United_States_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics

United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics

United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


The United States of America (USA) competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 586 competitors, 333 men and 253 women, took part in 265 events in 31 sports.[1]

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Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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Archery

All three of the American men won their first matches. Two were defeated in the second round, but Vic Wunderle made it all the way to the finals before being defeated by home-crowd favorite Simon Fairweather. The squad was surprised by Italy in the team round semifinal, and was forced to shoot a tie-breaker against Russia in the bronze medal match to claim their medal. Karen Scavotto faced Denise Parker in the first round, guaranteeing an elimination for one of the American women.

Men
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Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
Men
Track and road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Decathlon
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Women
Track and road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Heptatlon
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Badminton

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Baseball

Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.[2][3]

Summary
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Roster
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Preliminary round
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(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Cuba defeated the United States 6–1.
  2. South Korea defeated Japan 7–6.
  3. Italy defeated Australia 8–7.
17 September United States  4–2 (F/13)  Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,404
Boxscore

18 September United States  11–1 (F/7)  South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,474
Boxscore

19 September Netherlands  2–6  United States Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,352
Boxscore

20 September United States  4–0  South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,818
Boxscore

22 September United States  4–2  Italy Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,912
Boxscore

23 September Cuba  6–1  United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,010
Boxscore

24 September Australia  1–12 (F/7)  United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,018
Boxscore
Semifinal
26 September United States  3–2  South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,002
Gold medal game
27 September Cuba  0 – 4  United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,107

Basketball

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Men

Roster
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Group play
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September 17, 2000
21:30
China  72119  United States
Scoring by half: 38–60, 34–59
Pts: Wang 13
Rebs: Guo 5
Asts: Guo 6
Pts: Allen 21
Rebs: Garnett 8
Asts: Payton 7
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,319

September 19, 2000
16:30
United States  9361  Italy
Scoring by half: 45–35, 48–26
Pts: Carter 13
Rebs: Garnett 9
Asts: Kidd 7
Pts: Myers 11
Rebs: Meneghin 6
Asts: Meneghin 4
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,368

September 21, 2000
16:30
United States  8576  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 47–41, 38–35
Pts: Payton 14
Rebs: Garnett 11
Asts: 4 players, 2 each
Pts: Songaila 16
Rebs: Songaila 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,391

September 23, 2000
19:30
New Zealand  56102  United States
Scoring by half: 32–58, 24–44
Pts: Marks 10
Rebs: Marks 6
Asts: Henare 3
Pts: Carter 18
Rebs: Garnett 6
Asts: Kidd 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,392

September 25, 2000
16:30
France  94106  United States
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–47
Pts: Sciarra 21
Rebs: Bonato, Risacher 3 each
Asts: Sciarra 4
Pts: McDyess 20
Rebs: Garnett, McDyess 11 each
Asts: Kidd 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,477
Quarterfinal
September 28, 2000
22:00
United States  8575  Russia
Scoring by half: 46–41, 39–29
Pts: Garnett 16
Rebs: Garnett 11
Asts: Kidd 8
Pts: Bashminov 12
Rebs: Morgunov 6
Asts: E. Pashutin 6
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,260
Referees: Iztok Rems (Slovenia)
Rick Degagne (Canada)
Semifinal
September 29, 2000
21:30
Lithuania  8385  United States
Scoring by half: 36–48, 47–37
Pts: Jasikevičius 27
Rebs: Štombergas Žukauskas 5 each
Asts: Jasikevičius 4
Pts: Carter 18
Rebs: Garnett 14
Asts: Garnett 4
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,653
Referees: Tiziano Zancanella (Italy)
Pascal Dorizon (France)
Gold medal game
October 1, 2000
13:15
France  7585  United States
Scoring by half: 32-46, 43-39
Pts: Sciarra 19
Rebs: Sciarra 4
Asts: Sciarra 4
Pts: Allen, Carter 13 each
Rebs: Kidd, Mourning 7 each
Asts: Payton 3
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
Renato Santos (Brazil)

Women

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Group play
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September 16, 2000
21:30
South Korea  7589  United States
Scoring by half: 43–53, 32–36
Pts: Jung 17
Rebs: Kim 4
Asts: Park 3
Pts: Swoopes 29
Rebs: Leslie 11
Asts: Edwards, Staley 4 each
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 6,939

September 18, 2000
16:30
United States  9061  Cuba
Scoring by half: 48–42, 42–19
Pts: Smith 15
Rebs: Griffith, Williams 7 each
Asts: Staley 8
Pts: Martínez 19
Rebs: Martínez, Molinet 4 each
Asts: Castillo 5
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 7,298

September 20, 2000
16:30
United States  8877  Russia
Scoring by half: 44–47, 44–30
Pts: Leslie 18
Rebs: Griffith 11
Asts: Edwards, Swoopes 3 each
Pts: Arkhipova 15
Rebs: Zasulskaya 6
Asts: Zasulskaya 5
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,383

September 22, 2000
16:30
New Zealand  4293  United States
Scoring by half: 17–47, 25–46
Pts: Farmer 9
Rebs: Ofsoski 6
Asts: Farmer 3
Pts: Smith 14
Rebs: Williams 7
Asts: Bolton-Holfield 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,297

