Bids for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Bids for the
2000 (2000) Summer Olympics and Paralympics

Overview
Games of the XXVII Olympiad XI Paralympic Games
Winner: Sydney Runner-up: Beijing Shortlist: Berlin · Istanbul · Manchester
Details
Committee	IOC
Election venue	Monte Carlo 101st IOC Session
Map
Location of the bidding cities
Important dates
Decision	23 September 1993
Decision
Winner	Sydney (45 votes)
Runner-up	Beijing (43 votes)

Part of a series on
2000 Summer Olympics
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Five cities made presentations to the IOC Session in Monte Carlo to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Games were awarded to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 23 September 1993 at 18:17 UTC (8:17 pm in Monaco (UTC+02:00), 4:17 am in Sydney, 24 September 1993 (UTC+10:00)). The other cities were Beijing (China), Manchester (Great Britain), Berlin (Germany) and Istanbul (Turkey). 11 days earlier in a different process, Sydney had been chosen by the International Paralympic Committee to host the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Berlin, Germany.