2000 Summer Olympics torch relay

Host city	Sydney, Australia
Countries visited	Greece, Guam, Palau, Micronesia, Nauru, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia
Distance	27,000 km in Australia 36,000 km total
Torch bearers	800 in Greece 1,500 in Oceania and New Zealand 11,000 in Australia
Start date	10 May 2000
End date	15 September 2000
Torch designer	Robert Jurgens at Blue Sky
No. of torches	14,000

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The 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia, that built up to the 2000 Summer Olympics. The torch travelled to various island nations as part of a tour of Oceania before beginning an extensive journey around Australia. For the first time the Flame was taken underwater, with a special flare-like torch taken on a dive down to the Great Barrier Reef. At the opening ceremony the cauldron was lit by Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman.