2000 Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 2000 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Sydney, Australia, featuring thousands of athletes from around the world competing across a wide range of disciplines.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics 2
2000 Summer Olympics athletics events 1
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney 1
2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony 1
Sydney 2000 Olympics 1

Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
biddingCity Sydney ⓘ
bidElectionCity Monte Carlo ⓘ
bidElectionCountry Monaco ⓘ
bidResult selected as host in 1993 ⓘ
broadcastingNetworkMajor NBC ⓘ
Seven Network ⓘ
cauldronLighter Cathy Freeman ⓘ
closingDate 2000-10-01 ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
currencyOfHostCountry Australian dollar ⓘ
emblemFeature Sydney Opera House-inspired design ⓘ
environmentalReputation praised as "Green Games" ⓘ
featuredSport athletics ⓘ
baseball ⓘ
basketball ⓘ
boxing ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
equestrian ⓘ
field hockey ⓘ
football ⓘ
gymnastics ⓘ
handball ⓘ
judo ⓘ
modern pentathlon ⓘ
rowing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
softball ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
tennis ⓘ
triathlon ⓘ
volleyball ⓘ
weightlifting ⓘ
wrestling ⓘ
followedBy 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ
hostCity Sydney ⓘ
hostCityPopulationApprox 4 million ⓘ
hostCountry Australia ⓘ
introducedSport taekwondo (as full medal sport) ⓘ
trampoline gymnastics ⓘ
triathlon ⓘ
iocPresidentAtTime Juan Antonio Samaranch ⓘ
legacy development of Sydney Olympic Park ⓘ
improved transport infrastructure in Sydney ⓘ
mainStadium ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) ⓘ
surface form: Stadium Australia

ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) ⓘ
surface form: Sydney Olympic Stadium
mascot Millie the echidna ⓘ
Olly the kookaburra ⓘ
Syd the platypus ⓘ
motto Share the Spirit ⓘ
notableAthlete Cathy Freeman ⓘ
Ian Thorpe ⓘ
Inge de Bruijn ⓘ
Marion Jones ⓘ
Michael Johnson ⓘ
Sergei Bubka ⓘ
notableEvent Cathy Freeman won gold in women’s 400 metres ⓘ
Marion Jones later stripped of medals for doping ⓘ
first Olympic triathlon events held ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 10651 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 300 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes 4069 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes 6582 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 199 ⓘ
numberOfSports 28 ⓘ
officialName Games of the XXVII Olympiad ⓘ
openingDate 2000-09-15 ⓘ
openingDeclaredBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
organisedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
precededBy 1996 Summer Olympics ⓘ
timePeriod September 2000 ⓘ
torchRelayDistance 27000 kilometres ⓘ
torchRelayEndLocation Sydney ⓘ
surface form: Sydney, Australia
torchRelayStartLocation Olympia, Greece ⓘ
venueCluster Greater Sydney region ⓘ
Sydney Harbour ⓘ
Sydney Olympic Park ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vince Carter → OlympicGames → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Jason Kidd → OlympicGamesParticipatedIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics
KG → OlympicGoldMedal → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett → OlympicGoldMedalist → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Peja Stojaković → OlympicParticipation → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) → builtFor → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: ANZ Stadium
Dawn Staley → competedIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Haya bint Hussein → competedIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Michael Phelps → competedIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Team GB → firstUsedAsBrand → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics → followedBy → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Games of the XXVI Olympiad → followedBy → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) → hostedEvent → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: ANZ Stadium
this entity surface form: 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) → hostedEvent → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: ANZ Stadium
this entity surface form: 2000 Summer Olympics athletics events
Sydney → hostedEvent → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Iván Zamorano → medalistAt → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Ray Allen → olympicsParticipation → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
ANZ Stadium (Stadium Australia) → openedForEvent → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: ANZ Stadium
James Cracknell → participantIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Matthew Pinsent → participantIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Allan Houston → participatedIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Iván Zamorano → participatedIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Steve Nash → playedInOlympics → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
2004 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
History of New South Wales → significantEvent → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Alonzo Mourning → wonMedalAt → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Guillermo Rigondeaux → wonOlympicGoldIn → 2000 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sydney 2000 Olympics