 (→ 9th place)
Men's Canoe Doubles
Andrew Farrance and Kai Swoboda
Qualifying — 347.33 (→ did not advance)
Women's Kayak Singles
Danielle Woodward
Qualifying — 313.80
Final — 261.89 (→ 8th place)
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Cadel Evans
Final — 2:13:31.65 (7th place)
Paul Rowney
Final — 2:14:22.44 (10th place)
Rob Woods
Final — 2:14:42.20 (13th place)
Women's Mountain Bike
Mary Grigson
Final — 1:53:22.57 (6th place)
Anna Baylis
Final — 2:00:53.20 (21st place)
Men's Individual Time Trial
Nathan O'Neill
Final — 1:00:32 (→ 19th place)
Men's Road Race
Robbie McEwen
Final — 5:30:46 (→ 19th place)
Henk Vogels
Final — 5:30:46 (→ 30th place)
Stuart O'Grady
Final — 5:36:14 (→ 77th place)
Scott McGrory
Final — DNF
Matt White
Final — DNF
Women's Individual Time Trial
Anna Wilson
Final — 0:42:58 (→ 4th place)
Tracey Gaudry
Final — 0:45:11 (→ 21st place)
Women's Road Race
Anna Wilson
Final — 3:06:31 (→ 4th place)
Tracey Gaudry
Final — 3:06:31 (→ 23rd place)
Juanita Feldhahn
Final — 3:06:37 (→ 28th place)
Semifinal — Lost to Robert Bartko of Germany
Final — Defeated Rob Hayles of Great Britain — Bronze medal
Men's 1 km Time Trial
Shane Kelly
Final — 01:02.818 (Bronze medal)
Men's Point Race
Stuart O'Grady
Points — 26
Laps Down — 2 (10th place)
Men's Keirin
Gary Neiwand
First Round — Heat — 1; Place — 2
Second Round — Heat — 2; Place — 2
Final — 2nd place — Silver medal
Men's Olympic Sprint
Sean Eadie, Darryn Hill
Qualifying — 44.719
Second Round — 44.745
Final — 45.161 (Bronze medal)
Men's Team Pursuit
Brett Aitken, Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Michael Rogers, Bradley McGee
Qualifying — 04:06.361
Quarterfinal — 04:03.209 (did not advance)
Men's Madison
Scott McGrory, Brett Aitken
Final — 26 (Gold medal)
Women's Sprint
Michelle Ferris
Qualifying — 11.512
1/8 Finals — Defeated Yan Wang of China
Quarterfinal — Defeated Daniela Larreal of Venezuela
Semifinal — Lost to Félicia Ballanger of France
Final — Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine(4th place)
Women's Individual Pursuit
Alayna Burns
Qualifying — 03:38.223 (did not advance)
Women's 500 m Time Trial
Michelle Ferris
Final — 34.696 (Silver medal)
Lyndelle Higginson
Final — 35.859 (14th place)
Women's Point Race
Alayna Burns
Points — 7 (9th place)
Australia entered divers in all of the events, and won two bronze medals.
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Women
Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented Australia in 2000.
Men's foil
Gerald McMahon
Men's épée
Gerry Adams
Nick Heffernan
David Nathan
Men's team épée
Gerry Adams, Nick Heffernan, Luc Cartillier
Women's foil
Jo Halls
Women's épée
Evelyn Halls
Coach: Raul Blanco
*Over-aged player
Preliminary Round
Lost to Germany (0-3)
Tied with Sweden (1-1)
Lost to Brazil (1-2)
Quarter Finals
Did not qualify (→ 7th place)
Team Roster
Dianne Alagich
Sharon Black
Bryony Duus
Alicia Ferguson
Alison Forman (captain)
Heather Garriock
Kelly Golebiowski
Peita-Claire Hepperlin
Sunni Hughes
Kate McShea
Julie Murray
Cheryl Salisbury
Bridgette Starr
Anissa Tann
Leanne Trimboli
Sacha Wainwright
Tracey Wheeler
Amy Wilson
Head Coach: Chris Tanzey
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Sweden (23-44)
Lost to Spain (23-39)
Lost to Slovenia (20-33)
Lost to Tunisia (24-34)
Lost to France (16-28)
Quarterfinal
Did not qualify
Classification Match
11th/12th place: Lost to Cuba (24-26) → 12th and last place
Team Roster
Peter Bach
Christian Bajan
Vernon Cheung
Russell Garnett
David Gonzalez
Kristian Groenintwoud
Darryl McCormack
Rajan Pavlovic
Taip Ramadani
