Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races
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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 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
 Maurice Greene
United States (USA)
9.87  Ato Boldon
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
9.99  Obadele Thompson
Barbados (BAR)
10.04
200 metres
 Konstantinos Kenteris
Greece (GRE)
20.09  Darren Campbell
Great Britain (GBR)
20.14  Ato Boldon
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
20.20
400 metres
 Michael Johnson
United States (USA)
43.84  Alvin Harrison
United States (USA)
44.40  Greg Haughton
Jamaica (JAM)
44.70
800 metres
 Nils Schumann
Germany (GER)
1:45.08  Wilson Kipketer
Denmark (DEN)
1:45.14  Djabir Saïd-Guerni
Algeria (ALG)
1:45.16
1500 metres
 Noah Ngeny
Kenya (KEN)
3:32.07
(OR)
 Hicham El Guerrouj
Morocco (MAR)
3:32:32  Bernard Lagat
Kenya (KEN)
3:32.44
5000 metres
 Million Wolde
Ethiopia (ETH)
13:35.49  Ali Saïdi-Sief
Algeria (ALG)
13:36.20  Brahim Lahlafi
Morocco (MAR)
13:36.47
10,000 metres
 Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia (ETH)
27:18.20  Paul Tergat
Kenya (KEN)
27:18.29  Assefa Mezgebu
Ethiopia (ETH)
27:19.75
110 metres hurdles
 Anier Garcia
Cuba (CUB)
13.00  Terrence Trammell
United States (USA)
13.16  Mark Crear
United States (USA)
13.22
400 metres hurdles
 Angelo Taylor
United States (USA)
47.50  Hadi Al-Somaily
Saudi Arabia (KSA)
47.53  Llewellyn Herbert
South Africa (RSA)
47.81
3000 metres
steeplechase
 Reuben Kosgei
Kenya (KEN)
8:21.43  Wilson Boit Kipketer
Kenya (KEN)
8:21.77  Ali Ezzine
Morocco (MAR)
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
Edson Ribeiro
André da Silva
Claudinei Quirino
Cláudio Souza*
37.90  Cuba (CUB)
Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda
Ivan Garcia
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
20 kilometres walk
 Robert Korzeniowski
Poland (POL)
1:18.59
(OR)
 Noé Hernández
Mexico (MEX)
1:19.03  Vladimir Andreyev
Russia (RUS)
1:19.27
50 kilometres walk
 Robert Korzeniowski
Poland (POL)
3:42.22  Aigars Fadejevs
Latvia (LAT)
3:43.40  Joel Sánchez Guerrero
Mexico (MEX)
3:44.36
Marathon
 Gezahgne Abera
Ethiopia (ETH)
2:10.11  Erick Wainaina
Kenya (KEN)
2:10.31  Tesfaye Tola
Ethiopia (ETH)
2:11.10
Long jump
 Iván Pedroso
Cuba (CUB)
8.55 m  Jai Taurima
Australia (AUS)
8.49 m  Roman Shchurenko
Ukraine (UKR)
8.31 m
Triple jump
 Jonathan Edwards
Great Britain (GBR)
17.71 m  Yoel García
Cuba (CUB)
17.47 m  Denis Kapustin
Russia (RUS)
17.46 m
High jump
 Sergey Klyugin
Russia (RUS)
2.35 m  Javier Sotomayor
Cuba (CUB)
2.32 m  Abderrahmane Hammad
Algeria (ALG)
2.32 m
Pole vault
 Nick Hysong
United States (USA)
5.90 m  Lawrence Johnson
United States (USA)
5.90  Maksim Tarasov
Russia (RUS)
5.90
Shot put
 Arsi Harju
Finland (FIN)
21.29 m  Adam Nelson
United States (USA)
21.21 m  John Godina
United States (USA)
21.20 m
Discus throw
 Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
69.30 m  Lars Riedel
Germany (GER)
68.50 m  Frantz Kruger
South Africa (RSA)
68.19 m
Javelin throw
 Jan Železný
Czech Republic (CZE)
90.17 m
(OR)
 Steve Backley
Great Britain (GBR)
89.85 m  Sergey Makarov
Russia (RUS)
88.67 m
Hammer throw
 Szymon Ziółkowski
Poland (POL)
80.02 m  Nicola Vizzoni
Italy (ITA)
79.64 m  Igor Astapkovich
Belarus (BLR)
79.17 m
Decathlon
 Erki Nool
Estonia (EST)
8642  Roman Šebrle
Czech Republic (CZE)
8606  Chris Huffins
United States (USA)
8595

