Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics - wikipedia Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics Jump to : navigation , search Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics IOC code AUS NOC Australian Olympic Committee Website www.olympics.com.au in Sydney Competitors 628 ( 341 men , 276 women ) in 34 sports Flag bearer Andrew Gaze ( opening ) Ian Thorpe ( closing ) Medals Ranked 4th Gold Silver Bronze Total 16 25 17 58 Summer Olympics appearances ( overview ) 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Other related appearances 1906 Intercalated Games Australasia ( 1908 -- 1912 ) 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 . Contents ( hide ) 1 Medalists 2 Archery 3 Athletics 4 Badminton 5 Baseball 5.1 Men 's Team Competition 6 Basketball 6.1 Men 's team competition 6.2 Women 's team competition 7 Beach volleyball 8 Boxing 9 Canoeing 9.1 Flatwater 9.1. 1 Men 's Competition 9.1. 2 Women 's Competition 9.2 Slalom 9.2. 1 Men 's Competition 9.2. 2 Women 's Competition 10 Cycling 10.1 Cross Country Mountain Bike 10.2 Road Cycling 10.3 Track Cycling 11 Diving 12 Equestrian 13 Fencing 14 Football 14.1 Men 's tournament 14.2 Women 's Team Competition 15 Gymnastics 16 Handball 16.1 Men 's Team Competition 16.2 Women 's Team Competition 17 Field hockey 17.1 Men 's team competition 17.2 Women 's team competition 18 Judo 19 Modern pentathlon 20 Rhythmic gymnastics 21 Rowing 22 Sailing 23 Shooting 24 Softball 24.1 Women 's Team Competition 25 Swimming 26 Synchronized swimming 27 Table tennis 28 Taekwondo 29 Tennis 30 Trampolining 31 Triathlon 32 Volleyball 32.1 Men 's Team Competition 32.2 Women 's Team Competition 33 Water polo 33.1 Men 's Team Competition 33.2 Women 's Team Competition 34 Weightlifting 35 Wrestling 36 See also 37 Notes 38 References Medalists ( edit ) Further information : 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners Medal Name Sport Event Date 01 ! Gold Fairweather , Simon Simon Fairweather Archery Men 's individual 000000002017 - 09 - 20 - 0000 September 20 01 ! Gold Freeman , Cathy Cathy Freeman Athletics Women 's 400 m 000000002017 - 09 - 25 - 0000 September 25 01 ! Gold Aitken , Brett Brett Aitken , Scott McGrory Cycling Men 's Madison 000000002017 - 09 - 21 - 0000 September 21 01 ! Gold Dutton , Phillip Phillip Dutton , Andrew Hoy , Matthew Ryan , Stuart Tinney Equestrian Eventing Team 000000002017 - 09 - 19 - 0000 September 19 01 ! Gold women 's national field hockey team , Australia Australia women 's national field hockey team Kate Allen Rachel Imison Lisa Powell Alyson Annan Clover Maitland Angie Skirving Renita Farrell Claire Mitchell - Taverner Kate Starre Juliet Haslam Jenny Morris Julie Towers Rechelle Hawkes Alison Peek Nikki Hudson Katrina Powell Field hockey Women 's competition 000000002017 - 09 - 29 - 0000 September 29 01 ! Gold Diamond , Michael Michael Diamond Shooting Men 's trap 000000002017 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17 01 ! Gold King , Tom Tom King , Mark Turnbull Sailing Men 's 470 000000002017 - 09 - 28 - 0000 September 28 01 ! Gold Armstrong , Jenny Jenny Armstrong , Belinda Stowell Sailing Women 's 470 000000002017 - 09 - 28 - 0000 September 28 01 ! Gold Thorpe , Ian Ian Thorpe Swimming Men 's 400 m freestyle 000000002017 - 09 - 16 - 0000 September 16 01 ! Gold Hackett , Grant Grant Hackett Swimming Men 's 1500 m freestyle 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 01 ! Gold Hackett , Grant Grant Hackett , Bill Kirby , Michael Klim , Daniel Kowalski , Todd Pearson , Ian Thorpe Swimming Men 's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 000000002017 - 09 - 19 - 0000 September 19 01 ! Gold Pine , Adam Adam Pine , Todd Pearson , Michael Klim , Ashley Callus , Chris Fydler , Ian Thorpe Swimming Men 's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 000000002017 - 09 - 16 - 0000 September 16 01 ! Gold O'Neill , Susie Susie O'Neill Swimming Women 's 200 m freestyle 000000002017 - 09 - 18 - 0000 September 18 01 ! Gold Burns , Lauren Lauren Burns Taekwondo Women 's 49 kg 000000002017 - 09 - 27 - 0000 September 27 01 ! Gold Cook , Natalie Natalie Cook , Kerri Pottharst Volleyball Women 's beach volleyball 000000002017 - 09 - 26 - 0000 September 26 01 ! Gold women 's national water polo team , Australia Australia women 's national water polo team Naomi Castle Kate Hooper Liz Weekes Joanne Fox Bronwyn Mayer Danielle Woodhouse Bridgette Gusterson Gail Miller Taryn Woods Simone Hankin Melissa Mills Yvette Higgins Debbie Watson Water polo Women 's competition 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 02 ! Silver Taurima , Jai Jai Taurima Athletics Men 's long jump 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 02 ! Silver Grigorieva , Tatiana Tatiana Grigorieva Athletics Women 's pole vault 000000002017 - 09 - 29 - 0000 September 29 02 ! Silver women 's national basketball team , Australia Australia women 's national basketball team Carla Boyd Lauren Jackson Michelle Brogan Annie La Fleur Sandy Brondello Shelley Sandie Trisha Fallon Rachael Sporn Kristi Harrower Michele Timms Jo Hill Jenny Whittle Basketball Women 's competition 000000002017 - 09 - 30 - 0000 September 30 02 ! Silver Collins , Daniel Daniel Collins , Andrew Trim Canoeing Men 's K - 2 500 m 000000002017 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 1 02 ! Silver Neiwand , Gary Gary Neiwand Cycling Men 's Keirin 000000002017 - 09 - 21 - 0000 September 21 02 ! Silver Ferris , Michelle Michelle Ferris Cycling Women 's track time trial 000000002017 - 09 - 16 - 0000 September 16 02 ! Silver Hoy , Andrew Andrew Hoy Equestrian Eventing Individual 000000002017 - 09 - 22 - 0000 September 22 02 ! Silver Wallace , Ji Ji Wallace Gymnastics Men 's trampoline 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 02 ! Silver Burke , Daniel Daniel Burke , Jaime Fernandez , Alastair Gordon , Brett Hayman , Robert Jahrling , Mike McKay , Nick Porzig , Christian Ryan , Stuart Welch Rowing Men 's eight 000000002017 - 09 - 24 - 0000 September 24 02 ! Silver Balmforth , Darren Darren Balmforth , Simon Burgess , Anthony Edwards , Robert Richards Rowing Men 's lightweight coxless four 000000002017 - 09 - 24 - 0000 September 24 02 ! Silver Slatter , Kate Kate Slatter , Rachael Taylor Rowing Women 's coxless pair 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 02 ! Silver Bundock , Darren Darren Bundock , John Forbes Sailing Tornado 000000002017 - 09 - 24 - 0000 September 24 02 ! Silver Mark , Russell Russell Mark Shooting Men 's double trap 000000002017 - 09 - 20 - 0000 September 20 02 ! Silver Thorpe , Ian Ian Thorpe Swimming Men 's 200 m freestyle 000000002017 - 09 - 18 - 0000 September 18 02 ! Silver Perkins , Kieren Kieren Perkins Swimming Men 's 1500 m freestyle 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 02 ! Silver Welsh , Matt Matt Welsh Swimming Men 's 100 m backstroke 000000002017 - 09 - 18 - 0000 September 18 02 ! Silver Klim , Michael Michael Klim Swimming Men 's 100 m butterfly 000000002017 - 09 - 21 - 0000 September 21 02 ! Silver Harrison , Regan Regan Harrison , Geoff Huegill , Michael Klim , Ryan Mitchell , Adam Pine , Ian Thorpe , Josh Watson , Matt Welsh Swimming Men 's 4 × 100 m medley relay 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 02 ! Silver Jones , Leisel Leisel Jones Swimming Women 's 100 m breaststroke 000000002017 - 09 - 18 - 0000 September 18 02 ! Silver O'Neill , Susie Susie O'Neill Swimming Women 's 200 m butterfly 000000002017 - 09 - 19 - 0000 September 19 02 ! Silver Graham , Elka Elka Graham , Susie O'Neill , Giaan Rooney , Petria Thomas , Kirsten Thomson , Jacinta van Lint Swimming Women 's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 000000002017 - 09 - 19 - 0000 September 19 02 ! Silver Calub , Dyana Dyana Calub , Leisel