India at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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  • Karnam Malleswari
    Karnam Malleswari
    Karnam Malleswari is an Indian Weightlifter. To her first time she participated in the 'National Junior weight lifting championship and stood First. In 1992 she participated in the Asian champion ship which took place in Thailand and stood second and won three silver medals. She also won three...

     — Weightlifting
    Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    The Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-Participating nations:...

    , Women's 69kg Competition.

Men's competition

Men's 400 m
  • Paramjit Singh
    Paramjit Singh (athlete)
    Paramjit Singh is an Indian athlete who competed, but did not win a medal, in the 400m in the 2000 Olympics.-References:...

    1. Round 1 - 46.64 (did not advance)


Men's 4x100 m
  • Rajeev Bala Krishnan, C. Thirugnana Durai, Anil Kumar
    Anil Kumar Prakash
    Anil Kumar Prakash is an Indian sprint athlete from Kerala. He holds the current 100 metres national record of 10.30 s set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in New Delhi on 24 August 2005...

    , Raj Singh Ajay
    1. Round 1 - (did not advance)
    2. Semifinal - (did not advance)
    3. Final - ( place)


Men's 4x400 m
  • Lijo David Thottan, P. Ramachandran, Jata Shankar, Paramjit Singh
    Paramjit Singh (athlete)
    Paramjit Singh is an Indian athlete who competed, but did not win a medal, in the 400m in the 2000 Olympics.-References:...

    1. Round 1 - 03:08.38 (did not advance)


Men's Shot Put
  • Bahadur Singh Sagoo
    1. Qualifying - 18.70 (did not advance)
  • Shakti Singh
    Shakti Singh
    Shakti Singh is an Indian discus thrower and shot putter.His personal best shot put is 20.60 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Bangalore. His personal best discus throw is 61.72 metres, achieved in June 1994 in Bangalore.-Achievements:...

    1. Qualifying - 18.40 (did not advance)


Men's Javelin Throw
  • Jagdish Bishnoi
    1. Qualifying - 70.86 (did not advance)


Men's Long Jump
  • Sanjay K. Rai
    1. Qualifying - NM (did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's 400 m
  • Beena Mol K. M.
    K. M. Beenamol
    Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol, popularly known as K M Beenamol is an international athlete from India. She became the third Indian women to reach an Olympics semi-final since P. T. Usha Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol, popularly known as K M Beenamol (born August 15, 1975, Kombidinjal, a...

    1. Round 1 - 51.51
    2. Round 2 - 51.81
    3. Semifinal - 52.04 (did not advance)


Women's 4x100 m
  • Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry
    Rachita Mistry
    Rachita Mistry is an Indian sprint athlete from Mumbai, Maharashtra. She holds the current 100 metres national record of 11.38 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Thiruvananthapuram on 12 August 2000. Rachita set her personal best time of 11.26 s for 100 metres in Bangalore...

    , Vinita Tripathi, Jayalakshmi V.
    1. Round 1 - 45.20 (did not advance)


Women's 4x400 m
  • Mol K. M. Beena
    K. M. Beenamol
    Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol, popularly known as K M Beenamol is an international athlete from India. She became the third Indian women to reach an Olympics semi-final since P. T. Usha Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol, popularly known as K M Beenamol (born August 15, 1975, Kombidinjal, a...

    , Paramjit Kaur, Rosa Kutty
    Rosa Kutty
    Rosa Kutty is a former Indian woman athlete who participated in 1996 and 2000 Olympics in 4x 400 relay race. She won silver medal in 1998 Asian Games in 800 mt race. She is from Aayavana, Muvattupuzha in Kerala and now live inMangalore in Karnataka...

    , Jincy Phillip
    1. Round 1 - 03:31.46 (did not advance)


Women's Discus
  • Neelam Jaswant Singh
    Neelam Jaswant Singh
    Neelam Jaswant Singh is an Indian discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.55 metres, achieved at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan....

    1. Qualifying - 55.26 (did not advance)


Women's Javelin Throw
  • Gurmeet Kaur
    Gurmeet Kaur
    Gurmeet Kaur Rai is a retired female javelin thrower from India. She set her personal best on July 17, 2000 at a meet in Bangalore.-Achievements:-References:*...

    1. Qualifying - 52.78 (did not advance)


Women's Heptathlon
  • Pramila Gudandda Ganapathy
    1. 100 m Hurdles - 14.22
    2. High Jump - 1.69
    3. Shot Put - 11.14
    4. 200 m - 24.69
    5. Long Jump - 5.96
    6. Javelin Throw - 36.02
    7. 800 m - 02:20.86
    8. Points - 5548 (24th place)
  • Soma Biswas
    Soma Biswas
    Soma Biswas is an athlete who lives in Kolkata, India and who specialises in the heptathlon. She rose to fame when she won the silver medal in 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. She won another silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. She managed to win the 110m hurdles, the 200m and the...

    1. 100 m Hurdles - 14.11
    2. High Jump - 1.63
    3. Shot Put - 11.69
    4. 200 m - 24.73
    5. Long Jump - 5.64
    6. Javelin Throw - 39.59
    7. 800 m - 02:22.17
    8. Points - 5481 (25th place)

Badminton
Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....

Men's Singles
  • Pullela Gopichand
    Pullela Gopichand
    Pullela Gopichand is an Indian Badminton player.He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 defeating Chen Hong of China in the finals by 15-12,15-6. He became the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone, who won it in 1980...

