Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

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Medalists

Archery

Australia won its first Olympic gold medal in the sport of archery in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

. Simon Fairweather

Simon Fairweather

Simon John Fairweather, OAM is an archer born in Adelaide, South Australia. He is 175 centimetres tall and weighs 71 kilograms.Fairweather won the individual gold medal at the World Championships in Poland in 1991....

 defeated all six archers he faced, including a comfortable seven-point victory in the final.

Men's individual
	Simon Fairweather Simon Fairweather Simon John Fairweather, OAM is an archer born in Adelaide, South Australia. He is 175 centimetres tall and weighs 71 kilograms.Fairweather won the individual gold medal at the World Championships in Poland in 1991....			Scott Hunter-Russell			Matthew Gray Matthew Gray Matthew Gray is an athlete from Victoria, Australia. He competes in archery and has been selected to represent Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....
1/32 Eliminations	Defeated	Juan Carlos Stevens Juan Carlos Stevens Juan Carlos Stevens is an athlete from Cuba, who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Stevens finished his ranking round with a total of 659 points, which gave him the 28th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Calvin Hartley in the...   Cuba	170-161	Defeated	Ozdemir Akbal  Turkey	154-146	Lost to	Hua Tang  China	163-161
1/16 Eliminations	Defeated	Jocelyn de Grandis Jocelyn de Grandis Jocelyn de Grandis is a French archer.De Grandis competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. Despite being ranked as number 13 beforehand, he was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 51st overall...   France	161-150	Lost to	Michele Frangilli Michele Frangilli Michele Frangilli is an archer from Italy.He was born in Gallarate.He has competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery, ending at the 6th place and getting the Bronze Medal for teams....   Italy	164-154	-	-	-
1/8 Eliminations	Defeated	Ismely Arias  Cuba	167-163	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quarterfinal	Defeated	Baljinima Tsyrempilov  Russia	113-104	-	-	-	-	-	-
Semifinal	Defeated	Wietse van Alten Wietse van Alten Wietse Cornelis van Alten is an archer from the Netherlands. Van Alten was born in Zaandam, in the municipality of Zaanstad. He has competed in archery since the age of seven....   Netherlands	112-110	-	-	-	-	-	-
Final	Defeated	Victor Wunderle  USA	113-106	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Gold medal			-			-

Women's individual
	Michelle Tremelling			Melissa Jennison Melissa Jennison Melissa Jennison is an athlete from Australia. She competes in archery.Jennison represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In 2004, she placed 29th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 628...			Kate Fairweather Kate Fairweather Kate Fairweather was an Australian female Olympic archer.Fairweather's older brother is archer Simon Fairweather. Her father is Robert Fairweather, founder of the South Australian branch of Trees for Life...
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Janet Dykman Janet Dykman Adrienne Cornelia Dykman is an American archer.Dykman represented the U.S. at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 44th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 619. In the first round of elimination, she faced 21st-ranked and eventual bronze medalist Alison Williamson...   United States	154-146	Defeated	Khatuna Lorigi  Georgia	160-151	Defeated	Khatuna Phutkaradze  Georgia	166-158
1/16 eliminations	Defeated	Kirstin Lewis  South Africa	162-147	Lost to	Soo-Nyung Kim  Korea	164-159	Lost to	Sayoko Kawauchi Sayoko Kawauchi is an athlete from Japan. She competes in archery.Kawauchi represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 53rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 601. In the first round of elimination, she faced 12th-ranked Nataliya Burdeyna of Ukraine. Kawauchi...   Japan	160-158
1/8 eliminations	Lost to	Soo-Nyung Kim  Korea	168-158	-	-	-	-	-	-

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)

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

• Patrick Johnson
  Patrick Johnson (sprinter)
  Patrick Johnson is an Australian athlete. He is the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.93 seconds, achieved in Mito, Japan, on 5 May 2003. The time has made him the 17th fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier...
  
  
• Round 1 — 10.31
• Round 2 — 10.44 (→ did not advance)
• Matt Shirvington
  Matt Shirvington
  Matt Shirvington is an Australian athlete and television presenter who held the Australian 100m national sprint title from 1998 to 2002...
  
  
• 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
  Patrick Johnson (sprinter)
  Patrick Johnson is an Australian athlete. He is the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.93 seconds, achieved in Mito, Japan, on 5 May 2003. The time has made him the 17th fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier...
  
  
• Round 1 — 20.88
• Round 2 — 20.87 (→ did not advance)
• Matt Shirvington
  Matt Shirvington
  Matt Shirvington is an Australian athlete and television presenter who held the Australian 100m national sprint title from 1998 to 2002...
  
  
• 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
  Daniel Batman
  Daniel Batman is an Australian sprinter. His greatest achievement has been a sixth place at the 2003 World Indoor Championships. He is known for being similarly competitive over 100, 200 and 400 metre sprint distances.Batman attended The Scots College and Cranbrook School...
  
  
• 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
  Craig Mottram
  Craig Mottram is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner.-Biography:Born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria, Mottram specialises in the 5000 m event. He attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School. At 6 feet 2 inches he is unusually tall for a distance runner.Amongst...
  
  
• 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
  Shaun Creighton
  Shaun William Creighton is a retired Australian long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:38.59 min *Mile run - 3:59.46 min *3000 metres - 7:41.60 min...
  
  
• 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
  Rohan Robinson
  Rohan Stuart Robinson is a retired Australian hurdler.His personal best time was 48.28 seconds, achieved in the 1996 Olympic final in Atlanta. This is the current Oceanian record.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• 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
  Patrick Johnson (sprinter)
  Patrick Johnson is an Australian athlete. He is the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.93 seconds, achieved in Mito, Japan, on 5 May 2003. The time has made him the 17th fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier...
  
  , Matt Shirvington
  Matt Shirvington
  Matt Shirvington is an Australian athlete and television presenter who held the Australian 100m national sprint title from 1998 to 2002...
  
  , 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
  Kurt Fearnley
  Kurt Fearnley OAM is an Australian wheelchair racer, who competes at the Olympic level. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 5th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair...
  
  
• Final — 03:08.27 (→ 4th place)

Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair

• John MacLean
• Final — DNF

Men's Shot Put

• Justin Anlezark
  Justin Anlezark
  Justin Anlezark is a male shot putter from Australia. His personal best throw is 20.96 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Brisbane....
  
  
• 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
  Andrew Currey
  Andrew Bruce Currey is a retired javelin thrower from Australia, who was the nation's leading javelin specialist in the 1990s. His main rival was training partner Adrian Hatcher....
  
  
• Qualifying — 78.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Stuart Rendell
  Stuart Rendell
  Stuart Rendell is an Australian hammer thrower. He competed in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool. His personal best throw is 79.29 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Varaždin. This is the current Oceanian record...
  
  
• Qualifying — 72.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Peter Burge
  Peter Burge (athlete)
  Peter Burge is a former Australian long and triple jumper. He is most famous for winning the long jump competition at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He retired from athletics in 2003.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...
  
  
• Qualifying — 8.06
• Final — 8.15 (→ 6th place)
• Jai Taurima
  Jai Taurima
  Jai Taurima is a retired Australian athlete who competed in the long jump. He won a surprising silver medal at the 2000 Olympics with a personal best jump of 8.49 metres. This was the Oceanian record...
  
  
• Qualifying — 8.09
• Final — 8.49 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Triple Jump

• Andrew Murphy
  Andrew Murphy
  Andrew Murphy is an Australian triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, where he achieved an Oceanian indoor record of 17.20 metres....
  
  
• Qualifying — 17.12
• Final — 16.80 (→ 10th place)

Men's High Jump

• Tim Forsyth
  Tim Forsyth
  Tim Forsyth is a retired Australian three-time Olympic high jumper.His first success on the international scene came in 1990 with a silver medal at the World Junior Championships. In 1992 the 19-year-old Forsyth won an Olympic bronze medal, equalling his current personal best height of 2.34m...
  
  
• Qualifying — 2.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Dmitriy Markov
• Qualifying — 5.70
• Final — 5.80 (→ 5th place)
• Viktor Chistiakov
  Viktor Chistiakov
  Viktor Chistiakov is a Russian pole vaulter. He competed a period for Australia.Born the same year as Dmitri Markov, Chistiakov won the 1994 World Junior Championships when Markov placed third. The roles were reversed at the European Indoor Championships....
  
  
• Qualifying — 5.70
• Final — 5.80 (→ 5th place)
• Paul Burgess
  Paul Burgess (athlete)
  Paul Burgess is an Australian pole vaulter who become only the thirteenth pole vaulter in the world to reach 6 metres.-Biography:...
  
  
• Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Nathan Deakes
  Nathan Deakes
  Nathan Deakes is an Australian race walker. Deakes trains with the Australian Institute of Sport....
  
  
• Final — 1:21:03 (→ 8th place)
• Nicholas A'Hern
  Nicholas A'Hern
  Nicholas A'Hern is a retired Australian race walker, who won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in both Victoria and Kuala Lumpur .-Achievements:- References :**...
  
  
• Final — 1:21:34 (→ 10th place)
• Dion Russell
• Final — 1:25:26 (→ 25th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Nathan Deakes
  Nathan Deakes
  Nathan Deakes is an Australian race walker. Deakes trains with the Australian Institute of Sport....
  
  
• 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
  Steve Moneghetti
  Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti is an Australian long-distance runner. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in education and an honorary doctorate from the University of Ballarat...
  
  
• Final — 2:14:50 (→ 10th place)
• Rod de Highden
  Rod de Highden
  Rod de Highden is an Australian distance runner. In 1994 he finished 152nd in the World Cross Country.He finished 23rd at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 28th at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...
  
