Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=2000 Summer
competitors=632 (349 men, 283 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Andrew Gaze (opening)
Ian Thorpe (closing)
gold=16
silver=25
bronze=17
total=58
rank=4th

Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

MedalCountrySilver | Matthew Welsh, Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Michael Klim, Josh Watson (heats), Ryan Mitchell (heats), Adam Pine (heats),
Ian Thorpe (heats) | Swimming, Men's 4x100 m medley relay

Results by event

Archery

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.

Women's team:
*Tremelling, Jennison, and Fairweather — round of 16, 9th place (0-1)

Men's team:
*Fairweather, Hunter-Russell, and Gray — round of 16, 12th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m
*Patrick Johnson:* Round 1 — 10.31:* Round 2 — 10.44 (→ did not advance)
*Matt Shirvington:* Round 1 — 10.35:* Round 2 — 10.13:* Semifinal — 10.26 (→ did not advance)
*Paul di Bella:* Round 1 — 10.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m
*Patrick Johnson:* Round 1 — 20.88:* Round 2 — 20.87 (→ did not advance)
*Matt Shirvington:* Round 1 — 20.91:* Round 2 — DNS (→ did not advance)
*Darryl Wohlsen:* Round 1 — 20.98 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m
*Casey Vincent:* Round 1 — 45.49:* Round 2 — 45.45:* Semifinal — 45.61 (→ did not advance)
*Patrick Dwyer:* Round 1 — 45.82:* Round 2 — 45.38:* Semifinal — 45.7 (→ did not advance)
*Daniel Batman:* Round 1 — DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m
*Grant Cremer:* Round 1 — 01:45.86:* Semifinal — 01:52.57 (→ did not advance)
*Kris McCarthy:* Round 1 — 01:48.92 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m
*Nick Howarth:* Round 1 — 03:45.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 m
*Mizan Mehari:* Round 1 — 13:24.56:* Final — 13:42.03 (→ 12th place)
*Michael Power:* Round 1 — 13:51.00 (→ did not advance)
*Craig Mottram:* Round 1 — 13:31.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m
*Sisay Bezabeh:* Round 1 — 28:21.63 (→ did not advance)
*Shaun Creighton:* Round 1 — 28:52.71 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles
*Kyle Vander-Kuyp:* Round 1 — 13.67:* Round 2 — 13.62:* Semifinal — 13.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles
*Blair Young:* Round 1 — 49.75:* Semifinal — 49.2 (→ did not advance)
*Rohan Robinson:* Round 1 — 50.8 (→ did not advance)
*Matthew Beckenham:* Round 1 — 51.27 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m
*Paul di Bella, Patrick Johnson, Matt Shirvington, and Darryl Wohlsen:* Round 1 — 38.76:* Semifinal — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 m
*Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel, Brad Jamieson, Casey Vincent, and Blair Young:* Round 1 — 03:04.13:* Semifinal — 03:01.91:* Final — 03:03.91 (→ 7th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
*Chris Unthank:* Round 1 — 09:11.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair
*Kurt Fearnley:* Final — 03:08.27 (→ 4th place)

Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair
*John MacLean:* Final — DNF

Men's Shot Put
*Justin Anlezark:* Qualifying — 18.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw
*Andrew Martin:* Qualifying — 81.31 (→ did not advance)
*Adrian Hatcher:* Qualifying — 79.23 (→ did not advance)
*Andrew Currey:* Qualifying — 78.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw
*Stuart Rendell:* Qualifying — 72.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
*Peter Burge:* Qualifying — 8.06:* Final — 8.15 (→ 6th place)
*Jai Taurima:* Qualifying — 8.09:* Final — 8.49 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Triple Jump
*Andrew Murphy:* Qualifying — 17.12:* Final — 16.80 (→ 10th place)

