Athletics At The 2000 Summer Olympics
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.
| Athletics at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 Pictogram for Athletics | |
| No. of events | 46 |
| Competitors | 2,134 from 193 nations |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 |  Poland (POL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 |  Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 |  Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 8 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Greece (GRE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 |  Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 27 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 |  Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 29 |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 |  Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 |  Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (44 entries) | 45 | 47 | 47 | 139 | |
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.
Albania (3 athletes)
Algeria (21)
American Samoa (2)
Andorra (2)
Angola (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (2)
Argentina (11)
Armenia (3)
Aruba (2)
Australia (82)
Austria (12)
Azerbaijan (4)
Bahamas (19)
Bahrain (2)
Bangladesh (2)
Barbados (11)
Belarus (31)
Belgium (9)
Belize (2)
Benin (2)
Bermuda (1)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (4)
Botswana (6)
Brazil (18)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Brunei (1)
Bulgaria (22)
Burkina Faso (2)
Burundi (6)
Cambodia (2)
Cameroon (11)
Canada (36)
Cape Verde (2)
Cayman Islands (2)
Central African Republic (2)
Chad (2)
Chile (7)
China (26)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Colombia (11)
Comoros (2)
Republic of the Congo (2)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Ivory Coast (8)
Croatia (15)
Cuba (33)
Cyprus (10)
Czech Republic (24)
Denmark (4)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
Djibouti (2)
Dominica (2)
Dominican Republic (2)
Ecuador (3)
Egypt (2)
El Salvador (2)
Equatorial Guinea (2)
Eritrea (3)
Estonia (5)
Ethiopia (24)
Fiji (1)
Finland (23)
France (53)
Gabon (2)
The Gambia (2)
Georgia (2)
Germany (64)
Ghana (18)
Great Britain (72)
Greece (43)
Grenada (2)
Guam (2)
Guatemala (7)
Guinea (2)
Guinea-Bissau (2)
Guyana (4)
Haiti (3)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (5)
Hungary (37)
Iceland (6)
India (24)
Individual Olympic Athletes (2)
Indonesia (5)
Iran (1)
Iraq (2)
Ireland (32)
Israel (8)
Italy (47)
Jamaica (43)
Japan (40)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (25)
Kenya (36)
Kuwait (4)
Kyrgyzstan (8)
Laos (2)
Latvia (17)
Lebanon (2)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (8)
Libya (1)
Lithuania (18)
Macedonia (2)
Madagascar (7)
Malaysia (2)
Malawi (2)
Maldives (2)
Mali (2)
Malta (2)
Mauritania (2)
Mauritius (6)
Mexico (22)
Federated States of Micronesia (2)
Moldova (11)
Mongolia (2)
Morocco (24)
Mozambique (2)
Myanmar (2)
Namibia (6)
Nepal (2)
Netherlands (9)
Netherlands Antilles (2)
Nicaragua (1)
Niger (2)
Nigeria (28)
New Zealand (8)
North Korea (6)
Norway (12)
Oman (4)
Pakistan (2)
Palau (2)
Palestine (1)
Panama (1)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (2)
Philippines (2)
Poland (35)
Portugal (21)
Puerto Rico (8)
Qatar (12)
Romania (23)
Russia (109)
Rwanda (3)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
Saint Lucia (3)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
San Marino (1)
São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
Saudi Arabia (11)
Senegal (9)
Seychelles (2)
Sierra Leone (2)
Slovakia (16)
Slovenia (19)
Solomon Islands (2)
Somalia (2)
South Africa (23)
South Korea (13)
Spain (58)
Sri Lanka (13)
Sudan (2)
Suriname (2)
Swaziland (2)
Sweden (14)
Switzerland (13)
Syria (3)
Tajikistan (2)
Tanzania (4)
Thailand (12)
Trinidad and Tobago (15)
Togo (2)
Tonga (2)
Tunisia (9)
Turkey (5)
Turkmenistan (2)
Uganda (5)
Ukraine (54)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United States (116)
Uruguay (4)
Uzbekistan (22)
Vanuatu (2)
Venezuela (6)
Vietnam (2)
Virgin Islands (3)
Yemen (2)
FR Yugoslavia (24)
Zambia (4)
Zimbabwe (8)
Medal summary
Men
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
See also
References
External links
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