  
• Final — 2:18:04 (→ 28th place)
• Lee Troop
  Lee Troop
  Lee Joseph Troop is an Olympic marathon runner from Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He started out as a long distance track runner and he represented Australia in the 5000 m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and attended his first World Championships in Athletics the following year...
  
  
• Final — 2:29:32 (→ 66th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Scott Ferrier
  Scott Ferrier
  Scott Ferrier is a former decathlete from Australia, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996...
  
  
• 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
  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...
  
  
• Round 1 — 11.34
• Round 2 — 11.24
• Semifinal — 11.45 (→ did not advance)
• Lauren Hewitt
  Lauren Hewitt
  Lauren Katherine Hewitt is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:* * *...
  
  
• Round 1 — 11.42
• Round 2 — 11.54 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...
  
  
• Round 1 — 22.71
• Round 2 — 22.49
• Semifinal — 22.61
• Final — 22.42 (→ 6th place)
• Lauren Hewitt
  Lauren Hewitt
  Lauren Katherine Hewitt is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:* * *...
  
  
• Round 1 — 23.07
• Round 2 — 23.12
• Semifinal — 23.44 (→ did not advance)
• Cathy Freeman
  Cathy Freeman
  Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...
  
  
• Round 1 — 23.11
• Round 2 — 22.75
• Semifinal — 22.71
• Final — 22.53 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m

• Cathy Freeman
  Cathy Freeman
  Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...
  
  
• Round 1 — 51.63
• Round 2 — 50.31
• Semifinal — 50.01
• Final — 49.11 (→ Gold Medal)
• Nova Peris-Kneebone
  Nova Peris-Kneebone
  Nova Maree Peris, AO, is an Australian athlete. She was a representative in the Australian Women's Hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics becoming the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.In 1997, she switched sports to athletics and a year later she became a double gold...
  
  
• Round 1 — 52.51
• Round 2 — 51.28
• Semifinal — 52.49 (→ did not advance)
• Lee Naylor
  Lee Naylor (athlete)
  Lee Michelle Naylor is a retired middle-distance runner from Australia. She qualified to the quarterfinals in the 400 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics before finishing 8th and ran on her national 4x400 metres relay team that finished 6th in the qualifying round...
  
  
• Round 1 — 53.10
• Round 2 — 53.83 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m

• Tamsyn Lewis
  Tamsyn Lewis
  Tamsyn Carolyn Lewis is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles....
  
  
• 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
  Margaret Crowley (athlete)
  Margaret Crowley is a retired Australian runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.She finished fifth at the 1996 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 1997 World Championships and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final....
  
  
• 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
  Sarah Jamieson
  Sarah Jamieson is an Australian middle distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.81 *1500 metres - 4:00.93 *One mile run - 4:23.40 *3000 metres - 8:48.41...
  
  
• 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
  Kate Richardson (athlete)
  Kate Richardson is an Australian athlete, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's 5.000 metres....
  
  
• 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
  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...
  
  , Lauren Hewitt
  Lauren Hewitt
  Lauren Katherine Hewitt is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:* * *...
  
  , and Elly Hutton
• Round 1 — DNF (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m

• Susan Andrews, Cathy Freeman
  Cathy Freeman
  Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...
  
  , Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...
  
  , Tamsyn Lewis
  Tamsyn Lewis
  Tamsyn Carolyn Lewis is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles....
  
  , Nova Peris-Kneebone
  Nova Peris-Kneebone
  Nova Maree Peris, AO, is an Australian athlete. She was a representative in the Australian Women's Hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics becoming the first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.In 1997, she switched sports to athletics and a year later she became a double gold...
  
  , and Jana Pittman
• Round 1 — 03:24.05
• Final — 03:23.81 (→ 5th place)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

• Louise Sauvage
  Louise Sauvage
  Alix Louise Sauvage OAM is an Australian paralympic wheelchair racer.Sauvage is often regarded as the most renowned disabled sportswoman in Australia. She won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic games in front of a home crowd...
  
  
• Final — 01:56.07 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Discus

• Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
  Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
  Lisa-Marie Vizaniari is a retired Australian discus thrower.Her personal best throw was 65.86 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Melbourne. The Australian, and Oceanian, record currently belongs to Daniela Costian with 68.72 metres.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• 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
  Louise Currey
  Louise Currey is a retired Australian athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she later specialized in javelin throw. She won the event at the 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games, as well as a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics. Her personal best throw of 66.80 metres was achieved in 2000...
  
  
• Qualifying — 53.32 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Deborah Sosimenko
  Deborah Sosimenko
  Deborah Sosimenko is a retired female hammer thrower from Australia, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She won a total number of eight national titles during the 1990s and early 2000s.-Achievements:-References:* *...
  
  
• Qualifying — 64.01
• Final — 67.95 (→ 5th place)
• Karyne Perkins
• Qualifying — 59.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Bronwyn Thompson
  Bronwyn Thompson
  Bronwyn Thompson is a long jumper from Australia. She holds the Commonwealth and Australian record for the long jump and has been ranked as high as number two in the world. Her greatest achievements include winning gold in the long jump at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and placing fourth at the 2004...
  
  
• Qualifying — 6.55 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Alison Inverarity
  Alison Inverarity
  Alison Jane Inverarity is a former Australian Olympic and Commonwealth athlete, competing in the high jump. She was affiliated with the Western Australian Institute of Sport in Perth....
  
  
• Qualifying — 1.80 (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Tatiana Grigorieva
  Tatiana Grigorieva
  Tatiana Grigorieva is a retired Australian pole vaulter. She retired from the sport in 2007 after a 10 year career that saw her win Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship medals...
  
  
• Qualifying — 4.30
• Final — 4.55 (→ Silver Medal)
• Emma George
  Emma George
  -World records:*4.25 m - Melbourne, Australia 30 November 1995*4.28 m - Perth, Australia 17 December 1995*4.30 m - Perth, Australia 28 January 1996*4.41 m - Perth, Australia 28 January 1996*4.42 m - Reims, France 29 June 1996*4.45 m - Sapporo, Japan 14 July 1996...
  
  
• Qualifying — 4.25 (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Kerry Saxby-Junna
  Kerry Saxby-Junna
  Kerry-Anne Saxby-Junna, born Kerry Saxby , is a retired Australian race walker. She is the world record holder at 5.000 metres track walk with 20:03.0 from 1996, and the Oceanian record holder at 10.000 metres walk with 41:57.22 from 1990. She was born in Ballina.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Final — 1:32:02 (→ 7th place)
• Lisa Sheridan-Paolini
• Final — 1:40:57 (→ 39th place)
• Jane Saville
  Jane Saville
  Jane Kara Saville is an Australian race walker who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was born in Sydney....
  
  
• Final — DSQ

Women's Marathon

• Kerryn McCann
  Kerryn McCann
  Kerryn McCann was an Australian athlete. She was best known for winning the marathon at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.-Personal life:McCann was born Kerryn Hindmarsh in Bulli, New South Wales, in 1967....
  
  
• Final — 2:28:37 (→ 11th place)
• Susan Hobson
• Final — 2:38:44 (→ 35th place)
• Nickey Carroll
  Nickey Carroll
  Nicole Carroll is a former Australian long-distance runner who competed in the marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1999, Carroll set a course record of 2:29:21 while winning the California International Marathon....
  
  
• Final — DNF

Women's Heptathlon

• Jane Jamieson
  Jane Jamieson
  Jane Jamieson is a track and field athlete from Australia.Jamieson has competed in the heptathlon in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games finishing with Top 10 results at each level including a Gold Medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.Since the 2000 Olympic...
  
  
• 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
    Chris Bruil
    Christiaan "Chris" Gerrit Herman Bruil is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.Bruil competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, who is his wife. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Kim Dong-moon and Ra...
    
     & Erica van den Heuvel, Netherlands
• Peter Blackburn & Rhonda Cator
  Rhonda Cator
  Rhonda Cator is a retired female badminton player from Australia.-Career:Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open...
  
  
  • Round of 32 — lost to Khunakorn Sudhisodhi & Saralee Toongthongkam, Thailand
    Thailand
    Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
    
    

Women's doubles:

• Rhonda Cator & Amanda Hardy, Australia
  • Round of 32 — lost to Milaine Cloutier
    Milaine Cloutier
    Milaine Cloutier is a female badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition at the 1999 Pan American Games alongside Robbyn Hermitage. A resident of Calgary, Alberta, she represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
    
     & Robbyn Hermitage
    Robbyn Hermitage
    Robbyn Hermitage is a female badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition at the 1999 Pan American Games alongside Milaine Cloutier. She also took away silver from that tournament, won in the mixed doubles competition partnering Brent Olynyk...
    
    , Canada
• Rayoni Head & Kellie Lucas
  • Round of 32 — lost to Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn & Saralee Toongthongkam, Thailand
    Thailand
    Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
    
    

Women's singles:

• Rhonda Cator
  • Round of 64 — bye
  • Round of 32 — lost to Nicole Grether
    Nicole Grether
    -Career:Grether competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Juliane Schenk. They defeated Michelle Edwards and Chantal Botts of South Africa in the first round but were defeated by Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of 16.As of 2011 she...
    
    , Germany
• Rayoni Head
  • Round of 64 — defeated Robbyn Hermitage
    Robbyn Hermitage
    Robbyn Hermitage is a female badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition at the 1999 Pan American Games alongside Milaine Cloutier. She also took away silver from that tournament, won in the mixed doubles competition partnering Brent Olynyk...
    
    , Canada
  • Round of 32 — lost to Chan Ya-Lin, Chinese Taipei
    Chinese Taipei
    Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
    
    

Men's doubles:

• David Bamford & Peter Blackburn
  • Round of 32 — lost to Michael Logosz & Robert Mateusiak
    Robert Mateusiak
    Robert Bogumił Mateusiak is a male badminton player from Poland.-Career:Mateusiak competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, both times in men's doubles with partner Michał Łogosz....
    