Men's High Jump
*Tim Forsyth:* Qualifying — 2.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault
*Dmitriy Markov:* Qualifying — 5.70:* Final — 5.80 (→ 5th place)
*Viktor Chistiakov:* Qualifying — 5.70:* Final — 5.80 (→ 5th place)
*Paul Burgess:* Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk
*Nathan Deakes:* Final — 1:21:03 (→ 8th place)
*Nicholas A'Hern:* Final — 1:21:34 (→ 10th place)
*Dion Russell:* Final — 1:25:26 (→ 25th place)

Men's 50 km Walk
*Nathan Deakes:* Final — 3:47:29 (→ 6th place)
*Dion Russell:* Final — 4:02:50 (→ 27th place)
*Duane Cousins:* Final — 4:10:43 (→ 34th place)

Men's Marathon
*Steve Moneghetti:* Final — 2:14:50 (→ 10th place)
*Rod de Highden:* Final — 2:18:04 (→ 28th place)
*Lee Troop:* Final — 2:29:32 (→ 66th place)

Men's Decathlon
*Scott Ferrier:* 100 m — 11.11:* Long Jump — 7.19:* Shot Put — 13.50:* High Jump — 1.97:* 400 m — DNS

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m
*Melinda Gainsford-Taylor:* Round 1 — 11.34:* Round 2 — 11.24:* Semifinal — 11.45 (→ did not advance)
*Lauren Hewitt:* Round 1 — 11.42 :* Round 2 — 11.54 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m
*Melinda Gainsford-Taylor:* Round 1 — 22.71:* Round 2 — 22.49:* Semifinal — 22.61:* Final — 22.42 (→ 6th place)
*Lauren Hewitt:* Round 1 — 23.07:* Round 2 — 23.12:* Semifinal — 23.44 (→ did not advance)
*Cathy Freeman:* Round 1 — 23.11:* Round 2 — 22.75:* Semifinal — 22.71:* Final — 22.53 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m
*Cathy Freeman:* Round 1 — 51.63:* Round 2 — 50.31:* Semifinal — 50.01:* Final — 49.11 (→ Gold Medal)
*Nova Peris-Kneebone:* Round 1 — 52.51:* Round 2 — 51.28:* Semifinal — 52.49 (→ did not advance)
*Lee Naylor:* Round 1 — 53.10:* Round 2 — 53.83 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m
*Tamsyn Lewis:* Round 1 — 02:00.23:* Semifinal — 01:59.33 (→ did not advance)
*Susan Andrews:* Round 1 — 02:03.31 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m
*Margaret Crowley:* Round 1 — 04:08.85:* Semifinal — 04:09.16 (→ did not advance)
*Georgie Clarke:* Round 1 — 04:11.74:* Semifinal — 04:10.99 (→ did not advance)
*Sarah Jamieson:* Round 1 — 04:12.90 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m
*Anne Cross:* Round 1 — 16:07.18 (→ did not advance)
*Benita Willis:* Round 1 — 15:21.37 (→ did not advance)
*Kate Richardson:* Round 1 — 15:45.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m
*Clair Fearnley:* Round 1 — 33:47.23 (→ did not advance)
*Natalie Harvey:* Round 1 — 34:12.90 (→ did not advance)
*Kylie Risk:* Round 1 — 34:30.91 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles
*Deborah Edwards:* Round 1 — 13.24 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles
*Jana Pittman:* Round 1 — 56.76 (→ did not advance)
*Lauren Poetschka:* Round 1 — 58.06 (→ did not advance)
*Stephanie Price:* Round 1 — 58.81 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m
*Sharon Cripps, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Lauren Hewitt, and Elly Hutton:* Round 1 — DNF (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m
*Susan Andrews, Cathy Freeman, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Tamsyn Lewis, Nova Peris-Kneebone, and Jana Pittman:* Round 1 — 03:24.05:* Final — 03:23.81 (→ 5th place)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair
*Louise Sauvage:* Final — 01:56.07 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Discus
*Lisa-Marie Vizaniari:* Qualifying — 62.47:* Final — 62.57 (→ 8th place)
*Daniela Costain:* Qualifying — 51.96 (→ did not advance)
*Alison Lever:* Qualifying — 59.58 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw
*Jo Stone:* Qualifying — 58.34 (→ did not advance)
*Louise Currey:* Qualifying — 53.32 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw
*Deborah Sosimenko:* Qualifying — 64.01:* Final — 67.95 (→ 5th place)
*Karyne Perkins:* Qualifying — 59.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump
*Bronwyn Thompson:* Qualifying — 6.55 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump
*Alison Inverarity:* Qualifying — 1.80 (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault
*Tatiana Grigorieva:* Qualifying — 4.30:* Final — 4.55 (→ Silver Medal)
*Emma George:* Qualifying — 4.25 (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk
*Kerry Saxby-Junna:* Final — 1:32:02 (→ 7th place)
*Lisa Sheridan-Paolini:* Final — 1:40:57 (→ 39th place)
*Jane Saville:* Final — DSQ

