Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 310 competitors, 181 men and 129 women, took part in 179 events in 23 sports. These were the first Summer Olympics in which the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB in a highly successful attempt to unify all the competing athletes across all the sports and events and boost team morale. Going into the games following their exceptionally poor performance in Atlanta widespread expectations of the team were low.

The Sydney Games was at the time the best performance by Great Britain in the Summer Olympic Games since 1920, with British competitors winning a total of 28 medals, 11 of which were gold. This represented a vast improvement in performance over the previous Summer Olympics in 1996, in which Great Britain won only one gold medal and 15 in total, and was the first of five consecutive Summer Olympics in which Great Britain would not only dramatically increase its overall performance and expectations but also see them dramatically increase its overall Summer Olympics medal tally. This was also the first Summer Olympic Games where British competitors benefited from £58.9m of National Lottery funding when it was introduced in 1997.

Medallists

Multiple medallists

The following Team GB competitors won multiple medals at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Archery

The three British archers had a combined record of 3-3.

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton

Men

Women

Mixed

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Men

Women

Track

Sprint

Pursuit

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin

Time trial

Omnium

Mountain biking

Diving

Men

Women

Equestrian

Fencing

Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Great Britain in 2000.

Gymnastics

Lisa Mason, Annika Reeder, Emma Williams, Sharna Murray, Kelly Hackman & Paula Thomas represented Great Britain. The Team placed 10th which was the highest placing attained by GBR Women's Artistic Gymnastics at an Olympic Games.

Artistic

Men

Women

Team

Individual finals

Trampoline

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Squad

Head coach: Barry Dancer

Group stage

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5th–8th classification

Crossover

5th–6th place final

Women's tournament

Squad

Head coach: Chris Spice

Group stage

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7th–10th classification

Crossover

7th–8th place final

Judo

Men

Women

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Men

Women

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

Sailing

Great Britain competed in ten of the eleven Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics. They won three gold medals and two silver medals.

Men

Women

Open

Fleet racing

Match racing

Shooting

Swimming

Men

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats. * Competed in the heats only

Women

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Men

Women

Triathlon

The three British triathletes that finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon placed highly, with none lower than fifteenth place and two in the top ten. However, three more British athletes did not finish the competition.

Weightlifting

See also

• Great Britain at the Olympics
• Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Notes

References

Articles connexes

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2. Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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4. Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
5. Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics
6. Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics
7. Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics
8. Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
9. Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics
10. Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics
11. Great Britain at the 1896 Summer Olympics
12. Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics
13. Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics
14. Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics
15. Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics
16. Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics
17. Great Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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