September 24, 2000
19:30
United States  7657  Poland
Scoring by half: 44–21, 32–36
Pts: Griffith, Swoopes 16
Rebs: Griffith 12
Asts: Leslie 4
Pts: Dydek 24
Rebs: Dydek 10
Asts: Predehl 2
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,471
Quarterfinal
September 27, 2000
22:00
United States  5843  Slovakia
Scoring by half: 32–23, 26–20
Pts: Leslie 18
Rebs: Griffith 11
Asts: Three players 3 each
Pts: Luptáková 18
Rebs: Kotočová, Luptáková 7 each
Asts: Žirková 2
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,605
Referees:
Alexander Gorshkov (Russia)
Pilar Landeira (Spain)
Semifinal
September 29, 2000
16:30
South Korea  6578  United States
Scoring by half: 40–42, 25–36
Pts: Park 14
Rebs: Chun 5
Asts: Chung 5
Pts: Swoopes 19
Rebs: Leslie 12
Asts: Swoopes 5
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,698
Referees:
Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
Rick Degagne (Canada)
Gold medal game
September 30, 2000
20:00
Australia  5476  United States
Scoring by half: 30-43, 24-33
Pts: Jackson 20
Rebs: Jackson 13
Asts: Harrower 2
Pts: Leslie, Williams 15 each
Rebs: Griffith 12
Asts: Edwards 3
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,978
Referees:
Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
Raúl Chaves (Argentina)

Boxing

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Legend: RSC – Referee stopped contest

Canoeing

Slalom

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Sprint

Men
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Women
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Legend: QF – Qualify to final based on position in heat; QS – Qualify to semifinal based on time in round
All ranks based on time in round

Cycling

Road

Men
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Women
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Track

Time trial
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Sprint
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Pursuit
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Points race
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Keirin
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Mountain biking

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Diving

Laura Wilkinson staged a comeback during the finals of the Women's 10 metre platform and won the only diving medal for the United States during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The Chinese divers were in first and second heading into the finals.

Men
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Women
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Equestrian

Dressage

(Total scores are the average of all three rounds for the individual competition, and the three best total scores of individual round 1 for the team competition.)

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Eventing
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Jumping
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Fencing

Men
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Women
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Football

Summary
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Men

Roster
Over aged players are marked with * (max 3).

Head coach: England Clive Charles

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  • Stand-by players
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Group play
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Attendance: 24,800
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

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Attendance: 22,379

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Quarterfinal
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Attendance: 18,345
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Semifinal
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Attendance: 39,800
Bronze Medal match
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Attendance: 26,381
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Women

Squad
Matches played in parentheses denotes player came from the bench
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Results

Preliminaries

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Semifinal
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Attendance: 11,000
Gold Medal match
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Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
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Individual finals
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Women
Team
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Individual finals
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Trampoline

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Judo

Men
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Women
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Modern pentathlon

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Rowing

Men
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Women
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); S=Semifinals A/B; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men
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Women
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Open
Fleet racing
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Mixed racing
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Shooting

Men
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Women
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Softball

Summary
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Roster
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Preliminary round
Qualified for the final round
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September 17, 2000
10:30
Canada  0 – 6  United States Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 5,210

September 18, 2000
13:00
Cuba  0 – 3  United States Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,255

September 19, 2000
10:30
Japan  2 – 1 (F/11)  United States Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,893

September 20, 2000
20:00
China  2 – 0 (F/14)  United States Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,923

September 21, 2000
13:00
United States  1 – 2 (F/13)  Australia Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 9,209

September 22, 2000
10:30
United States  2 – 0  New Zealand Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 6,325

September 23, 2000
20:00
United States  6 – 0  Italy Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 7,384
Semifinals
September 25, 2000
9:30
United States  3 – 0 (F/10)  China Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 8,157
Bronze medal game
September 25, 2000
19:30
Australia  0 – 1  United States Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Gold medal game
September 26, 2000
19:30
United States  1 – 0 (F/8)  Japan Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 8,923

Swimming

Men
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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.
* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

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.
* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Synchronised swimming

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Table Tennis

Men
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Women
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Taekwondo

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Tennis

Men
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Women
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Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, the United States was represented by three men and three women. Two of the women placed in the top eight, with Joanna Zeiger missing a medal by about 17 seconds.

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Volleyball

Beach

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* – Heidger & Wong advanced from the elimination pool by having the highest point differential among losers

Indoor

Summary
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Men

Roster

Coach: Doug Beal

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Group play
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September 17, 2000
18:30
Argentina  3–1  United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 8,519
Referees: Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria), Wang Ching (China)
(24–26, 25–23, 25–21, 25–18)
 

September 19, 2000
14:30
Russia  3–1  United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 7,223
Referees: Dean Turner (Australia), Fernando Nava (Mexico)
(25–18, 25–23, 21–25, 25–17)
 

September 21, 2000
12:30
United States  0–3  Yugoslavia Pavilion 4
Attendance: 4,348
Referees: Josebel Palmeirim (Brazil), Wang Ning (China)
(15–25, 20–25, 23–25)
 

September 23, 2000
18:30
United States  2–3  South Korea Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 8,095
Referees: Bela Hobor (Hungary), Themistoklis Kalpaktsoglou (Greece)
(20–25, 27–25, 24–26, 25–21, 13–15)
 

September 25, 2000
20:30
Italy  3–1  United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 7,960
Referees: Dean Turner (Australia), Wang Ning (China)
(21–25, 25–18, 25–18, 25–18)
 

Women

Roster

Coach: Mick Haley

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Group play
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September 16, 2000
18:30
China  1–3  United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 8,250
Referees: Klaus Fezer (Germany), Bela Hobor (Hungary)
(25–19, 21–25, 12–25, 24–26)
 

September 18, 2000
14:30
United States  3–0  Kenya Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 4,848
Referees: Ivan Golianski (Russia), Themistoklis Kalpaktsoglou (Greece)
(25–16, 25–6, 25–16)
 

September 20, 2000
20:30
United States  3–0  Australia Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 8,219
Referees: Jarmo Salonen (Finland), Ivan Golianski (Russia)
(25–11, 25–17, 25–10)
 

September 22, 2000
20:30
Croatia  0–3  United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 8,457
Referees: Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Songsak Chareonpong (Thailand)
(19–25, 18–25, 16–25)
 

September 24, 2000
12:00
Brazil  3–1  United States Pavilion 4
Attendance: 4,686
Referees: Takashi Shimoyama (Japan), Bela Hobor (Hungary)
(25–17, 20–25, 25–15, 25–15)
 
Quarterfinals
September 26, 2000
20:30
United States  3–2  South Korea Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 7,496
Referees: Jarmo Salonen (Finland), Paolo Porcari (Italy)
(26–24, 17–25, 25–23, 25–27, 16–14)
 
Semifinals
September 28, 2000
20:55
Russia  3–2  United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 9,031
Referees: Juan Pereyra (Argentina), Songsak Chareonpong (Thailand)
(25–15, 23–25, 25–15, 26–28, 15–8)
 
Bronze Medal match
September 30, 2000
12:30
Brazil  3–0  United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 9,044
Referees: Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria), Bela Hobor (Hungary)
(25–18, 25–22, 25–21)
 

Water polo

Summary
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Men

Squad

Head Coach: John Vargas

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Results
Preliminary round
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Source: LA84
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
September 23, 2000
16:15
 Croatia 107 United States  Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

September 24, 2000
14:30
 United States 58 Yugoslavia  Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

September 25, 2000
9:30
 Netherlands 812 United States  Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

September 26, 2000
9:30
 Hungary 109 United States  Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

September 27, 2000
19:15
 Greece 39 United States  Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Quarterfinals
September 29, 2000
14:30
 Russia 1110 United States  Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
5th to 8th place classification
September 30, 2000
19:00
 United States 98 Croatia  Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
5th place match
October 1, 2000
12:45
 United States 810 Italy  Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

Women

Squad

Head Coach:

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Results
Preliminary round
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
16 September 2000
19:15
Report Netherlands  46  United States Ryde Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Angel Moliner Molins (ESP), Gyorgy Csaszar (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 1-1, 2-1, 1-2
de Bruijn 2 Goals Lorenz 2

17 September 2000
18:00
Report United States  88  Canada Ryde Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vlastimil Kratochvil (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 0-2, 3-0
Beauregard 3 Goals Horn-Miller 3

18 September 2000
18:00
Report Russia  57  United States Ryde Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Renato Dani (ITA), Patrick Clemencon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 1-3, 1-1
five players 1 Goals Simmons 3

19 September 2000
13:00
Report United States  67  Australia Ryde Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Paraskevas Chasekioglou (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-0, 2-4, 1-1
two players 2 Goals Gusteron 2

20 September 2000
19:15
Report Kazakhstan  69  United States Ryde Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Zeljko Klaric (CRO), Vahid Moradi (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-1
two players 2 Goals Villa 4

Semifinals
22 September 2000
19:15
Report United States  65  Netherlands Ryde Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Renato Dani (ITA), Patrick Clemencon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 1-3, 1-0, 1-0
two players 2 Goals two players 2

Gold Medal Match
23 September 2000
21:15
Report Australia  43  United States Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Renato Dani (ITA), Vladimir Prikhodko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 0-1, 1-0, 2-1
four players 1 Goals Villa 2

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

Freestyle
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Greco-Roman
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See also


References

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  2. Gems, Gerald; Borish, Linda; Pfister, Gertrud (27 February 2017). Sports in American History, 2E: From Colonization to Globalization. ISBN 9781492526520.
  3. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad (PDF). Vol. 2: Celebrating the Games. Canberra, Australia: Paragon Printers Australasia. pp. 176–9. ISBN 0-9579616-0-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  4. Leipold tested positive for norandrosterone and norethiocholanolone, which are used to prove the presence of the steroid nandrolone, and the gold medal was awarded to original silver medalist Slay. IOC Strips Leipold of Olympic Gold, BBC Sport, October 23, 2000.

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