Women's Marathon
*Kerryn McCann:* Final — 2:28:37 (→ 11th place)
*Susan Hobson:* Final — 2:38:44 (→ 35th place)
*Nickey Carroll:* Final — DNF

Women's Heptathlon
*Jane Jamieson:* 100 m Hurdles — 14.09:* High Jump — 1.81:* Shot Put — 13.59:* 200 m — 25.27:* Long Jump — 6.09:* Javelin Throw — 45.32:* 800 m — 02:16.57:* Points — 61 (→ 10th place)

Badminton

Mixed doubles:
*David Bamford & Amanda Hardy
** Round of 32 — lost to Chris Bruil & Erica van den Heuvel, Netherlands
*Peter Blackburn & Rhonda Cator
** Round of 32 — lost to Khunakorn Sudhisodhi & Saralee Toongthongkam, Thailand

Women's doubles:
*Rhonda Cator & Amanda Hardy, Australia
** Round of 32 — lost to Milaine Cloutier & Robbyn Hermitage, Canada
*Rayoni Head & Kellie Lucas
** Round of 32 — lost to Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn & Saralee Toongthongkam, Thailand

Women's singles:
*Rhonda Cator
** Round of 64 — bye
** Round of 32 — lost to Nicole Grether, Germany
*Rayoni Head
** Round of 64 — defeated Robbyn Hermitage, Canada
** Round of 32 — lost to Chan Ya-Lin, Chinese Taipei

Men's doubles:
*David Bamford & Peter Blackburn
** Round of 32 — lost to Michael Logosz & Robert Mateusiak, Poland

Men's singles:
*Rio Suryana
** Round of 64 — bye
** Round of 32 — lost to Svetoslav Stoyanov, Bulgaria

Baseball

Men's Team Competition

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

Basketball

Men's team competition

*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) → Bronze Medal
*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

Women's team competition

*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

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (— 51kg)
*Erle Wiltshire
**Round 1 — Lost to Jérôme Thomas of France (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (— 54kg)
*Justin Kane
**Round 1 — Bye
**Round 2 — Defeated Sontaya Chotipat Wongprates of Thailand
**Quarterfinal — Lost to Sergey Danilchenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (— 57kg)
*James Swan
**Round 1 — Lost to Vlademir dos Santos of Brazil (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (— 60kg)
*Michael Katsidis
**Round 1 — Defeated Agnaldo Magalhaes of Brazil
**Round 2 — Lost to Nurzhan Karimzhanov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (— 63.5kg)
*Henry Collins
**Round 1 — Lost to Ricardo Williams of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (— 67kg)
*Daniel Geale
**Round 1 — Lost to Leonard Bundu of Italy (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (— 71kg)
*Richard Rowles
**Round 1 — Defeated Juan José Ubaldo of Dominica
**Round 2 — Lost to Adnan Catic of Germany (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (— 75kg)
*Paul Miller
**Round 1 — Defeated Jerson Ravelo of Dominica
**Round 2 — Lost to Vugar Alekperov of Azerbaijan (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (— 81kg)
*Danny Green
**Round 1 — Defeated Laudelino Barros of Brazil
**Round 2 — Lost to Alexander Lebziak of Russia (→ did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's Competition

