# Tunisia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tunisia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 47 competitors, 40 men and 7 women, took part in 34 events in 10 sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Boxing | 5 | – | 5 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Handball | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Judo | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 4 | – | 4 |
| Total | 40 | 7 | 47 |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Soufiene Labidi | 400 metres | 45.84 | 3 Q | 46.01 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohamed Habib Belhadj | 800 metres | 01:49.14 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lotfi Turki | 3000 metres steeplechase | 08:34.84 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tahar Mansouri | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:20:33 | 38 |
| Hatem Ghoula | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:28:16 | 36 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Maher Ridane | Javelin throw | 70.35 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Awatef Ben Hassine | 400 metres | 54.50 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fatma Lanouar | 1500 metres | 04:11.87 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Monia Kari | Discus throw | 56.32 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Moez Zemzeni | Bantamweight | Rigondeaux (CUB) L KO | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Naoufel Ben Rabah | Lightweight | Jackson (USA) L 7-19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sami Khelifi | Light-welterweight | Leonov (RUS) L 9-14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kamel Chater | Welterweight | BYE | Khairov (AZE) L 8-13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohamed Marmouri | Light middleweight | Osumanu (GHA) W RSC | Sierra (CUB) L RSC | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Fencing

One male fencer represented Tunisia in 2000.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Maher Ben Aziza | Individual foil | Mocek (POL) L 2-15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 39 |

## Handball
### Preliminary round

* Ali Madi
* Anouar Ayed
* Dhaker Seboui
* Haikel Meguennem
* Issam Tej
* Makrem Jerou
* Mohamed Madi
* Mohamed Messaoudi
* Mohamed Riadh Sanaa
* Oualid Ben Amor
* Ouissem Bousnina
* Ouissem Hmam
* Slim Zehani
* Sobhi Sioud

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 121 | +34 | 10 |
| France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 104 | +16 | 7 |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 126 | +18 | 6 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 127 | +10 | 5 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 111 | 117 | –6 | 2 |
| Australia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 106 | 178 | –72 | 0 |

### 9th / 10th place
## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Makrem Ayed | −60 kg | BYE | Adrian Robertson (AUS) W 1000–0000 | Marek Matuszek (SVK) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 28 |
| Anis Lounifi | −66 kg | — | Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 21 |
| Hassen Moussa | −73 kg | BYE | Martin Schmidt (GER) W 0001–0000 | Giuseppe Maddaloni (ITA) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | Travolta Paparino Waterhouse (SAM) W 1000–0000 | Vsevolods Zeļonijs (LAT) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |
| Abdessalem Arous | 81 kg | BYE | Graeme Randall (GBR) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 18 |
| Iskander Hachicha | 90 kg | BYE | Sergey Shakimov (KAZ) W 1000-0000 | Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 29 |
| Sadok Khalgui | 100 kg | BYE | Daniel Rusitovic (AUS) W 0010-0000 | Luigi Guido (ITA) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | Armen Bagdasarov (UZB) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hayet Rouini | −48 kg | — | Ann Simons (BEL) L 0000-0010 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 23 |
| Saida Dhahri | −63 kg | — | BYE | Anja von Rekowski (GER) L 0000-0010 | did not advance | did not advance | BYE | Karen Roberts (GBR) W 1000-0000 | Jung Sung-sook (KOR) L 0000-0010 | did not advance | 7 |
| Nesria Traki | −70 kg | — | Qin Dongya (CHN) W 0010-0000 | Edith Bosch (NED) L 0000-0001 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 20 |

## Rowing

Tunisian rowers qualified the following boats:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Riadh Ben Khedher | Single sculls | 7:59.75 | 6 R | 7:53.05 | 5 SC/D | 7:47.86 | 6 FD | 7:54.45 | 23 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ibtissem Trimèche | Single sculls | 8:32.05 | 5 R | 8:28.43 | 4 SC/D | 8:30.60 | 3 FD | 8:30.60 | 24 |
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

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Oussama Mellouli | 400 m individual medley | 04:41.97 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group round | Group round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Gdara Hamam | Women's singles | Group N Chang Yen-shu (TPE) L 0 – 3 Ding Yi (AUT) L 0 – 3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Youssef Sbai | −69 kg | 142.5 | 12 | 177.5 | 10 | 320.0 | 10 |

## Wrestling
### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohamed Barguaoui | 58 kg | Yıldız (GER) L 0-4 | Borăscu (ROU) L 0-7 | Nikonorov (RUS) L 0-11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 20 |
| Amor Bach Hamba | 85 kg | Vitt (UZB) L 1-4 | Aanes (NOR) L 0-12 | Tsitsiashvili (ISR) L 1-11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 16 |
| Hassene Fkiri | 97 kg | Saldadze (UKR) L 0-9 | Lishtvan (BLR) L 0-10 | Ežerskis (LTU) L 3-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
| Omrane Ayari | 130 kg | Rulon Gardner (USA) L 2-7 | Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) L 0-4 | Haykaz Galstyan (ARM) L 2-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |