Malta at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Malta at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	7 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Laurie Pace
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Malta competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The Maltese contingent, led by Chef de Mission Pippo Psaila, was made up of Malta Olympic Committee president Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco, Mr Peter Tortell, the athletes – judoka Laurie Pace, athletes Mario Bonello and Suzanne Spiteri and swimmers John Tabone and Angela Galea – and the coaches – Donato Sabia (athletics), Sergei Teliouk (judo) and Attila Selmeci (swimming). The two other athletes who represented Malta are Frans Pace (shooting) and Mario Aquilina (yachting), together with their coaches Peter Croft and Peter Valentino. Laurie Pace, who already represented Malta at the Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta Olympic Games (1996), carried the Maltese flag during the opening ceremony in Sydney.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 m

• Mario Bonello

• Round 1 — 11.06 (→ did not advance, 85th place)

Women's 100 m

• Suzanne Spiteri

• Round 1 — 12.57 (→ did not advance, 69th place)

Sailing

Open laser

• Mario Aquilina
  1. Race 1 — (40)
  2. Race 2 — (41)
  3. Race 3 — 25
  4. Race 4 — 33
  5. Race 5 — 30
  6. Race 6 — 35
  7. Race 7 — 9
  8. Race 8 — 35
  9. Race 9 — 32
  10. Race 10 — 36
  11. Race 11 — 37
  12. Final — 272 (→ 37th place)

Swimming

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• John Tabone

• Preliminary Heat — 4:53.12 (→ did not advance, 45th and last place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Angela Galea

• Preliminary Heat — 1:07.88 (→ did not advance)

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site