| Athletics at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
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| No. of events | 46 |
| Competitors | 2,134 from 193 nations |
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| Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 |
| Sprint hurdles | men | women |
| 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 | ||
| Combined | men | women |
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
| 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 |
 Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 |  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 | |
| 26 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 27 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 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 | |
| Totals (44 entries) | 45 | 47 | 47 | 139 | |
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.
Albania (3 athletes)- Algeria (21)
American Samoa (2)
Andorra (2)
Angola (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (2)
Argentina (11)
Armenia (3)
Aruba (2)- Australia (82)
- Austria (12)
Azerbaijan (4)- Bahamas (19)
Bahrain (2)
Bangladesh (2)- Barbados (11)
- Belarus (31)
Belgium (9)
Belize (2)
Benin (2)
Bermuda (1)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (4)
Botswana (6)- Brazil (18)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Brunei (1)- Bulgaria (22)
Burkina Faso (2)
Burundi (6)
Cambodia (2)
Cameroon (11)
Canada (36)
Cape Verde (2)
Cayman Islands (2)
Central African Republic (2)
Chad (2)
Chile (7)- China (26)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Colombia (11)
Comoros (2)
Republic of the Congo (2)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Ivory Coast (8)
Croatia (15)- Cuba (33)
Cyprus (10)- Czech Republic (24)
- Denmark (4)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
Djibouti (2)
Dominica (2)
Dominican Republic (2)
Ecuador (3)
Egypt (2)
El Salvador (2)
Equatorial Guinea (2)
Eritrea (3)- Estonia (5)
- Ethiopia (24)
Fiji (1)- Finland (23)
France (53)
Gabon (2)
The Gambia (2)
Georgia (2)- Germany (64)
Ghana (18)- Great Britain (72)
- Greece (43)
Grenada (2)
Guam (2)
Guatemala (7)
Guinea (2)
Guinea-Bissau (2)
Guyana (4)
Haiti (3)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (5)
Hungary (37)- Iceland (6)
India (24)
Individual Olympic Athletes (2)
Indonesia (5)
Iran (1)
Iraq (2)- Ireland (32)
Israel (8)- Italy (47)
- Jamaica (43)
- Japan (40)
Jordan (2)- Kazakhstan (25)
- Kenya (36)
Kuwait (4)
Kyrgyzstan (8)
Laos (2)- Latvia (17)
Lebanon (2)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (8)
Libya (1)- Lithuania (18)
Macedonia (2)
Madagascar (7)
Malaysia (2)
Malawi (2)
Maldives (2)
Mali (2)
Malta (2)
Mauritania (2)
Mauritius (6)- Mexico (22)
Federated States of Micronesia (2)
Moldova (11)
Mongolia (2)- Morocco (24)
- Mozambique (2)
Myanmar (2)
Namibia (6)
Nepal (2)
Netherlands (9)
Netherlands Antilles (2)
Nicaragua (1)
Niger (2)- Nigeria (28)
New Zealand (8)
North Korea (6)- Norway (12)
Oman (4)
Pakistan (2)
Palau (2)
Palestine (1)
Panama (1)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (2)
Philippines (2)- Poland (35)
- Portugal (21)
Puerto Rico (8)
Qatar (12)- Romania (23)
- Russia (109)
Rwanda (3)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
Saint Lucia (3)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
San Marino (1)
São Tomé and Príncipe (2)- Saudi Arabia (11)
Senegal (9)
Seychelles (2)
Sierra Leone (2)
Slovakia (16)
Slovenia (19)
Solomon Islands (2)
Somalia (2)- South Africa (23)
South Korea (13)- Spain (58)
- Sri Lanka (13)
Sudan (2)
Suriname (2)
Swaziland (2)- Sweden (14)
Switzerland (13)
Syria (3)
Tajikistan (2)
Tanzania (4)
Thailand (12)- Trinidad and Tobago (15)
Togo (2)
Tonga (2)
Tunisia (9)
Turkey (5)
Turkmenistan (2)
Uganda (5)- Ukraine (54)
United Arab Emirates (1)- United States (116)
Uruguay (4)
Uzbekistan (22)
Vanuatu (2)
Venezuela (6)
Vietnam (2)
Virgin Islands (3)
Yemen (2)
FR Yugoslavia (24)
Zambia (4)
Zimbabwe (8)
Medal summary
Men
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
See also
- Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification
- Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- 2000 in athletics (track and field)
References
- 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).
- ^ 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
- not awarded
Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 and 
Tayna Lawrence 11.18- Merlene Ottey 11.19
- 200 metres
Pauline Davis-Thompson 22.27
Susanthika Jayasinghe 22.28- Beverly McDonald 22.35
- Long jump
- ^ 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.
- The IOC report (page 447 of 548) incorrectly states that Pantelimon finished fourth, despite having an identical jumping record.
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