    , Poland

Men's singles:

• Rio Suryana
  • Round of 64 — bye
  • Round of 32 — lost to Svetoslav Stoyanov, Bulgaria
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
    
    

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

Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics

South Korea competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag.- Gold:*Yun Mi-Jin — Archery, Women's individual competition...

 and South Africa

South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics

South Africa competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.- Silver:*Hestrie Cloete — Athletics, Women's High Jump*Terence Parkin — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke- Bronze:...

 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
  Grant Balfour
  Grant Robert Balfour is a relief pitcher who plays for the Oakland Athletics. He has previously played for the Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers.-Early life:...
  
  
• Tom Becker
• Shayne Bennett
  Shayne Bennett
  Shayne Anthony Bennett was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League , and a right-handed pitcher, who last played in Major League Baseball for the Montreal Expos on 15 August 1999.The younger brother of fellow North...
  
  
• Mathew Buckley
• Adam Burton
• Clayton Byrne
• Mark Ettles
  Mark Ettles
  Mark Edward Ettles is an Australian born baseball pitcher who played for the San Diego Padres in 1993. He was a member of the Australia national baseball team, that ended up in sixth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-Sources:...
  
  
• Paul Gonzalez
  Paul Gonzalez
  Paul Gonzalez is the general manager of the Brisbane Bandits and former Australian third baseman...
  
  
• Mark Hutton
  Mark Hutton
  Mark Steven Hutton , was a right-handed pitcher who last played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds on 21 May 1998....
  
  
• Ronny Johnson
• Grant McDonald
• Adrian Meagher
• Michael Moyle
• Michael Nakamura
• David Nilsson
• Glenn Reeves
• Brett Roneberg
  Brett Roneberg
  .Brett Roneberg is an Australian baseball player.He spent 11 seasons playing minor league baseball, most recently in 2007 was with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, playing for their Double-A affiliate, the Altoona Curve.In 2004, he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved...
  
  
• Chris Snelling
  Chris Snelling
  Christopher Doyle Snelling is a former Major League Baseball outfielder of Christopher Doyle Snelling is a former [[Major League Baseball]] [[outfielder]] of Christopher Doyle Snelling is a former [[Major League Baseball]]...
  
  
• Brad Thomas
  Brad Thomas
  Bradley Richard Thomas is an Australian professional baseball pitcher that is currently a free agent. He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers, in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and in the Korean Baseball Organization for the...
  
  
• Rodney van Buizen
  Rodney van Buizen
  Rodney van Buizen is an Australian baseballer from Dutch descent.In 2004, he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved a silver medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics. He was equal third in the competition for runs batted in...
  
  
• David White
• Gary White
• Glenn Williams
  Glenn Williams
  Glenn David Williams is a retired third baseman from Australia, who played in the Minnesota Twins organization. He played in Major League Baseball for the Twins during the season. He was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
  
  
• Head Coach: Jon Deeble
  Jon Deeble
  Jon Deeble is currently the head coach of the Australia national baseball team.Deeble was a pitcher on the national team he now coaches from 1983 to 1995, a playing career which included the 1988 Olympics and an Australian Baseball League championship with the Melbourne Monarchs in 1993...
  
  

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)
• Team Roster
• Andrew Gaze
  Andrew Gaze
  Andrew Barry Casson Gaze is Australia's best known basketball player, and one of its most successful. He is considered as the greatest player in the history of the NBL....
  
   (captain)
• Chris Anstey
  Chris Anstey
  Christopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...
  
  
• Mark Bradtke
  Mark Bradtke
  Mark Robert Bradtke is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played mainly in Australia's National Basketball League but also had a single stint in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996-97...
  
  
• Martin Cattalini
  Martin Cattalini
  Martin Peter Cattalini is a retired Australian professional basketball player who won championships with both the Perth Wildcats and the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL....
  
  
• Ricky Grace
  Ricky Grace
  Ricky Ray Grace is an American/Australian professional basketball player who played in the Australian National Basketball League from 1990 until the 2004/2005 season.- Playing career :...
  
  
• Shane Heal
  Shane Heal
  Shane Douglas Heal is a retired Australia professional basketball player who last played with the Gold Coast Blaze of the National Basketball League, retiring at the end of the 2008/09 season. During his early years as a player, Heal played for the Brisbane Bullets and the Geelong Supercats...
  
  
• Luc Longley
  Luc Longley
  Lucien James "Luc" Longley is a retired Australian professional basketball player, who was the first Australian to play in the NBA, where he played for eleven seasons...
  
  
• Sam Mackinnon
  Sam Mackinnon
  Samuel Mackinnon is a retired Australian professional basketball player whose last team was the NBL team Melbourne Tigers.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Brett Maher
  Brett Maher
  Brett Steven Maher is a retired Australian basketball player who played for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL for his entire career, from 1992-2009.-Professional career:...
  
  
• Paul Rogers
  Paul Rogers (basketball)
  Paul Andrew Rogers is a retired Australian basketball player who played in the National Basketball League...
  
  
• Jason Smith
• Andrew Vlahov
  Andrew Vlahov
  Andrew Mitchell Vlahov is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League of Australia from 1991 through till the 2001/2002 season...
  
  
• 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
  Sandy Brondello
  Sandra Anne Brondello is an Australian women's basketball player who played in Australia and the WNBA before retiring to become a coach, most recently with the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA. The 1.70 m Brondello is one of Australia's all-time best shooting guards...
  
  
• Michelle Brogan
  Michelle Brogan
  Michelle Brogan is a former basketball player from Australia, who won the bronze medal with the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Carla Boyd
  Carla Boyd
  Carla Maree Boyd is an Australian former professional basketball player in the WNBA as a forward for the Detroit Shock...
  
  
• Jo Hill
• Kristi Harrower
  Kristi Harrower
  Kristi Harrower is an Australian professional basketball player, who three times won the silver medal with the Australian Women's Team at the Summer Olympics. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1998 - 2005 for the Phoenix Mercury and Minnesota Lynx...
  
  
• Shelly Sandle
• Annie la Fleur
• Trisha Fallon
  Trisha Fallon
  Trisha Nicole Dykstra née Fallon is an Australian basketball player in the Australian Women's National Basketball League and the Women's National Basketball Association in the United States...
  
  
• Lauren Jackson
  Lauren Jackson
  Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...
  
  
• Rachael Sporn
  Rachael Sporn
  Rachael Pamela Sporn is a former Australian basketball player. She played for Adelaide Lightning in Australia's Women's National Basketball League where she was twice league MVP and seven times selected in the WNBL All-Star Five. She heads the all-time points scoring and rebound list for the WNBL...
  
  
• Michele Timms
  Michele Timms
  Michele Margaret Timms is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association...
  
  
• Jenny Whittle
• Head Coach: Tom Maher
  Tom Maher
  Tom Maher is a basketball coach from Australia, who is the most successful coach in the WNBL history, having won seven WNBL titles...
  
  

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)

• Erle Wiltshire
  Erle Wiltshire
  Erle Wiltshire is a former flyweight boxer from Australia, who was born in Burma. He represented his second country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Lost to Jérôme Thomas
    Jérôme Thomas
    Jérôme Thomas is a boxer from France, competing in the flyweight division....
    
     of France (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)

• Justin Kane
  Justin Kane
  Justin Stewart Kane is a bantamweight boxer from Australia, who won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Sontaya Chotipat Wongprates of Thailand
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Sergey Danilchenko
    Sergey Danilchenko
    Sergey Danilchenko was a Ukrainian boxer, who won an Bantamweight Bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. A year later, at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he won the bronze medal in the same division....
    
     of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (— 57 kg)

• James Swan
  • Round 1 — Lost to Vlademir dos Santos of Brazil (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (— 60 kg)

• Michael Katsidis
  Michael Katsidis
  Michael Alan Katsidis is an Australian professional boxer of Greek descent. He is a former two-time WBO interim lightweight titleholder whose crowd-pleasing, all-action fighting style has often drawn comparisons with the late Arturo Gatti.-Amateur career:In an amateur career which began at the...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Defeated Agnaldo Magalhaes of Brazil
  • Round 2 — Lost to Nurzhan Karimzhanov
    Nurzhan Karimzhanov
    Nurzhan Karimzhanov is a Kazakhstani boxer, who won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in the Junior Welterweight division.-Career:...
    
     of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (— 63.5 kg)

• Henry Collins
  Henry Collins (boxer)
  Henry Collins is a former light welterweight boxer from Australia, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Lost to Ricardo Williams of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)

• Daniel Geale
  Daniel Geale
  Daniel Geale is a middleweight boxer and current IBF middleweight champion from Australia, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom.-Amateur career:Other than winning the 2002 2002 Commonwealth Games at welterweight,...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Lost to Leonard Bundu of Italy (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (— 71 kg)

• Richard Rowles
  Richard Rowles
  Richard Rowles is a former light middleweight boxer, who represented Australia at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Defeated Juan José Ubaldo of Dominica
  • Round 2 — Lost to Adnan Catic of Germany (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (— 75 kg)

• Paul Miller
  Paul Miller (boxer)
  Paul James Miller is a boxer from Australia, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Defeated Jerson Ravelo
    Jerson Ravelo
    Jerson Ravelo is a boxer from the Dominican Republic, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division.-Personal:...
    
     of Dominica
  • Round 2 — Lost to Vugar Alekperov of Azerbaijan (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (— 81 kg)

• Danny Green
  Danny Green
  Daniel "Danny" Green is an Australian professional boxer and the former IBO cruiserweight champion.- Amateur boxing career and the Olympics :...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Defeated Laudelino Barros
    Laudelino Barros
    Laudelino José "Lino" de Barros is a Brazilian boxer, who represented his native country in the light heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics. There he was eliminated in the first round by Australia's Danny Green...
    
     of Brazil
  • Round 2 — Lost to Alexander Lebziak of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m

• Nathan Baggaley
  Nathan Baggaley
  Nathan Baggaley is an Australian sprint canoer and surfski champion. He is a three-times world champion in the K-1 500 m events and has also won two Olympic silver medals. His career has been tarnished by drug scandal.-Career summary:He made his international debut for Australia in 1997, initially...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 01:41.854
• Semifinal — 01:40.884 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1.000m

• Clint Robinson
  Clint Robinson
  Clint Robinson is an Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver who has won a complete set of medals at the Summer Olympics ....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 03:40.197
• Semifinal — 03:40.745 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500m

• Andrew Trim
  Andrew Trim
  Andrew Trim is an Australian flatwater canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s...
  
