IOC code GBR | 11 10 | |
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NOC British Olympic Association Competitors 310 (181 men, 129 women) in 23 sports Flag bearer Matthew Pinsent (opening)
Steve Redgrave (closing) Medals
Ranked 10th Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
11
10
7
28 | ||
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 310 competitors, 181 men and 129 women, took part in 179 events in 23 sports.
Contents
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Road
- Track
- Diving
- Fencing
- Gymnastics
- Artistic
- Mens tournament
- Womens tournament
- Judo
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- References
The Sydney Games was at the time the best performance by Great Britain in the Summer Olympic Games since 1920, with British competitors winning a total of 28 medals, 11 of which were gold. This represented a vast improvement in performance over the previous Olympics in 1996, in which Great Britain won only one gold medal and 15 in total, and were the first Olympic Games where British competitors benefited from £58.9m of National Lottery funding when it was introduced in 1997.
Archery
The three British archers had a combined record of 3-3.
Athletics
Badminton
Road
Track
Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
Diving
Fencing
Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Great Britain in 2000.
Gymnastics
Lisa Mason, Annika Reeder, Emma Williams, Sharna Murray, Kelly Hackman & Paula Thomas represented Great Britain. The Team placed 10th which was the highest placing attained by GBR Women's Artistic Gymnastics at an Olympic Games.
Artistic
Men's tournament
Head coach: Barry Dancer
Women's tournament
Head coach: Chris Spice
Judo
Rowing
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Sailing
Great Britain competed in ten of the eleven Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics. They won three gold medals and two Silver medals.
Swimming
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats. * Competed in the heats only
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
Tennis
Triathlon
The three British triathletes that finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon placed highly, with none lower than fifteenth place and two in the top ten. However, three more British athletes did not finish the competition.