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( April 2018 ) Games of the XXVII Olympiad Host city Sydney, Australia Motto Share the Spirit Dare to Dream The Games of New Millennium Nations participating 199 Athletes participating 10,651 ( 6,582 men, 4,069 women ) Events 300 in 28 sports Opening ceremony 15 September Closing ceremony 1 October Officially opened by Sir William Deane Governor - General of the Commonwealth of Australia Athlete 's Oath Rechelle Hawkes Judge 's Oath Peter Kerr Olympic Torch Cathy Freeman Stadium Olympic Stadium Summer < Atlanta 1996 Athens 2004 > Winter < Nagano 1998 Salt Lake 2002 > Part of a series on 2000 Summer Olympics Bid process ( bid details ) Venues Mascots Broadcasters Torch relay Opening ceremony ( flag bearers ) Medal table ( medalists ) Closing ceremony Event calendar World and Olympic records IOC AOC SOCOG The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games / Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second time that the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and also the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1956. Sydney was selected as the host city for the 2000 Games in 1993. Teams from 199 countries participated. The United States won the most medals with 93, while Australia came in 4th with 58. The Games cost was estimated to be A $ 6.6 billion. The Games received universal acclaim, with the organisation, volunteers, sportsmanship and Australian public being lauded in the international media. Bill Bryson from The Times called the Sydney Games `` one of the most successful events on the world stage '', saying that they `` could n't be better ''. James Mossop of the Electronic Telegraph called the Games `` such a success that any city considering bidding for future Olympics must be wondering how it can reach the standards set by Sydney '', while Jack Todd in the Montreal Gazette suggested that the `` IOC should quit while it 's ahead. Admit there can never be a better Olympic Games, and be done with it, '' as `` Sydney was both exceptional and the best ''. In preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Lord Coe declared the Sydney Games the `` benchmark for the spirit of the Games, unquestionably '' and admitting that the London organising committee `` attempted in a number of ways to emulate what the Sydney Organising Committee did. '' These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch. These were also the second Olympic Games to be held in spring and is to date the most recent games not to be held in its more traditional July or August summer slot. The final medal tally was led by the United States, followed by Russia and China with host Australia at fourth place overall. Several World and Olympic records were broken during the games. With little or no controversies, the games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of competition amongst nations across the world. Contents 1 Host city selection 2 Costs 3 Chronological summary of the 2000 Summer Olympics 3.1 Preliminary matches -- from 13 September 3.2 Day 1 -- 15 September 3.2. 1 Cultural display highlights 3.2. 2 Formal presentation 3.3 Day 2 -- 16 September 3.4 Day 3 -- 17 September 3.5 Day 4 -- 18 September 3.6 Day 7 -- 21 September 3.7 Day 9 -- 23 September 3.8 Day 10 -- 24 September 3.9 Day 11 -- 25 September 3.10 Day 14 -- 28 September 3.11 Day 16 -- 30 September 3.12 Day 17 -- 1 October 4 Sports 5 Calendar 6 Medal count 7 Participating National Olympic Committees 8 Venues 8.1 Sydney Olympic Park 8.2 Sydney 8.3 Outside Sydney 9 Organisation 9.1 Organisations responsible for the Olympics 9.2 Organisation of the Paralympics 9.3 Other Olympic events 9.4 Phases of the Olympic project 9.5 SOCOG organisational design 9.6 Volunteer programme 10 Marketing 10.1 The official logo 10.2 The Mascots 10.3 Sponsors 11 Medals and bouquets 12 Awards and commendations 13 Broadcast rights 14 In fiction 15 See also 16 Notes 17 External links Host city selection Main article : 2000 Summer Olympics bids Sydney won the right to host the Games on 24 September 1993, after being selected over Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul and Manchester in four rounds of voting, at the 101st IOC Session in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The Australian city of Melbourne had lost out to Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympics four years earlier. Beijing lost its bid to host the games to Sydney in 1993, but was later awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics in July 2001, and it would eventually be awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics twenty - two years later in 2015. 2000 Summer Olympics bidding results City NOC Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Sydney Australia 30 30 37 45 Beijing China 32 37 40 43 Manchester Great Britain 11 13 11 -- Berlin Germany 9 9 -- -- Istanbul Turkey 7 -- -- -- Costs The Oxford Olympics Study 2016 estimates the outturn cost of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics at USD 5 billion in 2015 - dollars and cost overrun at 90 % in real terms. This includes sports - related costs only, that is, ( i ) operational costs incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and ( ii ) direct capital costs incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host the Games. Indirect capital costs are not included, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost for Sydney 2000 compares with a cost of USD 4.6 billion for Rio 2016, USD 40 -- 44 billion for Beijing 2008 and USD 51 billion for Sochi 2014, the most expensive Olympics in history. Average cost for the Summer Games since 1960 is USD 5.2 billion, average cost overrun is 176 %. In 2000, the Auditor - General of New South Wales reported that the Sydney Games