   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
  Brian Morton (canoer)
  Brian Morton is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.-External links:**...
  
   and Luke Young
  Luke Young (canoer)
  Luke Young is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 03:20.934
• Semifinal — 03:25.046 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1.000m

• Ross Chaffer
  Ross Chaffer
  Ross Chaffer is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth....
  
  , Cameron McFadzean
  Cameron McFadzean
  Cameron McFadzean, is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the K-1 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.-Reference:*...
  
  , Peter Scott, and Shane Suska
  Shane Suska
  Shane Suska is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 03:05.893
• Semifinal — 03:05.527 (→ did not advance)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Katrin Borchert
  Katrin Borchert
  Katrin Borchert is a German-born Australian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to 2001. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won three medals with one silver and two bronzes .Borchert emigrated to Australia in February 1994...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 01:52.187
• Semifinal — 01:53.070
• Final — 02:15.138 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Katrin Borchert
  Katrin Borchert
  Katrin Borchert is a German-born Australian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to 2001. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won three medals with one silver and two bronzes .Borchert emigrated to Australia in February 1994...
  
   and Anna Wood
  Anna Wood (kayaker)
  Anna Wood is a Dutch-born Australian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 01:45.250
• Semifinal — 01:44.682
• Final — 02:01.472 (→ 6th place)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

• Yanda Nossiter
  Yanda Nossiter
  Yanda Nossiter is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the K-4 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.-Reference:*...
  
  , Shelley Oates-Wilding
  Shelley Oates-Wilding
  Shelley Oates-Wilding is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the K-4 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.-Reference:*...
  
  , and Kerri Randle
  Kerri Randle
  Kerri Randle is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event. Eight years later in Sydney, Randle was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m...
  
  , Amanda Simper
  Amanda Simper
  Amanda Simper is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 01:37.081
• Semifinal — 01:38.580 (→ did not advance)

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles

• John Wilkie
• Qualifying — 320.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles

• Robin Bell
  Robin Bell
  Robin Bell is a South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-1 event at Beijing in 2008....
  
  
• Qualifying — 268.74
• Final — 244.48 (→ 9th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles

• Andrew Farrance
  Andrew Farrance
  Andrew Farrance is an Australian slalom canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He finished 11th in the C-2 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-Reference:*...
  
   and Kai Swoboda
  Kai Swoboda
  Kai Swoboda is an Australian slalom canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He finished 11th in the C-2 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-Reference:*...
  
  
• Qualifying — 347.33 (→ did not advance)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles

• Danielle Woodward
  Danielle Woodward
  Danielle Woodward OAM is an Australian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-1 event at Barcelona in 1992....
  
  
• Qualifying — 313.80
• Final — 261.89 (→ 8th place)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Cadel Evans
  Cadel Evans
  Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...
  
  
• Final — 2:13:31.65 (7th place)
• Paul Rowney
  Paul Rowney
  Born December 2, 1970 in Botany, Australia, Rowney placed 10th in the Men's Mountainbike Race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He has won three Australian championships in mountain biking....
  
  
• 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
  Nathan O'Neill
  Nathan O'Neill is a former Australian professional road racing cyclist.- Career :O'Neill was born in Sydney in 1974. He began cycling in 1989, when he attended a 16 kilometre handicap race before school, following the suggestion by a friend. The race started at 6am and O'Neill won it...
  
  
• Final — 1:00:32 (→ 19th place)

Men's Road Race

• Robbie McEwen
  Robbie McEwen
  Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 19th place)
• Henk Vogels
  Henk Vogels
  Henk Vogels is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who retired from competition at the conclusion of the 2008 season, which he rode with the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 30th place)
• Stuart O'Grady
  Stuart O'Grady
  Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Final — 5:36:14 (→ 77th place)
• Scott McGrory
  Scott McGrory
  Scott McGrory in the Victorian country town of Walwa is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. McGrory was most successful in track cycling, winning the gold medal in the Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, a silver in the Madison at the 1996 UCI Track Cycling World...
  
  
• Final — DNF
• Matt White
• Final — DNF

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Anna Wilson
  Anna Millward
  Anna Millward, née Wilson, is an Australian female cycle racer. She holds an LLB/BSc degree from Monash University . During her cycling career, she won the overall UCI points title in 2001, and twice was UCI overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup races in her career...
  
  
• Final — 0:42:58 (→ 4th place)
• Tracey Gaudry
• Final — 0:45:11 (→ 21st place)

Women's Road Race

• Anna Wilson
  Anna Millward
  Anna Millward, née Wilson, is an Australian female cycle racer. She holds an LLB/BSc degree from Monash University . During her cycling career, she won the overall UCI points title in 2001, and twice was UCI overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup races in her career...
  
  
• Final — 3:06:31 (→ 4th place)
• Tracey Gaudry
• Final — 3:06:31 (→ 23rd place)
• Juanita Feldhahn
• Final — 3:06:37 (→ 28th place)

Men's competition

Men's Sprint

• Sean Eadie
  Sean Eadie
  Sean Eadie is a retired professional track cyclist. He lives in Como, New South Wales . He started cycling at 10 and became a professional in 1990. Despite competitive aggression on the track, he is a "gentle giant" off the track. Prior to becoming a full time cyclist, Eadie was a kindergarten...
  
  
  • Qualifying — 10.520
  • Repechage — 1st place — Heat 3
  • First Round — Lost to Jan van Eijden
    Jan van Eijden
    Jan van Eijden is a German track cyclist born in Bad Neuenahr. He is a double World Champion in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles...
    
     of Germany
  • 1/8 Finals — Lost to Marty Nothstein
    Marty Nothstein
    Martin "Marty" Wayne Nothstein is an American professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a 3-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist.-Early life:...
    
     of United States
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Laurent Gané
    Laurent Gané
    Laurent Gané is a French professional track cyclist.He was awarded the Vélo d'Or français, which is awarded by a panel of French journalists, in 1999 and 2003.Gané is also the cousin of cyclist Hervé Gané....
    
     of France
  • 1/8 Finals Repechage — 1st place — Heat 1
• Darryn Hill
  Darryn Hill
  Darryn William Hill is an Australian former racing cyclist, specialising in the sprint events of track cycling.- Palmarès :1994...
  
  
  • 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
    Robert Bartko
    Robert Bartko is a road bicycle and track cyclist from Germany, who was born in the former East Germany. He won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia: in the individual and in the team pursuit...
    
     of Germany
  • Final — Defeated Rob Hayles
    Rob Hayles
    Robert John Hayles is a track and road racing cyclist, riding for Great Britain and England on the track and his professional team Endura Racing on the road. Hayles rides the team pursuit and madison events....
    
     of Great Britain — Bronze medal
• Robert Lukes
  • Qualifying — 04:31.162 (did not advance)

Men's 1 km Time Trial

• Shane Kelly
  Shane Kelly
  Shane John Kelly OAM is a former professional Australian track racing cyclist. Kelly specialized in the men's 1000 m time trial, commonly known as the Kilo. Kelly announced his retirement from international competition at the end of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...
  
  
  • Final — 01:02.818 (Bronze medal)

Men's Point Race

• Stuart O'Grady
  Stuart O'Grady
  Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  
  • Points — 26
  • Laps Down — 2 (10th place)

Men's Keirin

• Gary Neiwand
  Gary Neiwand
  Gary Neiwand is a retired Australian track cyclist, a former world champion, who won four Olympic medals during his career.-Early life and career:...
  
  
  • First Round — Heat — 1; Place — 2
  • Second Round — Heat — 2; Place — 2
  • Final — 2nd place — Silver medal

Men's Olympic Sprint

• Sean Eadie
  Sean Eadie
  Sean Eadie is a retired professional track cyclist. He lives in Como, New South Wales . He started cycling at 10 and became a professional in 1990. Despite competitive aggression on the track, he is a "gentle giant" off the track. Prior to becoming a full time cyclist, Eadie was a kindergarten...
  
  , Darryn Hill
  Darryn Hill
  Darryn William Hill is an Australian former racing cyclist, specialising in the sprint events of track cycling.- Palmarès :1994...
  
  , Gary Neiwand
  Gary Neiwand
  Gary Neiwand is a retired Australian track cyclist, a former world champion, who won four Olympic medals during his career.-Early life and career:...
  
  
  • Qualifying — 44.719
  • Second Round — 44.745
  • Final — 45.161 (Bronze medal)

Men's Team Pursuit

• Brett Aitken
  Brett Aitken
  Brett Aitken is an Australian Olympic track cyclist. He has won a bronze, a silver, and a gold medal for his nation. He won gold in the Madison event at the 2000 Olympics. He retired from cycling in 2004, but returned in 2006 to ride on the Oceania Tour.-References:...
  
  , Graeme Brown
  Graeme Brown
  Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:...
  
  , Brett Lancaster
  Brett Lancaster
  Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006...
  