Brendon Taylor
Lee Schofield
Dragan Sestic
Sasa Sestic
Milan Slavujevic
Karim Shehab
Head Coach: Zoltán Marczinka
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Brazil (19-32)
Lost to Norway (18-28)
Lost to Denmark (12-38)
Lost to Austria (10-39)
Quarterfinal
Did not qualify
Classification Match
9th/10th place: Lost to Angola (18-26) → 10th and last place
Team Roster
Janni Bach
Petra Besta
Rina Bjarnason
Raelene Boulton
Kim Briggs
Mari Edland
Sarah Hammond
Fiona Hannan
Vera Ignjatovic
Jana Jamnicky
Lydia Kahmke
Marina Kopcalic
Jovana Milosevic
Shelley Ormes
Katrina Shinfield
Head Coach: Christoph Mecker
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Australia — Poland 4-0
Australia — India 2-2
Australia — Spain 2-2
Australia — Argentina 2-1
Australia — South Korea 2-1
Semi Finals
Australia — The Netherlands 0-0 (Netherlands wins after penalty strokes, 4-5)
Bronze Medal Game
Australia — Pakistan 6-3 (→ Bronze Medal)
Team Roster
Michael Brennan
Adam Commens
Stephen Davies
Damon Diletti (gk)
Lachlan Dreher (gk)
Jason Duff
Troy Elder
James Elmer
Paul Gaudoin
Stephen Holt
Brent Livermore
Daniel Sproule
Jay Stacy
Craig Victory
Matthew Wells
Michael York
Head Coach: Terry Walsh
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Australia — Great Britain 2-1
Australia — Spain 1-1
Australia — Argentina 3-1
Australia — South Korea 3-0
Medal Round
Australia — New Zealand 3-0
Australia — The Netherlands 5-0
Australia — China 5-1
Final
Australia — Argentina 3-1 (→ Gold Medal)
Team Roster
Kate Allen
Alyson Annan
Renita Farrell
Juliet Haslam
Rechelle Hawkes
Nikki Hudson
Rachel Imison (gk)
Clover Maitland (gk)
Claire Mitchell-Taverner
Jenny Morris
Alison Peek
Katrina Powell
Lisa Powell
Angie Skirving
Kate Starre
Julie Towers
Head Coach: Rick Charlesworth
Coaches: Anthony Klarica, John Olsen, John Gilman, Scott Arnold, Russel Johnston
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Women
Australia competed in all of the sailing events at the 2000 Olympics. They won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
Men
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Tom King and Mark Turnbull
Race 1 — 5
Race 2 — 1
Race 3 — 2
Race 4 — (14)
Race 5 — 7
Race 6 — 10
Race 7 — 8
Race 8 — 1
Race 9 — 2
Race 10 — (11)
Race 11 — 2
Final — 38 (Gold medal)
Men's Laser
Michael Blackburn
Race 1 — 8
Race 2 — 9
Race 3 — 2
Race 4 — (18)
Race 5 — 6
Race 6 — 5
Race 7 — (22)
Race 8 — 2
Race 9 — 12
Race 10 — 3
Race 11 — 14
Final — 60 (Bronze medal)
Men's Tornado
Darren Bundock and John Forbes
Race 1 — 1
Race 2 — 3
Race 3 — 4
Race 4 — 4
Race 5 — 4
Race 6 — (7)
Race 7 — 2
Race 8 — 4
Race 9 — (5)
Race 10 — 2
Race 11 — 1
Final — 25 (Silver medal)
Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
Colin Beashel and David Giles
Race 1 — 8
Race 2 — 8
Race 3 — 6
Race 4 — 1
Race 5 — 3
Race 6 — 2
Race 7 — 8
Race 8 — 9
Race 9 — (17) DSQ
Race 10 — (12)
Race 11 — 6
Final — 51 (7th place)
Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
Neville Wittey, Joshua Grace and David Edwards
Round Robin Group 2 1-4 (5th place — did not advance)
Women's Mistral
Jessica Crisp
Race 1 — 13
Race 2 — (15)
Race 3 — 4
Race 4 — 4
Race 5 — 9
Race 6 — 8
Race 7 — 4
Race 8 — (16)
Race 9 — 3
Race 10 — 4
Race 11 — 10
Final — 59 (5th place)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
Melanie Dennison
Race 1 — 18
Race 2 — 17
Race 3 — 7
Race 4 — (28) OCS
Race 5 — (19)
Race 6 — 10
Race 7 — 19
Race 8 — 8
Race 9 — 3
Race 10 — 4
Race 11 — 16
Final — 102 (15th place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell
Race 1 — 1
Race 2 — (11)
Race 3 — (18)
