Palau at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Palau
competed in the Olympic Games
for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
, Australia
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Athletics
Men's 100 m
Women's 100 m
Swimming
Men's 50 m freestyle
Women's 100 m freestyle
Women
Palau
Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...
competed in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
for the first time at 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...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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AthleticsAthletics at the 2000 Summer OlympicsAt the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...
Men's 100 m
- Christopher Adolf
- Round 1 - 11.01 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m
- Peoria KoshibaPeoria KoshibaPeoria Koshiba is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Palau.Koshiba represented Palau at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed eighth in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in a time of...
- Round 1 - 12.66 (did not advance)
SwimmingSwimming at the 2000 Summer OlympicsAt 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 50 m freestyle
- Anlloyd Samuel
- Preliminary Heat - 27.24 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m freestyle
- Nicole Hayes
- Preliminary Heat - 01:00.89 (did not advance)
Weightlifting
Women
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Valerie Pedro | Light-Heavyweight (– 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... |
70.0 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 160.0 | 14 | |||