cost A $ 6.6 billion, with a net cost to the public between A $1.7 and A $2.4 billion. Many venues were constructed in the Sydney Olympic Park, which failed in the years immediately following the Olympics to meet the expected bookings to meet upkeep expenses. In the years leading up to the games, funds were shifted from education and health programs to cover Olympic expenses. It has been estimated that the economic impact of the 2000 Olympics was that A $2.1 billion has been shaved from public consumption. Economic growth was not stimulated to a net benefit and in the years after 2000, foreign tourism to NSW grew by less than tourism to Australia as a whole. A `` multiplier '' effect on broader economic development is not realised, as a simple `` multiplier '' analysis fails to capture is that resources have to be redirected from elsewhere : the building of a stadium is at the expense of other public works such as extensions to hospitals. Building sporting venues does not add to the aggregate stock of productive capital in the years following the Games : `` Equestrian centres, softball compounds and man - made rapids are not particularly useful beyond their immediate function. '' In the years after the games, infrastructure issues have been of growing concern to citizens, especially those in the western suburbs of Sydney. Proposed rail links to Sydney 's west have been estimated to cost in the same order of magnitude as the public expenditure on the games. Chronological summary of the 2000 Summer Olympics Preliminary matches -- from 13 September Although the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony was not scheduled until 15 September, the football competitions began with preliminary matches on 13 September. Among the pre-ceremony fixtures, host nation Australia lost 1 -- 0 to Italy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was the main stadium for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Day 1 -- 15 September Cultural display highlights See also : 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony at Stadium Australia, on 15 September 2000. The opening ceremony began with a tribute to the Australian pastoral heritage of the Australian stockmen and the importance of the stock horse in Australia 's heritage. It was produced and filmed by Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation and the home nation broadcaster, Channel 7. This was introduced by a lone rider, Steve Jefferys, and his rearing Australian Stock Horse Ammo. At the cracking of Jefferys ' stockwhip, a further 120 riders entered the Stadium, their stock horses performing intricate steps, including forming the five Olympic Rings, to a special Olympics version of the theme which Bruce Rowland had previously composed for the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River. The Australian National Anthem was sung, the first verse by Human Nature and the second by Julie Anthony. The ceremony continued, showing many aspects of the land and its people : - the affinity of the mainly coastal - dwelling Australians with the sea that surrounds the `` Island Continent ''. The indigenous occupation of the land, the coming of the First Fleet, the continued immigration from many nations and the rural industry on which the economy of the nation was built, including a display representing the harshness of rural life based on the paintings of Sir Sidney Nolan. Two memorable scenes were the representation of the `` Heart '' of the country by 200 Aboriginal women from Central Australia who danced up `` the mighty spirit of God to protect the Games '' and the overwhelmingly noisy representation of the construction industry by hundreds of tap - dancing teenagers. Because Bibi Salisachs ( the wife of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the IOC President ) was seriously ill and not able to accompany her husband to the Olympics, former Australian Olympic Champion swimmer and member of the Parliament of New South Wales, Dawn Fraser, accompanied Samaranch during the Australian cultural display, explaining to him some of the cultural references that are unfamiliar to non-Australians. Formal presentation A record 199 nations entered the stadium, with a record 80 of them winning at least one medal. The only missing IOC member was Afghanistan ( banned due to the extremist rule of the Taliban 's oppression of women and its prohibition of sports ). The ceremony featured a unified entrance by the athletes of North and South Korea, using a specially designed unification flag : a white background flag with a blue map of the Korean Peninsula. However, the two teams competed separately. Four athletes from East Timor also marched in the parade of nations as Individual Olympic Athletes and marched directly before the Host country. Although the country - to - be had no National Olympic Committee then, they were allowed to compete under the Olympic Flag with country code IOA. The Governor - General, Sir William Deane, opened the games. The Olympic Flag was carried around the arena by eight former Australian Olympic champions : Bill Roycroft, Murray Rose, Liane Tooth, Gillian Rolton, Marjorie Jackson, Lorraine Crapp, Michael Wenden and Nick Green. During the raising of the Olympics Flag, the Olympic Hymn was sung by the Millennium Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia in Greek. Following this, Tina Arena sang a purpose - written pop song, The Flame. The opening ceremony concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame. Former Australian Olympic champion Herb Elliott brought the Olympic Flame into the stadium. Then, celebrating 100 years of women 's participation in the Olympic Games, former Australian women Olympic medalists : Betty Cuthbert and Raelene Boyle, Dawn Fraser, Shirley Strickland ( later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty ), Shane Gould and Debbie Flintoff - King brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron within a circle of fire. The planned spectacular climax to the ceremony was delayed by the technical glitch of a computer switch which malfunctioned, causing the sequence to shut down by giving a false reading. This meant that the Olympic flame was suspended in mid-air for about four minutes, rather than immediately rising up a water - covered ramp to the top of the stadium. When the cause of the problem was discovered, the program was overridden and the cauldron continued its course, and the ceremony concluded with a spectacular fireworks display. Despite his record achievements as an Australian sprinter, Peter Norman was not invited chiefly because he had participated in an anti-racial protest during the awards ceremony for the 200m race in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. The AOC disputes that he was snubbed, stating that no other former athletes were invited and that Norman was offered the same chance to buy tickets as other former athletes were. During the Sydney Olympics, a reporter from The Washington Post found only one reference to Norman -- an image on the side of a house in Redfern ( a predominantly aboriginal area ). The house may actually have been in Newtown, where a mural of the awards event known as ' Three Proud People ' was painted in Leamington Lane facing the railway adjacent to Macdonaldtown Station ( see Newtown area graffiti and street art ). Day 2 -- 16 September Gold medallist Nancy Johnson ( centre ) of the U.S., raises her hands with silver medallist Cho - Hyun Kang ( left ), of South Korea, and bronze winner Jing Gao ( right ), of China, during the first medal ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games. The first medals of the Games were awarded in the women 's 10 metre air rifle competition, which was won by Nancy Johnson of the United States. The Triathlon made its Olympic debut with the women 's race. Set in the surroundings of the Sydney Opera House, Brigitte McMahon representing Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to the first gold medal in the sport, beating the favoured home athletes such as Michelie Jones who won silver. McMahon only passed Jones in sight of the finish line. The first star of the Games was Ian Thorpe. The 17 - year - old Australian first set a new world record in the 400 m freestyle final before competing in an exciting 4 × 100 m freestyle final. Swimming the last leg, Thorpe passed the leading Americans and arrived in a new world record time, two tenths of a second ahead of the Americans. In the same event for women, the Americans also broke the world record, finishing ahead of the Netherlands and Sweden. Samaranch had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already died. Samaranch returned to Sydney four days later. The Olympic flag was flown at half - staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch 's wife. Day 3 -- 17 September Canadian Simon Whitfield sprinted away in the last 100 metres of the men 's triathlon, becoming the inaugural winner in the event. On the cycling track, Robert Bartko beat fellow German Jens Lehmann in the individual pursuit, setting a new Olympic Record. Leontien Zijlaard - van Moorsel set a world record in the semi-finals the same event for women. In the swimming pool, American Tom Dolan beat the world record in the 400 m medley, successfully defending the title he won in Atlanta four years prior. Dutchwoman Inge de Bruijn also clocked a new world record, beating her own time in the 100 m butterfly final to win by more than a second. Day 4 -- 18 September The main event for the Australians on the fourth day of the Games was the 200 m freestyle. Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband had broken the world record in the semi-finals, taking it from the new Australian hero Ian Thorpe, who came close to the world record in his semi-final heat. As the final race finished, Van den Hoogenband 's time was exactly the same as in the semi-finals, finishing ahead of Thorpe by half a second. China won the gold medal in the men 's team all - around gymnastics competition, after being the runner - up in the previous two Olympics. The other medals were taken by Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Zijlaard - van Moorsel lived up to the expectations set by her world record in cycling in the semis by winning the gold medal. Day 7 -- 21 September Controversy erupted at the Women 's Gymnastics All - Around final, when gymnast after gymnast fell on the vault. Some gymnasts were physically injured, and all were shaken, but nothing was done to try to discover the reason most gymnasts were having severe problems. Finally, in the middle of the third round ( out of four ), it was determined that the vault horse had been set 5 cm too low -- enough of a difference to throw off the impeccable timing of many of these world - class athletes. While athletes were allowed to vault again, the remedy did not fully repair injuries and shaken confidence. This situation led directly to the elimination of Svetlana Khorkina from consideration as the top all - around gymnast. The medals were eventually all won by Romanian gymnasts, with Andreea Raducan becoming the first athlete from her country to win the title since Nadia Comaneci in 1976. Teammates Simona Amanar and Maria Olaru took silver and bronze, respectively. This result also marked the first sweep of the event since the Soviet Union 's in 1960. Day 9 -- 23 September By rowing in the winning coxless four, Steve Redgrave of Great Britain became a member of a select group who had won gold medals at five consecutive Olympics. The swimming 4 x 100 - metre medley relay of