    1. Round of 64: Bye
    2. Round of 32: Defeated Vladislav Druzchenko
      Vladislav Druzchenko
      Vladislav Druzchenko is a male badminton player from Ukraine.-Career:Between 1992 and 2006 he won 15 Ukrainian National Badminton Championships in a row in men's singles....

       of Ukraine
    3. Round of 16: Lost to Hendrawan
      Hendrawan
      Hendrawan is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player.Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players...

       of Indonesia


Women's Singles
  • Aparna Popat
    Aparna Popat
    - Early life :Aparna Popat was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a Gujarati family of Lalji Popat and Heena Popat. She studied at the J.B.Petit School in Mumbai, and her Pre university from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore...

    1. Round of 64: Lost to Kelly Morgan
      Kelly Morgan
      Kelly Morgan is a Welsh Commonwealth and Olympic Games badminton player born in Pontypridd.Morgan attended Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau, Wales.- 1996 Olympics :...

       of Great Britain

Boxing
Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
  • Soubam Suresh Singh
    1. Round 1 – Lost to Kim Ki-Suk
      Kim Ki-Suk
      Kim Ki-Suk is a South Korean boxer who won a gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games. He also participated in two Olympics.-Career:...

       of South Korea (did not advance)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
  • Dingko Singh
    Dingko Singh
    Dingko Singh is an Indian boxer who won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games. He hails from Manipur.-Achievements:Won the King's cup in Bangkok in 1997Won the Asian Games gold in the 1998 Bangkok Games...

    1. Round 1 – 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 Middleweight (75 kg)
  • Jitender Kumar
    1. Round 1 – Defeated Donald Orr of Canada
    2. Round 2 – Lost to Adrian Diaconu
      Adrian Diaconu
      Adrian Diaconu is a Romanian professional boxer, living and fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

       of Romania (did not advance)


Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
  • Gurcharan Singh
    1. Round 1 – Defeated Ki-Soo Choi of South Korea
    2. Round 2 – Defeated Danie Venter of South Africa
    3. Quarterfinal – Lost to Andriy Fedchuk
      Andriy Fedchuk
      Andriy Vasylyovych Fedchuk , was a boxer from Ukraine, who won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual runner-up Rudolf Kraj from the Czech Republic...

       of Ukraine (did not advance)

Hockey

The Indian field hockey team didn't make it to the semis, and finished in seventh position after a 2-3 lost against England in the classification match. The squad was made up by the following players: Jude Menezes
Jude Menezes
Jude Menezes is a former field hockey goalkeeper from India who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1992 against South Korea. Menezes represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place...

 (gk), Devesh Chauhan
Devesh Chauhan
Devesh Singh Chauhan is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 2000...

 (gk), Dilip Tirkey
Dilip Tirkey
Dilip Tirkey hailing from Sundargarh, Orissa is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was of full back. He was best known for his penalty corner hit. Dilip was one of the most difficult defenders to beat in the world...

, Dinesh Nayak
Dinesh Nayak
V. R. Dinesh Nayak is a field hockey defender from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test serie against Kenya...

, Lazarus Barla
Lazarus Barla
Lazarus Barla is a field hockey defender from India, who belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team in January 1998 during the test serie against Germany...

, Baljit Singh Saini
Baljit Singh Saini
Baljit Singh Saini is a field hockey defender and midfielder from India who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1995 during the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. Baljit Singh Saini represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta,...

, Sukhbir Singh Gill
Sukhbir Singh Gill
Sukhbir Singh Gill is a former field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1995 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

, Mohammed Riaz
Mohammed Riaz
Riaz Nabi Mohammed is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team. He represented India at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the Arjuna award in 1998 for his outstanding achievements.His father was an international umpire Mohammed Nabi.-References:*...

, Thirumal Valavan
Thirumal Valavan
Selvaraj Thirumala Valavan is a former field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in February 1997 against Poland. Valavan represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place...

, Ramandeep Singh
Ramandeep Singh
Ramandeep Singh Grewal is a former field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1995. Singh represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, where India finished in eighth place...

 (captain), Mukesh Kumar, Dhanraj Pillay
Dhanraj Pillay
Dhanraj Pillay is a field hockey player and former captain of the Indian hockey team. He is currently the manager of the Indian Hockey team...

, Baljit Singh Dhillon
Baljit Singh Dhillon
Baljit Singh Dhillon is a field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test serie against South Africa...

, Sameer Dad
Sameer Dad
Mohammad Sameer Dad is a field hockey forward from India, who made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team in January 1998 during the test series against Germany...

, Deepak Thakur
Deepak Thakur
Deepak Thakur Sonkhla is a hockey forward in Indian team.-Family:His father Nardev Singh is a Army Man and his mother Lalita Thakur is a house-wife.Deepak got younger sister Navita Thakur who is a national badminton player.-Junior level:Deepak became popular after his solo effort to help India win...

 and Gagan Ajit Singh
Gagan Ajit Singh
Gagan Ajit Singh is a field hockey striker from India, whose father Ajit Singh played for the national team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He is a nephew of Harmik Singh...

.

Swimming
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 200 m Freestyle
  • Hakimuddin Shabbir Habibulla
  • Preliminary Heat - 1:58.35 (did not advance)


Women's 200 m Freestyle
  • Nisha Millet
    Nisha Millet
    Nisha Millet is a swimmer from Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Nisha Millet, and the Arjuna Award winner, was the only woman in the 2000 Sydney Olympics swim team for India.-Career:...

  • Preliminary Heat - 02:08.89 (did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Thandava Murthy Muthu – 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...

105.0 110.0 112.5 130.50 135.0 135.0 245.0 16



Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Karnam Malleswari
Karnam Malleswari
Karnam Malleswari is an Indian Weightlifter. To her first time she participated in the 'National Junior weight lifting championship and stood First. In 1992 she participated in the Asian champion ship which took place in Thailand and stood second and won three silver medals. She also won three...

– 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...

105.0 107.5 110.0 125.0 130.0 137.5 240.0
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