Jones , Susie O'Neill , Giaan Rooney , Sarah Ryan , Petria Thomas , Tarnee White Swimming Women 's 4 × 100 m medley relay 000000002017 - 09 - 22 - 0000 September 22 02 ! Silver Trenton , Daniel Daniel Trenton Taekwondo Men 's + 80 kg 000000002017 - 09 - 30 - 0000 September 30 02 ! Silver Woodbridge , Todd Todd Woodbridge , Mark Woodforde Tennis Men 's doubles 000000002017 - 09 - 27 - 0000 September 27 02 ! Silver Jones , Michellie Michellie Jones Triathlon Women 's competition 000000002017 - 09 - 16 - 0000 September 16 03 ! Bronze Borchert , Katrin Katrin Borchert Canoeing Women 's K - 1 500 m 000000002017 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 1 03 ! Bronze Kelly , Shane Shane Kelly Cycling Men 's track time trial 000000002017 - 09 - 16 - 0000 September 16 03 ! Bronze McGee , Bradley Bradley McGee Cycling Men 's individual pursuit 000000002017 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17 03 ! Bronze Eadie , Sean Sean Eadie , Darryn Hill , Gary Neiwand Cycling Men 's team sprint 000000002017 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17 03 ! Bronze Newbery , Robert Robert Newbery , Dean Pullar Diving Men 's synchronized 3 m springboard 000000002017 - 09 - 28 - 0000 September 28 03 ! Bronze Gilmore , Rebecca Rebecca Gilmore , Loudy Tourky Diving Women 's synchronized 10 m platform 000000002017 - 09 - 28 - 0000 September 28 03 ! Bronze men 's national field hockey team , Australia Australia men 's national field hockey team Michael Brennan Troy Elder Jay Stacy Adam Commens James Elmer Craig Victory Stephen John Davies Paul Gaudoin Matthew Wells Damon Diletti Stephen Holt Michael York Lachlan Dreher Brent Livermore Jason Duff Daniel Sproule Field hockey Men 's competition 000000002017 - 09 - 30 - 0000 September 30 03 ! Bronze Pekli , Maria Maria Pekli Judo Women 's 57 kg 000000002017 - 09 - 18 - 0000 September 18 03 ! Bronze Dodwell , Ben Ben Dodwell , Bo Hanson , Geoffrey Stewart , James Stewart Rowing Men 's coxless four 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 03 ! Bronze Long , Matthew Matthew Long , James Tomkins Rowing Men 's coxless pair 000000002017 - 09 - 23 - 0000 September 23 03 ! Bronze Blackburn , Michael Michael Blackburn Sailing Laser 000000002017 - 09 - 29 - 0000 September 29 03 ! Bronze Forder , Annemarie Annemarie Forder Shooting Women 's 10 m air pistol 000000002017 - 09 - 17 - 0000 September 17 03 ! Bronze women 's national softball team , Australia Australia women 's national softball team Sandra Allen Sue Fairhurst Simmone Morrow Joanne Brown Selina Follas Melanie Roche Fiona Crawford Kelly Hardie Natalie Titcume Kerry Dienelt Tanya Harding Natalie Ward Peta Edebone Sally McDermid Brooke Wilkins Softball ( Women - only event ) 000000002017 - 09 - 25 - 0000 September 25 03 ! Bronze Welsh , Matt Matt Welsh Swimming Men 's 200 m backstroke 000000002017 - 09 - 21 - 0000 September 21 03 ! Bronze Huegill , Geoff Geoff Huegill Swimming Men 's 100 m butterfly 000000002017 - 09 - 21 - 0000 September 21 03 ! Bronze Norris , Justin Justin Norris Swimming Men 's 200 m butterfly 000000002017 - 09 - 19 - 0000 September 19 03 ! Bronze Thomas , Petria Petria Thomas Swimming Women 's 200 m butterfly 000000002017 - 09 - 19 - 0000 September 19 Archery ( edit ) Main article : Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics Australia won its first Olympic gold medal in the sport of archery in Sydney . Simon Fairweather defeated all six archers he faced , including a comfortable seven - point victory in the final . Men Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Score Seed Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Simon Fairweather Individual 642 8 Stevens ( CUB ) ( 57 ) W 170 -- 161 de Grandis ( FRA ) W 161 -- 150 Arias ( CUB ) W 167 -- 163 Tsyrempilov ( RUS ) W 113 -- 104 van Alten ( NED ) W 112 -- 110 Wunderle ( USA ) W 113 -- 106 01 ! Matthew Gray 631 27 Tang ( CHN ) ( 38 ) L 161 -- 163 Did not advance Scott Hunter - Russell 603 51 Akbal ( TUR ) ( 14 ) W 154 -- 146 Frangilli ( ITA ) L 154 -- 164 Did not advance Simon Fairweather Matthew Gray Scott Hunter - Russell Team 1876 10 N / A Sweden ( SWE ) L 238 -- 241 Did not advance Women Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Score Seed Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Kate Fairweather Individual 630 27 Phutkaradze ( GEO ) ( 38 ) W 166 -- 158 Kawauchi ( JPN ) L 158 -- 160 Did not advance Melissa Jennison 628 32 Lorig ( GEO ) ( 33 ) W 160 -- 151 Kim S-n ( KOR ) L 159 -- 164 Did not advance Michelle Tremelling 615 49 Dykman ( USA ) ( 16 ) W 154 -- 146 Lewis ( RSA ) W 162 -- 147 Kim S-n ( KOR ) L 158 -- 168 Did not advance Kate Fairweather Melissa Jennison Michelle Tremelling Team 1873 10 N / A Italy ( ITA ) L 236 -- 237 Did not advance Athletics ( edit ) Main article : Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics Key Note -- Ranks given for track events are within the athlete 's heat only Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or , in field events , by position without achieving the qualifying target NR = National record N / A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round Men Track and road events Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Paul di Bella 100 m 10.52 5 Did not advance Patrick Johnson 10.31 2 Q 10.44 5 Did not advance Matt Shirvington 10.35 2 Q 10.13 2 Q 10.26 5 Did not advance Patrick Johnson 200 m 20.88 5 q 20.87 7 Did not advance Matt Shirvington 20.91 4 q DNS Did not advance Darryl Wohlsen 20.98 5 Did not advance Daniel Batman 400 m DNF Did not advance Patrick Dwyer 45.82 2 Q 45.38 4 Q 45.70 7 Did not adcance Casey Vincent 45.49 3 Q 45.45 4 Q 45.61 6 Did not advance Grant Cremer 800 m 1 : 45.86 3 q N / A 1 : 52.57 8 Did not advance Kris McCarthy 1 : 48.92 N / A Did not advance Nick Howarth 1500 m 3 : 45.46 11 N / A Did not advance Mizan Mehari 5000 m 13 : 24.56 8 q N / A 13 : 42.03 12 Craig Mottram 13 : 31.06 8 N / A Did not advance Michael Power 13 : 51.00 13 N / A Did not advance Sisay Bezabeh 10,000 m 28 : 21.63 11 N / A Did not advance Shaun Creighton 28 : 52.71 14 N / A Did not advance Kyle Vander - Kuyp 110 m hurdles 13.67 3 Q 13.62 4 Q 13.63 8 Did not advance Matthew Beckenham 400 m hurdles 51.27 7 N / A Did not advance Rohan Robinson 50.80 N / A Did not advance Blair Young 49.75 4 q N / A 49.20 Did not advance Chris Unthank 3,000 m steeplechase 9 : 11.19 12 N / A Did not advance Paul di Bella Patrick Johnson Matt Shirvington Darryl Wohlsen 4 × 100 m relay 38.76 2 Q N / A DQ Did not advance Patrick Dwyer Michael Hazel Casey Vincent Blair Young 4 × 400 m relay 3 : 04.13 3 q N / A 3 : 01.91 3 Q 3 : 03.91 7 Nicholas A'Hern 20 km walk N / A 1 : 21 : 34 10 Nathan Deakes N / A 1 : 21 : 03 8 Dion Russell N / A 1 : 25 : 26 25 Duane Cousins 50 km walk N / A 4 : 10 : 43 34 Nathan Deakes N / A 3 : 47 : 29 6 Dion Russell N / A 4 : 02 : 50 27 Rod de Highden Marathon N / A 2 : 18 : 04 28 Steve Moneghetti N / A 2 : 14 : 50 8 Lee Troop N / A 2 : 29 : 32 66 Field events Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Peter Burge Long jump 8.06 5 q 8.11 6 Jai Taurima 8.09 4 q 8.49 02 ! Andrew Murphy Triple jump 17.12 = 2 Q 16.80 10 Tim Forsyth High jump 2.24 = 14 Did not advance Paul Burgess Pole vault 5.55 = 16 Did not advance Viktor Chistiakov 5.70 4 q 5.80 = 5 Dmitriy Markov 5.70 3 q 5.80 = 5 Justin Anlezark Shot put 18.59 29 Did not advance Andrew Currey Javelin 78.12 22 Did not advance Adrian Hatcher 79.23 21 Did not advance Andrew Martin 81.31 16 Did not advance Stuart Rendell Hammer throw 72.78 28 Did not advance Combined events -- Decathlon Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank Scott Ferrier Result 11.11 7.19 13.50 1.97 DNS -- -- -- -- -- -- DNF Points 836 859 698 776 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- Women Track and road events Play media ABC footage and interviews of crowds celebrating Cathy Freeman 's 400m win . Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Melinda Gainsford - Taylor 100 m 11.34 3 Q 11.24 4 Q 11.45 8 Did not advance Lauren Hewitt 11.42 4 q 11.54 6 Did not advance Cathy Freeman 200 m 23.11 3 Q 22.75 3 Q 22.71 4 Q 22.53 6 Melinda Gainsford - Taylor 22.71 1 Q 22.49 1 Q 22.61 3 Q 22.42 5 Lauren Hewitt 23.07 1 Q 23.12 3 Q 23.44 7 Did not advance Cathy Freeman 400 m 51.63 1 Q 50.31 1 Q 50.01 1 Q 49.11 01 ! Lee Naylor 53.10 5 q 53.83 8 Did not advance Nova Peris - Kneebone 52.51 3 Q 51.28 3 Q 52.49 8 Did not advance Susan Andrews 800 m 2 : 03.31 5 N / A Did not advance Tamsyn Lewis 2 : 00.33 2 Q N / A 1 : 59.33 Did not advance Georgie Clarke 1500 m 4 : 11.74 8 q N / A 4 : 10.99 10 Did not advance Margaret Crowley 4 : 08.85 7 q N / A 4 : 09.16 8 Did not advance Sarah Jamieson 4 : 12.90 11 N / A Did not advance Kate Anderson - Richardson 5000 m 15 : 45.34 9 N / A Did not advance Anne Cross 16 : 07.18 14 N / A Did not advance Benita Willis 15 : 21.37 6 N / A Did not advance Claire Fearnley 10,000 m 33 : 47.23 15 N / A Did not advance Natalie Harvey 34 : 12.90 17 N / A Did not advance Kylie Risk 34 : 30.91 17 N / A Did not advance Deborah Edwards 100 m hurdles 13.24 5 Did not advance Jana Pittman 400 m hurdles 56.76 N / A Did not advance Lauren Poetschka 58.06 6 N / A Did not advance Stephanie Price 58.81 6 N / A Did not advance Sharon Cripps Lauren Hewitt Elly Hutton Melinda Gainsford - Taylor 4 × 100 m relay DNF N / A Did not advance Susan Andrews * Melinda Gainsford - Taylor Tamsyn Lewis Jana Pittman Nova Peris - Kneebone 4 × 400 m relay 3 : 24.05 2 Q N / A 3 : 23.81 5 Jane Saville 20 km walk N / A DSQ Kerry Saxby - Junna N / A 1 : 32.02 7 Lisa Sheridan - Paolini N / A 1 : 40.57 39 Nickey Carroll Marathon N / A DNF Susan Hobson N / A 2 : 38.44 35 Kerryn McCann N / A 2 : 28.37 11 Field events Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Bronwyn Thompson Long jump 6.55 16 Did not advance Alison Inverarity High jump 1.80 32 Did not advance Emma George Pole vault 4.25 15 Did not advance Tatiana Grigorieva 4.30 1 Q 4.55 02 ! Daniela Costian Discus throw 51.96 31 Did not advance Alison Lever 59.58 16 Did not advance Lisa - Marie Vizaniari 62.47 6 q 62.57 8 Louise Currey Javelin throw 53.32 31 Did not advance Joanna Stone 58.34 17 Did not advance Karyne Perkins Hammer throw 59.49 21 Did not advance Deborah Sosimenko 64.01 7 q 67.95 5 Combined events -- Heptathlon Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank Jane Jamieson Result 14.09 1.81 13.59 25.27 6.09 45.32 2 : 16.57 6104 10 Points 966 991 767 862 877 770 871 Badminton ( edit ) Main article : Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Rio Suryana Singles Bye Stoyanov ( BUL ) L 8 -- 15 , 15 -- 2 , 13 -- 15 Did not advance David Bamford Peter Blackburn Doubles N / A Łogosz / Mateusiak ( POL ) L 5 -- 15 , 17 -- 16 , 6 -- 15 Did not advance Women Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Rhonda Cator Singles Bye Grether ( GER ) L 3 -- 11 , 3 -- 11 Did not advance Rayoni Head Hermitage ( CAN ) W 11 -- 7 , 11 -- 2 Chan ( TPE ) L 1 -- 11 , 1 -- 11 Did not advance Kellie Lucas Boteva ( BUL ) L 5 -- 11 , 6 -- 11 Did not advance Rhonda Cator Amanda Hardy Doubles N / A Cloutier Hermitage ( CAN ) L 13 -- 15 , 6 -- 15 Did not advance Rayoni Head Kellie Lucas N / A Eakmongkolpaisarn Thungthongkam ( THA ) L 7 -- 15 , 4 -- 15 Did not advance Mixed Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank David Bamford Amanda Hardy Doubles Bruil van den Heuvel ( NED ) L 10 -- 15 , 3 -- 15 Did not advance Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator Sudhisodhi Thoungthongkam ( THA ) L 4 -- 15 , 12 -- 15 Did not advance Rio Suryana Kellie Lucas Chen Chen ( CHN ) L 0 -- 15 , 3 -- 15 Did not advance Baseball ( edit ) Main article : Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's team competition ( edit ) The Australians ' second appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in the team moving up one place in the rankings , from seventh to sixth . They defeated Korea and South Africa but lost to the five other teams in competition to finish outside the top four and find themselves eliminated after the preliminaries . Preliminary Round Robin Lost to Netherlands ( 4 - 6 ) Defeated Korea ( 5 - 3 ) Lost to Japan ( 3 - 7 ) Defeated South Africa ( 10 - 4 ) Lost to Cuba ( 0 - 1 ) Lost to Italy ( 7 - 8 ) Lost to United States ( 1 - 12 ) → did not advance Team Roster Craig Anderson Grant Balfour Tom Becker Shayne Bennett Mathew Buckley Adam Burton Clayton Byrne Mark Ettles Paul Gonzalez Mark Hutton Ronny Johnson Grant McDonald Adrian Meagher Michael Moyle Michael Nakamura David Nilsson Glenn Reeves Brett Roneberg Chris Snelling Brad Thomas Rodney van Buizen David White Gary White Glenn Williams Head Coach : Jon Deeble Basketball ( edit ) Main article : Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's team competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round Lost to Canada ( 90 - 101 ) Lost to Yugoslavia ( 66 - 80 ) Defeated Russia ( 75 - 71 ) Defeated Angola ( 86 - 75 ) Defeated Spain ( 91 - 80 ) Quarterfinals Defeated Italy ( 65 - 62 ) Semi-finals Lost to France ( 52 - 76 ) Bronze Medal Match Lost to Lithuania ( 71 - 89 ) Team Roster Andrew Gaze ( captain ) Chris Anstey Mark Bradtke Martin Cattalini Ricky Grace Shane Heal Luc Longley Sam Mackinnon Brett Maher Paul Rogers Jason Smith Andrew Vlahov Head Coach : Barry Barnes Women 's team competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round Defeated Canada ( 76 - 48 ) Defeated Brazil ( 81 - 70 ) Defeated Slovakia ( 70 - 47 ) Defeated Senegal ( 96 - 39 ) Defeated France ( 69 - 62 ) Quarterfinals Defeated Poland ( 76 - 48 ) Semi-finals Defeated Brazil ( 64 - 52 ) Final Lost to United States ( 54 - 76 ) → Silver Medal Team Roster Sandy Brondello Michelle Brogan Carla Boyd Jo Hill Kristi Harrower Shelly Sandle Annie la Fleur Trisha Fallon Lauren Jackson Rachael Sporn Michele Timms Jenny Whittle Head Coach : Tom Maher Beach volleyball ( edit ) Main article : Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics -- Women 's tournament Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst Gold Medal Tania Gooley and Pauline Manser -- 5th place ( tied ) Annette Huygens - Tholen and Sarah Straton -- 19th place ( tied ) Main article : Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics -- Men 's tournament Julien Prosser and Lee Zahner -- 9th place ( tied ) Matthew Grinlaubs and Josh Slack -- 17th place ( tied ) Boxing ( edit ) Main article : Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's Flyweight ( -- 51 kg ) Erle Wiltshire Round 1 -- Lost to Jérôme Thomas of France ( → did not advance ) Men 's Bantamweight ( -- 54 kg ) Justin Kane Round 1 -- Bye Round 2 -- Defeated Sontaya Wongprates of Thailand Quarterfinal -- Lost to Sergey Danilchenko of Ukraine ( → did not advance ) Men 's Featherweight ( -- 57 kg ) James Swan Round 1 -- Lost to Vlademir dos Santos of Brazil ( → did not advance ) Men 's Lightweight ( -- 60 kg ) Michael Katsidis Round 1 -- Defeated Agnaldo Magalhaes of Brazil Round 2 -- Lost to Nurzhan Karimzhanov of Kazakhstan ( → did not advance ) Men 's Light Welterweight ( -- 63.5 kg ) Henry Collins Round 1 -- Lost to Ricardo Williams of United States ( → did not advance ) Men 's Welterweight ( -- 67 kg ) Daniel Geale Round 1 -- Lost to Leonard Bundu of Italy ( → did not advance ) Men 's Light Middleweight ( -- 71 kg ) Richard Rowles Round 1 -- Defeated Juan José Ubaldo of Dominica Round 2 -- Lost to Adnan Catic of Germany ( → did not advance ) Men 's Middleweight ( -- 75 kg ) Paul Miller Round 1 -- Defeated Jerson Ravelo of Dominica Round 2 -- Lost to Vugar Alekperov of Azerbaijan ( → did not advance ) Men 's Light Heavyweight ( -- 81 kg ) Danny