2000 Summer Olympics

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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.


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

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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