Mozambique competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Mozambique won their first Olympic gold medal at these games in the women's 800m, their only medal at the games.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Maria de Lurdes Mutola Athletics Women's 800 metres 25 September
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Mozambique at the 2000 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Swimming 1 1 2 Total 2 2 4
Athletics
Men AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankJorge Duvane800 m1:52.978Did not advance Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMaria de Lurdes Mutola800 m1:59.881 Q1:58.561 Q1:56.15Tina PaulinoDid not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIlidio Matusse50 m freestyle26.2865Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTanya Anacleto50 m freestyle28.7857Did not advance
References
General sources
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site