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 Competition

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)

lalom

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles
*John Wilkie:* Qualifying — 320.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles
*Robin Bell:* 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 Competition

Women's Kayak Singles
*Danielle Woodward:* Qualifying — 313.80:* Final — 261.89 (→ 8th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

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)

Road Cycling

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)

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Sprint
*Sean Eadie
**Qualifying — 10.520
**Repechage — 1st place — Heat 3
**First Round — Lost to Jan van Eijden of Germany
**1/8 Finals — Lost to Marty Nothstein of United States
**Quarterfinal — Lost to Laurent Gane of France
**1/8 Finals Repechage — 1st place — Heat 1
*Darryn Hill
**Qualifying — 10.526
**First Round — Defeated Jan Lepka of Slovakia
**1/8 Finals — Lost to Jens Fieldler of Germany
**1/8 Finals Repechage — 3rd place — Heat 1

Men's Individual Pursuit
*Brad McGee
**Qualifying — 04:21.903
**Semifinal — Lost to Robert Bartko of Germany
**Final — Defeated Rob Hayles of Great Britain — Bronze medal
*Robert Lukes
**Qualifying — 04:31.162 (did not advance)

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, Gary Neiwand
**Qualifying — 44.719
**Second Round — 44.745
**Final — 45.161 (Bronze medal)

Men's Team Pursuit
*Brett Aitken, Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, Michael Rogers
**Qualifying — 04:06.361
**Quarterfinal — 04:03.209 (did not advance)

Men's Madison
*Scott McGrory, Brett Aitken
**Final — 26 (Gold medal)

Women's competition

Women's Sprint
*Michelle Ferris
**Qualifying — 11.512
**1/8 Finals — Defeated Yan Wang of China
**Quarterfinal — Defeated Daniela Larreal of Venenzuela
**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 place)
*Michelle Ferris
**Final — 34.696 (Silver medal)
*Lyndelle Higginson
**Final — 35.859 (14th place)

Women's Point Race
*Alayna Burns
**Points — 7 (9th place)

Diving

Australia entered divers in all of the events, and won two bronze medals.

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*Robert Newbery:* Preliminary — 402.03:* Semi-final — 192.87 — 594.9 (15th place — did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*Dean Pullar:* Preliminary — 406.65:* Semi-final — 222.78 — 629.43:* Final — 424.62-674.4 (5th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform
*Mathew Helm:* Preliminary — 455.37:* Semi-final — 198.03 — 653.4:* Final — 420.21-518.24 (8th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform
*Robert Newbery:* Preliminary — 434.7:* Semi-final — 185.28 — 619.98:* Final — 428.7-613.98 (10th place)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
*Robert Newbery, Dean Pullar:* Final — 322.86 (Bronze medal)

Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform
*Mathew Helm, Robert Newbery:* Final — 333.24 (5th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard
*Rebecca Gilmore:* Preliminary — 259.74:* Semi-final — 206.55 — 466.29 (18th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard
*Chantelle Michell:* Preliminary — 270.75:* Semi-final — 228.84- 499.59:* Final — 321.84-550.68 (7th place)

Women's 10 Metre Platform
*Loudy Tourky:* Preliminary — 257.4 (24th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform
*Rebecca Gilmore:* Preliminary — 288.99:* Semi-final — 175.92- 464.91:* Final — 273.03-448.95 (11th place)

Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
*Chantelle Michelle, Loudy Tourky:* Final — 283.05 (4th place)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform
*Rebecca Gilmore, Loudy Tourky:* Final — 301.5 (Bronze medal)

Football (Soccer)

