Back Сиднеи 2000 Abkhazian Olimpiese Somerspele 2000 Afrikaans Chuegos Olimpicos de Sydney 2000 AN الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 2000 Arabic اوليمبياد صيف 2000 ARZ Xuegos Olímpicos de Sydney 2000 AST 2000 Yay Olimpiya Oyunları Azerbaijani Olimpiade Masan Panes 2000 BAN Летнія Алімпійскія гульні 2000 Byelorussian Летнія Алімпійскія гульні 2000 году BE-X-OLD
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| Host city | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
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| Motto | Share the Spirit | ||
| Nations | 199 | ||
| Athletes | 10,651 (6,582 men, 4,069 women)[1] | ||
| Events | 300 in 28 sports (40 disciplines) | ||
| Opening | 15 September | ||
| Closing | 1 October | ||
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| Stadium | Stadium Australia | ||
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The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from September 15, 2000 until October 1, 2000.
199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) were in the Sydney Games. Four were in the Olympics for the first time. These were Timor-Leste, Eritrea, Micronesia and Palau.
- ↑ "The Olympic Summer Games Factsheet" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.