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

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Not awarded[2]  Ekaterini Thanou
Greece (GRE)
11.12  Merlene Ottey
Jamaica (JAM)
11.19
 Tayna Lawrence
Jamaica (JAM)
11.18
200 metres
 Pauline Davis-Thompson
Bahamas (BAH)
22.27  Susanthika Jayasinghe
Sri Lanka (SRI)
22.28
(NR)
 Beverly McDonald
Jamaica (JAM)
22.35
400 metres
 Cathy Freeman
Australia (AUS)
49.11  Lorraine Graham
Jamaica (JAM)
49.58  Katharine Merry
Great Britain (GBR)
49.72
800 metres
 Maria de Lurdes Mutola
Mozambique (MOZ)
1:56.15  Stephanie Graf
Austria (AUT)
1:56.64  Kelly Holmes
Great Britain (GBR)
1:56.80
1500 metres
 Nouria Mérah-Benida
Algeria (ALG)
4:05.10  Violeta Beclea
Romania (ROU)
4:05.15  Gabriela Szabo
Romania (ROU)
4:05.27
5000 metres
 Gabriela Szabo
Romania (ROU)
14:40.79
(OR)
 Sonia O'Sullivan
Ireland (IRL)
14:41.02
(NR)
 Gete Wami
Ethiopia (ETH)
14:42.23
10,000 metres
 Derartu Tulu
Ethiopia (ETH)
30:17.49
(OR)
 Gete Wami
Ethiopia (ETH)
30:22.48  Fernanda Ribeiro
Portugal (POR)
30:22.88
(NR)
100 metres hurdles
 Olga Shishigina
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
12.65  Glory Alozie
Nigeria (NGR)
12.68  Melissa Morrison
United States (USA)
12.76
400 metres hurdles
 Irina Privalova
Russia (RUS)
53.02  Deon Hemmings
Jamaica (JAM)
53.45  Nezha Bidouane
Morocco (MAR)
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*[3]
42.20
4×400 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Jearl Miles-Clark
Monique Hennagan
LaTasha Colander
Andrea Anderson*[3]
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
20 kilometres walk
 Wang Liping
China (CHN)
1:29.05
(OR)
 Kjersti Plätzer
Norway (NOR)
1:29.33  María Vasco
Spain (ESP)
1:30.23
Marathon
 Naoko Takahashi
Japan (JPN)
2:23.14
(OR)
 Lidia Șimon
Romania (ROU)
2:23.22  Joyce Chepchumba
Kenya (KEN)
2:24.45
Long jump
 Heike Drechsler
Germany (GER)
6.99 m  Fiona May
Italy (ITA)
6.92  Tatyana Kotova
Russia (RUS)
6.83 m
High jump
 Yelena Yelesina
Russia (RUS)
2.01 m  Hestrie Cloete
South Africa (RSA)
2.01 m  Kajsa Bergqvist
Sweden (SWE)
1.99 m
 Oana Pantelimon[4]
Romania (ROU)
Triple jump
 Tereza Marinova
Bulgaria (BUL)
15.20 m  Tatyana Lebedeva
Russia (RUS)
15.00 m  Olena Hovorova
Ukraine (UKR)
14.96 m
Pole vault
 Stacy Dragila
United States (USA)
4.60 m
(OR)
 Tatiana Grigorieva
Australia (AUS)
4.55 m  Vala Flosadóttir
Iceland (ISL)
4.50 m
Shot put
 Yanina Karolchik
Belarus (BLR)
20.56 m  Larisa Peleshenko
Russia (RUS)
19.92 m  Astrid Kumbernuss
Germany (GER)
19.62 m
Discus throw
 Ellina Zvereva
Belarus (BLR)
68.40 m  Anastasía Kelesídou
Greece (GRE)
65.71 m  Iryna Yatchenko
Belarus (BLR)
65.20 m
Javelin throw
 Trine Hattestad
Norway (NOR)
68.91 m
(OR)
 Mirela Maniani-Tzelili
Greece (GRE)
67.51 m  Osleidys Menéndez
Cuba (CUB)
66.18 m
Hammer throw
 Kamila Skolimowska
Poland (POL)
71.16 m  Olga Kuzenkova
Russia (RUS)
69.77 m  Kirsten Münchow
Germany (GER)
69.28 m
Heptathlon
 Denise Lewis
Great Britain (GBR)
6584  Yelena Prokhorova
Russia (RUS)
6531  Natallia Sazanovich
Belarus (BLR)
6527

