Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Content: Men Women Australia was very successful in the swimming venue at the 2000 Olympics. They won 5 Gold, 9 Silver, and 4 Bronze medals. The biggest rivalry, both in the press and in the pool, was between the United States and Australia relay teams. In the 4 × 100 m relay, the Americans had won the event every time it had been contested. Australia was able to edge out the Americans by .19 seconds to win the gold medal. The Australians also set three world records. The 2000 Olympics also saw the emergence of Ian Thorpe as an Olympic champion in the Men's 400 m Freestyle.  
Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Content:  which was held in Sydney. Australia competed in the games between 18 and 29 October. The team consisted of 285 athletes in 18 sports with 148 officials. It was the country's largest ever Paralympic delegation to a Games. Australia has participated at every Summer Paralympic Games since its inception. Australia finished at the top of the medal tally with 63 gold, 39 silver and 47 bronze medals to total 149 medals for the games. This was the first time and the only time to date that Australia has finished on top of either an Olympic or Paralympic medal tally. The most successful sports were athletics, cycling, equestrian, swimming and wheelchair tennis. Notable Australian performances were:
Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Content:  9 &mdash; 1 ; Race 10 &mdash; 6 ; Race 11 &mdash; (17) ; Race 12 &mdash; 10 ; Race 13 &mdash; 8 ; Race 14 &mdash; 5 ; Race 15 &mdash; 9 ; Race 16 &mdash; 7 ; Final &mdash; 86 (6th place) Australia competed in all of the sailing events at the 2000 Olympics. They won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze.  Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470) Men's Laser Men's Tornado Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star) Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling) Women's Mistral Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe) Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470) Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Content: Team Individual events  
Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Content:  Australia represented in cycling by: Coaches – Kevin McIntosh (Head), Darryl Benson, Radek Valenta Officials – Elsa Lepore (Manager), John Beer, Rebecca Tweedy Australia won 10 gold, 3 silver and 8 bronze medals and finished the number one country overall.
Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Content:  1 ; Race 2 &mdash; (11) ; Race 3 &mdash; (18) ; Race 4 &mdash; 5 ; Race 5 &mdash; 8 ; Race 6 &mdash; 7 ; Race 7 &mdash; 1 ; Race 8 &mdash; 6 ; Race 9 &mdash; 3 ; Race 10 &mdash; 1 ; Race 11 &mdash; 1 ; Final &mdash; 33 (Gold medal) Chris Nicholson and Daniel Phillips ; Race 1 &mdash; 11 ; Race 2 &mdash; 11 ; Race 3 &mdash; 1 ; Race 4 &mdash; (14) ; Race 5 &mdash; 1 ; Race 6 &mdash; 1 ; Race 7 &mdash; 12 ; Race 8 &mdash; 3 ; 
Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Content:   Australia represented in swimming by: Coaches – Matthew Brown (Head), Greg Rochowcyzk, John Ornsby, Wanda Smales, Brendan Keogh, Frank Hohmann, Trent Patten, Dick Orbell Officials – Michael Scott (Manager), Linda Garsden, John Stamoulos, Michael Martin, Jenny Lambert Australia had its largest ever swimming team and it won 14 gold, 15 silver and 21 bronze medals. It finished fifth on the gold medal tally and second on the overall medal tally. During the competition, Australian swimmers set 42 Australian records, 14 Paralympic records and 7 world records.
Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Content:  Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 628 competitors, 341 men and 276 women, took part in 270 events in 34 sports.
Title: History of sport in Australia
Content:  In 2000, Sydney hosted the Summer Olympic Games at a cost of $6.6 billion. Australia finished fourth on the medal tally with 58 medals, 26 of them gold. In a moment of national pride, Cathy Freeman won the 400-metre final at the games. Freeman's success at the 2000 Summer Olympics made her an unofficial spokesperson for Aboriginal sport in the country. Also at the Olympics, Ian Thorpe won three gold in the 400 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle, and two silver medals in the 200m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley. In 2000, Australia won the Rugby League World Cup for the sixth successive time. In 2002, the Australian government again intervened in sport when Senator 
Title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Content: Men 

Question: how many gold medals did australia win in the 2000 olympics?
Answer: 16.