B.J. Bedford, Megan Quann ( Jendrick ), Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres became the first women 's relay under 4 - minutes, swimming 3 : 58 and setting a world record, claiming the gold medal for the United States. Day 10 -- 24 September Rulon Gardner, never a NCAA champion or a world medalist, beat Alexander Karelin of Russia to win gold in the super heavyweight class, Greco - Roman wrestling. Karelin had won gold in Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta. Before this fight he had never lost in international competition, had been unbeaten in all competitions in 13 years, and had not surrendered a point in a decade. Day 11 -- 25 September Cathy Freeman after the 400 metre final Australian Cathy Freeman won the 400 metre final in front of a jubilant Sydney crowd at the Olympic Stadium, ahead of Lorraine Graham of Jamaica and Katharine Merry of Great Britain. Freeman 's win made her the first competitor in Olympic Games history to light the Olympic Flame and then go on to win a Gold Medal. The attendance at the stadium was 112,524 -- the largest attendance for any sport in Olympic Games history. In a men 's basketball pool match between the USA and France, the USA 's Vince Carter made one of the most famous dunks in basketball history. After getting the ball off a steal, the 6'6 `` / 1.98 m Carter drove to the basket, with 7'2 '' / 2.18 m centre Frédéric Weis in his way. Carter jumped, spread his legs in midair, scraped Weis ' head on the way up, and dunked. The French media dubbed the feat le dunk de la mort ( `` the dunk of death '' ). Day 14 -- 28 September The Canadian flag at athletes ' village is lowered to half - staff as Canadian athletes pay tribute to former prime minister Pierre Trudeau after hearing of his death in Montreal ( Because of the time difference, it was 29 September in Sydney when Trudeau died ). The Canadian flag flew at half - staff for the remainder of the Olympics, on orders from both IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, as the state funeral did not take place until 3 October. Day 16 -- 30 September Cameroon won a historic gold medal over Spain in the Men 's Olympic Football Final at the Olympic Stadium. The game went to a penalty shootout, which was won by Cameroon 5 -- 3. Day 17 -- 1 October See also : 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony Olympic colours on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The last event of the games was the Men 's Marathon, contested on a course that started in North Sydney. The event was won by Ethiopian Genzhnge Abera, with Eric Wananina second and Tesefe Tola, also of Ethiopia third. It was the first time since the 1968 Olympics that an Ethiopian had won the gold medal in this event. The Closing Ceremony commenced with Christine Anu singing her version of the Warumpi Band 's song, My Island Home. She performed with several Aboriginal dancers atop the Geodome Stage in the middle of the stadium, around which several hundred umbrella and lampbox kids created an image of Aboriginal dreamtime. The Geodome Stage was used throughout the ceremony, which is a flat stage which is mechanically raised into the shape of a Geode. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared at the Closing Ceremony, `` I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever. '' Subsequent Summer Olympics held in Athens, Beijing and London have been described by Samaranch 's successor, Jacques Rogge, as `` unforgettable, dream Games '', `` truly exceptional '' and `` happy and glorious games '' respectively -- the practice of declaring games the `` best ever '' having been retired after the 2000 games. The Olympic Hymn was sung by soprano Yvonne Kenny. The ceremony also featured performing artists such as Jimmy Barnes, INXS, Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue, Slim Dusty, Christine Anu, Nikki Webster, John Paul Young, Men at Work, Melbourne - based singer Vanessa Amorosi, Tommy Emmanuel, and pop duo Savage Garden. The Games were then handed over to their modern birthplace, Athens, which succeeded Sydney as summer Olympic host city. Two Greek flags were raised ; one to honour the birthplace of the Olympics, and the other to honour Athens. The ceremony concluded with a huge fireworks display on Sydney Harbour. The fireworks display itself concluded with a very low flyover of Stadium Australia by an RAAF F - 111C which performed a dump - and - burn manoeuvre synchronised with the extinction of the Olympic Flame. This created the appearance of the flame being carried away into the sky, flying in a northeasterly direction out across Sydney Harbour and ultimately towards Athens in a symbolic handover. In honour of her gold medal win during the games, Cathy Freeman represented Oceania in carrying the Olympic flag, joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( Africa ), John Glenn ( The Americas ), Kazuyoshi Funaki ( Asia ), Lech Wałęsa ( Europe ), Jean - Michel Cousteau ( Environment ), Jean - Claude Killy ( Sport ), and Steven Spielberg ( Culture ) when it was raised again, at the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City ; the opening ceremony there took place on 8 February 2002. Sports The 2000 Summer Olympic programme featured 300 events in the following 28 sports : Aquatics Diving ( 8 ) Swimming ( 32 ) Synchronized swimming ( 2 ) Water polo ( 2 ) Archery ( 4 ) Athletics ( 46 ) Badminton ( 5 ) Baseball ( 1 ) Basketball ( 2 ) Boxing ( 12 ) Canoeing Sprint ( 12 ) Slalom ( 4 ) Cycling Road ( 4 ) Track ( 12 ) Mountain biking ( 2 ) Equestrian Dressage ( 2 ) Eventing ( 2 ) Show jumping ( 2 ) Fencing ( 10 ) Field hockey ( 2 ) Football ( 2 ) Gymnastics Artistic ( 14 ) Rhythmic ( 2 ) Trampoline ( 2 ) Handball ( 2 ) Judo ( 14 ) Modern pentathlon ( 2 ) Rowing ( 14 ) Sailing ( 11 ) Shooting ( 17 ) Softball ( 1 ) Table tennis ( 4 ) Taekwondo ( 8 ) Tennis ( 4 ) Triathlon ( 2 ) Volleyball Volleyball ( 2 ) Beach volleyball ( 2 ) Weightlifting ( 15 ) Wrestling Freestyle ( 8 ) Greco - Roman ( 8 ) Although demonstration sports were abolished following the 1992 Summer Olympics the Sydney Olympics featured wheelchair racing as exhibition events on the athletics schedule. Special quarantine conditions were introduced to allow entry of horses into Australia to participate in equestrian events, avoiding the need for such events to take place elsewhere as had happened at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Calendar All dates are in AEDST ( UTC + 11 ) ; the other two cities, Adelaide uses ACST ( UTC + 9 : 30 ) and Brisbane uses AEST ( UTC + 10 ) Opening ceremony Event competitions Event finals Closing ceremony Date September October 13th Wed 14th Thu 15th Fri 16th Sat 17th Sun 18th Mon 19th Tue 20th Wed 21st Thu 22nd Fri 23rd Sat 24th Sun 25th Mon 26th Tue 27th Wed 28th Thu 29th Fri 30th Sat 1st Sun Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Total gold medals 13 14 15 15 18 18 18 26 25 18 11 17 17 11 40 24 Ceremonies Date 13th Wed 14th Thu 15th Fri 16th Sat 17th Sun 18th Mon 19th Tue 20th Wed 21st Thu 22nd Fri 23rd Sat 24th Sun 25th Mon 26th Tue 27th Wed 28th Thu 29th Fri 30th Sat 1st Sun September October Medal count Main article : 2000 Summer Olympics medal table These are the top ten nations that won medals in the 2000 Games. The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee. Some other sources may be inconsistent due to not taking into account all later doping cases. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 37 24 33 97 Russia 32 28 28 88 China 28 16 15 59 Australia 16 25 17 58 5 Germany 13 17 26 56 6 France 13 14 11 38 7 Italy 13 8 13 34 8 Netherlands 12 9 25 9 Cuba 11 11 7 29 10 Great Britain 11 10 7 28 * Host nation ( Australia ) Participating National Olympic Committees Participating countries Number of athletes 199 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) participated in the Sydney Games, two more than in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In addition, there were four Timorese Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Eritrea, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau made their Olympic debut this year. Afghanistan was the only 1996 participant that did not participate in 2000, having been banned due to the extremist rule of the Taliban 's oppression of women and its prohibition of sports. Participating National Olympic Committees Albania ( 5 ) Algeria ( 47 ) American Samoa ( 5 ) Andorra ( 5 ) Angola ( 30 ) Antigua and Barbuda ( 3 ) Argentina ( 143 ) Armenia ( 25 ) Aruba ( 5 ) Australia ( 632 ) ( host ) Austria ( 92 ) Azerbaijan ( 29 ) Bahamas ( 25 ) Bahrain ( 4 ) Bangladesh ( 4 ) Barbados ( 18 ) Belarus ( 139 ) Belgium ( 68 ) Belize ( 2 ) Benin ( 4 ) Bermuda ( 6 ) Bhutan ( 2 ) Bolivia ( 5 ) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 9 ) Botswana ( 7 ) Brazil ( 205 ) British Virgin Islands ( 1 ) Brunei ( 1 ) Bulgaria ( 91 ) Burkina Faso ( 2 ) Burundi ( 6 ) Cambodia ( 4 ) Cameroon ( 34 ) Canada ( 294 ) Cape Verde ( 2 ) Cayman Islands ( 3 ) Central African Republic ( 3 ) Chad ( 2 ) Chile ( 50 ) China ( 271 ) Colombia ( 44 ) Comoros ( 2 ) Democratic Republic of the Congo ( 3 ) Congo ( 4 ) Cook Islands ( 3 ) Costa Rica ( 7 ) Croatia ( 88 ) Cuba ( 229 ) Cyprus ( 22 ) Czech Republic ( 119 ) Denmark ( 97 ) Djibouti ( 2 ) Dominica ( 4 ) Dominican Republic ( 13 ) Ecuador ( 10 ) Egypt ( 89 ) El Salvador ( 8 ) Equatorial Guinea ( 4 ) Eritrea ( 3 ) Estonia ( 33 ) Ethiopia ( 26 ) Fiji ( 7 ) Finland ( 70 ) France ( 336 ) Gabon ( 5 ) The Gambia ( 2 ) Georgia ( 36 ) Germany ( 422 ) Ghana ( 22 ) Great Britain ( 332 ) Greece ( 140 ) Grenada ( 3 ) Guam ( 7 ) Guatemala ( 15 ) Guinea ( 6 ) Guinea - Bissau ( 3 ) Guyana ( 4 ) Haiti ( 5 ) Honduras ( 20 ) Hong Kong ( 31 ) Hungary ( 178 ) Iceland ( 18 ) India ( 65 ) Indonesia ( 47 ) Iran ( 35 ) Iraq ( 4 ) Ireland ( 64 ) Israel ( 39 ) Italy ( 361 ) Ivory Coast ( 14 ) Jamaica ( 48 ) Japan ( 266 ) Jordan ( 8 ) Kazakhstan ( 130 ) Kenya ( 56 ) North Korea ( 31 ) South Korea ( 281 ) Kuwait ( 29 ) Kyrgyzstan ( 18 ) Laos ( 3 ) Latvia ( 45 ) Lebanon ( 6 ) Lesotho ( 6 ) Liberia ( 8 ) Libya ( 3 ) Liechtenstein ( 2 ) Lithuania ( 61 ) Luxembourg ( 7 ) Macedonia ( 8 ) Madagascar ( 11 ) Malawi ( 2 ) Malaysia ( 40 ) Maldives ( 4 ) Mali ( 5 ) Malta ( 7 ) Mauritania ( 2 ) Mauritius ( 20 ) Mexico ( 78 ) Federated States of Micronesia ( 5 ) Moldova ( 34 ) Monaco ( 4 ) Mongolia ( 20 ) Morocco ( 55 ) Mozambique ( 5 ) Myanmar ( 7 ) Namibia ( 12 ) Nauru ( 2 ) Nepal ( 5 ) Netherlands ( 243 ) Netherlands Antilles ( 7 ) New Zealand ( 151 ) Nicaragua ( 6 ) Niger ( 4 ) Nigeria ( 83 ) Norway ( 95 ) Oman ( 6 ) Pakistan ( 26 ) Palau ( 5 ) Palestine ( 2 ) Panama ( 6 ) Papua New Guinea ( 5 ) Paraguay ( 5 ) Peru ( 21 ) Philippines ( 21 ) Poland ( 187 ) Portugal ( 62 ) Puerto Rico ( 29 ) Qatar ( 17 ) Romania ( 145 ) Russia ( 435 ) Rwanda ( 5 ) Saint Kitts and Nevis ( 2 ) Saint Lucia ( 5 ) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ( 4 ) Samoa ( 5 ) San Marino ( 4 ) São Tomé and Príncipe ( 2 ) Saudi Arabia ( 77 ) Senegal ( 26 ) Seychelles ( 9 ) Sierra Leone ( 3 ) Singapore ( 14 ) Slovakia ( 114 ) Slovenia ( 74 ) Solomon Islands ( 2 ) Somalia ( 2 ) South Africa ( 127 ) Spain ( 326 ) Sri Lanka ( 18 ) Sudan ( 3 ) Suriname ( 4 ) Swaziland ( 6 ) Sweden ( 149 ) Switzerland ( 105 ) Syria ( 8 ) Chinese Taipei ( 74 ) Tajikistan ( 4 ) Tanzania ( 4 ) Thailand ( 52 ) Independent Olympic Athletes ( 4 ) Togo ( 3 ) Tonga ( 3 ) Trinidad and Tobago ( 19 ) Tunisia ( 47 ) Turkey ( 57 ) Turkmenistan ( 8 ) Uganda ( 13 ) Ukraine ( 230 ) United Arab Emirates ( 4 ) United States ( 586 ) Uruguay ( 14 ) Uzbekistan ( 