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

Notes

  1. On 2 August 2008 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 and subsequently returned his medal. Medals were reallocated on 21 July 2012
  2. On 5 October 2007 Marion Jones of the United States admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics. On 9 October she relinquished her medals to the United States Olympic Committee and on 12 December, the International Olympic Committee formally stripped her of her medals. In 2009, her medals were reawarded 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, 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 On 23 November 2007, the IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4x100 m and 4x400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the Games. On 12 December, the IOC disqualified Jones and stripped her of her relay medals but it did not disqualify the U.S. relay teams. On 10 April 2008, 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, but no medals were redistributed, the IOC opting to leave the medal spots forfeited by the U.S. teams vacant. All members of the U.S. relay teams except Nanceen Perry (and Marion Jones) then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who on 16 July 2010 ruled in favor of them. Their medals were then restored to them.
  4. The IOC report (page 447 of 548) incorrectly states that Pantelimon finished fourth, despite having an identical jumping record.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 7 4 5 16
2  Ethiopia (ETH) 4 1 3 8
3  Poland (POL) 4 0 0 4
4  Russia (RUS) 3 4 6 13
5  Kenya (KEN) 2 3 2 7
6  Cuba (CUB) 2 2 2 6
 Great Britain (GBR) 2 2 2 6
8  Germany (GER) 2 1 2 5
9  Belarus (BLR) 2 0 3 5
10  Bahamas (BAH) 2 0 1 3
11  Greece (GRE) 1 3 0 4
12  Romania (ROU) 1 2 2 5
13  Australia (AUS) 1 2 0 3
14  Algeria (ALG) 1 1 2 4
15  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 1 0 2
 Norway (NOR) 1 1 0 2
17  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 0 0 1
 China (CHN) 1 0 0 1
 Estonia (EST) 1 0 0 1
 Finland (FIN) 1 0 0 1
 Japan (JPN) 1 0 0 1
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 0 0 1
 Lithuania (LTU) 1 0 0 1
 Mozambique (MOZ) 1 0 0 1
25  Jamaica (JAM) 0 6 3 9
26  Italy (ITA) 0 2 0 2
 Nigeria (NGR) 1 1 0 2
28  Morocco (MAR) 0 1 3 4
29  South Africa (RSA) 0 1 2 3
30  Mexico (MEX) 0 1 1 2
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 0 1 1 2
32  Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
 Brazil (BRA) 0 1 0 1
 Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
 Ireland (IRL) 0 1 0 1
 Latvia (LAT) 0 1 0 1
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) 0 1 0 1
 Sri Lanka (SRI) 0 1 0 1
39  Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 2 2
40  Barbados (BAR) 0 0 1 1
 Iceland (ISL) 0 0 1 1
 Portugal (POR) 0 0 1 1
 Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 0 1 1

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. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.

See also

References