At 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 2,134 participating athletes from 193 countries.
Medal table
Participating nations A total of 193 nations participated in the different athletics events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Two athletes from East Timor participated as individual Olympic athletes. A total of 2135 athletes competed at the competition.
Medal summary Men 100 metres9.879.9910.04200 metres20.0920.1420.20400 metres43.8444.4044.70800 metres1:45.081:45.141:45.161500 metres3:32.07(OR)3:32.323:32.445000 metres13:35.4913:36.2013:36.4710,000 metres27:18.2027:18.2927:19.75110 metres hurdles13.0013.1613.22400 metres hurdles47.5047.5347.813000 metressteeplechase8:21.438:21.778:22.154 × 100 metres relayJon DrummondBernard WilliamsBrian LewisMaurice GreeneTim Montgomery*Kenneth Brokenburr*37.61Vicente LenilsonÉdson RibeiroAndré da SilvaClaudinei QuirinoCláudio Souza*37.90Luis Alberto Pérez-RiondaIvan GarcíaFreddy MayolaJosé Ángel César38.044 × 400 metres relayClement ChukwuJude MonyeSunday BadaEnefiok Udo-ObongNduka Awazie*Fidelis Gadzama*The International Olympic Committee formally stripped the US team of their gold medals following the admission of Antonio Pettigrew that he had been using performance-enhancing drugs while competing in Sydney (he voluntarily returned his medal earlier).2:58.68 Michael BlackwoodGreg HaughtonChristopher WilliamsDanny McFarlaneSanjay Ayre*Michael McDonald*2:58.78Avard MoncurTroy McIntoshCarl OliverChris BrownTimothy Munnings* 2:59.23Marathon2:10:112:10:312:11:1020 kilometres walk1:18:59(OR) 1:19:031:19:2750 kilometres walk3:42:223:43:403:44:36High jump2.35 m2.32 m2.32 mPole vault5.90 m5.90 m5.90 mLong jump8.55 m8.49 m8.31 mTriple jump17.71 m17.47 m17.46 mShot put21.29 m21.21 m21.20 mDiscus throw69.30 m68.50 m68.19 mHammer throw80.02 m79.64 m79.17 mJavelin throw90.17 m(OR)89.85 m88.67 mDecathlon864286068595 * Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women 100 metresNot awardedMarion Jones of the United States admitted in 2007 to having taken performance enhancing steroids prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics. She relinquished her medals to the United States Olympic Committee, and the International Olympic Committee formally stripped her of her medals. Her medals were re-awarded as follows... 100 metres not awarded Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 and Tayna Lawrence 11.18 Merlene Ottey 11.19 The IOC did not initially decide to regrade the results, as silver medalist Ekaterini Thanou had herself been subsequently involved in a doping scandal in the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics. After two years of deliberation, in late 2009 the IOC decided to upgrade Lawrence and Ottey to silver and bronze respectively, and leave Thanou as a silver medallist, with the gold medal withheld. 200 metres Pauline Davis-Thompson 22.27 Susanthika Jayasinghe 22.28 Beverly McDonald 22.35 All three athletes were upgraded from their original medal position. Long jump Heike Drechsler Fiona May Tatyana Kotova 6.83 Kotova, the original fourth-place finisher, was upgraded to the bronze medal. She was later found guilty of doping, but her results were left unaffected.11.1211.1911.18200 metres22.2722.28(NR) 22.35400 metres49.1149.5849.72800 metres1:56.151:56.641:56.801500 metres4:05.104:05.154:05.275000 metres14:40.79(OR)14:41.02(NR)14:42.2310,000 metres30:17.49(OR)30:22.4830:22.88(NR)100 metres hurdles12.6512.6812.76400 metres hurdles53.0253.4553.574 × 100 metres relaySavatheda FynesChandra SturrupPauline Davis-ThompsonDebbie FergusonEldece Lewis*41.95Tayna LawrenceVeronica CampbellBeverly McDonaldMerlene OtteyMerlene Frazer*42.13Chryste GainesTorri EdwardsNanceen PerryPassion Richardson*The IAAF recommended to the IOC Executive Board to disqualify the USA women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams after Marion Jones admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the Games. The IOC disqualified both U.S. relay teams and asked for Jones' teammates' medals to be returned. France (Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron, Sandra Citte*) finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay in a time of 42.42, and Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi, Opara Charity, Rosemary Okafor, Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku, Doris Jacob*) finished fourth in the 4 × 400 m relay in a time of 3:23.80. All members of the U.S. relay teams except Nanceen Perry (and Marion Jones) then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who ruled in favor of them due to the fact that, according to the rules at the time, a team should not be disqualified because of a doping offense of one athlete. Their medals were then restored to them. 42.204 × 400 metres relayJearl Miles ClarkMonique HennaganLaTasha ColanderAndrea Anderson*3:22.62Sandie RichardsCatherine ScottDeon HemmingsLorraine GrahamCharmaine Howell*Michelle Burgher*3:23.25Yuliya SotnikovaSvetlana GoncharenkoOlga KotlyarovaIrina PrivalovaNatalya Nazarova*Olesya Zykina*3:23.46Marathon2:23:14(OR) 2:23:222:24:4520 kilometres walk1:29:05(OR) 1:29:331:30:23High jump2.01 m2.01 m1.99 mPole vault4.60 m(OR)4.55 m4.50 mLong jump6.99 m6.92 m 6.83 mTriple jump15.20 m15.00 m14.96 mShot put20.56 m19.92 m19.62 mDiscus throw68.40 m65.71 m65.20 mHammer throw71.16 m69.77 m69.28 mJavelin throw68.91 m(OR)67.51 m66.18 mHeptathlon658465316527 * Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
See also 2000 in athletics (track and field) Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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