70 ) Vanuatu ( 3 ) Venezuela ( 50 ) Vietnam ( 7 ) Virgin Islands ( 9 ) Yemen ( 2 ) Yugoslavia ( 111 ) Zambia ( 8 ) Zimbabwe ( 16 ) Venues Main article : 2000 Summer Olympics venues Sydney Olympic Park Main article : Sydney Olympic Park Olympic Stadium Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre State Hockey Centre Olympic Stadium : Ceremonies ( opening / closing ), Athletics, Football ( final ) Sydney International Aquatic Centre : Diving, Modern Pentathlon ( swimming ) Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo ( medal events ) State Sports Centre : Table Tennis, Taekwondo NSW Tennis Centre : Tennis State Hockey Centre : Field Hockey The Dome and Exhibition Complex : Badminton, Basketball, Gymnastics ( rhythmic ), Handball ( final ), Modern Pentathlon ( fencing, shooting ), Volleyball ( indoor ) Sydney SuperDome : Gymnastics ( artistic, trampoline ), Basketball ( final ) Sydney Baseball Stadium : Baseball, Modern Pentathlon ( riding, running ) Sydney International Archery Park : Archery Sydney Dunc Gray Velodrome Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre : Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Weightlifting, Wrestling Sydney Entertainment Centre : Volleyball ( indoor final ) Dunc Gray Velodrome : Cycling ( track ) Sydney International Shooting Centre : Shooting Sydney International Equestrian Centre : Equestrian Sydney International Regatta Centre : Rowing, Canoeing ( sprint ) Blacktown Olympic Centre : Baseball, Softball Western Sydney Parklands : Cycling ( mountain biking ) Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre : Water Polo Penrith Whitewater Stadium : Canoeing ( slalom ) Bondi Beach : Volleyball ( beach ) Sydney Football Stadium : Football Olympic Sailing Shore Base : Sailing Centennial Parklands : Cycling ( road ) Marathon course : Athletics ( marathon ) North Sydney : Athletics ( marathon start ) Sydney Opera House : Triathlon Outside Sydney Canberra Stadium, Canberra : Football Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide : Football Melbourne Cricket Ground : Football The Gabba ( Brisbane Cricket Ground ), Brisbane : Football Organisation SOCOG organisational structure circa 1998 -- five groups and 33 divisions reporting to the CEO are organised primarily along functional lines with only a limited number of divisions ( e.g. Interstate Football and Villages ) anticipating a venue focussed design. SOCOG organisational structure circa 1999 -- functional divisions and precinct / venue streams are organised in a matrix structure linked to the Main Operations Centre ( MOC ). Some functions such as Project Management ( in the Games Coordination group ) continue to exist largely outside this matrix structure. Organisations responsible for the Olympics A number of quasi-government bodies were responsible for the construction, organisation and execution of the Sydney Games. These included : the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ( SOCOG ), primarily responsible for the staging of the Games Olympic Coordination Authority ( OCA ), primarily responsible for construction and oversight Olympic Roads & Transport Authority ( ORTA ) Olympic Security Command Centre ( OSCC ) Olympic Intelligence Centre ( OIC ) JTF Gold the Australian Defence Force Joint Taskforce Gold Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation ( nominally part of SOCOG ) IBM, provider of technology and the Technical Command Centre Telstra, provider of telecommunications Great Big Events, event management and marketing These organisations worked closely together and with other bodies such as : the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) the Australian Olympic Committee ( AOC ) the other 197 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) the 33 International Sports Federations ( IFs ) all three levels of Australian government ( federal, state and local ) dozens of official sponsor and hundreds of official supplier companies These bodies are often collectively referred to as the `` Olympic Family ''. Organisation of the Paralympics Organisation of the 2000 Summer Paralympics was the responsibility of SPOC the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee. However much of the planning and operation of the Paralympic Games was outsourced to SOCOG such that most operational programmes planned both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Other Olympic events Organisation of the Games included not only the actual sporting events but also the management ( and sometimes construction ) of the sporting venues and surrounding precincts, the organisation of the Sydney Olympic Arts Festival and Olympic torch relay. The relay began in Greece and travelled to Australia via numerous Oceania island nations. Phases of the Olympic project The staging of the Olympics were treated as a project on a vast scale, with the project broken into several broad phases : 1993 to 1996 -- positioning 1997 -- going operational 1998 -- procurement / venuisation 1999 -- testing / refinement 2000 -- implementation 2001 -- post implementation and wind - down SOCOG organisational design The internal organisation of SOCOG evolved over the phases of the project and changed, sometimes radically, several times. In late 1998 the design was principally functional. The top two tiers below the CEO Sandy Hollway consisted of five groups ( managed by Group General Managers and the Deputy CEO ) and twenty divisions ( managed by divisional General Managers ), which in turn were further broken up into programmes and sub-programmes or projects. In 1999 functional areas ( FAs ) broke up into geographic precinct and venue teams ( managed by Precinct Managers and Venue Managers ) with functional area staff reporting to both the FA manager and the venue manager. Ie, SOCOG moved