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Australia — Italy 0-1:* Australia — Nigeria 2-3 :* Australia — Honduras 1-2
*Quarter Finals:* Did not qualify (→ 15th place)
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Danny Milosevic:* ( 2.) Simon Colosimo:* ( 3.) Stan Lazaridis:* ( 4.) Hayden Foxe:* ( 5.) Josip Skoko:* ( 6.) Stephen Laybutt:* ( 7.) Brett Emerton:* ( 8.) Lucas Neill:* ( 9.) Mark Viduka:* (10.) Kasey Wehrman:* (11.) Clayton Zane:* (12.) Con Blatsis:* (13.) Vince Grella:* (14.) Nick Rizzo:* (15.) Marco Bresciano :* (16.) Jason Culina:* (17.) Michael Curcija:* (18.) Michael Turnbull:* (19.) Dragi Nastevski:* (20.) Buddy Farah:* (21.) Archie Thompson :* (22.) Tynan Scope
*Head Coach: Raul Blanco

Women's Team Competition

*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-Darby:*Leanne Trimboli:*Sacha Wainwright:*Tracey Wheeler:*Amy Wilson
*Head Coach: Chris Tanzey

Handball

Men's Team Competition

*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

Women's Team Competition

*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

Hockey

Men's team competition

*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 (Holland 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

Women's team competition

*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

Modern pentathlon

Women's
*Kitty Chiller — 4886 pts, 14th place

Men's:
*Robert McGregor — 4784 pts, 20th place

Coaches:
*Anthony Klarica, John Olsen, John Gilman, Scott Arnold, Russel Johnston

ailing

Australia competed in all of the sailing events at the 2000 Olympics. They won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze.

Men's Mistral
*Lars Kleppich:* Race 1 — 4:* Race 2 — (37) OCS:* Race 3 — (18):* Race 4 — 3:* Race 5 — 8:* Race 6 — 1:* Race 7 — 18:* Race 8 — 8:* Race 9 — 5:* Race 10 — 9 :* Race 11 — 5:* Final — 61 (4th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
*Anthony Nossiter:* Race 1 — 12:* Race 2 — 14:* Race 3 — 13:* Race 4 — (20):* Race 5 — 6:* Race 6 — 10:* Race 7 — 14:* Race 8 — (19):* Race 9 — 8:* Race 10 — 2 :* Race 11 — 15:* Final — 94 (13th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*King Tom and Mark Turnball:* 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)

oftball

Women's Team Competition

*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

wimming

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 x 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.

Men's 50 m Freestyle
*Chris Fydler:* Preliminary Heat — 22.80:* Semi-final — 22.41 (did not advance)
*Brett Hawke:* Preliminary Heat — 22.45:* Semi-final — 22.49 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle
*Michael Klim:* Preliminary Heat — 49.09:* Semi-final — 48.8:* Final — 48.74 (4th place)
*Chris Fydler:* Preliminary Heat — 49.45:* Semi-final — 49.55:* Final — 49.44 (8th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle
*Ian Thorpe:* Preliminary Heat — 1:46.56:* Semi-final — 1:45.37:* Final — 1:45.83 (Silver medal)
*Grant Hackett:* Preliminary Heat — 1:49.23:* Semi-final — 1:48.76:* Final — 1:49.46 (8th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
*Ian Thorpe:* Preliminary Heat — 03:44.65:* Final — 03:44.59 (Gold medal) — "World Record"
*Grant Hackett:* Preliminary Heat — 03:48.91:* Final — 03:48.22 (7th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle
*Grant Hackett:* Preliminary Heat — 15:07.50:* Final — 14:48.33 (Gold medal)
*Kieren Perkins:* Preliminary Heat — 14:58.34:* Final — 14:53.59 (Silver medal)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
*Michael Klim:* Preliminary Heat — 52.73:* Semi-final — 52.63:* Final — 52.18 (Silver medal)
*Geoff Huegill:* Preliminary Heat — 52.79:* Semi-final — 51.96 — "Olympic Record":* Final — 52.22 (Bronze medal)

