2000 Summer Olympics medal table

2000 Summer Olympics medals
LocationSydney,  Australia
Highlights
Most gold medals United States (37)
Most total medals United States (93)
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The awarding of the first gold medal of the Games
Fireworks over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the closing ceremonies

The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October 2000. A total of 10,651 athletes from 199 nations represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (with four individual athletes from East Timor) competed in 300 events in 28 sports.[1]

Athletes from 80 countries won at least one medal. The United States won the most medals overall with 93, as well as the most gold medals (37). Host nation Australia finished the Games with 58 medals overall (16 gold, 25 silver, and 17 bronze).[1] Cameroon, Colombia, Latvia, Mozambique and Slovenia won a gold medal for the first time in their Olympic histories, while Vietnam, Barbados, Macedonia, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, and Saudi Arabia won their first ever Olympic medals.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Sydney 2000". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 July 2008.

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