  , Michael Rogers
  • Qualifying — 04:06.361
  • Quarterfinal — 04:03.209 (did not advance)

Men's Madison

• Scott McGrory
  Scott McGrory
  Scott McGrory in the Victorian country town of Walwa is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. McGrory was most successful in track cycling, winning the gold medal in the Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, a silver in the Madison at the 1996 UCI Track Cycling World...
  
  , Brett Aitken
  Brett Aitken
  Brett Aitken is an Australian Olympic track cyclist. He has won a bronze, a silver, and a gold medal for his nation. He won gold in the Madison event at the 2000 Olympics. He retired from cycling in 2004, but returned in 2006 to ride on the Oceania Tour.-References:...
  
  
  • 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 Venezuela
  • Semifinal — Lost to Félicia Ballanger
    Félicia Ballanger
    Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...
    
     of France
  • Final — Lost to Iryna Yanovych
    Iryna Yanovych
    Iryna Yanovych is a Ukrainian track cyclist who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, winning a bronze medal in the sprint event.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...
    
     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
  Robert Newbery
  Robert Frederick Newbery is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett.His wife, Chantelle Newbery, has also won an Olympic medal in diving...
  
  
• Preliminary — 402.03
• Semi-final — 192.87 — 594.9 (15th place — did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Dean Pullar
  Dean Pullar
  Dean Lester Pullar is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside Robert Newbery.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary — 406.65
• Semi-final — 222.78 — 629.43
• Final — 424.62-674.4 (5th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Mathew Helm
  Mathew Helm
  Mathew Helm is an Australian diver who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in first place at the end of the preliminary round and the semi-finals, but was passed by Chinese diver Hu Jia in the finals...
  
  
• Preliminary — 455.37
• Semi-final — 198.03 — 653.4
• Final — 420.21-518.24 (8th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Robert Newbery
  Robert Newbery
  Robert Frederick Newbery is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett.His wife, Chantelle Newbery, has also won an Olympic medal in diving...
  
  
• Preliminary — 434.7
• Semi-final — 185.28 — 619.98
• Final — 428.7-613.98 (10th place)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

• Robert Newbery
  Robert Newbery
  Robert Frederick Newbery is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett.His wife, Chantelle Newbery, has also won an Olympic medal in diving...
  
  , Dean Pullar
  Dean Pullar
  Dean Lester Pullar is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics alongside Robert Newbery.-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 322.86 (Bronze medal)

Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Mathew Helm
  Mathew Helm
  Mathew Helm is an Australian diver who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in first place at the end of the preliminary round and the semi-finals, but was passed by Chinese diver Hu Jia in the finals...
  
  , Robert Newbery
  Robert Newbery
  Robert Frederick Newbery is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett.His wife, Chantelle Newbery, has also won an Olympic medal in diving...
  
  
• Final — 333.24 (5th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Rebecca Gilmore
  Rebecca Gilmore
  Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....
  
  
• 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
  Loudy Tourky
  Loudy Wiggins is an Australian diver.She was born in Haifa, Israel and is of a Palestinian background. She was born to Butros and Afaf Tourky. They came to Australia when Loudy was three. Loudy has commented, "I will always have a bond with Palestine...
  
  
• Preliminary — 257.4 (24th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Rebecca Gilmore
  Rebecca Gilmore
  Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....
  
  
• 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
  Loudy Tourky
  Loudy Wiggins is an Australian diver.She was born in Haifa, Israel and is of a Palestinian background. She was born to Butros and Afaf Tourky. They came to Australia when Loudy was three. Loudy has commented, "I will always have a bond with Palestine...
  
  
• Final — 283.05 (4th place)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Rebecca Gilmore
  Rebecca Gilmore
  Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....
  
  , Loudy Tourky
  Loudy Tourky
  Loudy Wiggins is an Australian diver.She was born in Haifa, Israel and is of a Palestinian background. She was born to Butros and Afaf Tourky. They came to Australia when Loudy was three. Loudy has commented, "I will always have a bond with Palestine...
  
  
• Final — 301.5 (Bronze medal)

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
  Danny Milosevic
  Danny Milosevic is a football player who was most recently a goalkeeper for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyundai A-League before joining West Australian club Inglewood United...
  
  
• ( 2.) Simon Colosimo
  Simon Colosimo
  Simon Colosimo is an Australian football player who plays as a central defender for Melbourne Heart. He has represented the Australia national team on over twenty-five occasions.-Club career:...
  
  
• ( 3.) Stan Lazaridis
  Stan Lazaridis
  Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis is a former football player. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left-back...
  
  
• ( 4.) Hayden Foxe
  Hayden Foxe
  Hayden Vernon Foxe is a former Australian football player. He last played with A-League club Sydney FC.-Europe:...
  
  
• ( 5.) Josip Skoko
  Josip Skoko
  Josip Skoko is a former Australian football player who last played as a Central Midfielder for A-League club Melbourne Heart.-Early career:...
  
  
• ( 6.) Stephen Laybutt
• ( 7.) Brett Emerton
  Brett Emerton
  Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team...
  
  
• ( 8.) Lucas Neill
  Lucas Neill
  Lucas Edward Neill is an Australian Soccer player who currently plays for UAE Pro-League club Al Jazira. He is a full back. Neill had spent almost 15 years of his career playing in England. He represented Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the 2010 World Cup in South...
  
  
• ( 9.) Mark Viduka
  Mark Viduka
  Mark Anthony Viduka is a former Australian soccer player who played as a centre forward. He captained the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany to the last 16.-Melbourne Croatia:...
  
  
• (10.) Kasey Wehrman
  Kasey Wehrman
  Kasey Wehrman is an Australian football midfielder who currently plays for the Newcastle Jets in Australia's Hyundai A-League. Wehrman is an Indigenous Australian...
  
  
• (11.) Clayton Zane
  Clayton Zane
  Clayton Zane is a retired Australian international football player. His last club was R.S.C. Anderlecht, but he ended his career in late 2005 after being injured for two years.-Club career:...
  
  
• (12.) Con Blatsis
• (13.) Vince Grella
  Vince Grella
  Vincenzo "Vince" Grella is an Australian football player, who plays as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League...
  
  
• (14.) Nick Rizzo
  Nick Rizzo
  Nick Rizzo is an Australian Football player who plays for the APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the NSW Premier League.-Club career:...
  
  
• (15.) Marco Bresciano
• (16.) Jason Culina
  Jason Culina
  Jason Culina is an Australian footballer who plays for the Australia national football team.- Club career :Culina started off with Sydney United under his father, Branko, before moving on to Ajax where he struggled in the reserves. Only after moving to FC Twente did Culina begin to shine at the...
  
  
• (17.) Michael Curcija
  Michael Curcija
  Michael Dragan Curcija is an Australian football striker. He currently plays for Oakleigh Cannons in the Victorian Premier League.-Club career:...
  
  
• (18.) Michael Turnbull
  Michael Turnbull
  Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull was the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England from 1994 until 2003.Turnbull was born in Wombwell, South Yorkshire. He was a student at Keble College, Oxford, graduating in 1958. He prepared for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall and St John's College, University...
  
  
• (19.) Dragi Nastevski
  Dragi Nastevski
  Dragi Nastevski is an Australian football player who currently plays for Hume City in the Victorian Premier League. On the 25th of May 2009, Dragi Nastevski announced his retirement.-External links:* *...
  
  
• (20.) Buddy Farah
  Buddy Farah
  Buddy Farah is an Australian soccer agent and a former footballer of Lebanese descent. After beginning his career with Marconi Stallions in the Australian National Soccer League, he went on to play for Nejmeh in the Lebanese Premier League and Keflavík in the Iceland Úrvalsdeild before retiring in...
  
  
• (21.) Archie Thompson
  Archie Thompson
  Archibald Gerald Thompson is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record...
  
  
• (22.) Tynan Scope
• Head Coach: Raul Blanco
  Raul Blanco
  Raul Blanco is an Argentine-born Australia Association football coach. He is well known for coaching the Socceroos from March 1998 to June 1999. He was also coaching the Olyroos at the same time, and coached them during the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  

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
  Dianne Alagich
  Dianne Alagich is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Adelaide United in the W-League and the Australian national football team. She is a defender, who has been capped 86 times, scoring on three occasions. She is 169 cm tall and her weight is 62 kg...
  
  
• Sharon Black
  Sharon Black
  Sharon Black is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide United. Black has represented Australia at the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament in Sydney and at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.-External links:...
  
  
• Bryony Duus
• Alicia Ferguson
  Alicia Ferguson
  Alicia Ferguson is an Australian football player currently playing for Brisbane Roar in the W-League....
  
  
• Alison Forman
  Alison Forman
  Alison Forman is a retired Australian international football player. Among her accomplishments, Forman played for the Australian women's national football team at the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup finals and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-External links:* *...
  
   (captain)
• Heather Garriock
  Heather Garriock
  Heather Ann Garriock is an Australian football midfielder currently playing for Sydney FC of the Australian W-League and is a member of the Australian women's national team.-Club career:...
  
  
• Kelly Golebiowski
  Kelly Golebiowski
  Kelly Golebiowski is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League...
  
  
• Peita-Claire Hepperlin
• Sunni Hughes
• Kate McShea
  Kate McShea
  Kate McShea is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Queensland Roar in the Australian W-League.-Honours:With Brisbane Roar: W-League Premiership: 2008-09 W-League Championship: 2008-09-External links:...
  
  
• Julie Murray
• Cheryl Salisbury
  Cheryl Salisbury
  Cheryl Ann Salisbury is a female football player.-Biography:She most recently played as a defender for the New York Power in the WUSA and for the Newcastle United Jets in the W-League...
  
  
• Bridgette Starr
• Anissa Tann-Darby
• Leanne Trimboli
• Sacha Wainwright
• Tracey Wheeler
• Amy Wilson
  Amy Wilson
  Amy Wilson is an artist who currently lives and works in Jersey City, NJ. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1995, and her MFA from Yale University in 1997. She primarily works with watercolor and pencil on paper, with which she makes drawings, artist’s books, and...
  