Green Round 1 -- Defeated Laudelino Barros of Brazil Round 2 -- Lost to Alexander Lebziak of Russia ( → did not advance ) Canoeing ( edit ) Main article : Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Flatwater ( edit ) Men 's Competition ( edit ) Men 's Kayak Singles 500m Nathan Baggaley Qualifying Heat -- 01 : 41.854 Semifinal -- 01 : 40.884 ( → did not advance ) Men 's Kayak Singles 1.000 m Clint Robinson Qualifying Heat -- 03 : 40.197 Semifinal -- 03 : 40.745 ( → did not advance ) Men 's Kayak Doubles 500m Andrew Trim and Daniel Collins Qualifying Heat -- 01 : 30.393 Semifinal -- 01 : 31.475 Final -- 01 : 47.895 ( → Silver Medal ) Men 's Kayak Doubles 1.000 m Brian Morton and Luke Young Qualifying Heat -- 03 : 20.934 Semifinal -- 03 : 25.046 ( → did not advance ) Men 's Kayak Fours 1.000 m Ross Chaffer , Cameron McFadzean , Peter Scott , and Shane Suska Qualifying Heat -- 03 : 05.893 Semifinal -- 03 : 05.527 ( → did not advance ) Women 's Competition ( edit ) Women 's Kayak Singles 500 m Katrin Borchert Qualifying Heat -- 01 : 52.187 Semifinal -- 01 : 53.070 Final -- 02 : 15.138 ( → Bronze Medal ) Women 's Kayak Doubles 500 m Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood Qualifying Heat -- 01 : 45.250 Semifinal -- 01 : 44.682 Final -- 02 : 01.472 ( → 6th place ) Women 's Kayak Fours 500 m Yanda Nossiter , Shelley Oates - Wilding , and Kerri Randle , Amanda Simper Qualifying Heat -- 01 : 37.081 Semifinal -- 01 : 38.580 ( → did not advance ) Slalom ( edit ) Men 's Competition ( edit ) Men 's Kayak Singles John Wilkie Qualifying -- 320.84 ( → did not advance ) Men 's Canoe Singles Robin Bell l Qualifying -- 268.74 Final -- 244.48 ( → 9th place ) Men 's Canoe Doubles Andrew Farrance and Kai Swoboda Qualifying -- 347.33 ( → did not advance ) Women 's Competition ( edit ) Women 's Kayak Singles Danielle Woodward Qualifying -- 313.80 Final -- 261.89 ( → 8th place ) Cycling ( edit ) Main article : Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cross Country Mountain Bike ( edit ) Men 's Cross Country Mountain Bike Cadel Evans Final -- 2 : 13 : 31.65 ( 7th place ) Paul Rowney Final -- 2 : 14 : 22.44 ( 10th place ) Rob Woods Final -- 2 : 14 : 42.20 ( 13th place ) Women 's Mountain Bike Mary Grigson Final -- 1 : 53 : 22.57 ( 6th place ) Anna Baylis Final -- 2 : 00 : 53.20 ( 21st place ) Road Cycling ( edit ) Men 's Individual Time Trial Nathan O'Neill Final -- 1 : 00 : 32 ( → 19th place ) Men 's Road Race Robbie McEwen Final -- 5 : 30 : 46 ( → 19th place ) Henk Vogels Final -- 5 : 30 : 46 ( → 30th place ) Stuart O'Grady Final -- 5 : 36 : 14 ( → 77th place ) Scott McGrory Final -- DNF Matt White Final -- DNF Women 's Individual Time Trial Anna Wilson Final -- 0 : 42 : 58 ( → 4th place ) Tracey Gaudry Final -- 0 : 45 : 11 ( → 21st place ) Women 's Road Race Anna Wilson Final -- 3 : 06 : 31 ( → 4th place ) Tracey Gaudry Final -- 3 : 06 : 31 ( → 23rd place ) Juanita Feldhahn Final -- 3 : 06 : 37 ( → 28th place ) Semifinal -- Lost to Robert Bartko of Germany Final -- Defeated Rob Hayles of Great Britain -- Bronze medal Track Cycling ( edit ) Men 's 1 km Time Trial Shane Kelly Final -- 01 : 02.818 ( Bronze medal ) Men 's Point Race Stuart O'Grady Points -- 26 Laps Down -- 2 ( 10th place ) Men 's Keirin Gary Neiwand First Round -- Heat -- 1 ; Place -- 2 Second Round -- Heat -- 2 ; Place -- 2 Final -- 2nd place -- Silver medal Men 's Olympic Sprint Sean Eadie , Darryn Hill Qualifying -- 44.719 Second Round -- 44.745 Final -- 45.161 ( Bronze medal ) Men 's Team Pursuit Brett Aitken , Graeme Brown , Brett Lancaster , Michael Rogers , Bradley McGee Qualifying -- 04 : 06.361 Quarterfinal -- 04 : 03.209 ( did not advance ) Men 's Madison Scott McGrory , Brett Aitken Final -- 26 ( Gold medal ) Women 's Sprint Michelle Ferris Qualifying -- 11.512 1 / 8 Finals -- Defeated Yan Wang of China Quarterfinal -- Defeated Daniela Larreal of Venezuela Semifinal -- Lost to Félicia Ballanger of France Final -- Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine ( 4th place ) Women 's Individual Pursuit Alayna Burns Qualifying -- 03 : 38.223 ( did not advance ) Women 's 500 m Time Trial Michelle Ferris Final -- 34.696 ( Silver medal ) Lyndelle Higginson Final -- 35.859 ( 14th place ) Women 's Point Race Alayna Burns Points -- 7 ( 9th place ) Diving ( edit ) Main article : Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics Australia entered divers in all of the events , and won two bronze medals . Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Robert Newbery 3 m springboard 402.03 9 Q 594.90 15 Did not advance Dean Pullar 406.65 8 Q 629.43 8 Q 647.40 5 Mathew Helm 10 m platform 455.37 5 Q 653.40 4 Q 618.24 8 Robert Newbery 437.40 9 Q 619.98 9 Q 613.98 10 Robert Newbery Dean Pullar 3 m synchronized springboard N / A 322.86 03 ! Mathew Helm Robert Newbery 10 m synchronized platform N / A 333.24 5 Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Rebecca Gilmore 3 m springboard 259.74 = 18 Q 475.29 17 Did not advance Chantelle Michell 270.75 13 Q 499.59 12 Q 550.68 7 Rebecca Gilmore 10 m platform 288.99 12 Q 464.91 10 Q 448.95 11 Loudy Tourky 257.40 24 Did not advance Chantelle Michell Loudy Tourky 3 m synchronized springboard N / A 283.05 Rebecca Gilmore Loudy Tourky 10 m synchronized platform N / A 301.50 03 ! Equestrian ( edit ) Main article : Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics Event Competitor Score Position Individual dressage details Kristy Oatley - Nist and Wall Street 210.79 9th Rachael Downs and Aphrodite 64.52 33rd Mary Hanna and Limbo 64.32 34th Ricky MacMillan and Crisp 64.08 Tied 35th Team dressage details Kristy Oatley - Nist and Wall Street 1704 4925 6th Rachael Downs and Aphrodite 1613 Ricky MacMillan and Crisp 1602 Mary Hanna and Limbo 1608 Individual eventing details Andrew Hoy and Swizzle In 39.8 02 ! Silver Brook Staples and Master Monarch 96.4 16th Amanda Ross and Otto Schumaker 142.0 20th Team eventing details Andrew Hoy and Darien Powers 30.6 146.80 01 ! Gold Stuart Tinney and Jeepster 36.0 Phillip Dutton and House Doctor 46.0 Matt Ryan and Kibah Sandstone 47.8 Individual jumping details Geoff Bloomfield and Money Talks 36.5 ( Q ) , 20 ( FR ) 20th ( tied ) Jamie Coman and Zazu 16.25 ( Q ) , 22 ( FR ) 43rd Ron Easey and Rolling Thunder 44.75 ( Q ) 52nd Gavin Chester and Another Flood 53 ( Q ) 60th Team jumping details Jamie Coman and Zazu 4.00 20.00 8th Ron Easey and Rolling Thunder 16.00 Geoff Bloomfield and Money Talks 8.00 Gavin Chester and Another Flood 8.00 Fencing ( edit ) Main article : Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Seven fencers , five men and two women , represented Australia in 2000 . Men 's foil Gerald McMahon Men 's épée Gerry Adams Nick Heffernan David Nathan Men 's team épée Gerry Adams , Nick Heffernan , Luc Cartillier Women 's foil Jo Halls Women 's épée Evelyn Halls Football ( edit ) Main article : Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's tournament ( edit ) Coach : Raul Blanco 0 # 0 Pos . Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Goals 2000 club 1GK Milosevic , Danny Danny Milosevic ( 1978 - 06 - 26 ) 26 June 1978 ( aged 22 ) 12 0 Leeds United 2DF Colosimo , Simon Simon Colosimo ( 1979 - 01 - 08 ) 8 January 1979 ( aged 21 ) 9 0 Carlton S.C. 3MF Lazaridis , Stan Stan Lazaridis * ( 1972 - 08 - 16 ) 16 August 1972 ( aged 28 ) 0 0 Birmingham City 2DF Foxe , Hayden Hayden Foxe ( 1977 - 06 - 23 ) 23 June 1977 ( aged 23 ) 10 5 West Ham United 5 3MF Skoko , Josip Josip Skoko * ( 1975 - 12 - 10 ) 10 December 1975 ( aged 24 ) 0 0 Genk 6 2DF Laybutt , Stephen Stephen Laybutt ( 1977 - 09 - 03 ) 3 September 1977 ( aged 23 ) 13 0 Feyenoord 7 3MF Emerton , Brett Brett Emerton ( 1979 - 02 - 22 ) 22 February 1979 ( aged 21 ) 23 7 Feyenoord 8 2DF Neill , Lucas Lucas Neill ( 1978 - 03 - 09 ) 9 March 1978 ( aged 22 ) 10 0 Millwall 9 4FW Viduka , Mark Mark Viduka * ( 1975 - 10 - 09 ) 9 October 1975 ( aged 24 ) 15 16 Leeds United 10 3MF Wehrman , Kasey Kasey Wehrman ( 1977 - 08 - 16 ) 16 August 1977 ( aged 23 ) 17 Perth Glory 11 4FW Zane , Clayton Clayton Zane ( 1977 - 07 - 12 ) 12 July 1977 ( aged 23 ) 13 9 Molde 12 2DF Blatsis , Con Con Blatsis ( 1977 - 07 - 06 ) 6 July 1977 ( aged 23 ) 12 0 Derby County 13 3MF Grella , Vince Vince Grella ( 1979 - 10 - 05 ) 5 October 1979 ( aged 20 ) 13 0 Ternana 14 3MF Rizzo , Nick Nick Rizzo ( 1979 - 06 - 09 ) 9 June 1979 ( aged 21 ) 10 Ternana 15 3MF Bresciano , Mark Mark Bresciano ( 1980 - 02 - 11 ) 11 February 1980 ( aged 20 ) 13 Empoli 16 3MF Culina , Jason Jason Culina ( 1980 - 08 - 05 ) 5 August 1980 ( aged 20 ) 17 Ajax 17 4FW Curcija , Michael Michael Curcija ( 1977 - 06 - 27 ) 27 June 1977 ( aged 23 ) 23 11 Partizan 18 1GK Turnbull , Michael Michael Turnbull ( 1981 - 10 - 14 ) 14 October 1981 ( aged 18 ) 0 0 Marconi Stallions * Over-aged player Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Italy 0 5 + 3 7 Nigeria 0 7 6 + 1 5 Honduras 6 7 -- 1 Australia 0 0 6 -- 3 0 Australia v Italy 13 September 2000 20 : 00 Australia 0 -- 1 Italy Report Pirlo 81 ' Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne Attendance : 93,252 Referee : Peter Prendergast ( Jamaica ) Australia v Nigeria 16 September 2000 20 : 00 Australia 2 -- 3 Nigeria Foxe 41 ' Wehrman 44 ' Report Ikedia 16 ' Aghahowa 22 ' Agali 64 ' Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Attendance : 38,080 Referee : Carlos Simon ( Brazil ) Australia v Honduras 19 September 2000 20 : 00 Australia 1 -- 2 Honduras Rosales 51 ' ( o.g. ) Report Suazo 3 ' , 60 ' Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Attendance : 37,788 Referee : Mourad Daami ( Tunisia ) Women 's Team Competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round Lost to Germany ( 0 - 3 ) Tied with Sweden ( 1 - 1 ) Lost to Brazil ( 1 - 2 ) Quarter Finals Did not qualify ( → 7th place ) Team Roster Dianne Alagich Sharon Black Bryony Duus Alicia Ferguson Alison Forman ( captain ) Heather Garriock Kelly Golebiowski Peita - Claire Hepperlin Sunni Hughes Kate McShea Julie Murray Cheryl Salisbury Bridgette Starr Anissa Tann Leanne Trimboli Sacha Wainwright Tracey Wheeler Amy Wilson Head Coach : Chris Tanzey Gymnastics ( edit ) Main article : Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball ( edit ) Main article : Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's Team Competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round ( Group B) Lost to Sweden ( 23 - 44 ) Lost to Spain ( 23 - 39 ) Lost to Slovenia ( 20 - 33 ) Lost to Tunisia ( 24 - 34 ) Lost to France ( 16 - 28 ) Quarterfinal Did not qualify Classification Match 11th / 12th place : Lost to Cuba ( 24 - 26 ) → 12th and last place Team Roster Peter Bach Christian Bajan Vernon Cheung Russell Garnett David Gonzalez Kristian Groenintwoud Darryl McCormack Rajan Pavlovic Taip Ramadani Brendon Taylor Lee Schofield Dragan Sestic Sasa Sestic Milan Slavujevic Karim Shehab Head Coach : Zoltán Marczinka Women 's Team Competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round ( Group B) Lost to Brazil ( 19 - 32 ) Lost to Norway ( 18 - 28 ) Lost to Denmark ( 12 - 38 ) Lost to Austria ( 10 - 39 ) Quarterfinal Did not qualify Classification Match 9th / 10th place : Lost to Angola ( 18 - 26 ) → 10th and last place Team Roster Janni Bach Petra Besta Rina Bjarnason Raelene Boulton Kim Briggs Mari Edland Sarah Hammond Fiona Hannan Vera Ignjatovic Jana Jamnicky Lydia Kahmke Marina Kopcalic Jovana Milosevic Shelley Ormes Katrina Shinfield Head Coach : Christoph Mecker Field hockey ( edit ) Main article : Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's team competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round ( Group B) Australia -- Poland 4 - 0 Australia -- India 2 - 2 Australia -- Spain 2 - 2 Australia -- Argentina 2 - 1 Australia -- South Korea 2 - 1 Semi Finals Australia -- The Netherlands 0 - 0 ( Netherlands wins after penalty strokes , 4 - 5 ) Bronze Medal Game Australia -- Pakistan 6 - 3 ( → Bronze Medal ) Team Roster Michael Brennan Adam Commens Stephen Davies Damon Diletti ( gk ) Lachlan Dreher ( gk ) Jason Duff Troy Elder James Elmer Paul Gaudoin Stephen Holt Brent Livermore Daniel Sproule Jay Stacy Craig Victory Matthew Wells Michael York Head Coach : Terry Walsh Women 's team competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round ( Group A ) Australia -- Great Britain 2 - 1 Australia -- Spain 1 - 1 Australia -- Argentina 3 - 1 Australia -- South Korea 3 - 0 Medal Round Australia -- New Zealand 3 - 0 Australia -- The Netherlands 5 - 0 Australia -- China 5 - 1 Final Australia -- Argentina 3 - 1 ( → Gold Medal ) Team Roster Kate Allen Alyson Annan Renita Farrell Juliet Haslam Rechelle Hawkes Nikki Hudson Rachel Imison ( gk ) Clover Maitland ( gk ) Claire Mitchell - Taverner Jenny Morris Alison Peek Katrina Powell Lisa Powell Angie Skirving Kate Starre Julie Towers Head Coach : Rick Charlesworth Judo ( edit ) Main article : Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics Modern pentathlon ( edit ) Main article : Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Shooting ( 4.5 m air pistol ) Fencing ( épée one touch ) Swimming ( 200 m freestyle ) Riding ( show jumping ) Running ( 3000 m ) Total points Final rank Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points Robert McGregor Men 's 178 12 1072 7 = 22 640 2 : 18.11 24 1119 195 17 905 9 : 48.26 17 1048 4784 20 Kitty Chiller Women 's 172 16 1000 10 = 18 760 2 : 25.84 10 1142 60 = 2 1040 11 : 34.02 14 944 4886 14 Coaches : Anthony Klarica , John Olsen , John Gilman , Scott Arnold , Russel Johnston Rhythmic gymnastics ( edit ) Main article : Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowing ( edit ) Main article : Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Signed T - shirt by the Australian 2000 Sydney Rowing Olympic team Men Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Matthe Long James Tomkins Coxless pair 6 : 46.99 2 SA / B Bye 6 : 34.42 1 FA 6 : 34.26 03 ! Haimish Karrasch Bruce Hick Lightweight double sculls 6 : 33.48 1 SA / B Bye 6 : 25.20 4 FB 6 : 26.21 7 James Stewart Ben Dodwell Geoffrey Stewart Bo Hanson Coxless four 6 : 05.03 2 SA / B Bye 6 : 02.03 1 FA 5 : 57.61 03 ! Peter Hardcastle Jason Day Stuart Reside Duncan Free Quadruple sculls 5 : 52.09 1 SA / B Bye 5 : 50.26 2 FA 5 : 50.32 Simon Burgess Anthony Edwards Darren Balmforth Robert Richards Lightweight coxless four 6 : 11.42 1 SA / B Bye 6 : 00.82 1 FA 6 : 02.09 02 ! Christian Ryan Alastair Gordon Nick Porzig Robert Jahrling Mike McKay Stuart Welch Daniel Burke Jaime Fernandez Brett Hayman Eight 5 : 32.85 1 FA Bye N / A 5 : 33.88 02 ! Women Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Gina Douglas Single sculls 7 : 43.48 7 : 42.67 1 SA / B 7 : 32.34 2 FA 7 : 37.88 5 Kate Slatter Rachael Taylor Coxless pair 7 : 20.69 7 : 19.79 1 FA N / A 7 : 12.56 02 ! Marina Hatzakis Bronwyn Roye Double sculls 7 : 18.40 7 : 10.09 2 FA N / A 7 : 05.35 6 Virginia Lee Sally Newmarch Lightweight double sculls 7 : 11.11 7 : 14.08 1 SA / B 7 : 06.58 3 FA 7 : 12.04 Monique Heinke Kerry Knowler Sally Robbins Julia Wilson Quadruple sculls 6 : 47.01 6 : 42.22 3 FB N / A 6 : 37.22 7 Alison Davies Katie Foulkes Rachael Kininmonth Kristina Larsen Martin Roberts Jane Robinson Thompson Jodi Winter Eight 6 : 17.44 6 : 17.72 3 FA N / A 6 : 15.16 5 Sailing ( edit ) Main article : Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Australia competed in all of the sailing events at the 2000 Olympics . They won 2 golds , 1 silver and 1 bronze . Men Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lars Kleppich Mistral OCS 18 8 18 8 5 9 5 61 Anthony Nossiter Finn 12 14 13 20 6 10 14 19 8 15 94 13 