to a matrix structure. The Interstate Football division extant in 1998 was the first of these geographically based venue teams. Volunteer programme The origins of the volunteer programme for Sydney 2000 dates back to the bid, as early as 1992. On 17 December 1992, a group of Sydney citizens, interested in the prospect of hosting the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, gathered for a meeting at Sports House, at Wentworth Park in Sydney. In the period leading up to 1999, after Sydney had won the bid, the small group of volunteers grew from approximately 42 to around 500. These volunteers became known as Pioneer Volunteers. The Pioneer Volunteer programme was managed internally by SOCOG 's Volunteer Services Department in consultation with prominent peak groups like The Centre for Volunteering ( Volunteering and TAFE. Some of the Pioneer Volunteers still meet every four months, an unseen legacy of the games which brought together a community spirit not seen before. During the Olympic games tens of thousands of volunteers, the official figure was placed at 46,967, helped everywhere at the Olympic venues and elsewhere in the city. They were honoured with a parade like the athletes had a few days before. Marketing The official logo The bid logo, designed by architect and designer Michael Bryce, featured a colourful, stylised image of the Sydney Opera House. The official logo -- also referred to as the `` Millennium Man '' -- took the image of the bid logo and combined it with a stylised image of a runner to form a torchbearer in motion ; formed by two small yellow boomerangs for arms and a larger red boomerang for legs. The Olympic torch is represented through a blue smoke trail, which draws the iconic peaks of the Sydney Opera House. The design process of the official logo, as well as all other aspects of the Olympic Games ' visual design identity, was awarded to Melbourne design studio FHA Image Design. The Sydney Olympics brand identity project officially commenced in 1993. The mascots Main article : Olly, Syd and Millie The official mascots chosen for the 2000 Summer Olympics were Syd the platypus, Millie the echidna, and Olly the kookaburra and were designed by Matthew Hattan and Jozef Szekeres and named by Philip Sheldon of agency Weekes Morris Osborn in response to the original SOCOG recommendation of Murray, Margery and Dawn after famous Australian athletes. There was also an unofficial mascot, Fatso the Fat - Arsed Wombat, which was popularised by comedy team Roy Slaven and HG Nelson on the TV series The Dream with Roy and HG. Roy and HG also frequently disparaged the official mascots on their television program. Sponsors Sponsors of the 2000 Summer Olympics Worldwide Olympic Partners Atos Origin The Coca - Cola Company John Hancock Kodak Sports Illustrated McDonald 's Swatch Panasonic Samsung Electronics Visa Inc. Xerox IBM Australia Partners AMP Westpac Telstra BHP Westfield Ansett Australia Energy Australia Swatch News Limited Fairfax Holden Seven Network Pacific Dunlop Supporters Adecco Carlton United 2ue Traveland Bonlac Royal Mint Perth Mint Bonds Tyco International Tafe Goodman Fielder Boral Shell Olex Cables Robert Timms Sleepmaker Nike ClubsNSW Providers Lindemans Wines Clipsal Woolcott Research Rogen Saunders Design Cleanevent Pacific Waste Management Waste Services NSW Speedo New South Wales Department of Information Technology and Management Generale Location Great White Shark Enterprises Visy Ramler Furniture Mistral Linfox Deutsche Bahn ( DB Schenker ) Val Morgan Buspak Avis Diamond Press Showpower Berkley Challenge Housekeeping Services Frazer - Nash Woolmark Harley - Davidson George Weston Foods Cadbury Crown Lift Trucks Sonic Healthcare Garret Metal Detectors Citysearch.com.au Looksmart General Electric Hamiltons Laboratories Lifeminders.com Salomon Smith Barney Medals and bouquets The bronze medals for the 2000 Olympics were created from melted down Australian 1 cent and 2 cent coins -- which had been removed from circulation from 1992 onward. The bouquets handed to medal recipients incorporated foliage from the Grevillea baileyana, also known as the white oak. Awards and commendations The International Olympic Committee awarded Sydney and its inhabitants with the `` Pierre de Coubertin Trophy '' in recognition of the collaboration and happiness shown by the people of Sydney during the event to all the athletes and visitors around the world. The New South Wales Police Force was granted use of the Olympic Rings in the New South Wales Police Force Olympic Commendation and the New South Wales Police Force Olympic Citation for having staged the `` safest '' games ever. Broadcast rights Argentina : Azul TV, TyC Sports, TyC Max, Multideporte 74, Multicanal and Buenos Aires Cable ( BAC ) Australia : Seven Network, C7 Austria : ORF Belgium : VRT and RTBF Brazil : Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, SporTV and ESPN Brasil Brunei : RTB and Astro Canada : CBC Radio - Canada Chile : TVN, Canal 13 China : CCTV Colombia : RCN Televisión and Channel 11 Croatia : HRT Ecuador : SíTV Europe : Eurosport France : TF1 and FTV FR Yugoslavia : RTS, RTCG Germany : ARD and ZDF Greece : ERT Hong Kong : ATV and TVB Hungary : Magyar Televízió India : Doordarshan Indonesia : RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANTeve, Indosiar and MetroTV ( test of transmission ) Ireland : RTÉ Italy : RAI Japan : NHK Latin America : TNT, ESPN, Fox Sports and PSN Lithuania : LRT Macau : TDM Macedonia : MKRTV Malaysia : RTM, STMB, Mega TV and Philips ASTRO Mexico : Televisa Netherlands : NPO New Zealand : TVNZ Norway : NRK Paraguay : El 13, Tigo Sports, Tigo Max, Multideportes 67, Multicanal and Consorcio Multipunto Multicanal ( CMM ) Perú : Panamericana Televisión, CMD and CMD 2 Philippines : PTV 4 