2000 olympic games medal winners

Belinda Stowell. Ben Ainslie. Bill Kirby. Brahim Asloum. Brandon Slay. Brigitte McMahon. Brooke Bennett. Cai Yalin. Cathy Freeman. Chamique Holdsclaw. Chen Jing. Chen Xiaomin. Chen Zhong. Cho Min-Sun. Chris Fydler. Christoph Sieber. Claudia Poll. Courtney Shealy. Dain Blanton. Daniel Igali. Dante Amaral. Dara Torres. Darren Campbell. David Douillet. David O'Connor. Dawn Staley. DeLisha Milton-Jones. Denise Lewis. Deon Hemmings. Derartu Tulu.

Diana Mocanu. Dimosthenis Tampakos. Ding Meiyuan. Dmitri Sautin. Dmitri Svatkovskiy. Domenico Fioravanti. Douglas Chiarotti. Ekaterini Thanou. Elena Dementieva. Elena Zamolodchikova. Ellina Zvereva. Emanuel Rego. Eric Fonoimoana. Erik Vendt. Erki Nool. Feliberto Ascuy. Fernanda Ribeiro.

Florian Rousseau. Franck Dumoulin. Fu Mingxia. Gabriela Szabo. Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov. Galabin Boevski. Gary Hall, Jr. Gary Payton. Georgi Markov. Gervasio Deferr. Gezahegne Abera. Giorgi Asanidze. Giovane Gavio. Giovanna Trillini. Giuseppe Maddaloni. Gong Zhichao. Grant Hackett. Guillermo Rigondeaux. Guo Jingjing. Gustavo Endres. Hadi Saei Bonehkohal. Haile Gebrselassie.

Halil Mutlu. Susanthika Jayasinghe became the first Sri Lankan woman to win a medal, claiming bronze in the m, whilst Birgit Fischer earned two gold medals in kayaking to become the first woman in any sport to win medals 20 years apart. Women also took part in weightlifting and the modern pentathlon for the very first time.

There were some wonderful comebacks in Sydney, but none more so than the U. After losing three games in a row, they regrouped and won gold in stirring fashion by beating each of the teams they had previously lost to. Discover the lasting legacy that this edition of the Olympic Games created for its hosts.

Ryoko Tamura had lost in the judo 48kg final in both Barcelona and Atlanta, but came back to win the gold medal in Sydney. Steven Redgrave gained sporting immortality by becoming the first rower to win gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games. In the m freestyle, year-old Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe won gold by breaking his own world record in front of a jubilant home crowd.

Cathy Freeman, the Australian athlete, had the honour of lighting the Olympic torch at the Opening Ceremony. Home Contact Privacy. Four days later she relinquished her medals to the United States Olympic Committee, and on 12 December the International Olympic Committee formally stripped her of her medals.

The IOC has not yet re-awarded the medals as it said it needs more time to consider the drug probe in which Jones was caught. The IOC said the upgrades following the disqualification of Jones would not be automatic as the scandal involving the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative may also involve other athletes.