Men 's Double Handed Dinghy ( 470 ) Tom King and Mark Turnbull Race 1 -- 5 Race 2 -- 1 Race 3 -- 2 Race 4 -- ( 14 ) Race 5 -- 7 Race 6 -- 10 Race 7 -- 8 Race 8 -- 1 Race 9 -- 2 Race 10 -- ( 11 ) Race 11 -- 2 Final -- 38 ( Gold medal ) Men 's Laser Michael Blackburn Race 1 -- 8 Race 2 -- 9 Race 3 -- 2 Race 4 -- ( 18 ) Race 5 -- 6 Race 6 -- 5 Race 7 -- ( 22 ) Race 8 -- 2 Race 9 -- 12 Race 10 -- 3 Race 11 -- 14 Final -- 60 ( Bronze medal ) Men 's Tornado Darren Bundock and John Forbes Race 1 -- 1 Race 2 -- 3 Race 3 -- 4 Race 4 -- 4 Race 5 -- 4 Race 6 -- ( 7 ) Race 7 -- 2 Race 8 -- 4 Race 9 -- ( 5 ) Race 10 -- 2 Race 11 -- 1 Final -- 25 ( Silver medal ) Men 's Two Handed Keelboat ( Star ) Colin Beashel and David Giles Race 1 -- 8 Race 2 -- 8 Race 3 -- 6 Race 4 -- 1 Race 5 -- 3 Race 6 -- 2 Race 7 -- 8 Race 8 -- 9 Race 9 -- ( 17 ) DSQ Race 10 -- ( 12 ) Race 11 -- 6 Final -- 51 ( 7th place ) Men 's Three Handed Keelboat ( Soling ) Neville Wittey , Joshua Grace and David Edwards Round Robin Group 2 1 - 4 ( 5th place -- did not advance ) Women 's Mistral Jessica Crisp Race 1 -- 13 Race 2 -- ( 15 ) Race 3 -- 4 Race 4 -- 4 Race 5 -- 9 Race 6 -- 8 Race 7 -- 4 Race 8 -- ( 16 ) Race 9 -- 3 Race 10 -- 4 Race 11 -- 10 Final -- 59 ( 5th place ) Women 's Single Handed Dinghy ( Europe ) Melanie Dennison Race 1 -- 18 Race 2 -- 17 Race 3 -- 7 Race 4 -- ( 28 ) OCS Race 5 -- ( 19 ) Race 6 -- 10 Race 7 -- 19 Race 8 -- 8 Race 9 -- 3 Race 10 -- 4 Race 11 -- 16 Final -- 102 ( 15th place ) Women 's Double Handed Dinghy ( 470 ) Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell Race 1 -- 1 Race 2 -- ( 11 ) Race 3 -- ( 18 ) Race 4 -- 5 Race 5 -- 8 Race 6 -- 7 Race 7 -- 1 Race 8 -- 6 Race 9 -- 3 Race 10 -- 1 Race 11 -- 1 Final -- 33 ( Gold medal ) Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy ( 49er ) Chris Nicholson and Daniel Phillips Race 1 -- 11 Race 2 -- 11 Race 3 -- 1 Race 4 -- ( 14 ) Race 5 -- 1 Race 6 -- 1 Race 7 -- 12 Race 8 -- 3 Race 9 -- 1 Race 10 -- 6 Race 11 -- ( 17 ) Race 12 -- 10 Race 13 -- 8 Race 14 -- 5 Race 15 -- 9 Race 16 -- 7 Final -- 86 ( 6th place ) Shooting ( edit ) Main article : Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics Softball ( edit ) Main article : Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics Women 's Team Competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round Defeated New Zealand ( 3 - 2 ) Defeated Italy ( 7 - 0 ) Defeated Canada ( 1 - 0 ) Medal Round Lost to Japan ( 0 - 1 ) Defeated United States ( 2 - 1 ) Defeated PR China ( 1 - 0 ) Defeated Cuba ( 8 - 1 ) → Bronze Medal Team Roster Sandra Allen Joanne Brown Kerry Dienelt Peta Edebone Sue Fairhurst Selina Follas Fiona Hanes Kelly Hardie Tanya Harding Sally McCreedy Simmone Morrow Melanie Roche Natalie Titcume Natalie Ward Brooke Wilkins Head Coach : Bob Crudgington Swimming ( edit ) Main article : Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics 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 . Men Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Cameron Delaney 200 m backstroke 1 : 59.61 3 Q 2 : 00.39 11 Did not advance Matthew Dunn 200 m individual medley 2 : 02.44 8 Q 2 : 01.95 9 Did not advance 400 m individual medley 4 : 20.31 12 N / A Did not advance Chris Fydler 50 m freestyle 22.80 16 Q 22.41 = 10 Did not advance 100 m freestyle 49.45 = 6 Q 49.55 8 Q 49.44 8 Grant Hackett 200 m freestyle 1 : 49.23 9 Q 1 : 48.76 7 Q 1 : 49.46 8 400 m freestyle 3 : 48.91 8 Q N / A 3 : 48.22 7 1500 m freestyle 15 : 07.50 3 Q N / A 14 : 48.33 01 ! Regan Harrison 200 m breaststroke 2 : 14.85 7 Q 2 : 13.75 7 Q 2 : 12.88 Brett Hawke 50 m freestyle 22.45 7 Q 22.49 = 13 Did not advance Geoff Huegill 100 m butterfly 52.79 2 Q 51.96 1 Q 52.22 03 ! Michael Klim 100 m freestyle 49.09 2 Q 48.80 2 Q 48.74 100 m butterfly 52.73 1 Q 52.63 2 Q 52.18 02 ! Ryan Mitchell 200 m breaststroke 2 : 14.69 5 Q 2 : 13.87 8 Q 2 : 14.00 8 Justin Norris 200 m butterfly 1 : 57.60 4 Q 1 : 57.10 6 Q 1 : 56.17 03 ! 400 m individual medley 4 : 17.36 = 6 Q N / A 4 : 17.87 6 Kieran Perkins 1500 m freestyle 14 : 58.34 1 Q N / A 14 : 53.59 02 ! Heath Ramsay 200 m butterfly 1 : 58.82 12 Q 1 : 57.90 11 Did not advance Phil Rogers 100 m breaststroke 1 : 02.77 17 Did not advance Ian Thorpe 200 m freestyle 1 : 46.56 1 Q 1 : 45.37 2 Q 1 : 45.83 02 ! 400 m freestyle 3 : 44.65 1 Q N / A 3 : 40.59 01 ! Robert van der Zant 200 m individual medley 2 : 02.77 11 Q 2 : 02.91 14 Did not advance Josh Watson 100 m backstroke 55.09 4 Q 54.93 3 Q 55.01 Matt Welsh 54.70 2 Q 54.52 2 Q 54.07 02 ! 200 m backstroke 1 : 59.76 4 Q 1 : 58.57 3 Q 1 : 57.59 03 ! Ashley Callus Chris Fydler Michael Klim Todd Pearson * Adam Pine * Ian Thorpe 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3 : 17.37 2 Q N / A 3 : 13.67 01 ! Grant Hackett * Bill Kirby Michael Klim Daniel Kowalski * Todd Pearson Ian Thorpe 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7 : 14.27 1 Q N / A 7 : 07.05 01 ! Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Michael Klim Ryan Mitchell * Adam Pine * Ian Thorpe * Josh Watson * Matt Welsh 4 × 100 m medley relay 3 : 39.38 5 Q N / A 3 : 35.27 02 ! Women Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Rebecca Brown 200 m breaststroke 2 : 28.24 12 Q 2 : 29.90 14 Did not advance Dyana Calub 100 m backstroke 1 : 02.46 10 Q 1 : 01.86 8 Q 1 : 01.61 7 200 m backstroke 2 : 14.61 24 Did not advance Sarah - Jane D'Arcy 400 m freestyle 4 : 18.05 27 N / A Did not advance Kasey Giteau 400 m freestyle 4 : 15.54 18 N / A Did not advance Rachel Harris 800 m freestyle 8 : 36.94 12 N / A Did not advance 400 m individual medley 4 : 46.02 12 Did not advance Caroline Hildreth 200 m breaststroke 2 : 27.60 7 Q 2 : 28.30 10 Did not advance Leisel Jones 100 m breaststroke 1 : 07.92 3 Q 1 : 08.03 4 Q 1 : 07.49 02 ! Hayley Lewis 800 m freestyle 8 : 38.75 13 N / A Did not advance Susie O'Neill 50 m freestyle 25.73 12 Q 25.74 12 Did not advance 100 m freestyle 57.78 31 Did not advance 200 m freestyle 1 : 59.14 1 Q 1 : 59.37 1 Q 1 : 58.24 01 ! 100 m butterfly 59.49 9 Q 59.05 7 Q 59.27 7 200 m butterfly 2 : 07.97 2 Q 2 : 07.57 1 Q 2 : 06.58 02 ! Elli Overton 200 m individual medley 2 : 16.76 14 Q 2 : 15.74 11 Did not advance Jennifer Reilly 400 m individual medley 4 : 41.51 5 Q N / A 4 : 45.99 8 Giaan Rooney 200 m freestyle 2 : 00.99 13 Q 2 : 00.84 14 Did not advance 100 m backstroke 1 : 03.20 = 19 Did not advance Sarah Ryan 50 m freestyle 26.05 = 23 Did not advance 100 m freestyle 56.05 12 Q 55.93 12 Did not advance Clementine Stoney 200 m backstroke 2 : 14.61 14 Q 2 : 14.25 13 Did not advance Petria Thomas 100 m butterfly 58.52 3 Q 58.11 2 Q 58.49 200 m butterfly 2 : 08.70 = 3 Q 2 : 07.63 2 Q 2 : 07.12 03 ! Tarnee White 100 m breaststroke 1 : 08.35 5 Q 1 : 08.61 6 Q 1 : 09.09 7 Anna Windsor 200 m individual medley 2 : 19.44 25 Did not advance Melanie Dodd * Elka Graham Susie O'Neill Giaan Rooney Sarah Ryan 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3 : 43.56 5 Q N / A 3 : 40.91 6 Elka Graham * Susie O'Neill Giaan Rooney Petria Thomas Kirsten Thomson Jacinta van Lint * 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8 : 03.26 2 Q 7 : 58.52 02 ! Dyana Calub Leisel Jones Susie O'Neill Giaan Rooney * Sarah Ryan * Petria Thomas Tarnee White * 4 × 100 m medley relay 4 : 04.75 1 Q 4 : 01.59 02 ! Synchronized swimming ( edit ) Main article : Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine ( preliminary ) Free routine ( final ) Points Rank Points Total ( technical + free ) Rank Points Total ( technical + free ) Rank Irena Olevsky Naomi Young Duet 87.267 16 86.867 87.007 16 Did not advance Tracey Davis Kelly Geraghty Amanda Laird Dannielle Liesch Katrina Orpwood Rachel Ren Cathryn Wightman Naomi Young Team 89.667 8 N / A 89.400 89.493 8 Table tennis ( edit ) Main article : Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics Taekwondo ( edit ) Main article : Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2 Bronze Medal Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Paul Lyons Men 's -- 58kg Sekkat ( MAR ) L 4 -- 4 SUP Did not advance Carlo Massimino Men 's -- 68kg Zas ( ESP ) W 3 -- 3 SUP Lopez ( USA ) L 1 -- 1 SUP Did not advance Nolano ( ITA ) W 9 -- 7 Saei ( IRI ) L 5 -- 6 Did not advance Warren Hansen Men 's -- 80kg Dahmani ( DEN ) W 6 -- 5 Ebnoutalib ( GER ) L 1 -- 2 Did not advance Al - Fararjeh ( JOR ) W 5 -- 4 Livaja ( SWE ) L 0 -- 1 Did not advance Daniel Trenton Men 's + 80kg Thoren ( SWE ) W 6 -- 3 Daley ( GBR ) W 8 -- 4 Castro ( COL ) W 8 -- 2 Bye Kim ( KOR ) L 2 -- 6 02 ! Lauren Burns Women 's -- 49kg Bye Chi ( TPE ) W 3 -- 3 SUP Poulsen ( DEN ) W 1 -- 0 Bye Melendez ( CUB ) W 4 -- 2 01 ! Cynthia Cameron Women 's -- 57kg Hsu ( TPE ) L 0 -- 6 Did not advance Lisa O'Keefe Women 's -- 67kg Mueskens ( NED ) L 6 -- 8 Did not advance Tanya White Women 's + 67kg Chen ( CHN ) L 0 -- 6 Did not advance Bourguigue ( MAR ) L 1 -- 3 Did not advance Tennis ( edit ) Main article : Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Lleyton Hewitt Singles Mirnyi ( BLR ) L 3 - 6 , 3 - 6 Did not advance Andrew Ilie Vicente ( ESP ) L 3 - 6 , 3 - 6 Did not advance Mark Philippoussis Johansson ( SWE ) W 7 - 6 , 6 - 4 Pless ( DEN ) W 6 - 4 , 6 - 4 Kafelnikov ( RUS ) L 6 - 7 , 3 - 6 Did not advance Pat Rafter Spadea ( USA ) W 6 - 4 , 6 - 3 Nestor ( CAN ) L 5 - 7 , 6 - 7 Did not advance Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Doubles N / A Bye Bupati / Paes ( IND ) W 6 - 3 , 7 - 6 Hrbaty / Kucera ( SVK ) W 7 - 6 , 6 - 4 Corretja / Costa ( ESP ) W 6 - 3 , 7 - 6 Lareau / Nestor ( CAN ) L 7 - 5 , 3 - 6 , 4 - 6 , 6 - 7 02 ! Women Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Jelena Dokic Singles Sugiyama ( JPN ) W 6 - 0 , 7 - 6 Grande ( ITA ) W 5 - 7 , 6 - 3 , 6 - 3 de los Rios ( PAR ) W 7 - 6 , 7 - 5 Coetzer ( RSA ) W 6 - 1 , 1 - 6 , 6 - 1 Dementieva ( RUS ) L 6 - 2 , 4 - 6 , 4 - 6 Seles ( USA ) L 1 - 6 , 4 - 6 Alicia Molik Schett ( AUT ) L 6 - 7 , 2 - 6 Did not advance Nicole Pratt Dragomir ( ROM ) W 6 - 3 , 6 - 3 Dechy ( FRA ) L 3 - 6 , 1 - 6 Did not advance Jelena Dokic Rennae Stubbs Doubles N / A Malhotra / Vaidyanathan ( IND ) W 6 - 0 , 6 - 0 Boogert / Oremans ( NED ) L 6 - 2 , 6 - 7 , 4 - 6 Did not advance Trampolining ( edit ) Main article : Trampolining at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon ( edit ) Main article : Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Swim ( 1.5 km ) Bike ( 40 km ) Run ( 10 km ) Total Time Rank Peter Robertson Men 's 18 : 47.49 58 : 40.90 34 : 10.65 1 : 51 : 39.04 34 Miles Stewart 18 : 20.49 58 : 59.60 31 : 54.43 1 : 49 : 14.52 6 Craig Walton 17 : 43.89 59 : 36.80 33 : 36.97 1 : 50 : 57.66 27 Nicole Hackett Women 's 19 : 41.08 1 : 05 : 37.10 37 : 52.63 2 : 03 : 10.81 9 Loretta Harrop 19 : 37.98 1 : 05 : 40.70 36 : 24.14 2 : 01 : 42.82 5 Michellie Jones 19 : 43.88 1 : 05 : 32.90 35 : 25.77 2 : 00 : 42.55 02 ! Volleyball ( edit ) Main article : Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's Team Competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round ( Group A ) Lost to Brazil ( 0 - 3 ) Lost to the Netherlands ( 0 - 3 ) Defeated Spain ( 3 - 1 ) Lost to Cuba ( 0 - 3 ) Defeated Egypt ( 3 - 0 ) Quarterfinals Lost to Italy ( 1 - 3 ) Classification Matches 5th / 8th place : Lost to the Netherlands ( 0 - 3 ) 7th / 8th place : Lost to Cuba ( 0 - 3 ) → 8th place Team Roster David Beard Ben Hardy Dan Howard Nathan Jakavicius Steve Keir Ben Loft Spiros Marazios Scott Newcomb Dan Ronan Hidde Van Beest Russell Wentworth Mark Williams Head Coach : Stelio de Rocco Women 's Team Competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round ( Group A ) Lost to Croatia ( 1 - 3 ) Lost to Brazil ( 0 - 3 ) Defeated Kenya ( 3 - 1 ) Lost to United States ( 0 - 3 ) Lost to PR China ( 0 - 3 ) → did not advance ( 9th place overall ) Team Roster Tamsin Barnett Louise Bawden Sandi Bowen Liz Brett Majella Brown Angela Clarke Bea Daly Renae Maycock Christie Mokotupu Priscilla Ruddle Selina Scoble Rachel White Head Coach : Brad Saindon Water polo ( edit ) Main article : Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's Team Competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round ( Group B) Lost to Russia ( 4 - 6 ) Tied with Kazakhstan ( 11 - 11 ) Defeated Slovakia ( 11 - 6 ) Lost to Italy ( 5 - 6 ) Tied with Spain ( 7 - 7 ) Quarterfinal Lost to Yugoslavia ( 3 - 7 ) Classification Matches 5th - 8th place : Lost to Italy ( 4 - 8 ) 7th - 8th place : Lost to Croatia ( 8 - 10 ) → 8th place Team Roster Sean Boyd Eddie Denis Andriy Kovalenko Daniel Marsden Craig Miller Tim Neesham Mark Oberman Rod Owen - Jones Rafael Sterk Nathan Thomas Grant Waterman Thomas Whalan Gavin Woods Head Coach : Don Cameron Women 's Team Competition ( edit ) Preliminary Round Robin Defeated Kazakhstan ( 9 : 2 ) Defeated Russia ( 6 : 3 ) Lost to the Netherlands ( 4 : 5 ) Defeated United States ( 7 : 6 ) Defeated Canada ( 9 : 7 ) Semi Finals Defeated Russia ( 7 : 6 ) Final Defeated United States ( 4 : 3 ) → Gold Medal Team Roster Naomi Castle Joanne Fox Bridgette Gusterson Simone Hankin Yvette Higgins Kate Hooper Bronwyn Mayer Gail Miller Melissa Mills Debbie Watson Liz Weekes Danielle Woodhouse Taryn Woods Head Coach : István Gorgenyi Weightlifting ( edit ) Main article : Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank Mehmet Yagci -- 56 kg 100.0 100.0 105.0 125.0 130.0 135.0 235.0 17 Yurik Sarkisyan -- 62 kg 125.0 130.0 130.0 160.0 165.0 167.5 290.0 9 Damian Brown -- 77 kg 145.0 145.0 150.0 170.0 170.0 175.0 320.0 14 Sergo Chakhoyan -- 85 kg 170.0 175.0 177.5 202.5 207.5 207.5 377.5 6 Kiril Kounev -- 94 kg 165.0 170.0 172.5 205.0 212.5 212.5 375.0 14 Anthony Martin + 105 kg 157.5 162.5 162.5 200.0 207.5 215.0 370.0 18 Chris Rae + 105 kg 155.0 160.0 160.0 195.0 205.0 212.5 360.0 19 Women Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank Natasha Barker -- 58 kg 77.5 77.5 82.5 97.5 102.5 105.0 180.0 10 Meagan Warthold -- 58 kg 75.0 80.0 80.0 95.0 100.0 102.5 175.0 12 Amanda Phillips -- 63 kg 77.5 82.5 82.5 100.0 105.0 107.5 190.0 6 Michelle Kettner -- 69 kg 95.0 95.0 100.0 115.0 120.0 122.5 222.5 9 Wrestling ( edit ) Main article : Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics Men 's freestyle Athlete Event Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank Pools Rank Cory O'Brien 58 kg Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar ( MGL ) L 0 -- 9 Pool 2 Did not advance 17 Aleksandr Guzov ( BLR ) L 4 -- 14 Musa Ilhan 63 kg Jang Jae - sung ( KOR ) L 0 -- 10 Pool 6 Did not advance 18 Shamil Afandiyev ( AZE ) L 0 -- 10 Štefan Fernyák ( SVK ) Cameron Johnston 69 kg Sergey Demchenko ( BLR ) L 0 -- 10 Pool 6 Did not advance 13 Ruslan Veliyev ( KAZ ) Almazbek Askarov ( KGZ ) L 0 -- 10 Rein Ozoline 76 kg Marcin Jurecki ( POL ) L 0 -- 10 Pool 5 Did not advance 17 Moon Eui - jae ( KOR ) L 0 -- 11 Alik Muzayev ( UKR ) L 3 -- 16 Igor Praporshchikov 85 kg Adam Saitiev ( RUS ) L 0 -- 11 Pool 3 Did not advance 19 Beibulat Musaev ) ( BLR ) L 0 -- 13 Gabriel Szerda 97 kg Aleksandr Shemarov ( BLR ) L 0 -- 7 Pool 5 Did not advance 17 Marek Garmulewicz ( POL ) L 0 -- 3 Dean Schmeichel ( CAN ) W 4 -- 2 Men 's Greco - Roman Athlete Event Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank Pools Rank Brett Cash 58 kg Nepes Gukulov ( TKM ) L 0 -- 10 Pool 5 Did not advance 17 Armen Nazaryan ( BUL ) L 2 -- 13 Makoto Sasamoto ( JPN ) L 0 -- 25 Ali Abdo 69 kg Ender Memet ( ROU ) L 0 -- 11 Pool 2 Did not advance 18 Filiberto Azcuy ( CUB ) L 0 -- 10 Arek Olczak 85 kg Eddy Bartolozzi ( VEN ) L 0 -- 3 Pool 5 Did not advance 17 Sándor Bárdosi ( HUN ) L 0 -- 12 Martin Lidberg ( SWE ) Ben Vincent 97 kg Urs Bürgler ( SUI ) L 0 -- 11 Pool 5 Did not advance 20 Konstantinos Thanos ( GRE ) L 0 -- 11 Park Woo ( KOR ) L 0 -- 11 Laszlo Kovacs 130 kg Rafael Barreno ( VEN ) L 0 -- 4 Pool 3 Did not advance 18 Georgiy Saldadze ) ( UKR ) L 0 -- 6 See also ( edit ) Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Notes ( edit ) Wallechinsky , David ( 2004 ) . The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics ( Athens 2004 Edition ) . Toronto , Canada . ISBN 1 - 894963 - 32 - 6 . International Olympic Committee ( 2001 ) . The Results . Retrieved 12 November 2005 . Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ( 2001 ) . Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1 : Preparing for the Games . Retrieved 20 November 2005 . Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ( 2001 ) . Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2 : Celebrating the Games . Retrieved 20 November 2005 . Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ( 2001 ) . The Results . Retrieved 20 November 2005 . International Olympic Committee Web Site References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Australia at the 2000 Summer Games '' . sports-reference.com . Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 26 . Jump up ^ `` Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad -- Results -- Wrestling '' ( PDF ) . LA84 Foundation . 4 January 2011 . pp. 120 -- 134 . Retrieved 19 June 2011 . 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Should 've Been a cowboy - wikipedia Should 've Been a cowboy Jump to : navigation , search `` Should 've Been a Cowboy '' Single by Toby Keith from the album Toby Keith B - side `` Some Kinda Good Kinda Hold on Me '' Released February 8 , 1993 Format 7 '' CD cassette Recorded Genre Country Length 3 : 30 Label Polygram / Mercury 864990 Songwriter ( s ) Toby Keith Producer ( s ) Nelson Larkin Harold Shedd Toby Keith singles chronology `` Should 've Been a Cowboy '' ( 1993 ) `` He Ai n't Worth Missing '' ( 1993 ) `` Should 've Been a Cowboy '' ( 1993 ) `` He Ai n't Worth Missing '' ( 1993 ) `` Should 've Been a Cowboy '' is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith . It was released on February 8 , 1993 as his debut single , and was served as the first single released from Keith 's self - titled debut studio album , Toby Keith . On June 5 , 1993 , it reached number one on the US Hot Country Songs chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks . It also peaked at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it a minor crossover hit . It has received more than three million spins on country radio , making it the most - played country song of the 1990s . The song was formerly a staple following sporting events at Oklahoma State University ( home of the Cowboys ) , often played over the venue 's PA system several times in succession as fans emptied the stadium or arena . Contents ( hide ) 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Other media 4 Chart positions 4.1 Year - end charts 5 Certifications 6 References 7 External links Content ( edit ) The lyrics romanticize the cowboy lifestyle through references to old Westerns . The first verse references Gunsmoke , in which cowboy hero Marshall Dillon never settled down with love interest Miss Kitty . The second verse tells of his own adventures if the narrator were a cowboy : having `` a sidekick with a funny name '' ( possibly a reference to sidekicks like Tonto or Festus or Gordito ) , travelling west to California ( including the historical quote `` Go West , young man '' ) , hunting down Western outlaw Jesse James , joining up with the Texas Rangers , and so on . The chorus refers to famous singing cowboys Gene Autry and Roy Rogers , and lists common patterns depicted in Westerns such as six shooters ( revolvers ) and cattle drives . Music video ( edit ) `` Should 've Been a Cowboy '' was Keith 's first music video . It was filmed in Las Cruces , New Mexico and was directed by Marc Ball and premiered on CMT in March 1993 . A second version of the video was made featuring clips of the 1992 Dallas Cowboys . Other Media ( edit ) The song is available as downloadable content on the music video game , Rock Band . Chart positions ( edit ) `` Should 've Been a Cowboy '' debuted at number 69 on the Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 6 , 1993 . It became Keith 's first number one single on the chart dated June 5 , 1993 , remaining there for two weeks . It was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 28 , 2012 , almost twenty years after its release . Chart ( 1993 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Billboard Hot 100 93 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1993 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 73 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 39 Certifications ( edit ) Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 500,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Shelburne , Craig ( 1 March 2007 ) . `` Toby Keith Jams , Notches 50 Million Airplays '' . CMT . Retrieved 4 October 2010 . Jump up ^ McDonnell , Brandy ( 10 October 2009 ) . `` Toby Keith discusses his `` weird connection '' to OU and OSU `` . newsok.com . Retrieved 4 June 2012 . Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Toby Keith -- Should 've Been a Cowboy '' . Recording Industry Association of America . If necessary , click Advanced , then click Format , then select Single , then click SEARCH Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 0991 . '' RPM . Library and Archives Canada . June 26 , 1993 . Retrieved August 5 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith Chart History ( Hot 100 ) '' . Billboard . Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) '' . Billboard . Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993 '' . RPM . December 18 , 1993 . Retrieved August 5 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Best of 1993 : Country Songs '' . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . 1993 . Retrieved August 5 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Toby Keith -- Should % 27ve Been a Cowboy '' . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 12 , 2012 . If necessary , click Advanced , then click Format , then select Single , then click SEARCH External links ( edit ) Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` I Love the Way You Love Me '' by John Michael Montgomery Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number - one single June 5 -- 12 , 1993 Succeeded by `` Blame It on Your Heart '' by Patty Loveless Preceded by `` Tell Me Why '' by Wynonna RPM Country Tracks number - one single June 26 , 1993 Succeeded by `` Hometown Honeymoon '' by Alabama ( hide ) Toby Keith Studio albums Toby Keith Boomtown Blue Moon Dream Walkin ' How Do You Like Me Now ? ! Pull My Chain Unleashed Shock'n Y'all Honkytonk University White Trash with Money Big Dog Daddy That Do n't Make Me a Bad Guy American Ride Bullets in the Gun Clancy 's Tavern Hope on the Rocks Drinks After Work 35 MPH Town Compilation albums Greatest Hits Volume One 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Toby Keith Greatest Hits 2 35 Biggest Hits The Bus Songs Christmas albums Christmas to Christmas A Classic Christmas Singles `` Should 've Been a Cowboy '' `` He Ai n't Worth Missing '' `` A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action '' `` Wish I Did n't Know Now '' `` Who 's That Man '' `` Upstairs Downtown '' `` You Ai n't Much Fun '' `` Big Ol ' Truck '' `` Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You '' `` A Woman 's Touch '' `` Me Too '' `` We Were in Love '' `` I 'm So Happy I Ca n't Stop Crying '' ( with Sting ) `` Dream Walkin ' '' `` Double Wide Paradise '' `` Getcha Some '' `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! 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