Men's 200 m Butterfly
*Justin Norris:* Preliminary Heat — 01:57.60:* Semi-final — 01:57.10:* Final — 01:56.17 (Bronze medal)
*Heath Ramsay:* Preliminary Heat — 01:58.82:* Semi-final — 01:57.90 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
*Phil Rogers:* Preliminary Heat — 01:02.77 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
*Regan Harrison:* Preliminary Heat — 02:14.85:* Semi-final — 02:13.75:* Final — 02:12.88 (4th place)
*Ryan Mitchell:* Preliminary Heat — 02:14.69:* Semi-final — 02:13.87:* Final — 02:14.00 (8th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
*Matthew Welsh:* Preliminary Heat — 54.7:* Semi-final — 54.52:* Final — 54.07 (Silver medal)
*Josh Watson:* Preliminary Heat — 55.09:* Semi-final — 54.93:* Final — 55.01 (4th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
*Cameron Delaney:* Preliminary Heat — 01:59.61:* Semi-final — 02:00.39 (did not advance)
*Matthew Welsh:* Preliminary Heat — 01:59.76:* Semi-final — 01:58.57:* Final — 01:57.59 (Bronze medal)"'

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
*Matthew Dunn:* Preliminary Heat — 02:02.44:* Semi-final — 02:01.95 (did not advance)
*Robert van der Zant:* Preliminary Heat — 02:02.77:* Semi-final — 02:02.91 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
*Justin Norris:* Preliminary Heat — 04:17.36:* Final — 04:17.87 (6th place)
*Matthew Dunn:* Preliminary Heat — 04:20.31 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle
*Ashley Callus, Chris Fydler, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Adam Pine, and Ian Thorpe:* Preliminary Heat — 03:17.37:* Final — 03:13.67 (Gold medal) — "World Record"

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle
*Grant Hackett, Bill Kirby, Michael Klim, Daniel Kowalski, Todd Pearson, Ian Thorpe:* Preliminary Heat — 07:14.27:* Final — 07:07.05 (Gold medal) — "World Record"

Men's 4x100 m Medley
*Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Michael Klim, Ryan Mitchell, Adam Pine, Ian Thorpe, Josh Watson, Matthew Welsh:* Preliminary Heat — 03:39.38:* Final — 03:35.27 (Silver medal)"'

Women's 50 m Freestyle
*Susie O'Neill:* Preliminary Heat — 25.73:* Semi-final — 25.74 (did not advance)
*Sarah Ryan:* Preliminary Heat — 26.05 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
*Sarah Ryan:* Preliminary Heat — 56.05:* Semi-final — 55.93 (did not advance)
*Susie O'Neill:* Preliminary Heat — 57.78 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle
*Susie O'Neill:* Preliminary Heat — 01:59.14:* Semi-final — 01:59.37:* Final — 01:58.24 (Gold medal)
*Giaan Rooney:* Preliminary Heat — 02:00.99:* Semi-final — 02:00.84 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle
*Kasey Giteau:* Preliminary Heat — 04:15.54 (did not advance)
*Sarah DArcy:* Preliminary Heat — 04:18.05 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle
*Rachel Harris:* Preliminary Heat — 08:36.94 (did not advance)
*Hayley Lewis:* Preliminary Heat — 08:38.75 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
*Petria Thomas:* Preliminary Heat — 58.52:* Semi-final — 58.11:* Final — 58.49 (4th place)
*Susie O'Neill:* Preliminary Heat — 59.49:* Semi-final — 59.05:* Final — 59.27 (7th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly
*Susie O'Neill:* Preliminary Heat — 02:07.97:* Semi-final — 02:07.57:* Final — 02:06.58 (Silver medal)
*Petria Thomas:* Preliminary Heat — 02:08.70:* Semi-final — 02:07.63:* Final — 02:07.12 (Bronze medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
*Leisel Jones:* Preliminary Heat — 01:07.92:* Semi-final — 01:08.03:* Final — 01:07.49 (Silver medal)
*Tarnee White:* Preliminary Heat — 01:08.35:* Semi-final — 01:08.61:* Final — 01:09.09 (7th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
*Caroline Hildreth:* Preliminary Heat — 02:27.60:* Semi-final — 02:28.30 (did not advance)
*Rebecca Brown:* Preliminary Heat — 02:28.24:* Semi-final — 02:29.90 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
*Dyana Calub:* Preliminary Heat — 01:02.46:* Semi-final — 01:01.86:* Final — 01:01.61 (7th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
*Giaan Rooney:* Preliminary Heat — 01:03.20 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke
*Clementine Stoney:* Preliminary Heat — 02:14.61:* Semi-final — 02:14.25 (did not advance)
*Dyana Calub:* Preliminary Heat — 02:17.05 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
*Elli Overton:* Preliminary Heat — 02:16.76:* Semi-final — 02:15.74 (did not advance)
*Anna Windsor:* Preliminary Heat — 02:19.44 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
*Jennifer Reilly:* Preliminary Heat — 04:41.51 (did not advance) :* Final — 04:45.99 (8th place)
*Rachel Harris:* Preliminary Heat — 04:46.02 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle
*Mel Dodd, Elka Graham, Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney, Sarah Ryan:* Preliminary Heat — 03:43.56:* Final — 03:40.91 (6th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle
*Elka Graham, Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney, Petria Thomas, Kirsten Thomson, Jacinta van Lint:* Preliminary Heat — 08:03.26:* Final — 07:58.52 (Silver medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley
*Dyana Calub, Leisel Jones, Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney, Sarah Ryan, Petria Thomas, Tarnee White:* Preliminary Heat — 04:06.16:* Final — 04:01.59 (Silver medal)

ynchronized Swimming

Team
*Tracey Davis, Kelly Geraghty, Amanda Laird, Dannielle Liesch, Irena Olevsky, Katrina Orpwood, Rachel Ren, Cathryn Wightman, Naomi Young:* Technical Routine — 31.383:* Free Routine — 58.11:* Final — 89.493 (8th place)

Duet
*Irena Olevsky, Naomi Young:* Technical Routine — 30.543 Did not compete in free routine

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition
* Mark Philippoussis:* First Round — Defeated Thomas Johansson (SWE), 7-6 6-4:* Second Round — Defeated Kristian Pless (DEN), 6-4 6-4:* Third Round — Lost to Yevgeni Kafelnikov (RUS), 6-7 3-6

* Patrick Rafter:* First Round — Defeated Vince Spadea (USA), 6-4 6-3:* Second Round — Lost to Daniel Nestor (CAN), 5-7 6-7
* Lleyton Hewitt:* First Round — Lost to Max Mirnyi (BLR), 3-6 3-6
Women's Singles Competition
* Jelena Dokic → Bronze Medal:* First Round — Defeated Ai Sugiyama (JPN), 6-0 7-6:* Second Round — Defeated Rita Grande (ITA), 5-7 6-3 6-3:* Third Round — Defeated Rossana de los Rios (PAR), 7-6 7-5 :* Quarterfinals — Defeated Amanda Coetzer (RSA), 6-1 1-6 6-1:* Semifinals — Lost to Elena Dementieva (RUS), 6-2 4-6 4-6

* Alicia Molik:* First Round — Lost to Barbara Schett (AUT), 6-7 2-6

* Nicole Pratt:* First Round — Defeated Ruxandra Dragomir (ROM), 6-3 6-3:* Second Round — Lost to Nathalie Dechy (FRA), 3-6 1-6

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition:
*Miles Stewart — 1:49:14.52 (→ 6th place)
*Craig Walton — 1:50:57.66 (→ 27th place)
*Peter Robertson — 1:51:39.04 (→ 34th place)

Women's Individual Competition:
* "Silver Medal")
*Loretta Harrop — 2:01:42.82 (→ 5th place)
*Nicole Hackett — 2:03:10.81 (→ 9th place)

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*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

Women's Team Competition

*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

Men's Beach Competition

*Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner — 9th place (tied)
*Matthew Grinlaubs and Josh Slack — 17th place (tied)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

*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

Women's Team Competition

*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

Wrestling

* Ali Abdo

References

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* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]