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Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 310 competitors, 181 men and 129 women, took part in 179 events in 23 sports.[1] These were the first Summer Olympics in which the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB in a highly successful attempt to unify all the competing athletes across all the sports and events and boost team morale. Going into the games following their exceptionally poor performance in Atlanta widespread expectations of the team were low.

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The Sydney Games was at the time the best performance by Great Britain in the Summer Olympic Games since 1920, with British competitors winning a total of 28 medals, 11 of which were gold. This represented a vast improvement in performance over the previous Summer Olympics in 1996, in which Great Britain won only one gold medal and 15 in total, and was the first of five consecutive Summer Olympics in which Great Britain would not only dramatically increase its overall performance and expectations but also see them dramatically increase its overall Summer Olympics medal tally. This was also the first Summer Olympic Games where British competitors benefited from £58.9m of National Lottery funding when it was introduced in 1997.[2]

Medallists

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Multiple medallists

The following Team GB competitors won multiple medals at the 2000 Olympic Games.

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Archery

The three British archers had a combined record of 3-3.

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Athletics

Key
  • NoteRanks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Decathlon
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Women
Track & road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Heptathlon
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Badminton

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Women
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Mixed
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Boxing

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Canoeing

Slalom

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Sprint

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Cycling

Road

Men
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Women
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Track

Sprint
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Pursuit
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Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin
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Time trial
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Omnium
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Mountain biking

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Diving

Men
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Women
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Equestrian

Fencing

Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Great Britain in 2000.

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Gymnastics

Lisa Mason, Annika Reeder, Emma Williams, Sharna Murray, Kelly Hackman & Paula Thomas represented Great Britain. The Team placed 10th which was the highest placing attained by GBR Women's Artistic Gymnastics at an Olympic Games.

Artistic

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Women
Team
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Individual finals
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Trampoline

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Field hockey

Men's tournament

Squad

Head coach: Barry Dancer

Group stage
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Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.[4]
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5th–8th classification
Crossover
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5th–6th place final
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Women's tournament

Squad

Head coach: Chris Spice

Group stage
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.[4]
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7th–10th classification
Crossover
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7th–8th place final
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Judo

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Women
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Modern pentathlon

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Rowing

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Women
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Great Britain competed in ten of the eleven Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics. They won three gold medals and two silver medals.

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Open
Fleet racing
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Match racing
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Shooting

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Swimming

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Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats. * Competed in the heats only

Women
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Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Table tennis

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Taekwondo

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Tennis

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Triathlon

The three British triathletes that finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon placed highly, with none lower than fifteenth place and two in the top ten. However, three more British athletes did not finish the competition.

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Weightlifting

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See also

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • 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
  • Gymnastics Results

References

  1. "Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  2. "Historical Funding Figures - UK Sport". uksport.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. "Hockey" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 17 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
  4. "TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS OUTDOOR COMPETITIONS" (PDF). fih.ch. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

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