Race 4 — 5
Race 5 — 8
Race 6 — 7
Race 7 — 1
Race 8 — 6
Race 9 — 3
Race 10 — 1
Race 11 — 1
Final — 33 (Gold medal)
Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
Chris Nicholson and Daniel Phillips
Race 1 — 11
Race 2 — 11
Race 3 — 1
Race 4 — (14)
Race 5 — 1
Race 6 — 1
Race 7 — 12
Race 8 — 3
Race 9 — 1
Race 10 — 6
Race 11 — (17)
Race 12 — 10
Race 13 — 8
Race 14 — 5
Race 15 — 9
Race 16 — 7
Final — 86 (6th place)
Preliminary Round
Defeated New Zealand (3-2)
Defeated Italy (7-0)
Defeated Canada (1-0)
Medal Round
Lost to Japan (0-1)
Defeated United States (2-1)
Defeated PR China (1-0)
Defeated Cuba (8-1) → Bronze Medal
Team Roster
Sandra Allen
Joanne Brown
Kerry Dienelt
Peta Edebone
Sue Fairhurst
Selina Follas
Fiona Hanes
Kelly Hardie
Tanya Harding
Sally McCreedy
Simmone Morrow
Melanie Roche
Natalie Titcume
Natalie Ward
Brooke Wilkins
Head Coach: Bob Crudgington
Australia was very successful in the swimming venue at the 2000 Olympics. They won 5 Gold, 9 Silver, and 4 Bronze medals. The biggest rivalry, both in the press and in the pool, was between the United States and Australia relay teams. In the 4 × 100 m relay, the Americans had won the event every time it had been contested. Australia was able to edge out the Americans by .19 seconds to win the gold medal. The Australians also set three world records. The 2000 Olympics also saw the emergence of Ian Thorpe as an Olympic champion in the Men's 400 m Freestyle.
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Women
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Women
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Brazil (0-3)
Lost to the Netherlands (0-3)
Defeated Spain (3-1)
Lost to Cuba (0-3)
Defeated Egypt (3-0)
Quarterfinals
Lost to Italy (1-3)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to the Netherlands (0-3)
7th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (0-3) → 8th place
Team Roster
David Beard
Ben Hardy
Dan Howard
Nathan Jakavicius
Steve Keir
Ben Loft
Spiros Marazios
Scott Newcomb
Dan Ronan
Hidde Van Beest
Russell Wentworth
Mark Williams
Head Coach: Stelio de Rocco
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Croatia (1-3)
Lost to Brazil (0-3)
Defeated Kenya (3-1)
Lost to United States (0-3)
Lost to PR China (0-3) → did not advance (9th place overall)
Team Roster
Tamsin Barnett
Louise Bawden
Sandi Bowen
Liz Brett
Majella Brown
Angela Clarke
Bea Daly
Renae Maycock
Christie Mokotupu
Priscilla Ruddle
Selina Scoble
Rachel White
Head Coach: Brad Saindon
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Russia (4-6)
Tied with Kazakhstan (11-11)
Defeated Slovakia (11-6)
Lost to Italy (5-6)
Tied with Spain (7-7)
Quarterfinal
Lost to Yugoslavia (3-7)
Classification Matches
5th-8th place: Lost to Italy (4-8)
7th-8th place: Lost to Croatia (8-10) → 8th place
Team Roster
Sean Boyd
Eddie Denis
Andriy Kovalenko
Daniel Marsden
Craig Miller
Tim Neesham
Mark Oberman
Rod Owen-Jones
Rafael Sterk
Nathan Thomas
Grant Waterman
Thomas Whalan
Gavin Woods
Head Coach: Don Cameron
Preliminary Round Robin
Defeated Kazakhstan (9:2)
Defeated Russia (6:3)
Lost to the Netherlands (4:5)
Defeated United States (7:6)
Defeated Canada (9:7)
Semi Finals
Defeated Russia (7:6)
Final
Defeated United States (4:3) → Gold Medal
Team Roster
Naomi Castle
Joanne Fox
Bridgette Gusterson
Simone Hankin
Yvette Higgins
Kate Hooper
Bronwyn Mayer
Gail Miller
Melissa Mills
Debbie Watson
Liz Weekes
Danielle Woodhouse
Taryn Woods
Head Coach: István Gorgenyi
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Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