  
• Head Coach: Chris Tanzey

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
  Taip Ramadani
  Taip Ramadani is the current head coach of the Australian men’s national handball team. He was appointed to the position in June 2009.He was born in Sydney, Australia on 1 January 1972...
  
  
• 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
  Fiona Robinson
  Fiona Mary Robinson-Hannan is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Perth Breakers....
  
  
• Vera Ignjatovic
• Jana Jamnicky
• Lydia Kahmke
• Marina Kopcalic
• Jovana Milosevic
• Shelley Ormes
• Katrina Shinfield
• Head Coach: Christoph Mecker

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
  Adam Commens
  Adam David Commens is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
  
  
• Stephen Davies
  Stephen John Davies
  Stephen John Davies is an Australian hockey player.-References:*...
  
  
• Damon Diletti
  Damon Diletti
  Damon Laurance Diletti is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At each appearance the electrician won a medal....
  
   (gk)
• Lachlan Dreher
  Lachlan Dreher
  Lachlan George Dreher is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.-References:*...
  
   (gk)
• Jason Duff
  Jason Duff
  Jason Paul Duff is a former field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.- Early life :Duff attended St...
  
  
• Troy Elder
  Troy Elder
  Troy Elder OAM is a field hockey striker and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
  
  
• James Elmer
  James Elmer
  James "Jimmy" Andrew Elmer is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
  
  
• Paul Gaudoin
  Paul Gaudoin
  Paul Charles Gaudoin is a former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years earlier, when Atlanta, Georgia hosted the Games, he won his first bronze medal at the Olympics...
  
  
• Stephen Holt
  Stephen Holt
  Stephen Harris Holt is a former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
  
  
• Brent Livermore
  Brent Livermore
  Brent James Livermore OAM is a field hockey midfielder from Australia. He was first selected in the Australian team in 1997, and was awarded the Kookaburras player of the year award in 2001. He was also nominated of the FIH player of the year awards in 2002 and 2005...
  
  
• Daniel Sproule
  Daniel Sproule
  Daniel Sproule is a former field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
  
  
• Jay Stacy
  Jay Stacy
  Jay Jason Stacy is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who participated in four Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988.-References:* *...
  
  
• Craig Victory
  Craig Victory
  Craig Victory is a field hockey striker from Australia, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 2000 in Sydney.-References:*...
  
  
• Matthew Wells
• Michael York
• Head Coach: Terry Walsh
  Terry Walsh
  Terence Arthur Walsh is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who competed in two Olympic Games for his native country.-External links:*...
  
  

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
  Alyson Annan
  Alyson Regina Annan OAM in Wentworthville, New South Wales is a former field hockey player from Australia, who earned a total number of 228 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 166 goals....
  
  
• Renita Farrell
  Renita Farrell
  Renita Farrell-Garard is a former field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medals at the 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics.She made her international debut in 1994, and co-captained the winning...
  
  
• Juliet Haslam
• Rechelle Hawkes
  Rechelle Hawkes
  Rechelle Margaret Hawkes was the captain of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, for eight years and is one of only two Australian females to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Olympic Games: Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996 and Seoul 1988.Hawkes also competed at...
  
  
• Nikki Hudson
• Rachel Imison (gk)
• Clover Maitland
  Clover Maitland
  Clover Maitland represents Australia in women's field hockey. The goalie was part of the double winning Olympic team in 1996 and 2000 along with the gold medal winning team in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-References:*...
  
   (gk)
• Claire Mitchell-Taverner
• Jenny Morris
• Alison Peek
• Katrina Powell
  Katrina Powell
  Katrina Maree Powell is a field hockey player from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, for her native country....
  
  
• Lisa Powell
• Angie Skirving
  Angie Skirving
  Angela Lambert is an Australian Women's Field Hockey player. She captained the under21 Australian women's field hockey squad before entering the Hockeyroos in 1998...
  
  
• 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

Rowing

Sailing

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
  Lars Kleppich
  Lars Detlef Kleppich is a former sailor from Australia, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. He won the bronze medal in the Men's Lechner Sailboard Class in Barcelona, Spain .-References:*...
  
  
• 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
  Anthony Nossiter
  Anthony Nossiter is an Australian sailor and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. His best Olympic result is a sixth place in the Finn class in Athens in 2004.-References:...
  
  
• 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
  Darren Bundock
  Darren Bundock is an Australian sailor from Gosford, New South Wales. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Bundock and current crewmate Glenn Ashby are the 2007 world champions in the Tornado class and ranked number one in the event going into the 2008...
  
   and John Forbes
  John Forbes (sailor)
  John Forbes is an Australian sailor.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  
• 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
  Colin Beashel
  Colin Kenneth Beashel, born 21 November 1959 in Sydney, is an Australian sailor who crewed on the winning America's Cup team Australia II in 1983 and competed at six Olympics between 1984 and 2004, winning bronze in 1996....
  
   and David Giles
  David Giles (sailor)
  David Giles was an Australian competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Star class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Colin Beashel.-References:...
  
  
• 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
  Jessica Crisp
  Jessica Crisp is an Australian windsurfer currently living in Sydney, Australia. She represented Australia at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when windsurfing was a demonstration sport. She then represented Australia at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games.- References :*...
  
  
• 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
  Jenny Armstrong
  Jenny Armstrong is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Belinda Stowell at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:...
  
   and Belinda Stowell
  Belinda Stowell
  Belinda Stowell is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Jenny Armstrong at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.She also has a nephew who is known as BELINDA STOWELL ;)-References:...
  
  
• 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)

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
  Joanne Brown
  Joanne Brown is a former softball catcher and outfielder from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Kerry Dienelt
  Kerry Dienelt
  Kerry Dienelt is a former softball catcher from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Peta Edebone
  Peta Edebone
  Peta Edebone is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was captain of the 2004 squad.After having knee surgery after Athens, she retired from competitive softball...
  
  
• Sue Fairhurst
  Sue Fairhurst
  Suzanne "Sue" Fairhurst is a former softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Selina Follas
  Selina Follas
  Selina Follas was a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was a pitcher for the national team.- References :...
  
  
• Fiona Hanes
  Fiona Crawford
  Fiona Crawford is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Kelly Hardie
  Kelly Hardie
  Kelly Hardie is a softball pitcher from Australia, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  
• Tanya Harding
  Tanya Harding
  Tanya Victoria Harding is an Australian softball player, who has competed for Australia at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Three times she claimed a bronze medal , and once a silver medal .In 1995, Harding enrolled at UCLA for one trimester...
  
  
• Sally McCreedy
  Sally McDermid
  Sally McDermid is a former softball outfielder from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. She is also known as Sally McCreedy.-References:*...
  
  
• Simmone Morrow
  Simmone Morrow
  Simmone Morrow is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She plays in the outfield.-External links:*...
  
  
• Melanie Roche
  Melanie Roche
  Melanie Jane Roche is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Participating in 4 Olympic Games and winning 4 Olympic Medals is...
  
  
• Natalie Titcume
  Natalie Titcume
  Natalie Titcume is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She plays catcher and 3rd base....
  
  
• Natalie Ward
  Natalie Ward
  Natalie Anne Ward is a softball player from Australia, who won bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Ward also won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She plays shortstop and 2nd base...
  
  
• Brooke Wilkins
  Brooke Wilkins
  Brooke Wilkins is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Head Coach: Bob Crudgington

Swimming

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

Ian Thorpe

Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...

 as an Olympic champion in the Men's 400 m Freestyle.

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Chris Fydler
  Chris Fydler
  Christopher John Fydler is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 22.80
• Semi-final — 22.41 (did not advance)
• Brett Hawke
  Brett Hawke
  Brett Hawke is a retired sprint swimmer who competed for Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is now the head coach of Auburn University's swimming and diving program....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 22.45
• Semi-final — 22.49 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Michael Klim
  Michael Klim
  Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 49.09
• Semi-final — 48.8
• Final — 48.74 (4th place)
• Chris Fydler
  Chris Fydler
  Christopher John Fydler is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 49.45
• Semi-final — 49.55
• Final — 49.44 (8th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Ian Thorpe
  Ian Thorpe
  Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 1:46.56
• Semi-final — 1:45.37
• Final — 1:45.83 (Silver medal)
• Grant Hackett
  Grant Hackett
  Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 1:49.23
• Semi-final — 1:48.76
• Final — 1:49.46 (8th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Ian Thorpe
  Ian Thorpe
  Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 03:44.65
• Final — 03:44.59 (Gold medal) — World Record
• Grant Hackett
  Grant Hackett
  Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 03:48.91
• Final — 03:48.22 (7th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Grant Hackett
  Grant Hackett
  Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 15:07.50
• Final — 14:48.33 (Gold medal)
• Kieren Perkins
  Kieren Perkins
  Kieren John Perkins OAM , is a former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 14:58.34
• Final — 14:53.59 (Silver medal)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Michael Klim
  Michael Klim
  Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 52.73
• Semi-final — 52.63
• Final — 52.18 (Silver medal)
• Geoff Huegill
  Geoff Huegill
  Geoffrey Andrew Huegill , nicknamed Skippy and Skip, is an Australian butterfly swimmer...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 52.79
• Semi-final — 51.96 — Olympic Record
• Final — 52.22 (Bronze medal)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Justin Norris
  Justin Norris
  Justin Neville Norris is an Australian butterfly and individual medley swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:57.60
• Semi-final — 01:57.10
• Final — 01:56.17 (Bronze medal)
• Heath Ramsay
  Heath Ramsay
  Heath Ramsay is a former butterfly swimmer, who competed for Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he finished in eleventh position in the 200 m butterfly, clocking 1:57.90 minutes in the B-Final....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:58.82
• Semi-final — 01:57.90 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Phil Rogers
  Phil Rogers
  Philip John Rogers is a former breaststroke swimmer who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:02.77 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Regan Harrison
  Regan Harrison
  Regan Harrison was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as part of the 4×100 m medley relay team....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:14.85
• Semi-final — 02:13.75
• Final — 02:12.88 (4th place)
• Ryan Mitchell
  Ryan Mitchell (swimmer)
  Ryan Mitchell was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s, who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as part of the 4x100m medley relay team...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:14.69
• Semi-final — 02:13.87
• Final — 02:14.00 (8th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Matthew Welsh
  Matt Welsh
  Matthew "Matt" Welsh is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. Welsh trained under coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 54.7
• Semi-final — 54.52
• Final — 54.07 (Silver medal)
• Josh Watson
  Josh Watson
  Josh Watson is an Australian backstroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 55.09
• Semi-final — 54.93
• Final — 55.01 (4th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Cameron Delaney
  Cameron Delaney
  Cameron Delaney is a former backstroke swimmer, who competed for Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:59.61
• Semi-final — 02:00.39 (did not advance)
• Matthew Welsh
  Matt Welsh
  Matthew "Matt" Welsh is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. Welsh trained under coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:59.76
• Semi-final — 01:58.57
• Final — 01:57.59 (Bronze medal)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Matthew Dunn
  Matthew Dunn
  Matthew Dunn is a former Olympic freestyle and medley swimmer swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.44
• Semi-final — 02:01.95 (did not advance)
• Robert van der Zant
  Robert van der Zant
  Robert van der Zant is a former medley swimmer who competed for Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There he finished in fourteenth position in the 200m Individual Medley. Van der Zant has Dutch ancestors....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.77
• Semi-final — 02:02.91 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Justin Norris
  Justin Norris
  Justin Neville Norris is an Australian butterfly and individual medley swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:17.36
• Final — 04:17.87 (6th place)
• Matthew Dunn
  Matthew Dunn
  Matthew Dunn is a former Olympic freestyle and medley swimmer swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:20.31 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle

• Ashley Callus
  Ashley Callus
  Ashley Callus is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  , Chris Fydler
  Chris Fydler
  Christopher John Fydler is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...
  
  , Michael Klim
  Michael Klim
  Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...
  
  , Todd Pearson
  Todd Pearson
  Todd Pearson is an Australian swimming champion, who was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He started swimming on the advice of a doctor treating his asthma. Pearson was vice captain of Hale School in 1994 where he spent time in Faulkner House And St George House.He is no stranger to the...
  
  , Adam Pine
  Adam Pine
  Adam Pine is an Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. Adam is married to Sasha Pine and is the father of 3 children, Maximillian, Buster and Xander....
  
  , and Ian Thorpe
  Ian Thorpe
  Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 03:17.37
• Final — 03:13.67 (Gold medal) — World Record

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Grant Hackett
  Grant Hackett
  Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...
  
  , Bill Kirby
  Bill Kirby
  William Ashley Kirby is an Australian swimmer who was competitive on an international level in the nineties and early 2000s...
  
  , Michael Klim
  Michael Klim
  Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...
  
  , Daniel Kowalski
  Daniel Kowalski
  Daniel Steven Kowalski is a former Australian middle- and long-distance swimmer specialising in freestyle events. He competed in the Olympic Games in 200 m, 400 m and 1,500 m individual freestyle events and in the 4x200 m freestyle relay...
  
  , Todd Pearson
  Todd Pearson
  Todd Pearson is an Australian swimming champion, who was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He started swimming on the advice of a doctor treating his asthma. Pearson was vice captain of Hale School in 1994 where he spent time in Faulkner House And St George House.He is no stranger to the...
  
  , Ian Thorpe
  Ian Thorpe
  Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 07:14.27
• Final — 07:07.05 (Gold medal) — World Record

Men's 4x100 m Medley

• Regan Harrison
  Regan Harrison
  Regan Harrison was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as part of the 4×100 m medley relay team....
  
  , Geoff Huegill
  Geoff Huegill
  Geoffrey Andrew Huegill , nicknamed Skippy and Skip, is an Australian butterfly swimmer...
  
  , Michael Klim
  Michael Klim
  Michael Klim OAM is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. He was born in Gdynia. He was educated at the University High School, Melbourne and Wesley College, Melbourne where he is currently employed as the College's elite Head Coach of swimming...
  
  , Ryan Mitchell, Adam Pine
  Adam Pine
  Adam Pine is an Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. Adam is married to Sasha Pine and is the father of 3 children, Maximillian, Buster and Xander....
  
  , Ian Thorpe
  Ian Thorpe
  Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...
  
  , Josh Watson
  Josh Watson
  Josh Watson is an Australian backstroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  , Matthew Welsh
  Matt Welsh
  Matthew "Matt" Welsh is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. Welsh trained under coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in...
  
  
• 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
  Sarah Ryan
  Sarah Michelle Ryan OAM is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won relay medals at three consecutive Olympics from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2004 Athens Olympics, but who was perhaps best known in Australia for her colourful long fingernails.-Career:Coming from Adelaide, South...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 26.05 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Sarah Ryan
  Sarah Ryan
  Sarah Michelle Ryan OAM is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won relay medals at three consecutive Olympics from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2004 Athens Olympics, but who was perhaps best known in Australia for her colourful long fingernails.-Career:Coming from Adelaide, South...
  
  
• 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
  Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.99
• Semi-final — 02:00.84 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Kasey Giteau
  Kasey Giteau
  Kasey Giteau is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in 18th position in the 400m Freestyle, clocking 4:15.54 in the qualifying heats.-External links:*...
  
  
• 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
  Rachel Harris
  Rachel Harris is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 08:36.94 (did not advance)
• Hayley Lewis
  Hayley Lewis
  Hayley Jane Lewis is a retired Australian swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze at the 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 08:38.75 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Petria Thomas
  Petria Thomas
  Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....
  
  
• 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
  Petria Thomas
  Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:08.70
• Semi-final — 02:07.63
• Final — 02:07.12 (Bronze medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Leisel Jones
  Leisel Jones
  Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:07.92
• Semi-final — 01:08.03
• Final — 01:07.49 (Silver medal)
• Tarnee White
  Tarnee White
  Tarnee Renee White OAM is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  
• 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
  Rebecca Brown (swimmer)
  Rebecca Brown is a former Australian breaststroke swimmer.Brown gained national exposure in March 1994 when, at 16 years of age, she broke Anita Nall's 200 metre breaststroke world record by 0.59 seconds in Brisbane...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:28.24
• Semi-final — 02:29.90 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Dyana Calub
  Dyana Calub
  Dyana Calub was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 2000s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:02.46
• Semi-final — 01:01.86
• Final — 01:01.61 (7th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:03.20 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Clementine Stoney
  Clementine Stoney
  Clementine Stoney is a former backstroke swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in thirteenth position in the 200m Backstroke. Stoney won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 FINA Short Course...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:14.61
• Semi-final — 02:14.25 (did not advance)
• Dyana Calub
  Dyana Calub
  Dyana Calub was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 2000s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:17.05 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Elli Overton
  Elli Overton
  Ellinora Overton is a former backstroke and medley swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992...
  
  
• 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
  Jennifer Reilly
  Jennifer Louise Reilly is an Australian medley swimmer.Reilly has won the 400 metre individual medley event at Telstra Australian Championships 8 out of the last 9 years, having to withdraw from the final in 2005 and was runner up in 1998 and was number one mortgage advisor at E*Trade Financial...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:41.51 (did not advance)
• Final — 04:45.99 (8th place)
• Rachel Harris
  Rachel Harris
  Rachel Harris is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:46.02 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle

• Mel Dodd, Elka Graham
  Elka Graham
  Elka Whalan is a retired Australian swimmer who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200m and 400m freestyle events, also swimming the 800m freestyle...
  
  , Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...
  
  , Sarah Ryan
  Sarah Ryan
  Sarah Michelle Ryan OAM is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won relay medals at three consecutive Olympics from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2004 Athens Olympics, but who was perhaps best known in Australia for her colourful long fingernails.-Career:Coming from Adelaide, South...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 03:43.56
• Final — 03:40.91 (6th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Elka Graham
  Elka Graham
  Elka Whalan is a retired Australian swimmer who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200m and 400m freestyle events, also swimming the 800m freestyle...
  
  , Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...
  
  , Petria Thomas
  Petria Thomas
  Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....
  
  , Kirsten Thomson
  Kirsten Thomson
  Kirsten Thomson is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  , Jacinta van Lint
  Jacinta van Lint
  Jacinta van Lint is an Australian freestyle swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 08:03.26
• Final — 07:58.52 (Silver medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley

• Dyana Calub
  Dyana Calub
  Dyana Calub was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 2000s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  , Leisel Jones
  Leisel Jones
  Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...
  
  , Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Rooney
  Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...
  
  , Sarah Ryan
  Sarah Ryan
  Sarah Michelle Ryan OAM is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer, who won relay medals at three consecutive Olympics from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2004 Athens Olympics, but who was perhaps best known in Australia for her colourful long fingernails.-Career:Coming from Adelaide, South...
  
  , Petria Thomas
  Petria Thomas
  Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....
  
  , Tarnee White
  Tarnee White
  Tarnee Renee White OAM is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:06.16
• Final — 04:01.59 (Silver medal)

Synchronized 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
  Mark Philippoussis
  Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of Italian ancestry....
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Thomas Johansson
  Thomas Johansson
  Karl Thomas Conny Johansson , commonly known as Thomas Johansson, is a former Swedish professional tennis player. He is a former Australian Open singles champion and Olympic silver medalist in doubles.-Junior career:...
  