and SkyCable Poland : TVP Romania : TVR Russia : Public Russian Television, VGTRK Olympiade Singapore : TCS SportsCity South Korea : KBS, MBC and SBS Spain : TVE Sri Lanka : Rupavahini ( SLRC ) Sweden : SVT Switzerland : SRG SSR idee suisse Taiwan : TTV, CTV and CTS Thailand : National Sports Turkey : TRT United Kingdom : BBC United States : NBC Uruguay : Canal 10, VTV Sports and TCC Cable Television Venezuela : Venevision In fiction In Tom Clancy 's thriller Rainbow Six, the 2000 Olympic Games are the setting of a plot by eco-terrorists, who plan to use the games in order to spread a terrible new plague throughout the world. In Morris Gleitzman 's children 's book Toad Rage, a cane toad travels to Sydney in a bid to become the Olympic mascot. See also Olympics portal 2000 Summer Paralympics Olympic Games celebrated in Australia 1956 Summer Olympics -- Melbourne 2000 Summer Olympics -- Sydney Summer Olympic Games Olympic Games International Olympic Committee List of IOC country codes The Games of the XXVII Olympiad 2000 : Music from the Opening Ceremony Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi John Coates Use of performance - enhancing drugs in the Olympic Games -- Sydney 2000 Notes ^ `` The Olympic Summer Games Factsheet '' ( PDF ). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2012. ^ How the media viewed the Sydney Olympics. Cool Running. Retrieved on 19 April 2015. ^ Mossop, James ( 1 October 2000 ). `` Sydney has set the highest standards for future hosts ''. The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 26 October 2013. ^ `` Sydney 2000 the Olympic Games benchmark, Sebastian Coe says ''. The Australian. 25 July 2012. ^ IOC Vote History ^ GamesBids.com Past Olympic Host Cities List ^ Flyvbjerg, Bent ; Stewart, Allison ; Budzier, Alexander ( 2016 ). The Oxford Olympics Study 2016 : Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games. Oxford : Saïd Business School Working Papers ( Oxford : University of Oxford ). pp. 9, 13. SSRN 2804554. ^ `` Sydney 2000 -- Auditor Slams Costs ''. liebreich.com. 23 April 2003. Archived from the original on 7 February 2005. ^ `` Cost of the Olympic and Paralympic Games '' ( PDF ). pp. 10 -- 11. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 20 June 2005. Olympic Co-ordination Authority... OCA 's current report on the actual result... Total net impact in A $ $ million :... 1,326.1 ^ Poynter, Gavin ; MacRury, Iain ( 6 October 2009 ). Olympic Cities : 2012 and the Remaking of London. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 137 --. ISBN 9780754671008. Retrieved 21 February 2013. ^ Findling, John E. ; Pelle, Kimberly D. ( 2004 ). Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 252 --. ISBN 9780313322785. Retrieved 21 February 2013. ^ Saulwick, Jacob ( 12 April 2008 ). `` No medals for economic benefits of the Games ''. Business Day. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008. The article is based largely on a recent study by James Giesecke and John Madden from the Centre of Policy Studies at Monash University. ^ Commentary on the official DVD of the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics ^ ( 1 ) Afghanistan - Analysts. Retrieved on 19 April 2015. ^ 11 Olympic Theme Songs, Dissected. Time ( 26 July 2012 ). Retrieved 3 May 2014. ^ Information given by Ric Birch, Director of Ceremonies, during an interview at the end of the official DVD of the 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony ^ Hurst, Mike ( 7 October 2006 ). `` Peter Norman 's Olympic statement ''. The Courier - Mail. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009. ^ Whiteman, Hilary ( 21 August 2012 ). `` Apology urged for Australian Olympian in 1968 black power protest ''. CNN. Retrieved 2 September 2015. ^ Martin Flanagan. Tell your Kids About Peter Norman. The Age. 10 October 2006. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/tell-your-kids-about-peter-norman/2006/10/09/1160246071527.html accessed 27 January 2011 ^ Joesephine Tovey. Last stand for Newtown 's ' three proud people '. 27 July 2010, Sydney Morning Herald ^ `` Patrick Mboma ''. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2010. ^ Longman, Jere ( 2 October 2000 ). `` Sydney 2000 : Closing Ceremony ; A fond farewell from Australia ''. New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2010. ^ `` Reflections on the Olympic Wheelchair Racing Exhibition Races ''. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009. ^ `` Strict quarantine conditions for overseas horses competing in the Sydney 2000 Games ''. Department of Agriculture. 26 November 1999. 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Retrieved 10 October 2008. ^ `` Other Olympic and Paralympic Products '' -- on page 17 ( just before page 18 ) of the Gold Corporation -- 2001 Annual Report -- Publication by the Parliament of Western Australia ^ Australians add local color to medals for Olympic Games -- Publication date : 28 August 2000 ^ Olde, Peter ( 2000 ). `` The Olympic Bouquets '' ( PDF ). Grevillea Study Group Newsletter. Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants ( 57 ) : 8. ISSN 0725 - 8755. Retrieved 14 November 2011. ^ `` Olympic History ''. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009. ^ John Dugdale ( 3 October 2013 ). `` Tom Clancy : The top five novels ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2018. ^ `` Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown By Paula Danziger ''. Chicago Tribune. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2018. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2000 Summer Olympics. `` Sydney 2000 ''. Olympic.org. 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Question: sydney won the right to host the 2000 olympics after defeating which city by just two votes
Answer: Beijing