   (SWE), 7-6 6-4
• Second Round — Defeated Kristian Pless
  Kristian Pless
  Kristian Peter Pless is a professional male tennis player from Denmark.In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors , and reached the junior finals at Wimbledon , and the US Open . He finished 1999 as the no...
  
   (DEN), 6-4 6-4
• Third Round — Lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...
  
   (RUS), 6-7 3-6

• Patrick Rafter
  Patrick Rafter
  Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Vince Spadea
  Vince Spadea
  Vincent Spadea [SPAY-dee-ya] is an ATP Tour professional tennis player from the United States. He is one of only four players in history to defeat Roger Federer 6–0 in set, at a major event....
  
   (USA), 6-4 6-3
• Second Round — Lost to Daniel Nestor
  Daniel Nestor
  Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
  
   (CAN), 5-7 6-7

• Lleyton Hewitt
  Lleyton Hewitt
  Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Max Mirnyi
  Max Mirnyi
  Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
  
   (BLR), 3-6 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Jelena Dokić
  Jelena Dokic
  Jelena Dokić is an Australian female professional tennis player.During the height of her career, she played for Serbia and Montenegro and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties , she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006...
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Defeated Ai Sugiyama
  Ai Sugiyama
  is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
  
   (JPN), 6-0 7-6
• Second Round — Defeated Rita Grande
  Rita Grande
  Rita Grande is a professional female tennis player from Italy.-Singles :*2001: Hobart, Australia*2001: Bratislava, Slovakia*2003: Casablanca, Morocco-Singles finalist :*1999: Hobart...
  
   (ITA), 5-7 6-3 6-3
• Third Round — Defeated Rossana de los Ríos
  Rossana de los Rios
  Rossana de los Ríos born September 16, 1975 is a professional tennis player from Paraguay. As of June 14, 2010, she is ranked World No. 92 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour...
  
   (PAR), 7-6 7-5
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Amanda Coetzer
  Amanda Coetzer
  Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
  
   (RSA), 6-1 1-6 6-1
• Semifinals — Lost to Elena Dementieva
  Elena Dementieva
  Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
  
   (RUS), 6-2 4-6 4-6

• Alicia Molik
  Alicia Molik
  Alicia Molik is a Australian professional female tennis player. She reached a career high singles rank of number 8 and also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Molik also reached a career high doubles ranking of number 6, and won two grand slam doubles titles, at the...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Barbara Schett
  Barbara Schett
  Barbara Schett Eagle is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 7, on 13 September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 to 2004 she played in 48 games for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30...
  
   (AUT), 6-7 2-6

• Nicole Pratt
  Nicole Pratt
  Nicole Pratt is a retired professional female tennis player from Australia.She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior player. She attended school in Calen and received a tennis scholarship to the Australian...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Ruxandra Dragomir
  Ruxandra Dragomir
  Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie is a retired female tennis player from Romania, who won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 25, 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world...
  
   (ROM), 6-3 6-3
• Second Round — Lost to Nathalie Dechy
  Nathalie Dechy
  Nathalie Dechy is a French former professional tour tennis player.Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara...
  
   (FRA), 3-6 1-6

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Miles Stewart
  Miles Stewart
  Miles Stewart is an athlete from Australia, who competes in triathlon.Originally a speedskaeter from Wollongong he rose to the elite ranks of the emerging sport of triathlon in the early '90s whilst living on Queensland's Gold Coast.Palmarès* 3 time winner of the Hervey Bay Triathlon.* He won the...
  
   — 1:49:14.52 (→ 6th place)
• Craig Walton
  Craig Walton
  Craig Walton is an Australian triathlete.Walton competed in the triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-seventh place with a total time of 1:50:57.66.-External links:...
  
   — 1:50:57.66 (→ 27th place)
• Peter Robertson
  Peter Robertson (triathlete)
  Peter John Robertson is an Olympic athlete from Australia, who competes in triathlon....
  
   — 1:51:39.04 (→ 34th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

• Michellie Jones
  Michellie Jones
  Michellie Yvonne Jones is an Australian triathlete. She has won two ITU Triathlon World Championships, an Olympic Silver Medal, and the 2006 Ironman World Championship.-Athletic career:...
  
   — 2:00:42.55 (→ Silver Medal)
• Loretta Harrop
  Loretta Harrop
  Loretta Harrop is an Australian triathlete.As a teenager she attended Cavendish Road State High School along with her siblings and as of 2007 has a house named after her. Harrop house which will go by the colour red.Harrop competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
   — 2:01:42.82 (→ 5th place)
• Nicole Hackett
  Nicole Hackett
  Nicole Hackett is an athlete from Australia, who competes in triathlon. She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....
  
   — 2:03:10.81 (→ 9th place)

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
  David Beard (volleyball)
  David Beard is an Australian volleyball player, who twice competed for the Men's National Team at the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. Playing as a passer or power hitter, Beard was the captain of the national squad for several years and competed professionally in Germany and Italy.-...
  
  
• Ben Hardy
• Dan Howard
• Nathan Jakavicius
• Steve Keir
• Ben Loft
• Spiros Marazios
• Scott Newcomb
• Dan Ronan
  Dan Ronan
  Dan Ronan is the Senior Director of Communications, Media Relations and Marketing at the American Bus Association, a Washington D.C. trade association representing the Motorcoach, Tourism and Travel Industry...
  
  
• Hidde Van Beest
  Hidde Van Beest
  Hidde Van Beest is an Australian volleyball player, who was born in the Netherlands. A Queensland resident, he played college volleyball in the United States, and twice competed for Australia at the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.He attended Craigslea State High School, where he...
  
  
• 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
  Tamsin Barnett
  Tamsin Hinchley is an Australian volleyball player. Barnett was on the Australian indoor squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Barnett partnered with Natalie Cook in beach volleyball...
  
  
• 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
  Julien Prosser
  Julien Prosser is a male beach volleyball player who represented Australia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....
  
   and Lee Zahner
  Lee Zahner
  Lee Zahner is a male beach volleyball player who represented Australia many times in including the 2000 Summer Olympics where he and partner Julien Prosser ended up in 9th place....
  
   — 9th place (tied)
• Matthew Grinlaubs and Josh Slack
  Joshua Slack (beach volleyball)
  Joshua Slack is a beach volleyball player from Australia.He represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics with team mate Matthew Grinlaubs...
  
   — 17th place (tied)

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
  Alexandre Kovalenko
  Andriy Kovalenko is an Australian water polo player and current coach of the UWA Torpedoes Men's Water Polo team....
  
  
• Daniel Marsden
• Craig Miller
• Tim Neesham
  Tim Neesham
  Timothy Paul Neesham is an Australian water polo player. Neesham was part of Australia's Olympic squad for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
  
  
• 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
  Naomi Castle
  Naomi Castle is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Castle was the captain of the Australian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics where they placed 4th.- References :...
  
  
• Joanne Fox
  Joanne Fox
  Joanne Fox is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Fox also played on the 2004 Summer Olympics squad in Athens, Greece.-References:...
  
  
• Bridgette Gusterson
  Bridgette Gusterson
  Bridgette Gusterson , also known as Bridgette Ireland, is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal team of the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was a captain of the team in 2000....
  
  
• Simone Hankin
  Simone Hankin
  Simone Hankin is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  
• Yvette Higgins
  Yvette Higgins
  Yvette Higgins is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Higgins scored the winning goal during the gold medal game with 1.3 seconds left on the clock....
  
  
• Kate Hooper
  Kate Hooper
  Kate Hooper is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Bronwyn Mayer
  Bronwyn Mayer
  Bronwyn Mayer is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.Mayer married Damien Smith in January 2001. Mayer competed on the team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which took 4th place. She is a cousin of Gavin Woods and Taryn Woods.-References:*...
  
  
• Gail Miller
  Gail Miller (water polo)
  Gail Miller is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  
• Melissa Mills
  Melissa Mills
  Melissa Mills is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Debbie Watson
• Liz Weekes
  Liz Weekes
  Elizabeth "Liz" Weekes is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics, when women's water polo was contested for the first time at the Olympic Games. She was the goalkeeper of the Australian team, which beat USA 4-3 in the final game in front of a World...
  
  
• Danielle Woodhouse
  Danielle Woodhouse
  Danielle Woodhouse is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Along with Liz Weekes, Woodhouse was the goal keeper for the Australian team in 2000.- References :...
  
  
• Taryn Woods
  Taryn Woods
  Taryn Woods is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.Woods attended Fort Street High School. She is the daughter of David Woods and the sister of water polo international Gavin Woods.-External links:*...
  
  
• Head Coach: István Gorgenyi

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Mehmet Yagci	– 56 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event is the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass...	100.0	100.0	105.0	125.0	130.0	135.0	235.0	17
Sergo Chakhoyan Sergo Chakhoyan Sergo Chakhoyan is an Armenian weightlifter who represented Australia later in his career.A world record holder, he claimed two gold medals at the 1994 and 2003 World Championships, and competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic games...	– 85 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg The Men's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the fifth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass...	170.0	175.0	177.5	202.5	207.5	207.5	377.5	6
Anthony Martin	+ 105 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg The Men's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, for lifters over 105 kilograms of body mass...	157.5	162.5	162.5	200.0	207.5	215.0	370.0	18
Chris Rae	+ 105 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg The Men's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, for lifters over 105 kilograms of body mass...	155.0	160.0	160.0	195.0	205.0	212.5	360.0	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Amanda Phillips	– 63 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg The Women's Middleweight Weightlifting Event is the fourth women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-19 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre...	77.5	82.5	82.5	100.0	105.0	107.5	190.0	6
Michelle Kettner	– 69 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg The Women's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the fifth weight class in women's weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-19 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre...	95.0	95.0	100.0	115.0	120.0	122.5	222.5	9

See also

• Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their sixteenth of 16 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.- See also :* Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team selected by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association and abbreviated AUS....